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Big Blue by Muskwalker | I know people often think of me as the totally passive bottom skunk who takes anything that comes his way, and... well, that's true and I couldn't credibly pretend otherwise. When people are surprised at why my Rumblr profile lists me as hungry--a guy who'll swallow other guys--I remind them of | [
"Chubby",
"Diaper",
"Diapers",
"Digestion",
"Gay",
"House",
"M/M",
"Masturbation",
"Pig",
"Scat",
"Skunk",
"Stretching",
"Vore (soft)"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1146805-big-blue | I know people often think of me as the totally passive bottom skunk who takes anything that comes his way, and... well, that's true and I couldn't credibly pretend otherwise.
When people are surprised at why my Rumblr profile lists me as hungry--a guy who'll swallow other guys--I remind them of another salient fact about me: I'm a hopelessly fat hognose who needs to keep his belly filled and is occasionally stricken by extreme cravings.
Tonight was one of those nights.
I scrolled through pages and pages of eager dinners, looking for someone I thought would satiate me. There were a lot of smaller guys; they're not my type and I generally leave them to the less experienced. There were a few guys who were more in my league, but for various reasons didn't think I was in theirs--maybe being over 30 makes me too old, maybe sensitive noses aren't interested in being intimate with a skunk, maybe it's the... variety of other fetishes listed on my profile that scares them off.
The usual friends didn't seem to be online.
And then I saw a face I hadn't seen before.
In a sea of conventional fur colorations, he stood out with a rather deep blue hide. Tapping through to his profile and seeing the whole of him on display... well, I was impressed.
The blue pig was thick and flabby, his belly covering his crotch in most of the pictures. He had a broad snout with *the* most cavernous nostrils--shut up, you like weird stuff too--and he had, in all capital letters across the top of his profile, the warning *PLEASE DO NOT OFFER ME APPLES.*
I sent him a ping--just a simple *OINK* from one snouter to another.
His first response didn't even take five seconds to come in: *Hey, I was just looking at your profile and*
*Oh hey,* his next line came in. *Hungry tonight then?*
*Like you wouldn't believe.*
---
By the time he showed up at my house, we'd already put together a wishlist for the evening: a fattening meal for him, a load of cum in me, a bottle of barbecue sauce on him... but really, for a random hookup, you don't expect half the things you talk about to happen; most of it's just there to keep your dick hard till you feel open enough to share your address.
There was one thing that did seem to be certain though: he mentioned he might show up with a diaper, and based on the bulge at his rear there was no doubt that the pig at my door was wearing one.
Okay, 'bulge' was understating it. You can *hide* a bulge, with loose enough clothing. The blue pig who wouldn't give his name was basically dragging a *bean bag* behind him as he waddled through the door.
And it stank.
"Is that--"
"Diapers for Hypers," he said. "I don't have a hyper hole myself but... yeah."
"You're doing a good job filling it then. How long have you been wearing it?"
"Just three days... they're only guaranteed for a week. But I'm not filling it up. You are."
"OINK?"
He reached a hand under my belly and rubbed my dick through my sweatpants. "Man, that got you *hard*. You like being made to wear used diapers?"
"OINK." The arousal was powerful and involuntary and came with a sense of déjà vu. (My mates weren't even into messy diapers, but I felt like... like maybe they did once, and I'd forgotten?)
The pig didn't notice my moment of distraction. "But yeah. I'm filling my new mud pit with my own muck. The muck this belly's going to turn me into." He slapped my gut playfully.
"So that's... all *you*?"
"Three times over. Now let's get out of these clothes--you've got a dinner to eat."
---
I sprawled out naked in front of the couch as my blue friend carefully worked his way out of his padding and secured it in place around my own hips. My dick was hard as I felt the load of muck against my rump, but the diapers were made to accommodate hyper bulges, so my own dink didn't even get in the way at all.
"How's that fit?" he said, rubbing a hand over my crotch.
"OINK...!" I squirmed, but with industrial tapes holding the digested weight of three chubby pigs between my legs, mobility was difficult. I wondered, not for the first time, how he managed to drag it around.
"That's exactly what I like to hear."
He straddled my chest, belly resting on his legs and blotting out my vision as he flopped a fat kielbasa of a cock on my snout. It was remarkably clean given where it'd been all day, but the smell was incredible. Extremely powerful thighs gripped my head as he reached under his gut, hooked two fingers into my nostrils, and pulled my mouth open.
"That's right. Open wide."
I opened wide. Obviously I couldn't have done otherwise, given how he had me pinned down, but I didn't need to be told anyway: you put a dick in front of a slut's face, he wants to suck on it. Practically a law of physics, that.
But the pig in charge wasn't trying to cram a dick in me yet. Two big blue hands pulled my mouth open, letting me taste the warm air rolling off his crotch.
"That as wide as it gets? You sure you can handle a whole pig? I couldn't even fit an arm down this, much less this tub." His gut wobbled as he pulled his hands free and scooted back, giving me a bit of daylight as he tucked that belly under my chin. "You're not just here to fantasize, are you?"
*Hey now.* "I've eaten bigger than you before, don't you worry. I get help though, look."
I tried to push Big Blue's legs aside to get to the little gold device around my neck that was compensation for not having any magic or my own.
"What's that?" he said, as I paged through many abstract icons till I found what I was looking for--a change useful for binging days.
"Unlimited capacity." I tapped the icon and tucked the device back under the pig's belly, against my chest.
"Is that so," he said, sticking his hands in my mouth to pull it open again.
This time I could feel my face give way as he pulled, an intense, exhilarating stretching sensation of the kind most folks can only manage with a monster dildo, a tub of lube, and lots of practice.
"Holy fuck," he said. "You ain't kidding." He reached his thick arm down my throat experimentally.
"Huyyaheh ahhah ehh..."
He pulled out. "What was that?"
I tried to get my mouth back into shape. "So do I get to suck you off?"
"Fuck no," he said. "I can't wait to climb inside here."
"What? But--"
He forced my mouth open again.
I tried to protest as he climbed off me for a better angle, but with his hands in my mouth I still couldn't manage articulate speech; my limbs flailed uselessly under the weight of the pig at one end and the diaper at the other as he started *crawling down my throat*.
There really was no other way to describe it. The big blue pig got on all fours, *streeeeetched* my jaw wide enough to pull over his head--if you don't understand why that got my dick so hard, you have to come over and try it sometime--and started pushing forward, his snout sliding my throat open, his heavy chest dragging over my face.
I reached down to stroke myself through the padding as the intensity of the sensations escalated--my ribcage creaking with the strain of stretching far enough to admit a person bigger than my whole self, my esophagus being held open by his elbows as my mouth stretched to contain the circumference of that impressive gut of his...
I could only imagine how my gut must look, what level of distention--was I stretched out enough that the outline of his features would be visible in my hide, or was I fat enough by now that even with something his size I'd just look intensely round? I jerked myself harder as I pictured what the scene must look like from above. *I'll definitely need to set up a camera next time.*
The pig's thick blue cock thwapped against my snout as he worked his way forward, and I braced myself for what would come next. If you're swallowing a big guy upright, the widest part is generally going to be the gut, or maybe the hips if he's pretty pear-shaped--but a guy crawling on all fours is usually going to be widest around the knees.
I couldn't help but shoot my load into the hyper-absorbent padding as he maneuvered his thighs inwards enough to stretch my mouth open further and I felt the full height of him from tail to knee enter my throat.
My whole body was trembling from the feeling.
And as he moved forward bit by bit, my jaw cleared his enormous rump and started to close back up over those thick hams.
It was a relief when the last of him was inside of me and I could feel my stomach tighten up around him, replacing the feeling of being stretched with a feeling of blessed fullness.
I basked in that bliss, feeling the big pig in my belly moving around till neither of us could stay conscious any further.
I fell asleep.
---
I was awakened by a knock at the door. While the heavy lump that had been the pig had given way overnight to a much softer mountain of fat, I was still far too encumbered to get up.
"Come in!" I called out.
The respawned pig came in, sat down beside me, and rubbed my gut. "Haven't let me out yet?"
I blushed deeply, shaking my head. "I'm still... kind of shy about that."
He slapped my gut playfully. "You can't be serious, buddy. It's gotta come out one way or another. Why not here and now with a big strong porker to take care of you?"
There are some offers you don't turn down, especially when you have a history of jamming toilets and the plumber never can seem to find your house. "All right, all right."
The pig held my paw as I bore down, his spare hand stroking over my gut again as the mass inside me pushed my hole open; I half felt like I was giving birth as I forced the digested remains of his body into the borrowed padding, the fresh warm shit mixing with the cooler muck that had been plastered across my rump.
"There you go..."
The massive diaper swelled visibly with each push, towering over even my newly-expanded gut and filling the room further with its stink. The bowel movement got more difficult as it went on, my tailhole working to push out undigested bone along with the softer scat, and eventually I felt the pig's old skull stretch me out to a worrying degree before it was ejected out with a simultaneous *pop* and *squish*.
I lay back, recovering my breath when my body decided it had nothing further to contribute. The big blue pig gave me a minute or two to rest before undoing the tapes that held the diaper in place and refastening them around his own hips.
"Good job," he said, moving to the door and *still* apparently ignoring the difficulty that ought to be involved in dragging a half-ton sack of shit behind him. "Maybe I'll invite you over for that blowjob once I finish filling my mud pit."
"What? But--" I scrambled to get up in a way that wouldn't smear the carpet, and gave up. "Weren't you going to clean me up?"
"Fuck no," he said, maneuvering the diaper through the doorway. "I've got more hungry guys to hunt down."
He slammed the door behind him, smirking.
I grumbled and made my way to the shower. |
Chapter 2 - Exhibitionist Tendencies by Useless_Providence | Part 2, reuploaded. * * * Spear was the first to rise. He woke with the most blissful, warm and content sensation saddling his midriff, running all the way from his loins, up through his ribcage and spreading throughout his chest. The wolf hugged himself tight, content to simply lay there and enjoy | [
"Exhibitionism",
"M/F",
"MILF",
"Oral",
"Public",
"Vixen",
"Wolf"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1149227-chapter-2-exhibitionist-tendencies | Part 2, reuploaded.
---
Spear was the first to rise. He woke with the most blissful, warm and content sensation saddling his midriff, running all the way from his loins, up through his ribcage and spreading throughout his chest. The wolf hugged himself tight, content to simply lay there and enjoy his euphoria while the world came into focus around him.
He had slept well, the most restful night he had experienced in a while; his dreams full of the tantalising, gorgeous vixen he had mated on the kitchen table. Vividly, he recalled what the had done; how he had watched her strip, watched her flaunt her fur and curves in front of him as her clothing fell away, how she had teased him mercilessly, then taken his length in her muzzle for a single, agonising suck. Over and over, he replayed the image of her spreading her legs for him, spreading her pussy, demanding his cock.
How he had put his best friend's mother on that dining room table and fucked her senseless.
Naturally, Spear had spent a good hour following his tussle with Lexi furiously and shamelessly pawing at himself. It hadn't been the same; nothing could compare to the sensation, the raw, hot feeling of dripping wet vixen cunt lips spreading about rock hard wolfcock. Still, he had cum several times, adding his own musk to Lexi's juices that still so thickly stained the fur about muzzle, still tickling at his nose and causing his member to twitch with need.
It was perhaps appropriate, then, that the first thing Spear came to realise upon waking was just how much he reeked.
". . . Crap."
Upon removing himself to the bathroom and rinsing his face with a few splashes from the sink, Spear realized that he didn't have a change of clothes. Much less than that, he didn't even have a toothbrush. Figuring that a clean wolf with bad breath was better than a dirty wolf with bad breath, he stepped into the shower and ran the water, keeping the temperature lukewarm. He needed to both wake up and calm his still-raging hormones.
It didn't help much.
Still, he was at least clean. Spear searched around for some deodorant, musing over whether Lexi would be turned off by him smelling too much like her son. Believing that the deodorant would likely be somewhat overpowering in his thick fur, he dried himself off and stepped from the bathroom, still wearing his school clothes from the previous day. He briefly entertained the notion of heading down the hallway and into Lexi's room, but decided to leave her be. As close as the two had come last night, waking someone up in their own home was incredibly rude. The kitchen, in that case.
Digging through the fridge, the wolf pulled out a can of iced tea, popped the top and sat at the table. He sipped at the chilled liquid, staring out into space as a million and one thoughts rushed through his mind. Most were what would be expected of any teenage boy after a night of passionate, wild sex; thoughts of fancy and lust. He ran the events and sensations over and over through his head, and fantasised as to what they could do next. Fuck in her bed? In the car? Maybe he's ask her for a little striptease. . .
But above all else, one thought kept coming back to him, something he couldn't shake.
He had cum inside her.
Spear was hardly an A-grade student when it came to biology, but he knew enough. The thoughts of what might result from his actions were something he wasn't quite willing to face up to yet. If he was honest with himself, he didn't really want to know, at least not yet.
His stupor was interrupted by the sound of a pair of feet clambering down the stairs followed by the sight of a fluffy red fox emerging from the hallway.
Spear's tail started to wag happily. "Oh, hey there, Ryebread!"
A still bleary-eyed Ryan patted his way into the kitchen, fetching himself some milk from the fridge.
"Morning, Spear," he yawned, taking a few gulps directly from the carton. "Where's Mom?"
"I have no idea, I just woke up a little bit ago." He placed the can down, smiling broadly at his friend. It was perhaps a little uncharacteristic of him to be this perky so early in the morning, even if they had both managed to sleep in a little.
Ryan didn't seem to notice. After finishing with the milk, he dug his way through the fridge. Pulling out the few remaining slices of pizza, he deposited them on a plate and placed them in the microwave. As it hummed away, the fox took a seat at the table, waiting for his breakfast to heat up. Ryan couldn't help but notice that his face twitched a few times, and then cast his eyes about the room, as if searching for something.
Then, he sniffed at the air a few times. "What's that smell?"
Spear took a few whiffs of his own.
". . . Oh, shit."
His eyes sank to the surface of the table. There was still a distinctive glaze to it, a stickiness, and a pungent odour. He had done his best to clean up after his late night escapades, but had clearly failed to actually remove the scent of sex from the kitchen. Made aware of it, it now assaulted his own senses; heavy, rich and unquestionably obvious.
"Shit. . . shit shit shit!"
After laughing for a second, he finally replied. "It's probably me. I. . . uh, hadn't planned on staying for the weekend, or even the night. I'm wearing the same dirty clothes, but I showered. I swear!"
Ryan sniffed a few more times before the expression on his face changed from confusion to realization. He had known his friend to make more than a few dirty jokes, and drew an appropriate conclusion.
"Hey, Spear?" The fox's voice was but a shy whisper. "Were you jerking off on the couch?"
"Um..." Once a moment passed, Spear sighed, and nodded. "Yeah, I did. Sorry." He looked around, keeping an eye out for Lexi. When he was sure she was still asleep in her room, he leaned over towards his friend, splitting a sly grin. "Do you have any lube? Jerking just with a paw dry is fine, but, you know. . . if I'm going to be over for the whole weekend, you need to help a friend out."
Now Ryan twisted his face to one of mock-disgust. "Damn, Spear! First you get a boner over my Mom, and now you want lube to jack off with? Maybe this is why you don't have a girlfriend!"
"Have you even seen your mom?!" A laugh came from the wolf. "Who would need a girlfriend when they have that to come over and look at?"
Ryan dropped his head, staring into his lap for a moment. Sure, maybe Spear didn't have a girlfriend, but that wasn't to say that some of the girls at school weren't interested; he was without doubt an attractive wolf. On the other hand, Ryan was yet to fully develop, and was still considered 'cute' rather than 'hot' by most of his female classmates. Cute got you a hug and maybe a kiss or two, but not much else.
"Actually, Spear," he said, lowering his voice a little. "Why don't you have a girlfriend?"
Spear quickly looked out the window, avoiding eye contact with Ryan as he asked the question. There were some cute girls at school, and some who had even approached him, but he had never felt a particular urge to reciprocate. In light of his recent experience with Lexi, he very much doubted a highschool girl could compare to a full-bodied, sultry vixen.
With a shrug, he began. "Really, I'm. . . not too sure. I guess it's hard to take someone seriously if they're crushing over you, or if you're crushing over someone else, and all only because you think they're cute. I'd rather date someone I think is smart and have stuff in common with, so I'm not going to ask a chick in the hallway out just because she has nice boobs or something."
He scoffed, and took another sip of his tea. "That's what stupid jocks do."
"Spear, you are a little bit of a jock, at least compared to me," replied Ryan, raising his voice a little. "Look at you! Even Mindy is all over you! I. . . "
He cut himself short and quickly closed his mouth before returning to his pizza.
Spear gave him a quizzical look, tilting his head to the side as he replied. "Mindy? Who's that?"
"She's. . ." Ryan pushed a piece about his plate. "You know! That cute mouse girl in my class. I was talking with her for about a week, and I thought I might ask her out. . ."
"...Did she say no?"
Ryan nodded solemnly. "She said she didn't date predators, but,well, I overheard her talking with some of her friends about how she was only hanging out with me to get closer to you!"
"She used you to get to me?" Spear pressed his teeth together, grinding his fangs over themselves. "That's pretty stupid of her, since it wouldn't work. I'm really not looking for anyone, like I said before."
He gave the fox a playful punch to the shoulder. "Besides, I've already got someone."
Ryan looked up from his pizza. "What! Who?"
"Your mom!" Spear jabbed a few more times at his friend as he burst into laughter.
Ryan rolled his eyes. "Jeez, Spear, I really don't need to hear about your jerking yourself off to my mom."
"But she's soooo hot!"
"Yes, she is." Lexi sauntered into the room, clad head-to-toe in a dressing gown, keeping herherself well hidden for the time being. The vixen yawned loudly, flashing her fangs as she opened her maw and stretched upward, rising to the very tops of her toes as she worked all the kinks and knots from her body.
"Le-. . . uh, Miss Lee!" Spear sat bolt upright in his chair, his fur standing on end.
"Dirty little boys should keep their jokes to themselves!" she growled, playfully waving her finger at Spear.
"I. . . um. . . sorry, I was just messing with Ryan," Spear retorted, keeping his gaze averted, not wanting to make eye contact with Lexi just yet. He suddenly felt very awkward, especially with both her son and his friend present. Though they had most certainly had sex on the very table before them, it was almost like a dream. As if it hadn't actually happened, and the whole thing had been some mastubatory fantasy he can concocted while pleasuring himself on the couch.
He didn't realise it, but he had kept his head lowered for some time.
"Coffee, Spear?" asked Lexi, jolting him from his stupor. "Ryan doesn't like the stuff."
Ryan stuck out his tongue to show his disapproval as Spear took the offered mug.
"Anyway, seeing as none of us are doing anything, I'd like to treat you boys to a fun day out. Movies, a theme park if you want, or we can go play some paintball. Your choice!."
Spear's ears pricked up. Movies? Paintball?! His own parents never took him anywhere!
"But first..." Lexi turned to Ryan. "This smelly little fox needs a shower. Off you go! I'll get Spear some of your, erm, father's old clothes he can wear. They should just about fit him, I think."
Ryan quickly finished the last few bites of leftover pizza before depositing the plate in the sink, and made for the bathroom. When Lexi was sure the sounds of the shower had drowned out his ability to hear outside the room, she locked her eyes with Spear and grinned.
"Well. . . good morning."
Spear took a sip from his coffee, briefly flashing his eyes at her. "Um. . . h-hi."
"Awww, what happened to my big, strong wolfy?" she asked, errantly stirring some sugar into his coffee. A lot of sugar, in fact. More than he'd normally want. "He was so eager to take me, and now he's hiding behind his cup. Won't even stop me from making it too sweet. . ."
Spear lowered the cup to his waist. "Well. . ."
"You know, Spear," Lexi began, sliding her way around to his side of the table. "I was fingering myself this morning, thinking about last night. Thinking about your cock." She tickled her paw along the top of his leg before sliding her way into his lap, the gown riding up and pressing panty-covered rump into his crotch.
The corner of her mouth curled ever so slightly upward, and her voice softened. "For real this time."
Spear finally looked to her, his eyes going wide as he recalled the faces she had made for him during their little game. "Wait, Lexi, you're saying that. . . last night, when I thought you were. . . um . . when you said you were. . . you know?"
Lexi giggled and hugged his face to her chest. "Oh, you're so adorable! It was cute to see you all worked up like that!"
"Uh. . . um. . ." He coughed, making a show of clearing his throat. "Well, I dreamed of you all night, too. I was jerking off to you. . . before you found me and played cards."
She planted a kiss on his cheek. "Dirty wolfy."
By now, Spear felt more than a little tingle in his crotch. With Lexi's gorgeous, firm ass pressing into him, the wolf couldn't help but allow his paws to wander. He slid them up and under her gown, moving them around to the small of her back and scratching just above her tail with one, while the other rubbed gently along her thigh. The vixen closed her eyes and hummed softly at the attention, her lips parting ever so slightly when his fingers drifted just a little too far up and briefly came into contact with the warmth between her thighs.
"Still feisty, are we?" she whispered, turning to face him with half-lidded eyes as she licked her lips.
"How can I not be? You're working me up on purpose, I can tell that much!" His paw suddenly slid underneath her and gave her rump and firm squeeze.
"Spear. . ."
"Yes, Lexi?"
Any further conversation was momentarily silenced by Lexi's muzzle locking with his own. Her lips tickled over his for a split second before she hungrily engulfed his maw, slipping her tongue out and probing past his fangs to curl about inside. Eagerly he returned the kiss, his saliva mixing with hers as their tongues wrapped over each other's, tasting one another. His paw was sliding further and further under her, inching toward her honeypot, when she pulled back from the kiss.
"Promise me something." she said.
Spear blinked a few times, his heart still pounding after the kiss. "Sure, Lexi, anything,"
She sighed. "I know Ryan's having a tough time. He used to be so cheerful and happy before his father left."
"Oh. . . he did mention that, I've just never really asked him about it."
"I was head over heels for that todd, madly in love. Too bad he turned out to be a complete scumbag." She planted another quick kiss on his lips. "Promise me you'll make sure he doesn't turn out like that."
Spear flashed her a grin. "I wouldn't be friends with a jerk, so you can count on me!"
"Thanks, that makes me happy.' She rested her head on his shoulder. "Ryan's going to be a real heartbreaker in a few years, the girls will be all over him, I mean, just look at his Mom! He's going to need you though; he needs you to be the big brother he never had."
Spear could only nod.
"Sorry to offload all this onto you, Spear, but. . . " Her grin returned. "If you want to bang a mom, you're going to have to deal with the emotional baggage that comes along with it."
Like a switch, Lexi's demeanor went from from concerned mother to horny vixen almost instantly. She traced her finger down his chest, her expression now one of pleading and innocence. "You still want to, don't you? You still want this sexy fox mama, even though she's a bad girl who'd fuck her son's best friend?"
Spear gulped. He had been willing to pass the previous night off as a one-time-only affair, but it seemed that Lexi had other ideas. "Oh, h-hell yes I want you!"
"Mmmmm." she moaned, gyrating her rear in his lap. "Does little wolfy want to be my boy-toy? If he's good, he'll get all the hot, wet vixen pussy he wants. . ."
Hearing those words come from her mouth, so heated, so breathy and dripping with obscene lust; it was almost too much for the wolf to take. The whirlwind of the past twelve hours had sent his mind spinning. He had this absolutely gorgeous fox all but demanding that he make his cock available for her whenever she needed it; a duty he would gladly fulfil. He thought for the briefest moment about his friend. This was his mother, and though Spear knew he would never be the most important male in her life. . .
'. . . all the vixen pussy he wants. . .'
He opened his mouth to respond, only to be silenced by Lexi pushing a finger to his lips.
"Ask nicely."
Spear bit his lip as the finger was retracted. It was embarrassing to say; such a shameful, dirty request! The offer, though, was simply too good to pass up.
"Can, um. . ." he stammered, finally looking her in the eyes. ". . . Can I be your boy-toy?"
"I'd like that!" Lexi squealed in delight. She hadn't honestly expected him to turn her down, but simply hearing the words had given her a rush.
A very, very sensual rush.
The vixen started to pant. Her sex drive, so long dormant, had been kicked into overdrive. It took a good deal of restraint on her part to not simply throw her gown off, force Spear onto the floor and fuck him senseless. The fingers that had played over her crotch just moments ago now found their mark, stroking lightly through the fabric at her damp folds, just teasing, never pushing hard enough to any real pleasure. Lexi purred softly at the attentions of the younger male, relishing in the opportunity to simply be attended to. To have her own pleasure placed on a pedestal above even his own.
"And. . . what might my boy toy want to do to me? What's he going to do to his vixen?" The question was breathily exhaled from her mouth, her hips waving about in his lap, sliding moist fox pussy over strong lupine fingers.
"Well. . . I. . ." The wolf's response was cut short. Yelping loudly as Lexi's paw snaked down his back to grasp firmly at his rump, the vixen pricking her claws lightly at the tight muscle underneath.
"Yes?" she asked sweetly.
"What might I do to you?" he mused, regaining some composure as her paw returned to his back. "I'd do anything you ask, but I'd really like to. . ."
"I really want to eat you out and for you to cum in my mouth!" He blushed, and then whispered one more word after he had a moment to calm down. "...Sorry."
"Why is my little wolfy sorry?" Lexi cooed, brushing his thick mane. "Any girl would be thrilled to have someone so eager to go down on them!"
Spear turned his head, momentarily breaking eye contact with the vixen in his lap. "Oh, well I've only um . . . tasted a girl once before, and, well. . ." He trailed off.
"Awww!" Lexi hugged him tight. Though oozing with confidence around his friends, alone as they were, his shyness was overwhelmingly cute.
"Well, wolfy," she continued, flicking his nose. "You had a quick taste last night. Want some more?"
Spear's ears pricked up at the offer; his response coming quickly and assertively.
"Yes!"
Pressing his paw more firmly against her panty-clad crotch, his palm mashed against her cunt, rubbing back and forth and giving the vixen something to grind against. Lexy eagerly took advantage of Spear's boldness and thrust her hips forward, desperately gyrating her crotch to meet his motions as her words quickly turned to moans and gasps. After several moments of her needy vocalizations, his finger pulled the fabric aside, finally exposing her sex to him. A digit pressed into her, slipping past her drenched folds and invading her love tunnel. Without pause, Spear pumped it back and forth, stimulating her as best he could, his free paw pressing into her back to hold her body close to his. A second finger joined the first as both the speed and wetness of his ministrations increased.
"Oohhhh. . .ohhh. . . wolfy! Do you like it? Do you like having your fingers inside me?" she moaned throatily, closing her eyes and losing herself in the pleasure. "Keep that up. Make your foxy vixen cum!"
"C-can I use my mouth?" The wolf started to whimper. "Please?"
After a brief moment of humming, Lexi answered. "Ryan usually takes about ten minutes in the shower, sometimes a little longer," she said with a wink, squirming about as Spear's finger's continued to work at her nethers, "That gives you about three minutes to make me feel good with that tongue of yours."
The invitation was all he needed. Whatever reservations he may have had, about this friend being awake and so close by, or about the simple fact that he was sexually involved with mother, had all evaporated away. His vixen was asking that he pleasure her. No, she was demanding it. Demanding his tongue go inside her cunt.
Growling, he thrust his head forward, clamping his jaws down on her neck and biting. It wasn't strong enough to piercing her flesh, but it nevertheless sent shivers down her body, causing the vixen to whimper slightly.
"Spear!"
The wolf didn't reply. Pushing Lexi from his lap and to her feet, he jumped from the chair and fell to his knees in front of her.
"Three minutes?" he said, licking his lips. "That should be enough time to make you cum."
Leaning back against the table, the vixen spread her legs in response. "Oh? then why don't you show me just how great wolves are?"
Ever keen to rise to a challenge, Spear wasted no time in grasping at her thighs with his paws and parting her legs further, pulling one up and over his shoulder to run down his back. The aroma of her arousal hit him in the face like a truck, over-stimulating his senses of causing a good deal of saliva to pool in his mouth, drooling out and down the side of his muzzle. Her petals were bare before him, parting slightly to reveal their glistening, moist inner folds. He couldn't resist any longer, not that he had intended to. He needed to taste her, and he needed it now.
"Oh fuck. . . Spear. . . Ooh, GOD DAMN!"
Her voice rang out as Spear's long, lupine tongue lashed out and found her pussy, dragging across her folds with a wet, hungry lick. Immediately, he growled, the intoxicating taste of her essence flooding his muzzle and driving him to push his maw tighter against her, probe his tongue deeper and deeper into her snatch. Last night had just been a quick little taste, but this was the raw deal. Every inch of her snatch was his to eat, to suck and lick as much as he wanted. His growls became savage and feral as he redoubled his efforts, pushing his tongue inside her. Writhing it about inside, he lavished the walls of her tunnel, pushing the quivering flesh aside as the flexible, pink muscle found her most sensitive spot. After a few slurps back and forth, he had her gasping and panting madly, all but begging for more.
Lexi's paws shot to the table, gripping hard as her knees buckled under her. The sensation rocketing through her loins, coursing through every nerve in her body, was simply too much to bear. She opened her mouth and screamed; howled his name while yelling and howling in wanton, profane bliss.
"FUCK! EAT ME. . . EAT ME SPEAR!!!"
When her release came, she let out a long, guttural howl, lifting her legs up off the floor and clamping them hard around Spear's head. Crossing them behind his back and pulling his warm, lapping tongue deeper into her snatch, she came. And came hard. Lexi's cunt shuddered and spasmed as she gushed, her eyes rolling back in her head, her tongue hanging from her mouth and drooling as she lost all semblance of control, wanting only to feel Spear's tongue eat and lick her, needing nothing else. Caring about nothing else.
"OOOOOOHHHHHH. . . GOD!" The final word reverberated in her throat
Her fluids flooded his muzzle, coating his face and dribbling down his chin to stain his chestfur with her essence. She humped and bucked wildly, each thrust bring a fresh squirt. The wet sound of their obscene act, as well as the scent and smell of her shameless release, filled the kitchen. The wolf eagerly drank up her cum, relishing the sensation of her steaming hot juices on his face, on his tongue, in his mouth. Almost maddened by the lust overwhelming his every thought, he powered his tongue through her orgasm, continuing to lap at her folds as she screamed. As her orgasm crested, she tightened her thighs, her whole body shuddering and contorting and she spurted one last spray, before relaxing, collapsing down from the table and into Spear's arms.
"I. . . I think we've. . . got. . . a-about. . . one minute," she panted. Though they had precious few seconds, if any at all, before Ryan would emerge from the bathroom, Lexi was content to rest in Spear's arms, and the wolf content to simply cradle her, practically feeling her warm, post-orgasmic glow as she smiled into his chest.
"Mmmmm, Lexi that was- shit, one minute!" He had wanted to savour the moment, but unless he cared to have an exceptionally awkward conversation with his best friend, such romantic gestures would have to wait. Beyond this, however, there was a far more pressing concern.
Spear was soaked, the floor was soaked, and the room reeked of sex.
The wolf scrambled to his feet, depositing Lexi onto her rump as he scrambled for the kitchen counter. Throwing the door open to the cupboard underneath the sink, Spear frantically pawed about inside, searching for anything that might be used to cover the scent and conceal their act.
"Uh, Spear?" chimed in Lexi, pulling herself to her feet. "All our cleaning stuff is. . . in the bathroom."
He froze. There was absolutely no way that Ryan could mistake what had been going on, inexperienced as he may be. The juices coating the floor, his own raging hardon barely concealed beneath his clothing, it was almost as clear evidence as one would need!
"Um. . . .uh. . ."
Out of options and time, he did the only thing that came to mind. Throwing himself to the floor, he rolled over in the pooled feminine cum, soaking the still-warm liquid into his fur and smearing the rest across the tiled floor. There was little he could do about the smell, but at least it would look as if someone had simply spilled something, then wiped it up. It wasn't too far from the truth, really.
However, the fact that he now reeked of Lexi's cunt did very little to settle his erection.
"Um, everything okay out here, I thought I heard shouting?"
Spear sprinted back to the table, flinging himself back into his chair seconds before Ryan patted his way into the kitchen, his fur nicely washed and steaming. He preferred to let it dry naturally, often lamenting that use of the fur dryer made him look like a puffball. Rubbing his head with the towel, and with a second wrapped about his waist, he walked over to the table, eyes darting about as if in search of something. His nose twitched a few times as he sniffed at an unknown scent.
In a slight panic, Spear patted the seat next to him. "C-come 'n sit, Ryan!" At this point, he knew distraction was his best bet.
He cleared his throat, forcing himself to sound as normal as he could manage. "We were just laughing about stuff. Did you have any ideas about what we could watch; did you get a second to check those movie lists?"
Without hesitation, the kit deposited himself into the offered chair, still rubbing at his headfur with the towel. He sniffed the air a few more times.
The smell had changed.
"Fast and Furious 9!" he shouted, eyes lighting up at the prospect of the movie.
He turned to face his mother, her cheeks still a little flushed. "Is that okay with you?"
Lexi smiled at her son. "Fine by me. That's if Spear is okay with it, too. Can't let him miss out on the fun, can we?"
She gave him a subtle wink as she spoke the last few words. "So, is that what you boys want? Movie in the morning, then maybe paintballing after lunch?"
Lexi leaned in to the two boys, grabbing them both with her arms. But she leaned her weight into Spear, smothering her breasts into him. Only with a great effort, along with his friend next to him, did Spear's typical, casual demeanour return. His trademark grin was once again spread across his muzzle, and he wrapped an arm around the smaller fox, pulling him close. "Well, if that's what you want to see, cool with me. To be honest, I don't get the chance to go to the movies much, so I'm always happy to see anything."
Of course, Lexi's tiny little tease had given him a tiny little rush.
"W-well," he coughed, trying to shake the awkwardness off in order to fool Ryan. "What's this about paintball?" Despite the situation, he seemed genuinely curious. "I've only ever with my sister a couple times at paintballing. It's fun, but damn, it can hurt!"
Ryan's nose pricked up as Spear pulled him closer.
"Yeah, paintballing is heaps of fun, I really. . . damn, Spear, your breath! You need to brush your teeth or something!"
"Oh, heh. . . guess I do!"
Ryan put the mysterious odour down to some strange wolf-smell. It wasn't something he was familiar with, and he wasn't about to start questioning his friend about every little scent he gave off. Though it might be a little, strange, he had to admit. . . he liked the aroma.
"But yeah," continued the fox. "It can hurt a bit, that's why the trick is not to get hit!"
"Easy for you to say, you're a small target!"
With a cheeky grin, Ryan pushed back from the table and rose to his feet. "I'll get changed then. Mom, do we have anything Spear can wear paintballing?"
"You can rummage through that if you want," she replied, motioning towards a cupboard in the hallway. "You should find some of my ex-husband's stuff in there to wear, should fit you. Don't really care if you get it dirty or ripped, so no need to worry about it. . ."
Watching her son make his way from the kitchen and up the stairs to his room, Lexi was strangely quiet for a few moments, content to simply sip from her yet-unfinished coffee.
"Um. . . Miss Lee?"
"I'm going to have a shower myself," she said, suddenly perking up. "You're going to need one too, unless you want every canine within a few hundred feet of you knowing exactly what you've been up to."
With another wink and swish of her tail, she too disappeared from the kitchen. The bathroom door clicked closed a few seconds later, leaving Spear alone in the kitchen.
". . .Wow."
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The fox and the wolf clambered into the back of the van, Spear's tail wagging back and forth and smacking against the door as he took his seat. Ryan followed soon after, securing himself next to his friend before yapping at his mother.
"Hurry, Mom, I wanna watch the trailers!" Ryan protested. He was typically excitable when going out, as it was not something he got to do often. Spare time for he and his mother was at a premium, and the chance to spend a day out of the house was something he was going to make the most of.
Lexi smiled at her son through the rear-view mirror. "All aboard?"
They two boys nodded eagerly.
"Alright then!"
Lexi keyed the ignition and started the engine, pulling the family car out of the driveway and onto the quiet street. It was a fairly standard minivan and though old, it had been well maintained. Certainly, it was far too large for the two of them, and Lexi had considered selling it on more than one occasion. She and her ex-husband had originally purchased it with the intention of raising a family. That had never happened; they had got to one child and then. . . stopped.
Today, however, wasn't the occasion to be thinking such thoughts. Even though Lexi was on her way to see some cheesy action movie, something she certainly would not take the time or spend the money to see on her own, she couldn't help but smile. The morning and previous night's adventures aside, simply getting out of the house with her son and someone else, anyone else, was more than she had been able to enjoy in a while.
It was something she'd have to hang on to as best she could.
"Spear," she started, "I know this might be a little sudden, but how would you and Ryan like to make this a regular thing? Say once every two weeks? Just a movie and maybe lunch, at least when money isn't tight."
She had to suppress her smile turning into a giggle at the sight of Spear's rapidly widening eyes. The offer had been rather direct, and had come so soon after she and the wolf had shared not one, but two intimate moments. Of course, there was more to it than simply allowing her son and his friend to enjoy a fun day out every once in awhile, though that did play into it. Ryan probably wouldn't catch on, but Lexi was confident enough in Spear's ability to read between the lines to know that this was a convenient excuse to be able to spend time with him on a regular basis.
"Oh, I. . . I mean, yeah, that sounds great!" he replied.
"Really?!" Interjected Ryan, "You mean it?"
"Sure do!" he nodded, holding his fists to his waist in a seemingly confident manner.
"Thanks Mom! Spear, we should decide what movie we want to see next time right now! Let's watch a few trailers!" He shook his friend excitedly by the shoulder.
"Heh, sure thing, Ryebread. Do you have a phone or tablet we can watch a few on? I think I saw Le. . . uh. . . Miss Lee using an iPad." Spear gulped, still a little self-conscious about using the vixen's first name in front of his friend, even if she had asked him to.
"Yeah, Mom keeps it in here," replied Ryan, reaching over to the center console and retrieving the device. A few swipes and he brought up a media player, resting it and his arm on Spear's leg as he loaded up a video.
"This one is really cool!"
---
The drive to the cinema hadn't taken that long. Pulling into the parking lot of the multiplex, Lexi quickly found a parking space close to the main entrance of the cinema, and swung the minivan in. Even before the vehicle had squealed to a halt, its door was flung open, and two exceptionally eager young furs bounced out, practically scampering over each other in their rush to reach the ticketing booth.
"There's no use running!" Lexi called after them, killing the engine and gathering her bag, "I've got all the money!"
"Yeah, you're loaded!" Spear cried out, taking the opportunity to be brazen, his eyes locking in on her chest for just long enough for the female to notice.
As enthusiastic as they may have been, Ryan and Spear could do little except hop up and down on the spot as the vixen slowly sauntered her way toward them, grinning broadly.
"Mom!" Ryan puffed his tail up.
She rolled her eyes at him, but caved in the end. The little guy was just too cute to let down, she thought with a smile. "Oh, alright, sweetie. Here, go and get Spear and yourself some snacks. I'll get the tickets."
Lexi handed her son a twenty dollar note and watched the him spin about and run off towards the snack bar. Before Spear could follow him, she delivered a crisp smack to his buttocks with her paw, catching his surprised expression with a wink.
"Heh. . . our little secret, okay?"
It was highly probable that someone had seen the lewd display, a fact not lost on the wolf. With a whimper, he covered his rear and trotted off after his friend, leaving a giggled vixen in his wake. What was she thinking? He could feel himself warm up, and his sheath stirred in his pants. Was Lexi really want to take such risks?
Would she try something in the cinema?
A small part of Spear almost dreaded sitting next to her; the thought of what was currently a little fling between the two of them being discovered, either by Ryan or a member of the public, was more than a little nerve wracking. He would be lying, however, if he said the prospect didn't excite him just a little bit.
Pushing those thoughts from his mind, he caught up with the young fox.
"Whatcha gunna get, Rye?" he asked, eagerly eyeing the selection of items. "I think I want some buttery-as-fuck popcorn."
"Buttery-as-fuck popcorn to go with your buttery-as-fuck ass?" Ryan joked. "How can you eat that stuff? I'm just going to get a bag of chips and some water, you get what you want."
"You know the water's a scam, right?"
The fox shrugged, and grabbed some water and chips, along with Spear's popcorn and a diet soda. As the wolf had warned, the water was the biggest ripoff, though between them they managed to get everything they wanted. Despite his age, Ryan made a point of eating relatively healthily. One of the few things his father had impressed upon him was the need to take care of one's body, a habit which had stuck with both he and his mother, and which probably explained why they were both so trim. As such, he rarely drank soda, and typically stuck to water, or occasionally juice.
"Alright boys," said Lexi, appearing suddenly behind the two males, "I have the tickets. Looks like the cinema will be pretty empty, turns out no-one else wants to watch this garbage."
"Hey, it's entertainment!" quipped Ryan, barely able to contain his excitement. "You ready, Spear? This is going to be so cool!"
"Yeah, it'll be awesome," the wolf chimed in. "Well. . . I hope."
He clearly had other things on his mind.
Just as Lexi had said, the theatre was near empty, with only a few scattered furs sitting about. Several couples were cuddled up together in the outermost seats, with a few solitary moviegoers closer to the middle.
"Aw, sweet!" Ryan ran down the aisle. "We can sit anywhere we want. Here!"
"Hold up there," chided Lexi, coming to a stop a few rows behind the young fox. "Not everyone wants to burn their eyes out sitting so close to the screen."
Spear's frown went unnoticed as Lexi shuffled her way along the row of seats with Ryan in tow. Of course, it was to be expected that the young fox would follow his mother, and that the vixen would want her son close by; this was very likely the first time they had been out with a guest in a number of years. Still, he couldn't help but feel ever so slightly miffed. His friend would now be sitting between him and Lexi, a position he had hoped to be in himself!
With a slight huff, he dropped into the seat next to the fox, settling back and placing his drink in the cup holder.
"Sure you don't want any, Ryebread?" he asked, holding the tub closer to him while sipping on his drink.
"No thanks, I'll stick with what I've got!" Ryan threw a few of the chips into his mouth, crunching away as the trailers rolled. He was fairly engaged; laughing a few times at the comedic ones and excitedly commenting at the more action-packed offerings.
"I'll have a some of your popcorn, Spear." Lexi reached behind Ryan and held her paw out expectantly.
Spear was more than willing to oblige, and hurriedly scooped up a small pawful of the buttery snack, shuffling a little awkwardly in his seat as he stretched his arm out behind his friend. Rather than take the popcorn from him, Lexi's paw shot to the wolf's wrist, and pulling him across with a forceful tug. Just as he felt his side collide with Ryan's head, a sudden warmth engulfed his fingers as the vixen chomped her jaws down on the outstretched paw. Rather sensually and slowly, she pulled the popcorn from him, though took a few moments longer to run her tongue across his pads, licking in between his fingers, wetting his fur with her spit.
With a barely audible pop, she pulled his fingers from her mouth. "Hmmm, delicious. I'd have got some myself if the stuff didn't go straight to my thighs!"
Spear was aghast. By now, with that little display, along with the teasing he had endured since the morning, he was getting more than a little pent up. His legs shuffled back and forth in his seat as he tried desperately to hide his rapidly growing erection.
And he wasn't the only one.
Lexi squirmed, mashing her thighs together. The very thought of what she had just done, not only in public, but in such close proximity to Ryan; it all turned her on immensely. Teasing the wolfboy was something she simply couldn't get out of her mind; a dirty little fantasy she just had to pursue!
An idea formed in her head.
"Oh, shoot, dropped my phone\~." Bending over, she made a bit of a show feeling around on the floor in front of her.
"Hmmm, how did it get back there?" Turning about in her seat, she leaned over into the row behind, arching her back up and over the seatback, pressing her buttocks tightly against her jeans. She hadn't worn a belt, and the stretching motion pushed them down ever so slightly, revealing the top of the underwear she had chosen for the day.
A rather skimpy and sexy thong.
"Gotcha!" She swished her tail a few times, covering both Spear and her son. Ryan simply swatted it away, still watching the movie. But for the wolf, her scent was an unmistakable signal.
His sexual frustration was now nearing intolerable levels. What was this torture for? He watched her bend over, and upon in seeing her choice of underwear, bit sharply into his bottom lip. The scent was intoxicating. A vixen in heat; a vixen offering herself to him, right here, in front of everyone.
He needed only to reach out and take it. He was a wolf, damn it! Strong and assertive!
The whimper that escaped his mouth, however, was anything but. "Uh, would you like some more popcorn, Miss Lee?"
She looked a little surprised at his offer, before forming a broad smirk across her muzzle.
"Hmm, that popcorn isn't too bad, but it's a bit stale, I think I prefer something fresh," she winked at him, "You know, from the source?"
Ryan heard the quip, and though not fully understanding the remark, looked up at his mother. "You want me to go and get you some, Mom?"
\*Oh!" Lexi was a little surprised at the offer.. "That would be lovely! Just a small one, please. Here keep the change for yourself."
Ryan happily hopped down for the seat, taking the ten dollar note offered by his mother. The trailers were almost over, but there would still be a few minutes before the movie would begin. Tail swishing behind him, he pushed his way past Spear and quickly hurried up the aisle.
"Don't trip, fuzz-ball!"
Spear watched as his friend made his way towards the exit. The very instant he was sure the fox was out of sight,he scrambled across into the vacant seat, leaning over the armrest and locking his mouth with Lexi's. The kiss was deep and passionate, oblivious to whoever may be watching. As their tongues danced and wrestled, the wolf's paws set to work, one squeezing her thigh and the other groping at her chest.
"Mmmm, Lexi." After a brief pause for air, his tongue again mashed into her muzzle, pushing past her lips and licking over her own. It had been less than twenty four hours, but he relished her flavour as if he had been left wanting for years.
He knew they'd at best a few minutes. Unreservedly, the paw on her thigh snaked upward, pushing down into the warmth of her crotch and groping her heated sex firmly.
"Oh, Spear!" she giggled, her joyous sounds causing a nearby couple to turn their heads, "What's that for?"
"That's for teasing me all day. I. . ." he whispered, an excited tremble apparent in his voice, "I wanna fuck again!"
"Horny little wolf!" A sharp pair of claws slapped his cheeks, leaving the wolf shocked before the grinning mother.
Lexi's paw slowly extended towards his crotch, delicately tracing at first across his thigh before firmly grasping his hardness. Her eyes locked with his, a seductive grin spreading across her muzzle as she squeezed him through his pants.
"Sorry, but no fucking. At least not here."
If Spear thought that this was simply another tease, that she would leave him wanting yet again, he couldn't have been more wrong. Rather than pull back, she leaned over forward, both of her paws pushing their way into his pants and roughly tugging them down, leaving him with only his boxers to cover his shame.
"I know that must be disappointing." In the darkened cinema, she pulled his cock out, pumping it up and down in her paw a few times. "But I think perhaps I can give you something that you had a tiny taste of last night."
Without waiting for agreement or protest, Lexi plunged her head down, engulfing his wolfhood in her hot, wet maw and sucking all the way to the base. Where the little oral attention he had given him last night had been a mere tease, this was the raw deal; unrestrained and completely overwhelming. Her throat shuddered with a guttural moan as his tip pressed its way down, sliding over the wet walls of her gullet, pushing further and further in. She sucked deeply and powerfully, her growling shooting tantalising vibrations through his cock.
"F-fuck! L-lexi!"
A brief respite followed, with Lexi pulling her head back, flicking her tongue over his tip before speaking in the most sultry and heated tone. "Come on, wolfy, I'm not one of your high school bitches, you're not going to break me! Make me take this delicious wolf cock in my mouth, make me suck you!"
As if challenging him, she again forced her muzzle over his length, sucking and slurping with her tongue, curling it around his head and pumping it in the opposite direction to her head bobbing, giving him the most wondrous, erotic and thrilling sensation.
"G-goddamn, Lexi. . . where. . . where did you learn that?" he whimpered, leaning back into his seat and enjoying every second of the attention being lavished upon him.
Any attempts to remain quiet and composed were futile in the face of the experience tongue working him over. The canine growled, grabbing her by her head and rocked his hips, wantonly fucking her muzzle. Such had been the teasing he had received earlier, that his release was building at an alarming rate.
His growls increased in volume.
"You... want that, foxy bitch?" he huffed, hardly believing what he was saying. She was much older than him, but in their current predicament, he was just too horny to care, "You want to taste the seed that knocked you up?"
A desperate moan about his cock was all the response he got. With a hot, needy vixen going wild over his member, there was simply no hope for the wolf, not a chance in hell that he could hold back for. No chance at all.
Spear had to bite his own tongue to avoid howling in savage, unrelenting pleasure as he came. Hot wolf seed rushed from his tip, splashing over Lexi's tongue and coating her mouth from lips to gullet. She greedily drank him down, gulping each spurt of cum as it came, the combined action of her tongue and sucking driving Spear's pleasure beyond his ability to contain.
He barked. Loudly.
Lexi continued to suck for a few moments more, milking the last few drops of his essence from his sensitive shaft before a sudden light passed over the two of them. Immediately, she withdrew her muzzle from his crotch, a few drops of semen dripping from her lips as she looked up, coming face to face with a wide-eyed usher. A scrawny but well-presented racoon boy.
"Something the matter?" she asked innocently, licking her muzzle clean in the most obscene fashion imaginable as she spoke.
A combined look of horror and crushing embarrassment spread across his face. Seizing the moment, Lexi lowered her head back towards Spear's still-hard cock, her tongue snaking out and slowly running from base to tip, all the while maintaining unblinking eye contact with the youth who had interrupted them.
Already, there was a noticeable bulge in his pants.
"Oh. . . ma'am. . . I. . .I. . ." he stammered, glancing nervously about, "I thought I heard s-something, so. . ."
"Want to join in?"
The flashlight clattered to the floor, bouncing across the carpet and rolling under the row of seats immediately in front of them. His flushed face almost completely red. "Y, ye-..." Unable to say it, the racoon dashed back towards the aisle, quickly removing himself from the incalculably awkward situation.
"Aww, pity," she teased, giving his cock another few laps, "He looked about your age, wolfy. Would have been fun to have both of you. . ."
Again, Spear felt her searing hot muzzle engulf him, her head bobbing back and forth a few times before again releasing him. "Think he's going to jerk off tonight, thinking about this? He'll probably do if fifty times."
"L-lexi!" he whimpered. He simply couldn't take any more. The sucking, the licking, all the attention his hypersensitive cock was receiving, it was just too much.
And Lexi was far from done.
Pushing her head further down over his cock, she wrapped her lips directly over his knot and pressed down with them, rolling them from side to side and massaging the still swollen organ, her teeth pricking ever so lightly at the surface. All the while, her tongue continued to lap and slid up and down his shaft, rolling and teasing over his tip.
Spear broke. Without even the strength left in him to make any sound, he came a second time, again filling the vixen's muzzle with his seed.
"Yes, Spear! Give it to me!"
Lexi growled with fury, her hot breath washing over his cock as he continued to cum. The bobbing of her head and the tenacity of her sucking was almost too painful to bear, yet brought the most electric waves of pleasure, crashing through his nervous system as the wolf's orgasm overtook him completely.
It was a near certainty that the rest of the theatre had clued into what was happening, if not the noise, then the smell of seed and sex had surely given it away.
After muzzle-fucking the spent wolf boy for all he was worth, she slowly, agonisingly drew her mouth back, sucking as hard as she could, all the way to the top, before finally giving his tip one last flick and returning to her seat, acting as if nothing had happened.
"Hmmm, wasn't that fun!" she giggled, wiping a few errant drops of cum from her muzzle.
Finally, Spear regained something resembling the ability to speak. "L. . . Lexi. . . I. . ."
A quick slap to his forearm silenced whatever he was about to say and jolted him back to his sense. "Hush! He's coming back!"
Ryan padded his way back down the aisle and took his seat in between Spear and his mother, gingerly handing her the popcorn before returning to his own snacks. He looked a little dejected and downtrodden, and upon closer inspection, it was apparent that his fur had been rather roughly ruffled, especially around the face. He sat in silence, his enthusiasm for the picture dulled as he continued to crunch away at his chips.
"Ryan," started Spear, a hint of concern in his voice, "What happened? Why is your fur all messed up?"
"Oh, it's um. . . I ran into some of the kids from school out there, they. . . roughed me up a bit. I'm ok though!"
"Uh. . . I think they were just waiting to go in, they should be in the lobby....but please, don't go and cause a scene!" He tugged at Spear's shirt a little. The fox kit was clearly still upset, and was shying away from the prospect of more conflict.
"I don't want you to get in trouble. . ."
Upon seeing the despondent look in Ryan's eyes, Spear gave his friend a warm smile while hugging him close. "Hey, don't worry. It's not like I'm not going to fight them."
He picked himself up from the cinema seat.
"Do you have your smart phone on you, Ryebread?" he continued, taking it from the fox's outstretched paw as it was offered. "After this they won't bother you anymore, I promise. And I won't hurt them."
Flicking his pads across the touchscreen, the wolf did his best to familiarise himself with the phone. He didn't have one of his own; he was just about the only fur he knew of who didn't, but it wasn't long before he had brought up the camera application.
He shot Lexi a slightly worried look. "Maybe you should come. . . just to make sure."
The vixen grumbled as she too stood up from her seat, stretching herself out again. "Just don't get us kicked out, Spear. . . you don't want an angry fox on your case, trust me."
"Um. . ." chimed Ryan, still seated, "What should I do?"
Spear grinned. "You'll want to watch this one, fox fuzz."
He walked quickly out into the lobby, his yellow eyes scanning about until he located the two offending youths.
Instantly, he recognised them.
'Jerks.'
With a slight tremble brought about by the thought of what he was about to do, Spear clasped the smartphone tightly in his paw and marched across the lobby, his gazed fixed upon the two felines. The smaller one, the leopard, would be the easier target, just the right height and not so big as to beat Spear down the second he made his move.
"Hey, you guys!" he called out, rapidly closing the last few feet between them.
They wheeled about in unison, the taller lion looking directly in Spear's eyes while the leopard had to crane his neck ever so slightly.
"Yo, Dogbreath, what are you. . ."
He never had the chance to complete the sentence.
Spear leaned in, and kissed him deeply, tongue and all. Simultaneously, he raised the phone, the shutter sound clicking as he took a photo. For a few moments me maintained the kiss, pushing his tongue into the the other male's mouth and making wet contact with his own. With a shove, he broke the kiss and pushed the leopard away, staggered backward several feet himself with the phone held out in his paws.
The picture was as clear as day. "Fuck with Ryan again, and everyone sees it."
For a few, drawn-out seconds, the lobby was in near total silence, the small crowd having their eyes fixated on the spectacle.
"HOLY FUCK, YOU FAG!!!" The leopard spluttered and coughed, wiping his tongue on his paws in an attempt to remove the wolf-spittle from his mouth.
Both Spear and Ryan knew the two felines; indeed the same two who had troubled them the previous day. In any other situation, a fight would be a near certainty now. But not this time. With such a direct and bizarre confrontation, there was little they could do except flee. Flee and hope that the picture never saw the light of day.
"Fuck you, dogbreath! FUCK YOU!"
Lexi couldn't help but laugh wildly, almost bending over in hysterics as she watched their reaction.
"Wow, Spear!" she gasped, trying to control herself. "That was really bold of you!"
Pretending to steady herself on his shoulder, she leaned in nice and close, whispering so that only he could hear, ". . .and kinda hot." Spear blushed.
Ryan giggled a little as he phone was thrown back to him. He had this picture on his phone. . . of his best friend making out with another guy. He blushed a little at the thought, looking up at Spear, his slightly flustered appearance all the more evident now.
With a pat on the little kit's head, Spear smiled down at him. "You probably want to make a backup of it on your PC when you're home. You know, to make sure you don't lose it."
He was being serious, but there was more than a slight tease in his tone.
With Lexi still laughing, and his friend's mood improved remarkably, he couldn't help but feel a little proud of himself. But something else was on his mind, too. The wolf licked his lips, thinking about it. The leopard was a punk, but the kiss itself. . .
It wasn't really that bad.
"Well, anyways," he cleared his throat, and held up a paw to brush his cheek to hide the redness behind his fur. "Let's get back to the movie. I don't want to miss too much!"
---
Spear groaned a little as he shifted his weight in the back seat of the minivan, alternative from cheek to cheek in an attempt to escape the throbbing ache that coursed through his posterior. Paintballing had been more fun than he remembered, and the time had simply flown past. Still, despite how much he had enjoyed himself, his rump was in agony! Both Ryan and Lexi seemed to have taken it upon themselves to put as many paintballs into his buttocks as possible. The younger fox had been about as skilled as Spear had suspected; quick and shrewd, though perhaps a little overly eager and times, liable to cop a pasting. Lexi, however, she was good. Far more cool and calculating than her son, yet with that same vulpine cunning. Spear could still hear hear raucous laughter as he was shot time and time again.
Ryan flopped into the seat next to him and the minivan pulled out of the parking lot and made for the Lee family home.
"Well," started Spear, pushing the pain from his mind, "I want to pull an all-nighter. Stay up with you, play around. If you want. You know, double-up on my score over you."
"Ha, you wish, dog-breath!"
The lupine chuckled in response. Then, he leaned in, whispering in the fox's ear. "Uh, you mentioned briefly having a bit of a porn collection, I think?"
Ryan's face flushed a little, yet he maintained composure. "Uh. . . yeah, I do. . . maybe."
"Think you can make some copy of the stash and email it to me?"
The slight red tint to his face turned to a full on blush. "Um. . . okay. . ."
He had never mentioned his collection directly, though he had talked about a few videos and pictures he had seen online. Spear had obviously guessed that this wasn't just something he had stumbled upon. Any red-blooded male of his age would no doubt be indulging in such things, though without any real outlet for his kinks, Ryan simply wasn't sure how others might respond.
"I kinda have. . . different tastes. I really like. . ." He blushed a little more, turning away to hide his embarrassment. ". . . you know, like deer and squirrels and stuff, prey furs. I'll send you some if. . . that's what you're into. They're just so. . . cute."
Lexi looked in the rear view mirror, her ears pricking up at her son's voice.
"Hmmm, you say something, Sweetie?"
"Uh. . . no, Mom."
Spear waited until the vixen's eyes were again fixed to the road before wrapping his arm around the kit and pulling him close. He leaned in close, a grin spreading across his muzzle as he spoke. "That sounds pretty hot, you know. Want to watch it together sometime?"
"S-sure. . ."
---
"Aw yeah, what a day!"
Spear was the first in the house, running eagerly up the front steps and unlocking the front door with the keys Lexi had thrown to him. He all but kicked it off it's hinges in his mad rush to get inside, racing through the short entranceway and towards the kitchen. Almost slipping up on the linoleum floor, his shoes squeaked as he dashed for the fridge.
"C'mon, Ryebread!" he called, collecting two cans of iced tea, "We've got all evening to play, I want to see you in action again!"
Catching the drink as it was tossed to him, Ryan quickly followed his friend up the stairs and to the landing, leaving his mother standing somewhat bemused in the entranceway. After fumbling for a moment with excitement, he finally selected a game to shove into the console's disk drive as it booted up, and threw a controller at his friend before flopping back into the bean bag.
"Hope you're ready for another tail-whipping!" he said, popping the can of tea and taking a sip. "I'm all amped up for this!"
"Ha, not this time!"
As the game logos popped up on the television, the various loading screens flashing back and forth, Ryan couldn't help but squirm a little. In saying that he was amped up, the young kit hadn't just meant for games. His heart was still racing; simply having Spear next to him was causing all manner of feelings to rush through him, feelings he'd never felt before.
Before the main menu had even appeared, he stood himself up, tossing his controller to his friend.
"Here you go, I'm just going to. . .um. . . get changed, these clothes are a little uncomfortable! You play for a bit, I'll be back in five."
Spear raised an eyebrow.
Gingerly, the fox closed the door behind him and padded over to his desk. All the talk of his porn had got him a little worked up, as well as. . . well, seeing Spear make out with that other boy. It was a strange sensation that he felt; a slight tightness in the chest; jealousy perhaps. He knew that he shouldn't be feeling such things, but every time he pictured it in his head, it made his heart beat a little faster.
Time, in that case, for a brief bit of self-indulgence, flush out those thoughts with some hot pussy!
He pulled his laptop out from his desk and flicked it open. After a few clicks, his well-hidden porn folder flickered across the screen in all its smutty glory. Gunfire and explosions sounded in the adjacent room. Spear was clearly absorbed in the current round of gameplay, giving him a good five or so minutes before his friend would come looking for him. Five or so minutes was all he would need. . .
'Okay then.'
The video he selected was an old favourite, a lesbian three-way between a cute little deer girl and two cheetahs. The deer girl was tied up, lying on her back as the two felines ravished her from each end, one eating her out and the other forcing her to do the same to her own dripping pussy. Wide-eyed and eager, Ryan grasped his already hard cock and started to stroke.
But something was off. Yes, he was aroused, and while usually came within seconds of watching this video, there was something ever so slightly different this time. An urge, in the very back of his mind, telling him that the sight of a trio of girls embroiled in passion wasn't quite what he was after today.
His paws went to his pocket, pulling out his phone and flicking through the photos. He came to that photo that Spear had taken, the photo of him kissing the leopard boy full on the lips. In public. In full view of him and his mother.
His cock twitched a little.
Not really knowing by, but more turned on than he had been in some time, Ryan paused the video and continued to stroke, a little faster and a little harder than he had before, with tiny, foxy yips escaping his mouth as he did so.
"Spear. . . why?"
Immersed in the moment, and with few thoughts beyond a quick and dirty jerk, Ryan's otherwise sensitive ears failed to pick up the sudden lack of noise coming from the TV. Or the slow creaking of his door. Or the series of footsteps thudding their way across the floorboards of his room.
This time, he moaned aloud. "Speeaar!"
The wolf's jaw dropped open. He was flabbergasted. Confused. At a complete loss. Had he heard correctly? At first, he had planned to simply surprise his friend, give him a rather embarrassing scare; caught mid-act as he would have been. That one word, the sound of the fox uttering that one name, changed everything. Naturally, he did the first and most stupid thing that came to mind.
Leaning over, he whispered in his friend's ear. "Hey."
"Gah!" Ryan yelped in surprise, his tail puffing up and the young fox jumping almost two feet into the air. "S-Spear!"
Flushed with the most extreme embarrassment, he quickly tucked his cock away, fumbling awkwardly as he strained to get it back inside his underwear. In his hurry, he knocked the phone from his bed, and it landed face up on the floor, directly between the two furs.
It was painfully obvious what he had been masturbating to.
"S-s-s-pear. . . I. . . I. . ." he stammered several times, his eyes darting about the room and his paws clutching to his chest in panic.
He still hadn't managed to pull his shorts up, and the bulging tent of his boxers was still on full display. "I. . . . FUCK. . . I'm sorry!"
Spear, if at all possible, looked even more panicked than the fox. "No no, look, Ryan. . . I. . . I should be saying. . . sorry, I. . ."
Shutting his eyes, the wolf wheeled about and stumbled the few feet out of the room, hurriedly slamming the door closed behind him. His own heart was now pounding, thundering in his chest, his breath coming in short, sharp bursts as he struggled to make sense of the past ten seconds. It had been him on the phone, for sure, that very same picture he had taken earlier. Intended as a bit of a joke, along with a bit of blackmail to keep those bullies off his friend's back, it had apparently served as fantasy fuel.
A fantasy with him as its object.
Spear clutched at his chest, still breathing heavily. 'Shit.'
Whatever would come, would come. For now, and with a great sense of trepidation about what he would tell his friend the next time they spoke, he made his way back downstairs for another can of tea. |
Last-Ditch Attempt by Dark Violet | Over the new year of 2016, Dark Violet and October_Flixard joined up to write a series of short stories for a charitable cause.Here is the darkest of the bounty, the deepest in the pit, where only the most salacious works are stored...Welcome to the Kinky Anthology. A second commission for FA: | [
"Death",
"Digestion",
"Hybrid",
"Pokemon",
"Quilava",
"Short",
"Short Story",
"Vore (soft)",
"buizel"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1149325-last-ditch-attempt | **Last-Ditch Attempt**
*\- For Kingy*
His fur was covered in saliva. It clung to him, a thick, wet mess from head to toe. All over, surrounding him, pressing down were those hot, smooth insides, pushing him deeper and deeper. He could hear nothing but the sound of them sliding against each other, sliding against\_him\_, moving him further along - and that incessant, loud drumming of the creature's heartbeat. He saw nothing, but he felt everything.
Oh, god... he'd been *eaten*...
Kingy let out a squeak of terror, his eyes wide. He could barely hear it over the wet sounds of the gullet that squeezed him so tightly. The little hybrid of Buizel and Quilava gave a grunt of surprise as suddenly he dropped, feeling himself slide into a slightly larger area, where the walls no longer pressed onto his short orange fur as heavily as before. He stopped moving, coming to a rest. Around him, gurgling juices were heard in terrible clarity. The realisation dawned on him - he was in the stomach now.
The last place he'd ever be...
"Oh, god..." He tried to say, but the sound was cut off my more gurgling. He coughed, his mouth filling with saliva and juices, and he rolled over to try and get to his feet - but the stomach's insides were wet and slippery. He couldn't get a grasp of anything!
He lay on his back, his eyes wide. No... no, please, not like this! There had to be some way out. There had... to be...
He blinked. Then he did it again. He leaned up, staring forwards, , waving his head.
Yes... he could *see!*
The light came from his head. Normally, like with Quilava, he had flames burning between his ears. That mouth, that saliva, had extinguished them easily - but his fur still smouldered with dim orange light. It wasn't much - but it was a start, right?
Kingy leaned forwards, his paws slipping through the puddle of juices he was sitting in. He could just make out the contours of the walls, a dim, washed-out pink. Each fold in the stomach's lining, each little ridge glinted with wetness, thousands of tiny reflections of the smouldering fur on his head. He blinked again, turning this way and that.
Okay... find the way I came in. It's the only way...
He looked up. It was there, right above him - almost pressed against his head. A small little collection of ridges showing a hole up into the rest of the gullet.
Right. He can do this. He can \_do\_this.
Slowly, Kingy reached down, pushing himself over. He moved slowly, arms shaking, but with slow enough movements he could just manage it...
He eventually fell onto his front with a wet *plop*, his front covered in the juices now. He bit his lip, ignoring the taste of that liquid, as he stared back up at the gullet's entrance. Around him, the stomach walls moved, pressing down on him, spurting fresh juices over his rear.
Don't think about it. Just reach up...
He stepped forwards, his paws shaking. As he put his feet down, the stomach pushed back, folding in around his paws and surrounding them with both flesh and liquid. He whimpered loudly - this sound he could just hear over the body continuing along with its functions.
He would not be a part of that! He wouldn't be food!
He reached up, and just managed to get a paw against the entrance. He pressed it through, forcing the flesh apart. He gasped, breathing in the thin, warm air, a smile across his muzzle as he managed to push his paw through. He could do this!
He stood up further, reaching up with his other paw - and then the stomach shifted. His feet lost balance and he slipped, landing face-down in the juices once more. His paws scrabbled for purchase again, and he pulled his head from the liquid to stare back at the ring. It was centimetres away, but oh how far that seemed! He whined once more, lifting himself up to try again. The air was getting thinner by the moment, fetid and hot.
That's when he began to feel it. The tingling. It was on his feet mainly, but his short tail had it too, and his rear, his back, his pudgy belly... Hell, he could even feel it at the back of his throat. Tingling? What was that? Was he...?
Stomach juices. Stomach *acids*.
He was being digested.
Kingy whimpered loudly, staring down. He lifted his paws, but the dim light wasn't enough to see anything happen, but he could feel it. Feel his body being eaten away...
Oh, god! No!
He scrabbled again, launching himself up at the gullet. He stared at it, keeping it in his vision as his heart began to race, gulping in the precious air he'd been allowed. It seemed hotter than ever now, but that was nothing compared to the tingling which was consuming his body. His feet were numb - it was like pins and needles, but slowly consuming his legs and body. He wailed again, trying to kick. He reached up, and his paws just grazed the outside of the gullet entrance before he fell again, splashing down into the liquids.
The stomach gurgled, and he felt the walls close in on him. The smouldering fur on his head hissed as juices landed on it, and the light flickered and dimmed. No, no, please no!
Kingy was rolled onto his back by the stomach's motions, half curled up as it began to press down on him, squeeze him. He whimpered again, closing his eyes, trying to calm himself. The heartbeat of the creature surrounded him as he panted, quick, shallow breaths which seemed to serve little more but have more juices pour into his mouth.
Wait - juices, mouth... that was *it!*
He was half Buizel. He was a water type! Of course, how could he forget!? He knew water gun!
He swallowed, trying to ignore the burning down his throat. All he had to do was summon up a decent water gun, and that would push him right out of the stomach. At the very least, it may fill it up enough to dilute the acid, or push him to the gullet's entrance or something... whatever would happen, it would be better than just sitting here and being food!
Kingy sat up, pressing his head against the stomach's linings, hearing that sizzling of his fur again. He close his eyes, breathing out, trying to remember how to do it...
*Remember... just like when you were learning, when you were young, by the river... just breathe in, let yourself feel the water inside you... gather it up... let it swirl and swell... feel it grow and grow until you're at breaking point - and then open your mouth... and...!*
Kingy opened his eyes, his mouth open. He reared back, and...
A small jet of water spat from his mouth. He heard it splash against the stomach wall inches from his face. It had barely been a trickle.
His eyes widened. He did it again, breathing in, and then tried to expel it - come on! A good, proper water gun! You can do it!
The stomach gurgled. His head was suddenly splashed with a fresh spurt of stomach juices, which poured over his face and down his back. With a final, pitiful hiss, the fur on his head was fully extinguished. Kingy was plunged into darkness.
The lining closed in again, wrapping around his head. He could barely move. His lower half was completely numb now, but he could feel pressure at his shoulders. His paws swam in the liquid, and he could feel the tingling become greater and greater there.
Slowly, horribly, the realisation dawned.
This was *it*. The big *it*, italics and all. The final moment of his life. He was doomed to be... to be *food*, digested here in this creature's stomach. All he was, all he could ever be, gone - his body nothing now but nutrition for this hateful creature that had so casually swallowed him.
His head tingled now. Every bit of him. He could barely breathe - it felt like there was no more oxygen left in the air. His body was surrounded by these heavy, crushing stomach walls which kept him still...
He couldn't stop it. He couldn't change it. He was trapped, and he couldn't get out. This stomach would be the last thing he'd see, last thing he felt, and...
And...
He breathed out slowly. His mind was working slower, as if what was happening was a dream. Oh, he wasn't asleep - maybe it was the stomach juices finally getting to him, maybe this was him fainting before the final act, but...
He shifts his head. It was all he could feel now. His body was nothing but an ocean of soft tingling, and his head was massaged by those warm, soft walls...
It was odd, but... in a way, it was almost... soothing.
Kingy stretched his head back, pressing it against the creature's belly. He could feel it working, taking over.
It was crazy. It was totally insane and nonsensical, but... There were no more responsibilities. No more worries. No more demons with glowing eyes in the shadows. No more world to be scared of. He wasn't part of any of that.
He was food. All he was, all he had been, culminated in being this tiny little morsel of a meal. Nothing else but that - plain, simple, food.
And with his last breath, Kingy gave himself to his predator. |
The Weekend at Zack's by Alex Foxxy | This is a story I wrote as a Valentines Day/Birthday Present for my best friend. Hope you like it Zacky! Happy Valentines Day and Birthday sweetheart! Zack's profile: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/zack-fox/ Give his page a look he has lots of amazing art! - Friday, the coveted day of teenagers and | [
"Anal",
"Blowjob",
"Cum",
"Fox",
"Foxes",
"Gay",
"M/M",
"Male",
"Oral",
"Super nintendo",
"retro",
"snes",
"weekend"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1145315-the-weekend-at-zack-s | Friday, the coveted day of teenagers and adults alike. It's the signal that the weekend has finally arrived and I was excited for this weekend. My best friend Zack had invited me over to play some retro video games and hang out. I hadn't seen him in a long time and was very happy when he invited me.
I arrived at the bus station at around 4pm Friday afternoon and called Zack to let him know I was in town. He said he'd come by to pick me up in a few minutes so I decided to get something to eat. I found a Taco Bell close to the bus station and ordered a beef and potato burrito knowing that the decision to eat anything from Taco Bell would eventually come back to haunt me. Taking my meal back to the station I waited for Zack. He arrived shortly after I'd finished my burrito. He blew his car horn at to get my attention. Oh be got it alright and just about gave me a heart attack in the process. Zack rolled down his passenger side window and greeted me.
"Alex! Hop in." He said with a smile obviously having enjoyed my scare.
"Hi Zack! Holy shit man you about gave me a heart attack."
"Yeah sorry about that." He giggled
"Sure you are." I giggled back "So what do you want to do first?"
"I don't know. I was thinking once we got home we could play some old SNES games."
"That sounds like a great plan to me. I love the old games. Super Mario World was my favorite as a kid." I replied with a smile and a hint of nostalgia.
"Lucky I've got it then." Zack smiled and put the car into gear.
We made a couple of stops to get snacks and drinks before heading to his house. After arriving at the house and unloading the car we went inside, I tripped nearly dropping everything I'd been carrying but Zack caught me before I fell. I suspected it was so I didn't smash the snacks but I was thankful for it and giggled out a thank you to him. After we were in his house he led me to his game room.
"Zack your house is beautiful! You did an amazing job on the décor!" I said as sat down in a chair near his TV.
"Thank you I'm so glad you like my home!" Zack replied blushing. He handed a paddle, and for you younger furs out there that's what the controller for an SNES is called, and showed me his collection of games. "What do you want to play first?"
"There's so many good choices!" I replied astounded, he just giggled at me. Finally I decided on one "How about this one?"
"Super Mario Kart is a good choice indeed." Zack smiled taking the cartridge from my paw. Now for the younger furs who don't k ow what that is a cartridge is what game disks used to be before they were disks.
"I used to play this game a lot as a kid." I replied.
"Me too." He replied as he turned the system on and booted up the game.
We played Super Mario Kart for hours. He'd win a few races and I'd win a few. Eventually we got hungry and decided to order a pizza. The snacks could wait I was going to be there all weekend after all.
"Want to watch a movie?" Zack asked.
"Sure! What do you have?"
He showed me his collection and we decided to watch Black Sheep first. Since we both loved to laugh why not start off with a comedy, right?
The pizza arrived when the movie ended. We ended up getting the pizza for free since it took more than thirty minutes to get delivered. Which was awesome!
Next we watched the scariest movie I'd seen in a long time, Annabelle. Zack and I was sitting on the couch eating our pizza and watching the movie. At one particularly scary part of the movie the demon scared me really bad and I ended up hugging Zack without realizing what I was doing.
"Oof!" He choked out shocked as I hugged him. "Why hello there hun." He giggled.
"Huh?" I asked. "Oh shit I'm sorry Zack!"
"Don't worry about it I jumped a bit too." He giggled. His paw resting on my thigh made its presence known as Zack gave it a light squeeze forcing a pleasured murrr out of me.
To my surprise, or maybe pleasure, Zack squeezes again and again gets another murr from me.
"Sounds like someone likes that." He teased.
I blushed a bright shade if red and noticed how aroused I was getting from the unexpected attention. Feeling embarrassed I sat back on my side of the couch and drank some soda.
"Sorry about that." I apologized
"Don't worry about it I liked it myself." He giggled "And from the look of your face so did you."
"Hehe." I chuckled blushing brighter trying my best not to look embarrassed. "So..uh..how about we play some Super Mario World?"
"Sure hun I'll go ahead and set it up. Why don't you go grab us some more snacks?" Zack stated as he got up to get the game. I couldn't help but stare at his ass while he was putting the game in.
"Sure." I let out a quiet "Murr" as I looked.
"See something you like?" he giggled having not only heard me but caught me looking at his ass.
"I...uh...I'll be right back." I was blushing so bright that even Rudolph the red nosed Reindeer would be envious of my glow.
I quickly left for the kitchen to retrieve the snacks. Thoughts of Zack bouncing up and down on my cock or bent over as we had sex in doggy style raced through my mind. Once or twice I imagined doing him in the sloppy seconds position.
"Come on, Alex. Get your mind on the game and off of your best friends ass!" I shouted inwardly.
I grabbed some bags of chips and some soda then went back into the game room. As I walked in I tripped and fell into Zack's arms as he ran to catch me. Where he was running from I did not know nor did I care I was just grateful he'd caught me before I smashed our chips. Later I'd come to find out he was in his bedroom slipping his underwear off and putting his pants back on when he rushed out to catch a clumsy red fox.
"Thanks, Zack."
"You're welcome, hun."
He handed me a paddle and we played for a while. The longer we played the closer Zack got to me only I didn't notice that be was doing that. It was my turn to try and beat Larry Koopa's level and I succeeded.
"Yes! Fuck you Larry!" I shouted and tossed my paws up in victory. My hand fell on Zack's lap and slid close to his crotch. I blushed bright and jerked my paw back quickly. "I..I'm so sorry!"
Zack did something then I didn't expect him to do he leaned in and kissed me "It's alright" he giggled and stood up in front of me. He turned around and slipped out of his pants and then he started to dance. I couldn't believe my eyes. My best friend was now naked and dancing very sexually in front of me. If he was trying to seduce me it worked but I was still in disbelief.
"Z..Zack? What are you doing?"
"Relax, honey." He giggled as he turned around and kneeled in front of me. "Let's see what you're hiding in here." He pulled the front of my pants down revealing my fully erect cock. "My you're a big boy and a tasty looking one too!" He licked my tip.
I moaned and gasped a little. His unforeseen actions made me blush bright. Hearing my reaction he took my full length into his mouth and slowly started to suck my cock. We both moaned as he did. He moaned from sucking my dick and I because it felt amazing. His mouth felt so warm and moist I could barely keep from climaxing. My cock throbbed harder and harder with each ecstasy filled bob of his head. My breathing and panting became heavy and rapid. After what seemed like a pleasure filled eternity I howled loud and came hard in his mouth. Spurt after spurt of hot seed shot out of my cock and down his throat. I could here him swallow my cum and that kept me rock hard. He looked up at me and licked his lips clean.
"Mmm what a tasty treat that was. And I see you're still up for another round too." He giggled as he rubbed my tip causing me to moan.
Zack stood up and turned back around lifting his tail up. He lowered himself slowly to my tip.
"Are you ready for more?" He said teasing me.
I couldn't speak yet so I just nodded yes and slapped his ass. I hit him on the black paw print on his right butt cheek. He yelped in pleasure and I thruster up into him slowly. I placed my paws on his hips and held him in place as he rode my cock. We made slow passionate love for what seemed like hours. Each time he'd press down I would push up forcing my swollen knot against his tight ass hole.
"F..fuck Zack! Your ass feels so good!" I moaned out as I reached around and grabbed his cock. I began to jerk him off at the same speed we were having sex causing him to moan loud and throb hard in my paw. I knew that neither of us would last much longer.
The combination of his cute whines of pleasure and the tightness of his ass was to much for me to handle. With one more hard shove I forced my knot inside Zack's ass and came hard filling him up to the brim with cum. Never once did I stop jerking him off even as I howled in pleasure and climaxed. As if we were in tune with each other he came almost as soon as I did. Howling so cute as jet after jet of cum erupted from his cock.
Both of us now completely spent and exhausted we collapsed on the couch covered in sweat and cum still tied to each other. I kissed him passionately and smiled.
"That was amazing! Thank you!" I said as I kissed him deeply again.
"The pleasure was mine, dear." Zack giggled and returned the kiss.
This was just on Friday night and if that was an omen of any kind then the next two days would be just as fun This was going to be an amazing weekend. |
The Mayor’s Relief by SkyWing | #15 of The Mischievous Exploits of Axel And another chapter, this one showing that Axel isn't the only really mischievous individual in the city with some level of official or political power. - The Mayor's Relief For Necross By Draconicon City Hall, the home of one of his biggest 'clients' and one | [
"Age Difference",
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] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1153025-the-mayor-s-relief | The Mayor's Relief
For Necross
By Draconicon
City Hall, the home of one of his biggest 'clients' and one of his best achievements, was also one of the places that he most seldom got to go to. Axel often had a lot of business to talk through with the Mayor, but he never had the chance to actually have a meeting unless his father had something scheduled. It was supposed to be that way, admittedly, and it kept people from asking questions, but it still annoyed the bat.
He walked behind his father, the police chief Beau Verndal, as they made their way towards the back of City Hall. Various secretaries and other, minor politicians walked around, sometimes talking to reporters, sometimes muttering to themselves, but Axel put them all out of his mind. They didn't matter, at least, not at the moment.
*Could do, if I started getting appointments with them, though...*
Sadly, his plans on getting the entire city government mind-zonked hadn't worked out yet, but he had hopes for it.
"So, what's on the agenda with the Mayor today, dad?"
"Just gotta talk with him about the police budget. You know how it goes."
"Heh, worried that Liam's shortchanging you again?"
"Not just us. You know how he is. Keeping campaign promises to his people while leaving us all in the lurch."
Not really, of course. Axel knew that the finances towards the police department were better than ever, due in no small part to him. He'd met with the otter much earlier in the Mayor's career, and he'd seen to that, as well as a few other things.
Still, it made for a convenient excuse for a regular meeting to happen, so it was better than what it could be the case. He'd wondered what his father's subconscious had pulled together for the reason for the meeting more than anything else, considering that his father was under a special trance then and there.
They finally reached the office they were looking for, and the vixen secretary smiled at him. She was a bit young, maybe 18 at most, and he could tell that she was trying to flirt. Trying being the operative word. He shook his head as his father spoke up.
"Tell Mayor Liam that the police chief is here to see him."
"O-oh, yes, right away sir."
She pressed a button on the desk, and a few muttered conversations later, the door to the office opened up. His father darted in quickly, and Axel followed before he needed to deal with any more awkward flirting.
As soon as they walked in, the Mayor - an otter that was just barely formal-looking enough for the job - grinned widely. Axel closed the door behind him as the otter talked into his own intercom.
"Shelly, make sure that we aren't interrupted for the next few hours. Me and Chief Verndal are going to be hammering a lot of details out."
"*Yes, sir.*"
As soon as the otter's finger was off of the intercom, his grin got even bigger, and he stood up, pulling at his zipper and dragging his pants down.
"And I was thinking you'd never get here. On your knees, Beau."
The older bat only stared ahead, and the otter sighed, gesturing at Axel. The bat chuckled a bit, patting his father on the arm a couple of times and whispering a few things in his ear.
As the police chief started stripping down, the half-naked Mayor walked around the desk. Axel took the hug he offered with a smile, patting him on the back before pulling away, giving his father the space to lay on the ground. He patted his dad on the chest as the older man got naked, and then turned back to the otter.
"So, how've you been? No more budget slashing, right?"
"Oh, no, no, nothing like that. You've been doing too good to actually merit that sort of stuff. But it makes for a good excuse to get him to come in, doesn't it?"
"Yeah, heh, it does."
"So, do you mind if I -"
"No, no, have at it. We'll talk budget while you go."
Liam chuckled, and Axel pulled up a chair as the mayor lowered himself to the floor. It didn't take long for the otter to sheath himself in the bat's hole, and he watched with a smile as his dad got fucked, hard.
It was always fun to watch someone else take charge of his father like this, particularly Liam. The otter always had so much pent-up need; something about being married and not getting a chance to indulge all of his urges with his wife, from what he remembered. As a result, he was always eager for these meetings, even more eager than Axel was, when it came down to that sort of thing.
He leaned back, unzipping his pants as he enjoyed the show. His cock slipped into his hand as the otter leaned forward, pushing the older bat's legs into the air before nuzzling one of the chief's feet. Axel chuckled.
"Still enjoying that sort of thing, huh?"
"What can I say? They're lovely soles."
"Yeah, they're also sweaty."
"Thus, lovely."
He rolled his eyes. He swore that the otter was too pent-up to care about most things, but it was still rather amusing to watch. The fact that his father was moaning at getting his feet licked, though...well, perhaps that was something that he could incorporate in the future. Perhaps a foot licker that he could put under the chief's desk for some sort of relief for him, so that he wasn't so stressed on the job.
The fucking went on for a good five minutes, with the sound of wet smacks and soft grunts filling the office, before Axel cleared his throat. The Mayor stopped in place, buried balls deep in the older bat's ass.
"Hmm? What's the matter?"
"Budget stuff?"
"Oh, right. Yeah, that."
Liam nodded, getting back to thrusting, but slower than he had been doing before.
"Yeah, you see...I have a lot of budget concerns at the moment. There's the whole thing with the Education Board demanding more money for the schools, and the Department of Transportation wanting more money for the roads, and everything else like that. Usually there's someone that's done something bad that I can use to justify taking some of the funds away, but - fuck, your dad has a good ass."
"Yeah, I know. He's learned how to use it well."
"No - mmmph - kidding."
The otter was already quite close to orgasm, Axel could see that much. It wouldn't take long before he was blowing his load deep in that fuzzy rump, but perhaps...
He scooted his chair forward, pushing his feet against the otter's face to keep his attention. Almost immediately he felt a tongue flicking around on his soles, and he smiled to himself. It was a rather nice feeling to have them worshipped, he had to admit; it was still a bit strange, but it was a nice feeling.
But there was another reason for that.
He squeezed with his soles, keeping the otter looking at him, keeping his attention close.
"So, what do you need from me?"
"Mmmph...I was thinking, maybe - nnng...getting close..."
"Ah, ah. Look at me. Look at me."
He waved his tail a bit, getting the otter to look at him again. A little swaying, a little twitching of his tail, and he saw the familiar, dazed look that had slipped across Liam's face the first time that they'd talked, the first time that he'd helped the Mayor get past some of the issues that he'd been having.
*You've always been a good subject, Liam. Time to be one again,* he thought as he slowly dragged the otter towards a nice, tranced state again. It didn't stop him from thrusting, but it did slow the Mayor down a little bit, making his thrusts take longer to bottom out, make him take longer to pull back.
"You want me to help you, don't you, Mayor?"
"Yes...mmm..."
"I can help you. You want me to help you, want me to talk to the people in charge of the other departments?"
"Talk...Why..."
"You and I know I can\_talk\_ people into things. Don't worry about it. You don't have to worry. After all, you have such a hot ass around your cock, such a lovely pair of feet in your face, you don't want to worry."
"Don't...worry..."
"Just set up the meetings, and I'll take care of it. Now...hump, hump away, Mayor, and cum in that hot hole."
The otter nodded, starting to thrust forward harder and faster than he had before, making the older bat slide along the floor until his shoulders clicked against Axel's chair. It was rather amusing to watch, now that they were both zonked; they were nothing more than his toys, at this point.
His hand slid along his cock faster and faster, matching the pace of the Mayor's thrusts and the licking of his feet, both getting more and more frantic. This was just what he'd been waiting for, the chance to exert some of his hypnotic power on more of the city officials, more of the people at the top of the food chain. The more he did here, the more power he'd have in the future...and the more he could do to expand his own influence.
He grinned as he felt his orgasm coming, and let it go a bit early. There was time to celebrate, now...plenty of time...Slumping back in his chair, he watched the cum-covered officials keep on humping and grunting, shaking his head as they were locked in a rutting cycle, and would be until he released them.
*Good boys...*
The End |
The Blizzard by Niniju | #2 of Short Stories Would you brave a blizzard in search of a lost love? - The snow crunched underneath my paws, and the whistled through my ears. I felt my gift keeping me warm, but I still hugged my arms around my chest by some kind of instinct. I couldn't see my breath as I exhaled, but I knew | [
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] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1146811-the-blizzard | The snow crunched underneath my paws, and the whistled through my ears. I felt my gift keeping me warm, but I still hugged my arms around my chest by some kind of instinct. I couldn't see my breath as I exhaled, but I knew that it was easily below freezing and then some. I took one last longing look back at the cabin I was about to abandon. How cozy I could be at this moment. How easy it would be to just curl up in front of the fireplace and listen to the howls of the muffled wind beyond the boards. But I wasn't supposed to be alone, and the other one that was with me has disappeared. Quietly cursing to myself, I jerked my eyes away from the cabin and trudged through the antagonizing wind, following the trail of paw prints in the snow as my eyes began to sting.
After a while, I had lost track of the passage of time completely. It was around the time that the cabin's light ceased to be a beacon to find my way back, but the trail continued, and I needed to keep going if I didn't want the storm to hide her prints.
---
She awoke in a cave, the only noise being the far off echoes of the still howling wind snaking its way through the tunnels. The cave looked old, and stalactites taller than her gazed down from above. The occasional stalagmite reached up to kiss the former, which might have been romantic if she wasn't alone and scared. She had no memory of this place. Was she still on the mountain? The evidence seemed to confirm that she was. If memory served, she remembered caves and mountains having a high correlation. She also noted that the wind meant she was still in the same area; given that she was still within the storm's embrace. She moved to stand, and realized that her head hurt. She must have hit it on something. Or maybe something hit it. She preferred not to think of the latter.
Back on her paws, she noticed that she was fully dressed for the cold. Maybe this was her doing, and she had somehow sleep-walked through a storm to get here. It was unlikely, but she felt that it might explain the unusual location, the lack of memories, and the headache. It gave her comfort, so she embraced the notion. She then decided that sitting still would not yield any information on her current situation, and so she elected to begin walking in the direction of the wind. She raised a paw and flexed a muscle. Light pierced the darkness.
---
The wind was not a friendly phenomenon on this night. It bit me. Pushed me around. I tried my best to ignore the bullying spirits that rode this harsh breeze. It took more time to ignore the judgmental glares of the trees, those sentinels of this place. The snow nipped at my ankles and clawed at my legs. The snow reached my knees, and my chest began to glow with my gift's effort. I don't recall the snow ever reaching this high here.
As I continued to push through this white blanket, I felt a shiver work its way up my spine. I felt the glow in my chest heat up further, when suddenly a stray spark arced off into the night. It must be getting colder than my gift can safely handle. I force myself to spread out my arms, and I tense up my muscles ever so slightly, and the glow begins to travel from my chest, spreading outward like a blossom of fire. I felt my arms and legs begin to warm, and the snow around me began to melt.
---
She missed the cabin, from where she had come so far. Every step she made through the darkness echoed beyond the radius of light granted to her. She missed the sitting area in front of the hearth, with the clock above the mantle that never ticked. She missed the quiet evenings alone, reading a murder mystery in the warm embrace of the ever roaring fire. She wanted to get back. To be safe again. From others, and herself. She was terrified of the things she could do. She stared at the star born in her paw, glowing brightly against the darkness around her. Her demons couldn't get her here. They dared not step into the light.
Her flower of light licked at the walls of the cave as the tunnels narrowed. The wind continued to increase in volume, and she could actually feel the breeze. It caressed her pointed ears, and she felt her tail begin to sway in the current. She was almost out. She rounded another bend in cave's throat and saw the mouth ahead of her.
---
I saw the wall of stone appear through the fog, and a wolf greeted me with a lotus of brilliance shining in her left paw. Her fur was as white as the snow that melted all around me.
But she didn't see me. I called out to her, but she didn't hear me. I tried to hold her hand, but it passed right through.
What she did see, however, was the shadow that stalked toward her. |
Counter Earth Chronicles Chapter 111: Taking Responsibility For Others' Sins (Revival Part Two) by Worlds Apart | #112 of Counter Earth Chronicles Last Chapter Alex and Lady Ursa started their counseling sessions with Lea. Little by little Alex's mistress started to remember what happened to her after she and Alex were separated after being taken aboard the sky ship. That afternoon the two reconnected with | [
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"Aliens",
"Avian",
"Bear",
"Buffalo Calves",
"Counseling",
"Cuddling",
"Curfew",
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"Dream",
"Epic Adventure",
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\**Chapter 111: Taking Responsibility For Others Sins (Revival Part Two) \**
Day 930 (evening)
"Alexander when did you get out?" Neil Winter asked me again. "And how?!"
I looked at Lady Ursa and then back at my doppelgänger's younger brother.
"That is my name, but I am not your brother." I said as the six other members of the consortium looked on.
"You look just like him!" Neil Winter said eyeing me carefully.
"Well they say everyone has a double. Oh and I go by Alex, not Alexander and I may look like it but I am not your Alex Winter."
"I guess not you speak with a slight accent- which sounds familiar."
"Well, English is not my first language." I said to Neil.
"I guess you are right. My brother is being punished by the empire; I have not seen him in some time nor will they let me see him."
"There is a reason for that." Niko said looking at Neil.
"I know, I know." The brown haired human said.
"The knights claim that he did some horrid, despicable things in the name of the rebellion." The white ermine(?) said.
"I know." Neil responded.
"Neil is that why you decided to join the consortium?" I asked him as Dongo, Bess, Tess, Doria and Cinder looked on.
"I made a choice not to be consumed by the same thing that consumed my brother."
"Even after the Beastial Beauties scandal?" I said to him.
"So you know about that huh?" Neil asked.
"Yeah, I heard about it." I responded candidly.
(And I was there right with you.)
"Neil joined in late December of 031 YOE." Tess said to me.
"That was some months after Alexander was judged and punished by the High Evolutionary." Neil said sorrowfully. "My parents and I started looking into what he had done while with the rebellion and who he had become."
"Suffice it to say, you and/or your guardians were not happy with what you found out." The young Aardvark said in a determined tone.
"No." Neil said tearing up. "Something destroyed my brother inside, changing him, it caused him to do some horrifying things in the name of the rebellion and I vowed not to let the same happen to me. That was why I joined all of you."
"So you don't hold any animosity toward beastials?" I asked.
"No. I come to think of Dongo, Bess, Tess, Cinder and Niko as my extended family."
"Well Neil we are glad to have you with us." Dongo said gently.
"If this world is consumed by hate, then love dies." Doria said. "Our group is a small representation of how this world should be humans and beastials living, working, and striving for a better tomorrow- together."
Everyone nodded.
"Some could also say loving together for a better tomorrow hey Dongo?" Niko said winking at the consortium's leader who was blushing again at the insinuation.
"Ok with introductions aside- we can now move on to other pressing issues." The hyena said. "Like where have you been for the past nineteen months Alex?"
"Were you helping the knights with some top secret mission?" Tess asked me. While the new members looked on.
"Alex and I were on vacation. An extended vacation." My she beast said standing from the high table near the kitchen.
"Where?" Bess asked.
"Oblivion." I said staring at my mistress.
She nodded giving her consent. I just wondered how much of the story she would allow me to tell my consortium colleagues.
"You guys are my friends so, I am going to trust you with this. At any rate the word needs to get out."
So I spent the next twenty minutes or so giving the consortium a condensed version of our vacation from hell....
"No, no it can't be!" The hyena screamed examining his arm pit. "I have been marked! They are coming for me too!"
"Let me see." Doria said. "Honey, that is just one of your spots, not an alien marker."
"And what about that this one?" The leader of the consortium asked his human companion."
"Dongo, that is a pimple." Doria said examining the he beast's other arm pit. "You have not been marked by the creatures."
"Are you two ok?" Niko asked my bear warrior and myself.
"It will be some time before we are ourselves again. But thank you for your concern Niko." My she beast said.
"Anything sis?" Bess asked as Tess examined her brother for odd alien markings.
"No you are clean." Tess commented.
"As are you." Bess commented.
"Niko? Cinder?" Neal asked.
"No."
"No."
The white ermine(?) and aardvark said one after the other.
"Hmm... one of my cousins believes he has been abducted and/or studied by those alien beings." The young aardvark commented.
"Really?" I asked.
"My family thinks he is just seeking attention, but he is adamant that it happened to him and is still happening to him."
"How does he know?" Niko asked the little aardvark.
"He has blackouts and/or experiences where he loses track of time and then can't remember what he did or where he has been." Cinder said to us.
"How long has it been happening?" Neil asked.
"Since he was adolescent. Ember always felt like he was different..."
"Wait, wait Cinder- your cousin's name is Ember?" I asked the little boy.
"Distant cousin actually." He responded.
(DAMN. SMALL WORLD.)
I looked at Lady Ursa and she at me.
"What is it?" Cinder asked.
"I met him." I admitted.
(He saved my life.)
At the time, I wondered how much I should have said to Cinder about his cousin. I can imagine that conversation- oh yeah and by the way Cinder, he is the alien's liaison and he has a peculiar healing ability! I decided to leave those parts out.
"He was present when the alien creatures sent us back to the planet."
"So those who are marked by the creatures they are subjected to being re- abducted and studied again and again?" Doria asked my fierce ursine warrior.
Lady Ursa nodded.
"What's worse is there isn't anything I can do to prevent it." I said to my consortium colleagues; when they deem it is time, they will come and get you whether you want to go or not."
"That is truly horrifying." Bess said.
"So was being stranded in that prison with all those convicts." The white ermine(?) exclaimed.
"That was truly at the far end of the planet and it took a long time before anyone realized we were there." I said.
I left out the part about the eccentric warden or the fact that we had to give our bodies to others in order to please him.
"Well, Alex we are so glad to have you back." Dongo said still embarrassed from his outburst.
"I am glad to be back too. But it is going to be awhile before I am up to speed."
"That is not hard." Bess said. "The last nineteen months were just plain awful- bad for the empire."
"It lead to conflict between first and second class citizens and citizens against the High Evolutionary." Tess said.
"It got so bad that a curfew was established; no one is allowed outside between 7 PM and 7 AM." Niko added. "If you are, you will be punished- severely."
"Wow." I said.
"The High Evolutionary is using this time to extinguish pockets of unrest and/or lawlessness." Cinder added.
"The empire is in disarray. It started when Rick Rivers challenged the High Evolutionary and worsened from there. The protests, riots and natural disasters didn't help." Dongo said.
"All of us helped out where we could." Doria said hugging her hyena. "We helped those who were affected by the tornado that hit World Three."
"That put our group on the map." Neil said.
"Then we also helped motorists who were stranded during that snow storm earlier this year." Bess added.
"And then there was the movie theater we helped open in World One which is promoting socialization between the classes." Tess added.
"Yes, yes we were there for it all. But there is still more to do, and/or a long way to go." The young aardvark added.
"It looks like the boy genius has spoken." Neil teased.
"So that brings us to today's meeting." The hyena said redirecting the conversation. "And what is bothering me now."
"It's that new program airing on the hub isn't it?" The white ermine(?) asked.
"That is exactly it." The leader of the Consortium for Mutual Coexistence said.
"What show?" I asked.
"Why Are You Poor?" Tess answered. "It is a documentary program that interviews a member of the human population every week."
"It claims to be some sort of self help program that helps its subjects analyze points in their life where they went off track and tries to get them back on track." Bess added.
(That doesn't sound so bad.)
"But in reality it ridicules, derides and embarrasses the less fortunate for being less fortunate and exacerbates humans and beastial relations in the process." Dongo said.
"That is the last thing we need right now is more reasons for the rebels to recruit." Neil Winter added.
"I see you aren't familiar with the program." Cinder said to myself and Lady Ursa. "Let me see. Here is the latest promotion."
The little aardvark played a 20 second promo for the program. It consisted of a human female seated at a desk being berated by a brown plumed avian.
***"WHY ARE YOU POOR?!"*** The avian beastial shouted at the woman.
***"I, I."*** The woman stammered.
***"Don't you know there is more than a enough prosperity for all of us?!"*** The brown avian shouted at her. ***"SO WHY ARE YOU POOR?!"***
***"I don't know!"*** The woman shouted as she burst into tears.
***"Tune in each week as we find out the answer."*** The bird said with a snide smile. ***"Watch us live or on your own time."***
"Wow, so what do you plan to do?" I asked as Lady Ursa looked on.
"We are trying our best to get that disgrace for entertainment shut down." Doria said.
"Niko has been researching who created it and where it originates." The hyena added.
"The program is produced here at the hub studios in World Five." The white ermine(?) said. "I have been trying to contact the show's originators, but they won't respond."
"So we can't even set up a meeting." Dongo said.
"Actually there is another way." Cinder interjected. As we looked on.
"We should have Neil try out for the program. His history would be quite interesting to them."
"You mean go undercover?" The brother of the convicted rebel asked.
"It makes sense." The white ermine(?) said. "He fits their profile."
"And our boy genius strikes again." Doria said. "That is a brilliant idea Cinder."
"I would liked to be involved in that." I volunteered.
"As would we." The buffalo calves admitted.
"I appreciate everyone's enthusiasm. But I think it would be much better if we don't all show up on their doorstep; I think we should keep this operation small." The hyena said.
"How small?" Cinder asked.
"Hmm... myself, Neil, Niko and Alex."
"Just as well though we are still working on helping those affected by the tornado in World Three." Bess said.
"How is that going?" Doria asked.
"Difficult." Tess added. "We could use some assistance and/or help." The female buffalo calf said imitating the aardvark.
"Um sure." Cinder said.
"With our boy genius on it we should have it resolved quickly." Bess concluded.
"It's settled. Neil and Niko will set up a meeting with the originators at the hub studios. Tell then you have found a subject for their program." Dongo said.
"And you?" Niko asked.
"I will be representing Neil Winter and Alex can play his relative who is not sure he should be on the program."
(Dongo that is devious.)
In the meantime, Alex you should familiar yourself with that program; I want you to watch as many episodes as you can tolerate." The hyena added.
"Good idea." I said.
"We can help you with that." The buffalo calves said. "We can send you a list of the episodes that have aired."
"Even better." I said.
"Niko World Five signing off."
"Cinder World Four signing off."
"Neil World Three signing off."
"Wow, guys you have done quite well in my absence." I said to the three beastials and human female.
"Our little group is growing." Bess said.
"Yeah it is quite amazing when you think about it." Tess added.
"Well goodnight everyone." Doria said giving us a devilish look. "My wild dog and I have some personal time scheduled."
"Um, I will contact you when we have set up a date and time for appointment." Dongo said blushing.
"It looks like you and your consortium friends have a mission." My she beast said.
"It looks like that mistress." I said as my warrior bear eyed me up and down. "Let me guess, you want to come too?"
She nodded.
(Man, she really hates being idle.)
"Well then I am going to need your assistance then."
"With what pet?"
"Research."
With that Lady Ursa and I sat down on the sectional and started researching the hub program that had tied Dongo's tail in a knot:
My lady bear called up the hub virtual menu. We found the program under series.
"Wow it looks like ten episodes have been made so far." I commented looking at the list. "Which one should we view?"
"The ones Bess and Tess recommended." My she beast said making her way through the list.
"Just one more thing."
"What is that pet?"
\*SNUGGLE\*
We made ourselves comfortable as the documentary started.
***"On this episode we profile Marvin Marble."*** A brown avian with a yellow beak and red eyes said. ***"Another of the second class citizens of this world who is suffering. In an island of prosperity, why is it that he is struggling? Join us for this episode of Why Are You Poor?"***
"Well that didn't take long." I said looking at my she beast.
"Pet?"
"It has only been thirty seconds and already I am offended." I said as we continued to watch the broadcast.
The show opened from within the hub studios where a we saw the show's featured guest Marvin Marble a disheveled thirty year old adult male black hair, jeans, green jacket, black hat and a frumpy brown shirt seated at a table next to the show's host who looked like a robin, only he had brown plumage. He was the same one from the promo.
***"Welcome to another episode of Why Are You Poor? I am Yama Kite and seated next to me is my guest Marvin Marble. Thank you for coming."***
***"Well, I guess...."*** The disheveled human said looking around nervously.
***"So Mr. Marble WHY ARE YOU POOR?!"*** The avian asked assuming a confrontational tone.
***"I- I just can't make my ends meet. I can't afford my rent, my hover car or my other expenses."*** The black haired human said.
***"And why is that?"*** The avian asked.
***"Because I can't find a job."***
***"Why is that? There are many businesses looking for help."*** The brown bird said.
***"None will hire humans, only beastials."*** The man said tearing up.
***"My staff along with help from the knight core looked into your history to find out if there are any other reasons..."*** The brown bird said. ***"Roll the package."***
**\_"Marvin Marble is the second of three siblings born to Jake and Cynthia Marble in 001 YOE in what is now World Four. Your family owned Marble Quarry Incorporated which mined components used in construction cement which was in high demand following the end of the 90 year war and the High Evolutionary's accession to power." \_**
**\_"Your family was successful financially until the rise of us beastials. In just four short years after the master took over, the Marbles' success tumbled as they were put out of business by new competitors- beastial competitors who provided a better, faster and cheaper product than the Marble Quarry ever could. Your family fell into bankruptcy and lost everything. The Marbles burned through their savings and saw their quality of life evaporate. Your parents were forced to move to more common areas that humans inhabit in World Four- by that we mean the basement." \_**
***"Despite that Marvin's parents instilled that education was paramount in order to survive in this new world they and other humans found themselves in. Marvin attended the World Four School. Upon graduation, he went to college where he studied geology, mineralogy in hope to work at one of the competing businesses that destroyed your parent's business."***
*"* ***Yes."*** Mr. Marble said.
***"But there were complications."*** The avian said.
***"No one wanted to hire a human. Each time I applied, I was turned down in favor of beastials."***
*"* ***You suspect that you were more qualified than those candidates that were hired."*** The brown bird said.
***"Yes. They won't hire second class citizens."***
***"Riiiight."*** The bird said judgmentally. ***"We studied the employee roster at the five quarries you interviewed at and discovered that none of them employ humans any humans. In fact there is a requirement that candidates applying for vacancies, must have either, fur, scales, plumage, paws, claws, fangs or tails."***
***"That is discrimination."*** Mr. Marble said\_.\_
***"That is a reality of being a human on Counter Earth."*** The avian said\_.\_ ***"So in summation you are poor Mr. Marble not because you don't come from a fine family or that you didn't have a adequate education or numerous opportunities."***
***"That is a relief."*** Marvin Marble said. ***"So why do you think I am poor?"***
***"Because society, this beastial society is against you as we are the majority and you second class citizens are the minority."*** The brown bird said grinning.
***"So you are going to help me right?"*** The man pleaded.
***"Um, no but thank you for coming. And that is it for this week's episode. Please join us again next time for Why Are You Poor?! Until then this is Yama Kite saying you only have one life go out there and make it a happy one!"***
After the broadcast there was an epilogue; Mr. Marble had been evicted from his apartment for nonpayment. He was then living out of his hover-vehicle until it was repossessed. His whereabouts are unknown.
"Mistress this has to be one of the most offensive programs ever! The host practically made fun of his guest's misfortune and didn't even try to help him!"
We decided right then and there to view a few more episodes. The next one was about a homeless teen who was thrown out by father, who couldn't provide for him. The teen robbed and stole to survive. He was captured by the knights after broadcast.
I made it through one more episode and half of another before I was extremely cross.
"I agree with Dongo there has to be some way to get this shut down!"
"That is going to be very difficult pet, it is quite popular."
"Isn't there anything the knights can do?" I grumbled.
"No Alex. No laws were broken. Although it does nothing to encourage beastial human relations though." My she beast said solemnly.
I was still fuming as we viewed a portion of the fourth episode, it was about a woman who was working at a beasitals only restaurant in disguise and was fired on the spot when a customer discovered that she was, you guessed it human.
"What we seen adds validity to the consortium's mission pet."
"It certainly does." I huffed.
"It is getting late, we better head to bed in case Dongo and Niko succeed in getting Neil on that show."
It was around 10:30 in the evening when my mistress carried me to her chambers. She gently removed my clothing placing everything I was wearing into the laundry pile before laying me down on her bed. I then watched her do the same.
"Trying something different to chase away bad dreams mistress?"
"For tonight." My fierce ursine warrior said. "I am going to sleep on you."
For that night I stretched out on her pillow, making myself comfortable before my she beast laid down on top of me placing her head onto my chest and her chest onto my groin.
It wasn't long after that sleep soon found the both of us.
\*POOF\*
"This way madam ursine." One of the greys said as we were levitated through a circular room containing orange walls, orange floors and orange ceilings.
We were aboard another sky craft once again taken against our will.
"Do I have a choice?" My warrior bear trembled.
"No." The alien creature said turning to face us the black elongated eyes staring right through us. "But we have allowed you to bring your companion this time."
We entered through a circular door in the center of the ship and were shown a large table.
"There we are, right here." The being said as it laid my she beast down.
I was then placed right next to her.
"We had to really put in an effort to find you madam ursine." The being said.
"That is because I didn't want to be found." Lady Ursa said still trembling.
"Now, now." The creature said as she produced a crystal and ran it across my mistress' foot paws. "There is no escape from us- when the time comes we will do what we need to do."
"There is something different this time." I said looking around the room. "We are by ourselves. Not studying any others today?"
"The liaison suggested that our beside manner needed to be revised as to less terrify our subjects." The being who I slowly realized was female said to us. "Ember also said we needed to communicate verbally with our subjects."
"Wow talk about feedback."
"Now madam ursine, I need for you to raise your arms above your head. Yes just like that." The alien creature said. She then ran the crystal on the markings of Lady Ursa's armpits and looked at it like it was thermometer. "Hmm... still haven't decided to bear young yet. No suitable male ursines around?"
"None that I would care to breed with." My mistress responded.
"I see. Well let's begin." The creature said. "I will be conducting the usual examination- follow up focusing on all your biological systems. It shouldn't take too long."
"How long is that?" I asked the creature.
"About two of your days and it shouldn't be as painful." The being said smiling with that small slit of a mouth. "Let's start with your digestive system."
Once again the being gave my she beast something peach colored to drink. I watched as my mistress drank it all. From there the walls of the room displayed her esophagus as the material made its way to her stomach and the rest of her body.
I comforted my bear as the alien being conducted test after test of all her bodily systems. She had gotten through the circulatory, endocrine and respiratory when she suddenly stopped.
"We are finished for now. But I need a big urine sample." The creature said placing a flask at my warrior bear's urethra.
My she beast gave me a look that was a mix of concern and embarrassment.
"No is alright madam ursine, I have watched many beastials relieve themselves while being studied. You are no different." She said as she placed her appendage on my she beast's head. "Besides, your companion likes to watch."
"I do not!" I protested.
"You think she is quite beautiful when she urinates. You are thinking it now."
"So that is how you maintain control over us you are mind readers!" I said quite indignantly.
The alien creature said nothing but smiled again at us as Lady Ursa started empty the contents of her bladder.
"Ah very good. I will let you rest a while before we resume again."
"What is next?" My warrior bear asked nervously.
"I will need to physically examine your internal organs." The creature said collecting the flask.
"How will you do that?" I asked.
"We will need to turn her inside out. It shouldn't be too painful." The alien creature said smiling as she exited the room."
My she bear screamed.
\*POOF\*
(Damn, another dream.)
Day 931
As I awoke Lady Ursa was making some distressed bear sounds- very distressed.
"NO! NO! GO AWAY!"
(Did she interrupt my dream?)
"Mistress it is alright." I said petting her on her head. "Bad dream?"
"The worst pet. I dreamed that the beings came back for me and there wasn't anything I could do. I was studied for days and days. They gave me many painful tests and examinations and then more tests. There was nothing left of me when they had finished."
(Wow, our dreams were virtually the same thing.)
"It is alright mistress you are safe. They said they wouldn't be back for a few years."
"Um thanks pet. That was rather comforting." She said as her communicator went off.
It was Lord Tiger checking up on my warrior bear. My she beast again mentioned that she was ready to return to work. But the commander asked if she was still suffering from any after affects of her trauma. She reluctantly admitted that it was true.
He ordered her to continue her counseling sessions with Lea. Having been shot down by the commander again. We proceeded with our normal routine that Monday morning.
Like yesterday we met Lea on the roof of the castle- the start of another beautiful sunny day for our second session. The sexy lioness was dressed in tan slacks and a yellow top from what I could see under her lab coat.
"Now my lady I want you to lay down and completely relax." The lioness said. "We made significant progress during your last session."
Lady Ursa complied.
"Now hold out your paws, slow your breathing." Lea ordered as she grabbed my bear knight's paws. "You are back on the sky ship in that room with the puffin family just after they sent Alex away. What happened next?"
"They made me lie on the floor of the room." My warrior bear said.
"How many of them are there?" Lea asked.
"There are three beings. They are wearing black clothing. They are discussing something amongst themselves. It is a heated debate."
"Do you know what about?" I asked anxiously.
"Alex!" Lea chastised me. "You are going to break the trance."
"Sorry."
"Dear what are they saying?" Lea asked my fierce ursine warrior.
"One of them wants to perform an intelligence test."
"How?" The lioness asked.
"They want to remove my brain!" Lady Ursa said in tone I have never heard her make.
"I am pleading with them not to do it. They are telling me that it won't hurt at all."
"What happened next?" Lea asked.
"The the section of the floor I was lying on turned into a table. An elevated table. One of the beings approached me, he started marking my head where they were going to remove my brain."
(OMG!!!)
"I started screaming and roaring trying to will my body to move. It wouldn't. That was when they decided to coat me with the same goo that was on the puffin family. It drained my strength and I passed out."
"What happened when you woke up?" The sexy lioness asked.
"There was a aardvark holding my paw trying to calm me and then, then.... I don't remember." Lady Ursa said breaking the trance.
"I think I can fill in the rest." I said to the two females. "During that time, I managed to reboard the craft and was placed in one of their holding pens. When Ember failed to calm you, they brought me to you to do the same. That was when the started those battery of tests and exams."
Lea then put me into another trance to see if I could recall any forgotten details. Like before, I was able to remember my experiences aboard the sky ship and didn't have anything else to contribute.
Before we ended the session my she beast told our healer about her reoccurring dreams and the disturbing one she had had this morning. Lea listened carefully.
"Hopefully, the knights and the master will have a way to thwart the greys before they return to re-examine you." The sexy she beast said reassuringly.
"And if they don't?" My lady bear said quite concerned.
"Plead with them, you were able to convince the one that wanted to examine your brain not to do so. If that fails you know from past experience that they won't kill you only studying you- intensely. They can't do that if you are dead."
What the sexy lioness said was not all that reassuring.
Lea soon departed telling us to enjoy the late summer day.
"So what should we do with our free time mistress?" I asked as I followed her to the lair. "How about the Aurora Spa, maybe check out the new movie theater, go to the park or maybe some museums?"
"Neither. You have a video message pet."
Dongo had contacted us during our meeting with Lea. Neil had received an appointment for an interview as a potential candidate for that heinous program. Dongo said that he was going to pick up Neil and Niko and to meet him at the hub studios at 12:00.
"It is 10 AM now mistress we better get going- it is going to take us some time to get to World Five."
Lady Ursa and managed to arrive at the hub studios in World Five just shy of noon.
"Look mistress a protest." I said as my she beast landed her hover bike in the studio's parking lot.
"If you can call it that pet. It is rather small." We said observing about five humans protesting across the street just beyond the main entrance.
My curiosity got the better of me. I decided to observe them for a bit.
"Pet?" My warrior bear said as Dongo, Niko and Neil watched me walk to the end of the parking lot to talk to the protestors.
As I made my way toward them, I noticed that the five were carrying a bunch of signs:
\*\_We Are Not Second Class Citizens We Are Humans!\* \_
\_\*The High Evolutionary Doesn't Care About Us!\* \_
\_\*Not My Dictator!\* \_
*\*Down With Our Animal Overlords!\**
\_\*No Unfair Treatment!\* \_
The group of five- two males three females, looked to be in their early twenties. Some were in shorts and tee-shirts others wore frumpy clothing.
"Excuse me." I called out to the group. "But what are you protesting?"
"Unfair treatment! The animal people like portraying us in a bad light." One of the females said.
"It is like we are something less than insects. Have you ever noticed that the majority of programming on the hub is for beastials only?" Another female said.
"And when ever a human is portrayed we are rebels, criminals and thugs!" A man said.
"That is because the animals are in control of what we see, hear and view." Another female protestor said.
"Have you seen their latest abomination?" The second male protestor asked.
"You mean the show Why Are You Poor?" I asked.
"That show is an offense to everyone who is struggling under the current order!" The five said in unison.
"It needs to be shut down. No all of this needs to be burned down!" The first female protester said.
"No more bias!"
"No more bias!"
"No more bias!"
The group chanted.
"I see. Rest assured it is being looked into." I said.
With that I decided to join consortium at the security shack at the entrance to the hub studios.
The front building housing the offices of the hub studios was a rather small brown brick building consisting of two floors with offices, conference rooms, and sets.
"You really do look like my brother." Neil Winter observed. "Thinking about joining that pocket of lawlessness?"
"Alex it isn't too wise to engage protestors like that." Dongo observed.
"Sorry my curiosity got the better of me." I said rejoining the others in the parking lot.
"Who is the bear?" Neil asked.
"This is my guardian." I said introducing my she beast.
"You may call me Ursa. Mr. Winter." My warrior bear said extending her paw. "Nice to see you again Dongo."
"You two my lady." The hyena said. "Decided to come along today?"
Lady Ursa nodded.
"Hi Alex, Ursa." The white ermine(?) said. "I am Niko."
"And a pretty one at that." I said shaking the paw of the young adult.
"You better watch yourself around her." My doppelgänger's brother warned. "Don't startle her."
"Why is that?"
"She shoots first and asks questions later." Neil warned.
(Shoots first?)
"Hey, I made it up to you." The she beast protested.
"Three hours of washing me in a tomato baths hmph." Neil said.
"Niko you aren't a ermine are you?" I asked.
"She is skunk- a white one. Believe me you don't want to experience her inner strength." The brown haired human teased.
"Alright you three, it's time." Dongo said as he spoke to the guard- a short mole.
"You are here to see Yama Kite?" The guard asked.
"Yes." Dongo responded.
"All of you?" The guard said looking us over carefully.
"This is Neil Winter, his um cousin Alex Winter and their body guard." The hyena said to the guard.
"And you are?"
"I am Dongo Dingo his representative and that is my assistant Niko."
"Interesting that he should have such an entourage for someone of his stature." The mole commented.
"It is just for today." Dongo shot back.
"Head to studio C." The guard said. With that we entered the small building.
"How are you?" The brown avian said greeting us. "I am Yama Kite."
"Wow, this building is rather small I commented."
"It is just for meetings, news sets and a little production. The magic happens in the lots behind the building. Shall we get down to business?" The brown avian asked.
Neil and Dongo were taken to a small studio where Yama who turned out to be the originator of the program started interviewing Neil Winter in detail as Lady Ursa stood watch from the door, and Niko and I observed from the control room.
The studio looked like a mock up of the set the documentary was filmed on.
"So Mr. Winter you were born ten years after the High Evolutionary came to power?" Yama said starting the interview.
"Yes."
"So you don't remember a time when our kind weren't around?" The brown avian with the yellow beak and red eyes asked.
"That is true. I went to school with beastials graduated and was unable to find work."
"Why do you think that is?" Yama asked.
"Um, no one wants to hire humans."
"My staff has performed some research as well. You have an infamous brother who was in the rebellion."
"Yes." Neil said.
"Why do you think he joined?" The avian asked intently.
"It was probably due to humans treatment on this world by beastials like you!" Neil said assuming a accusatory tone.
"Mr. Kite we are not exactly whom we claim to be." Dongo said redirecting the conversation.
"Who are you then?" The brown bird said asking the hyena.
"We are from the Consortium For Mutual Coexistence and we want to talk to you about your program." Dongo said locking eyes on the avian.
"Looks like this is going to be a long conversation." My she beast said studying the scene.
"Want to take a break Alex?" The white skunk asked me.
"Sure, I wouldn't mind checking out this place. I think I saw the cafeteria somewhere."
"You two go ahead. I will watch things from here." My lady bear said.
I followed Niko around the building we were in watching the various productions taking place.
"It is amazing what takes place here." I said to her.
We found the cafeteria on the second floor and sat down for lunch. It was in a small northwest corning of the building. The tables and chairs were surrounded by monitors showcasing videos, productions and events in progress including a news programs.
"This is your first time here?" The white skunk asked me.
"I was on the grounds about a year and half ago when I was visiting the amusement park next door, but I never went inside."
"So what do you think?"
"Amaz....." I started to say as I turned my attention to one of the monitors. "Niko is that real?"
She turned around to see what I was starring at.
One of the news programs had been interrupted its own programming and was focusing on a pocket of protestors. It was the same ones that I had seen across the street. Only their numbers had swollen beyond the five I had spoken with. It was now a mob, an angry mob that had crossed the street, trashed the parking lot, beaten the guard and was now making their way to the front entrance of the building smashing, trashing everything in its path.
To Be Continued.... |
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**Cautiously prod the unaddressed box with the hatstand.**
Common sense tells you that it might be wiser to identify yourself. Common sense is a rare commodity which you do not possess yet. You advance to the\**alcove (ENTRANCE HALLWAY!)*\*and examine the hatstand. It is made of wood, but otherwise it is unremarkable.
You gently prod the **box** with the hatstand. The **box** responds as an inanimate object would when prodded: it slides along the floor a single inch.
You note that this spatial ability might be useful in the future.
\_Spatial Awareness skill increased to 1. \_
**Find the nearest bathroom mirror and check to see just how bad the damage is under the bandages.**
You examine the **two doors**. Quick investigation reveals that behind one door is **the bathroom**! The room is illuminated by a light above the mirror, which stands above the sink. There is a **shower curtain** in the corner, and a **toilet** by the sink. You stand in front of the mirror and see your own enormously bandaged head. You start unravelling the bandages and reveal...
*An important choice must be made. What race is our unknown protagonist?*
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Wildtouched Species Data by ArrowQuivershaft | An attempt at writing a semi-scientific synopsis of the Wildtouched custom species I use. Hat tip to Ringtail for inspiration, all those years ago. - Species: Wildtouched ("Natural Shifters") Species home: Earth Average height: Human norm Average weight: Human norm Sexual dimorphism: Slightly male | [
"Wildtouched",
"shapeshifters"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1153099-wildtouched-species-data | Species: Wildtouched ("Natural Shifters") Species home: Earth Average height: Human norm Average weight: Human norm Sexual dimorphism: Slightly male Reproduction: Human norm Maturation: Human norm Lifespan: Maximum 120yrs(approximate) Sensory Summary: Human Norm
Description:
Appearing human normally, Wildtouched are in fact a genetically distinct species from humans. Capable of interbreeding with humans or even through unknown circumstances being born from two humans, each Wildtouched possesses the ability, once Awakened, to change form into a single non-human form. This form can never be changed, and is that of a nondomestic vertebrate animal species. (No aquatic examples have been observed, although whether this is evidence of anything is under debate.) Geographic and hereditary factors have been observed to partially, but not wholly, influence this alternate species.
Appearance:
While as varied as the humans they normally appear as, a Wildtouched cannot specify fine details about their forms. Coloration of skin, fur, scales, feathers, markings and scars will always be the same each time they shift. (But see "Healing", below)
Genetics:
Genetically distinct from humans, Wildtouched are still capable of interbreeding with humans. However, they can easily be picked out by genetic scans. While Wildtouched are immune to many human diseases because of this, speculation is that they may have their own diseases to cope with.
Culture:
As Wildtouched are very rare, with estimated fewer than 1 million individuals worldwide, there is no coherent culture, with most adopting the local human culture due to lack of other options.
Paranormal abilities:
No Wildtouched has been observed exhibiting any paranormal abilities aside from shapeshifting. Argument persists as to whether shifting itself is their paranormal ability, or if something prevents them from developing such powers.
Psychology:
Wildtouched are naturally drawn to more natural environments, such as forests, plains, woods, undeveloped land, etc., especially if that is what their animal would prefer. This "Call", as it has been described, increases in intensity as the moon becomes fuller, and weakens as it wanes. What data has been collected indicates a feeling of greater inner peace and relaxation in such surroundings.
Awakening:
A Wildtouched will not start shifting until "Awakened", a poorly-understood event which is triggered by one or more of many factors. A nonexhaustive list of possible influencing factors is as follows: Exposure to other Wildtouched, the full moon, exposure to animals of their alternate form, severe physical, mental, or emotional trauma. Before Awakening, a Wildtouched does not shapeshift at all, and the allergies are less noticable.
Shifting:
The most notable feature of Wildtouched, each individual has the ability to shapeshift to an animal form that, as noted above, can never be changed. At first, shifting is involuntary. With experience, shifting can happen voluntarily, or be held back, as the individual desires. Further experience yields an "Anthro" form that can also be shifted to. All Wildtouched may shift involuntarily under significant physical, emotional, or mental stress or trauma. All Wildtouched MUST shift to a nonhuman form during the full moon.
Healing:
Wildtouched healing, while no faster than human norm, has no observed limits. Flesh mends, scars fade, follicles regrow. Even wounds that should normally not heal have been observed beginning healing. Due to the fact that no crippled Wildtouched has ever been found, it is speculated that they may be capable of even greater feats of healing over long periods of time.
Allergies:
Wildtouched have a contact allergy to sufficiently pure copper(in large quantities), silver, and gold, each being more harmful than the last. Initial contact is similar in appearance to a chemical or electrical burn, with effects getting worse as exposure persists. This effect can be fatal with sufficient time, for reasons unknown.
Other Notes:
While no coherent culture exists, Wildtouched often seek out others of their type, forming(knowingly or not) small enclaves of secrecy where the population is higher than statistically expected. August Falls, Maine, United States is one such location.
There are rumors of Wildtouched being somehow connected to the "Philosopher's Stone". Normally such notations would merit only sneering dismissal, but the fact that it appears in nearly all of what little scholarly documentation of Wildtouched exists, makes this rumor persistent. |
Baby Bear's Ice Cream by BunnyBoy | I scream, You scream, We all scream for Ice Cream But to make that cream sometimes the Ice cream man has to make the little girls scream and scream and cream LOL sorry folks I think this might be one of my first ever hetro works. Honestly I don't get anything from this one myself Its mainly written | [
"Anal",
"Ass",
"Bondage",
"Breasts",
"Bunny",
"Cock",
"Cub",
"Deep Throat",
"Forced Sex",
"Fucking",
"Kidnapping",
"M/F",
"Male/Female",
"Milking",
"Moose",
"N/C",
"NC",
"Non-Consensual",
"Oral",
"Ownership",
"Polar Bear",
"Rape",
"Restrain",
"Vagina",
"Vaginal"
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Warning the story contains a non consensual sexual encounters between an adult males and a female cubs. So if your too young or easily offended please go no further. Thank you for reading and please enjoy
It was coming up on the end of his rounds and he was having a hard time waiting. There were three kids in line, the little jingle was playing, but the older polar bear was having trouble focusing on there orders rather then the end of his shift. Maybe it was a sign, maybe he should stop going out on the trucks. It's odd enough that the ceo of the company makes time every week to go out at least twice on one of the trucks. He hands down the double scoop of fudge ripple to the kitten who smiles up at him. But if he stayed in the office he'd miss out on this.
He rolls the window down and moves over to the chair. The truck starts up with a rumble and he cuts off the jingle from the external speakers. Once he clears out of the neighborhoods the big old bear pulls out his cell and taps the push to talk icon to the dispatcher. "Red you there?"
"Papa that you?"
The bear rolls his eyes and swears. Baby Bear's Ice Cream was a family run business but some family was just stupid. "Yes Red it's me Papa. I just finished route 16 with a special. Have the other trucks called in yet?"
"Yes Pops, all trucks have called in. Everyone's headed back to the creamery. 2 more specials in addition to yours though."
"3 specials in one day seems high,". Growls Papa bear.
"Well Martin's was planned, Mikey says his just fell into his lap. What about yours sir? No specials scheduled for your route."
The growl dies on papa's throat and he coughs. "Spontaneous situation too good to pass up." He can just hear his dumbass cousin his laughter. "We'll check the a schedule, any specials planned push them back two weeks at least while we get the new equipment installed. And contact Jerry we might as well get this out of the way."
Papa sighs as he pulls into the factory garage. It's home sweet home, the slightly chubby polar bear pulls into a spot as a couple of nephews in overalls run up ready to offload the unsold ice cream and get it stacked in the freezer. "Hey Ralph, hey Dibny work quick back here we are gonna need you over at the dairy later. ". He scoops up a gym bag as the pair shouts their excitement. In most businesses the employees wouldn't be that happy to pull some unpaid over time but Baby Bears ice cream is a labor of love and the whole family lends a hand. The buildings are cold, and that's not just cause it's an ice cream factory. It was cause it was an ice cream factory run by polar bears. Whistling to himself Papa marches up the metal stairs onto the catwalk that leads to the walkway from the garage into the next building. The catwalk leads out over the ice cream factory and Papa smiles looking at the vast work floor with its tanks of cream, mixers and vats. He really made him proud to see all that hard work. With a sigh he shifted the awkward load in his bag and headed up another flight of stairs. While the bottom was the Ice creamery the top was the secret to Baby Bear's success. He opens to door on the sound of machines, hydraulic pumps, as well as whimpers and moans as he gazes out on the family dairy. It was a little dairy comprised of a girl snatched here and there. With time the stable had grown. He had no delusions that he could run the whole creamery on their output but they had added they extra special ingredient that made Baby Bear's so addictive. With Cubs of most every mammal known ranging from 6 to 16 his pumps were working non stop. He circles round the outer ring looking for an empty slot, as his right hand trails along pinching a taught backside, or a wet dripping slit.
In front oh an empty stall he lays the bag on the ground, he crouches down unzipping it slowly. He sighs at the form in there the brown furred little moose girl still under from the seditives in her strawberry cone. He straightens her out on the metal grate flooring looking her over from top to bottom as his pants get tighter. He pulls off the Cubs shoes and socks letting her bear hooves hit the floor. He pulls a pair of scissors from the bag and starts to cut the Cubs cute little skirt and blouse from her. The bear growls softly to him self, it was an epic force of will not go mount her in the van, to take her then and there but he knew the waiting would make it better. He tosses all the Cubs now useless clothes into the bag before he opens up the chest in the room with her new working clothes
Molly started to moan softly, her mouth tasted funny and she wasn't sure where she was. Every thing was all blurry and her body felt heavy and in responsive. And it was cold in here colder then it should have been. She tried to look around as her eyes adjusted but before she could take it in she was shoved hard forward bent over a padded bench and held down as something was clicked into place behind her. The pressure was released as she started to complain. "Hey what's the big idea?" She tries to stand but she can't pull back far enough, something at her shoulders is holding her back. She shakes trying to wiggle free but her ankles are fastened to the ground and her hands are stuck in the small of her back bound wrist to wrist. "What's going on here?" She whimpers her eyes focusing enough to see around her. The sight of so many other girls all hanging from chains, with pumps on there chests gives her a chill that has nothing to do with the temperature of the room.
Papa bear circles around in front of the little red haired moose. "Hi Molly remember me?" The big bear starts to in buckle his pants. "Did you like the ice cream Molly? I hope you did because from now on your gonna help make it." The big white bears pants hit the floor, his plump sheath full and his black thing dripping with a whitish goo. He leans forward fondling the moose's flat chest one paw pinching a nipple between thumb and finger. "Granted you won't be producing much with these just yet but we have ways to fix that." He steps away for a moment to the bunny bound to the next bench. The little bunny might be Molly's age or younger but her tits were enormous. The bear leans into the bunny, paw gripping the base of her ears and pulling the head up till her lips rest against his sheath. "Look at Genny here, she's your age and we had her pumping out milk in record time. We'll get you a nice set of jugs on you little lady no worries".
Molly just whimpers as Papa releases the bunny and disappears from sight. "Please mister no I don't wanna be here."
"Well that's just to bad little missy." She can't see the man but she can hear his voice coming up behind her. "See what you want don't matter no more, you ain't a person your cattle and we can and will do what we want with our dairy cattle." She jumps as she feels him swat her ass. "Now this his gonna hurt a new girl like you needs her shots. Your gonna feel a little prick, then a bigger prick, and then a few more little pricks."
Molly whines "What are you talking..." But she's cut off as she feels the hypodermic jabbed into her right butt cheek.
Papa hears her voice catch at the first hint of pain as the hormone injection makes its way into her blood stream. He pulls out the spent syringe and looks down to the two others that need to go into that ass tonight. With a sigh he grips her hips holding her tight as he steps up. He doesn't even have to think but from long practices he head of his big black cock finds its way to nestle against the sweet folds of that little Moose's pussy. He grabs the girls bound wrists and with a jerk pulls her back impaling that virgin passage on the massive girth of his member. Papa moans in pleasure savoring the sudden warmth while the girl squeels like a stuck pig. He pauses his cock flexing inside her as he thinks, exactly like a stuck pig that's what Sandra three rows over sounded like when he rode her bacon. He sighs as he pulls back before slamming his hips home hard again, such sweet memories. His hands shift down from the girls wrist do her hips holding her impaling her as the big bear Pistons his cock in to once virgin pussy. Papa is quick and merciless as he pounds into her cunt. The dairy girls need to know there place and it's no use dragging it out. He grunts loudly his own sounds of wet pleasure drowning out the sobs and snuffles of the crying moose beneath him. With a deep drown growling howl he thrusts hard taking almost as much pleasure from the fact that he's the first to defile her as from the climax it self. He stops just holding himself there as his balls pump out what feels like gallons of baby batter. In that quite moment Papa reaches down and pets the slumping girls head. "Aww don't cry, you'll get used to it. It's an important part of the process to get you to make milk your body needs to think babies are coming. So we use the hormones..." He pauses here to grab the next needle and jab it into her ass. The cub squeals again and he feels her squeeze him intimately from the shock. "And we need to help the hormones do there job with a constant hard stream of fucking to help trick your body. It's nothing personal just business." He strokes Molly's red head fur once more as he pulls out of her completely.
The sobbing little 6 year old's breath hitchs to feel herself now emptied. Spent seed spills from her and dribbles down int the protein troth. The soiled cub looks around seeing she's not the only one enduring this she sees other bears now sprinkled around the room, each one doing something to violate one of the helpless girls in there charge. Molly whimpers to herself, "this is never gonna end is it..." She feels the papa bears hands on her ass now thumbs spreading apart her cheeks. She wonders what shame is next when she feels him pressing against her tight pucker.
Papa doesn't hesitate once he feels himself in position he drives forward. He disregards the Cubs scream of pain and discomfort since well it isn't the first more last to be heard here and the echoes of its abandoned sisters are raising from a few of the newer girls being used by the boys. He groans softly as he pumps himself into this way to tight little passage, sweet Jesus nothing is quit like there first time. Despite just emptying his balls into her cunt this moose's sweet ass is bringing him back he can already feel the building pressure waiting for release. He pushes in deep and hard leaning forward covering her with his body as he pumps in and out. It's fast hard and brutal and as papa climaxes again flooding the young lady's bowels with his hot seed he bites down leaving teeth marks in her shoulder.
The little moose cub hasn't been placid this whole time, she has been kicking and bucking but the padded restraints on her ankles stop most of that and the chains supporting her shoulders keep her from moving to much. In fact most of her attempts to get away just rock her back onto the man molesting her. Her cries and sobs haven't don't much either, the piercing shrieks of the initial penetrations did draw stares from a few girls but the quickly turned away as papa started to grunt above her.
The bear moans softly feeling good. He loves breaking in new cattle, maybe he should take one of the other new girls coming in tonight as well. No that wouldn't be right driver always gets the option it's not fair other wise. With a sigh he leans back a bit gripping the girls bound wrists to support him self as he pulls his still spurting dick from her ass, a spray of seed splatters across those brown furred cheeks as he slams it back home in the moose's well used sex. He slows his pace a bit now having blown two loads in the girl already he's in no hurry now. He jabs the last needle int her butt cheek betting it's nice and sore in so many ways. This further pain pulls out a sharp squeak from the crying girl but she's stopped shouting. She shudders with so be and the old man wonders if she's given up or just ran out of breath. He starts to rock a bit when his secretary eventually finds him.
The younger bear sidles up to the ceo not even blinking at the sight of his boss balls deep in a six year old. "Ahh sir I've been looking for you, is this tonight's desk."
The older bear looks surprised for a moment almost like he forgot there was actual work todo. "Oh yes Charles I forgot about that." He looks down at the girl. "Yeah might as well proceed, I think this ones' all out of fight for the night. It would be a waste of time switching to one of the placid ones."
Charles smiles and nods before laying a padded table across the girls back. He sets a small stack of papers to one side and a small networked laptop. "Okay sir mostly standard stuff here. Payroll stubs, shipment sign offs the usual."
The big bear sighs at the tedium of it all but even as he works his way through the paper work carefully reviewing the documents and signing where needs be his hips never stopped pumping. Driving in and out again and again almost as an after thought while he tickled the keyboard keys and shuffled around papers.
It wasn't till thirty minutes later when he heard a tutting coming from the other side of the walkway did Papa even remember the girl he was still slowly fucking. The big bear looks up to see one of his middle sons Randal looking over the girls bite mark.
"Damn it dad, it's your own damn rule too!" He pulls a brown bottle of peroxide off the cart and starts to treat the bite. The girl squeals at the new stinging pain and starts to shake. He then applies a clean bandage. "Just cause you own the place it doesn't mean you get to break the rules. No biting Pops."
The older bear does look a bit sheepish. "Yeah yeah I know, but I get carried away on the new girls." He picks up the pace a bit realizing if Randal is here it's running a bit late. He thrusts home harder steadying the desk as he brings his simmering nuts to a boil. "Feeding time already boy? What's on the menu tonight?"
Randal chuckles at his father the old man is incorrigible. He looks over the moose cub wondering how much to give her. He uses rather large syringe to suck up about a pint of the thick off white goop in the bucket on the tray. "Ohhh same thing we feed them every night a reconstituted protein mix, enriched with our own special blend of vitamins and hormones." That reminded him he had to make sure the troth under the new girls stall was on the system it would be a shame to waste all that protein that was leaking back out. He kneeled down caressing the crying Cubs face. "Aww there there girl it's not so bad, it's dinner time." As the little moose opens her mouth to plead for mercy, her body shuddering from the renewed pounding, the younger bear slips a bite guard into her muzzle. "I still say we should get there teeth taken care of, it would save on hassle and work place injury." The girl goes ridged with fury as what seemed like a small mercy was kicked out from under her. The bear shoves the soft rubberized tube into her gaping mouth and works it down her throat. "I mean its not like they need them on the liquid diet we worked out". Randal depresses the plunger on the syringe slowly forcing the gloop down the girls throat.
"Ahhhh the occasional tooth mark builds character boy." Grunts the old man the slow burn of his orgasm coming to a head.
With the syringe empty the bear pulls it free with a wet slurp leaving the girl to gag. "Hey pop since she's new mind if I give her a treat. She probably could use some fresh hot tube steak to keep the rest of her meal down." He doesn't wait for permission gripping the crying moose by the ears and guiding his throbbing cock up the her mouth. He sinks it in deep, grinding his groin into her muzzle as he fucks that sad little face. He won't last long, he's a bit pent up since he'd been watching his brothers and cousins getting there rocks off while he made the rounds with the feed cart.
That's a good thing for the girl as she's bounced back between father and son. Since she's having trouble breathing the sooner he cums the less likely she is to pass out. It's the father that comes first flooding the much abused pussy with his heat, filling up her womb with his brand of nut juices. She wants to scream but the sons cock in her muzzle won't let that happen it's only a minute or two though be for his fists knot in her hair and he lets go a deep moan pouring his load of hot thick slime directly down her throat and into her full belly. When he steps back Molly starts to cough and gag. Taking in deep racking breaths.
Papa pulls free with a wet splort and steps around the moose. He circles around to the front of Genny watching her tits sway as Charlie pounds her ass but good. The old bear grips her ears by the base in one paw and tugs her head up to cock height. "Clean it!" He orders no need for a bite gaurd on this one as her lips wrap round his member to suckle. Papa looks up at Charlie as the bunny slurps up spent cum and vaginal fluids. "I finished tonight's paper work and the pressing orders make sure it's put away when your finished here." He lets go of the bunny and pulls free heading for the exit.
Red stumbles by buckling up his pants. "Oh hey Pops just an update Martin's special is in place, she's a corgi mix bit small even for her age but she's fitting in fine. Sadly though Mikey's special is a no go."
Papa stopped and glared at the dispatcher, "why what's wrong?"
Red flinches at the glare he already knows he's not high in Papa's graces. "Well sir Mikey brought in a bat, and well it's a boy"
The older bear relaxes a bit, "Oh is that all. With two fresh girls the dairy isn't hurting for cattle so this isn't really a loss. Send the boy to marketing in the morning. Russell has been begging for a new model for a while so this should keep him happy and out of my office." |
The Master's Link within Me by Aphrodite Fingers | #1 of Furry Yiff Folder A small yiff short story written for practice. Any and all feedback is appreciated. Structural feedback preferred. - [Author's Note: Art does not belong to me. Art belongs to DoomxWolf, DoomtheWolf or on here [DoOM\_Wolf](https://doom-wolf.sofurry.com/). All credit goes to | [
"Anthro",
"Pokephilia",
"Pussy",
"Story",
"Yiff"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1146819-the-master-s-link-within-me | [Author's Note: Art does not belong to me. Art belongs to DoomxWolf, DoomtheWolf or on here [DoOM\_Wolf](https://doom-wolf.sofurry.com/). All credit goes to him. This short story is written for exercise. As with all my works, I seek to improve so if I could get feedback in the comments. It would be much appreciated.]
"B-Braixen, you don't have to do this for me. I mean I know we've won a good battle, but that doesn't mean I should.. you know."
Braixen ignored what you have said and used her tail to loosen your belt and pull down your jeans. You wanted to avoid the situation, but her pussy was too wet and ready not to get in some pounding. You hesitated to even touch at first. However, once you grabbed her booty, your shaft became fully erect and throbbed, waiting to meet your battle servant's pleasure hole.
You immediately drove it in, which caused her to cry aloud in pleasure. You clenched her butt cheeks tight as you rammed up against her soaking pussyhole. She turned back to you, tearing as she moaned and her tongue was dripping down much saliva. As the evening heat increased, her booty became moist and sweaty and your balls started to slap against her pussy.
Your link between her was too deep to stop. At this moment, stopping would've just been plain rude. However, Braixen had her tail around your waist, so that option became more of a back burner. Huge amounts of your pre cum was seeping down from her pussy before Braixen released her tail from around her. You pulled out and squirted some of your pre cum on to her booty before inserting it into her anus. |
Chapter 3 - Best Friend's Sister by Useless_Providence | **This part has been a long time coming, a good number of months, but it's finally here! As with the other two, a huge thanks to Spear - this story is as much his as it is mine, and he deserves a full half the credit. This wouldn't exist without him. Check out his stuff!** | [
"Domination/Submission",
"Fox",
"Incest",
"Leopard",
"M/F",
"M/M",
"Masturbation",
"Oral",
"Public",
"Wolf",
"Wolfess"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1149231-chapter-3-best-friend-s-sister | **This part has been a long time coming, a good number of months, but it's finally here! As with the other two, a huge thanks to Spear - this story is as much his as it is mine, and he deserves a full half the credit. This wouldn't exist without him. Check out his stuff!**
[https://spear.sofurry.com/](https://spear.sofurry.com/)
**I intend to continue this series, and am hoping to produce a few more chapters. Enjoy!**
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"Spear, what gives?"
Ryan hurried along behind his friend, his shorter legs moving noticeably quicker to keep up with the large wolf. For reasons unknown to the fox, Spear had been acting rather chirpy and affectionate over the past few weeks, dishing out hugs and head-rubs far more willingly than he had done so before. Ryan wasn't complaining, although there had been one or two awkward moments at school where they had nearly been caught. To top off this sudden bout of tenderness, Spear had told him immediately after their first class that he had a surprise of sorts.
Well, maybe not a surprise, but he had nevertheless asked Ryan to follow him immediately upon exiting the classroom, quickly shoving his way through the students exiting their morning classes.
"Mom's working late again, the house is free if you want to come over!" Ryan bounced up beside his friend, happily walking along beside him as they made their way through the school corridors.
The wolf shot his friend a grin. "Just hurry, or she'll stop waiting."
Spear didn't bother to explain who 'she' was as he bounded forward, holding the fox's hand as they walked. For some reason, he just felt so... perfect lately. Maybe fucking a vixen did something for his self-esteem, maybe it helping out his friend. His confidence was through the roof - which was saying something, considering its natural abundance.
Walking around and behind the science block, the two furs came upon a third. Leaning against the wall in the shade of the three-story building stood another black wolf; a little shorter than Spear. Her bust decent in size, though her figure was perfect: not scrawny, yet thin and slender with a slight athletic build. Spotting them both, she turned about, fixing her yellow eyes upon Spear. They matched.
It was obvious enough who it was.
"Hey, sis!" Spear waved, and then shoved his small friend forward a bit. "This is Ryan!"
Ryan resisted just a little. "Spear, what the he-"
"Don't worry!" he said, leaning down to whisper in his friend's ear, "I told her about you! How you two liked a lot of the same games. So, uh, have fun!"
He turned and ran, his snickering disappearing into the general rabble of the schoolyard.
The she-wolf looked down at the fox, blinking for a moment. "Hi."
His friend had turned tail and ran! He had abandoned him, leaving him with this she-wolf! Spear had mentioned his sister once or twice, but Ryan had never actually met her. Despite being in his grade, she was taller than him by an inch or two, noticeably more slender, and certainly a little more intimidating. It was obvious she was of the same stock as Spear; her body near-perfect, with long, slender legs and a nice, flowing tail, though not as full and luxurious as Ryan's.
"Um. . . h-hi!"
He didn't know what to say! She was dressed like she was in a band, a rather tight pair of jeans tightly hugging her hips and buttocks and a black t-shirt constraining her nicely sized breasts. Pushing the limits of the dress code, certainly, but not enough to have her sent home.
". . .so. . ."
But it wasn't the clothing, it was her eyes. Bright yellow orbs, piercing and severe. But where Spear's were always so full of mirth and kindness, these were. . . a little cold.The fox shuffled a little on the spot, his eyes darting about, refusing to lock with hers for anything more than a fraction of a second. Having her look down on him, inspecting him, judging him, it was off-putting, to say the least. He didn't have much to offer girls; he was small, weedy and shy.
Swallowing a lump in this through, his eyes quickly scanned her body. desperately seeking for something to compliment her on. Girls liked that, right? Finally, he settled on a number of band pins stuck to the waistband of her jeans.
"Uh . . . nice pins."
The wolf girl didn't seem to pay the complement any notice.
"Ryan, right?" she huffed. "I don't suppose my dolt brother told you my name. Pepper. And don't. I know what my last name is, I hear enough of it from other idiots here."
Her eyes danced over the fox, flashing up and down and taking in every detail of his body. In part, it was only because she could sense his insecurity. Like any good predator, sensing weakness only stirred her primal instincts, her gaze intensifying. Something about it gave her a kick.
"Nice tail." she said, breaking the increasingly awkward silence as she paced around the fox. "Don't overbrush it, though; you'll split the fur."
"Um, thanks. . ." he replied.
He tried to give her a cute smile, but just ended up looking a little awkward, as if he was still trying to hide something. Why did Spear have to leave? He always felt more secure with the wolf around, and didn't much fancy his chances trying to talk up a girl without him. Spear seemed to have no problem with it. Anything he said would have the girls hanging off his every word.
Must be that excessive, easygoing confidence.
"No problem." Pepper's thoughts turned to the compliment he had paid her earlier. Most of her pins, of which she had loads, were from bands far too obscure for the typical students of their high school to know of. Still, it seemed he was at least making an effort.
"So you like MD.45, too?" She smirked and took a step closer to the fox, resting her gloved hand on a hip. "What's your favorite song?"
"Oh. . .um, MD.45?" Ryan had absolutely no idea who they were.
He listened to a little music, though very few actual bands. He had to say something!
"Pepper. . . that's a nice name." he squeaked, his voice higher than he had anticipated. "Well, I don't really listen to many bands, I just thought the pins, you know. . . looked nice."
Not exactly smooth, although he had at least managed to force out two compliments so far.
"Oh!" He suddenly lit up, ears pricking and standing upright atop his head. "I really like Frank Klepacki, he did all the soundtracks for the Command and Conquer series! Joel Eriksson too, he did the music for Battlefield!"
'Shit.' he couldn't have come up with a lamer thing to say.
Pepper's smirk broadened. She knew the fox was just trying to act cute and make empty smalltalk, though her expression became suddenly dour at the mention of artists of whom she knew nothing. It was almost surprising, and it seemed Spear hadn't totally talked out of his ass about the kit.
"Huh. Well, you know some music then." Pepper's smile returned. "Truthfully, I don't really know most names from games like that, but I do like the music from those ones. Favorite's Red Alert 2 and Battlefield 2142. Good music, yeah."
She leaned in really, really close, bending down slightly to the fox. The scent of peppermint shampoo overwhelmed the fox's nose. Those yellow, judging eyes peered into his on the level, and the smile was still carved across her muzzle. It was rather fun embarrassing him, she'd have to thank Spear for that later. Perhaps the kit wasn't totally boring.
"Well, you pretty good? You can at least bear Spear, right?" She rolled her eyes at the thought. "He brags all the time, but he sucks."
Ryan cocked his head to the side. She suddenly seemed very interested in games. Spear had mentioned that she played, but the fox had assumed that meant games like The Sims, or maybe The Legend of Zelda. Girly games, or so he liked to call them.
But here she was, talking about games that he played!
"Oh. . . heh. . . yeah, he does a bit, doesn't he?"
His voice continued to crackle and waver. With the she-wolf leaning in so close,the smell was . . wonderful. Overwhelming. A soft, feminine scent mixed in with the sweet odour of her shampoo. Ryan felt his heart beat a little faster. Did he dare? Spear had been talking a lot more about the girls Ryan might have liked over the past few weeks, perhaps he had tried to hook him up.
But, with his sister?!
He wouldn't admit to anyone, except perhaps Spear, but Ryan had a bit of a fetish for cute, submissive girls. Still, he'd never had a chance to be with one, so he honestly didn't know. Pepper was most certainly not acting submissive, but despite being rather overbearing, he found her to be remarkably alluring. Playful, even.
"Hey, Pepper?" he said, trying to force a bit of confidence into his voice. "I know Spear might have gone a bit far with trying to set this up, but would you like to come over and play games this afternoon?"
"I would say more than 'a bit'. He doesn't know when to shut up." Her eyes were still fixated upon him, her expression mosty one of curiosity, though with a slight titillating hint. The way the fox breathed, the way his eyes looked, how his facial muscles flexed.
'So, doing this gets you. . .'
Not finishing the thought, she leaned back, and shrugged.
"Hmm, I don't know," she said, turning her head with her eyes closed. One eyelid cracked open, and she looked at him, watching the fox's hope drain from his face.
Spear certainly had told her about his friend, spending the better part of the last week talking him up, and had pushed on the two meeting together. It had gotten to the point that it rather annoyed her, and in part she was only here to get him off her case. He had been only described as a shy little fox who liked games. She thought he'd be some little pushover who would be annoying and needy. Now that she was here, however, she had to admit he was rather. . . cute.
Knowing Spear would be upset if she said no, she sighed.
"Oh, sure." She crossed her arms again, and leaned back against the building, and stared off to her right. "But if I get bored after kicking your ass too much, I'm goin' home."
Again, she turned to face him. "Okay?"
Excitement surged through his body. She had said yes! It was a small victory, though one he had never experienced before. Most girls wouldn't even look twice at him, let alone actually agree to spend some time with him. He very much doubted that it would go anywhere, but he could at least say he had tried.
Still, she seemed a bit hesitant, maybe even slightly annoyed. Ryan took what he could get, and was simply glad someone had agreed to what was, in a very loose sense, a date.
"Oh! That's cool, you don't mind getting the bus, do you? Bus number four, meet me after school. Just tell the old crow you're supposed to be on it, he never bothers to check the student list."
He flashed her a genuine smile this time before jogging his way back towards the school. He was late for class, but for once, he didn't care.
"I'll see you there, Pepper!" he yipped.
Ryan was overflowing with happiness, far removed from his usual timid self. Still, why not? He finally had a reason to be so, and as Spear had seemed so excessively cheerful lately, he wanted a reason to be so as well!
"Yeah, got it," she said, and put a stick of gum in her mouth to chew. "Bus four."
After a final nod, she watched the fox disappear across the schoolyard. His fluffy tail wagged back and forth vigorously, maintaining her attention for as long as she could see it,
She gazed down at her own.
'Ugly.'
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Spear exhaled loudly as he opened his locker and dropped his backpack inside. Lazily, he kicked the dented metal door shut with his foot, and he turned to walk down the mostly-empty hallway. Now that it was his free period, he intended to go the library and hunt about for something interesting to read. Most students would go to a study room or the campus yard, but the wolf never did that; he wasn't behind on anything, and preferred privacy over inane conversation.
He tried not to think too much about his friend and sister. Whatever would happen, it was out of his control at this point. Pepper could be a bit cold, even bitchy, and Ryan wasn't exactly the type to stand up for himself in such situations. Still, that was, in a way, an advantage. Pepper wouldn't look upon him as just another guy - she'd give him a real chance.
As long as he could get past the initial meeting.
The black wolf pushed the thoughts from his mind and made for the library. For a public school, it was pretty big, with thousands upon thousands of books lining up in tall shelves against the walls. Unless someone was large enough, it wasn't possible to reach them without asking the elderly dalmatian behind the front desk for help. And you didn't want to ask her for help.
"Morning. . ." A little bit of politeness, however, went a long way.
Spear walked straight to the action/adventure section, slowly viewing each title. Generic titles, mostly, but upon reaching the very corner of the library, a particular cover caught his attention. Interesting artwork, and a little thicker than most of the volumes on offer.
"Collected Works of Calcelmo, huh?" he mumbled to himself, and pulled the book from the shelf. It was heavy, and he nearly dropped it before he laid it on one arm and flipped through a few pages, reading part of the first story.
"Huh, pretty good, I guess. . ."
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Where was he? Where was that damned wolf!?
The leopard had spent the better part of the past half hour skulking about the school corridors, occasionally ducking into empty classrooms in search of his target. He had a bone to pick, a rather pressing matter that demanded his attention, going so far as to miss his morning class to make his point.
"You!" he grabbed a freshman, a small otter boy, by his collar and yanked him sideways. "Wolf, thick black mane. Have you seen him?"
"W-who? Uh, you mean. . . Spear?"
"Just tell me where he is!"
The otter didn't respond, trembling as he was. Instead, he gingerly raised a paw and pointed in the direction of the school library.
"Yeah, thanks!" The leopard violently shoved the kid back against a row of lockers before marching in the indicated direction.
'Library? Fucking nerd.'
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"Hey! Fag!"
Having selected a book, Spear had set out to find a quiet table at which to read. He hadn't taken more than a few steps when the fuming feline had come up hard against him, pushing him back against the shelves.
With an exasperated sigh, the wolf looked down at the leopard. "Yeah?"
This really was the last thing he wanted to deal with right now. Ty wasn't just an ass, he was a persistent ass. Usually, the cat didn't bother him so much, preferring to target the more vulnerable Ryan for his entertainment.
"I really don't want trouble. I just want to read, alright?"
Ty's heart was pounding a little, though the only outward sign that Spear could see were the few beads of sweat forming on his forehead. This wasn't some usual confrontation; Seb wasn't around to back him up. Of course, he had intended it that way; this wasn't something he wanted other people seeing.
Spear made a motion to push past.
"Dog!" he spat, blocking the wolf from leaving. "You've got some real nerve, pulling something like you did at the cinema! What do you think Seb thinks of me now? Do you think he still respects me?! FUCK YOU!"
Ty raised his arms, flashing his claws out and took a step forward.
The slightest hint of worry spread across Spear's face. Would the leopard seriously lash out at him in a library? This was unusual, to be sure, but the circumstances were rather extreme as well.
The wolf took a big step back, holding both his paws up defensively, and narrowed his eyes at Ty. "A lot of people don't respect you, Seb. Me kissing you isn't really the problem."
Ty's eyes remained unblinking, darting about in a frantic, savage dance..
"Now, if that's all you have to say to me, I'm going to go read."
Spear could see that a few furs had their heads turned towards them, though none bothered more than a cursory glance. Students yelling and swearing at each other was commonplace, and despite their surroundings, it simply wasn't notable enough to warrant any further attention.
"You're a twisted fucker, you know that, Spear?" Ty continued rapidly closing the distance between himself at the wolf. "Who the fuck does that sort of thing?"
Ty's feet feel silently on the carpeted floor. His voice was surprisingly low and, despite his obvious anger, there was the slightest hint of a tremble. What was the most surprisingly, however, was the fact that he had not once made eye contact. He keep his gaze averted, looking instead to the floor, out windows or at books; anywhere but at Spear.
"Ty, what-"
With a final leap, Ty bounded up to the wolf, grabbing him by the collar and hauling him close, a vicious sneer spread across his muzzle. With a surprising amount of strength, he pulled the taller wolf down to his level, leaning forward to whisper something. . .
". . . k-kiss me again."
Spear barely contained the urge to yank a book from the shelves and smack it across the leopard's face. He didn't want to be the one to strike the first blow, even if he were being physically assaulted. Zero tolerance policies and all. Compromising between that and simply submitting, he bared his lupine fangs and growled, making it clear he was willing to at least try to fight if Ty hurt him.
But then, that request. That demand. A blank look dissolved the angry face before confusion slowly took its place.
"What?"
There was nothing wrong with his hearing; he had heard Ty perfectly. The leopard need not repeat himself, but the wolf was completely dumbfounded nevertheless
". . why?"
Confusion very abruptly gave way to anger. Intense, burning anger. Every instance of Ty and Seb chasing Ryan and calling him a fag came to mind. Every time his friend had been bullied, put down, or had vicious rumours spread about him.
"Is this some kind of joke?" Spear slapped the hands away from his neck. "Is this some weird plan you and Seb came up with to get back at me?"
Ty hissed, again slamming the wolf backwards against the shelving. With the canine now pinned, the leopard ran one of his paws across Spear's chest, sliding it up and about his neck, pricking him with his claws.
"D-don't make me say it again!" his voice was huffy and intense, yet there was a very obvious uncertainty to it. "Fucking kiss me."
He was now pressed fully against the wolf, his machine-gun heartbeat easily detectable through his chest. Spear would be feeling it, pounding and throbbing against him.
"S-seb isn't here. It's. . . just us."
"You really. . " It wasn't a joke. The pounding heartbeat, the slight bulge rubbing against him through his pants, and the look in the cat's eyes. The realization that Ty had been looking around to make sure they were alone for this reason caused a stir in Spear's sheath; a sudden rush of blood and sensation. His own breath quickened. If he were to ever admit it - which he wouldn't - the leopard was kind of hot. A bit of a jock-type, with a good build. And this close, he could smell the nervousness from the cat, the sweat making the other male a little musky.
Spear grinned, and then leaned in to the curious boy. Their muzzles touched, and this time, Ty didn't pull back.
The bully didn't deserve gentleness. Spear crammed his tongue past Ty's lips, eagerly lapping at the sandpapery tongue. A paw shot to the back of the cat's head, claws digging in and pushing their faces more tightly together. Saliva dribbled down their chins as the kiss became intense and sloppy, Spear loudly sucking on the cat's lips while another hand scratched down his back, eventually resting just above the tail. A tiny moan came from the wolf as the passion rapidly increased. Thrusting his hips forward, he started to grind his crotch against Ty's.
"So, you kind of liked it before, huh?" Spear growled, silencing any reply with another heavy kiss. "You went home and jacked off to it, didn't you? Who's the fag now?"
Ty growled in response and bit down on Spear's lip. It was as good as he remembered it. Better, even. He hated himself for enjoying it, but he simply couldn't resist that tongue. The wolf's scent flowed over him, and he breathed it in sharply, blasting a few sharp breath's out of his nostrils and directly over Spear's face.
He felt the wolf's paws come to rest just above his rump. Almost automatically, he thrust his hips forward, grinding himself against the larger canine, mashing their crotches together as his excitement continued to build. He had really done it, he had really fucking done this! The leopard was so immensely turned on, though he didn't want to be. He desperately wished that he didn't want this as badly as he did. He had never felt so disgusted with himself.
But he just couldn't stop.
The kiss broke, and his claws immediately flashed out, stopping just under the wolf's chin. "You tell anyone about this, and I'll cut you from ear to ear, got it?"
Without waiting for a reply, he again locked lips with the wolf and madly made out.
There was more than just a kiss, though. A hand snaking it's way down his front, claws running roughly over his surprisingly toned belly before slipping beneath the waistband of his pants. Ty felt the wolf grip over his hard flesh. A few half-hearted strokes followed, with Spear's thumb circling his tip in a rather uncomfortable fashion, pricking at the exceptionally sensitive flesh.
"Yeah, your secret's safe with me, fag," he growled.
While the wolf's intention had been to put this punky leopard in his place, he found himself enjoying the exchange a little too much. The bite he had received, the texture of the cat's veiny length beneath his paw; Spear had to admit he was getting into this. A lot.
He started to pump his fist a little harder.
Ty groaned, and his own paws found their way up and under the canine's shirt, his smaller, sharper claws scraping through the thick, black fur.
"Do it," Spear whispered, nuzzling at the cat's fangs to bait him into biting him again before sucking down over the rough tongue, pulling it into his muzzle. "Scratch me. Hard. Under my shirt, so no-one can see."
If this was really happening, if both he and the feline were really getting into this, then Spear would make it the best Ty had ever been given.Ever. By anyone. The bastard wouldn't look at women the same way again!
"Ah. . . ah!"
Ty shut his eyes tight, trying his utmost to ignore the fact that a male's paw was now wrapped firmly about his cathood, pumping furiously and bringing him to a level of arousal he had never experienced before. He whimpered at the sensation, gyrating his hips and pressing himself harder into the wolf, thrusting his cock upwards, wanting more of this new homoerotc sensation.
"Fuck. . . you better not stop!"
As per the wolf's request, his claws were raking their way across his chest, the razor sharp points digging into the flesh. Sore red scratch marks appeared, but would be hidden by the thick fur and shirt.
"S-squeeze me hard when I cum. . . fag. . ." he panted, his release building ever closer.
Spear grinned, and sped up his paw. "What would Seb think? What would he say if he was here? Seeing you get jerked off like this, and loving it!"
"F-fuck you!"
"Oh, I bet you'd. . . love to. . . you-" Spear cut himself short, grinding his fangs together to stop a yelp as the cat's claw lashed at this chest. Rather than respond with aggression of his own, he pulled his shirt up, keeping the fabric out of the way so that he could aim Ty's dick at his slashed body.
"Cum over me, mark your prey," he whispered, jerking the cat off as hard as he could; squeezing the shaft harder. He could tell the feline was close and about to pop. It was a shame the favour wasn't being returned, but being able to jack off a 'straight' male was good enough all by itself.
Ty's eyes rolled back in his head. "F-fag!"
Any further commentary from the leopard was made impossible as he felt himself crash over the edge, his cock spurting thick ropes of white seed. Spear's belly and chest fur were painted; his paw continuing to pump back and forth along the pulsating organ, coaxing more of Ty's cum out. The jerking continued well past the point by which Ty's balls had emptied their load, bringing the cat to the point of collapse.
Spear didn't let up.
He mashed his lips against Ty's once more, the sudden assault combined with a final few tugs of his paw drawing out a second orgasm. Still kissing, still furiously masturbating the cat, Spear growled and bit down.
And then broke the fanged kiss with a broad, wolfish smile.
"Well, I better get to my reading. Break won't last much longer, you know. That was nice, and I think you needed it."
He walked a few paces before digging his paw into his pocket and flipping out his phone, the green record icon showing several minutes of audio.
". . . and if you want a third reason to leave Ryan alone, just hit me up."
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"One, two, three. . ."
Four. The doors snapped shut when the she-wolf was a half-dozen yards from stepping onto the bus, the aging driver paying little attention to her until she slammed her fist against the yellow aluminium panel.
"Thinking of leaving without me?" Pepper took a step on, dismissing the crow's outstretched wing.
"This is my bus."
Whether through apathy or a simple desire to avoid the complaints of some overprotective parents, the avian simply shrugged, waving her towards the back of the bus.
"Just spit that gum out, missy," the grumpy bird huffed out.
She sneered a little, making a show of sticking the offending gum to inside of the door before picking her way along the rows of tattered seats towards the back of the bus. Ryan had found his usual seat, and was eagerly awaiting her arrival. Judging by his obvious bouncing and inadvertent yapping, he was perhaps a little too eager.
"Hey," she said blandly, taking a seat beside him and casting her gaze out the window, "Do you always have to put up with that old bas-"
"MISTER, PEPPER DOESN'T BELONG ON THIS BUS, SHE'S JUST FOLLOWING HER NEW BOYFRIEND HOME!"
She turned to flip off the yelling giraffe girl, jaw clenched and the white of her fangs clearly showing. Laura was the prissiest cunt Pepper knew, always on her case, always looking for the slightest reason to drop some snide or underhanded comment.
The crow rolled his eyes and reached for the radio, switching it on and buzzing in a station. Country music.
The fox's eyes fell to his lap.
Ryan was used to enduring such insults himself, and had copped more than his fair share from the school's female students. Laura was no exception. The best response he had been able to come up with was that her long neck was only good for ramming cock down. She had calmly responded by saying that she was at least getting some action, while he wasn't. She had been correct, of course, and he hadn't bothered to defend himself against her abuse since.
But this was a little different. He could handle it himself, sure, but seeing someone else take it, it wasn't something he wanted to put up with. Certainly not when that someone was his best friend's sister!
"What's wrong, Laura?" he snarled. "You want her for yourself, you fucking dyke!?"
He immediately regretted it. All eyes in the bus turned to him, a silence falling over the furs. Ryan had never shouted out like that before, especially not in the presence of a girl he was technically supposed to be taking on a date, even if it just was to play some games.
"Um . . . sorry."
Pepper turned her head to face Ryan, the corner of her mouth curling up ever so slightly in a near-undetectable grin.
"Hey, calm down. It's not big deal, just ignore them," she whispered. Though the fox's outburst was admirable, he didn't much look like he could handle a fight. Laura was definitely going to pick on him later.
The bitch.
Pepper craned her neck across the rows of seat and shot a long, icy glare at Laura. Slowly, her invisible grin turned into a very noticeable smirk. She grabbed the fox and held him close, mashing him against her chest and whispering in his ear, "Just play along, okay?"
Laura furrowed her brow, her eyes shooting daggers at the black she-wolf as she all but pulled the male fox into her lap. Assured of her attention, and without hesitation, Pepper grabbed a fistful of Ryan's headfur and pulled his lips to hers, abruptly kissing the kit and biting down ever so slightly on his lips. It wasn't deep, though she did use a little more muzzle than intended to silence the yap that would almost certainly have come from the surprised fox's maw.
Good enough.
Adding a flash of fangs to the smirk, she released Ryan and relaxed back in the seat, her attention now completely turned away from the fuming giraffe girl, paying no heed to anyone or anything but the fox seated beside her.
Were it not for the revving of the bus engine, you could have heard a pin drop. Maws hung open and phones were out, clicking away, recording the event that had just taken place. No doubt this news would make the rounds before either Ryan or Pepper returned to the school the following day. Still, not the worst rumour to have spread.
Though it was clear from Ryan's fidgeting and constantly darting eyes that the potential fallout was making him anxious. He couldn't really be blamed.
"I told you," Pepper continued, her voice calm to the point of sounding bored, "just ignore them. Here."
Her paw thrust out, offering the kit one of the earbuds she had produced from her jacket pocket. The high-pitched sound of guitar and clash of drums could be faintly heard coming from them.
"Rammstein. I know, I know; kind of overplayed, but it's not bad anyways."
Ryan accepted the single earbud and pressed it into his triangular ear. He found himself shuffling a little closer to Pepper to avoid stretching the cable. The wolf girl didn't seem to mind, and gently rocked her head back and forth, seemingly paying no attention to the occasional contact. The eyes of his fellow students were still upon him, though he tried to concentrate on the music as much as possible. It was like she had said - not bad.
At the very least, the distraction lasted until his stop.
"Come on."
Much to Ryan's surprise, it was Pepper who led him off the bus, taking his paw in her own and tugging him down the aisle. The gazes continued to follow the pair for furs until they had stepped out and onto the gravelly road that led up towards the fox's house.
Ryan just stood there for a moment, watching as the bus disappeared down the deserted road, kicking up a cloud of dust as it departed. His eyes were fixated on his paws. Without the distractions of the music, or the worry of the other students on the bus, he now had time to take stock of what had happened, to recall every little details. Pepper's soft fur pressing against him as her arms had wrapped around him, and how he had wanted to return the embrace. The scent of her shampoo, and of course, the taste of her lips.
"Um. . . Pepper, what. . . was all that for?"
"THE CUNT!!!"
Pepper's scream caught him even more off-guard than the kiss had. Whirling around, her backpack landed at his feet with a thud having been punted through the air by the she-wolf. Pepper herself was visible shaking, her paws balled into fists.
"WOAH! P-Pepper?!" He picked up the discarded bag, brushing some of the dirt and leaves from it before walking over to her and handing it back. As before, he tried to smile, managing something a little better this time as he spoke softly.
"Didn't you say to ignore it? What's got you so worked up?"
Pepper just stood in place, panting like a wild animal, ignoring the fox as her fierce gaze practically burnt a hole in the ground in front of her. Several moments passed before the accepted the backpack held out to her, slinging it over her shoulder and starting the trek up the dusty road.
"Yeah, I did, didn't I?" After a deep breath, she felt calmed enough to reply. "She hates me. We've fought a lot. Let's ignore it for now."
Her voice was dismissive and obviously a little pained, but Ryan had the good sense to avoid pushing the matter. He led her up the road, occasionally turning around to see her gazing out across the large, spacious properties. It was a far cry from her and Spear's inner-city apartment, with ample space and freedom to run about.
"Do you usually fight back?" she asked, her eyes still wandering, "Or do you try to avoid trouble? Run away?"
"I. . . uh. . ." Ryan mused over her question for a while. Fighting back wasn't really his style; the few times he had had ended badly for him. He didn't want to seem weak or soft in front of Pepper, but he'd feel bad if he lied to her.
"No." he stated, casting his eyes to the ground. "Or, not really. I just kinda, well, I let them do it, and eventually they lose interest and go away. Laura doesn't bother me that often, she's usually too busy deepthroating Seb to care about much else, but yeah. . ."
He looked up at her, flashing another smile.
". . . she's a total bitch."
A tiny chuckle came out of the female, and she nodded. "Yeah."
Ryan continued to walk up the street towards his house, Pepper trailing lazily behind him. The car was gone, indicating that his mother was still at work; something he had counted on so that he and Spear could be loud and play games, but would now serve nicely to give him and Pepper a little alone time.
The prospect of which had his heart thumping in his chest. He hadn't even kissed a girl before today, and was about to invite one into his home!
He climbed the steps towards his front door, fishing his keys from his pocket and opening it with a click.
"So, um, here we are, Pepper."
"Wow, nice!" There was genuine surprise in her voice. The home was far cleaner and bigger than she thought, though admittedly she didn't have particularly high standards with which to compare it to.
"This all looks pretty good. Must've cost you guys a fortune." She took a step inside. "About what I thought."
She paced her way into the kitchen, giving the air a few errant sniffs before grasping the handle of the fridge door.
"Got anything to drink? Bit dusty outside, my throat's a bit dry."
She threw open the door, giving him a coy wink in the process.
"Ah, yeah!" His response came short and sudden. "Mum keeps a few cans of tea in there, help yourself."
Catching a can as Pepper threw one his way, the fox flopped down in one of the chairs, cracking the can and taking a sip, his eyes fixed on Pepper as she opened her own.
"What's it like, Ryan?" she asked, taking a drink of her own, "Having no sibling or father around? All this space?"
Ryan gulped down a few more mouthfuls. His throat was rather dry, courtesy of his nervousness. He felt a little better, though, being in his own home, in familiar surroundings.
"Oh, I thought it was kinda lonely before." he replied. "But Spear has been spending a lot of time over here the past week. My mom seems much more eager to have him around! She's always asking when I'm going to invite him over next. It's a bit better with an extra fur around, and it's nice to share some of the space."
"Still, it must be nice to have all that room."
"Yeah, I guess."
Rather obviously, he had ignored the mention of his father. He guessed Spear must have said something to her - most furs would assume him to be working. It was something he didn't really like talking about, as well as a something his mother had kept details of from him. 'I'll tell you when you're an adult' was the standard response to his questions, though he seldom asked anymore. In part, he had simply stopped caring.
"Hey!" he squeaked, perking up after an increasingly awkward silence. "Wanna fire up the PlayStation?"
"Sure. Up there?" She cast her eyes out of the kitchen and up the stairs, spying the TV and console setup.
Ryan nodded eagerly. "Come on then!"
He took off at a run, Pepper following behind as they climbed the stairs. The fox's overly-fluffy tail bounced in front of the she-wolf, slapping her in the face as he wagged excitedly.
"Watch your ass, kit!"
"Who are you calling kit!?"
"The kit who's about to get his tail handed to him."
Grinning smugly, Ryan busied himself in pulling out game cases from the TV cabinet, bundling up a pile in his paws and thrusting them towards Pepper. "What do you want to play, your choice!"
"Let me see. . ." Taking the cases offered to her, Pepper flicked through the games. "Well, you certainly have a very complete collection. I'm guessing my brother first played CoD with you here; it's probably the way he'd roll."
Without giving it too much thought, she picked it out from the pile, tossing the others aside and setting the disk in the tray. Watching the loading screen tick over, she fished a few sticks of gum out of her pocket, unwrapping one and throwing into her maw. Ryan caught a glimpse of the label. . .
Spearmint.
'Heh.'
"Well?" asked Pepper in between chews, "We playing or not?"
Ryan's eyes flashed back to the screen. The game had loaded; the menu now flashing in front of them and prompting to two furs to hit the matchmaking button.
He grinned cheesily at Pepper.
"Game on!"
Pepper simply raised an eyebrow.
The first round hardly went as planned. Ryan had decided to go easy, just to test her and not drive her away if she was terrible. A mistake. A huge mistake. Pepper was good, very good, and after comfortably topping the server, making both he and the other players look like children, it was obvious that this was going to be more than just a casual gaming romp. Even against Spear, he had held back a little, not wanting his friend to get so worked up that he would leave. He couldn't afford to do that now. He had to bring his A-game!
"Hey, nice round, Pepper. You're pretty good!" he said, shuffling a little.
Pepper glanced over the end-of-round scoreboard, her eyes occasionally flicking back to the fox without any motion of her head.
"Thanks." Her paws gripped the controller just a little tighter.
The second round was a different affair. Pepper hadn't repeated her performance from the first round, and Ryan had comfortably won, yipping happily as his killstreak decimated the final few opponents and handed him victory.
"Oh. . . so you do know how to play, kit?"
True enough, Pepper had held back, at least at first, though she had her reasons. She would shoot at Ryan and purposefully miss to test his response. She would let him kill her to see his generally-preferred method. But she could tell: the fox was generally inconsistent, sometimes racking up an impressive streak, at other times dying over and over.
And then there was the occasional sideways glance he shot at her.
Was this all part of his play? Minor distractions, annoying tactics and a seemingly random approach to the competition? Pepper had thought he might have been doing it on purpose, keeping a few tricks up his sleeve, but the damn fox wasn't holding back anymore. Quite simply, she didn't know the game well enough to predict his actions - he was always one step ahead. Every time she uncovered his plans, deduced his tactic, he did something different! It was a game of intuition versus cunning. Raw skill versus chaos.
For a while they played, though neither gain the upper hand. Pepper was definitely the more skillful player; a better shot, faster reactions and much, much more aggressive. Ryan, though, had a better understanding of the game mechanics and the nuances of each map, and was certainly more cunning; able to lure her into traps or get her with annoying-placed claymores and killstreaks.
"Come on!"
Two dozen rounds later, and things were starting to heat up. Ryan was gritting his teeth and snarling as he played, his fingers madly hammering over the controls, desperately clambering for any advantage that he could get.
And yet, evenly matched.
Pepper sigh happily, a contented grin spreading across her muzzle. After so much effort, so much wrestling back and forth, she finally set the controller down. Twelve apiece. There was no frustration in her voice or body language, just a mild, warm satisfaction. It was challenge she hadn't enjoyed in quite some time.Pepper turned to the fox, laughing, and pulling him into a one-armed hug.
"Sly fox! That was a lot more fun than playing with Spear." She pulled out another stick of gum, thrusting it into his paws. He deserved a treat. "You must practice a lot, hmm?"
Ryan hummed softly into Pepper's embrace. She smelled so sweet! It was only a single arm, but he couldn't help but allow his paw to drift onto her back, rubbing her gently. Daring a slightly bolder move, he snuck a little lower thought he fully expected her to slap it away if it settled anywhere inappropriate.
"I guess I do practice a bit, not much else to do when I'm by myself, except for chores. Mom's not home all that much, so I sometimes have the place all to myself for a whole day.. . " He dragged the last two words out.
"Uh, she's not home until later, you know. . . "
It was his inexperience more than anything that endeared Pepper towards the fox at that particular moment. She made now outward change in her mannerisms as the paw slid down her back, very nearly touching her rump. Slowly, though, she widened her eyes, looking down at the smaller kit, testing his courage.
"Ryan?"
"Yes?"
A few moments of silence.
With a sudden yap, the fox sprung to his feet, both his paws retreated back towards his body, his cheeks and ears flushed a little red. Urgently, he scrambled about for another game.
"Here!" he said, throwing it in the console and loading it up. \*Bad Company 2. There are still a few servers up, even if it is an old game, thought we might like something a little more mature than CoD."
"Alright." She hid a toothy grin behind her paw.
The round was a little quieter than the last, with a good deal less shouting and yelling. The game was by nature, slower, but there was nonetheless a definite tension in the air now. For a while the two furs simply played, occasionally commenting or barking instructions at each other.
The softer mood continued for some time, and it was Pepper who finally broke the monotony. "Hey, where's the bathroom?"
Ryan waved his paw in the general direction, his eyes remaining glued to the screen. His ears flicked at the sound of the door clicking shut behind him, though quickly returned their focus to the game. For several moments he sat in silence, until the door creaked open again.
"Everything okay?" he asked.
"Yeah." came the nonchalant reply. "You're out of soap."
"I'll tell Mom."
"Ryan?" Something warm and soft pressed to the back of his neck, and a slender pair of arms snaked their way over his shoulders and around his chest. Ears pricking and tail instantly puffing up, he twisted about in the embrace to face.
"Hey Pepper, what's with the-owwooaahh!" His eyes widened. Staring him directly in the face were the two most perfect breasts he had ever seen. Not too big, not too small. Firm and pert, covered in the most delicate layer of smooth, black fur.
A perfect fit for a paw. . .
"P-Pepper?"
His heart pounded. Was this normal? His best friend's sister had just taken her shirt off, baring herself for him to see. He could scarcely believe it was real as he eyed the she-wolf up, unashamedly taking in her bust, her bare neck and shoulders, fighting the urge to reach out and touch. It wasn't just her breasts. The overly tight jeans she wore deliciously framed her hips and accentuated her flat, tight midriff, the fur a slightly lighter shade than the rest of her.
His eyes shot back to the screen, face flushed with embarrassment.
"Uh. . . uh. . . P-pepper, the. . . um, next round is a-about to start. . ."
He could barely hold his controller, let alone play the game. What was he supposed to do now?!
"Oh? Is it?"
Mild surprise spread across her face. Pepper had half expected him to jump away from her, though she supposed him being frozen in shock was equally likely in retrospect. With a brief pet on his head and a slight smirk, she removed her arms from his body and flopped to the side, still giving the young kit a incredible eyeful of her assets.
"Alright, if that's what you're really into, fox."
Casually flicking her shirt and bra to the side, Pepper took up her controller, stretching out and shuffling closer to Ryan. "Don't hold back just because I'm a girl!"
The words came out with a flutter of her eyes. Her garments remained discarded - it seemed she was going to play without putting her shirt back on!
"Sure, hope you're ready!" Ryan responded. There was an obvious waver in his voice.
Pepper stole a glance upward at the kit. Ryan was blushing so much that he was putting the 'red' back into red fox. Through the first few minutes of play, her goal was to get ahead, perhaps get him a little flustered and worked up, if not via her blatant display, then at the very least by posting a better score than him in-game.
"Hey, you seem to really be slacking off this time. What's wrong, pup?"
As if there was any question as to the distraction! It was painfully obvious that his eyes were flicking between the screen and her chest every few seconds. "Oh, sorry, I. . ."
Just as a critical capture point was about to be lost, Pepper again saw Ryan's head tilt, feeling his gaze upon her fur. Ensured of his attention in that moment, she slowly and obviously lowered the controller to her crotch, tucking it between her thighs and pressing it up against her nethers. Eyelids closing, she depressed the trigger, holding it down and allowing her in-game weapon to empty itself. The gamepad rumbled and vibrated against her, a soft moan escaping her lips for the few seconds in which the pleasure shot through her body. Magazine empty, she pulled it free and tapped the reload button.
"Um, excuse me, Ryan. You're causing us to lose right now."
How could he focus on the game with a topless girl sitting next to him? It just wasn't fair! His eyes kept darting back and forth, taking in her curves, eating her up, scanning over her nipples and down her belly to her crotch.
"Oh. . . I, um . . . shit!"
He was doing terribly, letting his team down and looking like a complete amateur in front of the she-wolf. When she had dropped the controller to her nethers, moaning with half-lidded eyes as the vibrations coursed through her, Ryan had all but completely lost his composure. The gamepad hung limp in his paws, and he simple stared with his jaw hanging slack and open, allowing the enemy team to completely overrun the final point and win the game.
"Shit! Damn! Sorry, P-Pepper."
She merely shrugged, completely unconcerned with the outcome of the game.
Ryan took a few deep breaths as the next round loaded up, trying in earnest to force the image of those perfect, round tits from his mind. Tits he so badly wanted to touch, to feel, to suckle on and smother his face in. Finally loading in, he set out with renewed focus. He had been matched onto the opposing team, and wasn't about to let a pair of breasts distract him again. He had to show this she-wolf that he had some guts, that he wouldn't just fold because she had teased him a little.
Even if his foxhood was throbbing, painful and rock-hard, in his pants.
"Yeah!"
He managed to take the first point relatively quickly, setting up with a rifle and overwatching. He saw Pepper's screen-name pop up and fill his sights. With a grin, he fired, scoring himself a headshot on the female from a good distance away.
"Yeah, eat it!"
He quickly relocated, securing a new location and repeating the process when she respawned.
"EAT IT!"
He was getting excited, the thought of her breasts almost gone from his head as he lined up for the third shot, his third kill in a row against her.
Bingo!
"HA!" he practically shouted. "EAT IT, BITCH!"
Pepper couldn't help but grit her fangs. Three times in a row, that was it! This called for something more, something a little special. If a bare chest wasn't going to cut it, she'd have to step up her game.
Her paws snaked their way up her belly, her fingers curling about one of her supple breasts and flicking over the nipple. Making a rather obvious show of moaning and arching her back, she shoved the controller between her two mounds, and as she had done with her crotch, pressed down on the trigger. It wasn't simply the vibrations and jiggling that it caused, it was the sheer sight of an object lodged between them. If the moaning and slow, sensual licking of her lips fell short, then Ryan's imagination would take care of the rest.
"Oooh, yes, I'll eat it alright!"
The controller fell from Ryan's paws, clattering across the floor.
That had done it. With a toothy grin, she slowly stood up, gingerly removing the controller from her breasts and tucking it again in between her thighs. Her hips swayed from side to side and her tail swished, wafting her needy, feminine scent over Ryan.
Strangely familiar. . .
His thoughts as such were immediately driven from his mind as she sat down in his lap, keeping her legs pressed together, the controller now lodged tightly between her thighs. Pepper's arms settled either side of his head and she leaned forward, placing her breasts within a few inches of the fox's face. The rocking and waving of her hips continued, prodding at his chest with the exposed portion of the controller.
"Push the button. . . Ryan."
Any resistance to her advances shattered in that instant. He pressed the button. He had to. How could he not? With it held down, Pepper again moaned, squeezing her thighs more tightly about the vibrations, slightly scissoring them together. Her warm breath flowed over his face, and a slight damp patch appeared in the crotch of her jeans. When the clip finally ran out and the rumbling stopped, she slid down his torso, pressing her breasts to his chest and whispering heavily in his ear.
"Now it's three to one, fox."
Removing her body from his revealed her ploy. Not only had she found him, camping away in a corner of the map, she'd lined him up in her crosshairs then made the fox fire the shot into his head.
Ryan, however, was far, far too engrossed in other matters to pay much attention to what had happened on the screen. As he had pressed the button, the wild, tangy scent of her arousal pieced his senses. This wasn't just a game anymore, not just a flirt, this was something decidedly sexual. He had thought that they had just come up here to play games, and that he might get himself a kiss at the end of the night if he played his cards right and impressed her.
But here and now, Ryan was getting much more than that. His hormones were raging, demanding that he take this opportunity, take this wolf bitch and make her his own. He whimpered a little as she sat back down, almost on the verge of pleading with her to let him sniff at her for just a moment longer.
Wrenching his eyes away from the she-wolf, he returned his attention to the game.
"Ah, fuck!" He was dead again. His team had lost. Again.
He threw the controller down in frustration. He had to win the next one, his pride depended on it! He scrambled through his game library, searching for something, anything that might give him the edge.
"Ah-ha!"
He pulled out Gran Turismo, holding it gleefully in front of himself before ramming it into the console. There wouldn't be any online play this time, it would just be the fox and the wolf. He liked his chances; no girl he had ever met or heard of liked racing games; they were so definitively a masculine thing.
With his heart pumping as it was, he was probably acting a little too boldly despite being as nervous as he could ever recall. More nervous than he had ever been before. Gulping down the lump in his throat, he did his utmost to hide the quiver in his voice.
"Ready to go down, b-bitch?"
The sound of his voice; a little nervous, but very, very eager, sent a shiver down Pepper's spine. She squeezed her thighs together, grinding the still-present wetness into her panties. What would he do, pounce her next? She loved teasing him, and wondered when he might break. All the fox had to do was ask, but if he wanted to keep letting himself go through this, she wasn't stopping him.
Pepper picked her vehicle. Though somewhat lacking in top speed, the numbers on the screen suggested it had excellent handling and acceleration. Good enough to win, right?
Of course.
The race started, and true to her nature, Pepper dashed ahead, screaming to the front of the pack well before the first turn. Still, her vehicle topped out quickly, and before she was able to respond, Ryan's car flashed past, putting a few hundred feet on her before suddenly breaking for the bend.
The advantage didn't last. Pepper had assumed he would have some trick like this prepare, and had anticipated his move. Throwing caution to the wind, she waited until the very last minute to break, rebounding off a few of the AI vehicles before mashing her finger on the gas and opening up a substantial lead.
"Hah! Eat that, fox!"
Ryan growled. It had to be an error, a glitch in the game or something. How could she had taken that corner so quickly? It didn't matter; Pepper's car wasn't fast enough to stay ahead for long. Soon, the fox again found himself in the lead.
As before, however, she rocketed through the upcoming corner. And the next. And the one after that. For each of the three laps she would dance ahead of him, bouncing and skidding across the track surface, making a mockery of the supposed simulationist nature of the the game.
"Eat. . . THAT!"
The race ended with Pepper as the clear winner. Dropping the controller down beside her with a contented sigh, she again shuffled up against Ryan, tracing her finger up and down his arm.
"Hey!" he protested. "You cheated!"
He jerked his arm back, folding it across his chest and turning his head away from Pepper. ". . . girls are always making fun of me."
"Fox, you really need to learn about map glitches and shortcuts. . ." She rose back up, and took a few steps towards him.
"Don't feel bad, we don't have to play games aaaaaaaall afternoon."
However bad he might have felt, those feelings lasted all of three seconds as Pepper straddled his lap. This wasn't the cute, teasing sit she had given him last time, even though a quick wiggle of her rump has suggested something a little more. Spreading her thighs out, she placed her legs either side of his and sunk down, thrusting her own crotch against his. Unrestrained, the scent of her excitement freely assaulting his nose. That alluring, sensuous essence.
"What time was your mom coming back again?"
A single bead of drool fell from his maw. He. . . wanted it. Needed it. He had to taste it, to bury his muzzle into it and scoop it from its very source.
"Uh. . .Pepper, what. . ."
He was cut off by a sudden, shuddering moan from the she-wolf. She ground and mashed her crotch against him, gyrating and bucking, pressing her sensitive regions into his. Her warm thighs pressed into him, rubbing along his own, sending shivers through his entire body. How he wished they weren't covered by jeans! Her bare breasts were now directly in front of him, almost touching his face, simply waiting for him to snake his tongue out for a lick, a simple taste of what was on offer.
Was it for him?
There was no way that Pepper wouldn't be able to feel his erection through his own pants; his loins were on fire! He throbbed painfully, his shaft and sack aching as this gorgeous female lavished her stunning body over him. With a tremble, he allowed his paws to sneak around behind her, holding her by the waist and pulling her a little closer. Again, they sunk lower, though this time, he didn't stop. They came to rest upon her rump, not squeezing, just feeling her, revelling in the taboo knowledge that he was groping his best friend's half-naked sister.
He gulped, starting her in her wild, yellow eyes. ". . . did you want to play next?"
"You."
One word. A paw was placed on the back of Ryan's head, pushing him forward and into her chest. This late in the day, the peppermint scent had long since faded, with only her raw, feral, feminine allure remaining. A combination of sweat, arousal and her own, natural aroma.
"Lick and suck," she ordered with a heavy pant.
Unable to talk, and scarcely able to breath, Ryan flicked his tongue out, lapping directly over her nipples, willing and eager to oblige her.
"Hmmmm. . . yes."
Her breathing rapidly sped up, as too did her grinding. Feeling the fox's hardness under her, she pushed herself further against him, bringing even more of her bare fur into contact with him. Slipping the tent in his pants between her thighs, she pressed down hard. Very hard. What was grinding and humping only moments ago was now all but outright fucking, save only for the pants that they both still wore.
"Cum, kit!" Pepper gave another hard grind, willing him over the edge.
"MHMMMHHMPPPHHFF!"
His efforts rose to a crazed level of tongue action as he came in his pants. Pepper's thigh's had just been too much for him, the situation simply too erotic for the virgin kit to survive; all that separated his foxhood from her dripping sex was a few thin layers of increasingly damp cloth. He blasted himself, coating the inside of his underwear with his seed as he whimpered into her chest.
"Awww, poor little kit. I was hoping we might be able to do a little more. . ."
Pushing herself back, she stood before him, her fur slightly slick and matted from the sweat they had both produced. Her paws hooked into the waistband of her jeans and slid them down, the tight fit taking her panties with them in a single motion.
"Strip."
Ryan had never sprang into action quicker. His paws tore at his shirt, practically tearing the garment from his chest as he rather awkwardly wiggled his way out of his pants, kicking them aside and sitting in nothing but his boxer shorts.
"All of it, kit."
The underwear, too, were tossed.
"Better." Pepper placed her foot on his chest, gently pushing him over and onto his back, the comfortable bean-bag fluffing out under him. Sliding down, she sat her damp pussy upon his thighs, slowly sliding up and down and smearing her juices into his fur. Her paws scratched across his chest before settling on his own nethers, gently grasping at his semi-hard length.
"Oh, come on, only one shot in this?" She shuffled forward into a cowgirl position and kissed the side of his cock with her cunt, grinding against him, hotdogging him between the warm outer folds.
Ryan almost screamed as he felt something glorious, wet and warm touch his cock. He didn't need to look down, he knew what it was. He knew that this she-wolf was rubbing her cunt along his length, smearing it with her juices. He wasn't monstrous in that department, but he was workable. Enough for what he hoped was about to come.
"You feel that?" she hummed, sensing the tension in his shaft and sack, "Don't you want that? Don't you want your friend's sister?"
"Y. . .yes!" he gasped, finally finding his voice. "I want. . . you, Pepper!"
"Me? Or. . . this?" She reached down, dipping two of her fingers into her snatch and pumping back and forth. Wet, sodden sounds filled Ryan's ears and the scent, already beyond what he thought he could handle, intensified even more.
"Mmm, you're a decent size, bet you'd feel a lot better than these fingers."
Her fingers jammed into her cunt, she masturbated openly for him, moaning and twisting her body, before pulling out the slick, damp digits and running them across the fox's nose.
And then his lips.
With a flash of her fangs, she forced them inside his muzzle, purposefully pressing them down into his tongue, giving him an all out oral experience of her flavour, a flavour that Ryan eagerly engulfed. He curled his tongue up and around the intruding digits, sucking her essence from them, tasting her unbearably, mind-blowingly intoxicating flavour. His cock was rock hard. Young and virile, he was more than ready to go again.
"How's that?" she cooed. You like the taste and smell of a pussy?"
He wanted those juices directly from the source.
"I do! Oh god, please Pepper, I love the taste of pussy! I need it! I need wolf pussy!"
He was going overboard, he knew it, completely losing all control and self-restraint. It was his first time,and he was completely lost in it, mindless with lust.
"Well, well, I can't let a fox who needs a fresh cunt go without, can I? Alright, get up."
Pepper laid down in his place, sliding her thighs past each other a few times before spreading her legs, knees almost touching the floor. Her wetness glistened before him, the silky fur lining her inner thighs already damp and slick with her juices, and the smell overpowering. Seizing her by the knees, Ryan lowered his head, dipping his muzzle closer and closer to the treat before him.
Only for his forehead to run into Pepper's outstretched paw.
She waved a finger in his face with her free paw, giving his nose a flick before suddenly grabbing him by the scruff of the neck. Panting needily, she held him just out of reach, his tongue snaking out, lashing towards her sex, craving her taste.
"Lick!"
Ryan craned his neck, straining against her grip, forcing his tongue the last few inches, lapping across her folds with a few tastebuds. Instantly, Pepper gasped and gnashed her fangs together. It was exactly what she needed, but it wasn't enough. Her cunt burned with eagerness, quivering and pulsing.
But just a bit more, just some more teasing. For both of them.
"That enough for you?" she growled, tightening the grip on his neck. "That all the bitch wolf you need?!"
"MORE!"
She let go of his neck, and let him dig in. Ryan mashed his muzzle and tongue into the first pussy he had ever tasted, let alone seen. What he lacked in experience, he made up for in enthusiasm, whipping his tongue about inside her, splattering his muzzle with her juices and drinking up her incredible taste. He sucked hard on her clit, flicking his tongue over it, rolling back the hood and attacking it directly, sending lightning bolts of pleasure surging through her body. Pepper tossed her head back, screaming her lungs out. They were lucky no one was one, but there'd be no way to bullshit out of it. She had fox muzzle savaging her cunt, driving her mad with crazed eating, licking and sucking. No two ways about it.
"Fuck! Yes! Devour me, Ryan!"
"PEPPER!"
His tongue may not have had the width of a wolf's, or the rough texture of a cats, but he did have one thing going for him, something that made getting eaten out by a fox all the better. His tongue was slender, but long, strong, and very, very flexible. Ryan dove between her folds, licking directly at her raw, pink flesh, tasting and touching her in ways she had never felt before. He plunged into her tunnel, rubbing the tip of his pink organ over a rough he found inside. Pepper's screams practically burst his eardrums. Her thighs trembled, paws and claws tearing and his headfur and forcing his invading muzzle further into her searing sex. Whatever he was doing, this reaction told him all he needed. He had to keep going, his own sex drive, and the sound of the moaning, screaming wolf bitch he was currently tasting, demanded it.
The flow of slick, musky fluids increased.
"God! You dirty fox! You eat better than Spear!"
She could feel it coming. Ryan wouldn't know what it meant, what was about to happen, as her pink inside began quivering over his tongue. Convulsing and contorting, she held his head firmly in place, smearing her cunt over his mouth and giving him no chance at all to breath anything other than her own erotic scent.
"You heard that, kit?!" she moaned, grinning and biting at her own lip. "Spear ate this. That's why he's so confident!"
She screamed it, yelled it at the top of his lungs. Without an ounce of remorse, she admitted that her own brother had eaten her out. And that she had loved it.
"Pep-mmmhmppff!"
It was beyond arousing for Ryan, beyond anything he could have possibly fantasied about. He wanted to talk, to say something, but he couldn't. Every fibre of his being demanded that he keep his muzzle sealing tightly over his best friend's sister's Cunt. Images filled his head, images of Pepper offering herself to Spear, letting his tongue bring her to squirting orgasm after squirting orgasm. Ryan's cock twitched with every lick her gave her, harder than it had ever been before, so hard that Pepper could see every single pulse of his heart, every single throb of every single vein. Furiously he continued to consume her, continue to eat her out as if he was starved. And he had been. Starved of pussy, he simply couldn't stop, and the wolfess was feeling every single ounce of his desire as her cunt was vicariously pleasured and lavished.
"That's it, fox! He was good, you know. . ."
Confronting her taboo, admitting her sin in the open like that, something she had never before done, sent her cascading over the edge.. A faucet of the biggest orgasm she could recall, save for the one she had just confessed to, jetted into his mouth. She howled, wild and raw, loud enough for even the distant neighbours to hear. Waves of femmy cum filled the fox's muzzle, spilling over his lips and dribbling down his chin. Her grip became vice-like in its strength, and Ryan found himself pressed harder still into her canine cunt. Each spurt came with a gasp, each buck of her hips spreading more of her scent over the fox's face. Finally, after a half minute of pure, mindless bliss, she relaxed, allowing Ryan his first gulps of fresh air.
"W-wow."
"You mean. . ." he said, pulling his head from between her legs.. "You. . . you and Spear?"
Ignoring the question, Pepper grabbed Ryan forcefully by the shoulders and pushed him down, pinning him. "What a lovely little toy you have in that mouth of yours. Let me taste it."
Locking her lips to his for the second time that day, she forced her tongue past the fox's teeth and into his maw. She lapped eagerly into the tainted muzzle, her own flavor seeped into every inch of his mouth. As she swallowed over the musky sponge, she reached down, gripping the dripping, pulsating cock. His heartbeat was racing, easily felt through his fox flesh, pulsating in her paw. He didn't have long to go; even the light touch she had just given him had him close to the edge.
It didn't matter if it was Ryan's first time, that he wouldn't last more than half a minute, she wanted to make every second count. Squeezing the fox's length, she ran the tip up and down her cunt, pausing to press her clit down into the throbbing hardness. Pausing for the briefest moment, she locked her savage, yellow eyes with Ryan's before suddenly biting down on his neck
"Yes, you heard me! I said, Spear ate my pussy!
A sudden, intense sensation flooded over Ryan. With a growl, Pepper slammed her hips down, taking the fox completely inside herself in a single instant. Without pausing, without thinking about the lack of protection or just how quickly it had all happened, she pulled herself up and slammed down a second time, sending the fox yelping and yapping under her. Bouncing madly, tongue hanging listlessly from her maw, she slurred the words out, her own world becoming overwhelmed by pleasure.
"Mmm, He came in when I was masturbating, all shy like you. I told him not to leave, and we stained my bed! He asked to keep my panites!"
"Fuck!" he screamed "That's. . . so fucking hot! What. . . did you do. . . ohhhhh. . . did you give him your panties?"
He couldn't believe what he had heard. Why hadn't Spear told him about this? It was. . . so incredibly arousing. While his foxhood may still have had an extra inch or two to grow, he was as hard as granite, as hard as it was possible to get. Painfully throbbing and pulsating, he relished every inch of her cunt, moaning as it slid over his length again and again, her tight walls clamping down on him, bringing him to the very edge.
"I did."
Ryan desperately wanted to cum inside her, to fill her with his seed. He had never felt an urge so strong. Half an hour ago, and he had been a virgin. Now, his foxhood was slamming in and out of a heated, dripping wolf cunt. He did his best, bucking his hips a little like he had seen in his porno videos. It didn't really matter, not at this point; both furs were so mad and crazed with lust that release was seconds away.
"P-please. . . I want. . . I want. . ."
Pepper was panting hard, her head thrown back as her hips pistoned her pussy up and down his shaft. Another orgasm was rushing in. "Ooh, I can feel you wanting to tie? You want to cum in me?"
"Please. . . can I. . . cum inside you, Pepper? I REALLY WANT TO!"
With an evil grin, the bouncing and fucking stopped, and she slid her soaked, dripping cunt from his shaft. "Sorry, I don't fuck first date."
"B-but wasn't that-"
"Doesn't count. Don't worry, kit, I'll get you there.'
Pepper dove her face down, burying him into her muzzle up to the hilt, swallowing hard over his shaft as her tongue set to work lapping and curling, licking and slathering over his foxhood. As she devoured the masculine organ, her own fingers found her aching snatch, plunging inside and fucking herself as hard as the muscles in her arm would allow. A guttural growl escaped her throat as the pressure in her pussy heightened. She was almost worried about cumming first, embarrassing herself in front of the inexperienced kit and reducing herself to a quivering, orgasmic mess.
Almost.
Ryan blew just before she did. What was supposed to take thirty seconds took closer to ten. A snarl escaped from between his gritted teeth as he burst, flooding Pepper's mouth with ropes of his cum. The wolfess gulped down, sucking every last bit of his seed from his spurting tip, not wasting a single drop. Her own shattering climax hit as she was swallowing the last of his essence, spraying her own fingers with her juices and growling about his still-hard cock.
Her paw sped up.
Unable to focus on anything but riding out her own orgasm, Ryan's foxhood slipped from her maw with a wet pop, and she collapse atop him, still wildly fingering herself. A final crest and a long, drawn out, shuddering moan and the final few spurts of her cum dripped from her cunt, staining the bean bag beneath them with her scent.
"Hmmmm. . . " For a few moment, she returned her muzzle and tongue to his cock, licking gently with the occasional suckle over the tip as Ryan came down from his own heights.
His breathing was deep and laboured, the licks still causing rippled of pleasure to shoot through his overstimulated nervous system, teasing almost painfully at his ever so sensitive shaft.
"Can I. . . oh, FUCK PEPPER, c-can I. . . watch you masturbate. . . sometime?"
A cum-stained finger pressed to his lips. Pepper rose up, giving his tip a final lashing with her tongue, and walked to where her clothing lay crumpled. Bending down and flagging her tail up, she gave Ryan another eyeful before flicking her panties over towards him. "There, now you both have a pair."
"Uh. . ."
"And, sure. You just want to watch me cum over my fingers? Pervert." The expression of mock disgust quickly faded. "Sure, why not."
"Pepper, you're so hot. . . I want to watch you."
The panties found their way to his nose, and he inhaled deeply, glowing in post-orgasmic bliss. The fox had never cum so hard in his life; blowing his load into the muzzle of a lusty she-wolf had been one hundred times better than using his own paw. One thousand times. He could only dream of what cumming inside her would feel like.
"C-can you. . " he trailed away, his embarrassment plain to see. ". . . cum on my f-face when you do it?"
His cock started to stiffen again, ever so slightly, readying itself for another round. ". . . please?"
Pepper could feel the exhaustion coming to her. The horny, and up until very recently virgin, fox was on a sex craze. Far from the lethargy that overcame her, he was raring for more, aching to go again and again. True to his species reputation, without a doubt. In the future, the little fox is going to be a handful.
"Not right now, foxboy. Just jack off into my panties or something." she yawned.
She laid down, pulling him near herself and cuddling him, her eyes half-closed now. The world was dimming, and she could feel herself fade, though her tail wagged slowly, contentedly. "I hope you don't mind if I take a nap, kit. I'm so tired. . ."
Though they were messy, wet, and the upstairs area reeked of sex, she was simply too tired. Exhausted. Curling up beside him, the wolfess' eyes closed, her breathing slowed and she slipped into sleep.
". . . stupid giraffe bitch." |
Jamie's Appointment by WhimsicalSquirrel | Just a cute little story I wrote to introduce, well, MYSELF to these characters. - Air escaped through a black nose, a point of sunlight which trickled in from the window reflecting off of Tim's sense of smell. Golden sights gleamed through his eyelids as they eased open to see the conscious world | [
"Fox",
"Licking",
"Love",
"Male",
"Mouse",
"Predator/Prey",
"Romance"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1151173-jamie-s-appointment | Air escaped through a black nose, a point of sunlight which trickled in from the window reflecting off of Tim's sense of smell. Golden sights gleamed through his eyelids as they eased open to see the conscious world again, which...was still a bit blurry.
A stretch.
A yawn.
The fox's orange arm emerged from the quilt which covered him from the chest down, his dark-furred paw running over his face before going to work straightening out his whiskers on the left side after a number of hours of being flattened between his muzzle and the pillow. From there he'd bury his muzzle into his bicep, nipping away at an itch there, bad form according to etiquette experts, irrelevant here in a warm bed. Now he'd allow his arm to rest upon the soft little mound beside him, the appearance of a balled up blanket which would shift at the touch. Tim could feel the familiar warm sensation among his chest and couldn't help but smile just a little. He took a hold of the quilt, lifting it so he could peak underneath. There was a mouse under here, somewhere.
Right there, in fact, the grey-furred rodent's face buried well into the forest of white fur which sprouted of Tim's chest. From here, the fox couldn't see Jamie's closed eyes or his little nose, both of which nestled deep into the fur, and hidden beneath the fragile creature's paws for added security, but he could see those pink ears of his, twitching and flicking before going still again, sensing no danger, allowing the mouse to remain at rest. Of course, Tim hated that he'd have to wake him, but Jamie would be awoken as soon as the larger fox attempted to move from the bed, and startling a mouse awake with sudden movement was never a good idea. Not if, like Tim, you rather enjoyed when they slept buried into your fur and hoped for that kind of thing to continue into the following night.
Tim would do as he did many mornings, lean down toward the rodent, that pink tongue slipping past those black lips and lapping over the top of Jamie's grey-furred head. This was generally all it would take, the poor little creatures usually had such a tenuous grasp on their sleep. The rodent stirred, easing himself way from Tim's chest, before suddenly snapping his view up to the fox's face. Yes...this was the same fox. Not some new predator taking on admittedly innovative methods in an attempt to "get him." And of course, this is why Tim wouldn't just jump out of bed. Because, really, mice pretty much always woke up with a start, especially when sleeping next to somebody significantly larger. After years of trial and error when it came to mouse-loving, Tim had considered that he could probably write a comprehensive manual on the subject. "How to Love Your Mouse in 12,000 Easy Steps," he'd call it. Even Jamie himself had admitted that the title was apt.
First order of business was to outstretch those arms and perform that lovely little stretch he did every morning, before hiking further up the bed, just a few inches, to better meet Tim. If a mouse needed to wake up and jump right out of bed, their "start up" time definitely faster than most. But for now...he'd stumbled upon a place of perfect comfort, that troublesome series of factors that made getting out of bed needlessly difficult, often leading to marathon napping. Even now, he'd removed his face from Tim's chest fur only to immediately bury it again into the fur of the fox's neck, nestling his head under Tim's fuzzy chin. The orange-furred male would respond with a few more licks before whispering into the mouse's ear.
"You should take your pill."
Jamie blew out a squeaky breath, reluctantly turning over in the bed. "Yeah...."
A fleshy paw reached out to the table beside the bed, fiddling around the items here until setting onto that blue, round pill case. It was cheap, cost like a buck. He hated to think he was old enough to need such a thing in the house, although thirty-one years old was easily considered middle aged for a mouse, a fact that didn't bother him as much as it did Tim. At times, the devoted fox would vow to lead a lifestyle unhealthy enough to ensure he himself wouldn't live long into his 60's, but Jamie insisted it was silly. Either way...at least these weren't old-mouse pills. Just something to take for those days when even that sweet fox behind them wasn't quite enough to keep a smile on his face. As hard to believe as that was.
"Are these Monday?" the rodent asked in a squeaky, morning whisper as he held the pill case up to Tim.
"Mm...yeah, that's them," confirmed the fox.
"Thanks." Jamie hadn't gotten up to put in his contacts yet so it was good to get a second opinion. He snapped open the specified section of the case, dumping the pink tablet inside onto his paw. He reached down to the floor...it's down there...somewhere...there it is, that water bottle. It was good to keep these things close to the bed, and get that reminder from Tim, otherwise he was prone to forgetting this small but important step of his day. In went the pills, a quick swallow of water, and the deed was done.
After putting away the items, the mouse would curl up tightly with Tim again, his back to the fire-furred male this time, the ultimate compliment a mouse could offer to his larger partner, the willingness to be held without having to keep his eyes on you. It had taken quite some time for Tim to earn this, and he did covet it, so. And while the mouse was here, it was time to move on to the rest of the morning rituals.
Jamie's tail flicked a bit as he once again felt the warmth of Tim's licks against the back of his neck. These weren't quite the same as the one which had welcomed the rodent back into consciousness, these were grooming licks. It was the same process they'd repeat nearly every morning, the red fox would slip his arms around Jamie, crossing them at the mouse's front, keeping in him "place" while he groomed the grey-furred male. Admittedly, Jamie didn't quite see the practical need for it, he was certain to shower later as he did most days, but it seemed to be a kind of comfort for Tim, so Jamie could live with getting his fur a little damp. It was a rhythmic, methodical thing, Tim lapping the fur up with his tongue, then smoothing it back down with his nose, tongue, then nose, tongue, then nose. A bit like a little massage, Jamie would figure. One couldn't deny its tranquilizing effects, his blue eyes squinting a bit more toward a close. Then would come that sound.
Tim loved that sound, "mouse purrs" he called them, not knowing how else to describe them. This kind of...shaky, squeaky sound which came from Jamie with every exhale, letting whoever was privileged enough to hear it know that the rodent was completely relaxed. Tim recalled the first time he'd heard that sound as Jamie lay beside him like this. He would ask Jamie why he was making such a sound, was he upset? In pain? The fox remembered that profound warming feeling he'd experience when the mouse would tell him, "it means that I'm happy."
The "bath" would conclude after a few moments, Tim still keeping his black nose nestled into the mouse's fur, enjoying his scent.
"How many times were you up last night?" The fox asked, his speech muffled by Jamie's coat.
"Um...twice, I guess."
Mice weren't wired to sleep through the night, often having to get up to expend some energy. Jamie's family even had activities they would do together in the middle of the night, a puzzle the family would work on, maybe a little card game, something to do before attempting to go back to sleep for a few hours.
"What'd you do?"
Jamie rose up off the bed just a bit, licking at his fingers and using them to straighten out his own whiskers. "I um...I made some pudding, actually."
"Pudding?" snickered Tim.
"Yeah, I...couldn't think of something to do so I made pudding."
"Chocolate?"
"Yeah."
"Awesome."
Jamie took in a squeaky yawn. "I thought it'd make you happy."
"Chocolate always makes me happy," proclaimed the fox, rubbing through the mouse's fur. "It's Monday, right? You've got an appointment today."
"Yeah."
"One o'clock?"
"Uh-huh."
"Should I just hang out in the waiting room, or should I go do something while you're in there...do we need anything at the store?"
"Yeah, we need more pudding," Jamie snickered.
The two would lie together for several more moments, exchanging small gestures of affection before Jamie would rise out of bed, looking for some pajama pants to slip on. The entirety of his furred body was exposed now and Tim, still comfortably flopped onto his side in the bed, couldn't help but steal a glance or three or ten at the bare-bodied mouse. This wouldn't go unnoticed by the rodent whose tail flicked with slight embarrassment.
"Do you have to stare?" chirped the mouse, tentatively grasping the pajama bottoms he'd recovered from near the closet.
The fox lifted his upper body further from the bed, tilting his head like those foxes do. "I've seen it before, Jamie. Like, you know, last night? Saw a whole lot of mouse last night."
A blush. "Yeah, well...it was dark...and you were distracted...with things."
"Fine, I'll just turrrrrrn around," offered the fox, rolling over in the bed before pulling the quilt over his head. "And now nobody can see you. You are free to do whatever it is you do while naked."
Jamie smiled a little, flicking his ears a bit as he did but wasted no time in slipping into those plaid-patterned bottoms. As pulled them up, he found himself fumbling around with the tail-snap in the back, struggling to fasten the damn thing around the furrier base of his snaking tail.
"Need some help?" the voice of Tim would ask, prompting Jamie to turn around and see the fox partially rolled back over, peeking an eye out from under the blanket.
"Hush, I've got it," insisted the mouse, continuing the fight. Why did they make it so hard on these pants...they're pants, not a brain teaser. As he began to feel as if he was closing in on the victory, the mouse could feel his pink-skinned fingers joined by the furry ones on the hands of Tim. Standing there only in his fur, the red fox's tail swayed playfully as he fastened the button, happy to help as always.
"There you go, 'tato-chip" quipped the red-furred male, adding one of his favorite pet names for the mouse.
Jamie turned to face the bare fox. "I could have done it...."
"We did it together," insisted Tim. "We're a team."
A twitch of the whiskers. "I'm not as helpless as I probably look."
"You don't look helpless, you look like the world's cutest mouse."
Jamie shrugged. "It's not really a lot different, in a societal sense."
The dark paws of Tim settled themselves just under the grey-furred rodent's arms, sliding down affectionately toward his waist. Something about mice...something about rodents in general really, there was something so nice about holding them in this exact spot.
"Can I pick you up?" asked the fox into one of Jamie's pink ears. It was always important to ask, first.
Jamie's blue eyes shifted from side to side as he weighed the proposition. They had been together for almost a decade now, so....
"Well...maybe for a second or two."
The mouse prepped himself by planting his paws onto the shoulders of Tim as the fox's own paws slipped back underneath the rodent's arms. Just a tiny little chirp escaped the throat of Jamie at the point of "lift off," Tim sliding his arms down closer to Jamie's waist once their faces met. He held him tight here in this position but knew from experience that the mouse would only tolerate being bound to such a confining grip for a short while. Already those ears were flattening, that tail was whipping this way and that, those dangling, pink-fleshed feet of his, kicking just a little, searching for the solid ground they adamantly preferred. Even so, the mouse with allow that fox to lick his small nose, lick over his face, down the side of his neck a bit, and he'd return the affection with a few nuzzles of his own. Still, by the time the larger mammal had begun those sniff-sniffy-sniffs at the mouse's scent....
"Okay, that's enough," Jamie chirped, his twitching body clearly indicating that he'd been in the fox's tight grasp for as long as his instincts would allow.
The fox, of course, would respect this and set his lover down, the rodent's feet happily touching back down to the ground. Jamie looked up to meet Tim's golden eyes, offering a little smile. No hard feelings.
"I should go make you some breakfast," suggested Tim.
"You should put some clothes on, first."
With a glance down at himself, Tim's tail swayed thoughtfully at the view. "Well...I guess I'm pretty fat. Probably not great to look at."
Jamie responded by reaching a paw up and planting it on the bridge of the fox's muzzle, pushing it downward. No, Tim. NO.
"You're not fat."
"Then what do you call this," Tim countered, pinching at his somewhat pudgy belly.
"I call that a body that happens in real life and not in any silly magazine. Magazines with bodies and foxes that you don't even like."
A shrug. "They're hotter though."
"They're fake. I like real foxes."
"Nobody likes foxes," insisted Tim, quietly.
"Actually, most people do. I certainly must. I've been with two."
"Yeah, but..." the fox looked down and way. "Well...anyway."
The mouse's eyes darted a bit, his paws rubbing nervously together. Yes, he knew what Tim meant, what he wanted to say, but...it was different now. He was different.
A shrug from Tim. "I'm gonna put some clothes on. And then make you breakfast."
"So how was the week. Jamie," asked the ringtail, Jan, as she led the mouse into the room with her. She took a seat behind the desk as Jamie would claim one of the two chairs on the other side.
"Um...it was mostly good, yeah. No like...disasters or anything."
"That's good," the therapist nodded, with a flick of her striped tail. She noted how he and most other mice were so cute in their button up shirts. He also wore dressy looking pants for the occasion as he often did. Jan herself wore much more casual clothing.
"Mondays are usually good," continued Jamie with his hands clasped between his legs, which bounced up and down repeatedly. "Tim and I both don't work Mondays so, you know...we get to wake up together, and...you know, just...go at our own pace." The mouse said this as his eyes darted around toward the floor.
"Jamie - eye contact," reminded the ringtail, pointing too fingers at her own eyes and then to his.
The mouse looked up at her although his eyes still shifted left and right. "Yeah, sorry...."
"It's okay, just remember, we've been working on that...so from what I can tell, getting to wake up with Tim really has a positive impact on your day."
"Oh yeah, absolutely," nodded the mouse, looking...a little bit to the right.
"So I want to follow up on what we talked about last week," declared Jan, as she leaned back in the office chair, propping up her feet on the desk. She'd always had this kind of casual presence about her.
"Yeah sure," nodded Jamie, making sure to look right at her.
"You remember what we talked about?"
"Yeah, I...had mentioned that I feel guilty because he works so hard at his job, and I feel like I don't do enough on my end."
"Right," nodded the ringtail. "Tell me more about that."
"Um...well...I mean, you know it's like I said...he works so hard doing his deliveries, every time he comes home and he's so sore, and I'm fine. Every time he comes in, he sits down on the couch, or you know, on the bed, and I just...I dunno, I give him a massage. Like, every day."
"Why's that?"
"I...guess I just feel like I owe it to him? I want to feel...less useless, I guess, by trying to make him feel a little better after working all day."
"So you don't think the work that you do is as...serious, as his? Not as hard?"
The mouse shook his head, flicking his pink-skinned ears a bit. "I definitely don't think it is. He delivers heavy packages all day, he's on this hectic schedule, his feet are killing him...I just put food on tables. Or tell others to do it." His eyes slipped back down to the floor.
"Jamie."
The mouse looked back up, meeting the large, round eyes of the ringtail.
"Thank you," she said with a smile.
"Sorry...."
"It's okay."
The pudding boxes rattled the shopping cart, bounced into the bottom as Tim snickered at the site of them. Mostly chocolate of course. And a tapioca just for the sake of variety. The grocery store was relatively close to the clinic so the fox figured he could grab a few things and be back in time to pick up the mouse. He was moving the cart toward the cereal aisle (couldn't live without his Coco-Crunchers after all) when he felt the sensation of his phone vibrating in his pocket. His dark-furred paw disappeared inside, pulling out the device to see a new message from his best friend Zachary. The message contained a photo of Zachary winking at the camera and giving a thumbs-up while fiancee in the back was bent over on all fours, apparently looking for something in the closet. The tail-button of her jeans had apparently come undone, or she neglected to fasten it, either way the end result was her pants dipping...a bit past the point of modesty. Included with the photo was a text message which simply read "Classy."
Tim snorted and shook his head. Zach was crazy. He also seemed to enjoy the benefits of having a best friend with a boyfriend, which he seemed to think allowed for the sharing of embarrassing photos and information about his fiancee which might otherwise get him kicked out of the house. Instead, it just got him beaten up a little. Audrey was a scary girl.
The selection of the cereal aisle was tempting indeed, few foods on this planet were better than the stuff. Budget though, budget was important, money sucks, until you have it, just like the popular kids in school. Just stick with the Coco-Crunchers, don't mess with success. The perceptive fox heard a sound down the aisle, the sound of what appeared to be a very old lady, shaky in the knees, dropping a box of her own to the floor. He wasted no time, trotting up to the struggling, female beaver.
"Let me get that for you, ma'am," he called out as he approached. Before she could react the orange-furred male was knelt to the floor, picking up the item for her and placing it into her cart.
"Oh...thank you, you're such a nice boy."
"Just doing what I was taught, ma'am."
A smile. "Your wife must feel very lucky to have you around."
Tim smiled back with a shake of his head. "No wife, ma'am. A boyfriend, named Jamie. Best mouse ever, or at least, I think he is."
"Oh," the old rodent said with a bit of a bewildered look in her eye before quickly hobbling her way further down the aisle.
The red fox turned back for his cart, shrugging to himself. Can't win over everyone.
"So Tim's always been very cautious with you?"
Jamie nodded, still bobbing his leg up and down. "Yeah. I guess, um...he's always...he grew up around...mice, and rodents. He said that's why he kind of has a crush on them, mice especially. Almost all of his friends are rodents, so he knows, like...not to come on too strong."
Jan leaned forward, the female ringtail crossing her arms on the desk in front of her. "And that was very different from your last boyfriend?"
Another nod. "Derek was okay at first...I think I just wanted to be with somebody, but...yeah, pretty soon he wasn't...gentle at all."
"So you said it took you a while to trust Tim because, like Derek, he was also a fox. Did Tim ever do anything that reminded you of Derek?"
Jamie thought for a moment, his pink ears fidgeting around a bit as he did. "No, not really. Other than being a red fox...Tim's entirely different. Like I said, he's always been very careful, very...cautious, slow...affectionate?"
"And you like that?"
"I, um...well, yeah."
The therapist raised a brow. "I sense a 'but' in that statement."
"You...you do?"
A smile. "Do you like it...all the time?"
Jamie looked down and away, which Jan decided to let go, this time. He mouse was clearly searching for his words.
"Well...I mean...I like...to take things slow. But...sometimes, I guess, I feel like, you know...like I feel too...fragile. Like he's always acting like I have to be taken care of, and like I'm made of glass...you know, either emotionally or physically."
"So you think that maybe he's...babying you?"
A shrug. "Well...yeah, maybe...I don't know if I'd say THAT but...I guess I don't know what else to call it. I don't know, he's...Tim's naturally a very nice guy. Like...super nice, I've told you before."
A nod. "Yep, I remember."
"Like he goes really far out of his way to help people, and I really think it's like...some kind of compulsion of his own." Jamie smiled a bit, thinking about his boyfriend's almost hysterical need to do good deeds.
"It could be," Jan agreed, nodding her head to the side.
"Anyway...so I mean, obviously he's going to be that way anyway but...I mean...I don't know. I guess he doesn't have to...ALWAYS do it. I mean I don't want him to just start being...mean. But...I'm an adult, you know? I know it's hard to remember sometimes, none of us mice ever seem very 'grown up' I guess, but...sometimes I just think he doesn't have to be so...soft with me."
"How would you like him to treat you?"
"Well...."
"Eyes."
"Right, sorry...um...I mean honestly, how he treats me now is...great, really. He's really sweet, and you know...I love him, I really do, he's so good to me. I guess I don't want him to completely change, just...sometimes he could...he doesn't have to be so cautious."
A nod.
"Like, at night, if we're in bed, and we're...we're...you know, we're together and we...." the bashful mouse gestured heavily with his paws as he spoke, unable to come out with it until Jan would rescue him.
"Yeah, I get you," she said with a grin.
"Yeah, um...when we're...doing that, he's always so...slow and...like I said, cautious. And that was good, at first, I...needed that. But I mean...I've been with him for a while now, I know him, I trust him, I know he won't hurt me...so I mean...I know, I...like...bigger...guys." Jamie had to pause to blush a bit before continuing. "I mean, I'm also terrified of bigger guys because, you know, mouse...but I always end up with guys who are bigger than me, I've never been like...with another mouse, you know? I guess I never really thought about it but...it's true, I think, I like bigger guys and...." more gesturing, another loss of words.
"It's okay, take your time."
"So...yeah, I mean. It's nice that he's careful but I also kind of feel like...if you've got a bigger guy, if you're...with a bigger guy...in...bed...you know, you want to...take advantage of that? If you're going to...enjoy the benefits, he shouldn't be so...careful with you all the time." There. There it was. Now he could melt into a pile into that chair. The mouse covered his muzzle with his paws. His pink-fleshed tail snaked nervously across the floor.
"I'm sorry...."
The ringtail offered a playful smile. "No, not at all, it's fine, Jamie. That's, you know, that's real."
"I, um...it's um...I mean, it's not just that, you know. He also asks if I'm okay a lot, and I mean...of course I am, why wouldn't I be?"
"Do you think he has any reason to be worried about you?"
A shrug. "I...I guess he knows I come here, and take meds so...but I mean...I don't know...being asked if I'm 'okay' all the time, it just...makes me feel more...broken."
Jan tilted her head a bit. "Talk to me a little about that."
"Hey mom," greeted Tim into the phone, from the checkout.
"Oh hi Timmy. What's up?" Nobody but the mother fox could call him 'Timmy.'
"Nothing I'm just checking in - here you go," the fox answered, before handing over the cash.
"Huh?"
"I'm in line at the store."
"Ah...is Jamie there too?"
"No, he's at an appointment so I figured I'd do some shopping while he was in there."
"Gotcha."
"So, how's everything over there?"
"Fine, fine...your brother's still been around."
A grin. "Is he driving you insane?" The fox briefly covered the phone, glancing at the cashier. "Thank you."
"Well, I love him to death, which is just going to make it even harder when I have to kill him."
Tim snickered as he gathered up his bags. "You want me to come kick his ass?"
"Eh...he probably wouldn't even be awake for it."
"Yeah, probably not," agreed the fox as he walked through the automatic doors. "Hey, how's the house, anything you need me to swing by and take a look at?"
"Tim, you live like, forty miles away, remember? You can't just 'swing by' anymore."
The fox shrugged even though his mother couldn't see it.
"I'm always happy to see you of course but, you know, you don't have to worry so much, we can take care of things around here."
"I know, I know," Tim sighed, as he opened up the back door, placing his bags inside. "I just, you know, wanna help."
"That's because you're a nice boy."
"That's just what I was taught," insisted Tim, slamming the door of the black sedan shut. "Well like I said, I just figured I'd check in. I'm about to go pick up Jamie and I don't want to talk and drive so I guess I'll let you go."
"Okay, Timmy, thanks for calling. Tell Jamie I said hi!'
"I will, mom."
The mother fox would make a kissing noise into the phone, which was returned by her son before the call would end, as Tim hopped into the driver's seat. Seat belt on, engine fired up. Let's go get our mouse. In the rear-view mirror, the fox would see a raccoon's bag tear open from the bottom. Groceries everywhere. Such an annoyed face. Engine off, seat belt undone. Better get over there.
"...and everyone else seems basically normal, so...yeah, I mean...by always checking up on my, it's nice, but it like...reminds me that I have to be checked on, I guess."
"Have you ever told him this?" asked Jan, her feet back up on the desk.
"Not...really, no. I mean he's just trying to be nice, I don't want to, like...yell at him for it."
"You don't think he'll take it well?"
A shrug. "I mean...I know that he'd probably be fine but...I just can't...bring myself to tell people things. None of us mice can."
Jan nodded, taking her feet down and leaning forward once more. "I know that...being assertive can get challenging for a lot of mice."
"We're pretty much trained not to. Everyone expects us to just be...cute and sweet and nice and we just...do it. Maybe it's in our nature."
"Mice are not especially aggressive, it's true...but as you might have heard, it's thought that the plague deaths, and you know, all the disproportionate blame that was put into the mice and rats...mice made the conscious decision to be as likable as possible after that, to once again be accepted by society. So while mice were already a bit timid, it was a cultural change that stuck."
A nod. "I've heard some things about that. I guess rats kind of went the other way...I mean not all rats are...I'm not trying to say...you know what I mean, right? Yeah...but I kind of envy that rats just kind of...do whatever they're gonna do, instead of acting all nice all the time."
The therapist nodded with a glance to her watch. "Well...I'm gonna have you leave it there and we'll continue this next time, as we are just about out of time."
Jamie glanced over at the clock on the wall. About 1:55 in the afternoon. These always seemed like the quickest hours of his life.
"So, for the next two weeks I want you to continue with what we've been talking about. You need to keep challenging yourself, Jamie. It's too easy to fall into those holes where you think that, you know, just knowing that you have to do something is the same as actually doing it."
The mouse nodded. Indeed, he was familiar with those holes.
"A good step in that direction would be to be more honest with Tim. After all, he deserves the honesty I think."
"Yeah, he does," agreed Jamie.
"And it sounds to me like he really cares deeply for you, so I'm pretty confident that he'll take it well and be very willing to listen and respect what you tell him."
More nods. "Yeah. Yeah."
"'Kay?" concluded Jan with a smile.
Jamie returned the smile, in that buck-toothed way that only rodents could. "Mm-hm!"
"Great," Jan said, grinning as she rose from her chair. He really was a cutie. She moved for the door, opening it for the mouse as she prepared to walk him back out to the waiting room.
"Do anything over the weekend?" she asked as he scurried by.
"Not really...Tim had a wrestling thing on Sunday so I watched that with him."
"Have you been able to, you know, get more into it?" probed the therapist as they began their walk down the hall.
A shrug. A twitch of the ears. "I know some of the guys on there now, at least. Sometimes I kinda, you know...root for the cuter ones."
Jan offered a snicker in response. "I guess that's one way."
"Honestly, I didn't used to get it...and I still kind of don't, but now that I'm at least used to it, it's kind of well...cute to watch how excited he gets for it sometimes. Like when he hangs his mouth open at what I assume to be some kind of shocking result."
"Does he still think it's real?"
"No...he said it's called...'marking out,' or something like that, when you know wrestling's fake...or scripted, as he calls it...but you kind of forget it's not real for moment when something...big happens."
"Interesting," smirked Jan as they reached the door to the waiting room. "I'm learning something new."
"Yeah," snickered Jamie. "Anyway, um...thanks."
"No no, thank you, Jamie," insisted the female as he walked through the door.
The small rodent let out a cathartic breath as the door closed behind him. He smoothed out his whiskers and shook his head, glancing around. He didn't see Tim. Perhaps the fox had gotten caught up in something, it wouldn't be...unusual. No, he didn't see Tim but he did see Martin.
Martin was...a regular here. He had his appointments at 2:00 P.M., just as Jamie was usually leaving. The immensely-sized wolverine was known to be unpredictable. Not...violent, so far, but when you made direct contact with his eyes hidden beyond those thick frames, as Jamie had inadvertently done now, you couldn't be sure what to expect. Martin's sharp-clawed fingers intertwined within each other in front of his chest as he began his approach, silently hobbling over toward the mouse who had essentially invited him. Jamie's head snapped in all directions. Does...does anybody see him? Is somebody...gonna come get Martin? It seemed rude to call out for help, but as Martin drew closer, those small, fearful squeaks escaped his throat. Boxed in between the larger mammal and the door from which he had just exited, there was nowhere for the grey-furred rodent to go. Martin stared straight into the eyes of Jamie, whose ears would flatten nervously as he was overtaken by the Wolverine's shadow.
"Oh - Martin! C'mere, Martin!" shouted a female voice.
The big wolverine turned where he was met by a female of the same species, older in appearance. She pulled the male away from the mouse before turning briefly toward Jamie, herself.
"Sorry about that."
Jamie smiled politely and wasted no time heading for those glass doors, and...kind of running straight into them. Pull, don't push. He made it through the obstacle and hurried down the hallway, going...wherever Martin couldn't see him anymore. The hall always seemed so stark, no furniture, practically nothing on the walls, just some waste receptacles off to the side...he'd made it about halfway down the length when he caught sight of that familiar read fox trotting around the corner in his blue t-shirt and similarly colored jeans. He smiled at the moment his golden eyes met Jamie's sapphire sights, running up to meet the mouse. He sounded a bit out of breath. He'd been running for a while.
"Hi baby," greeted the winded fox, slowing down to a stop in front of Jamie. "How was it?"
"Good, it was good," chirped the mouse, allowing the fox to take a hold of his pink-fleshed paws. "Um...guess you're running a little late? Heh."
"Uh, yeah...yeah, yeah. Sorry, I was at the store, and this guy dropped his groceries and he had oranges and they kind of got everywhere and under some cars and...yeah, sorry. Just got kinda crazy, I guess."
The two fellows shuffled on down the hall, back toward the parking ramp. Tim rested his arm around the petite shoulders of the mouse while Jamie balanced his admiration for the fox's lack of social fear with the guilt he felt about his own.
"So...did that guy mind you chasing his oranges around?"
Tim grinned a bit sheepishly. "Um...well he said not to worry about it but...I could tell, I think he wanted 'em back. It was...it was fine."
An uncertain smile came over Jamie's face, his eyes darting around in thought as the males disappeared through the door into the parking ramp.
Can't help but make that noise, that mousey sound, those weak-sounding chirps when he lays you down onto your back, blanketed in the tranquil familiarity of your bedroom's darkness, running the warmth of his tongue through the fur on your belly. Jamie's paws pressed lightly and cutely against the top of Tim's head as he did this, tasting the mouse from his waist all the way past his collar bone, up to his shoulders. When he came face-to-face with the smaller creature, Jamie's paws would search all around Tim's body, looking for...something, something to hold onto, some kind of leverage, an anchor...that secure feeling. Yes, Jamie loved him, yes, Jamie trusted him. But Jamie was, after all, a mouse. And to have such a larger mammal lay atop his bare, vulnerable body, even in that gentle, non-imposing way that Tim had perfected over many, many nights...well, it was just nice to get a grip of his fiery coat and hold on tight.
"Tim," he said, just above a whisper.
"Mhm?"
The rodent's ears flicked, he blinked, his whiskers twitched, how to say it....
"This time, you should...just...do whatever it is you want to do."
A tilt of the head. Canids were so cute when they did that. "What do you mean?"
Jamie situated himself underneath the fox a little better, preparing for the moments to come. "I just mean...whatever you're going to do, just go ahead and do."
The red fox didn't seem to understand. "Well...don't I always?"
Abort, Jamie...abort. "Yeah...I guess you do."
The bare-bodied rose further from the mouse, his paws planted on either side of Jamie's body, gently straddling the small creature. Another head tilt.
"Are you okay?"
Jamie couldn't help but smile at himself, a breath escaping his pink little nose.
"Yeah."
"You sure?"
"Mmhm, yeah." Would he be nodding so much if he weren't?
"I hope so," murmured Tim, easing himself back down, closer to Jamie.
The mouse's eyes squinted closer to a close as he felt the licks over his muzzle and neck, preparing himself to once again entrust his body to the fox. Nobody said it would be easy...they could try again some other time. Right? Right. Besides, there was nothing wrong with slow affection. Nothing wrong with being checked up on. He cared, it could have been worse. It HAD been worse. So much worse. And now everything was good. Or at least better.
A squeak. Then a little chirp. Everything was sure to get better. |
Ashen Echoes by TheMadmanwithaScarf | #4 of Journey of the Shadow Archive - The Darkness howled in echoing shade. It crept and slithered down spines with its icy touch. Its hands trace down the warm with its frosted fingers, Like winter snakes trying to find their way of salvation. The Darkness woefully washed in the wells into waste. | [
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It crept and slithered down spines with its icy touch.
Its hands trace down the warm with its frosted fingers,
Like winter snakes trying to find their way of salvation.
The Darkness woefully washed in the wells into waste.
The cries of children wailed for their parents.
Their parents trekked away to find water away from the wasted wells.
The madness screamed and cried in the minds of the children,
It prattled and it rattled,
It danced in their fragile glass minds,
In glass minds of the children of those whom called themselves humanity.
Four flared phoenixes burnt into cinder as they watched the children.
They flapped their fingers, then they passed to sorrowful ash.
The crucified Christ covered the cross on the valley of ashes.
The glistening ashes of the phoenixes.
Crucified in hopes to bring back the wells from woefulness.
A sacrifice to possibly appease the heavenly gods above,
But, this only brought tears of madness that seeped through reality.
More madness and sorrow to the mortals bellow.
The mortal tears that sparked enmity.
Enmity that made the children of humanity snarl and bite.
To act primitive over the woeful wells their parents had sought.
Their disparity and dissimilarities that caused them to hurl blame at one another.
Then the blame became stones, then stones to swords, then swords to guns.
They raged war on the ashes.
Through the chattering of guns they will fade,
Like an ill wind of death,
They laid waste to each other.
Then, once the skies were streak with ash and blood,
And the bitter snow blanketed the dead.
The dead over the ashes of the phoenixes.
The only thing that stayed standing was the cross.
The crucified cross that held the Christ.
Then, the parents returned.
And they cried.
They cried and cried.
They cried in anguish and in woe to see that they had left their children to die.
There were broken hearts, and woeful tears,
Dead bodies that had been laid to waste on ashes.
Children claimed by death,
Like trophies among a collector.
Their souls in death's arms,
Their bodies laid on ashen soil. |
Legacy Chapter Twenty Six by twilightiger | #26 of Legacy If you feel like if you feel like supporting Legacy or any of the future projects I have in store then check out my Patreon page, the link can be found here: http://patreon.com/user?u=3705901 - Secrets. At first glance they may seem to be essential to our very survival. But give them | [
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"Tiger",
"biopunk"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1145409-legacy-chapter-twenty-six | Secrets. At first glance they may seem to be essential to our very survival. But give them enough time, and they will begin to separate us from the world, the people around us, and finally from ourselves. It is a paradox of sorts. That by wishing to keep a part of our selves hidden from others, we will only make it more difficult to create the essential connections so necessary to life. And then there is the fact that the more secrets that we accumulate, the harder it becomes to keep others from discovering them.
Chapter Twenty Six : Beyond the breaking point
Complete with its own indoor waterfall, and boasting no less than seventeen stone lions standing guard at the entrance, the bathhouse at the Velvet Room looked to Kato as if had been transplanted directly from the pages of the Kama Sutra. From the way the carefully constructed stone lanterns were set into the walls, to the lotus blossoms that were drifting across the surface of the water, to the very air itself, everything seemed artfully calculated to inspire forbidden love affairs. "You know what the nice thing about having fur is." Said Midnight as she watched Kato strip off all of his clothes. Flicking his tail absentmindedly, he said. "It makes clothing completely unnecessary?" "Hmmm," Said Midnight as, pouring herself something to drink, she let her gaze linger admiringly on some of the soft contours of Kato's body. The thick stripes that covered his arms and chest were especially enticing. "You were able to answer just a little too quickly in my opinion. But I think that I can forgive you, that is, if you come over here and let me pet you." Sipping the liqueur, she let its smooth warmth flow throughout her entire body before adding. "Because I've always wanted to try my hand at teaching a savage tiger like you how to play nice." Ignoring the teasing tone in Midnight's voice as he lowered himself into the water, Kato began to feel distinctly uncomfortable. And it wasn't the fact that he was essentially naked in front of a strange woman that was bothering him. If anything, it was the seemingly impossible sensation of having just washed some of the wariness from his skin. The feeling of always being on guard, of being ready to counter any kind of attack. It settled in around me, giving me an edge. And now that I've stripped myself of that armor, a part of me feels as if I'll never be able to get it back. Damn, will it always be like this? Kato's train of thought was interrupted by the sudden appearance of a small wicker boat. The inside of which contained a small shot glass, a bottle of whatever it was that Midnight was drinking, and a tiny bowl that was filled with ice. "You looked tense." Said Midnight by way of explanation. "So I thought, why not give him something to drink, and maybe he'll relax a little." She smiled coyly as she sipped her own drink. "Who knows, he might even start to have a little fun." Taking hold of the boat before it could drift away Kato said. "I know how to have fun." Raising her own empty cup in toast, the look on Midnight's face said it all. Prove it. Not one to back down from a challenge, Kato grabbed the open bottle and began to pour himself a drink. Filling his cup to the brim with a liqueur that was a shade of brown somewhere between dark chocolate and coffee that had been laced with with cream, Kato experienced a slight twinge of fear twisting in his gut as he brought the cup to his lips. Should I trust it, can I trust it? What if . . . "Its not poisonous, if that's what you're worried about." Her gold eyes alight with mischief, Midnight's words had the profound effect of bringing him back to reality. "Sorry, its just, nothing." Kato just looked at the drink he held and said. "Its nothing." Downing the muddy concoction in one long swallow, Kato began to feel an unfamiliar warmth spreading throughout his entire body. Followed by a rush of energy and a sudden urge to bury his face in Midnight's fur, the effect that it had on him was somewhat electric. "Chyaah!" Struggling to keep the entire room from attempting to turn itself sideways, he stared into his empty cup and said. "What in the seven bloody hells is in this stuff!" "Catnip, cream and a whole lot of coffee liqueur." Said Midnight as she started to purr. His reaction alone had been worth the expense. "I make it myself, like it?" "I don't know." Said Kato. "Why don't you ask me again when the room decides to stop spinning." "Mmm, that sounds to me like you've never experienced the benefits of alcohol before." "Um, ya think?" Regretting it the instant he said it, Kato was quick to realize that he was now sitting across from a beautiful woman who was at once, naked and struggling not to laugh. Blushing beneath his fur Kato said. "I'd heard from my Sensei that chimeras lacked the necessary genes to resist alcohol properly, so, in the end we always ended up drinking tea. I guess, I guess I never really imagined that it would be able to hit me so badly." "No one ever does," Said Midnight, "That's why drinking is such an acquired taste." Staring into the depths of the bottle, Kato attempted to analyze the drink in his mind by breaking it down into its three main elements. The caffeine produces a rush of energy, the high alcohol content loosens the inhibitions, and the nepetalactone in the catnip induces a pleasant state of euphoria, by the gods what an unholy drink this is. Pouring himself a second shot Kato took the time to savor the flavor of the alcohol before actually swallowing. "Hmm. The taste is very smooth, unusually sweet. But it seems to me like you've put just a little too much catnip in it. It makes the second shot taste like crap. If you wanted to market this as a drink for chimeras, I'd recommend steaming the catnip first. As a tea it would blend better with the cream, and would help to remove some of the bitter aftertaste." Midnight blinked. He's right. Steam distillation would prevent impurities in the catnip from building up inside the bottle and help to improve the overall product. "Impressive." She said. "So tell me, who teaches a straight laced chimera like you how to mix drinks?" "Not drinks." Said Kato correcting her. "Poisons. The powders of inheritance. How to detect them, how to create them. Everything from their characteristics to their aftereffects. He had me learn them all. So that if I ever encountered them, I would be able to survive." Enjoying the look of mild discomfort on Midnight's face he added. "I told you that I was dangerous." What am I saying? What am I doing? Fighting to bring his thoughts back into line, he struggled to strike a balance between being on guard and being able to relax, a task that wasn't made any easier with the massive amount of stimulants that were having a field day messing with his brain. Hormones, instincts, and way too many strange desires that I don't know what to do with. Thought Kato with a sigh. I need to learn how to drink. Pointing to the bottle Kato still held Midnight said. "You might want to go a little easier on that stuff, that is, until you're confident that you can handle it properly. It tends to go to your head a lot faster than you think it does." "It does, doesn't it?" Putting the bottle back into the wicker boat and pushing it away he said. "Midnight, I'm sorry that I've been acting like such a je--" "You're still a virgin, aren't you?" Blown away by the sheer unexpectedness of the question, Kato had wanted to shout the words. What the hell does that have to do with anything? Only to remind himself that he still had to close his mouth, He said instead. "Is something like that really that obvious?" "Not as much as you might think. Although, since both of us are chimeras, it does begin to explain why you've been so reluctant to touch me." Turning around so that he couldn't see her face, Midnight held her tail above the water and stretched. "What a fool I've been, thinking that we'd already be making love to each other by now." She seemed sad, almost forlorn. Her tone alone seemed to make it sound as if she had been the one who had done something wrong. Unwilling or unable to look away from her lithe feline form, Kato could only stare at her and say. "What?" "I said I thought we'd be making love by now. You know how it goes don't you? After we shared a romantic toast, we would sprawl out on the floor, and start off by exploring each other's bodies. Touching, holding," Midnight looked at him over her shoulder. "Tasting. Of course, we could have even skipped all of that, and simply made love to each other while still in the water." As if Midnight had just imagined doing exactly that she started to shiver almost imperceptibly. "I've heard it said that tigers are the best kind of lover you can have, if you want to do something like that." "Something like that?" Kato couldn't help but repeat the words as something deep inside of him suddenly snapped. "I told you before. I didn't come here just to have sex!" "But even so, it was still offered to you." Becoming more and more defensive, Midnight added. "And rather than simply decline such an obviously generous and tempting offer," She flicked her tail at him. "And risk being seen as rude; you, in your infinite capacity for male wisdom, decided to simply go through the motions, all the while hoping you would be able to cover up your own inexperience, and get on with the real reason that you came here for." Slipping back into the water, she crossed her arms underneath her chest. "Hardly what I would call fair, to you or to me." Sending half a dozen lotus blossoms and one small wicker boat flying across the room as he slapped the surface of the water with his hand, Kato cursed himself for being nine times a fool. Midnight's posturing had been nothing more than an elaborate trap, and just like an amateur, he had walked straight into it. "You know, it's extremely disturbing that your able to do that. Laying my soul bare as if it were no trouble to you at all. You must not get a lot of repeat business with a bad habit like that." "Touched a nerve did I? Well, you should know that my 'habit' is part of the reason why Zane decided purchasing my contract was worth it in the first place." His tail lashing back and forth, Kato growled low in his throat. "It was a stress test wasn't it." He made it a statement and not a question. "Zane likes to know how his customers will react if provoked, so he uses you to get inside their heads before he does any business with them. Smart." Midnight nodded and said. "It does keep him from getting into a great deal of trouble." Sitting back down, Kato waited for the waves to settle before he said. "So, have I passed his little test?" "Maybe," Said Midnight. "But you still haven't passed mine." Finding herself interested in him despite every instinct she had telling her to run, she began to wonder if somewhere deep inside that carefully constructed mass of contradictions and artful deceptions, there was even a real person, or just another mask. "Kato. Why did you accept Zane's offer? No one would have thought any less of you if you hadn't." "I don't know," Staring at his own reflection in the water Kato said. "Its just, all my life I've always been told by others what to do. Stand here, stand there, do this, do that. Being a bodyguard and following orders. Its all that I've ever really known." "So, when Zane told you to sample the wares, you decided to take that for an order and just went along it." "Maybe." Surprised to find that Midnight was that much closer to him than she had been a moment ago, Kato said. "I mean it would certainly make things easy for me to think so." "But its not really the truth is it? There must have been dozens, if not hundreds of times when you had to make up your own mind." Without ever making a single wave, Midnight managed to seat herself next to him. "Tell me, haven't you ever wanted to do anything, be anything, other than what others have told you to be?" Reaching out to stroke his face she was surprised when he flinched away from being touched. "What does this have to do with gaining an audience with Zane?" "Maybe nothing, maybe everything." Even without touching him Midnight could feel the fury he was struggling to contain. "Is it going to kill you to answer the question?" I don't know, Thought Kato. I haven't answered it yet. Sighing he said. "Once, I wanted to be a scientist. More than anything I wanted . . . I wanted to create things that the world had never seen before, things that would be able to make peoples lives better. Sometimes . . . I would even think to myself, I wonder how that works, or how can I make something old into something new and better. After that, it was always a matter of trying to figure things out until it worked." "And now?" She asked him. "Now I know that it was just a childish dream. That the only ones who allow themselves to indulge in such fantasies, are the ones who don't know any better." Slapping him as hard as she could Midnight shouted the words. "Don't you ever say that again! Don't you ever look down on those who would dare to dream! Dreams are the only thing we have, the only thing that they can't take away from us." Pain, sharp and sudden shook him to his very core. "And what would a prostitute such as you know of dreams?" His own anger rising in response to hers, Kato's voice became little more than an indrawn hiss. "Tell me, how could a woman whose only reason for existence is to satisfy a man's desires possibly know how I feel!" All of it happened faster than she could blink. Using his superior strength and size, Kato positioned himself on top of her, so that even if she did start to struggle, anyone watching through the security cameras would only see two people having a bit of fun. "I was forced to watch," He said, "As a woman, an innocent woman, who was chosen only because she a prostitute, was raped in front of my very eyes." "So because I'm a prostitute, you're going to rape me as well. Just so you can see how it feels?" "No!" Shouted Kato. "No you don't understand! I wanted to save her! I tried, I tried and I failed. Even though I was able to help her escape. In the end, I wasn't able to stop them." Midnight's heart skipped a beat as something cold and wet slowly slid down her face. A . . . a tear? He's . . . crying? Her eyes darting quickly around the room she understood what he had attempted to do. It wasn't to pin me at all. He's simply shielding his face from the cameras! "Every night when I close my eyes I watch as history repeats itself." Kato shivered as the darkness that surrounded him loomed ever closer. "Because in my dreams, I watch myself fail over and over and over again. And because of that, I've begun to feel as if I'll never be able to forgive myself." So that's why he's been so antagonistic towards me. Thought Midnight as she reached out to stroke his face. Not because he hates what I am, but because when all you've seen in life is the twisted side, without even knowing it, you can become twisted as well. And he's been fighting so hard against becoming like that, that its tearing his heart in two. Kato went on, oblivious to everything else. "For the last two years I've spent every day in a simulator, training endlessly to fight against an enemy I know next to nothing about. An enemy who doesn't only want me dead, they want everyone I've ever known dead." Bereft of the only family he had ever known, betrayed by the brother he never knew he had, and now lost in a world he had barely begun to understand, Kato felt as if he were desperately trying to piece together the shattered fragments of his soul, only to find that every time he turned around, he had to start all over again. "And it was all so I could become stronger, so I would be able to protect myself if it should ever happen again." "Kato . . ." Said Midnight. Reaching out to offer comfort to a child who had lost his way. "I--" "Because that's the kind of world that I live in." He said with a kind of detached finality. "A world where you wake up everyday wondering; is today the day I'm going to die?" |
A Destroyer's Heart: Prologue by Latin Dragon | #1 of A Destroyer's Heart This is the beginning of a new series I am writing starring the Dragon Ball Super character Beerus the Destroyer God, an original character called Nene, and their misadventures and budding relationship. I hope it is a pleasure for readers to read as it will be for me to | [
"M/M",
"Romance"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1146823-a-destroyer-s-heart-prologue | The universe flew by him in all directions as far as his vision could see. He flew through nebulas, stars, planets teeming with life, and even entire galaxies filled with so many celestial bodies. So much light that filled up what was the black void of space was a wonder to behold.
Was this truly real?! No...it couldn't be. He had never once gone into space. He had only heard stories about it from Goku and his friends who had witnessed such wonders...such tragedies in the cosmos. This was most certainly a vision. While he became more self-aware of his dream, he decided against rousing from it to see where it would take him.
He was coming to regret it when everything around him became a blurry tunnel of light and darkness as he felt his spirit be pulled towards an unkown destination. Along the way he received visions of Goku and his gathered friends and family facing off against some cat-like being. There were even more visions of Goku achieving immense power, a battle for the fate of the Earth, and a painful sorrow beyond belief as Earth disappeared into nothingness.
Finally, the visions stopped as his dream brought him to a strange structure floating in space surrounded by planetoids. It looked like an upside down pyramid with a massive tree on top. As he tried getting a better look at the alien structure, he felt his spirit be pulled forward in a blinding rush into the structure by an indescribable source of power until he stopped to come face-to-face with the very same cat-like alien he saw Goku face off against in one of the earlier visions. Those piercing yellow eyes looked surprised about as much as how he himself felt being in front of him now.
The only thing he could think of doing was slowly reaching out to cup a hand on the purple cheek on the alien cat's face to see how real it felt. The alien being in front of him seemed startled by this before his face turned to a look of malice as he then reached out to grab at the Earthling who dared touch him!
"...Lord..."
"...Ne..."
"...Bee..."
"...ne..."
"...rus..."
...
...
"Lord Beerus!"
"Nene!"
And now both of them were pulled away from each other to be called back to their respective, waking lives. Not knowing that their fates were now intertwined with each other from then on by forces maybe not even a god or the universe could hope to understand. |
More Then Just a Partner by Noxious Photon | #3 of Zootopia Series The Night Howler case is momentarily laid to rest thanks to the actions of Nick and his former partner Judy, but Now Nick seems to be facing some very familiar internal issues with himself as Jack soon begins to replace his old partners Life. - You know you could say that me | [
"Alcohol",
"Drama",
"Fox",
"Jack Savage",
"Judy Hopps",
"Kissing",
"Nick Wilde",
"Rabbit",
"Romance",
"Zootopia"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1149239-more-then-just-a-partner | You know you could say that me and this little ol' rabbit are pretty much inseparable at this point. Of course I don't mean Judy, well at least anymore; she may not be with us but a small part of her spirit is I think, both with me and even a little bit of Jack. Yes that Jack, one of the most renown un-renown spies that everybody's never heard of, really his popularity is only from the fact he's the first ever bunny spy, but being part of the M16 doesn't exactly get your name out there even with that fact. Well that's perhaps not the case anymore considering this bunny is far from unknown now days, being part of a publicly open "secret branch" that the new mayor sure seems to enjoy talking about constantly with its many successes. Well at least he's smart enough not to make Jack or me openly go out in public and accept medals, even if perhaps they'd be a nice adornment and show off piece.
Ah but I digress. As I was saying before me and this bunny basically do everything together ever since what happened at the end of our first big case. When I felt like I had almost nobody he was there supporting me, going to the bar with me and listening to my drunk ramblings, and even one night sleeping next to me after we had a few drinks to many... well, I usually try to omit that last part from my memory, once you're sober the morning after is always a bit.. awkward. But even so almost every day we get together in our nice snazzy outfits, get some coffee or snacks from a few local food places, to which Jack always seems to know the best ones around town, and just hang out. After that one of us drives the other to the ZPD and we both head straight to our little secluded branch, only ever really getting a chance to say a few hello's to other officers on the way or chats with them in the cafeteria if we want. It got to the point that some of the other officers started calling us Jack Wilde or Nick Savage sense we were always together.
I didn't really bother retorting their teasing after a certain point though, not like I could really argue the fact we were with each other constantly. But well sense I can't do anything with Judy anymore I just do everything with Jack now, maybe even more than I did with carrots considering our free time. At times though it can be really odd how similar that bunny is to her, but I still of course know he **isn't** her. There's no such thing as a replacement for Judy, nor anyone else in the world for that matter, you make do with what you get and I got lucky enough to be given another equally fantastic bunny, don't know what I'd do without the guy.
Oh and despite the previous case being "closed", to which I still question if you can call it that, the mayor decided to keep the branch open due to the insane amount of popularity our little escapades have created. All this time I thought our branch really was only a publicity stunt but who knew I'd actually do a lot of good, crime rates around the city have actually momentarily gone down due to us , not to mention the free time we get sense there isn't always need for an undercover mission.
At the moment the majority of our work is just showing up or writing a few reports here and there, even then we get way too much down time or just general break time. "Uh Nick?" Most of the time if it's later in the day we usually just head to that local bar by ourselves, and considering our checks it's hard not to- "Nick!".
Nick suddenly jolted up a little bit completely caught off guard, he turned his head over to his right to see Jack in the passenger seat looking at him, Nick sitting in the driver's side of the car stopped at a red light. "Jeez you weren't even paying attention, what were you day dreaming about this time?" Nick relaxed a little bit back into his seat and put back on his usual somewhat smug grin. "Oh you know the usual, , memories of past missions, thinking of saving cute vixens with my patented spy skills, crashing the car into the side walk while day dreaming." "Yeah well let's not make that last day dream a reality huh? If we don't hurry were not going to make it to the ceremony in time, and you're the one carrying the ring." Jack quickly retorted as Nick's sly grin disappeared from his response. Nick quickly looked at the clock in their car, 5:40, still time to get to the ceremony at 6:00 but Nick was hoping to give himself more leeway.
"Don't worry bunny I got this." Nick put on his sunglasses as he clutched the steering wheel tightly. The minute the light turned green he started to almost floor it down the road with a small grin appearing on his face, Jack seeming somewhat unfazed by his course of action. "This may not be a chase but don't get to relaxed, if you screw up not only will we not make it but we'll be paying for a replacement vehicle." Nick did a very quick swerve and drift to the right easily avoiding the other few cars around them while keeping his foot on the gas. "You should know better than to doubt me bunny, especially after the last mission we were on." Jack crossed his arms giving Nick a somewhat cocky smooth grin of his own. "You mean the part where our target was supposed to be interested in you but ended up going over to me instead because you were too busy talking to a vixen?" "Well for your information bunny the vixen was hitting on mywa and it would have been very rude of me to say no to her drink. If anything it just shows that you're clearly more fit for missions involving other males."
Jack over exaggeratingly put a paw to his chin. "Hmmmm not so sure about that one slick, you did look awfully good in that dress last time. Maybe now that we both got a chance at seducing someone we'll get to seduce a guy together as a team?" Nick pointed out his finger for a quick second in the air near Jack, keeping his other hand tightly on the wheel. "See that's another complaint I have by the way, we've gotten two cases of having to seduce a guy but where are all the cases were we get to seduce women? Surely there must be a few underground female dealers with wide hips and good looks, not just gay weaselss and Deer." Jack adjusted his tie slightly and put on a smug grin. "Well I don't know about you but I have gotten to do that on multiple occasions actually, perhaps the chief just doesn't want to give you the satisfaction?"
The car quickly halted as they parked at their destination spot, Nick ignoring Jack's comment and looking at the clock. "Alright just in time..." Nick said out loud before relaxing a bit more and stretching his arms upward as Jack started to get out of the car. "Come on now don't take too long, you'll have plenty of time to relax when waiting for groom."
The Church was almost dead silent as everyone in their seats watched the priest in front of them almost enchantingly; this type of atmosphere had been going on for quite some time and a bit of eagerness lingered in the room as the priest neared the end of his speech. The left side of the church was filled with a disparity of different Raccoon's and even few variations within its own species, while the right side of the church was filled with a smaller amount of tigers; both teams watching the ceremony with baited eyes.
Nick with his always confident smile stood to quite a few people's surprise as Fangmeyer's best man with his hands behind lying gently behind his back, seeming to have all the patience in the world. Meanwhile Jack stood somewhat adjacent to Nick on the Raccoon's side among one of his closer friends, though not as his best man. Fangmeyer himself was looking dapper in a very expensive suit that fit him well enough, A little on the tight side considering his physique but also not to loose fitting. And on the other side looking quite a bit shorter stood Axel, An equally as happy Raccoon also sporting an equally as nice suit with a wide smile across his face.
The priest finishing up his speech closed his book and looked happily at the two animals. "You may now kiss the groom." The two animals gazed at each other's eyes for a brief moment before they both leaned forward and engaged in a passionate kiss, causing both sides of the church to clap and even a few small cheers being heard among them.
Pop! The sound of a cork echoed throughout the dining hall as the father on the Raccoon's side of the family popped a bottle of champagne and spilled some of the drink across the floor with almost reckless abandon, both the grooms and their family's only laughed and cheered around the table in response. Jack and Nick from a small distance were back together smiling happily for the couple and occasionally glancing around the room filled with other tables and family members chatting with one another.
"I really can't believe it." Nick said shaking his head as he looked at the two. "I really didn't think I'd be alive today to see one of the first ever inter-species marriages, you can question some of what the new Mayor of Zootopia has done for the city but you can't deny he's done some good by legalizing this." Jack let a happy and content smile show his face as he continued looking at the two happily clinking their glasses and downing champagne together, a sudden slightly cocky yet suave smile starting to creep on his as he looked over at Nick. "You know I'm more surprised that you of all people became Fangmeyer's best mate for the wedding. I knew you two talked more than some of the other's but you weren't ever truly that close right? I mean there's no way that you've chatted with Fangmeyer more then you've talked to Clawhauser. I only got to be up here with Axel due to our past friendship when I was younger and in Zootopia, so I'm thinking there's more a reason for you as well."
Nick only smugly smiled at Jack's always quick wit and thinking. "Well if you must know it was because I was actually the one that convinced him to go with the marriage." Jack looked over at Nick with a shocked expression, almost not believing him. "No way, he went to you!?" Nick chuckled in response shaking his head as if he almost didn't believe it himself. "I know right, ludicrous, going to me of all people. But apparently I was the only friend in that day so early and he actually pulled me aside while walking to the bathroom. He told me he had spent most of the day before and the entire morning stressing over this idea. He hit me with an information bomb in the time span of 6 minutes, really you should have heard how fast he was talking. He talked all about falling for this raccoon fellow, loving him, being with him, the legalization of marriage, thoughts on wanting to actually do it, all this doubt and concern he had. He basically said he wanted to marry the guy but was super stressed about what other people would think, if his family would be ok with the idea, about this and that and well you know the deal."
Jack only stared at nick inquisitively as he took a drink off the table taking a small sip. "So.. what did you tell him?" Nick did the same as Jack before responding. "Well simple, I told him it doesn't matter. Not to put down how important this legalization thing really is but at the end of the day marriage isn't going to change your love for someone right? If anything I always saw it not really as a next step, but a bit of an excuse to celebrate. Some people feel better about it if they have papers backing up their relationship but at the end of the day a marriage should be something fun and exciting I think. He was worrying so much about the public's view, about peoples thought's on the matter, and all this other stuff he had practically forgotten why he wanted to do it, to show Axel that he loved him. So I told him if he truly wanted to do it simply for himself and his partner, and not for any other excuse or reason, that he should stop worrying and just do it. And now well here we are."
Nick put back on his smug smile as he looked over at the married couple already on their second glass of champagne. Jack gave a warm smile to the couple at the same time as Nick, turning his head back over to the fox. "You know you really did to a fantastic thing for them, I think Fangmeyer's not only lucky to have you as a friend, but I think I'm quiet lucky to have someone as caring as you as my partner." Nick almost as an automatic response looked away from Jack rubbing his neck and feeling a bit of embarrassment, Jack like Nick tended to usually be a bit sarcastic with most of the stuff he said, and unlike him also tended to be very to the point when talking about something, not much on always fluffing up words; but either way it goes Jack always had a friendly air to his tone of voice if it wasn't something to serious. And it wasn't often, but occasionally he would say something genuinely nice or encouraging to the fox like he is now, and it always got him just a little bit unexpectedly.
"Hey come on don't be saying stuff like that at a wedding, my old fox heart can only take so many emotions at once." Nick said in a joking manner back. And just as Jack was going to respond, Fangmeyer and Axel surprised them by coming up to them from behind as the tiger casually put an arm around Nick with a smile. "Wachu fellows talking about over here? Hope I didn't interrupt something romantic\~" The tiger teased to the two but specifically Nick, it certainly wasn't a secret in the ZPD building that the two practically did almost everything together. Nick only looked back at the tiger with a smile. "No but you did interrupt us trying to give you cheers for a healthy and long lasting relationship, so I guess that won't be happening anytime soon."
Fangmeyer only laughed as he took another huge sip from his champagne glass as a little posy of other officers from the ZPD behind him showed up with drinks. "Well come on you two, Axel here will be joining us for a little rare occasion of police debauchery at the fancy little bar you both can afford to go to way too often, not that anyone here will have to worry about buying anything." Fangmeyer looked back at the crew as they all did a little cheer for him.
Jack looked over at the two and back around to some of the other guests. "But what about both of your families?" The Racoon was the one to respond this time. "Eh you know my folks, they aren't exactly big into partying anyways, besides it's **our** wedding and I think drinking with some police officers sounds fun to me\~" The Raccoon said leaning slightly into Fangmeyer as the tiger wrapped one of his arms around him. "And my own folks didn't seem to mind when I told them what we wanted to do, we'll have a bit more champagne here then head on off to the bar!" He said with a roar as the officers cheered again and a few family members around them laughed.
Nick had his usual cocky and smug grin as the two partners both looked at each other for a brief moment. "Well as they say bunny, live and let live right?" Jack caving in let out a small sigh with a smug grin of his own afterward. "Alright but let's try not to get too pissed drunk this time ok?" Nick only rolled his eyes in response giving him a light smile. "Whatever you say bunny."
The door creaked open to Jack's apartment as the mildly drunken bunny and fox giggled near the entrance way walking up into the room, Nick turning the lights on already knowing where the switch it. "Wow.. I can't believe how much that Raccoon can party, he even gives Clawhauser a run for his money after a few mixed drinks." Jack laughed a bit more thinking about it as he slumped down on his big couch. "What I can't believe is that we actually ended up not getting completely wasted tonight. Everyone but us was already downing champagne at the party so while we were just getting buzzed everyone at that bar was already getting crazy, I hope those others guys didn't pass out on the way home after that many long islands."
Nick lazily sat next to the bunny with a somewhat drunken smile on his face. "Well I think that's a first for us, going to a party, with the officers no less, and being the least two drunk of the group. Although maybe I should say that's even more an accomplishment for you." Nick said poking a finger on the bunny's chest. "Oh come on I may be well.. a little bit worse then you, but I wouldn't say you're always so great yourself slick." Jack retorted as Nick looked smugly away from the rabbit and titled his head towards the celling while resting his elbows around the back of the couch. "Don't know what you're talking about bunny, wither its being incredibly handsome or drinking I'm always great." Jack laughed at his comeback as even Nick chuckled to himself for a bit before silence broke the room.
Unexpectedly Nick started to speak with a bit of a serious tone to the rabbit. "Hey Jack, I just wanted to say uhm.. thanks." Jack giggled a bit at his response not taking him too seriously at first. "For what, convincing Axel to take that second shot straight away?" Nick shook his head. "No just.. for everything really. I've been thinking about how great today has been and so many days before it and it feels almost unreal after what happened so many months ago. As we were both drunkenly walking through the streets I remember feeling an inkling of familiarity to the situation. Partying with the officers then walking home with a drunken stumble, I started to remember even before you how many times I did that with Judy. Her smile and giggle when she got drunk were both one of the funniest and most genuinely cutest things I had ever seen."
Nick paused for a brief moment with a light smile on his face and hands cusped together leaning forward a bit, contemplating his thoughts as Jack looked over at him with a more serious look as well. "But Just as quickly as I felt that nostalgia I felt a sharp pain in my chest, immediately I would remember that she was gone. I'd never see or hear from her again, and even the memories I do have of her feel almost like distant dreams at times rather than reality. But in that moment of pain I felt as we kept walking, just as a feeling of sadness started to ripple through me I suddenly felt a small little tug from you. You had kept your arm around me and occasionally tugged at it to prevent yourself from being too clumsy, and at that moment I looked down at you and remembered that even though Judy was gone, you were still with me. And In that exact instant the pain and sorrow that was creeping through me immediately disappeared, almost like it was barley real in the first place. I than remembered that Judy being gone wasn't the end all be all of my life, and that the reason I was able to move on from what happened to her and be where I am today, still getting drunk and still able to keep a smile on my face, is thanks to you."
Nick looked down at Jack with a small but loving smirk on his face as Jack returned the favor. The rabbit quickly scooted closer to Nick and gave one of his arms a tight hug while putting his head onto it. "Come on you dumb sentimental fox, you should know you don't have to thank me for that." Nick laughed with a happy tone in his voice as he put a hand softly on Jack's back. "I know bunny, you can partially blame it on the alcohol if it makes this feel any less heavy." Jack's ears suddenly perked up at the fox's words as he looked up at him, this time with a more mischievous grin on his face. "You know speaking of alcohol.. considering everyone at the party got off tomorrow and we got home earlier than we anticipated, we could still get pissed.. if you know what I mean." Nick raised an eyebrow to Jack with a sly smile of his own. "Oh? Wada got in mind rabbit?" Jack let go of Nick and momentarily scooted to the other edge of the couch and opened up a nearby cabinet, taking out of it a bottle of red wine and slyly grinning back at the fox. "We still got a few more bad romance cop flicks to watch you know." Nick only let out a few small giggles in response. "Now you're speaking my language."
"Nicholas... I love you, forever, don't ever leave me again." A very masculine lion bruised up with scratches and dust all over his body was holding a lioness with one arm as he leaned down closer to her. "A long time ago, do you remember when you asked me if I was gonna take it or leave it. Well I've already made up my mind... I'm taking it, all of it..." The Lion entered into a dramatic kiss with the lioness as cheesy trumpets started playing in the background and the screen faded to black with the credits rolling.
Jack and Nick having downed almost all the wine were officially wasted by this point in the movie, with perhaps Jack being the worst of the two, both laughing as well as groaning a little at that ending. "Maannn what an awful call back with that line.." Jack said shaking his head as Nick responded. "And that ending didn't even fix anything, what happened to the guy that escaped; didn't he destroy the entire police station?" Jack then let out a drunken sigh and leaned into Nick closing his eyes. "Aaaahh who cares.." The bunny almost slurred out as Nick looked down at him, he knew after a certain point Jack couldn't handle any more booze and would pass out if he wasn't careful. "Getting tired there bunny? Want me to help you to your room." Though even as he said that the fox himself wasn't sure if he'd be fully capable of doing so given his state as well.
"Mmmm only if you sleep with me this time." Jack practically blurted out as Nick chuckled a little at the bunny's words. "Hey now let's not go down that road again, it's fun and cute when were drunk like this but it's always a little awkward the next morning, for both of us." Jack Buried his face into Nick's groaning a bit more. "I don't care about that, I want to do it anyways." Jack sometimes becomes a little demanding if he gets really wasted. Nick only sighed and helped the sleepy bunny on his feet even though he was only doing marginally better then him right now. "Come on bunny lets hit the hay."
As the two wondered off to the bed and Jack somewhat collapsed on it Nick helped get some blankets on him. "Now try to get some good sleep bunny, we got a whole day ahead of us." Nick said as he looked briefly at the tired bunny and began to turn around, awkwardly trying not to fall himself only to have his shirt strained from Jack's grip. Nick looked back at Jack to see the bunny holding a very drunken but somewhat mischievous smile as he held on tightly to his shirt. "Fine but only if you give me goodnight kiss." Jack said somewhat teasingly as Nick gave him a bit more of a serious look. "Jack come on let go of my shirt." Jack shook his head feverishly. "Come on foxy, either you sleep in my bed with me or give me a little kiss." Jack giggled drunkenly to himself at his own words.
Nick started to feel a little nervous, Jack's grip wasn't letting loose and the fox was too drunk as well as frankly too tired to be thinking of a witty response or clever way out of this. He looked down briefly at the almost equally drunk bunny on the bed who was in turn looking up at Nick with a somewhat innocent yet cute smile on his face, the kind of smile that was starting to remind Nick of a certain someone...
Nick paused for a brief moment not saying anything to the smiling bunny as he suddenly let all of his inhibitions go and gave Jack a small kiss. It was a little sloppy and maybe lasted a second longer than it should have but it was brief; Nick quickly pulled back to see the face of a completely flabbergasted bunny below him holding showing off a blush on his cheeks. Nick also couldn''t help but have a small blush on his face but still kept his expression somewhat serious. Noticing Jack had already let go of him Nick quickly looked away from the bunny and tucked him in further. "Now be a good bunny and go to sleep... I'll see you tomorrow." After his statement the fox rather swiftly left the room and closed the door behind him without even a glance back at him, staying in position on the other side of the door and letting out a sigh. "Did I really just do that..." Nick said to himself as Jack back in the bed was having similar thoughts as he covered his mouth. "Did he really..."
Nick quickly plopped himself down on the guest bed and looked up at the celling a bit groggily. "No point thinking much about it now Nick.. just head to bed and face the awkwardness tomorrow morning.." He groaned at the thought of tomorrow even happening but never the less closed his eyes and due to his drunken state was luckily able to fall asleep very easily, just as Jack did the same.
The sun started to shine throw the window near Nick as the rays touched against his eyelids. Very soon after the fox started opening them realizing it must be somewhere in early afternoon. However when his eyes opened his face immediately contorted to a somewhat groggy and upset expression with his eyelids half shut. "....Shit" Was all the fox said to himself as he got up and stretched off of the bed. He was surprised he didn't get any hangover that day but was glad considering the other head ache he was having from the events yesterday; unfortunately he didn't forget any of them.
His ears also twitched lightly as he heard the sounds of running water in the background and a few pans, Jack was already up and awake before him. A part of Nick just wanted to go back lying face down in the bed forever but he wasn't the type to dodge stuff like this, he got up and went out to face the music. "Oh good morning" was all he heard from the kitchen as Jack seemed to be busy cooking something, presumably for the two of them.
Nick slowly walked over in the direction of the kitchen peaking to see what he was making. "And uhm.. morning to you too...." He paused for a small moment not wanting to continue before looking away from the kitchen area. "Sooooo about last night." He said trying to play it off a little and exaggeratingly looking in the air. "Oh yeah last nice was pretty crazy huh, I actually remember the whole party but I barley remember what happened when we got home." Jack said to Nick's surprise as he flipped an egg over. "Well maybe not completely, really all I forgot was the latter half of that dumb movie we watched and getting to bed, I hope I wasn't too much a hassle getting to my room." Jack let out a light laugh as Nick soaked in what Jack was saying.
Jack looked back a little surprised to not immediately hear something from Nick after that statement. "Something wrong? I didn't actually do anything to dumb last night right?" Nick sat down casually at the dining table waiting for the food and keeping his face away from the kitchen, wearing a somewhat neutral expression on his face and in his tone as he rested his head against his paw. "No.. nothing unusual, just a little clumsy on the way to bed like usual." Jack let out a sigh of relief. "Ah thank goodness, I know I'm pretty fun drunk but when I go too far I also know I can be a bit of a hassle. Now then, how would you like your eggs cooked?"
The drive for the two was filled with a very strange silence that afternoon. Their day off this time around was already off to a bit of a bumpy start. Nick was a little more quiet then usual during their breakfast and simply brushed it off as drinking too much last night. Jack accepted the answer at first but when they drove to get tea at the café and started people watching and making up stories for others like always, Nick seemed to be a little out of it. They would be laughing it up like usual for a few hours but every once and awhile something would catch him off guard and he'd start looking a little distant or just act strange.
"After her third husband left her she then had to once again change which finger she wanted to put her ring on, and the only finger left for a fourth marriage would be the pinky or in this case.. that fat thumb right there." Nick said smugly pointing at the ring on the female leopard's finger as she was laughing it up very loudly with a goat. Jack giggled a little bit at Nick's theory then thought about it for a second. "That is an interesting theory, I'm in fact inclined to believe it but I have something to add to it." Nick only kept his smug grin before pointing his finger at his partner. "Shoot buddy."
Jack looked back at the couple for a brief moment as Nick joined him in the view, seeing the two stare into each other's eyes. "I think the flings she had before were mostly when she was young and taking things too far. Probably married a guy after less than a year of getting to know them, maybe broke up with them almost just as soon when it didn't work. So after a while maybe she learned to hold back a bit, not go so crazy on all this marriage stuff or rushing a relationship. Now obviously we know this has to be a new marriage, pred prey and all, but the way they talk to each other and look at one another.. It's really subtle, but I get this small inkling that they've actually been together a very long time, and only recently got this opportunity.. Perhaps taking this marriage a bit more seriously."
Nick looked more carefully at the couple and could see his point, the doughy eye's they had for each other wasn't a simple attraction, something about it felt much... deeper, and they seemed incredibly used to one another. Nick giggled a little bit thinking about it and looking back at the Jack. "Perhaps your right bunny, maybe this is the first actual genuine relationship that's ever been in this café." Jack smiled and looked back over at Nick with a somewhat teasing but cutesy tone. "Well we we're here first right? So what does that make us?"
Nick looked down at the bunny staring right back at him as Jack wore a much more genuinely happier smile than his usual suave one, this kind of joke didn't happen often but Nick knew it was only really half serious. Normally he could always play off of it fairly cleverly, in the past he didn't even think much of it, he may be felt a few inklings of happiness from his statements knowing there was always a little truth to them, but not much else from his memory. But now when he said things like this and gave him that look, he felt his stomach tighten up ever so slightly, and feeling unable to face these emotions he instead ended up blushing lightly and turning his gaze away from him. "erhm yeah I suppose so.."
A bit of a silence broke between them as Jack's expression turned into a little bit of a frown as he turned his own head away from the fox and sipped on his tea. Throughout most of the day Nick continued to act like this on and off to the very confused and somewhat concerned Jack. It wasn't always the same thing but it was too consistent to be a fling, it happened again during a conversation to the movie theatres they went to later in the day and even right after it was over.
It was around 5:00pm and Jack was doing the driving sense yesterday it was Nick's turn to do it for the day, sense the two did so much together they specifically shared a vehicle for going out due to how awful the parking in the city was. "Uhh.. Nick." Jack looked over at the fox who was blankly staring at the window. *Jeez day dreaming again? I've never seen him do it so intensely before..* "NICK!" Jack suddenly shouted out as the fox almost freaked out and sprang to life looking around. "What who where!?.."
Eventually his gaze met Jack's as he looked at the fox confusingly. "You uh.. doing all right there pal." Nick sank back into his seat as he realized what he had been doing. "Yeah I'm fine, just been doing a lot of thinking is all." Nick said dryly to his partner who wasn't too convinced. "You sure nothing weird happened last night?" Jack said questioning Nick once again. "Yes Jack... its fine." Nick said almost somewhat upset at having to get that memory re jogged into his system.
Jack stared at him for a moment and let out a sigh. "Well.. whatever you say mr. grumpy, if you don't want to talk about it we can maybe chat tomorrow during work." Jack seemed to stop trying to engage in conversation on the ride home as Nick continued to prolong the silence, going back into his thinking state.
*Shit.. I'm making it so obvious something is on my mind; I thought I was smoother than this. I kept telling myself to just act natural, that nothing happened and it's just another day out with my friend, chilling out and having a good time. Heck it's not even as if every time I stare at him I think of that night or anything either, yet...*
Nick looked over at Jack through the corner of his eye's briefly, The bunny had a very neutral expression on as he was staring in front of him driving the car. *Yet at want point did it become so hard to look at him. I know it's partially to blame for that dumb kiss, the timing is obvious but...* Nick thought back to the moment he was staring at the bunny at the café with that innocent smile of his, while other moments in the past few months of that occasionally happening flowed through his brain.
*But that feeling I had at the cafe.. It didn't just appear overnight, on rare moments when I'm with him, I've had that same sort of feeling before, but much more.. sutble. And the more I think about that feeling, about what it is..\_Images of Nick's previous partner Judy then started to pop into his head. \_It reminds me of being with Judy, that feeling of such a strong happiness in being with a person that calling it simply liking them isn't sufficient to describe it. But when the hell did it start? When did I start having this feeling in the back of my mind, or my sub-consciousness?* Nick almost strained himself as he tried his best to recollect the earliest memory of this phenomenon. \_ I... I don't know.. just like with Judy it snuck up on me. But with her the feeling wasn't exactly the same as what's happening, now, it's a little different.\_
Images specifically of last night's events started to invade his thoughts again, the short and awkward drunken kiss they had and the blushed shocked face of the bunny after doing it.*Even with Judy I had never once kissed her, we've hugged plenty, cuddles sometimes, and it once even got a little close to a kiss before but, it never really happened. Is that it? Am I having trouble controlling my feelings now after that kiss, like what I've been hiding so deeply has started to come to the fore front of my mind because of it. Am I really.. falling for him?*
Suddenly Nick felt the car stop and the engine shut off as he suddenly sat up in his seat and looked confusingly at his surroundings and then to Jack, who was already staring right at him. "Well were here." Nick blinked and didn't respond right away, he quickly looked out the window of the car to see his apartments. "But.. I live almost 30 minutes away from the theatre." Jack nodded his head at the fox. "Yep, you were just sitting there in silence for basically most of those 30 minutes. I started to figure after a while that perhaps you just wanted to head home early instead of hanging out."
Nick's ears dropped down as he immediately felt bad for the way he's been acting. "I'm sorry Jack... I didn't mean to be like this I just.." Nick paused not wanting to say it as Jack sighed again giving him a soft but sad smile. "It's alright Nick, I understand. You just need a little time to yourself to I guess.. think. I don't know what's going on but, we can talk about it later." Nick could tell Jack was trying to be supportive of Nick as always despite the fact he clearly was feeling down himself from the whole situation and today. "..Jack, I-"
Suddenly a faint beeping sound interrupted their conversation. The looks on both of their faces turned deadly serious as they both took out a very small receiver in their pockets, a little red dot was popping in and out at specific intervals on the device with a small sound emitting from it. The both looked at each other for a brief moment before Jack instantly started up the car again and started flooring it to the ZPD. |
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"Anal",
"Anatomically Correct",
"Beach",
"Cum",
"Exhibitionism",
"Facial",
"Fingering",
"Flare",
"Handjob",
"Horse",
"Knot",
"M/M",
"Oral",
"Orgasm Denial",
"Outdoors",
"Public",
"Rimming",
"Speedo",
"Spooge",
"Teasing",
"Voyeurism",
"Wolf",
"clothing",
"dirty talk"
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The beach was comparatively empty for for a Sunday morning. A few touristy families were up and playing near the shore, building castles and having a good time. A couple people were surfing, others giving or taking lessons. An older couple walked along with a metal detector, and a pair of joggers left tracks through the sand.
A breeze blew in from across the ocean that kept the beach cool even as the sun shone down. A salty, sweet scent mingled with the flowers along the promenade, wafting up from the water and across the gold sand.
Despite the cool breeze, Ethan's palms were sweating from anxiety and he kept testing his his claws against the wooden rail of the promenade.
It was a beautiful, wooden walkway made from some red, tropical wood that had stood the test of time, and weather, for nearly half a century. Magnolias were carved along the walkway and recently been touched up with fresh paint in lovely pinks and reds.
A red, clay roof covered the promenade, providing shade and shelter from the near-daily rain that would come by in a few hours.
Ethan's paws squeaked as he twisted them against the polished rail. He was nervous. Excited, but nervous. The wolf had been talking with a close friend about some of his more lucrative fantasies, and after a heated talk, had decided to act upon some of them.
At first Ethan had dismissed the notions as too risky, dangerous and expressed concern about the possibility of getting caught, or arrested. But as the discussion deepened, the wolf couldn't help but get more worked up at the thought, and found himself agreeing to his friend's terms.
Not one to welch on a deal, or disappoint, the wolf found himself standing on the promenade in little more than a tight, blue speedo.
The covered walkway was a good hundred yards or so from the beach and from this distance the wolf couldn't make out many of the current beach-goers. All the same, he still felt exposed.
Ethan was a couple inches below average height, and had lighter than normal fur for a grey wolf. Very soft, cloud-colored fur with a shock of jet-black hair that didn't go past his jawline. He had amber eyes, and though not obvious, a physique that lent itself well to running.
He kept his gaze forward to the ocean, watching as waves broke against the shore and the occasional surfer wiped out in the sand. The nearest family was still a good distance off and their laughter was only just audible above the waves.
A sudden thunk on the wooden walkway alerted him to the presence of another person, but he didn't turn to look. Footsteps resounded off the promenade's canopy, growing louder and vibrating the wooden floor boards.
The cloudy wolf broke out into a nervous sweat, breath catching in his throat as the person drew near. His sheath swelled beneath the lycra speedo in anticipation; he'd been waiting for this.
The boards shook beneath his feet until the person came to a stop directly behind him. Ethan's fur stood on end and he shuddered in excitement, heart pounding in his chest. His plump sheath was pulling back as his shaft emerged into the slick material.
A deep rumble stirred in the person's chest followed by a soft whicker typical of an equine. Ethan felt a hot puff of breath against the back of his neck accompanied by a snort from the horse who was leaning in close behind him.
Ethan's eyes closed and he sucked in a breath, body visibly shivering in the cool air. The front of his speedo was obscenely tented in the front and a drop of pre ran down the outside of the fabric.
The wolf's fur and skin prickled as if someone had ran a current of electricity through him. The horse behind him exhaled again, the hot steam rolling out against the back of his neck and over his shoulders.
Ethan's mouth parted and let out a soft groan of pleasure, squeezing the railing tight, claws marring the polished surface. He didn't dare turn around, but he could picture the tall, muscled horse with chestnut colored fur.
He'd known Manuel for the better part of a year now, and the horse's towered over him, and most people, by nearly a foot. Manuel was built for strength, not speed, and when those hands gripped his sides, the wolf fought back a pleasured whine.
Another dribble of pre rolled down the wolf's speedo as his cock throbbed in the swimsuit. His breath came out in hurried gasps as if he'd been one of the joggers on the beach, and he was certain that he had more in them for now.
The horse's strong hands traced fingertips up over Ethan's sides, brushing through the fur before smoothing it down. Manuel's hot breath poured out over the wolf's ears, each of them twitching impatiently, and he took one in his teeth, giving it a gentle tug that made the wolf's body jerk in sudden delight.
Ethan's toes curled against the red wood, but other than that he stood perfectly still, chest rising and falling in a hurried pace.
There were no words, and the only sound was their breath, the soft whickers from the horse, and the gentle, restrained whimpers from the wolf.
Manuel's hands explored the wolf's sides, digging in lightly and rubbing into the soft fur. He pressed his blunt muzzle between the wolf's ears and inhaled slowly.
Ethan's legs wobbled and he redoubled his grip on the rail, eyes darting over the beach to make sure no one was nearby. They were in plain sight of everyone, but a good ten off the ground on the walkway, and hidden in the shade, backlit by the sun. It'd be hard to make out what was going on underneath the canopy.
Ethan felt those fingers slip down to the hem of his speedo, teasing just inside the edge of the fabric and running around his waist. The wolf bit his lip and and took a few quick, measured breaths through his nose, blinking away a couple beads of sweat that ran down over his eyebrow.
The speedo was a design that rode low on his hips, no need for a clasp above the tail, and when the horse's fingers came to either side of the bushy limb, they tugged downwards, exposing the wolf's furry rump. The boards creaked as the horse sunk to his knees, pressing his square muzzle up under the wolf's tail to take in the heady scent.
Ethan's jaw dropped open and a moan escaped his lips before he could fight it off. The horse's broad tongue pressed up against his taint, warm and wet, and traced up between the mounds of his cheeks before swiping up across the exposed pink flesh.
Teeth ground together as the wolf fought to keep his composure. His sheath ached from being stretched taut over his growing knot. Pre was dribbling in a constant stream across the inside, and outside, of his speedo.
Another swipe from taint to tailbase drew a soft grunt from his lips. The horse's tongue was applying pressure to his hole with each pass, dipping in harder and harder until one pass sunk the slippery appendage into his passage.
Ethan's eyes watered as he squeezed them shut, teeth grinding down on his lip in concentration. Manuel's tongue twisted and swirled around his insides, thrusting in and out in gentle motions. It pressed in all the right places, milking the canine's prostate of more cloudy pre.
The wolf's heart felt like a bass drum on max volume. It pounded and thumped in his chest, blood boiling with excitement. A few minutes later, but all too soon, the tongue slipped from his hole and the horse stood back up.
Ethan could hear the wet noise of lips sucking at fingers, wetting them, and then two pressed against his slick entrance before pushing in, parting the way. Ethan's muzzle parted and he cried out at the intrusion.
Despite the slick stretching from the horse's tongue, those fingers were thick, and two of them were wider than some people he'd taken before. Manuel let out a soft grumble of dominance and leaned against the wolf's back, biting one of the wolf's twitching ears.
The horse's chest felt like fire on his cool back. His muscles tensed and his passage squeezed those thick fingers as they pressed into him, pushing on his prostate and scissoring open to stretch the wolf's passage.
Ethan tried to control his breathing, staring off at the beach as his passage was invaded by the horse's probing digits. Sweat trickled down his back, chest, and brow from the intense emotions welling inside him. He nearly came when the horse's second paw ran across his hips and over the front of his wet speedo.
Manuel chuckled and pressed his lips to one of the wolf's ears, a basso voice rolling out sensuously. "I thought you said you were going to be too nervous about being in public to be worked up. You feel like you could shoot your load any moment... and with everyone watching"
Ethan's throat felt dry and his eyes crossed for a moment when the horse's paw squeezed on the swell of his knot that was still trapped by sheath and lycra. "I.. there, uh, there's... no one is watching," he whispered quietly, coming out scratchy and full of desire.
Manuel's fingers thrust in and out of the wolf's passage and he pushed a third in with the others, earning a whimper from the canine. "How do you know? You can't keep an eye on them all, and your concentration is limited to keeping yourself under control," he growled, blunt teeth nipping at the wolf's neck.
"What would evolution say? The predator getting manhandled by a prey animal in plain view for everyone to see," the horse said, squeezing down over the wolf's trapped passage, pre rolling over his fingers on the outside of the skimpy trunks.
Ethan whimpered and his knees knocked together before he caught himself, locking himself in a standing position to keep himself upright. "N-no, I'm just-"
"Just what?"
"Just," the wolf swallowed, taking a deep breath to try and calm his nerves. It was difficult to focus on anything with those thick digits prodding inside him. "Just... uh,"
Manuel laughed quietly, pulling his fingers back from Ethan's tailhole, giving his rump a firm swat. "You don't even know. You can't even think straight right now."
There was a light rustling of clothing from behind the wolf, and Ethan's ears pricked up, wondering what his friend's current state of dress was; if he was in an equally shameful speedo on the beach. That mattered little in the next moment as the broad head of the horse's shaft pressed against the wolf's hole, teasing against it until it parted to allow access.
With no lube, the horse's shaft relied on the sloppy rimjob and the horse's pre. It was enough that the accommodation was only momentarily painful. Ethan's jaw parted in an inaudible gasp and then gnashed back together, jaw set in a grimace.
Manuel was bigger than all but a few of his toys and that knob of a head pushed into him, inch after inch stretching his muscled ring. His cock didn't faltered one bit, still hard and drooling profusely in the open.
The horse moved one paw to grip Ethan's shoulder, holding him steady, while the other tugged up on the fluffy, light grey tail. Ethan could feel the horse's gaze watching as inches of horse meat pushed inside his full hole. The medial ring past the halfway point snagged at Ethan's ring before it, too, pushed inside.
Ethan's body was alight with a range of emotions, chief among them desire. When Manuel's arms wrapped around his chest, squeezing him close, the wolf nearly collapsed in those arms. The base of the horse's sheath pressed up against the back of his tailhole and speedo, lodged deep inside while everyone played and exercised on on the sand and in the water.
Manuel's strong, chestnut-colored arms reached down, hands gripping onto the railing next to the wolf's paws. He had to bend his knees to make up for the difference in height as he pulled back from the wolf's passage. The first thrust made Ethan gasp and whine, claws digging at the rail. Manuel always took some warming up to.
The horse's hips churned like the piston of a powerful engine, pulling back before rocking forward to dive that shaft back inside. A few of these thrusts came after the first, and the last forced the wolf up onto his tiptoes as it pressed deep within him.
Ethan's eyes watered from a swirling sensation of pain and pleasure, though his cock was the deciding vote in the matter.
A heavy throb between his legs and then the sound of something heavy and wet hitting wood. Ethan's cock bounced and spat rope after rope of sticky cum through the thin fabric, leaving a substantial mess on the floor of the promenade. Cum drooled messily into the speedo as each successive burst came weaker and weaker.
Tears ran down the wolf's cheeks in an overwhelming sense of emotion, all positive, and his passage squeezed and milked at the large horse's shaft.
Manuel's chest rumbled approvingly and he bucked upwards over and over, forcing the wolf on his toes, the occasional thrust strong enough to lift the wolf clear off his feet.
With his insides squeezing and quivering around the horse's meat, the equine felt even larger than before. That thick shaft did its best to rearrange his insides, dripping pre along the way to keep things in lubed.
Ethan whined as the overstimulation started to get to him. His prostate was constantly mashed down by the horse's cock and his own was still oozing the last dregs of seed to matt down the fur around his crotch.
Manuel's chest rumbled approvingly and a couple whickers caught Ethan's ear. He could feel the horse's shaft flaring beneath his tail, stretching his passage wider as it dragged back and forth.
A hard thrust forced the wolf's body against the rail and the horse snarled in fierce pleasure, cock throbbing hard beneath the wolf's upturned tail. Ethan could feel liquid fire spreading through his insides, coating him liberally and dribbling back out from around the thick member.
Manuel's hips gave a few weaker humps, displacing more of his seed as he did so. Ethan could feel the small rivers running down from his passage and down the inside of his thighs. He moaned in wanton need, clenching down on the pulsing shaft, feeling it expand as loads of thick cream traveled up through it.
Ethan's body fell the rail and he panted openly against his arms, chest heaving from exertion, even if he wasn't the one doing the work.
Manuel snorted hotly against the wolf's ears, holding himself deep within the wolf's walls before he pulled back, thick flare tugging at the wolf's insides before popping free.
Cum slopped out of Ethan's passage, running down the inside of his thighs and matting down his fur. He squeezed himself shut and shuddered, picturing the horse's virulent load soaking the back of his speedo as Ethan tugged the fabric back in place.
The horse gripped one of Ethan's shoulders and pulled him down, to the ground. Ethan felt like he had no strength left to him and his knees hit the splattered wood, slowly turning around to face the beast of a horse.
Manuel's cock was half hard and a thick strand of cum dangled from his flared head. The wolf's eyes watched it swing back and forth before one of the horse's hands grabbed the back of his hair and pulled him in close.
Cum smeared into the wolf's muzzle as Manuel forced him to nuzzle against his wet shaft. Ethan moaned and his tongue darted out to tease at the thick shaft that was inside him, cheeks red from embarrassment.
"Mmm, always love how tight you are," the horse grumbled, scritching over the back of the horse's head as his cock softened and began to shrink. The massive length pulled back up until it disappeared into the horse's sheath, and Ethan's muzzle continued nuzzling and licking at the heavy, leathery pouch.
"Come on, let's head down to the beach," Manuel said, tugging his red speedo up into place and taking a step back from the wolf.
Ethan's head swam and he blinked up at the horse, cheeks still red. "Wh-what? Down there? I'm a mess!"
Manuel gripped hard on the wolf's arm and pulled him to his feet with little effort. "It wasn't a suggestion. Now come on," the horse said, turning and shoving the wolf towards where one of the stairs down was.
Ethan whimpered submissively, tail darting back and forth as he began walking; cum was still dripping from his sore hole and a glance down showed quite the mess down the front of his speedo and along his legs.
Manuel wasn't cruel enough to walk him towards any of the families enjoying their morning beach fun, but there was a spot a bit down the shore where a large umbrella had been set up and towel laid out along the sand.
Ethan had seen the large umbrella in the distance from where he'd been standing, but didn't realize it was something the horse had set up an hour or so earlier.
The horse lay on his back in the sun, umbrella shielding them from view from anyone behind, and most people at their sides. Other than that, they were in plain view of anyone who walked down close to the shore, or anyone in the water.
Ethan glanced back at the water, then to the towel. "I'm kind of a mess... should I rinse off real qu-"
"Lay down," the horse growled, patting the towel at his side.
Ethan ducked under the towel and lay down on his back, head rolled to the side to look up at the horse. Already his sheath had plumped up at the thought of what else they might do.
Manuel's eyes watched a jogger run close to the shore, maybe ten yards in front of where they lay. The woman hadn't even looked their way, and the horse grinned, watching her pass by until she was out of their immediate sight.
The horse wrapped an arm around the wolf's shoulders and pulled him to a hug at his side. "Mmm, see? We're practically all alone," he said, nipping at one of the wolf's grew ears.
Ethan's eyes closed for a few seconds, taking a few calming breaths. His paw rest on the horse's chest, rubbing in small circles down to his stomach and back up.
Manuel's chest rumbled in appreciation and he propped his head up on his arms, letting the wolf explore. Even as empty as the beach was, though, they couldn't afford to spend too much time out in the open like this.
Ethan's blush returned in full force from earlier as one of the horse's hands grabbed his paw, guiding it down until it was pressed against the front of the horse's speedo. The wolf's eyes were locked on the red fabric as his fingers moved on their own accord.
He traced the heavy pouch that held that monster shaft inside. Fingers explored down and over the round orbs that had just unloaded deep inside him and he could feel his own shaft pulse in the blue fabric of his speedo, ready for attention once more.
The horse's sheath thickened and his mottled shaft began to spill out against the red fabric, giving the wolf more to play with. "What if someone walks by?" he asked, glancing back up at the horse.
Manuel just shrugged, head laying back on his arms without a care in the world. "Not like they'd really take time out of their day to go tell on us," he said. "The quicker you get me off, too, the sooner we get out of danger," he teased.
Ethan's cheeks heated at those words and he looked back at the horse's speedo. The flaccid cock was visible through the ever-stretching fabric and the wolf's paw squeezed along the trapped length, feeling it pulse and stiffen under his pads.
It was time for him to make a move, though. The wolf squeezed the horse's trapped member once more, watching as it throbbed and lifted the speedo up away from his body. Ethan hooked a finger on the edge and tugged down, breath catching in his chest as the girthy shaft flopped out against Manuel's chest.
The horse's chest rumbled approvingly and he lifted his hips to help the wolf tug those speedos halfway down his thighs for better access. Blood pumped into the length and it stiffed atop Manuel's chest, pre beading at the tip.
Ethan leaned in and swiped his tongue across the horse's slit, getting that rich, slightly bitter taste of what would come. His paw stroked up along the spire of flesh, barely able to touch fingers around it at the base. It angled perfectly towards his muzzle and he held the mushroomed head to his lips, tongue flicking out and tracing over the ridge that would flare near the end.
Manuel watched with an seemingly unamused expression as the wolf made out with the head of his cock. Pre welled at the tip, but was swept away by an eager tongue the moment it was visible.
The wolf parted his lips to start sliding his muzzle down the thick length, not even able to reach the medial ring as it began to press at the back of his throat. Laying on his side was making it difficult, so he turned his body until he came up in a kneeling position next to the horse's body.
His canine cock drooled into his speedo, adding to the matted fur and musky load that was still wet. One of Manuel's paws snaked from behind his head to between the wolf's legs, and tugged the edge of his speedo aside, freeing the wolf's cock to the open for the first time since they'd been out.
Cum slopped free and onto the towel and the dog's cock bobbed in the open air, knot beginning to stretch his grey sheath once more. The horse's fingers gripped the furry holder and gave a sharp tug down, freeing the swelling bulb and squeezing around it.
Ethan had been lowering his muzzle further along Manuel's cock when he'd been freed from the confines of his speedo. He couldn't hold back the gasp of surprise as his knot was suddenly squeezed.
Manuel took advantage of the situation and bucked his hips up into the wolf's muzzle, his medial ring pushing just past the wolf's lips. Ethan gagged and his hips jerked at the sudden tactile attention to his shaft, but he didn't pull back from the cock wedged between his lips.
The horse's paw stroked over the wolf's shaft, pinching the tapered tip and chuckling as pre soaked his fingers. "Made quite the mess back there... both of us," he muttered, tracing his fingers down the wolf's shaft, knot, and then slid a finger up behind the wolf's balls to sink into the stretched pucker.
Cum oozed from Ethan's passage and he moaned around the horse cock he was bobbing on. Pre sprinkled down onto the towel from his shaft and the horse's seed set his taste buds on fire. Every Time the horse's chest rumbled he could feel the vibrations through the meat between his lips, shortly accompanied by a needy pulse.
Manuel was huge, quick to reload, but the wolf had been with him enough times to know just how to set the large beast off. There was something alluring about the public setting that helped in his favor and as he bobbed back and forth, fingers tugging at the thick ring, he could feel the mushroom head flaring in his maw.
His knot engorged to the size of a small fist and the horse's paw, though large, barely fit around it. Manuel tugged and jerked at the wolf's shaft, whickering and snorting as his orgasm reached its peak.
The sounds Manuel was making put the wolf on edge and his paws falter as they jerked the thick cock. He felt his orgasm approaching like a speeding bullet and then smashed into a steel wall. His balls had drawn up, cock throbbed needily, but the horse's paw had squeezed down like a vice behind his knot and around the base of his balls preventing him from cumming.
The wolf pulled off of the horse's cock with a pained cry of denied relief, the flared head flaring in front of his face, forgotten. Ethan's hips jerked to try and find some sort of release at the hands of the horse, but already he could feel the sensation ebbing away. There was no time to complain or speak out as a thick blast of horse seed splattered over the bridge of his muzzle, soaking into his fur.
Manuel groaned and arched his hips, humping up into the air as he came hard. Ropes of pearly white seed spider-webbed over the wolf's face and chest where he knelt over the horse. Thick and white as glue, it made quite the mess of the wolf's face who just whined pitifully, accepting his fate.
Ethan's cock bobbed uselessly in the horse's grip and he twitched and humped against Manuel's paw before the horse pulled his paw free, sighing happily. The dog's member pulsed and dribbled a small drop of cum, but his orgasm had backed off.
"Mmf, the sounds you make when denied," the horse said, body shuddering as he let out a low chuckle. "Damn, I could get off to that every time,"
Ethan carefully sat up in a kneeling position, cum rolling down his face and neck. Wiping uselessly at his face he managed to smear enough of it against his face and muzzle to be able to safely open his eyes. He looked down to his knotted, angry cock and huffed. "What am I supposed to do?" he asked, unable to keep a whine from the sentence.
Manuel grinned and used the towel to clean up a few drops of his own seed that had landed on his chest and stomach. "Oh, I have just the thing for ya,"
Ten minutes later the wolf's shaft hadn't shrunk at all. It bulged obscenely at his blue speedo as they walked back along the promenade. Manuel hadn't let him wash off in the ocean, so his face was still a mess of sticky semen and matted fur that would be obvious if anyone looked closely.
More people were arriving at the beach since they'd come down from the walkway and Ethan's anxiety was creeping back up.
The horse didn't take any notice of it and walked with an air of confidence that couldn't be faked by the wolf if he'd tried.
The dunes that ran along in front of the promenade had scattered beach chairs for relaxing and a few women in bikinis were laying down to get some sun before it got too crowded or the rain came.
The rest of the wolf's body that wasn't already jutting up from his crotch stiffened and he shied away to the horse's side as they walked directly past the oblivious women. Both had headphones in, sunglasses on, and probably wouldn't have noticed if a gun went off.
Only two chairs over from the women the horse carefully eased the wolf down onto his stomach on one of the low chairs. Ethan's face hung off the end of the chair and his cock strained against the flexible, plastic slats.
"What are we doing here?" Ethan asked, rolling his head to look at the horse, frowning in concern.
Manuel knelt at his side, both paws pushing the wolf firm against the chair, fingers kneading into his back and sides. "Oh, just... going to give you a massage," he said, grinning and winking back at the wolf.
Ethan let out a soft moan as those fingers worked a spot on his lower back, cheeks turning red. "Here? But... we're way way more out in the open," he hissed, glancing up and around. Aside from the two women a couple chairs over, they were near the stairs where people were starting to come up and down from the walkway.
"Then I guess you better keep quiet and let me work," the horse said, hooking fingers on the wolf's speedo and tugging it down low enough to free the desperate shaft, and his used hole.
Ethan's face heated up and he shifted around to look beneath the chair. There was just enough sand piled up on the side opposite of Manuel that it would be very difficult to see his canine member hanging down between the straps and dripping onto the sand. From this vantage point, too, he could see that Manuel had tugged his own speedo down beneath his heavy sac.
The wolf was about to protest that they were still too exposed, but the horse's rubbing paws ran down over the small of his back, the curve of his ass, and a finger slid beneath his tail, pressing in deep.
Ethan had to bite down on one of his wrists to hold back the moan that traveled up his throat. His cock bobbed in the open, a clear line of pre connecting the tip of his tapered shaft to the gold sand below. He could see the horse's cock dropping free of his sheath and the horse made sure to keep his hips against the slats so he'd remain hidden beneath the beach chair.
"Get one of your hands down here," the horse said, looking around at the nearby beach-goers.
Ethan didn't have much say in the matter as one of his arms was pulled to his side, and his paw was pushed through the plastic slats. Through the chair he was able to wrap a paw around the horse's cock as it stiffened in the imagined privacy under the chair.
The wolf wasn't able to do much more than rotate his wrist and jerk lightly at the horse's cock while his own dribbled helplessly.
Manuel rocked his hips lightly, thrusting into the wolf's grip as one of his paws kept up appearances by stroking over the wolf's back and shoulders. The other paw made small circles near the wolf's ass, finger dipping deep into the wolf's passage, pressing against his tender spots, before drawing back out.
Ethan's passage barely had time to close up before the horse's fingers spread him open again and his tail was the only thing keeping the mess of runny cum from being seen by anyone who might walk by.
The horse's cock occasionally bumped his own and Ethan could only watch as the thick length slid back and forth between his fingers. His own cock strained to hump into something, for any kind of attention, but even trying to rock his hips did nothing except make it bob and sway.
Manuel's paws were starting to pick up speed. Even he had some reservations about the openness of their play with people starting to arrive at the beach, but he was determined to get the wolf off before they left. Two fingers pressed into the wolf's hole, pressing on those sensitive areas to milk another muffled whimper from the wolf's lips.
Ethan squeezed at the horse's shaft, passage clamping down on the fingers whenever they'd dig into him. The rush was building again and his balls ached from their previously held-off load. Tears ran from his cheeks, eyes watering as the pleasure stacked higher.
Those fingers weren't leaving his passage now and his tail had started flick back and forth in anticipation, hips rocking against the chair, humping fruitlessly at the air for relief. The light breeze that went beneath the chair tingled and tortured him. He wouldn't be denied this impending release.
Manuel's chest heaved with excitement as he continued finger fucking his friend in plain view of anyone who decided to pay attention. The head of his cock was flaring once more, tail flagging to signal his rising need. They had to remain quiet, though, otherwise someone might see.
The equine's thrusts had gained a bit of momentum and he was thrusting into the wolf's paw beneath the chair in long, deliberate motions. All the while, his fingers pushed in and out of the wolf's ass, hand now covered in his own seed that had been leaking out.
Ethan's teeth nearly broke the skin on his arm as he finally came. He released his arm and cried out into the air, cock throbbing beneath the chair and slinging strands of cum against the sand and up along the underside of the plastic slats. His body shook, paw squeezed down, and he managed to bite back down on his arm as he rode out the rest of his much-needed climax, whimpering and crying out the whole way.
Manuel's choked back a low whinny as he came for the third time that morning, a much less potent load splashing into the soft sand under the chair. His fingers slid from the wolf's ass and tugged that speedo back up in the back, head whipping side to side to see if anyone had noticed the wolf's cry.
The horse saw one of the women behind them leaning up from her chair and looking over with a suspicious look on her face. Her face was impossible to read from behind the sunglasses.
Ethan, unaware of the woman's prying eyes, chose that moment to lean up and pull his cock back through the plastic slats of the chair. His engorged knock tugged at the strips before pulling through, a weak spurt of cum dripping onto the white plastic before the wolf stuffed himself hastily back into his speedo.
Ethan looked up to the horse, heart racing from his orgasm and the thrill of where they were, and he followed Manuel's gaze to the tigress lying two chairs over. Her muzzle was parted open in disbelief, and the wolf began to panic.
Ethan wasn't entirely certain how they'd gotten back to the other side of promenade so quickly. He'd practically jumped off from the chair and bolted to the stairs, Manuel on his heels. Running had been the worst thing to do to detract from the attention, but if anyone else had seen the bulges in either speedo, or the cum covering most of the wolf's front, they didn't say anything.
Ethan kept running until they were a quarter mile down the walkway near one of the parking lots. His chest was thumping, though mostly from the sprint instead of the panic that made him flee. Manuel clapped him on a shoulder, shaking his head and laughing between pants. "I don't think she was going to say anything... but damn. The look of shock on her face,"
"I can't believe I let you talk me into this," the wolf said, punching the horse in the arm.
"Hey, if you had kept quiet," the horse teased, ruffling the wolf's hair. "And come on, admit it, when was the last time you came that hard," he asked.
Ethan glowered at the horse but couldn't find an argument against him. "That's not the point," he said, trying to find an argument.
"Yeah yeah, how about we go wash off in the ocean? It'll be kind of private down there, too, maybe a bit more fun...?" he suggested, a grin turning his lips up at the edges to touch his eyes.
The wolf was about to snap back a resolute no, but his knotted cock pulsed in his speedo. He set his jaw in a defiant look, teeth bared. "Maybe," he allowed.
There was no use in trying to hold back the smile that took over as the horse clapped his shoulder and started leading him back down the promenade to the ocean. |
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] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1151189-commission-hyperization | A kobold was running for his life as pursuers hidden behind black uniforms and masks chased after him with their guns drawn. One of them fired but the shot landed on Kardukk's right shoulder armor. He contemplated fighting them but a pair of shoulder armor, vambraces and greaves made out of iron wasn't going to win him any fights. Not to mention the small reptile was only three feet tall.
The corridor he ran seemed endless and mad as it was bathed in an eerie red glow. With fatigue setting in his speed began to falter. Beads of sweat trailed down his grey scales from his head to his back. But then his blue eyes sparkled as a door was just in sight. Kardukk beat his white scaled chest to empower himself to run faster, yet it was all for naught.
Something hit him on the back of his neck, rendering him almost paralyzed. There was just enough energy left in him to turn and note the dart. Kardukk collapsed, unconscious.
The lighting in the room then returned to normal as the guards aimed their weapons at the creature. A menacing dragon wearing a gas mask and a pair of camouflage pants then cut through the group and approached the now unconscious prey. He was enormous in stature, towering over all the guards at seven tall.
His bare front white chest drew the attention of every fur present. He bent down and examined the captured target, the golden scales that ran down his wide, muscular back and his bulging arms glistened under the florescent lights.
He pointed to one of the guards behind him, "Take him to the cell, and prep him for the professor," the dragon said in his muffled voice.
The one guard saluted, "Right away Commander Soamur."
As the hulking dragon walked off, the unconscious prisoner slipped into a dream.
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Deep underground behind five layers of steel doors locked with a complex encryption was a massive laboratory that doubled as the private quarters of the base's researcher, Lowius. The room was divided into two sections; one side held the laboratory where all of Lowius's research was conducted, the other was his bedroom with shelves of books for him to pass the time.
As the commotion a few floors up was going on the olive green alien was enjoying his many books. He was dressed in his usual white lab coat with holes for his protruding white and smaller yellow spikes along his back and a pair of long blue pants. His broad muscular pectorals were exposed to the world to see since he never wore anything under his coat. In his right hand he had *Mysterious Worlds and How to Get There*, on his left he was rereading *Magical Doodads* all while his second pair of hands below were busy piping a concentrated acid onto a piece of golden scale. Thanks to his four eyes splitting his concentration between jobs was a simple task.
The sound of the doors behind him opening pulled his attention away from his work. Setting the books down on his table Lowius turned to face his guest.
"Soamur..." Lowius had to fight his urge to let out a tsk.
"Professor," the dragon looked down at the shorter alien, "I have your next assignment. You are to proceed with the next phase of the DNA mutation program."
Up close the differences in their power was obvious, Lowius though physically fit with some muscularity was still smaller compared to the commander.
"What? The next phase involves real living beings. The theoretical analysis is still under way; I can't ethically allow you to accelerate the process. We don't know what will happen," Lowius angrily protested.
The commander's nostrils flared, "Might I remind you that the one funding your little tests is the Republic. And the reason you live to breathe another day is because I so graciously as one of the greatest commanders of the Republic will it." Each sentence was punctuated with the commander stepping closer and closer to the professor until the smaller creature was backed up against his desk.
"I...I can't. This is wrong," Lowius said softly.
Soamur's face darkened. With a snap of his fingers the professor was brought to his knees, his body shaking in pain as the invisible collar on his neck blasted him with a powerful electric shock.
A menacing smile grew on the dragon's face as he watched the professor suffer. "I trust you will do your best then. Your little guinea pig is on the way."
Squirming on the floor, rage filled Lowius's mind as the commander walked off.
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Five days passed since that painful meeting. The test subject that was brought in was identified as a kobold. Tubes filled with life sustaining chemicals were attached to the subject's arms and thighs while he remained bound and unconscious on the operating table.
To the right of the table was Lowius still racking his brain over the serum he was working on. He had been cursing at his computer every time the simulation failed. There was just no way to make the super soldier serum work.
Slouching over his notes Lowius was just about to give up when Soamur entered. "What do you want?" Lowius asked without turning his back.
"I see our little trespasser is still in one piece after the serum," Soamur said.
"He hasn't been administered the serum. I ran some tests, and there is no way it will work."
Soamur scoffed at the professor's reluctance to do as he was told. "Now how can you be so sure of that if you didn't really test it?" The commander placed his scaly hands on the professor's shoulders.
Lowius's pupils dilated, a sense of dread gripped his heart. That was what Soamur was known for, the ability to inject fear into anyone with just his words. "N-no need. I know what I'm doing. I'm not going to let him die for no reason."
The dragon's fingers dug deep into Lowius's shoulders causing the alien to flinch. "Your words are hollow professor. You know your curious nature begs you to do it. All you need is a little push in the right direction," Soamur whispered into the alien's right ear.
Everything seemed to slow down at that moment. Lowius watched petrified as the commander's right arm reached for his keyboard and entered the instructions to pump the serum into the subject.
His computer screen began flashing red. Back at the dissecting table the pumps that fed the kobold was pumping a mysterious orange liquid. Lowius quickly ran out of his chair to tend to the patient spasming out of control all while the wicked dragon laughed maniacally at the professor's suffering.
Turning to leave, Soamur left with one message, "I expect a report soon professor. Have... fun."
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The situation was dire. Lowius was frantically looking left and right for some tool to help him save the tortured kobold. His test subject was twisting and turning his body, trying to break free from the restraints holding his hands and feet down. It looked like it was doing more harm than good. What made it worse was listening to the harrowing screams and spine tingling growls coming from the tortured soul. Only one solution came to mind, the healing tube. Lowius pressed the red button hidden underneath the dissecting table the table rose and flipped itself until the kobold was upright.
A huge oval shaped contraption held by two metal poles descended from the ceiling. The dark blue tubes surrounding the contraption began to glow and hum as a glass barrier extended from behind the table and encircled the subject. His restraints and the life sustaining tubes retracted back behind the chair. Both the glass and table then combined to form a chamber. Mysterious light green liquid quickly poured from the contraption and in seconds the chamber was filled to the brim with the solution. Miraculously, the wounds left from the tubes healed in a blink of an eye.
Seeing the subject's body calm down filled Lowius with relief, he slumped backwards into his chair. In just ten minutes he felt himself lose ten years of his life. Just as he thought it was all over the corner of his eyes caught sight of a flickering shadow from the tube.
Lowius's eyes widened when he realized the serum he administered triggered the transformation. He watched the kobold's head inching towards to the top of the tube as he grew taller by the minute abandoning his dwarfish form. His limbs grew longer and ballooned with muscle. The subject's arms expanded gradually. First a noticeable bulge in his bicep formed, no bigger than one or two tennis balls. Slowly the peak of his bicep rose with several veins snaking across them. His triceps and deltoids followed suit, doubling in size, making the kobold's whole arm look like someone stuffed a bowling ball inside it. After five minutes Kardukk's arms were touching the base of the tube and were still growing in width.
His flat chest then began to extend outwards and curve into two small hills of muscle. As his pecs grew denser deep striations began to form across his chest. Simultaneously his shoulders widened apart and his traps began to thicken. It looked like his head was about to be swallowed whole by his own traps as his pecs pushed his chin upwards, but then the growth began to even out as his form grew taller until his head bumped on the roof of the seven foot tall tube. A sharp screech then emanated from the back of the kobold as a white four sided white mace which grew on the tip of his curly tail was now rubbing against the glass.
Inside the tube, Kardukk was aware of every change happening to him. Every fiber of muscle in the kobold's body pulsated with energy. Slowly, his mind was overtaken by the growth, he wanted more and he needed to be bigger! As if powered by his very will the warm glow of the growth intensified in heat.
There were two things the professor could have done: he could have run out to call for help or he could have programmed the tube to terminate the specimen, but he did neither and just watched from his seat - powerless. All the while a very noticeable bulge began to form inside the alien's pants.
Next, the bottom half of the kobold started twitching as the growth continued. His once soft belly was replaced by an eight pack wall of abs. Still the most jaw dropping sight was the kobold's widening thighs and calves, thighs that looked like they could crush a metal cube between them with one squeeze, and beefy calves large enough to balance weights on them. All logic was thrown out the window, as the professor rushed towards the tube and pressed his snout against the glass to take in his greatest creation's glorious ascension into power.
Then came the 'third leg', the kobold's soft member hardened and began to elongate up his abdomen nearly reaching his torso. His modest orbs dangling beneath his shaft grew the least, inflating to the size of melons.
"Ah hell," Lowius exclaimed as he noticed cracks forming around the tube. Just as he got onto his feet, the tube exploded with a loud crack followed by the thunderous roar from the creature it once contained.
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Lying on his stomach Lowius thanked the stars that none of the glass shards punctured him. Unfortunately, his clothes were soaking wet from the green substance. A massive shadow then rose and loomed over him, before he could even get up Lowius was tugged backwards by his lab collar. The alien gasped when he felt his back slam against something squishy. Craning his neck upwards he made the mistake of opening his mouth in shock as he saw an immense meaty dick, the hard member leaked a dollop of pre that splattered all over Lowius's face. He didn't want to admit it but the warm musky solution felt good against his skin, his two toned cock throbbed as he licked some of the pre off his mouth.
Completely distracted the now aroused scientist was hoisted off the ground and turned over by a pair of powerful arms. Clearing his face Lowius stared eye to eye with a very angry looking kobold. It was a sight to behold as the kobold stood at his full height, his horns almost brushing against the ceiling.
"Now, now we can talk about this. The uhhh growth potential of your unique cells must have been accelerated by the healing tube and-"
Kardukk interrupted with a loud grunt.
The professor didn't get a chance to completely register what the kobold wanted before the huge muscle bound creature pulled him close for a deep kiss. It was a mind numbing experience, the way the kobold's enlarged tongue invaded his mouth, Lowius could feel it inching deeper down his throat. Pressing his hands against Kardukk's hard shoulders Lowius pulled himself back to get more comfortable. Now, he was ready. Using his quartet of tongues the alien struggled to wrap them around the expansive organ. But it didn't matter, their kiss was hot, he could taste the kobold inside him and he wanted more. Never before had he been overpowered so fiercely and passionately. As they kissed Kardukk started undressing his little friend, delicately removing his lab coat with his massive hands and chucking them onto the Lowius's table.
When the kiss broke, Lowius slumped forward half naked and hugged the kobold's bulging pecs, panting heavily. The kobold's cock smacked Lowius on the back right above his firm buttocks. Though feeling drained the sexually hungry beast gave the alien no time for respite.
Kardukk started flexing his pecs, squeezing the smaller alien's head between his beefy pectorals. Lowius let out a muffled groan as he was lost in the excitement and power of his muscular partner. Taking the opportunity to indulge himself Lowius licked the kobold's cleavage and freely explored the broad chest with his hands.
The muscle bound kobold groaned heavily. A mere brush from the professor's skilled hands sent electricity down Kardukk's spine, his throbbing member drooling with pre along his shaft.
Lowius's boner pressed close against Kardukk's abs all the while leaking copious amounts of pre through his pants. It was both stimulating and annoying at the same time to have his hard member restrained by his clothes. Unable to hold back anymore, Lowius started unbuckling his belt.
But the kobold had a faster solution. He grabbed the professor's pants and ripped them in half like a piece of paper.
Finally freed from its cotton prison, Lowius's cock slapped against Kardukk's abs with a wet thud. Its blue tip glistened under the white lights thanks to the fountain of pre gushing from his cock. The bright red color that stretched from the middle of his shaft to its base gave the illusion that he was about to erupt anytime soon.
Kardukk smirked at the sight of the alien's smaller dick, his ego growing. Fueled by lust Kardukk pushed Lowius closer and higher until the professor's colorful penis rubbed the kobold's pec cleavage. Like a pet begging for a treat, Kardukk guided Lowius by pushing him gently on the back, letting his cock slide in and out between the kobold's pecs.
Lowius quickly picked up on what the bigger creature wanted. He grabbed onto Kardukk's mammoth shoulders and started gyrating his hips. His pre soaked cock was a blur, fucking Kardukk's pecs intensely. Never before had Lowius experience such powerful muscles, the way Kardukk clenched his cock with a simple flex. Just when he felt the pressure in his cock building up, yearning for release the kobold relaxed his pecs and playfully bounce them.
"Oh you naughty beast," Lowius said, his cock still throbbing but the need to cum was subsiding. Not wanting to be outdone he slid down Kardukk's abs until his snout was facing the kobold's hard member. Holding the heavy pair of orbs with his lower hands felt so surreal yet so pleasurable. The other pair of hands of his daringly rubbed the kobold's abs. His burning desire to pleasure the kobold stripped him of his restraints as he buried his nose deep in the musky sack that held the muscle beast's testicles. The scent of sweat and musk mixed together was an orgasm to the senses. With his tongues he started lapping Kardukk's balls. Lowius enjoyed the struggle of worshipping the enormity of the kobold's balls. Moving his snout up, his tongues wrapped around the hard veiny shaft, licking it like he would a popsicle, running his tongues up and down the meat pole leisurely to savor the salty taste.
Kardukk threw his head back purring. The mad scientist really knew how to worship a cock. When his partner reached for his bright pink dickhead with the kobold's whole body tensed. His cock erupted with pre all over Lowius's face. Still the alien kept going as he plunged two of his tongues into the exposed urethra, causing Kardukk to jerk and flex his upper body.
With his other two tongues Lowius wrapped them along Kardukk's cock and proceeded to suck him off. It was a struggle to fit the entire member in his mouth, like he was trying to consume an extra-large salami in one go. But the alien quickly got used to the thick dick filling his mouth. He was like a vacuum sucking every drop of pre leaking from the tip while exploring the tickling the inside of the kobold's member.
As his grunts grew heavier Kardukk decided to turn the tables in his favor. With one hand he pulled the scientist off his cock, leaving a trail of saliva connecting the alien's mouth and his hard dick. Flipping him over till his ass faced the kobold Kardukk brought the professor's tender bottom close to his face and started rimming him. His extensive tongue plunged deep into the crevice of Lowius's stone hard butt cheeks, sending tremors up the professor's spine. Despite the size of his tongue the kobold worked it like magic, licking the outer ting of the alien's hole to tease him before sinking deep to turn the alien into putty.
Pre dripped from Lowius's cock all over Kardukk's chest again. Seeing his window of opportunity the kobold pulled out of the professor's hole and raised Lowius' butt high above his head and suckled the alien's twitching cock. His large mouth made it easy to take in Lowius' cock in its entirety and his dangling scrotum. Just like the professor, the massive kobold relished the taste of the alien's manhood. If someone were to watch the two in action at that moment it would look more like the kobold was milking the professor for every drop of sustenance his cock can muster.
Thrice did Lowius come close to blowing his load in Kardukk's mouth, but he did not want to lose to the titan. "Slow...slow down... you're going to make me-" Lowius said softly with his tongues drooping from his mouth.
Kardukk replied with a deep chuckle before releasing the professor's private parts. The naked scientist looked sexier than ever with strings of sticky saliva and pre covering his ass and cock. "Must fuck," Kardukk said in a deep voice.
The kobold pulled Lowius off of him and pinned him on his back between his mighty thighs. Lowius's snout was pressed against the cool lab floor by just two fingers, his plump posterior pointed upwards towards the kobold's raging boner.
Looking down pass his puffy pectorals Kardukk was enjoying his view. After wetting his index and forefinger with a quick wet lick of his tongue the kobold rubbed around the rim of Lowius's hole. The usually composed scientist let out a heavy moan, his claws ran along the floor leaving visible scratch marks.
Watching his former captor squirm from such a light touch excited the Herculean creature. Kardukk pushed his fingers into Lowius's tight hole, with every inch he shoved into him the alien gasped and howl. Once both digits had impaled Kardukk's plaything the kobold started pumping his hole, finger fucking the professor with increasing ferocity.
"Faster... faster!" Lowius begged.
Kardukk licking his lips was more than happy to comply. At one point his fingers brushed against Lowius's prostate making the professor yell out at the top of his lungs. Lowius's cock spewed ropes of pre all over the floor, some of the goo even landed on his stomach.
Confident that his little fuck buddy was ready Kardukk pulled out his fingers with an audible pop. The kobold pulled Lowius' ass closer to his dick. His veiny cock rubbed along the smaller creature's butt cheeks slowly. As he slid his dick along Lowius' ass Kardukk could feel the same warm glow from before - he was going to grow. Holding Lowius by the hips Kardukk thrust his dickhead into the alien's hole.
Lowius howled in pain and pleasure as his hole stretched to accommodate the huge rod entering him. Feeling the pulsing cock inside him pushing against the walls of his ass and going deeper Lowius thought he was getting the ride of his life. But turning back Lowius gasped at the sight of the kobold's dick pushing him further in front. "Fuck! He's growing!" thought Lowius.
This time it was different, most of the growth was concentrated in the kobold's private parts. Lowius nearly screamed when his feet were lifted off the ground and rising with the growing shaft expanding in girth and lengthening inside him. Thick veins popped along the now baseball bat sized dick, every inch it grew a bucket load of pre filled the professor's insides.
While the professor was impaled on his growing cock, Kardukk was taking the chance to enjoy his own muscles. Kneading his pecs Kardukk moaned. His body felt hot from the continuing growth. All the while his balls had been expanding. Now they were as large as watermelons and still growing. The buildup of semen in his balls flooded the kobold's brain with ecstasy. His cock rose ever higher until Lowius's was looking at the ceiling, the kobold's cock must have been at least a meter long and as strong as a stack of steel pillars.
"I don't think," Lowius moaned when his prostate was pressed again, "this is going to work. You're too big even for me," said Lowius.
There was no reply from Kardukk. He held onto Lowius's hips once more and proceeded to lift the little guy off his cock. Just when the alien's supple butt reached the tip of the kobold's dickhead Kardukk pulled him back down, slamming him deeper. The two roared in unison at the moment of impact. Desiring nothing more but release Kardukk continued to slide the professor up and down his dick.
With every pump all Lowius could do was grunt and moan. His own cock was spraying pre across the room. Once his ass got accustomed to the kobold's girth pleasure sweeter than ambrosia washed over him. Feeling his balls pulling upwards Lowius knew he wouldn't last long.
Kardukk's was mercilessly slamming his meat into Lowius, fucking him faster and faster. Just as he felt a tightness in his scrotum the kobold's poundings slowed down... and then he cummed. Every fiber of his body tensed up at that moment, the veins across his muscular body popped.
Lowius could literally feel the blast rising up the kobold's shaft as wave after wave of hot semen flooded his insides. The feeling of being filled by so much hot cum was heavenly. Unable to hold it back anymore, Lowius's cock erupted when the third load of cum rushed into him. White ropes of semen flew across the room and hit the wall across the professor.
His brutish lover was showing no sign of stopping but there was just too much that Lowius could not hold it all in. Streams of cum began to flow out of Lowius's ass and formed a pool beneath him. After the eleventh cumshot Kardukk slumped backwards and sat leaning against the table he was once held.
Lowius was able to dismount himself when the kobold's cock softened. The professor just laid in the white pool of semen that leaked out of him. His whole body felt like he had been doing cardio for a whole day.
Exhausted, the two fell into a short sleep.
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When Lowius finally woke up he found himself naked on the floor but squeaky clean.
"Hey!" a voice called out to him from behind.
Lowius turned and saw the still huge kobold sitting against the ruins of the healing tube. "Um, err are you talking to me?" Lowius asked while pointing to himself.
"No I wanted to talk to the wall behind you," Kardukk replied sarcastically.
"Well I guess a whole lot of explaining is needed here-"
Kardukk raised his hand up gesturing to the professor to stop. "Skip the guilt talk doc. As you and see and felt I am better than ever," the kobold bounced his pecs which caused the professor to blush a little, "my body is a little particular. Let's just say it will take more than that to hurt me."
"Yeah, well it still wasn't right of me to allow it to happen. There were so many chances for me to have stopped it." Lowius lowered his head in shame. "But I promise now I will get you of here."
Standing up Kardukk smiled at the remorseful researcher, "I believe you. But sadly I have to chalk this up as a failed mission."
"What mission?" Lowius walked closer to the gigantic kobold.
"I was supposed to get some documents about making indestructible dragon scales, but at this point I'll settle with getting somewhere safe."
Lowius nodded and extended out his hand for a handshake which Kardukk happily reciprocated. "I'm Lowius by the way," the professor said.
"Kardukk," the bigger kobold replied.
"Nice to meet you. Now let's get out of here."
The two then began concocting a plan of escape, and perhaps put an end to the madhouse they were both trapped inside.
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"Can I get someone over here in the lab. I have a corpse that needs disposing. Bring a full bodysuit, you don't want any of this stuff to get on you," Lowius said into the intercom on his desk.
The bait was set. Kardukk stood by the lab door careful not to be seen while Lowius stood in front to distract whoever it was that was coming through.
A soldier dressed in a bright yellow radiation suit entered the lab five minutes later but he did not get a chance to blink before a boulder like fist descended upon his head, knocking him out. Confiscating the agent of his clothes Lowius donned his attire. The suit was too big for him so it looked loose on him.
Nonetheless, no one would notice as he sneaked Kardukk under a giant white tarp on a cart. Whenever a random guard would pass by Lowius would tap him on the head that was the signal for the kobold to hold his breath. If they wanted to make it out alive Kardukk had to play a very convincing corpse.
Their target was the incinerator room and energy core. Both rooms were one floor apart from another. So, first Lowius dropped Kardukk in the incinerator room. As discussed earlier, behind the massive trash burner machine was a six foot tall vault door that lead to the vehicle storage bay outside. With his incredible new strength opening the door would have been a piece of cake for the kobold, but he had to wait for Lowius to join him.
After dropping Kardukk off, Lowius made a mad dash to the energy core room. The heart of the entire base's operation and the only thing separating him from it was a DNA scanner. It was obvious who would have permission to such an important area. Pulling out the golden scale from before from his pocket Lowius pressed it against the scanner. A quick scan and the doors opened with a whoosh.
Soamur should not have let his guard to let the professor get his hands on something so valuable. Inside, a huge black cylinder made of steel and electronics extended to the ceiling. Excitement filled his chest as the chance for freedom was so close. Upon entering the room Lowius reached for the keyboard mounted on the machine and made quick changes to its instructions.
First, he deactivated the protocol that kept his collar running. A click of button here and there and a soft beeping sound came from his neck. The invisible collar revealed itself before unlocking and falling to the ground. Rubbing his throat Lowius felt immense relief to finally have the threat against his life taken away. Still it was no time to celebrate, Lowius worked fast to activate the core's self-destruct system. He chuckled at the thought that the base's own security measure against invaders would be used against them.
The timer was set for 20 minutes. Lowius walked briskly back to the incinerator room, a task hard to disguise as natural since there was a ticking time bomb behind him. Once he reunited with the behemoth who had draped the white tarp over his privates Kardukk pulled back the vault with little effort.
Together they ran for the closest unguarded storage ship and blasted off into space with no resistance. From the backseat window Kardukk watched as a small red dot formed on the planet's surface where the base used to be. It was finally over.
Stripping off the mask from his attire Lowius turned back towards his friend. "Comfortable back there?" Lowius asked from the passenger seat.
Stretching his long legs Kardukk leaned against the back of the ship, its interior was roomy without any cargo to carry. "All good back here, but a little entertainment on this flight would be nice."
Lowius chuckled before he threw something to the kobold. A stack of documents entitled, *Empowering Dragon Scales* landed on his lap. "Read that then till we arrive at our next destination," Lowius said with a grin on his face. And with that the professor set their ship into hyper speed and the ship disappeared among the stars.
Despite the Republic's best efforts to apprehend those who destroyed their base, they were never found. Rumor was that the two had left the universe completely and were on their own world hopping adventures.
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**The End.** |
Deathly Night by TheMadmanwithaScarf | #5 of Journey of the Shadow Archive - The veil of Night shrouds the sky. The darkness lively and bodies red. On this night we all shall die. The heavens above that will cry. Our hearts below that have bled. On this night we all shall die. The candles flicker as if end is nigh. The child with us will | [
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The darkness lively and bodies red.
On this night we all shall die.
The heavens above that will cry.
Our hearts below that have bled.
On this night we all shall die.
The candles flicker as if end is nigh.
The child with us will all be dead.
On this night we all shall die.
The black birds of death shall all fly.
Our shriveled souls have never been fed.
On this night we all shall die.
The tears from our eyes will never dry.
Our lambs to slaughter we have led.
On this night we all shall die.
Our deceitful lips only lie.
This waltz with dance will say goodbye.
Our bodies will rot and our souls will all cry.
On this night we all shall die. |
Chapter Ten by Raevocrei | #10 of Pieces Another small chapter! Next week I'll reupload the previous five chapters after I edit them. ^-^ Thanks for reading! - ** ** "Are you sure you want to go back, Keira?" Fallon asked worriedly. "It'll be painful to see." Keira nodded her head. "I need to see it... I think it'll bring me | [
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"Are you sure you want to go back, Keira?" Fallon asked worriedly. "It'll be painful to see."
Keira nodded her head. "I need to see it... I think it'll bring me some closure."
Fallon exhaled and dipped his head. "Very well, then. I'll take you to see your home, but we can't stay for very long. It'll take almost all day if we don't stop for any breaks."
It was early in the morning, when the air was nippy and the sunlight was just beginning to leak from behind the eastern horizon. Fallon worried that his absence for the day may rouse some issues, so he wanted to be back as soon as he could.
She extended her snowy-white wings out and tested them. "I think I can manage," she said uncertainly. "I haven't flown very much like I used to."
"Just let me know if you get too tired," he said and kindly nuzzled her. Fallon took to the sky seconds later and waited for Keira to catch up with him before angling their direction to the North, where giant mountains loomed in the hazy distance.
The smell of pine trees mixed in with the scent of morning dew. It was a delightfully fresh aroma that Fallon loved waking up to as well as the frigid morning air that chilled his scales comfortably. He could easily say this was his favorite time of the day, when the world felt slow and peaceful.
Admittedly, Fallon felt slightly disturbed about this trip. He mostly worried about Keira and how she would take seeing her village left to ruin. She didn't remember much from the day he had found her and wanted to know if anyone else had survived. However, he imagined that she had more purpose than that for returning.
Fallon highly doubted that there was anyone remaining, but if Keira had escaped then there was a small chance someone else had too, though he and Dorian had doubly checked for anyone around the village before they left.
And if there was someone there, would they attack him immediately? It was just over the border of Northern territory. Southern dragons had no reason to go past it, so any stray dragon they would encounter would most likely be a Northerner. He decided that he'd have to hide himself while also keeping a close eye on Keira.
But what pressed most at his mind was that if she did find someone there, would she leave him? Would she try to return to her own life and leave her new one with his family behind?
Fallon hoped not, despite what his brother said before he left. *"If she decides to stay, then leave her; don't question it and don't you dare try to dispute it. The sooner we get rid of it the better."* The last sentence made his talons twitch.
Mara had been very concerned for his safety and urged him to bring guards along with him, but Fallon thought it would be best for Keira if it were just the two of them.
Then the thought occurred to him that maybe this was all an elaborate plan to assassinate him. Maybe Keira was just a spy for the Northerners that used emotional attacks to infiltrate his clan and lead him away to kill him while he was defenseless. Perhaps he was flying right to his death.
Fallon growled and shook his head. He couldn't let his brother's paranoid thoughts mingle with his own, especially when it was about Keira. She would never betray him, and he knew that for a fact.
"Fallon?" she asked. "Something wrong?" She had to almost shout so he could hear her over the rushing wind.
He shook his head. "No, sorry. Just thinking about all of those scrolls I'll have to read through when I get back," he replied with a chuckle.
She smiled and flapped her wings faster so she flew next to him, a wing's breadth away. "How much further do you think?"
"Oh, we've got quite a long ways yet. Would you like to talk about the city to pass the time?"
Keira rolled her eyes and muttered something he couldn't hear with the wind filling his ears.
"Or maybe we could talk about your studies?"
She shook her head. "I'm trying to get away from that! Why don't we talk about fighting?"
"Fighting?" Fallon looked over at her with a furrowed brow. "Why would you want to talk about that?"
"I'd like to learn how to defend myself," she answered definitely.
Fallon grinned. "Well, that's something that you learn by doing... Maybe I'll teach you sometime, but would you like to learn about magic instead?"
Her crimson eyes lit up as she nodded eagerly.
"Alright then, I'll try to explain it the best I can!"
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"So you can like make bright and colorful lights and stuff, right? Have you tried anything else?" Aidan asked curiously, grinning horn to horn as Ruari showed him his newest magical creation: a rainbow-colored spectrum that stretched horizontally between his forepaws.
Ruari nodded and relaxed his arms as he stopped the flow of energy. "My magic teacher taught me how to make crystals light up so they can be used in houses."
"Well, that's uhm... useful," Aidan teased and showed Ruari some magic of his own. He cupped his paws together and held it out so Ruari could see. A small pool of crystal-clear water formed and filled his talons before drizzling over the edge.
"Haven't you known how to do that?" Ruari asked.
"Wait for it!"
Ruari waited... and waited... and still nothing happened. "You're seven years old! How do you not know more tricks than that?"
Aidan shook his head. "Look into it."
Ruari eyed his friend curiously and shifted closer, looking down into his paws. "I don't see any--"
A rush of water suddenly came gushing upward, hitting Ruari directly in the face before he could recoil and pull his head away. He spat out the water and wiped his dripping-wet face off. "HEY!"
Aidan fell over in a fit of laughter, clutching at his stomach. Water seeped into the grass below them. "I can't believe that worked! Ha ha! You totally fell for it!"
Ruari scowled at the red dragonet and pouted. "It's not funny!" He looked around the yard to see if anyone had noticed. The only other dragon around was the sandy and golden dragonet, Ciara, that Aidan apparently had a crush on. She was lying beneath the sunlight out in the open. Thankfully, it seemed that she was off in her own world.
"It totally is! The look on your face... he he he, priceless."
Ruari sighed and shook the water off. He wasn't particularly fond of getting his ebony scales all damp, but he couldn't help but to chuckle a little bit and smile. "At least you've learned something, I guess."
Aidan calmed down and sat back up. "I've learned a bit more than that, but the other stuff is boring! Plus, you'd have to get hurt for me to show you some of it."
"I'm sure that will be useful someday," Ruari said. "Well... I hope not, at least..."
"We're bound to get hurt sometime in our story," Aidan replied casually. "Then my magic won't be so boring!"
"Our story?"
Aidan nodded and bared a toothy grin. "Our story! The main characters--that's us!--have to get hurt sometime, right? So that way the story stays interesting, but they don't ever die. You're like my sidekick and I'm the main protagonist!"
"Wait, why can't I be the main protagonist?" Ruari complained. "I'm the one that teaches you everything!"
"Exactly! You're the helpful sidekick that gives the hero--me--the knowledge he needs to know to overcome his obstacles! Without you, I would just be a lamewings that would fail almost immediately."
"Well... okay. But if you're the hero, and I'm the sidekick, then who or what is the villain?" Ruari asked.
Aidan shrugged his red wings. "I've no idea."
"Every story needs a villain too!"
Aidan furrowed his brow and scratched his chin, and then an evil look crossed his face. "The villain is hiding in the shadows, waiting for his chance to strike!"
"Why does it have to be a *he?*" Ciara piped in nosily as she stepped toward them. "Why can't the villain be a she? Maybe I'm the villain!" She tilted her chin up and held a paw to her breast.
Aidan shook his head. "Nope! I think you'd be the damsel in distress! We'll have to rescue you from the true villain." He nodded assuredly as if he was keeping track of all of this in his head.
She scoffed and stamped her talons. "I'm not helpless, you know. In fact, I'm more likely to be the hero since my magic can actually \_do\_something other than make my scales wet." She huffed out a breath of flames and turned away, walking away with a proud jaunt in her step as her tail swished behind her.
"Why do you like her again?" Ruari asked, snapping Aidan back to reality.
He grinned and shrugged. "I don't really know."
"So, where do I fit in?" Des said and startled them both. He was lying next to them, couchant and relaxed as if he had been there the whole time. At least Ruari was fairly certain that Des had just arrived...
"Maybe you're the villain!" Aidan accused with a giggle. "You'd probably make a good villain."
"I would not!" Des said, taken aback. "I don't have an evil bone in my body."
"You don't yet! Usually something tragic has to happen to the villain, something that's left a festering scar deep inside them and made them hateful."
"Well, I hope nothing like that happens," Des stated with an obvious 'what if' worry line furrowing his brow.
"Or maybe they're greedy," Ruari added. "I've read about criminals that do bad things for money."
Des shook his head. "I don't think I'm greedy either..."
"Yeah, but they aren't very impressive. They always get caught," Aidan returned. "The best villains are the ones that you don't realize are villains until it's too late!" He stared over at Des, and the purple dragonet wriggled in place.
"I am *not* a villain!"
Aidan giggled and playfully booped Des with his tail. "I'm just kidding! You'd make a terrible villain anyway."
Des rolled his eyes and exhaled sharply through his nostrils. "If anyone's the villain, it's probably Kane. He's always up to no good."
Des tilted his head in the direction of a green and blue dragon that strolled through the grass like he owned the school. Being nearly nine years old, he was older and bigger than almost everyone, and he definitely acted like it. Luckily, Ruari was small enough and not very noticeable that he had yet to have an encounter with Kane.
Aidan nodded and turned his head back toward the conversation. "He wouldn't make the brightest villain... but I could see him tearing the wings off of butterflies."
Ruari and Des both chuckled at that.
"Anyway, looks like it's about time for class again! See you tomorrow, Des. Let's go, Ruari!"
Ruari nodded and waved a wing goodbye to Des before following Aidan back to class.
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Happy Bi-rth-doe by CrimsonStar | #18 of Adult Commissions Romantic story of love and sexual exploration between two lovely characters that invert their roles (literally) for one night. - Happy Bi-rth-doe Commissioned by: Spots Phinnigan from SoFurry Written by: CrimsonStar Her name is Anna, and she had always been just "one more | [
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Commissioned by: Spots Phinnigan from SoFurry
Written by: CrimsonStar
Her name is Anna, and she had always been just "one more girl". She was somewhat short, for a doe of her age, but otherwise completely common. She had big wide ears that perked and weaned according to her mood, and vivid smart eyes often kept behind the safety of her glasses. She had silky orange fur spotted by pretty little cream spots spread all over her, but on her belly and neck, her orange hairs have away to a cotton-like white fur crowned by a heart shaped tuft of fluffiness right between her breasts. The patch of white fur actually extended way past her belly, it ran all the way down her thighs, over her buttocks and to the tip of her tail completely uninterrupted. But very few people could give testament of that. Among those who had seen the entire splendor of her patterned fur, was Tom. Tom was... well, to her eyes, he was perfect, but to the eyes of the rest, he wasn't exactly an exemplar of deer masculinity. He was taller than her by about half a head, without counting his antlers, which extended about a palm above his head in a tangled pattern of brown. Between his antlers, he sported a messy kind of "mane" of orange fur, somewhat darker than the rest of his body, which was mostly a solid cinnamon color, except for his hands and arms, which gleamed with white stainless fur, making it look like he always wearing mittens. He had a shy smile and a white spot in his left cheek. They had met a few years ago; Tom, being a happy-go-lucky, casual stoner with an insatiable love for patterned scarfs, had ran into Anna, when she, wanting to get a new pair of headphones, had been on a scarf-knitting spree. At first, it was just business. Tom loved wearing scarves, and Anna loved making them. But with every scarf he bought, they got a chance to talk, and became an inch closer. Uncountable scarves later, they started going out, and just a few months ago, they were selling scarves together to buy furniture for their new SHARED apartment.
They had gone out to a local ice cream shack near the beach. Tom loved Strawberry, and Anna loved Blueberry, but their favorite flavor, was a mixture of both, so they always saved a few bites to mix together and share with each other. It was a sunny evening, and the day before Tom's birthday. The wind whistled happily past them, and Anna could feel her heart pounding inside her chest, barely able to eat her ice cream, fearing the butterflies in her stomach would fly away if she opened her mouth. Tom was kind, generous and funny, even if somewhat absent-minded and clumsy, and she wanted to give him a birthday gift he would never forget. She had everything planned, it hadn't been easy, but she had gotten something that was sure to give him the night of his life. But she hadn't told him yet and the wait was killing her. Would he be okay with it? Was it going too far? Sex with Tom had always been satisfying, they were very compatible and he was as open minded as her, but this still had the potential of freaking him out... She wanted to tell him right there, but she also didn't want to ruin the big surprise. Maybe it was better to just talk about it, in case he wasn't onboard with it...
Anna had been staring intently at her melting icecream while the tug of war raged inside her head. She took a deep breath rose her head to meet Tom's eyes and... and she found him staring at something on sideway in the other side of the street. She followed his eyes and found a jogging doe stretching next to a deer, who was making his best effort not to stare.
Rather than angering her, Anna felt a weight leaving her shoulders as he looked back at her mesmerized boyfriend. The doe was cute and kind of hot, but Tom wasn't staring at her. He was looking ever so slightly to left, to the gorgeous deer in trouble. He was tall, lean, with a perfect zigzag pattern on his well groomed coat and he moved as gracefully as a gazelle, with a pair of antlers that were bigger than the antenna of their satellital TV. Furthermore, the well defined muscles of his body, were only further made evident by his lack of clothing, the only thing on him was a pair of skyblue shorts, with a rather evident bulge inside them.
Anna giggled, which prompted Tom to look back at her and shrivel in embarrassment. He quickly stuffed a spoonful of ice cream into his mouth.
"You're so cute when you are naughty." Anna blurted between giggles.
"I... Sorry..." Tom muttered, his ears fading down.
"It's okay silly. He IS pretty hot. Reminds me of the instructor from our yoga class, remember?" He was a very handsome hippie reindeer.
Tom's eyes widened, his fur and ears perked and he nodded softly while taking another spoonful of Strawberry ice cream. Their eyes met and Anna sketched a shill smile on her lips. Tom sided his head inquisitively.
"What?" He asked. "You are looking at me like that crazy shark lady from work."
"Have you ever been with a guy?"
Tom shared in Anna's smile. "Yeah... I told you about Sam."
"After 8th grade." She frowned.
"Mmm... We..."
"And I mean: BEEN with a guy?"
"BEEN with a guy? Like... sex...?"
"Yeah."
"Well, no?" Tom looked away, taking another spoon of ice cream.
"Oh, really?" Anna's smile widened even further. "Would... you like to?"
Tom's ears perked up and his eyes widened as if he had suddenly been placed in front of the xenon headlights of a truck in a moonless winter solstice. "Erm.. I.. You... Ah. I... I mean... I have you, so..." He tried to dodge the bullet.
"But would you like to?" Anna insisted. Her tuft of a tail shaking in excitement.
"I... Yeah. I think so. Yeah. Maybe."
"Great!" Anna squealed, the butterflies had now migrated from her stomach to her chest. "Then I'll give you your birthday present tonight."
"Tonight?"
"Tonight! Go watch a movie or something, alright? I'll wait for you at home after noon okay?"
"Wait, what?"
Anna stood up, sliding her chair and leaned on the table, first to give Tom a peek under her shirt and then to plant on him a sweet and passionate kiss. "Don't be naughty and come before noon, okay? I'll wait for you after sundown."
"Oki. Thanks Annie."
She winked and turned around, shaking her tail to tease him, and shortly after, she disappeared around the corner. Tom stared into the empty street for a few moments, while his brain processed what had just happened. Anna, had always been pretty liberal when it came to sexuality, but, if he understood correctly, she had just offered to have a guy in the bedroom for him. And he knew that was impossible. For as cute and open-minded Anna was, she was also as jealous as dragon. Looking and fooling around was okay, but anything more than that, and he would invoke her wrath. That fact, however, only made him even more excited for whatever she had in store for him that night.
The dreadfully long evening went by uneventfully. A few of Tom's friends called him to wish him a good day and his mother dropped by his work to give him a pack of cookies. But with every fading sunray, Tom's excitement grew louder and louder. When the moon finally came out he felt like a child on Christmas Eve as he rode the bus back home. When he found himself at the door, he could smell the sweet scent of a delicious dinner. He took a deep breath, brought out his keys and turned the knob, this was going to be an unforgettable night.
As he entered, he was greeted by the scent of of fresh fruit and fried mushrooms. His apartment was draped in the twilight of candles, faint music played in the background and helium balloons had been randomly spread all over the ceiling. His lips parted in a smile as he closed the door behind him.
"Annie?" He asked, as he walked further into the dining room. Their small plastic table had been covered with a white cloth, and two seats had been arranged with glasses of wine to accompany the food he had smelled earlier. Only two seats?
"Happy birthday!" Jumped Anna from the door that led to the kitchen.
"This is amazing love!"
"And we haven't gotten to the main course yet!" Anna moved closer, his his lips and then slid the chair open for him. "Take a seat and fill yourself, you're gonna need the energy." She winked.
The food was delicious, and they both ate briskly, eager to move on to the next part of the night. When Tom was done, he leaned back in his chair and let out a stuffed sigh as he feld his now bulging belly pleasantly stretched with food. The champagne had gotten him tipsy, and Anna was being cheerful and chatty as usual, so far it was already a wonderful night. But Anna still had a lot more in store. After a few seconds, the doe stood up and grabbed his hand with a shill smile.
"Are you ready for the next meal?" She asked, slightly biting her lip.
Tom giggled and nodded while she pulled him up and led him to the bedroom. Before he could ask about the new purple curtains or the plushie on the bed. Anna pushed him against the wall and began to passionately kiss him. Slowly at first their lips danced and mingled, sharing the hit of champagne and spices with each other. Anna started pushing harder against the wall, her kissing became more primal, feral almost, as her hands wandered down Tom's chest and caressed his crotch. He was already hard, very hard.
"Are you ready?" She purred, as she raised her hands and slid his shirt over his head.
"I'm always ready for you Annie." He continued, returning the action, and unclipping her bra, revealing her perfectly white breasts, also perked in excitement and her heart shaped tuft of fluff.
"But today's special, remember?" She continued, unbuttoning her jeans and sliding them down. Revealing a delicate pair of violet panties, with a barely visible stain between her creamy inner thighs.
"Oh?"
She pulled back ever so slightly. "Get undressed, I'll be right back."
Before he could say anything, she hopped back and disappeared through the door back to the kitchen. Trying to undo his jeans' button made him realize he was a bit tipsier than he had thought, but after a bit of fumbling he managed to bring them down, boxers and all, to reveal his bouncing manhood beginning to cover itself with crystalline wetness.
Anna returned almost immediately, with a glass of champagne in one hand and what seemed to be two small blue candies in the other. When she entered the room, his eyes met Tom's and slowly slid their way down his chest , his navel and onto his penis.
"Well... aren't you eager?" She bit her lip again.
"Are you going to roofie me or something?" He asked looking at the pills.
"No silly. Remember you said you'd like to be with a guy?"
"More like you made me say it..." He muttered. "But yeah."
"And remember how you said you already have me?"
"Yeah...?"
"Well, you're getting both tonight."
"What?"
"Or maybe I should say: 'Taking it' tonight?"
Tom's heart began racing. If those pills were what he thought they were... Without saying anything else, Anna put one of the pills in her mouth, took a sip of champagne and planted a deep kiss onto Tom's lips. He felt the warm liquid and the pill being slipped into his mouth.
"Oh." Tom said taking a step back. "Was I supposed to swallow it? Because..."
"Yep." Anna interrupted him. "And it's not the only thing you're supposed to swallow tonight." She winked and took the remaining pill while downing the other 90% of the champagne. She was probably a bit nervous too.
They stared at eachother for a few seconds, in silence.
"Erm... So... You sure they weren't roofies?"
Anna frowned and put her hands to her naked hips. But as she opened her mouth to complain, they both saw a brief spark of violet light shine between them. Then another one, to their side, that one was pink. And another one, and another one. Before they could make anything of what was happening the room was filled with pink and purple sparks that swirled around them like a swarm of shapeless fairies. Soon, dashes of a myriad of colors were swirling around! One of the streams of light shone brighter than the rest and it began circling Tom, but it was doing more than shining light on him. As the colorful stream touched his feet, Anna noticed that his fur perked and every so slightly changed in color, it became a lighter tone of cinnamon. His feet, also seemed to grow smaller, more delicate, similar to her own and as the lights continued to touch him, his body changed further and further. He had his eyes closed and a faint smile on his face as his fingers became longer and his arms thicker. His messy mane grew longer and his usually flat chest, slowly bulged as the colorful enchantment passed through it, his hips became wider, his butt more pronounced and when the lights converged on his manhood, it receded in bath of light, as if dissolved by the magic, until all that remained was a perfectly shaped slit between his legs, still wet as his penis had been before.
The spell immediately jumped to her, splashing against her chest like a swarm of butterflies. She felt a warm current spreading through her body. Her breasts receded and faded as her chest became wider, her hands rougher and arms wider. Her legs stretched and shaped themselves to be more bulky, her muscles better defined under the now somewhat darker coat. When the light converged on her crotch, she felt as current of pleasure surge through her body as her rose and white slit reshaped itself into a hard and long instrument. As the spell finished it's task and the light faded, Anna rose her eyes to find Tom, now in the delicate body of a girl, staring at her new manhood.
"Hey!" She called with eyes wide open and a huge smile. "My antlers are up here." She pointed at the thick ornaments that had sprouted from the top of her head, each as tall as her head and with four different branches on each side.
"Annie?" Tom asked, and immediately covered his mouth with both hands. His voice was sweet and melodic now.
Anna took two steps forward and brought her face down to the level of his now-shorter boyfriend. "Don't worry, it's only lasts until sunset." She said, ruffling his now antler-free head and mane. "So you're all mine until then." She said, her voice now gruff and stern. She liked her lips when he saw Tom smiling like a fool below his hands. She leaned closer to one of his perked ears. "And I'm going to fuck your brains out." Immediately Anna jumped back and flutter her no rather-heavy hooves on the ground. "Yeeeeey. I always wanted to say that."
Tom burst out in laughter and shyly began speaking. "I love you, crazy doe."
Anna leaned closer, sliding her hand down to Tom's crotch. "It is... Crazy DEER for tonight..." She purred, as one of her fingers circled Tom's entrance. He let out a moan, which Anna silenced with a deep kiss. Anna was savage, Tom had seen her like this before, whenever they tried something new Anna went beast-mode and ravished in sex like there was no tomorrow. But this time she seemed even more intent on draining every single drop of life from his body before the night was over.
The new sensations he was feeling, number his every thought. Anna liked playing with his nipples but having her fondle his breasts felt completely different. Every time her fingers brushed the tip of his nipples, a current of pleasure shot down his chest down his belly and up to the base of his skull. Anna moved away from him, putting a hand on the wall next to his face.
"Get on the bed and spread yourself for me." Ordered Anna trying her best to make her usually polite demeanor match her currently alpha-male body.
"Are you sure?" Replied Tom shyly.
"Yeah, like we always do." Anna pushed him slightly and slapped him below his bushy tail.
"Oh... But... That's how we always do it... Shouldn't I be on top then?"
She sided her head for a second. "Ahhh... Yeah... You right, it's kind of uncomfortable the other way around." She pounced on the bed and rolled to her back. "Come here baby."
Tom excitedly moved onto the bed, climbed on top of his partner, kissed her lips and then turned around to face her new dick. It gleamed under the candlelight and as he moved his face closer, the inebriating musky scent made his own crotch warmer in anticipation.
"Do it like I do it to you." Anna ordered.
"I know. I know... You don't have to tell me everything, yo..." Tom's complaining was cut short with a sharp moan, as anna drove her nuzzle to his outer labia.
Tom closed his fists on the sheets below him and lowered his head to the side of her penis. He was breathing heavily and another sharp moan escaped his lips when Anna touched what he could only guess was his clitoris. The mere warmth of her breath spreading through his thighs was enough to drive him insane with every pulse, but he mustered as much of his willpower as he could to bring himself back up over Anna's dick. It was bulging with a delicate pink color, and its skin had already mostly receded due to how hard she was.
Tom put his tongue out slowly and began to lick Anna's dick very delicately at first, only flicking his tongue. He then kissed it, several times, running form the base to the tip, while slowly using his hands and fingers to form a ring around her cock, brushing it up and down and spreading her wetness all over her shaft. He started to moan too, it was strange to hear her moan with such a gruff voice, but he couldn't help but feel even more turned on. He had to take short breaks to steel his arms, as every time Anna increased her speed her biceps turned to jelly, but he increased the pace just like her. When she bit him softly and made him screech, literally like a girl. He decided to take it all in. He opened his mouth and began to pump Anna's shaft as far as it would go. As he increased his speed, it was Anna who now had to take short breaks to arch her back and feet. He sucked and slurped; the salty and slimy flavor was very similar to her usual taste. He went faster and faster, until he could feel Anna's instrument gorging with blood and tingling with anticipation. He then stopped, swallowed and cleaned his mouth with the fur of his arm.
"Why did you stop baby?" Anna protested.
"Weren't you about to cum?"
"Well yes!" She rebutted. Even just when speaking, her warm breath made Tom giggle in pleasure.
"Well you can't cum yet! You're the DEER tonight, remember? Do you really want to take a break so soon?" He asked, looking down at the space between them, to see Anna open her eyes as the realization dawned on her.
"Well... You're right about something..." She continued, rolling to a side before standing up.
Tom scrambled to lay on the bed, turning around to face her. "About what?"
"I AM the deer tonight." She said with the smile of a lion. "So spread open and bite the pillow!"
"That's not how deer talk honey..."
Anna brought herself down over her prey. "Then I'll make sure you can't listen to anything anymore." She threatened, licking Tom behind his left ear.
That was his weak spot, and the transformation hadn't changed that. He let out a muffled moan as she kissed and sucked his ear, then his neck. She kissed his chest, and began sucking on her left nipple. She pulled and pushed with her lips, and used her right hand to fondle the other breast, massaging it and tending to it like fresh dough. She then climbed back to face him and passionately kissed him while she opened his legs and positioned her penis on his entrance.
Their tongues danced and mingled, to the rhythm of their love.
"Are you ready?" She asked softly while parting their lips, a thin strand of fluid dripping down as she did.
Tom noded.
"Could you... guide me in?" She asked shyly.
Tom moved one hand between them, took the chance to stroke Anna's penis once more, and directed it to the entrance to his core.
"Ready." He whispered.
"I love you." She answered.
"I love you too, my crazy deer."
The next few moments were washed white by a wave of shared pleasure. As Anna entered Tom, hi warmth wrapped and pulsed around her, while his shaft made his way shrouded with surges of pleasure at every step. She felt warm and seemed to fit perfectly inside him. When he was able to breathe again, he opened his eyes to find Anna looking over him like a hungry predator.
"Do you like it?" She purred.
He nodded. "Do you?"
She nodded. "Want me to move?"
She began pulling out without waiting for an answer. Tom closed his eyes and let himself sink into the waves of pleasure. She pushed in again, deeper this time. He moaned. She moaned. Again. Tom was pulling on the sheets below him. Anna started biting his neck. Again she pushed in. They locked into a passionate kiss and Anna started fondling his breasts, applying just the right pressure to enhance the already hypnotic state in which he was already knee-deep. As they moved in unison Anna started to subtly but steadily increase the speed of her trusting. She started breathing heavily. Tom let out short but rapid moans every time. He could feel her weight over her and her pubis hitting his every time. He moved his hands down to her butt. That was their secret code. It meant: "Come inside me."
At that moment she went into a frenzy. She bit his neck as she started to move even faster. Deeper. The bed started squeaking under their weight. HE could barely breathe. She couldn't stop moaning. Again and again she trusted, until neither could help back any longer. Together they exploded in a burst of pleasure and love. They screamed so loud that afterwards they would worry the neighbors may call the police. But during that brief flash of pleasure, there were alone and together. As the blinding pleasure subsided, they found themselves next to each other, panting, barely breathing. They ran a marathon together last year and even then they didn't find themselves so exhausted. When Anna opened her eyes, Tom's met hers immediately. Even if their bodies had changed, their eyes had remained the same. Those were the eyes of the deer that made her fall in love. He smiled and kissed her forehead.
"Nothing beats having someone come inside, does it?" She asked while sitting and fanning herself with her hand.
"Except coming since the person you love." He corrected.
She smiled. "I'll go get us something to drink and eat while I regain my 'stamina' alright? You get ready for round two too."
"Wait what?"
She giggled. "I told you, you're mine until sunset. Plus, we haven't done your favorite position yet. Or mine." She winked.
He nodded and let out a sigh that came straight from a heart in love. She walked around the bed and leaned in to his his forehead. "Happy birthday, birthday doe."
He hugged her by surprise and softly kissed her lips. "Thank you my love. You're the best." He finished, letting her go.
When she was gone, Tom stood up, entered the bathroom, and took a few moments to play with his own breasts, while he refreshed himself for round number two. The second, of the many that night had in store for them. His stomach growled. Not before having some food first though...
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Splintered Light, Chapter 10.3, The Best Kept Secret by comidacomida | #58 of Splintered Light Things are heading up and the excitement is building in the third post of Chapter 10! It looks like there's more going on at this island than first assumed. Bosun Rolf Severna is our point of attention for this post and he goes from fore to aft of the Wave Rider in the scope | [
"Goat",
"Jackal",
"Lynx",
"Prong horn",
"Rottweiler",
"Sea",
"Ship",
"Steam Punk",
"Tiger",
"Violence",
"danger"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1146833-splintered-light-chapter-10-3-the-best-kept-secret | Splintered Light Chapter 10.3, The Best Kept Secret
Naval warfare was always a possibility when traveling outside sovereign waters. Pirates were an ever-present threat and the occasional gun-runner or privateer wasn't above looting a private ship if the opportunity arose. Rolf had considered himself lucky that it had been almost two months since the Wave Rider had last found itself fired upon. The moment the cannons from the tree line belched out their smoke, flame, and shot, the Prong Horn considered looking at the bright side: it would be the first time he had ever engaged in sea-to-land combat.
When the cannonballs flew past the ship he considered even more optimistically that his first time engaging in sea-to-land combat would be against unskilled cannoneers. Once enough crewmen tracked the trajectory of the shots the optimism came even easier and much less forced; the Wave Rider had not been the target. The moment Rolf saw the enormous black shape beneath the waves, however, the optimism faltered... just a little. "What in God's name...?"
The ship shook suddenly from a powerful impact and Rolf grabbed hold of the bulwark to steady himself. Ahead and to the side of him his brother and the ship's surgeon latched onto one another as both almost pitched over the railing. Several shouts arose from the aft of the ship; whatever was trailing the Wave Rider beneath the water had not only gained, but had rammed them. From his position on the starboard side of the ship Rolf leaned out and could spot the dark shape circling. A moment later the thunder of the cannons firing from the shore heralded the land-based defenders striking the water around whatever it was attacking the Wave Rider.
Behind him, on the port side, The Boar gave a shout. "Signaling flags, sir!"
Captain Jacksoni, who was beside the flagger acknowledged. "Make ready to signal back. What's the word from shore?"
The crewman's response was grave. "Drop anchor and abandon ship."
Rolf didn't have to look to the captain to know from the tone of his voice that the Tiger's fur was up. "They're offering quarter?!?"
"No, sir-- it's stated as a s-to-s situation warning."
A 'sailor-to-sailor' warning was generally paid between ships out of gentlemanly respect, but the situation seemed entirely out of context. Flying a plague flag to warn other ships of a communicable disease, or a s-to-s regarding a port city that was under embargo or blockade was one thing, but Rolf had never heard of a s-to-s that involved cannon fire and unidentified submerged hostiles ramming a ship. Apparently he wasn't the only one confused by the situation. Foreman Zuider went so far as to state his confusion. "Orders, Sir?"
Captain Jacksoni raised his voice. "Jak! leBlanc!"
The Rottweiler had half the ship's distance to travel while the Lynx only had a dozen steps; the two officers managed to arrive in unison as if it had been practiced and they each spoke up together. "Aye, Captain?"
The Tiger turned to regard them. "What can we bring to bear on our aggressor?"
The Man-at-Arms and Gunner looked at one another then turned back to the Captain. Mr. leBlanc spoke up first. "Other than small arms, Sir?"
The ship gave another shudder and Rolf's practiced ear heard the sound of timbers creaking; there was a difference between being 'worn' and being 'damaged'-- the Wave Rider couldn't take much more before something (or many somethings) would officially count as the latter. The Bosun would have liked to have suggested a fort mounted heavy artillery barrage but, considering they didn't have access to anything nearly so powerful he just hoped that someone would have something in mind heavier than the aft swivel gun; whatever was hitting them seemed to shake off impact with the hull easily enough so he doubted the gun would do anything more than anger it. "That wouldn't make a difference."
The Captain was apparently of a similar mind. "I want something heavier than the cannons the men ashore are using."
Mr. Jak scowled. "Sir... we aren't even at an angle use our own cannons. All we have facing the rear is the--"
Rolf interjected. "Something stronger than the swivel please."
Mr. leBlanc smirked. "The swivel is a good start, actually."
Captain Jacksoni latched onto that. "How is it a 'good start'?"
The Lynx pointed to the shape. "They're about to fire. Watch."
As if taking their orders from Mr. leBlanc himself the cannons on the shore belched forth their payload a moment later. The cannonballs whistled through the air and huge geysers of water erupted all around the shape; some of them were tinted red. Tobias, who was near enough to be paying attention to the officers speaking was the first to assess the situation. "They must be harming it-- there's blood."
The Foreman wasn't as optimistic in his assessment. "Not enough... they're only stunning it-- look: it's coming around already."
Realization struck Rolf the moment he saw a spark of inspiration in Karl's eyes as the Rottweiler gazed at the artillery barrel mounted toward the back of the Wave Rider. The Foreman and Gunner spoke in unison. "The artillery."
Captain Jacksoni shook his head. "It's almost on top of us... we need more water between us and we're too close to the shore to maneuver."
Mr. leBlanc elaborated. "We can use the engine. Ahead-full after the next round of cannon fire and then while that thing recovered from the volley we hit it again with the swivel gun. If we can get it to circle around one more time then we'll have time to launch a shell."
The Tiger glanced to the Gunner for confirmation. The Rottweiler folded his arms across his chest. "If anything could hurt it, the artillery could."
The Foreman scowled (as usual). "That means we're still going to take another hit. Captain, if that thing runs into us again then--"
Ash-Moon interrupted the Goat. "We could throw you overboard to distract it."
Willem growled, turning to face the Jackal; Rolf recognized the slight downward tilt of the Foreman's head that indicated an angry Goat. Captain Jacksoni, as usual, was good at playing peacekeeper and quickly stepped between the two of them. "If you have a better idea, Mr. Zuider, I would be pleased to hear it, but if you do not then I would dare say we have precious little time to consider alternatives."
Mr. Viktor shouted from above, finger pointed toward the rapidly approaching dark shape in the water. "It's coming about for another pass!"
The Foreman and Captain locked eyes for a span of two or three seconds and eventually the Goat looked away. Captain Jacksoni glanced at the Man-at-Arms and Gunner. "Do what you can. Make it happen."
Mr. leBlanc needed no further direction. He began moving toward the back of the ship even as he spoke to Mr. Jak. "I want Vopello on the swivel-- get your team together and prep the artillery, Karl."
The Rottweiler nodded. "It will be ready."
The Lynx stopped by the voice tube that led to the engine room as the Dog passed him by. Mr. leBlanc lowered his head so he could speak into it. "Chief-- turn to; we need the engine ahead full at the Captain's direction. Make ready."
The Dragon responded in mere seconds. "Aye sir! Ready on his order."
Rather than waiting around for something to happen, Rolf decided to be proactive; it was, in fact, his go-to mindset that got him the position of Bosun in the first place. The Prong Horn dashed after Jacques, shouting out at several sailors who were standing numbly on deck staring at the dark shadow approaching them beneath the waves. "Wheeler-- Smith-- Brown; down below and shore up the hull!"
All three gave a decisive "Aye" and headed for the stairs.
He called after them. "Watch for leaks!"
Salvatore Vopello calmly passed by, handing a small green scallion-like vegetable to him. "Here you are, Bosun... just for you."
Rolf stared down at it. "What is--"
He realized the answer even as the Fox walked by, flicking his tail in mirth. "You said be on the look out for 'leeks'."
How Salvatore could have had it so close by to pull off the horrible word play was beyond the Prong Horn, exceeding all but the Fox's ability to remain so unaffected by the goings on around him. Rolf snorted. "Mr. leBlanc wants you on the swivel gun, Vopello!"
Another shudder from the ship meant that the Fox's reply was lost to his ears. Somewhere down below decks the crewmen tending to the hull shouted warnings to one another, and Rolf could have sworn he heard the sound of water spraying through wood. It wasn't a good situation but he had to trust in his men to make it right. Somewhere toward the front of the ship he heard the Captain shout down to the engine room for full power, and the ship lurched forward as it moved faster than mere oars could manage.
Other crewmen began racing around the deck, some going to tie off loose lines and others working to support the Gunner and his team. Salvatore, however, remained calm, moving at a measured pace down the length of the ship. He spun to the left, then the right, carefully figuratively and literally dancing his way around the sailors who weren't looking out for him. The Lynx was already at the rear of the ship, but his cry of alarm was loud enough to reach Rolf's ears. "It's closing again fast!"
From behind him, the Bosun heard his brother shout. "CANNONS FIRING!"
Spinning one way then the other, Rolf looked to the shore, then to the geysers of water and blood rising from the sea, then to the swivel gun... which Mr. Vopello had just reached. Mr. leBlanc turned to the Fox. "When that beast comes round I want you to fire."
Salvatore. "Of course, Sir."
As with before, the cannons did very little to slow the submerged shadow and it wasn't long before it got its bearing and was once again closing. Rolf ran to assist Karl and his team, who were still trying to raise the artillery barrel to a nearly vertical angle, rotating it just a little to make up for the breeze. He arrived in time to help with the angle, and to hear Mr. LeBlanc shout "NOW!"
Rolf turned to look at the Fox, who had just taken a bead on the beast. In a surreal momentary lapse of judgment, the vulpine crewman yanked the swivel gun to the side and fired too far to the right to hit the shadow. In a seemingly impossible stroke of good fortune, their pursuer made a sudden course correction as if actively attempting to avoid being shot-- and angled right into the shell as it struck the sea... and what swam beneath. A spray of water and ichor flung into the air and the enormous beast rose to the surface, stunned. Everyone watching gasped.
Most experienced sailors worth the salt that stained them had seen a whale but what Rolf stared at defied all knowledge he'd previously held. The creature was assuredly a whale of some type, but its body was marked with countless scars and several fresh wounds. Beyond that, however, was the armor-- huge metal plates that looked to be riveted into the thing's flesh in a way that almost made the Prong Horn think of the metal steam ships put into service recently by the University. "What in the name of the divine?!?"
Karl's roared orders broke through Rolf's locked-up brain. "Up! Up!"
The Prong Horn spun back to look at the Gunner, who was apparently unable to get the angle he wanted out of the artillery. The men assisting him were working to remove the enormous barrel from where it had been sunk into the deck. Rolf quickly moved to help and between them they managed to pull the cannon from its cradle. "Mr. Jak, if we--"
The Rottweiler wasn't interested in input and despite Rolf technically being a superior officer, had no trouble overriding him in a time of war. "Brace it against the bulwark!"
Mr. Meyer and Mr. Schmidt, who were at the front of the barrel did so and it was all Rolf could do to keep up with Karl, who supported the majority of the artillery's weight beside the Prong Horn. The Buck and Wolf lowered the end of the barrel onto the wood, which creaked beneath the weight of the weapon. The Rottweiler gave the enormous cannon a heave and only then did the Bosun realize that the Gunner meant to direct fire the weapon at the trailing creature. "Karl, you--"
Several ropes dropped down from the rigging and Viktor shouted down at them. "Tie it off!"
With Karl supporting the weight of the weapon and his two aides responding to his demands for aiming, that left only Rolf to do the line work. He quickly wrapped the ropes around the back end of the weapon, far more worried about the kickback than the weight; Karl seemed to be doing a fine job of supporting the artillery but he had no doubt that the muscular Dog would become so much mincemeat if there wasn't something there to absorb the shock of it firing. Just as he was putting an end to the bracing net he saw Karl do something particularly stupid: the Rottweiler lit the fuse.
The Bosun threw his shoulder against the back end of the cannon, supporting it alongside the Gunner. "ARTILLERY HOT!"
Gritting his teeth, Rolf waited to find out if he'd survive and, if he did, how many bones he'd break. A resounding 'thud' impacted the barrel beside him and a scaly wall of support in the form of Brother Zoari came to their aid. A moment later everything lost focus and his brain failed to make sense of the world around him thanks to the most powerful impact he'd felt in his life sending Rolf's conscious mind for a ride.
He realized he must have blacked out for a few seconds because there was a strange gap in the timeline between when he was braced against the artillery cannon and when he was being helped up off the deck. His right shoulder and left wrist hurt horribly, but he willingly set aside his pain as he looked out toward where the shadow beneath the water had been; there was only a red pool slowly dissipating. A few moments later crimson rain began to descend on the ship, and everyone aboard raised up a cheer. Rolf only sighed; it wasn't yet noon and it already felt like it should have been night. He passed out a moment later. |
Moving On by Jeeves | For the living, death is a sad thing. But for the dead, it can mean reunions that bring them great joy. - This story was written for Riddle as part of my "Between the worlds" themed Patreon Request Day. \<3 It contains sexual acts between consenting adults, and intimate spookiness. :3 **Moving On** | [
"Death",
"F/F",
"Fox",
"Gay Relationships",
"Ghost",
"Lesbian",
"Love",
"Panda",
"Romance",
"Sex"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1149339-moving-on | This story was written for Riddle as part of my "Between the worlds" themed Patreon Request Day. \<3 It contains sexual acts between consenting adults, and intimate spookiness. :3
**Moving On**
One last breath.
One last beat.
Then, silence. Peace.
Jane was dead, and yet... she remained.
The panda stood up, no aching muscles or weary bones to hold her back as she rose from the intangible and invisible ground beneath her bare feet. She pulled herself upright, no arch to her back, no slump to her shoulders. She was still an old woman by all accounts, ninety and change, but she felt like a teenager again in fitness. Her body may have been plump and yet sagged in its flesh, but inside it felt vital and strong.
"You look just as beautiful now as you did the last time we saw each other."
A voice addressed Jane, and though this form in which she now found herself was incapable of shedding tears, she felt like welling up. She span upon the spot with a strangled sob, and threw herself headlong into the arms of the younger vixen suddenly standing before her.
They clung to one another, weeping, embracing, revelling in the contact of their shining, ethereal bodies, until at last the most potent aspects of their grief, their joy, and their relief had been spent. Only then did they draw back, hands still clutching at the other woman's own, and peered, sniffling and whimpering with elation at the woman they loved.
"Victoria. I... I always knew..."
It sounded dumb even as the panda said it, and the vixen's smirk showed that she agreed.
"No you didn't. Nor did I, not until I found myself here, anyway. But... we really are soulmates, Janey. I waited. I watched. I was patient, a-and now... now I don't want to be patient any more. I don't have to be."
The female fox flung herself forward once again, and this time she didn't just embrace the other woman. She kissed her. Their lips met, and as hands began to roam through glowing hair, then up and down the trembling length of their ethereally shining forms... the years fell away from the panda, winding back the clock to how she had looked, and how she had felt, on those last few times she had been able to hold, kiss, and make love to the woman she adored. Flashes of memory united them, and though their figures did not grope or reach for one another in any overtly sexual manner, fevered moans broke through their lips between smooches as they recalled life back then.
The seventies hadn't been the easiest time to be gay, but they'd lived in relative peace. Their neighbours hadn't said anything about the two women in their forties living together in a one bedroom apartment, and they in turn hadn't said anything about the smell of pot that frequently drifted up into their home as they shook the walls of their room with unabashed lesbian love-making. How many times in those years had they screamed in orgasm to See My Baby Jive? How often had they slipped fingers between trembling, welcomingly open legs to ABBA or Bowie ringing out from their bedside radio? Hell, chances were they'd eaten each other out with Kung Fu Fighting as the soundtrack on more than one occasion, and they'd loved it. All because they'd loved each other so very, *very* much.
The spirits whimpered and pressed themselves closer, tighter together as their glowing forms began to shift again, and now both of them found themselves younger, skinnier, back to the fifties ideals of beauty that they had so idolised in the first few years of what then had been a deeply taboo and secretive relationship. There was no hiding how they felt now though. The spirits moaned and whimpered as they looked down at their youthful and perky bodies, barely into their twenties. Back then the wallpaper of what would one day have been their shared home was new and crisp. The rooms were bare and uncluttered by decades of accumulated possessions, and it was with promises to their boyfriends that they were just going to be spending a girls night in, talking about fashion and the latest Marilyn Monroe news that they had locked themselves away in Jane's apartment, giggling and blushing as they embarked upon what had at the time been disguised as little more than a fling... certainly not a romance. Certainly not love, no matter how it made their hearts race just to *look* at the other woman.
That had been the very beginning of their lives together. The start of almost seventy years of unceasing love to bring them to where they were now. Although... for Jane, whimpering and clinging to the glowing figure of her soulmate, it had been a much longer and more winding rode.
Their bodies aged once more as they stopped kissing, but remained locked in a tender embrace. Their eyes met, and Victoria nuzzled and licked reassuringly at the panda's face while Jane shook her head and whimpered in sorrow.
When Victoria had died... when the cancer that had crept into her bosom and spread throughout her sweet and kind body had claimed her, and stolen her away, Jane had wished she could have joined her. But, she hadn't. She couldn't. And thus... she'd lived on.
Other women had come and gone. Into her home. Her bed. *Their* bed. And now... knowing that Victoria had always been there, Jane shook with the sheer force of her own shame.
"I'm sorry. I... I'm so sorry..."
Time was strange here. It existed, and yet so obviously didn't. Some silences, some of their embraces seemed to stretch out for millennia, while other moments the two women wished they could have clung to passed by in the blink of an eye. Never had a longer moment passed however, then the amount of time it took for Victoria to respond to Jane's breathless, shameful apology for the life she had led following her soulmate's death. The hearts she had let into her own. The new memories she had forged, and the new promises she had made.
"Don't be sorry. It's okay. It's all okay. Jane... I... I've been here for decades. I've watched. I've seen everything. Your best and your worst, in ways I never could have when I was alive. But that's okay. I don't care that you fucked other women. Hell, I'm glad you did. You moved on. But... you never forgot me. You let others into your heart, I know. But you never let anyone try to replace me, and you sure as hell never tried to find a replacement yourself."
Stepping back, pulling away from the panda's embrace for the first time, Victoria gestured to the glowing emptiness all around them.
"If there's one thing that this place is good for... it's clarity. Here, you have the time to look back. To remember. To study yourself and the life you led. Not so you can cling to it... but so you can understand it, recognise why you did what you did, good or bad, and either way... so you can make your peace with it, and move on."
The vixen smiled as Jane shivered at those last two words, and glanced around them. She nodded.
"Yeah. This isn't... it isn't *it*. It's more like the waiting room."
Jane looked at Victoria in wonder, then at their infinite surroundings once more.
"What's it like, Vicky?"
Her eyes widened as she saw the fox smirk, then shrug.
"Not a clue. I've... I've never been. I wasn't sure if you could come back or not, and... I wanted to wait. For you. For this. But now? Once you've taken the time you need here... once you've figured things out, and made peace with the life you led? We can move on. We can move on to whatever lies beyond... together."
Jane whimpered softly.
"What if I'm ready now? W-what if... if I just want to move on, to go with you right now? You've already waited so long, Vicky. If what's on the other side is heaven? Paradise? I... I don't want to keep you from that. I can't. We should just go, *now*."
Again the vixen chuckled and shook her head. She stepped forward once more, and with a cry of relief the panda sprang back into her arms, the larger woman lifting Victoria clean off the ground with the force of her embrace.
"That's not how it works. You go when you're ready. When you're at peace. Not when you *want* to. If you've got lingering doubts or questions after all... it wouldn't really be paradise now, would it?"
She heard Jane whimpering again, and gently stroked both cheeks of her lover's beautiful face with her delicate fingers.
"But... don't worry. Until then? I'll be here. To help guide you. To help answer those questions, and figure out how to move past those doubts."
Still the panda was shivering with nervousness, and whimpering under her breath. But that was understandable. It had taken years for Victoria, albeit alone, to come to terms with her own death and begin to work on figuring out her life both before and beyond it. To expect Jane to do so in the first few hours, speaking purely in mortal terms of course, was ridiculous.
And yet...
"You'll be here. God. Just hearing that... knowing it's true..."
Jane kissed Victoria lightly upon her glowing muzzle, then again, deeper. The two women moaned softly, and once again a flash of memory changed the empty, eternal space around them back to their seventies apartment. To their bedroom full of knick-knacks and disco, and their bodies writhing, moaning, screaming as they pleasured one another night after long, wild night.
"...k-kinda already sounds like paradise to me."
By Jeeves
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Scenario: Spoiled Pet by InkblotFox | Just a bit of self indulgent smut in my end. No names for the characters yet, might name them if using use them more. After a day out spoiling his pet rotten, she can't wait to show just how pleased she is. - The lights pass by outside the windows of the car like so many shooting stars. He watches | [
"Creampie",
"Exhibitionism",
"Master/Pet",
"Public",
"Straight",
"Teasing",
"Vaginal"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1151261-scenario-spoiled-pet | The lights pass by outside the windows of the car like so many shooting stars. He watches the window half-awake, but she's far more interested in watching him instead. Leaned against him on the padded bench, she's still glowing with an almost-satisfied pleasure, glowing from a day full of spoiling her rotten. The evidence of their adventures sits on his other side, shopping bags full of cute clothes and novelty toys and wonderful sweets, her belly still full from a wonderful dinner. He's saved up all month to do this for her, taking her all over the city on the lightrail, stopping all the time to snap pictures of her or of them together. Normally, she wasn't one for sentiment, but it gave her the nicest flutter in her chest to see their picture set as his phone's lock screen, smiling back at them whenever he checked the device.
The car is empty except for them. Other passengers are in other cars, but not many, not this late in the evening. The last run of the night, their house still a fair ride away yet, the murmur of some soft music from the 90's playing forgotten over the speakers the only thing breaking the silence. Her hand gently runs up and down his chest, enjoying the moment, enjoying the warm weight of his arm holding her close and the scent of him clinging to his soft jacket, taking in the whole of the moment to keep in her memory. Surely it can't last forever, the secret too good to keep, the affair to fun to last. But that doesn't matter. They have this moment, this end to a day she enjoyed far more than she thought she might. Her hand drifts lower as a naughtier thought drifts through her mind, something to help make the night all the more unforgettable. There's no one around, after all. Surely it won't hurt.
His breath hitches as her hand moves more pointedly under his coat, under his shirt to press her cold hand to his belly. She loves how warm he is, loves to lay against him and borrow his natural heat, loves to be kept warm in his arms during those chilly mountain nights. She wants to make him warmer, wants to get his blood racing. Judging from the way his embrace tightens around her as she plays with his belt buckle, he's not opposed to the idea in the least. It takes a little effort, her fingers far less nimble in the cold, but she smirks as the buckle comes undone, the button of his pants comparatively short work.
He's wordless as she unzips his black cargo pants, his pockets long since plundered by her greedy hands for their secrets, her eager touch looking for one more treat before the night ends. His hands do all the talking for him, adjusting his position against her as he slips his own fingers under the back of her sweat pants. His fingertips are cold as they caress the generous swell of her ass, though his palm is so nice and warm as he gropes her, a contrast that makes her shiver as he traces the edges of her panties. She's quick to regain the upper hand, pressing her hand into his crotch to find him already half-hard for her. No surprise, she's been generous with her teasing all day, pressing dangerously close in crowds and leaving him lingering kisses whenever no one's looking. Twice she's given him an 'accidental' peek at the soft skin under her hoodie, the tanktop underneath doing a poor job of hiding her plush figure before she zips the coat up once more. Even so, it's gratifying to see just how effective she's been, always happy to be the best kind of pain in the ass.
"You are such a naughty pet," he murmurs as he leans in to steal a kiss, making her giggle.
"Only because you let me," she answers, tightening her grip around him. He gives a stifled moan as she starts to stroke him through his boxers, her lips at his neck now leaving lingering kisses along the sensitive skin. He was quick to respond, reaching his hand to cup her neck, pulling her close as she dragged her teeth over his skin and left loving marks in her wake. That hand trailed down her chest, cupping her heavy breast through her coat, thumb teasing out just where her nipple was so he could tug on it and watch her squirm. Lower still he drifted, shamelessly pressing down under the waistband of her sweats, coaxing her to turn into him to hide their actions while he teased her through the absolutely soaked fabric of her panties.
"Mmph, you have no idea how hard it's been," she coos into his ear, smiling at the way his cheeks flush. "Walking around so wet and spent up. It was so warm at first, so nice... but you know what the cold air does... leaves me with a chilly slap at every step, taunting me about my bad behavior... making me hot all over again..." Her words are cut off with a low moan as his fingers push that ruined fabric aside, exploring her soaked mound directly with eager fingers. She can't help it, she needs to be closer, needs to feel him. A quick glance to make sure they're still alone is all she can spare before she straddles him, her hips burning from the stretch, her body burning from the need. Spread like this, he has much easier access to her, though his actions are hindered as she redoubles her efforts to please him in turn.
"You sure do love tempting fate," he breathes as she pushes his boxers aside, exposing him to the chilly evening air as she teases her fingers up his length. She only gives a mischievous smile as she wraps her hand more fully around him, milking dewy beads of pre from his tip and working the mess into his skin. He responds in kind, making her back arch as his fingers press against her clean-shaven mound, teasing his way down to rub her clit. His other hand quickly moves to her neck, pulling her into another kiss, hungry for as much contact as he can get with her. Mentally, she preens with pride, pleased beyond words to have made her master so very desperate for her. He's leaking badly now, every pump of his cock making a delightfully wet sound as he coats her hand in pre. He's just slipped his fingers into her soaked mound when the intercom chimes, the lightrail slowing down as it approaches its next stop. She hardly has time to crawl out of his lap before the doors hiss open, her lover just barely zipping up his pants before a trio of sleepy college students file into their car, settling a few benches away and falling into listless discussion. Feeling cheeky, she makes a point to lick first her own hand clean, and then his, savoring both flavors in a way that only prolongs the tent in his pants.
The rest of the ride is much more agonizing, her position leaning against him giving her much more freedom to play subtle touches over his chest and thighs, leaving him at her mercy while their fellow passengers sit oblivious to their antics. Their stop is next, not fifteen minutes now, and yet it must be the longest fifteen minutes either of them have endured.
When at last the lightrail comes to a halt, the students down the car are startled by the speed they leave at, all scrambling to grab their bags and practically sprinting out the door. Were it not for their purchases, she's sure he'd have carried her away himself. His apartment isn't far now, just down the block, and they're unabashedly filling the quiet night with laughter and excited hushed chatter as they rush their way there. He's fumbling with his keys when she pushes him against the door, dragging him into a kiss, short of breath and patience. He leaves the key stuck in the lock as he drags her against him, pressing back against her as they grind together, all heat and need and passion, one hand moving to unzip her hoodie to caress the skin beneath. They kiss under the flickering light of street lamps until the chill truly sets in, motivating her to reach behind him and open the door. They fall into the hall with a heavy thud, his breath leaving him just a moment as she flops down on top of him, giggling and nuzzling into his neck as she kicks the door shut behind them.
"I need you, now. Please, master." Her voice is husky, desperate, too much to resist. How can he deny his beloved pet? His hands are quick to push her coat away, hands moving to her waist to push her sweats off while she fumbles with his belt once again. Desperation has made them clumsy, frantic, impatient - she blushes furiously as she hears his boxers rip in the dark. Her apology dies in her throat as he returns the favor, tossing the soaked fabric aside as she kicks her way out of her sweatpants, replaced with another giggle as she straddles him once more. Now unhindered, she grinds her dripping cunt against his throbbing shaft, hands braced on either side of him as she teases them both as much as they can stand. His hands find her hips, steadying her, forcing her to hold still long enough to line himself up with her waiting entrance. Her breath hitches as his head pushes in, her walls tightening instinctively as she allows herself to sink down on him.
There's no chance of taking their time, not after all the build up. Among the scattered bags and clothes, she rides him rough and fast, the wet slap of their bodies meeting echoing in a sweet cacophony among their moans. Her name sounds so sweet on his lips, mingled with swears and pleading for more, his grip so wonderfully tight on her hips as he tries to brace himself against the storm.
"Fu-fuck... master, I need it..." Her voice is trembling, and the way she spasms around him it's hard to tell if she's already cum or if she's still trying to hold it back. "Hnng... Don't make me wait..." Her arms give in and she collapses down against him, hands clinging to his coat as she leans in to trail hungry kisses and bites under his chin. She knows he can't hold it back, doesn't want him to. She's waited far more than long enough for him to fill her, knows he won't deny his spoiled pet her treat.
"Go... hahhhh, fuck!" She moans with him as she feels that first hot rope of spunk burst from his tip, her grip tightening on his coat as her body tightens like a vise around him. Her eyes screw shut, her breathing ragged as she focuses on the sensation, milking him demandingly for every drop he'll give, still riding him with as much energy as she can muster. His nails dig into her hips as they moan out their obscene duet, her voice muffled in his skin, sending such pleasant vibrations through him.
It's over far too soon for her liking, leaving them lying together there on the thin carpet, breathing hard and trembling with the aftershocks, flushed and sweaty with the afterglow. Neither of them move for a while - how long is hard to say, there in the dark - savoring each other's presence. But of course, they can't lay there forever. There's a buzz from the pocket of her discarded coat - her phone is ringing, and she can guess who's calling. She takes a moment to compose herself, settling more comfortably atop her lover and doing her best to hold his half-hard shaft inside of her as she answers her boyfriend's call.
"H-hello? Yeah, I'm alright.... Sorry, I meant to call you earlier, we were out longer than expected..." As she talks, she looks down at him, her smirk just barely illuminated by the faint glow of the phone screen. "Yeah, he's cool with me crashing here for tonight... Don't worry, I'll be on the first lightrail in the morning..." He has to stifle a groan as she tightens around him, faking a yawn for the sake of the call. "...I'm heading to bed, hon. I'm so tired, and that guest bed is looking really good right now... I love you too... Sweet dreams\~..." A beep ends the call, and she starts to rise. He's almost disappointed to see her move away from him, eyes following her silhouette as she moves slowly down the hall, her phone lighting the way forward. She looks back at him, and he can't see it but he knows she's wearing that same mischievous smile as she opens his bedroom door.
"Come on, master. Surely you're not finished with me yet?" He scrambles to find his feet as she moves to sprawl out on the bed. "Please don't keep your pet waiting..." |
Bohemian Blasphemy by TheMadmanwithaScarf | #6 of Journey of the Shadow Archive This is a parody off of the fantastic song Bohemian Rhapsody from the brilliant band Queen. - Is there a real knife? Is there just blasphemy? Caught with the tour guide. No escape to the lavatory. Open, my guys. Bring me some fries and scream. I'm just a door boy. | [
"Blasphemy",
"Bohemian"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1153109-bohemian-blasphemy | Is there a real knife?
Is there just blasphemy?
Caught with the tour guide.
No escape to the lavatory.
Open, my guys.
Bring me some fries and scream.
I'm just a door boy. I need my Timothy.
Because I'm slightly numb, slightly cold.
A little flight, not so old.
Anyway the wind blows, just as its not east, not east.
Buddy, don't kill my dog.
Put the gun across my bed.
Pull that trigger I'll be red.
Papa, rice has just been flung.
But now I've gone and thrown it all the way.
Mama, ooo.
Didn't care if I made Jeff die.
If I'm not back again sometime tomorrow,
Feed my fish, feed my fish, as if something really matters.
To date, that guy has come.
Sends quivers with some wine.
Hey, that's pretty fine.
Goodbye everybody, he's really beaux.
Gotta leave you all behind and see Bruce.
Mama, ooo. (Anyway the wind blows)
I don't want some rye
I sometimes wish I've never been home at all.
I see a little shivered rat of a bit
Scataboosh, scataboosh, will you do the tango.
Voltage is frightening, screaming, screaming bite me.
Hot potato, hot potato.
Hot potato, hot potato.
Hot potato, how about no - fantastico.
But, I'm just a door boy, somebody love me.
He's just a door boy from a poor family.
Spare him some change. He's desperately.
Slightly numb, slightly cold, will you do the tango?
Matilda! Whoa, will not let you tango - let me Tango.
Matilda! Whoa, will not let you tango - let me tango.
Matilda! Whoa, will not let you tango - let me tango.
Will not let you tango let me tango.
Never let you tango let me tango let me tango
Never let me tangooo
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Oh mama Mia, mama Mia, mama Mia let me tango.
That guy has a devil set out for me
For me
For me
So you can cut me and leave me to cry
So you think you can love me and expect me to die
Oh, honey, you can't do this to me, honey.
Just gotta let me out gotta get right outta here.
Heck yeah, heck yeah!
Something really matters
Anyone can see
Something really matters, something really matters to me.
Anyway the wind blows. |
Not One Day by Kulkum Al Stavich | #7 of The Savage Dark Continues from The Broken Mask (https://www.sofurry.com/view/1050137) Dark things await with lots of fluffy romance, sexy content and funny moments as we go. Check out the fan art gifted to me by TheWyvernsWeaver. | [
"Bunny",
"Canine",
"Drama",
"Emotion",
"Fanfiction",
"Feral",
"Fox",
"Humor",
"Judy Hopps",
"Knot",
"Love",
"Nick Wilde",
"Romance",
"Semi-Savage",
"Teasing",
"Vaginal",
"WildeHopps",
"Zootopia",
"erotica"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1149253-not-one-day | Judy watched him as he stepped away from her, watched him as he adjusted his shirt over his shoulders and started to button it without comment. Somehow, it didn't surprise her, even if it caused an ache in her chest to see it. Now that the other bunny - who was apparently named Jack Savage - was gone and the irritation of his presence in her apartment was starting to fade, worry started to work its way to the surface. And she watched him with that worry in her eyes, listening to him talk as if nothing they had learned in the last few minutes even mattered.
"He *is* an agent of some kind," he was explaining as deft paws slipped the last button just below the collar line into place. "Working the streets, you hear all kinds of rumors. Or at least I did. Roaming the bars, the seedy places that a fox can go into without getting a second glance or a dirty look from a bartender who'd end up ignoring them. While everyone else was sticking to their own business, I listened. Learned who to go to for what, who to avoid, where there might be prime targets for a hustle."
The worry didn't fade, but it blended with a feeling of curiosity and sympathy as she stood next to the bed and let him talk without interruption. They had talked about his past as a hustler, many times, but he almost always kept the stories light hearted and humorous. Unless she had questioned him about specific subjects, subjects that he was sometimes reluctant to talk about. But he always told her anyway, always shared those little pieces of who he had been before they had met.
"Well, there were rumors for years about a bunny with black stripes. They were pretty funny at first," he chuckled, though she couldn't bring herself to smile as she watched him stand in front of the mirror to start looping his tie. He was avoiding looking at her. "'Hey, did you hear about that rabbit so and so had trouble with? Can you believe it? Stupid lion.' Or 'Marty found a bunny down by the warehouse. Nah, just some drunk bunny with stripes. They let him go. It was pretty funny.' Then the lion disappeared, and the warehouse was raided by the ZBI a few days later. The whispers stopped being jokes. Goons - you know, muscle for the big cheeses in the underworld - whispered about some rabbit screwing up big scores, or people vanishing after an encounter with him. Jack. Or Savage, which always struck me as funny. You know, bunnies being savage. Who comes up with this stuff?"
"So you think he's dangerous?" she asked, and decided to discard the blanket, tugging the makeshift tie free and letting it slide to the floor as she made her way towards him. Discarding the blanket had the desired effect: she saw his gaze move to her and his hands pause on the knot of his tie when it was halfway up his chest. Normally she might have enjoyed that reaction, but the fact that he looked on the edge of panic for a moment after his eyes scanned her rumpled fur and compact form was anything but a good feeling.
"Maybe? I don't know. It's not like I have a full record of his doings. Just a name, a few bits here and there. Stripes. Bunny. Uh." She saw him swallow when she stepped closer to him, reaching up to place her hand on his chest. And because he was standing next to the mirror, it was an easy matter to shove him back a step until his back pressed into the door. That was becoming a habit tonight. "Carrots, this whole you being naked and sexy and a little scary isn't exactly productive in a 'I should leave' kind of way."
"Why are you leaving?" she asked, her tone bland, her eyes trying to meet the green ones that were obviously trying to avoid looking at her as he rolled his head back with an exasperated sigh. She didn't move, just kept her paw on his chest. "I don't want you to leave."
"You know why I'm leaving, Fluff," he said, sounding defeated as he turned his eyes to hers and held them sullenly. "You know why I *need* to leave."
"What happened to fighting to keep me?" she demanded, her temper rising right alongside her determination. She was *not* going to let this take him from her, even if she had to play dirty. "Suddenly a little stress enters our relationship, and you decide to run off and hide? Is that what you call tooth and claw?"
"This is not a little stress," he replied, and she could tell that he was trying to hold his temper. Not an easy thing, according to what Lapin had just explained to them. "This is reports saying 'Savage fox eats girlfriend, news at 11!' And I am not running away, I am putting a little distance until we know more about what's going on."
"No, you're right," she said, and stalked past him to open the door herself. She stood to the side and waved a paw towards the exit. She waved her arms in the air, and grunting as frustration and hurt gave her that little irrational push, she gripped the front of his uniform and tried to drag him out. "Go on then! Get out! Because that's exactly what I need right now. For my partner to end up running savage through the streets because he's a dumb fox; one who's obviously too dense to understand anything said in the last half hour. You want to talk about stress? That's stress!"
When he didn't move, she glared at him, amethyst eyes glittering with sparks of anger as she slammed the door again. She could see the hurt in his, the fear, the uncertainty. But she knew she couldn't let up, and wouldn't let up. She wouldn't let this cost them. Not even...
"Judy, I could..." he began, but stopped when she slapped her paw into his chest to shove him back into the apartment.
"You could what? Hurt me?"
"Yes!"
"Then do it!" she snapped, her ears dropping as she stepped closer to him, making his ears do the same. She wasn't exactly imposing, standing naked in front of the much larger predator, but she was also stronger than she looked. When she stood toe to toe with him, she placed both hands on his chest to shove him, causing him to stumble back a step. She advanced on him, and punched him in the shoulder hard enough to draw a growl from him. "Take your big, dangerous claws out and attack me. Or use those vicious predator teeth to take a bite! I'm just a helpless little bunny, after all. A savage wouldn't care; a savage wouldn't stop himself. So do it! Maul me! Make me bleed! \_Hurt\_me, Nick!"
"I can't!" he snarled, making her heart slam hard against her chest in a way that had nothing to do with fear as she found herself looking into the eyes of the savage again. Those savage eyes, that should have been right on the brink of insanity, that just looked miserable when he dropped himself into the edge of the bed and lowered his face into his paws.
Silent steps carried her to him, and he didn't resist when she gently drew his paws away so she could meet his eyes. "I know."
"Damn it, Judy," he growled, and she didn't resist him when he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close to him. She felt the heat of his breath against her shoulder as he buried his muzzle there; the slow and deep breaths causing a shiver to race through her as she buried her face into the blue of his uniform. "Why can't you be reasonable?"
A little laugh, slightly manic in her own ears, escaped her when she gripped the front of his uniform with both paws and clung to him, feeling as if she was trying to keep him from pulling away. Tilting her head to the side, she nestled her muzzle nest to his and nudged it lightly until he raised it and those strange eyes a bit to look at her. Taking advantage of being the shorter of them, she ducked her head and before he could speak fit her mouth to his. And she kept it there, waited one beat and then two, until he responded to the kiss by closing his eyes and softening. She moved her lips over his softly, easily, and lovingly at first before she tempted him with a small and contended sigh against the side of his muzzle. Then she urged it deeper, until she felt his mouth part and his tongue glide over hers, filling her senses with the taste and smell of him until she felt that warm tingle start to grow in her belly and between her thighs again. Still, she kept it slow until she broke the kiss and looked up at him. Her gaze almost shy now, seeing bare and wild desire fighting with his attempts to control himself.
"Look at us," she said, her voice a whisper against his mouth before she eased into another slow kiss. She had been seduced by him, loved by him, and shown his desire for her at every turn. And now as she relaxed her grip on his shirt and moved her hands down to slowly tug the knot of his tie free, she was going to show him hers. "You're a fox and I'm a bunny, Nick. The very idea of what we are, and how much I love you is not reasonable."
She saw his eyes move over her face as she spoke; hunger and longing, warmth and love, curiosity and fear all intermingled in the way he watched her as she slowly drew the tie from his collar. When she moved her fingers to the buttons of his shirt, he moved one of his paws between them as if to stop her. Closing her fingers over it lightly, she drew it to her face to nuzzle and kiss the pad lightly, feeling the shiver race through him as she directed it to rest on her hip rather than impeding her as she returned her attention to his buttons.
"This is different, Carrots," he said softly, though he showed no inclination to pull away from her now. His nose twitched, his muzzle parted slightly to show the tips of his canines. She could hear the little growl in his voice, and despite his confusion and his fear, she recognized the sound of one of desire. "We don't know what will happen if I go fully savage. I could hurt you."
"No. No, we don't," she replied. She continued to watch her fingers pop the buttons free, breathing in the scent of his fur with every rise of her chest and savoring the warmth of the paw pads that now slid up the curve of her waist. "But I know what won't happen. And there is nothing that will convince me otherwise. And I know it's not reasonable. I know it's not smart. And I really don't care if it is. I love you, and I don't *want* it to be reasonable.
"I want it to be crazy," she murmured when his shirt fell open and she was able to learn close to nip at his chest. She smiled a bit when she felt him jump, heard him groan. She reached for his belt and nuzzled her way up against his throat as she worked to unbuckle it. "Because I feel a little crazy when I'm with you, you know? Out of control. Mad with passion for a scruffy old fox."
It warmed her heart and eased her mind considerably when he released a breathless laugh. One of his paws came up to touch her ears, and she lowered them so he could slide a caress down the length of them. The touch was just as comforting, both from the easy excitement and shocks of pleasure it sent through her heat addled body and because he was touching her without hesitation. Once his pants were open, she gave him no time to think before she slipped her paws down his hips to slide them down. The warm glow of desire grew hotter when fabric hit the ground, the quickening of her heart roaring through her ears when she turned her mouth to his again.
She slid over him, nudged him until his back hit the bed so she could straddle his hips. Everything she saw in those savage green eyes of his was a little more feral than normal. The hunger was a little more intense, the desire a little more eager, the urgency a little less restrained, and the love a little more possessive. The pleasure a little richer in his sigh when she slid her hips forward, and wet heat met hard flesh in a slow slide that made both of his paws grab onto her hips. She felt his claws extend, press through her fur until they touched her skin, and now more than ever wondered at the fact that they didn't break the skin. It sent a thrilling spark of pleasure through her rather than frightened her, and she rolled her hips against her in a slow grind to draw a throaty sound from him that hovered somewhere between a moan and a growl.
"So is this your plan then," he managed, his voice gravely. His paws tracked up her hips, and took a slow turn to slide upward through the fur of her stomach. She watched his eyes follow the trail of ruffled fur his fingers left, seeing the light in them when she shivered as he used the pads of his palms to smooth it back down again before starting the process over again over the smooth plain of her chest. She loved how big his paws were. They made her feel like he could touch her everywhere at once. "Take me to bed and seduce me until we know for sure that I won't lose control? Oh God, *Judy!*"
Not bothering to stifle her own moan when he growled out her name, she gave the first part of her answer by sliding her hips forward and then back suddenly, taking the already throbbing length into her without a spark of hesitation. The size and difference made her ache, made the last inch a difficulty, but the sigh that escaped her was blissful when she had taken all of him. Amethyst eyes met deep, predatory green when he looked up at her. When he looked ready to say something again, when his muzzle parted, she raised her hips and slid down again, letting the friction silence him. It was as adorable as it was sexy, the way his muzzle tightened as his eyes seemed to lose focus for just a second. She moved her paws to his, drawing them away from her body until they hovered between them so she could place her palms against the pads of his. She never felt as small as she did when she was with him like this. Small, fragile, and so completely safe.
"I already know you won't hurt me, Nick," she said and pressed into his paws for leverage, her hips rising again until just the tip remained inside her sex. She savored the pulse of his shaft as much as the pleasure it caused her when she rolled her hips on the way down, stopping in a slow grind that left him panting. "But I will seduce you until *you* believe it."
She was pushing him, and she knew it. She kept the pace of her hips just a little too slow, kept their paw joined between them to draw things out as long as possible. She never stopped moving, which made everything feel so amazingly good when he filled her, but always slowed when she withdrew and paused a little longer than was needed. He wanted to touch her. She could see it in the way his eyes moved over her body, the way his tongue licked at the tip of his muzzle when he looked between them to see where their bodies mated. But she kept his hands between them with hers, moved hers with his when he tried to reach around them until he stopped trying and just looked up at her almost pleadingly. Frustrated, longing, so hungry that she could almost feel the need rolling off him as he arched his hips to hers. It all made every inch of him throb eagerly, urgently until she could see the corners of his muzzle start to twitch, exposing the deadly teeth of a predator in his pointless struggle for self-control.
"You're going to have to take me, Nick," she whispered, her voice breathy and soft, causing his eyes to snap to hers. She could see the savage just under the surface, with Nick struggling for control. It wasn't smart. It wasn't reasonable. But she needed him to see it, needed him to know what she believed with every part of her being. Down deep into the heart that quickened when his fingers closed on hers and tightened enough to make pulling them away difficult, not that she intended to. Her breath hitched when his hips jerked upward as she lowered herself again, driving the full length into her aching sex quickly enough to cause her already flushed body to heat considerably.
"D-don't you remember what it was like in the rain forest? Half savage," she groaned and tightened her thighs on either side of his hips, feeling heat seeping into her as his eyes darkened, focused. "Half mad, just needing you to touch me. I know you held back, because I could taste you in the air around me. I wanted you inside of me so much."
"*Judy."*
There was almost no control left in the voice, and what control was there slipped behind the growl when she pumped her hips down to his firmly. The muffled whine that escaped him, a very rare, very canine sound made her ears burn and her fingers tighten under his as she held his gaze.
"I didn't want you to hold back then, and I don't want you to hold back now."
Maybe she was expecting it, even hoping for it, but the sudden movement was so sudden and quick that it made her vision swim for a moment. Breathless, she found herself on her back in the center if her bed, eyes wide as she looked up at the fox that now loomed over her. She felt very vulnerable, and the fact that he hadn't released her paws only added to the feeling when he dragged them above her head and pinned them there. His eyes were focused on her, wild burning emeralds, and she saw only the primal need in them now as he lowered his muzzle to her throat. It should have terrified her. She had no idea how far gone he was, or if he was even able to think. But that didn't stop her from tipping her head back, and arching her hips when she realized he wasn't inside her anymore.
"Nick, please," she groaned, in a voice that in no way asked him to stop, her legs wrapping around his hips fully. She felt the graze of sharp teeth through her fur, brushing her skin with a little more force than she was used to. Hard enough to leave a mark, make her skin heat as blood rushed in and rose to the surface, making her writhe in a crazy need that made her wonder which one of them was more savage with it.
She found soon that she didn't need to beg, because he was beyond teasing, and she felt it when he shifted his hips to match hers. The first hard thrust took her breath, forcing it from her in a quaking scream of pleasure that was muffled in the fur of his neck as she toppled over the edge of a climax she hadn't even known was that close. It was all she could do to keep her mind from slipping into oblivion, and what she managed to keep was overwhelmed by the bright flash of sensation that wracked her body centered around the fox inside of her. And he did exactly what she had wanted him to do, what she had driven him to do: he took her without restraint, without fear. She wondered if he kept her hands in his as some line to sanity, because his felt like hers in what was otherwise a madness of need and unrestrained passion.
She wasn't even sure if it lasted a minute or some sort of eternity that was just for them, but she was lost in it. She could only remember his body sliding over hers, demanding more of her with every filling thrust, every hungry bite and lick and suckle of his mouth that fell on her neck and shoulders. She gave what she could, and took what he gave her in turn until she was gasping for breath, unable to tell of the pleasure had ever reached the peak or if she had simply been driven from one orgasm to the next.
What she did know was that it did become too much when she felt the swell at the base of his shaft, when his thrusts shortened and quickened into an urgency that she understood very well. Feeling the need, the tension in every muscle of the larger predator on top of her. A part of her wanted to grip his fur, while another part of her was glad that she could only ride it out when at last the snarl of pleasure from her fox sounded. A snarl that was muffled in the mattress below them when he raised his head and pressed the bottom of his muzzle between her ears. She pressed her mouth to his throat, nose twitching as she sucked in breaths filled with the scent of him, feeling the thickening pulse within her as liquid heat flooded her.
She decided then, in a half conscious state of pleasure, that she had been right: if this wasn't reasonable, then she wanted to live the rest of her life without reason.
The rabbit drifted under the weight of him then, surrounded by the scent of him, savoring the way he felt inside of her. Feeling his paws relax, ease their hold on hers until she realized they had been holding so tight that she had lost some of the sensation in them. She didn't mind, and hardly noticed anyway when she used that new freedom in her dreamy state to simply lace her fingers with his as best she could. She wasn't sure how much time passed, as their gasping pants became normal deep breaths, as the quick beat of their hearts - both of which she could hear in the silence of the room - slowed to a manageable pace. Neither one of them seemed inclined to move, and she allowed herself to drift between consciousness and warm darkness until she felt him move.
A small sound of protest left her when he withdrew, both from within her and by taking his weight from on top of her. She quieted and relaxed when he settled down beside her, wrapped his arms around her and pulled her into him. She came right back to where she was with a few adjustments, molded herself to his large frame with her face pressed into his throat with her chin resting on the thicker fur of his chest ruff.
She may have drifted off again. It was so hard to tell if it was simple, perfect contentment or peaceful sleep when she felt like this. But she was suddenly aware of his fingers sliding through the fur on his neck, parting it to see the skin beneath, and it drew a slow sigh from her as even that couldn't drag her out of her happy place.
"Someday, you're going to have to stop looking to see if you hurt me," she murmured, tilting her head to the side to give him easier access as one finger pad slid very lightly down what she was sure was the mark his teeth had left.
"No, never."
The quick and unquestionable reply made her smile a little, mostly because even in the certainty of it, he sounded relaxed. At ease. As calm and content as she felt. When opened her eyes at last and raised them, she found herself looking into the rounded green that she knew so well again. There was a moment where she wondered if his heartrate had something to do with the change, or if it was simply emotion. Maybe both, as they were directly related physically. But she set the questioning aside for later as she reached up to cup his muzzle with both hands to draw him down for a light kiss.
"This was risky, Carrots," he said, tilted his muzzle down so he could rest his nose against hers while he held her eyes.
"Both of us have gone savage, Nick," she reminded him, and ran her fingers up to scratch at the base of his ears until he relaxed into the sensation. "And only one of us has hurt the other while savage. And that one wasn't you. I don't know who is doing this, or what will happen going forward, but I do know one thing for certain: I won't let it take you from me."
"It's not," he began, but she placed her paw on the tip of his muzzle.
"Not forever. I know you were thinking that a little distance would be safe, a little time. But no," she whispered, and brought her paws down to his face. "This crazy happiness you talk about feeling is mine, too. And I won't let it go for a month, or a week. I won't let this take you away from me. Not even for a day. Not one day."
His eyes searched her face for a long moment before she was drawn closer to him again. Nestling into him, tilted her head into the sound of his sigh, she smiled. The sound was content now, maybe just a little resigned.
"All right, rabbit," he said in a low voice, his fingers sliding in a slow caress down the length of her ears. It felt amazing, even with everything else, when he traced the pad of his thumb along the rim lovingly. "You win. I won't try to leave again, even if it is the safe thing to do."
"Just try to leave again," she said with a grin, and a light tug at one ear that made it flick away playfully. "And I'll show you how safe it's *not,* fox\_.\_"
"Big words from such a tiny ball of fluff," he deadpanned, and only laughed when she playfully smacked his shoulder. "There you go again! Assaulting an officer, madam, is a very serious crime."
"And what exactly are you going to do about it, Officer Wilde?" she asked, and to make sure he was moving in the right direction with his answer, she nipped at his shoulder lightly and glided her fingers through his belly fur slowly until he groaned lightly.
"Try to survive the night?" he quipped, batting her hands away when they wandered a little lower than his belly. "I keep forgetting you're in heat. Is that strange?"
"Everything about the last two days has been strange," she said, and grinned as she swatted his hands away in turn to allow her own continued their path downward. She didn't stop until his back stiffened and his tail thwapped the wall behind him with a little yelp. "We should make up for lost time tonight."
"Mercy," he begged weakly, turning his face towards her with a pleading look that was made ineffective by the sparkle in his eyes when he looked at her. "I am only one fox."
"You started this, with the flowers and the pretty words. Now, Officer Wilde, you have to pay the price for being in love with a bunny," she said, nudging herself closer and giggling when he nipped at her ear.
"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death," he began, and came to a stop when she cover his laughing mouth with hers. |
A wild mate has appeared by CrimsonStar | #16 of Adult Commissions Delicious Pokemon story with Zoroark and Blaziken, with an amazing climax. ;) - A wild mate has appeared Commissioned by: Martigan from SoFurry Written by: CrimsonStar It was a sunny evening turned into a cool noon by the canopies of the trees above. Deep into the forest, | [
"Bisexual",
"Cum",
"Cumshot",
"Pokemon",
"Sex",
"Straight"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1145463-a-wild-mate-has-appeared | A wild mate has appeared
Commissioned by: Martigan from SoFurry
Written by: CrimsonStar
It was a sunny evening turned into a cool noon by the canopies of the trees above. Deep into the forest, near a spring of crystalline waters, rested a Zoroark with her back against a tree. She was grooming herself carefully, picking small branches and parasites from her fur and carelessly throwing them away. Suddenly, Zoroark felt a soft but noticeable tremor in the ground. The earth shaking below her furred feet. She lowered her palm to the grass next to her. Nothing. She rose her snout to the air and sniffed quickly. Nothing. She shook her head and returned to carefully pick out the grime from her fur. It seemed as if she had just imagined whatever tremors she thought she felt.
Then, from the spring near her, a pillar of water boomed into the heavens. Shaking the earth and ground around her. She hurried to her feet and the deafening growl of a Gyarados shook shattered the silence of the tranquil spring. The blue draconic pokemon lowered her face to Zoroark. The Gyarados seemed to the taken over by some sort of maddening rage. A powerful blast of water dug a hole where Zoroark had been standing. She jumped to the tree above her and extended her hand. With a flick of her wrist she deceived Gyarados into one of her illusions. And for a brief instant it worked. The blue beast stopped its rampage and began whipping its head around in confusion. Yet rather than calming it, the illusion only made it angrier. Zoroark barely had time to jump off her tree before a beam of pure energy from Gyarados mouth slashed the air behind her. She jumped to the floor. The HyperBeam hit her leg and she groaned in pain. She was thrown to the ground. She dispelled her illusion. Gyarados attacking her was better than it being in a rampage, at least that way it wouldn't damage the grove as much. As the mirrorism faded, Gyarados centered its eyes back on Zoroark. She tried to stand up but slipped back to the floor. Her leg too wounded to support her weight. The Gyarados rose above her menacingly and a stream of energy began gathering around its open maw. Zoroark tried to roll to a side but the Gyarados shifted to adjust its angle. Zoroark closed her eyes, bracing to face the Hyperbeam.
Instead, however, she heard a double tap and a strange weaving sound. Like feathers ruffling against the wind. When she opened her eyes, she found Blaziken in the air above her. He had just double kicked Gyarados and made it flinch to a side. The flames around his wrists blazed greater than any other Blaziken she had ever seen. Gyarados blasted another Hydropump against Blaziken, but he dodged it with a swift jump. Again and again she moved out of harm's way, leaving massive holes in the ground where Gyarados was pumping water. Blaziken was breathing heavily. Zoroark sat in the ground and closing her eyes submerged Gyarados into another illusion. Just as before he went on a rampage, but that way Blaziken had several openings to strike it. Whenever the Dragon-type tried to charge energy for a Hyperbeam, Blaziken would jump in and kick the blue dragon with all its strength, hidden behind Zoroark's illusion he could repeatedly assault the blue serpentine creature with impunity.
Punch after punch, Blaziken assaulted Gyarados with the might of ten pokemon. He moved faster and hit harder than any other strangers to have wandered into her grove, and even then the fire-type was having a hard time against Gyarados. After several rounds of kicking and punching, the massive creature unleashed one final Hyperbeam into the sky and then lunged back into the the spring. Smashing the mirror of water with such strength that the very shockwaves of the retreat made the earth shake profusely. A tree groaned as it's roots were pulled from the trembling, and form having been hit with Hydropump a few seconds before. It fell right over Zoroark. Blaziken sprung into action and dashed to move Zoroark out of harm's way. An instant later the tree hit empty soil, Blaziken and Zoroark lay breathing heavily and wounded next to it.
Blaziken was panting, his red and yellow feathers completely distraught from the earlier combat. HE had also taken several hits from Gyarados attacks, but none of his wounds seemed as serious as Zoroark's.
"You okay?" Asked Blaziken in his gruff voice.
"My leg hurts." Pointed Zoroark.
A thunder crackled in the skies above them.
"Gyarados must have changed the weather." Zoroark remarked.
"Come with me." Asked Blaziken. "My lair is nearby, we can shelter there until the storm passes and while your wounds heal."
"Alright. Thank you."
Zoroark tried to stand up, but she limped on her wounded leg.
"Don't worry." Continued Blaziken. "I'll carry you." The fighter-type leaned to raise Zoroark on his arms. "You're not that heavy, see?"
Zoroark noded softly, staring into Blaziken's blue eyes. His feathered body was a stark contrast to her own cloak of dark fur. Blaziken made little effort to move Zoroark around, his body was muscular and well defined. The flames around his wrists had now faded and his body felt rather soft and pleasant. The trip, however, was far from the tranquil walk she had expected. Blaziken ran through the forests with the strength and speed of a ninja. It was less than a minute before they were back in Blaziken's cave. It was a small opening on the side of a massive stone wall. As they came closer, however, Zoroark noticed that the entrance was covered with a rather big boulder. Before she could ask, Blaziken began talking:
"Mind if I put you down? I need to... erm... Open the door." He chuckled.
"Yeah, go ahead. I feel somewhat better."
Blaziken dainty lowered Zoroark to the floor. A steady rain had begun falling and it stung whenever it reached her wounded thigh. Zoroark seeked shelter close to a nearby tree, thinking that Blaziken would take longer to clear the way, but as soon as she turned back to the fire-type, he had already pushed the door away with a single kick, and was motioning her to enter with a cordial vow. Zoroark walked into the den and immediately felt a comforting warmth extending towards her. As she walked in, she noticed a faint ember deep inside. As she moved closer and Blaziken sealed the entrance behind her, she came upon a burning fireplace on the center of a circular chamber. It was rather warm and cozy. Blaziken joined her a few seconds later.
"I hope you like it." He said, coming closer and shooting fire at the fireplace, making the embers rise tall and lick the ceiling.
"I do." She answered softly as she extended her hands towards the fire and basked in the reddish glow. "Thank you for saving me."
"No problem. I happened to be nearby."
"Really?" Zoroark sat down in front of the fire. Small serpents of vapor had begun slithering away from her fur as the warmth continued to extend through her body. I have seen you before around my grove.
Blaziken sat next to her and also extended his hands towards the fire. "You have?"
Zoroark rested her head on his shoulder. "Yeah, a couple of times." She ended on a low tone, as inviting him to answer a question she didn't make.
"Ah... Well... Sometimes I gather food and other things around there."
"But you know that grove is mine, right? My territory."
"Y... Yeah... I thought you wouldn't notice."
Zoroark let out a soft grunt. "Of course I notice. I sometimes notice you from the moment you enter my land."
"R... Really?"
She chuckled again. "Don't look so surprised. You must have figured."
"I... I didn't. I tried to be stealthily."
"Oh so you knew you were trespassing."
"No no. It's not like that at all. I thought..."
Zoroark rose one of her fingers to Blaziken's mouth. "I know you watch me."
"Oh... You do?"
Zoroark giggled softly. "So you admit it?"
"I mean. It's not like..." His body warmed as he got nervous. "Okay you got me."
"If I wanted to, I could have made you wander my grove without ever finding me, you know?"
"What do you mean?"
Zoroark waved her hand and the cozy cave turned into the illusion of a wide open field, the burning fireplace still in the middle. The illusion was perfect, the blue skies above were clear, with just the right amount of puffy clouds marring it. The trees danced with the ebb and flow of a gentle breeze and even birds could be heard chirping in the distance. Even the damp smell of the cave was replaced by the scent of flesh flowers and moist ground. Below him, Blaziken could now feel the gentle tingling of grass. He could even swear that he could smell other wild pokemon in the distance.
"That's amazing." He said, open mouthed.
"If I hadn't wanted you to see me. You wouldn't have." She paused softly and looked up. "Unless you were as dumb as that Gyarados."
"Right, that." for a brief moment it seemed as if Blaziken had forgotten completely about the matter. "What was that about?"
The illusion vanished, they both returned to the cozy cave and Zoroark sighed. "I don't know. I think the spring is somehow connected with the ocean and that Gyarados must have lost its way. Normally most Pokemon fall in a guardian illusion and go away, but I guess that one must have gone in a rampage and it started destroying my grove." She drew closer to Blaziken's body. "Thanks again."
"No problem."
Blaziken felt like he needed to say something, but he wasn't really clear on what he was supposed to say in that kind of situation. He began fiddling with his fingers and Zoroark began to doze off next to him. After a few minutes, he finally gathered the courage to continue talking to his new friend.
"Hey. Do you want something to eat?" Asked Blaziken, trying to keep the conversation flowing.
"Sure, do you have food in here?"
"I don't have a lot of it, I usually just forage outside, but I
have some fruit if you want."
"That'd be great." Zoroark finished happily.
Blaziken clumsily stood up and walked to a corner of his cave. Stashed near a pile of other trinkets he had found while exploring the grove, he found three small blue and purple fruits, which he brought back to Zoroark. She was looking down at her wounded leg. Blaziken had thought that the wound was on the outside, however he noticed that there was a small patch of blood and charred hair on the inside of her leg. His eyes instinctively shifted from the wound up to her crotch. He felt a rush of warmth running through his body, when he met Zoroark's eyes. He shuffled his head and walked forward.
"Here, I found these." He handed her a fruit. "Sorry about your leg."
"It hurts." She informed, while taking the food. "I think it was worse than I thought." She wipe some of the the grime away from her wound. "That Gyarados must have been really strong."
Blaziken hummed, took a bite out of the fruit he was holding and kneeled next to Zoroark, while drawing closer into the wound. It was on her left leg, on the upper thigh. Again, as he inspected the wound, his eyes naturally wandered up to Zoroark's femininity. The wound itself was pretty much what one would expect from a Hyperbeam burn. Her fur was scorched and her skin had also taken some damage. Blood had already dried around the wound and it had been soiled with patches of dirt and dry vegetation.
"I think we need to clean it." Blaziken continued, raising to meet Zoroark's eyes.
"I was thinking the same." She agreed, with a strange playfulness in her voice.
"I'll go get some water..."
"No need." She interrupted. "Normally I would just lick it clean, but I can't reach it. So maybe... you could do it for me?"
"You... You want me to lick the wound?"
"Well... Yeah. I mean, that will probably work better than anything else you could find in this cave... I don't think your type does it, but we do it all the time."
"Oh I see..."
"But there is something I wanted to ask first."
"What is it?"
She chuckled. "Why are you so nervous?"
"Oh... Hehe... You noticed?"
"Well you've been acting kind of stiff since we got here..."
"Ah... Well I don't have guests often so... This is kind of a first for me, actually."
"Really...? So it's your first time?" She purred, before bursting into laughter.
Blaziken looked away in embarrassment, but immediately decided to just act it out. "So how do I do it anyways?"
"Do what?"
"You know... your wound thing."
"Ah... That. Open your mouth."
Blaziken obeyed.
"Your tiny tongue is so cute." Zoroark giggled. "So all you need to do is lick my wound, like... if you were using a leaf to clean it or something."
"Oh... Okay."
Zoroark spread her legs towards Blaziken, exposing not only her wound, but also her sweet-smelling genitals.
"You can start whenever you're ready." She urged.
"Oh... Okay."
Blaziken moved in closer to the wound and to her genitals. The fire-type got so close that his beak accidentally brushed against her wound. Her body tensed, but she made no sound.
"Sorry." Blaziken whispered.
She didn't answer, and Blaziken took that as his cue to continue. He took a deep breath, and he couldn't help but catch, under the faint smell of dry blood and charred fur, Zoroark's own sweet scent. It was musky and dull, but he liked it. He could only imagine the taste, it was probably salty and full of her pheromones. He opened his beak and using his tongue took a lashing from Zoroark's wound. Her body tensed again.
"Try to do it more carefully." Zoroark requested.
"Sorry."
Blaziken swallowed, his mouth now had a soft blood tinge in it. He again opened his beak and let his tongue slide through Zoroark's fur, unconsciously moving to the left, as if looking for that jewel that was now so close to his face. This time her body didn't tense, but she still held her breathing while he cleaned her wound.
"Wait... I have an idea." She interrupted, grabbing his head with both hands and moving it up closer to hers. "I'll teach you." She grinned.
Before he could reply, she moved in and pushed his head towards hers, her snout met his beak and instinctively they began pulsing together. After just a few seconds, Zoroark introduced her own tongue into Blaziken's beak, she swirled it around and explored every corner of Blaziken's beak. When they separated, a thin thread of saliva hanged for a few seconds, before Zoroark wiped her mouth. And gave him another fast kiss.
"See? You have to do it like that." She grinned. "Use your tongue like it were your fingers."
Blaziken was frozen for several seconds. She had just received the most passionate kiss of his life and it had just been 'a lesson'.
"Yeah... Yeah... I think I get it..." He muttered, still confused by the act. He went back down and again faced himself with the wound and Zoroark's majestic labia. At that moment he could have sworn that under the dim light of the fireplace, he could see the pearly reflection of slight moistness around Zoroark's vulva.
Blaziken swallowed again and opened his beak to lick Zoroark's wound. He moved around it as if he were kissing the wound. His tongue slowly brushing away against her wounded leg. This time she seemed to be much more comfortable. Blaziken was still getting a faint metallic flavor every time he scraped her wound, but after a few minutes, he had gotten used to it and had covered most of the wound. When he rose back up to meet Zoroark's gaze, he noticed she had her eyes closed and was leaning back slightly. After he stopped, Zoroark also reincorporated, opening her eyes with a lazy demeanor and raising to sit up straight. Blaziken sat next to her and wiped his mouth with his wrist. She seemed much more tranquil now.
"Thank you." She happily accepted. "You learn really fast."
He scratched his nape in embarrassment. "Thanks."
"How does your tongue feel?" Zoroark continued.
"It feels a bit numb and it tastes a bit to blood." He informed casually, while picking up the last fruit from the floor next to him.
Zoroark took the fruit from his hands and took a bite out of it. Blaziken was about to complain, when Zoroark put the fruit to a side, grabbed Blazikens face with both hands and again kissed him. Slowly at first, it was more of a mechanical action, Blaziken felt her mouth over his first, and then came the fruit, it was lukewarm, intermingled with her warm saliva. She pushed it into his beak and he swallowed it almost immediately, barely biting on it as it passed to his inside. He taught Zoroark would then retreat, but instead she continued the kiss, again her tongue was dominant, warm and slippery, but this time she wasn't pretending there was another motive rather than feeling attracted to him. They separated, but Zoroark was still holding Blaziken's face between her hands. Her saliva was salty, saltier than he had thought, but at the same time it had an unmistakable flavor, that he had also noticed while he hovered close to her vulva. The very way Zoroark fondled his fur while they kissed emanated sexual energy that was making him feel more excited than he had ever been before.
"Don't be so nervous." Zoroark invited. "I told you I knew you watched me."
"But I..."
"I like you too, silly. I'm really happy you rescued me today."
Blaziken gaped at Zoroark, for him it was like a dream come true. He knew how gentle and playful Zoroark was, but he never expected her to be interested in him.
"When did you find out I liked you?" Blaziken asked.
"I don't know, at first I thought you just liked my grove... But then I noticed you always looked for me when you came. So... I guess it was kind of obvious. I was annoyed by it at first, but you were always careful and didn't damage my grove so I didn't mind..." She gave him another deep kiss, and while their breaths mingled, they started to slowly caress each other. She licked his beak and bit on his neck.
Blaziken began to softly comb her fur and she started to play with the feathers over his chest. There was something about Zoroark's playfulness that made Blaziken feel a slight discharge of electricity whenever she touched him.
The deep kiss continued for several minutes until Zoroark let out a soft purr while moving away from him. She was breathing heavily, the fur all over her body had fluffed out while they kissed and she was breathing through her mouth. Her tongue slithered inside her mouth like a recoiling serpent.
"Wanna do more with what you just learned?" She invited.
"What do you mean?" Blaziken asked softly.
She chuckled and leaned back, using her arms to keep herself only partly incorporated. She had a dumb half-smile on her face. She spread her legs wide open, as she had done before while he was tending for her wounds.
"I saw you looking at me. I want it too."
"You mean...?"
She sniffed softly. "You smell that? I really want you." She rose her hips slightly, inviting Blaziken to continue. "That smell means that I'm ready to mate this season."
The fire-type's heart began to flutter, he rested his weight on his knees and descended his head to Zoroark's crotch. The smell had gotten even stronger than before, he could feel the particules of her wetness entering and filling up his lungs with every breath. Now with permission he was able to carefully inspect her beautiful femininity. A beautiful slit open in the midst of her legs. It was a dainty slit of flesh covered by two flaps of furred flesh, yet the hairs closest to the center seemed to be humid, clumped together as hair often does when it's wet. Blaziken delicately moved his finger closer, and softly brushed the parting of her labia. A thick colorless fluid stuck to his finger and he started to feel a familiar warmth filling his belly. He licked the fluid from his fingers, it was salty but otherwise flavorless. Hr opened his mouth and carefully let his tongue extend towards Zoroark's vagina. When the tip touched her flesh a wave of relaxation ran through her body. A cloud of her smell filled his nose. He licked again, harder this time. And again, and again. HE alternated between inserting his tongue into her body and brushing the only part of ehr outer vulva not covered in fur: Her clitoris.
He continued his careful incursion into her sex, pushing harder against her body every time, until he instinctively found himself standing on all fours to maintain the right angle to please her. As he rose his own hips, his smell also spread through the room, mixing with Zoroark's essence. He found himself gulping several times as he pleased her, since his tongue would slowly fill his beak with her wetness. And with every drop he drank, his own sex awakened. His penis had remained inert so far, only letting him know of it's presence with a familiar warmth, yet as Zoroark's pheromones invaded his body, it had started to harden and bulge with blood. Finally, Blaziken noticed Zoroark was moving faster and her hips were pulsing with pleasure, that was his signal, he decided to start moving his tongue faster and faster, introducing one finger into her vagina while he continued to drink her fluids with his tongue. Zoroark reacted by arching her back and curling her toes inwards. She let out a soft moan and clenched her jaw. Blaziken didn't stop there, he carefully introduced a second finger into Zoroark, curling them both upwards as he continued. He could feel a small lump inside her flesh, a glimmering jewel of pleasure, whenever he rubbed against it he could feel a spark of pleasure running all the way through Zoroark's body.
Blaziken channeled a bit of his inner fire to his hands, just enough to get his hands to a pleasurable warmth. He continued to assault Zoroark's interior, now she made little effort to hide her pleasure. She moaned with a high pitch that filed the cave. Again and again she found herself scratching the dirt below her paws. With every attack Blaziken made, Zoroark found herself sliding closer to the brink of an orgasm like she had never felt before. Finally, Blaziken increased the warmth of his hand along with the speed and strength with which he was pounding Zoroark. She started moving her hips in sync with the melody of feelings that were slowly extending through her body. Her thoughts slowly became clouded. His body began to spontaneously convulse and she could feel the uncontrollable burning of unreleased pleasure about to explode through all her body.
Blaziken pecked at Zoroark's clitoris and that was the last push she needed. She couldn't hold back anymore. The boiling pot of heat that had been building up in her body overflowed and exploded in a release of ecstasy and bodily fluids. Her entire body arched towards the skies and Blaziken only continued his assault. Zoroark's mind went numb her body curled, she was out of breath and the orgasm was of such magnitude that she had a hard time breathing as she finished. She could also feel a discharge of her own fluids suddenly rushing out of her body and covering Blaziken's face with crystalline pleasure.
She couldn't tell how long had passed since she orgasmed, the world was still spinning when she opened her eyes and a drowsy haze clouded her thoughts. She tried to talk but her voice came in a fading trail. When looked to a side, she found Blaziken lying next to her. His eyes were wide open and he emanated a soft warmth. Zoroark found herself purring in pleasure while her hand slithered to her thighs and she noticed that the was immensely wed, to the point that it almost seemed as if she had peed herself. She knew full well, however, that such wasn't the case. She wet her fingers in her own fluids and brought it to her snout. She softly licked them and then proceeded to extend her hand towards Blaziken's penis. She found it stiff and begging for attention, it was warm and throbbing, the mere touch of it made Zoroark wish to have it inside her. She used her entire hand to run up and down through his shaft, enjoying the feeling of something so stiff under her paws, and imagining all the wild places where she could put such an instrument of pleasure.
She giggled and moved closer to him. He was smiling and she had a sly grin on her face. She stroked her dick a couple of times and then carefully picked some of his precum with her finger, she licked on it and then proceeded to give him a deep kiss. He could feel both her overpowering flavor and his own delicate precum mingling in his beak. As they continued to kiss their bodies pressed against each other. She rose her leg to put it over him and started to slowly rub her crotch over his dick. She was so incredibly wet that it didn't take long before his instrument was fully covered in slippery juices. They both moaned softly as the show continued. She moved her hand from his dick to his buttocks and lowered her second hand while moving her crotch even closer with a delicate hop, she rubbed his dick one last time and began guiding it towards the entrance of her vagina. To him it felt like he was being guided into the entrance of an oven, quite a feat considering he was a fire-type. When he finally entered, he felt a warm embrace surround his dick. The fluids of her mate quickly covered every inch of his penis, increasing the warmth he felt from her insides. It seemed to him as if every inch of his dick was suddenly firing pleasure into his body, to the point that he stood still several seconds after he had entered, simply enjoying the feeling of being inside Zoroark. She noticed his bliss and simply moved in closer for several soft kisses.
After a few seconds, Blaziken began to instinctively move his hips back at forth. Laying on their sides and one in front of the other, they cuddled in a sexual embrace, their hips going at eachother softly at first, but increasing in speed as time passed. Zoroark continued to play with Blazikens butt each time he trusted, groping his buttocks harder and harder each time pushing him inside her deeper and with more strength every time. Blaziken moved his hand in front of him and started to play with Zoroark's breasts. They weren't too big and were mostly hidden below her fur, yet Blaziken had no effort in finding them and he started to use his full hand to massage them, putting special attention to her nipples. As the speed increased, they rolled to a side, still conjoined at the hips, leaving Blaziken on top while Zoroark opened herself fully to Blaziken. He kissed her again, this time synchronizing the rhythm of her tongue with his penis entering and leaving her again and again. Zoroak began to moan in pleasure and Blaziken started to change the speed at which he moved. He alternated between slow and long stockades, taking the time to almost completely withdraw from inside her before pushing in with all his strength as if trying to reach her deepest core, and rapid pulses that made her moan even harder as he rubbed his pubis against her sweet clitoris.
He moved his hands to her hips and rose his torso to a 90 degree angle. From there, with his dick fully inserted into her, he began to pierce into her again. In such a position, the natural angle of his dick made it so that her most sensitive spot was being rubbed with every insertion. She started to moan, and he stopped after a few instants to bathe in the beautiful bliss of his partner, she was panting, her eyes unfocused and her head thrown to a side. When their eyes met she smiled softly and slowly moved one of her hands up to her own nipple.
"Kiss me." She purred.
He leaned back in and started to fuck her with renewed strength. This time he went faster, she went louder, her moaning muffled by Blaziken kissing. She extended her hands behind his back and pulled on his feathers while he continued to please her. He felt his body beginning to reach the point of no return so he started to move faster. Zoroark, however, entangled her legs behind him and made him stop his movement, with the same sly grin she had showed before. He was breathing heavily, his hips still trying to move instinctively, and his breathing heavy and short. SHe rose slightly and gave him a soft peck.
"Lay on your back, she whispered to him."
She lowered her hand to her crotch and slowly moved her hips back to let Blaziken retract. His dick was bulged and warm, and it throbbed with anticipation. Zoroark pushed Blaziken to his back and immediately hopped on top of him. She kissed his forehead, his lips, his neck and slowly began making her way down his chest. She stopped at his nipples and used the tip of his tongue to draw circles with their slimy saliva around his nipples. Her warm breath spread all through his chest with every exhalation she gave. He reacted surprisingly well to her licking, his sensitivity increased by his own arousal. She started to carefully include her teeth into her playful nipple playing. She started to bit softly on his nipples, while she let her hand wander down to his crotch and stroke his penis softly and slowly. Slowly enough as to avoid making him cum, but firmly enough as to send shivers of pleasure up his body. After a bit, he started moaning and she decided to continue with her journey, again she planted slow kisses while descending through his body. She stopped at his navel, softly pulled on his feathers and final she hopped down to the glorious instrument of her pleasure that emanated so much warmth that she could feel it spreading through her face as she drew nearer to it. It stank to a mixture of her own fluids and Blaziken's. She opened her mouth, moved closer and let her breath mingled with the smell of fluids that were filling her mouth, before proceeding to lick it. It had a salty and sour taste to it, but the moment her tongue touched it, she felt a powerful urge to have it inside her.
She put it inside her mouth, at first she simply let it slide through her lips while embracing with with her tongue. She moved up and and repeated the process again, slowly feeling her way through his dick. It was warmer than the rest of his body and her tongue slowly explored every nook and cranny of his body. She slowly took it in and out, using her tongue to wrap it in it's slippery humidity. She then began sucking on it while she continued to move back and forth and used her tongue to attack the tip of his dick with rapid licks. She then began to take it even further, trying to put his penis as deep into her mouth as she could, making it reach the back of her throat as she pushed it further into her. Blaziken started to react strongly to the pleasure he was receiving, she started to let out soft moans and his hips moved instinctively up as Zoroark continued to please him. She then extended her hands in front of her and grabbed Blaziken's butt, which he had risen from the floor in an expression of pleasure. She cupped his buttocks between her open palms and pushed his dick even further into her mouth and throat. He let his penis rest softly in that deep position, simply delighting in the amazing pleasure she was providing for him. As she moved to retract his dick form her deepest parts Blaziken was thrown over the ledge and a white explosion of pleasure that began in his crotch and extended to every reach of his body was released. He let out a loud moan as his pelvic muscles contracted, his stomach contracted and finally his back arched and his hips raised to the heavens. At the same time a release of steaming white fluid shot out from the tip of his dick straight into Zoroark's throat. She had to swallow several times to be able to take the full discharge of his pleasure, and the fluid was so warm that she ended up with a cozy and pleasurable sensations of heat in her belly. After he had emptied his testicles, Zoroark moved back and wiped his mouth with a sly grind directed at the panting Blaziken spread in front of her. She licked her lips and slowly caressed her breasts, her hardened nipples giving her clear confirmation of her arousal and begging her to be touched and played with.
She slowly moved up to him, and while she did, she noticed that a few droplets of moisture were dripping from her crotch into the feathers of Blaziken, and a thin slippery line of fluid hanged between her legs. She moved up to him and kissed him again, making sure to invade his beak with her tongue to let him taste his own flavor. He kissed him with great passion, while hovering above him. He was drowsy and unfocused, but when Zoroark used her fingers to gather her fluids from her crotch and fed them to him, he seemed to return to activity as if she had given him some sort of energizer. She smiled and extended her hand down to his hips, only to find that his penis was also slowly returning to it's previous hardened state.
She smiled while stroking his penis. It didn't take long before it was again fully erect. Blaziken breathing began to happen again.
"So what do you want me to do?" Zoroark teased. "Want me to keep working with you?" She teasingly rose her butt behind her. "I want to come all over you." She whispered, while suddenly raising and reverse saddling Blaziken, who was still lying on the floor. Zoroark lifted her leg over Blaziken's face and adopted a reverse-cowgirl position, keeping her bottom as high as possible, making sure to give Blaziken a good clear view of her anus and dripping vulva. She looked back at him with a sly smile and began to descend over his dick, yet instead of putting it in right away, she first slid her crack down along the shaft of his penis. Slowly letting her fluids overflow into Blaziken's instrument. She finally said over Blaziken's pubis, letting his dick gordge and pulsate in front of her, while she stroked it as if it were her own. She looked down and reveled with the sight. Her crotch, wet and overflowing with fluids was spawning that glorious red instrument of her pleasure, it was hard as stone and she could see small translucent droplets coming out of the tip. That made her want to suck on it again, as if she wanted to extract as much as she could of that delicious fluid.
"Let me put it in." Blaziken begged, while moving his hands to her hips. She giggled and softly rose herself above Blaziken's dick again. She hovered above him for several seconds, slowly descending her vagina over his dick, until the tip was at the entrance she rubbed the opening of his penis against her clitoris, sending waves of pleasure to flood them both, just before she started to slowly let his dick slide into her. They were both wet enough and he was harder than even before. She felt the tip flourish inside her. and the swallowed the rest with ease. She kepty pushing down until she could feel her buttonks hitting against his testicles. She took a deep breath when she hit the base.
She moved her buttocks back against Blaziken, as if trying to take in those few last millimeters, while giving Blaziken once more a clear view of her anus. As she breathed with her eyes closed and her head town back, she suddenly Blaziken growing even more inside of her, and she noticed that he had begun to move his hips below her. She smiled, extended her arms in front of her and began moving up and down along Blaziken's shaft. In unison, Blaziken also began to suddenly start thrusting his hips at Zoroark. The continued that rhythm until the pleasure began to increase, Zoroark was becoming suddenly higher and that prompted Blaziken to lift himself up and start playing with Zoroark's breasts, pinching her nipples and kneading them like fresh dough. As they continued to move their grinding became faster and faster.
Zoroark suddenly felt a strange feeling extending all the way from her belly down her vulva and up to her head, as her and Blaziken continued to rock in unison, she could feel the familiar tingling of a rash desire of pee raising in her crotch. She had the brief tough to stop, but she knew it was too late for that, instead she gave in to the pleasure., letting herself ride that tingling sensation to orgasm. At the same time Blaziken felt his head going numb and his arms gave uin, making him fall back to the floor and arch his back as the powerful release of his seed flooded Zoroark's deepest regions. Accompanied with an orgasm that filled the entire room and that made both of their heads go blank for several instants, a release of fluids wet the floor and the sweet smell of passion filled the room. Several more howls of pleasure soon followed as Zoroark and Blaziken convulsed together on the rocky floor, against the backdrop of a fireplace that was now dying out. Without separating, Zoroark turned her head to Blaziken with a drooling grin and said:
"You came inside me."
Blaziken could barely understand the phrase at first, but then he answered in a groggy voice: "Yeah... Sorry about that."
"You say that yet you're still throbbing inside me."
Zoroark took another deep breath and moved to a side, again passing her leg above Blazikens face, as if wanting to give him a good long look of how his seed was spilling out from her and leaving a trail of mixed fluids over her chest.
"Thanks a lot for this." Blaziken said, as Zoroark adopted her position next to him. Taking her time to lick his chest clean of their fluids and before moving in to kiss him once more.
"That you for saving me from that Gyarados earlier." Zoroark replied softly. "I guess I never thanked you properly."
"Oh, you just did." He chuckled.
She joined in his laughter and began to lazily move her hand over his chest, belly and genitals, slowly exploring his body and straightening his feathers.
"How long have you been waiting to mate with me?" She asked softly. Her mind still covered by a dull hazy mist, from the orgasm she had just had.
"I don't know... It's not like I planned this." He said softly cuddling her under his arm.
"Well, I enjoyed it very much. I just find it sad it didn't happen earlier."
She rubbed her belly and looked up and Blaziken. "You really came a lot."
She grabbed his free hand and moved it to her belly, to his surprise it had bulged slightly and it was warm to the touch.
"You really came a lot." She informed him. "I'm gonna be dripping for quite some time after this." She playfully finished while hissing his chest and unconsciously moving her hand back to his penis.
They finally shared another deep and long kiss, before letting themselves slowly fall into the haze of sleep, cradled together in front of an almost faded flame. The rest of the night was a calm slumber marked by short periods of copulating whenever any of them woke up. Sometimes with the other one still sleeping they would proceed to start arousing each other, only to wake to a partner ready to mate once more.
When morning finally came, it was announced by the soft smell of drying grass and wet pokemon roaming outside the cave. They found themselves lying in eachother's arms, having each found a new mate for life. Both Zoroark and Blaziken knew full well that that night had been only the first of many to come.
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Esilym: Lost by MalfunctionDown | #1 of Esilym Esilym has been undergoing planning and writing for many years, finally posting the first chapter of the Esilym prequel. - Treetops rushed by and clouds burst apart as a colorful round craft fashioned of stone propelled itself through the sky without any visible means of | [
"Bat",
"Chalakdoluv",
"Esilym",
"Fantasy",
"Magic",
"Mystery",
"SFW",
"Suspense"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1146873-esilym-lost | Treetops rushed by and clouds burst apart as a colorful round craft fashioned of stone propelled itself through the sky without any visible means of support. Its speed lessened, and the craft began to descend, drifting slowly, as if lost in thought.
"By now, we should almost be on top of Tonkro Falkdovo. Search for any sign of anything that might be made by our ancestors, and be ready to dive!" Clanmistress Lihuvi announced to her Chalakdoluv clan. The rest of the clan members were already getting to their scrying bubbles to remotely comb the forest in search of anything unusual.
"Understood clanmistress." Ankniv's filtered voice replied through the Sojolosr craft's pilot socket. He powered down the engine and pulled his head out of the interface socket and slid his wings out of the control rudders, blinking as his orb-like eyes adjusted to the daylight.
Ankniv looked around and turned to one of the scryers. "...Sadavi, do you ever think of joining the Kruxo's mission? A modhuvakn of that complexity would make you quite rich."
Sadavi stroked his whiskers in thought as he kept looking through the scrying machine. "To be honest I am tired of building machines. I would personally prefer to join Rokav legion."
Ankniv's ears twitched as he looked at Sadavi sideways. "...What? The army? Sadavi, where is your head? You're of the Vi caste! The army is no place for you, especially the Rokav legion of all things! They're the frontline!"
Sadavi frowned, huffed through his leaf nose and slightly closed his wings around himself defensively. "I may be a Vi, but I don't want to stay trapped in one place for the rest of my life building that damned thing. No one even knows where the Kruxo's modhuvakn is, the builders all have to pledge their silence for life. Besides, I'm as capable as any of you Nivs. There'd be lots of opportunities to learn overseas, so--"
"Clanmistress, I found something!" another Chalakdoluv called out from somewhere behind them.
Ankniv reluctantly let the conversation dwindle with a nod of his head and returned to his pilot socket.
Lihuvi jogged over to Wruniv, the scryer who had found something. She clapped her paws together and giggled. "Excellent, your tiny little eyes be praised."
Wruniv sighed at Lihuvi's joke and continued. "What we seek is a ravine, hidden in the shadows of a mountain. The structures look like they were carved into the sides of the chasm for some reason." Wruniv's voice trailed off uneasily.
Lihuvi blinked and went to consult the terrain map. She pressed her sunstone into a hexagonal indentation, carved into the side of a pedestal with a basin in it. The bottom of the basin had more hexagons carved into it. The surface raised until it became even with the edge of the lip of the basin edges and made a perfectly flat surface. Then the hexagons split into smaller and smaller hexagons as the map rendered into a primitive representation of the geography that Wruniv had seen.
"Odd," Lihuvi mused. "In all of written Chalakdoluv history, there's never been any mention of our ancestors living... underground." She chose her last word carefully. She had almost gravely insulted their ancestors. She had nearly said "living like Mib'Vorrout." Mud dwellers.
An uneasy silence filled the air as everyone gathered around the map with her and stared.
For Chalakdoluv, living on the surface of the earth like common sapients was filthy and unclean. No honorable Chalak would willingly live on the earth if they could help it. Even so, they normally made exception for their great ancestors, who had lived before the time when they had escaped from the harsh earth, before the Ascension. But this was different. Finding ruins built underground on purpose defied all reason. None of them could imagine why someone's ancestors would wallow in the dirt like that when their species was blessed with beautiful wings. Not even the Shamed would live in such a place as that.
Everyone was looking at this archaeological find with fading spirits or disgust.
"It could be a dumping ground," one voice suggested.
"Yes, this place is nothing but an excrement site that was left unburied." Lihuvi replied in relieved agreement and folded her wings around herself. "Ankniv, move us to another spot. We're probably close to something valuable."
"Wait." Ankniv held his hand up and moved to the map controls where Lihuvi stood "May I?"
"..." She gave him an annoyed glare and moved aside
"This is no dumping ground." Ankniv pointed out the stairs wrapping around the temple on the outside. "You can all see how deep this ravine is. We won't know what this place is for sure until we find out what's at the bottom."
"Only trash and predators are at the bottom. It just doesn't show on the map," Lihuvi said flatly. "Get back to your station, pilot."
He stood there zooming in on the spot even more "Have patience and look at this again. What about the symmetry, and the carvings on the inside? This almost looks like..."
"A temple...and it's upside down," Sadavi said, finishing Ankniv's thought as he looked at the three dimensional rendering of the ravine. It had a regularly segmented structure on the inside that might be a series of chambers leading to something at the bottom.
Lihuvi stood still, pondering about such a structure. "This cannot be a place of worship. Even mib'varrout do not build such places in this fashion."
"That we know of." Ankniv refuted, and continued. "What if this is the missing link between the past and present, Lihuvi? No one remembers how the Great Ascension happened. This could be our chance to find out. Maybe our ancestors have an answer for us here."
She flapped her wings in resignation. "If that is what you think, then you will be the one to venture there."
"...Then I will." He didn't take his eyes off the sunken temple
"Really, now? " Lihuvi raised her gray wings in annoyance.
"I will!" He also raised his wings in defiance
"You'll be alone in this."
"I know, but I won't take long."
"Ffff!" Lihuvi's head darted up in a sharp, exasperated hiss, then lowered in reluctant acceptance. "Very well. Take the gear you need and hurry, we have more important things to look for." Everyone followed her lead and walked back to their places, leaving Ankniv and Sadavi still standing at the map.
They were silent for a moment "..I guess I'll join you. I'm the one who wanted to see new things anyway." Sadavi shrugged and patted Ankniv's shoulder as he walked off to gather gear for himself as well.
Sometime later both Ankniv and Sadavi walked the forest floor towards the ravine hidden in the shadow of the mountain. Even from ground view it was still nearly impossible to see.
Ankniv noted that Sadavi brought along a spear made of Raxanodur, a crystal material, created in the Great Ascension through alchemical means, that could almost perfectly mimic the properties of metal, being malleable, sturdy, flexible and even, to an extent, magnetic.
"For predators. It was expensive." Sadavi brandished it proudly
Ankniv shrugged and kept walking along the ravine edge. "Look, it's completely carved all over." He scratched at the dirt and flora under his clawed toes and uncovered a carved stone tile. "Is this whole place artificial?"
"Could it perhaps be that this temple of yours is also some... ponderous modhuvakn?"
"Normally I'd laugh at such nonsense, but who knows?"
Sadavi pointed to a small platform floating in the middle of the ravine directly above the temple. "That's how we get in."
They both leaped into the air and flew to the platform, landing on it with grace. It was adorned with an archaic symbol neither of them recognized, which was intriguing since they were members of the archeological clan, and would be the most likely ones to know what these things meant.
The levitating platform slowly descended into the ravine. Farther and farther from the sunlight it took them. If the mountain's shadow was oppressive, then the darkness in the pit was suffocating.
The two Chalakdoluv ignited their sunstone lamps, flooding the stone chasm with a dull amber light, and beheld the ancient monolith that rose before them. Like the dorsal fin of some deep sea predator, the jagged stone crest of the temple jutted into the stagnant air, engraved with a primitive depiction of a Chalakdoluv with both arms and wings outstretched victoriously. Farther down the geometric temple walls were more engravings of a battle long past with hundreds of small pictograms of Chalakdoluv lying sideways, dead.
Ankniv took in the view. "So this is a tomb. Makes sense then, I remember that it's a common practice for mib'varrout to bury their dead. Maybe these particular Chalak copied that particular ritual?" Ankniv offered.
"I don't know, this whole place still seems strange. If it was a tomb for the dead then why is it so well hidden?" Sadavi asked.
The platform stopped at temple's door. Chalakdoluv doors were commonly wider than they were tall to accommodate wings. Small doors in Chalak society evoked feelings of mistrust and secrecy. But this door was a perfect square. The message was clear: this temple was not meant to be found.
They looked at each other and opened the stone door anyway. |
A Waltz with Death by TheMadmanwithaScarf | #7 of Journey of the Shadow Archive - I stood right there In the summer air As I waited for my date. I was afraid That she'd run away Because of my state. For I was death, The taker of breath, Was afraid that she would be late. I quivered end quaked And occasionally I shaked, As I waited for the. I | [
"A",
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] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1153111-a-waltz-with-death | I stood right there
In the summer air
As I waited for my date.
I was afraid
That she'd run away
Because of my state.
For I was death,
The taker of breath,
Was afraid that she would be late.
I quivered end quaked
And occasionally I shaked,
As I waited for the.
I checked my watch -
With a noticeable splotch -
And it was quarter past the three.
Then I glanced right near
To see she was here,
And I stood there like a tree.
Her dress was red
My heart bled,
Oh, god! I wanted to cry "Oui, oui!"
Her hair was the sun
Tied up in a bun
With no loose ends of hair.
Her eyes were the moon
With the chance of a boon
Like hidden treasures somewhere.
She walked towards me
With a smile of glee;
And her shape resembled a pear.
"Hello," she said
As she bowed her head,
Her voice was like a prayer.
I simply smiled,
My heart gone wild,
And I took my first bow.
"Loki, isn't it?"
I whispered quite a bit
Like it was a sacred vow.
"Why yes," she inquired,
As if it was inspired
In the etches of heaven.
Now, before I spoke,
And I felt like a bloke,
She took my hand,
As if to plan
A wondrous time ahead.
She leaned up close,
And I began to froze.
"Let's dance," she said
As she twiddled the thread
On my inky black cloak.
"Just you and I,
Don't be shy,
I only ask for a dance."
She threw her arms
With beautiful charms
Around my great shoulders.
So, I took her waist
Without any haste,
And we danced the day away.
We did a Waltz
And it wasn't false
And our eyes met in a glance.
And I dare say
I felt rather gay
As I looked into her eyes.
They gleamed and glared
In the summer air
Like the pale moonlight.
Now, that dance
That lasted a glance
Was the most beautiful thing in the world.
I'm sad to say
In less than a day
That it wasn't very long.
But, I will cherish
Long after you perish
The Waltz with Loki Fawkes Holmes. |
Marianne's Misty Hike (Part 3): The Mists of Discovery by Thornbrier | #8 of Mystic Family (First Try) Our favorite cubi teens fly in to the rescue. Here things get more kinky as they attempt to set things right, or as best they can. - Kaynell Marie swooped down from the mist and set her brother down on the porch. Her horns curled around her ears and her large leather | [
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] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1149347-marianne-s-misty-hike-part-3-the-mists-of-discovery | Kaynell Marie swooped down from the mist and set her brother down on the porch. Her horns curled around her ears and her large leather wings pulled in close without impaling on her many spiky protrusions. Even in this altered and masculine state Ben still loved to see his sister's naked body.
Ben cautiously stepped into the cabin and gasped as he saw the writhing old bodies of his fellow scouts. Sensing that they were dying of old age conditions he reached out his hands and focused his power out to them.
As the elderly scouts began to breath easier his own body shifted. His chest swelled into breasts, his hips grew curvier, and small horns emerged from his forehead and from his feet to form high heels. Finally, his cock shrank a little in his sheath while a spade formed at the end of his tail and little leathery wings grew out to hug his shoulders and chest like a bra that left his nipples exposed.
"Ok, I've stabilized their conditions, but unless they get young again they won't last long."
Kay joined her feminine brother and pointed to the toddler in the middle of the room. "There, she's the epicenter of power here, everything is flowing through her. You need to transform her back so she can help us. I'll explore the dragon's office and find out what we are dealing with."
"Me?" Ben asked a little shocked. "Why, uh, why can't you do it? You're a lot more comfortable with things like, well, like this."
Kay reached up and pulled a secret lever on the wall disguised as a lamp fixture. "I don't have enough energy left over to form a cock since I've been casting so many divination spells. Besides, your feelings for her are a lot stronger than mine. She'll need that for the bonding." Kay walked up the hidden staircase leaving Ben alone with the elderly scouts and their toddler assistant leader.
Ben carefully stepped over the sleeping old scouts and scooped Marianne up into his newly formed chest before whisking her off to one of the bedrooms for some privacy. Patting her back as she tried to drink from his nipple he sighed heavily. "Why does being a clan leader have to be so... weird? You won't find any milk there, Marianne. I may have used most of my masculine energy on healing, but I don't have enough feminine energy to lactate."
Ben placed her on the bed gently and stroked the little bunnies ears. He gave her forehead a light kiss and closed his eyes. Bringing his muzzle down her small body he licked lightly at her tiny fem sex and cringed.
He took a deep breath, "I'll do it for her, and for the world. Oh, this feels so wrong. How does Kay do this so easily?"
Ben stuck his tongue into the little slit and Marianne wriggled in his grasp and kicked lightly at his breasts. He suckled upon her tiny clit and reached down to his sheath. He was disappointed, but not surprised, to find that he wasn't hard at all.
He spoke Loud to himself, "Ok, Ben, think of her as the woman she was and will be. That gray cottontail poking out above her red bikini in the lake yesterday. Those lovely breasts bouncing as she hopped around. Her wiggly nose and those big gray hands just like moms."
As Ben thought of how much Marianne had in common with his milfy mother he started to stroke his sheath and breasts, moaning a little into the little bunnies mons. He thought about how his mother would teach him about pleasuring women and imagined practicing his lessons on Marianne, much like he had when masturbating the night before at basecamp.
His shrunken member grew harder and emerged so Ben lifted his hips and placed the small cock on Marianne's shrunken body, almost as if they were matched for one another.
He squeezed his breast, imagining it to be Marianne's, and thrust himself into her, lifting her off the bed for a moment causing her to cry out.
Ben wasn't sure if he'd hurt her, so he used more of his masculine energy to send healing through her body. This also helped by shrinking his cock within her a bit further as his wings grew more pronounced and his heel spikes lifted the backs of his feet higher.
Through his focused caring Ben could feel her young body nearing climax, something she'd never felt before. He picked up his pace and thrust softly into her body careful not to pull his tiny prick from her small cunt as he fucked the only woman he loved beyond his own family.
As he exploded with a trickle of jizz into her minute womb she came around him, gripping tight on his member even as she grew on the bed before him. As she got larger so did his cock. His wings shrank along with his chest and heels. He came harder into her full-sized womb as her climax continued to milk him dry. Soon, his wings were growing again, but this time they were large incubus wings like his sister's. Spikes and blades emerged from his body and his cock throbbed powerfully as he thrust past Marianne's cervix to inflate her belly with his powerful jizz.
Marianne clung to him as she cried out in ecstasy until he finally stopped. Panting heavily, she looked up at the hyper-masculine monster between her legs and screamed.
"Nono, Marianne, it's ok. It's just me, Ben. Ben Blackriver." This did not calm her down. "We came here to save you. I just restored your body."
She pulled herself off of his long member, cum dribbling down into the bed below her. She could barely see anything of the 14-year-old remaining in the incubus' features, "Save me and then rape me? What kind of monster are you?"
"Same kind as you, sister." Kaynell's voice came from the doorway. "All three of us are Cubi. You and I are Succubi, and Ben is an Incubus." She smiled broadly as she looked over her brothers form, her eyes drifting to his sloppy cock dangling between his knees.
"Um, anyway, we are all in a whole heap of trouble. That dragon you fed has escaped her prison and is going to feed on the youth of the whole world. Luckily, since you don't have a clan, Grandma's defenses should be able to hold her at bay, but unless we can cut off her power she will expose magic to the public. And that could destroy many worlds.
"You, Marianne, are her link to power. Some in the Council will want to kill you to sever that link. You are now Bonded to Ben, so the Council can't make us kill you. Since we are clan leaders on the Council they can't get a unanimous vote to overrule the bond laws. They will have to hire an assassin to come after you which gives us time to find an alternative solution that doesn't involve killing you."
Marianne and Ben looked at the masculine succubus and stammered. Finally Ben spoke up. "Um, sis, I've been listening in class at Grandma's as best I could, but that all just went way over my head. I'm sure Marianne got even less of it since she didn't even know she was a succubus."
Marianne shook her head briefly before crawling forward a little and closing her legs as she sat on the side of the bed. "Actually, I think I got most of it. I assume this, 'Grandma' is your Omnibus, the founder of the Cubi who lives outside of time. What you just said also explains why I wasn't allowed to join the Society of Hunters despite my excellent test scores."
It was Kaynell Marie's turn to be stunned, "What? You tried to join the Hunters?"
"Yeah, my mom was a great Hunter until she had me, so I figured I should follow in her path, but they rejected me. If my father was an Incubus that would be grounds for rejection. I just wish someone had told me. But, then, they'd probably want to kill me too. Speaking of which, what's the plan?"
"Right. Well, Grandma imprisoned the Dragon of Ages here thousands of years ago, both of them existing partially out of the flow of time, as you said. Keeping you here anchors her in our time, which has various advantages and disadvantages. If you leave this dimensional pocket she will become timeless again, changing those advantages and disadvantages.
"The Dragon of Ages manipulates things through story, so maybe it's time we start telling some stories to our advantage." Kay stepped over and grabbed Ben's cock. "But first, we need to rebalance our energies and build up enough for a ritual I read about that will alter this prison. Marianne, while I fuck this hunk you made of my brother, why don't you try to tap into the Dragon's energy and make the other cubs young again?"
Marianne hopped off the bed and out the door. "Toddler rape and incest? Mom was right, monsters like us really are sick."
As she stepped into the front room listening to the brother and sister making love Marianne had to cover her mouth, nearly retching in shock as she saw the elderly scouts shriveled and sleeping on the floor. Some were still holding each other's cocks and clits and the memory of how it all happened flooded back to her. She knew it hadn't all just been a nightmare. That the Dragon of Ages had entranced them all into doing her bidding.
She closed her eyes and tried to think about how to tap into The Dragon's power and restore them, but only one thing came to mind. She didn't want to do it, but if she was a 'sick monster' now then she guessed she had no other choice.
Marianne didn't have much experience with sexuality and wasn't quite sure how to proceed. She listened to the moaning siblings through the wall and tried to think about the various hunks she'd seen in magazines that her mother forbade her to look at.
She experimented with touching her own body, her hands cupping her breasts and sliding along her cum slickened cunt. She stroked a hand across her warm bulging belly and pondered what her and Ben's kids would look like. Then she remembered reading about how rarely cubi had children.
Her mind drifted to porn mags she'd seen boys pass around at school. One image of a female doe on a swing under a waterfall stuck in her mind. She licked her lips and imagined holding the doe against her body from behind, reaching under her arms to cup those wet breasts while her own pressed into the doe's back. She pinched her clit while imagining nibbling the doe's neck.
She knelt down over the mouth of an elderly otter and allowed a mixture of her own juices and Ben's cum to drip into his mouth. At first, nothing happened, but then she remembered the story. Her words carried power through the void between her and The Dragon of Ages. "The beautiful maiden, bound by both The Dragon and an Incubus, reached through space and time, delving through the power of perversion to bring forth a drop from the Fountain of Youth. As it flowed through her body, each of her subjects rose to drink of the splendor."
As she told the simple story the otter rose his head to lick at her nether lips. He started to drink deeply, holding her legs around his head. It wasn't long before his body started to regain its strength along with the other scouts. They lifted her up as she moaned and ground her pussy against their faces. They each took turns using her orgasming body like a keg, drinking her stored juices as they grew younger and younger.
Eventually, they were too young to hold her up any longer and they collapsed into an orgiastic mess, several of the young cubs having sex with each other over her tired body.
Instinctively she began to reach out and feed upon their sexual energies. 'Heel' spikes emerged uselessly at the back of her leg, technically her ankle, being digitigrade. Her breasts swelled and were cupped by a wing bra even as she started lactating for the cubs drinking from her chest. Her small claws elongated and thickened to match her large hands and she found them quite flexible and touch sensitive, almost as if they were direct extensions of her fingers.
"So it's true. I am a succubus. A succubus without a clan. A succubus bunny who apparently has a thing for busty wet does." Marianne came to terms with her nature lying amidst the depravity of her scouts and tilted her head to lick at a random cock dangling by her face. |
Plummet by Iscin | When a city dog takes an adventurous vacation up a mountain he finds more than beautiful scenery. The large and mostly stoic dinosaur he finds staying at the same resort as himself might not be entirely physically compatible but there is more than one way to handle the plummet down. Commissioned by | [
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"Ankylosaur",
"Bulge",
"Cowgirl",
"Deep Penetration",
"Dinosaur",
"Dog",
"Foreplay",
"Gay",
"Husky",
"Hyperphallic",
"Masturbation",
"Muscles",
"Musk",
"Oral",
"Reptile",
"Rimming",
"Sauna",
"Size Difference"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1151265-plummet | |
| |
PLUMMET
by Iscin
This is a work of erotic fiction.
All characters portrayed within are 18 years of age or over.
Characters © Their Players
All rights reserved © 2017.
CHAPTER ONE
Cold
Trance attempts to tighten the buckle around the waist of the arctic coat he bought for the third time. No matter how much he tightens it or how energetic he tries to be he is not getting any positive feedback from his skin underneath all of that fabric and fur. Even the husky's nominally wet nose is getting to feel like icicles are dangling off of it. Before coming out here on a wistful vacation he had thought that his ancestry would gird him against the subzero weather on the northern side of Mount Tengu. Of course, both his environment and his grooming habits preclude an adaptability for the cold climate, although judging from the looks of some of the frost bitten spectators at the ski event he attended earlier today it could be worse.
The distance from the lift to the resort he is staying at is not very far. He manages to navigate the cleared path and wades through snow that has built up since the morning. With the door to the central building before him, the canine all but throws himself at it with his right shoulder first and a paw on the door handle. Leveraging himself in this way promptly swings the door open but the snow caked underneath the snowshoes he is wearing over his paws causes Trance to slip. He ungracefully tumbles in from the cold and lands face-first on a woolly rug.
'Are you okay?' A voice asks and Trance looks up to see the face of the resort's caretaker and safety instructor, Bennie Corbello.
'Cold.' The husky replies through chattering teeth.
The St.Bernard is a large and kindly old dog, Trance's senior by twice his age but still as fit as ever. He helps the younger canine up onto his paws before shutting the door behind him, keeping the warm air trapped inside. The junior dog suspects some amusement from the other. Even so the caretaker does not show it, treating all of the resort's guests with respect and kindness. He does this not only because he is paid well but that he genuinely enjoys meeting people. There is not a soul that comes to this resort that the old dog does not know. Even the ones who are not having the best of times like Trance.
Beyond the antechamber here the resort opens up with a rather large series of rooms. Here on the ground floor there is the main lounge, kitchen, recreational room and even two saunas, one for the males and one for the females who visit. On the two floors above there are personal rooms and a sort of observation balcony and looks out on both the amazing mountain vista and a part of the skiing track down this side of Mount Tengu. It is both exclusive yet communal in design and function, something that appealed to Trance when he had first discovered it. But the climate definitely does not agree with him.
Bennie graciously helps the black and purple coloured husky out of his large coat and snow shoes before they go to the lounge. Being relieved of his coat Trance can now enjoy the warmth of the resort as it seeps in between the follicles of his fur and spreads over the skin underneath. He actually whines in contentment a little, immediately blushing as Bennie looks over his shoulder at the other dog. From the St.Bernard's perspective, the husky must seem quite odd, and not just because of his unusual appearance. Trance only hopes that can stave off any unwanted attention, even if the safety instructor is handsome in an almost ursine kind of way.
There are only a couple other people in the lounge as Trance and Bennie enter. One is a lynx called Dean, hovering near the fireplace. The other is someone who Trance has not yet been introduced to but inescapably catches the canine's attention. Sitting a little uncomfortably in a chair not quite broad enough for him is a cobalt-skinned reptile with a colossal tail ending in a heavy counterweight. Bennie uses a light poke to stop Trance from staring, his eyes bugging out from taking in the size of the other guest.
'It'll be anywhere up to six hours before the rest return. If you need anything I'll be in the garage outside.' Bennie says before turning to leave.
'Kay...' Trance says after the St.Bernard has already left through the door.
CHAPTER TWO
Warm
The best method of staying warm and reinvigorating the body in the kind of snowy climate of Mt.Tengu is a traditional sauna. To make it even more traditional the resort makes it perfectly clear that all guests are required to strip down to their birthday suits. The getting naked part is something that Trance does not mind. Even when sober the party dog has always been liberal with his clothing. His tight and toned body is just too good not to show off, especially that bubbly rear trunk. And his unusual purple on black fur, with green highlights, always attracts the wandering eye even from the straight guys.
However, there is one problem he is facing as he enters the males-only sauna room and peers through the veil of vapours. That reptile, the one from before sitting by himself is also here. And just like everyone else all the tough scaled dinosaur has for modesty is a white towel, though even a large one seems to barely cover his waist properly. And, just like everyone else, he is about to take it off as he finds enough room on one of the benches and sits down. As the fluffy white towel comes away it becomes impossible for Trance to do anything else but stare.
His name is Iscin. Something that the husky learnt in conversation earlier with Dean. Although most folks who comes to a resort like this are furred mammals, he is one of the rare reptiles who actually enjoys the colder climate. Apparently, his kind are related to prehistoric ankylosaurs, and very rare in this day and age. However, judging from his stature and athletically fit body Trance supposes that they have been more than sufficiently hardy to get from then to now without many obstacles.
One of the others coughs politely and Trance realises he is still standing in the entryway. So, he quickly makes his way over to one of the benches and sits down, carefully covering his crotch with a paw as he removes the towel. Normally he would not be so self-conscious but staring at the giant's incredible body has already left the blushing boy with noticeable plumping of his sheath.
Large breaths and keeping his eyes off of the biggest man in the room and willpower help to keep his penis from betraying him. The swelling subsides. But, before he can starts to relax as much as any gay husky can relax in a room with a bunch of other naked men, Dean arrives late. The lynx still has his clothes on as he pokes his head through the door and announces with disbelief at the complete lack of interest and initiative with regards to the females in the sauna on the other side of the building.
'There is actually a way to get a peek at them from the kitchen.' Dean explains with rising interest from his fellow red-blooded heterosexuals in the room.
'What are you a teenager?' The big dinosaur at the far end of the sauna comments. Hearing his deep voice for the first time elicits a blush from Trance.
'No but if any of us are going to get laid tonight I first want to do some window shopping.' Dean replies with a Cheshire grin and promptly leaves presumably for the peeping spot.
Some are more eager than others, but one by one most of the males file out. First to get their pants and then to find out what the lynx was talking about. Trance sighs as the room becomes considerably more empty. However, in all of the buzzing activity, he did not realise at first that at least one other person has not left. It is the person at the back, the one who is taking up an entire bench just for himself, tail resting by his side. The one who had already caught Trance's attention from before and is now making his mind wonder even further the present reality.
'Aren't you going with them?' The big man asks from across the misty room.
'No, I'm err...' Trance's nervousness paralyses him as his tongue stumbles over the word.
'Gay? I'd have never have guessed.'
'Really? Why would yo- oh.' Trance stops himself as he realises that the dinosaur is being facetious with him.
Suddenly a loud and roaring noise thunders across the sauna room. As it bounces off the wood panelled walls Trance physically jumps. With his hackles raised and nominally curly tail straight he looks for the world like a frightened pup in need of succor. The loud noise that startled him is in truth the larger man swept up in his own sense of humour. Trance huffs, paws on his hips as he stares down the dinosaur as he slowly stops laughing. The absurdity of the situation is not completely lost on the canine as he fights back a sympathetic smile. Of course, the only two men left are the two not in the least bit interested in peeping at undressed females, and that leaves a very obvious if maybe yet slightly presumptuous deduction for them both.
'You're gay?' Trance asks, his confidence returning as he stands naked across from the ankylosaur.
'Close. I'm just not that interested in girls right now.' The big guy replies.
Now the dinosaur does something subtle yet powerfully effective. Up until the husky had not even realised that the saurian has been sat with his legs crossed, obscuring a clear view of his crotch. That changes now as he slowly uncrosses one powerfully built leg from the other. As he does so Trance catches a murky look beyond the vapour of something that even for a man of Iscin's size is a mouth-watering feast for the eyes. Yet the scaly schlong he is treated to quickly hides again as the dinosaur crosses his legs again, this time with the other leg. Leaning back against the back of the wooden bench he makes it all look like he was just adjusting his posture.
'So...' Trance starts and stops again, noticing that he his blue rocket is peeking.
'...want to get a room?' Iscin finishes the short sentence.
CHAPTER THREE
Hot
Butterflies kick up a veritable typhoon deep in the pit of the canine's belly as his paws leave the floor. The strong hands of the scaly stud effortlessly lifts up the black and purple husky. Trance tries to affectionately nuzzle into the larger man's chest, twisting and turning as he does so. His cold nose rubs back and forth between the other male's padded pectorals. Better this over Trance trying to thrust his stiffening doggy dick against the dinosaur's belly. Even with their exposure to one another, there is an unspoken expectation for Trance to behave and he has no intention of ruining the mood, even if he does feel like a pup fooling around for the very first time again.
'Don't squirm so much or I might just drop you.' Iscin warns the eager dog.
'I'm sure this'd catch me.' Trance replies as his paws kick at the rising leviathan betwixt the dinosaur's legs.
'Where do you get off saying such an outrageous thing?' The dinosaur retorts in chagrin from the blushing response that Trance has coaxed out of the masculine male.
Such a suggestion, although outrageous in intention, is not beyond belief when looking at the ankylosaur's phallic might. Dinosaurs are naturally large in all manner of proportions, yet nowhere is this so striking as the virile flagpole rising up from its previous slack position between Iscin's legs. It is a long, hot fleshy torpedo more than four feet long riddled with segmented ridges and ending with a broad head that is nearly thirty inches around. It is an ambitious thing for anyone of the dog's size to take on, but years of experience does have its uses.
'Get on the bed and then turn me over. I need to get to work if you want to get some relief tonight.' Trance asks and the reptile acquiesces.
Now laying on top of the naked reptile, Trance can both hear and feel the shifting mattress that bows underneath the ankylosaur's immense weight of muscle and bone. The bedsprings slowly settle as Iscin adjusts himself, legs swung over the edge of the bed and feet still on the floor. Trance now crawls forwards, their positions relative to one another in a rough semblance of sixty-nineing. Outstretched paws reach out for the prize still only at half-mast whilst the dog's rock hard blue rocket drags against the larger man's chest leaving a trail of reflective pre-ejaculate. It is all he wants as the dog finally gets both hands around the dino dick that has been calling to him since before he even laid eyes upon it.
A phallic hat trick; throbbing with a primal virility, radiating a glowing lust and oozing a viscous and musky ambrosia. Trance whines and pants as he pulls back on the pillar of solid malehood before him, bringing its broad and glistening wet glans closer to his lips. On the other end of the bed the saurian huffs and tries to relax as he lets the pup go to work. His own hands are resting upon the dog's naked bubble butt, claws combing through the soft, short fur that feels like velvet to his large, rough fingers. He smiles at the cute sphincter winking back at him as one part of the dog's awareness thinks to flex and help spread himself, presenting for his chosen mate for the evening. Body and mind know what is both required and desired of him, even if he is presently distracted by the feast before him.
A dog's mouth has a great many advantages when it comes to the ancient art of oral stimulation. Its long and flexible tongue, for example. Trance starts by using his to lick at the slit at the top and swirls around the glans, lapping up the nectar. As his hot breath washes over the throbbing organ he inches closer to wrap his lips around it. His muzzle's elongated shape provides a hot, wet and tight corridor for the blisteringly hot sceptre he now strains to get his jaw around. The husky's eyes widen as he struggles over the girth of what only his hands were becoming intimate with until this very moment.
'Don't choke on it.' Iscin warns as he feels Trance begin to get his mouth around his pillar of a phallus. The response from down below is noting but a muffled arf.
Whilst Trance wolf's down the abundance of prehistoric penis offered up to him, Iscin takes a closer inspection of the dog's rump. Claws anchor themselves with tender pricks of pain arcing along Trance's back. He watches the dog's fur stand with a bemused smirk. Everything about this little mammal is soft, sensitive and remarkably handsome. Luxuriously kept fur belies the urban life he lives. Yet the toned muscle keeping his body thin and tight also suggests a gym regiment and at least some cardio. This is a husky that enjoys his body even as he enjoys others. It is a perfectly suited for the appreciating eye. However, it is the ankylosaur's mouth and his own tongue that is going to do express this appreciation now. Trance now feels the hot breath of the other man serving as a precursor for hot contact with his tight little anus.
The struggle only grows for the mammal. Already burdened with a mouthful of colossal cock he is now forced to expend what little air he manages to inhale between suckling sessions on loud and shameless moaning. This is not his fault of course, not when his ass is being drilled into by an experienced lover. Although not as relatively long as his own tongue, the dinosaur's oral muscle is still large and flexible enough to create a sizeable impression working open his virgin tight tailhole. An involuntary response has Trance jumping forwards a bit and in doing so begins to gag, hard.
'Ack, s-slow down.' Trance asks as he pulls off from the python that was blocking his esophagus.
'Sorry, I didn't think you'd jump like that.' Iscin says, his claws loosening their grip as he rubs the dog's butt cheeks as if to soothe him. 'Perhaps we should move on to something little different.'
'Like what?' Trance asks, with a craving twinkle in his purple eyes.
'I think you already know.'
Trance sits up and his back now to the towering rod rising from the great reptile's crotch. The larger man also sits up and scoots back along the mattress so his back is to the wall. Momentum gently pushing the husky back into that gargantuan member that keeps him upright. Each looks into the other's eyes and the canine suddenly knows what it is to be some poor wildebeest caught staring down two cones of light from oncoming traffic. One way or another he is going to get ploughed into. The only choice he has to make is if he wants to take the first turn and have events progress at his own pace. This is consideration for the obvious difference in scale and endurance between them.
With this understanding the husky makes his move. Iscin sits back, watching with captivated attention as the black and purple dog bows his knees and stands up on the dinosaur's marble like abdomen. Such a firm, scaly stomach allows surprisingly good footing as Trance backs up until he can feel the tip of the spear as it pokes against the small of his back. The ankylosaur's erection is truly tremendous, over half of the dog's full body height. He can feel is tail strike it as it happily wags left and right. This also tickles the sensitive glans causing a sudden impulse to buck that is resisted, for now.
'I think we slobbered over each other enough. Take a seat, cowgirl.' That deep voice solicits.
A fusion of concern and excitement are playing havoc with the husky's sense of things. Nevertheless he reaches behind him and gets a handle on the meaty spear behind him. With care and not so much grace he hops up and is forced to allow his body weight to force his sphincter open, his paws having left the footing he thought he had. It works just as intended but the shock to his system rips out an anguished howl from the impaled canine. His eyes water as he wriggles with his claws barely touching the saurian's belly as he sinks down onto the reptile's rogering pole. The only assistance rendered is for Iscin reach for his dick and steady the massive instrument as the dog drops until his feet once more can prop him up.
'FUCK!' Trance exclaims, his claws scratching at the dinosaur's scaled torso as he tries to push himself up a fraction for comfort.
'Relax, you'll get used to it.' Iscin suggests, all whilst unable to hide a wicked smile.
Although it is only the tip from the ginormous ankylosaur's perspective, it feels more like a whole cock to the mammal whose fur is standing on end now. He pants hard as he tries to relax, his gut churning whilst his sphincter screams for mercy. His anal walls really do feel like they are virgin again, though this perception is far removed from reality. Relief only comes in a slow, tortuous realisation as after almost a minute of awkwardly balancing on the peak.
'Now, keep going.' Iscin says with authority as he keeps his cock steady with two hands.
'Y-Yes, sir.' Trance replies with implicit deference.
The journey down is simple enough. All that Trance has to do is weaken his knees and allow his weight to do the rest. Easy enough to start off, but harder than the dino dick splitting his furry cheeks asunder as he soon realises. It is not enough to simply allow gravity to do the work on its own, he has to wriggle. Squirming and writhing on the alpha he is straddling until the next few inches sink deep inside of him. The throbbing alone is enough to make the husky's own penis jump and slobber over itself and the muscular man below.
All other details, the minutiae and ambience of the room and the other male become hazy and forgotten seconds after he observes them. From the sound of the cold winds battering against the window, to the smell of dinosaur dick still on his tongue and snout. None of it matters to Trance whilst his entire body is subjected to potent and dominating shockwaves emanating his abused tailhole and the inner space beyond. Digits and extremities are beginning to feel numb after his third or fourth attempt to cram as much of the other male as possible inside of him. His circulatory system must be affected, to say nothing of the pins and needles from his nerves.
Now he tries to push himself off. With both feet he pushes down and he slowly rises back up. From the ankylosaur's perspective, it is amusing to watch as the dog shakes and whimpers. His hands inevitably wrapping themselves around his own engorged blue bone. This must be like a dream for him. An impossible challenge for a bold and ambitious pup. Maybe his genetics do not express themselves in the cold weather. But here, in his element, the husky is displaying endurance that few of similar size could ever hope to exercise. So he is not just amused, but even impressed by Trance's action.
Unfortunately for the canine things are not progressing as smoothly as the big man underneath him would like. Iscin is used to more sturdy partners and taking a more active role in his own fornicating. Even with his two hands both stroking and stabilising his throbbing butt buster, there is no way he is going to come at this lethargic pace. Whilst Trance is going down for the fifth, far more smoothly than the first two, the saurian decides to move on and do things in a far less leisurely manner.
He tries to shout, or even scream if there was any breath left in his lungs. Not in fear exactly, for he does not believe that the dinosaur wishes to injure him. But, he is surprised and feels as though things have suddenly taken a turn for the worse as he is thrown down onto the bed and the massive reptile looms over him. Iscin spreads his legs, straddling the bed just as much as the canine who is pinned down between fabric and scale. His rump still stuck around the fat head of that turgid terror, poised to drill down into the dirty dog.
'Don't panic. I just need something a little more lively. Promise not to try forcing the whole thing into you. I'm sure that'd be fatal. But you can take, at least half, right?' Trance is not sure if the rhetorical question is arousing or terrifying, but they are about to discover the answer together.
With one arm Trance is effortlessly kept belly down as the dinosaur lines up and starts moving his hips forwards. This is far different from the jerky, plummeting Trance was doing before. Hacked up by the ankylosaur's strong muscles and far heavier weight, the penetration is smooth by virtue of irresistible force. If not for the pre-ejaculate that has been building up until now Trance might fear something being ripped from within. Fortunately the lubricating fluid facilitates a thorough furrowing of ass-side up pup. The submissive canine howls into the bedsheets as he feels the ridges pop inside of him like notches tallying the depth of his perversion. It goes on and on until he starts to wonder if there will be an end. Even half of the ankylosaur is larger than any wolf, deer or even horse the husky has hungrily accepted inside of his body until now.
A reprieve. It finally stops. Or that is to say that it stops forcing its way inside of him. That throbbing as the unusually asymmetrical surface of the mammoth cock stretches his rectum wide seems to only hasten. Iscin is getting excited and when a man who is more than twice your size gets excited you know that things are going to get tough. From without, Trance can feel the larger man shifting, he is preparing his large and heavy tail, ending in a fused hammering bone, as a counterweight for what comes next. It is at this very moment, the quiet before the storm, that the husky might pray for a protective ward for what unholy things are about to happen to his quivering ass.
With a grunt, the ankylosaur pulls back. The ridges pop and electric explosions start setting off deep inside of the canine. It is still only just half, barely more than two feet of hard and lustful prehistoric pussy pounding meat. Yet it is enough to set off a firestorm racing across the dog's entire nervous system as he feels it thrusting back inside of him. Deep and determined the dinosaur drives his point home. In and out with ever increasing ferocity as pendulous testicles, heavy with a ripened load of saurian semen, come crashing down against the back of the husky's legs.
'Tightest... mammal... yet.' Iscin can be heard above the sounds of slapping balls, rocking bed and the strangled cries of the hapless husky.
Anyone who passes by the guest room door right now might well not only hear the raunchy ramming happening inside, but also smell the rich and pervading smell of masculine musk. For only half a dozen poundings in the dog howls as not only does he expel all of the air in his lungs, but copious amounts of doggy jizz spilling across the bedsheets underneath him. His legs grow limper still, different parts of his body either limp and umber or tense and on metaphorical fire. This is like being caught between two afterlives; each one clawing at his very soul. The only thing he can do is whimper and cry with both pain and delight as he accepts this most outrageous of breedings.
Suddenly, the dinosaur slows his thrusting, though the twitching deep inside of Trance is far from slow. He realises that this is the moment, the penultimate pause before the inevitable. In his wisdom, and what little is left of his self-conscious concern, Iscin sits back up, using his tail as a third leg for balance. The dog is lifting up off the bed, his eyes hazily looking back at the sticky mess he has left there. Strong hands now grab him from either side and with a few final tugs, as if the dog is nothing but a cock sock, the reptile finally comes.
It is as if Mount Tengu has just violently exploded. That is if Mount Tengu was a dinosaur's monstrous meat-pole lodged deep inside of a talented gay dog. Just as Trance thinks that it is over, another quake rocks him as more ankylosaur spunk is pressure injected into his body. The hot mess warms him from within even as it begins to cool. Excess spills back, just as Trance thinks his belly is about to burst, or he is going to start coughing up white. However, it is the dinosaur's deafening roar and barely contained thrashing that shakes the building and displaces some of the paintings and cheap furnishings in the room.
'Best. Vacation. Ever.' |
Lilo & Hamsterviel by CrimsonStar | #19 of Adult Commissions Extreme story involving Lilo and Hamsterviel. Read at your own risk, you have been warned. - Lilo & Hamsterviel (Extreme Warning!) Commissioned by: Leonux from SoFurry Written by: CrimsonStar I was a rainy night. The sun had just set and the rain ravaged through the islands. | [
"Death",
"Extreme",
"Gore",
"Scat"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1145465-lilo-hamsterviel | Lilo & Hamsterviel
(Extreme Warning!)
Commissioned by: Leonux from SoFurry
Written by: CrimsonStar
I was a rainy night. The sun had just set and the rain ravaged through the islands. The moon and the stars were hidden behind thick clouds and the only light came from the constant thunder that slammed against the ground. Lilo and Stitch had been out in a picnic, when the storm had suddenly started. Powerful winds had forced them to run inland as the ocean itself turned from a tranquil pond into a raging maelstrom.
Startled by the thunder, they ventured into the wilderness and at some point they lost track of each other. Lilo tried in vain to call for stitch, but her voice was drowned by the thundering roar of the rain and the sea.
Soon she found herself lost, wandering aimlessly between shadows and slippery slopes, while storm only continued to grow in strength and ferocity. Eventually, however, she came across a cave, sheltered by its thick stone walls from the inclemency of the rain. Lilo scrambled inside, making sloshing sounds as the water dripped from her into the stone floor. As she got in, however, she found much more than she expected. There was a warm fire already lit and a few slices of bread next to a bowl of honey. She moved in closer to the fire and extended her hands, and after her stomach growled, she decided to take a bite from the bread and honey.
After a few minutes the warmth of the fire made her doze off. She found the most comfortable spot she could find next to the fire and closed her eyes, letting herself slip into a placid dream. She had the impression of hearing footsteps right before falling asleep, but she didn't really mind... She was tired... perhaps suddenly, too tired...
When she opened her eyes again, she let out a wide yawn, and she immediately noticed she was no longer in the cave. She tried to brush the grime off her eyes, but she felt something restraining her wrists right above her buttocks. Cold metal. Not only that, but whenever she moved she could feel the icy metal biting into her skin. Het clothes had been removed. She looked around, and she noticed her eyelids felt heavy, her head swung wildly to a side when she tried to move it and yet all she could see was a room shrouded in darkness, that was only pierced by dim spots of green, blue and red lights in the distance. They seemed like the buttons and indicators of varied machines.
"You're awake." Came a raspy, low and tired voice. "I've been waiting. Been waiting. Waiting. So long. It would've been a pitiful shame if you didn't wake. Maybe you won't wake next time."
"H... Hammstrvlrmr...?" Tried to ask Lilo, her voice trampled by whatever tranquilizer had was affecting her.
The white coated creature pushed some buttons on a nearby terminal, which prompted a bucket of cold water to fall on Lilo, and descended the slate that restrained her to floor level. Lilo screeched when the icy water washed over her, but it seemed to clear her mind, at least in part.
"What... What are you doing?" She focused her eyes on the villain, he seemed... different.
His white fur had grown a dull gray and was missing in patches. His hands were covered in some crimson and black grime and the fur around his eyes seemed to have been scorched, forminga black halo of ash and dry blood around his red eyes. He looked thinner, some of his teeth were missing, and there was a fresh surgical scar in his groin area. When he rose his hand to speak again, she noticed he was also missing his middle finger and his index had been cut short. The mutton still a bright red.
"What happened to you?" She asked.
"A strike of genius! That's a happened. For so long I've tried and failed. For so long I've foolishly pursued you and your pathetic friends! But no more. No. More! You will regret crossing me human. You will kneel and beg before me. And you will beg for death."
"Wh... What are you saying? Let me go! You'll pay for this. What did you do with my clothes?"
"You don't deserve clothes you disgusting breath. You deserve to live like an animal! To be treated like an animal. To be raped like a animal!" His laughter echoed through the chamber. He took another step forward and spit a thick mass of bloody flesh to the base of Lilo's feet.
As he moved closer. Lilo noticed he was ardently rubbing his crotch. "After today you won't ever bother me again!" He said, uncovering his crotch to reveal a spewing bulging of black liquid.
"Please... Let me go!" Her voice trembled, she was shaking.
He moved further into the light as he continued to caress his crotch. As the bulging Lilo had seen continued to grow in size, is seemed as if something was digging it's way out through putrid flesh and black blood. There was a trace of yellow fluid with black flakes marking the steps Hamsterviel had taken since he started talking. And now in the light, Lilo could start to see what was coming out from the villain's body. At first it seemed like some sort of white and crimson string, but as the villain continued to grope it, it started to grow thicker, denser, black veins gorged with blood, but the skin was the pale white of dead skin. The yellow liquid that puddled in the floor was coming out in small gushed from the tip, the black flakes clumping and spewing every so often.
When he was close enough, Lilo could catch the foul scent of the fluids spewing from his genitals. Rotten flesh and sulfur. Het stomach churned and she did her best effort not to arch in disgust. His dick was already fully erect, but he continued to stroke it.
To Lilo's surprise, it didn't stop growing. The veins that wrapt it like rotten tree roots bulged even further, so engorged with blood that parts of them began to inflate to form bubbles around his shaft. The skin around it, was so stretched that the hairs on it had started to fall, while Hamsterviel groaned and moaned with every stroke and with every extra millimeter that his skin was further stretched. Eventually, his sheathe could hold no longer, and near the now massive middle of the shaft, the skin began to tear appart from the top down. Like a rotten flower that opens up to show dashes of crimson. Blood started to spew out slowly at first, like stains over what was left of the white fur of his shaft. But then it slowly grew into steady tears of blood running down his shaft. The pain seemed inconsequential for him, however. Instead of stopping, he started going faster. Now not only his hands moved but his hips had started to thrust repeatedly into them.
This seemed to only further increase the growth rate of his cock. With every passing second more veins overgrew to cover the surface of his dick, and more raptures appeared on the skin around his shaft. Now his balls were also engorged and protruded from his body, as a mass of pustules and needle marks. The skin that covered his testicles was scarred and deformed, needle after needle seemed to have been inserted into it, one on top of another without even waiting for them to heal. The wounds had now became festering pustules of infection and disease, which exuded black viscous fluid with every stroke of his paws.
"Please stop this." Lilo pleaded in vain. "We can help you if you just..."
"I Don'T neEd your hElp! YoUuuuU dIsgUstiNg humaNnnnnN!"
Lilo's pleas seemed to turned him on even further. His dick began to pulsate and he started to scream in a mixture of pain and pleasure.
"Please..." She whimpered one more time.
"ShUt Up! ShuT up! I'll mAke you Shut up! ShUt Up!"
The skin around the shaft of his cock finally bursted under the pressure of the mutated growing flesh. A loud ripping sound echoed through the chamber and a spray of blood stained Hamsterviel's deranged fur with red spots and lines, and Lilo could also feel the warm feel of fresh blood all over her naked body.
"YesYeSSYeSYesYesSSYeEEsESYeSYES! Come here you little bitch."
Hamsterviel started to walk closer to Lilo, every step a struggle as his hips continued to thrust wildly even as he tried to walk. Several times he stopped to stroke his dick and taste his blood and precum. He arched as he moved his fluid-covered hand to his mouth, but seemed to care little even if he puked.
Lilo was now squirming and screaming unintelligibly on the slate that restrained her. Her legs fluttering wildly as she tried to push away form the craze villain, only to slide back down on the slate that held her hands in place behind her. She started to scream and yell for help, hoping his friend would hear her and come to her rescue. But even after her throat started to hurt, no one came to her aid. She was alone. Alone with this monster, that bulged and pulsed covered with thick blood and yellow fluid, and Hamsterviel.
He came closer and climbed on top of the slate, as he did the thick flow of blood and yellow tinted fluid began to spout over Lilo, she screamed and yelled and squirmed in vain as Hamsterviel continued to stroke and thrust the air on top of her. With every thrust a new gush of putrid fluid spewed on her. Covering every inch of her skin and puddling below her in a disgusting mass of black, crimson and yellow. Turning her hair into a viscous mass of tangled fibers and bits of rotten meat. Lilo screamed and screeched and begged, but as she did a spray from the thick mass of bulging flesh that Hamsterviel was pleasing gushed out and landed partly into her mouth. Lilo arched in disgust and a stream of acid rose up to her throat as she arched and her stomach hardened and pushed in.
Hamsterviel at that moment pounced onto her, using his mutilated hands to try and shut her up. Pushing against her mouth with one and holding her neck with the other, while using his legs to spread her's open wide in anticipation for introducing his colossal dick into her tiny slit. Hamsterviel con fell Lilo's racing pulse of fear and agony under the grasp of his hand and when she started coughing instead of screaming he moved both hands to her throat.
Meanwhile his hips continued to thrust wildly ramming painfully against the entrance of Lilo's body. With every thrust a plash of blood and putrid flesh sprayed against the table and both of their bodies. However with every stroke and every choked scream of pain Lilo's slit was further spread open. Again and again the monster rammed against Lilos' dark skin, until the inflammation and deformation of her outer labia gave way for the rotting shaft to start entering her. Using their blood and his putrid fluids as lubricant.
As he entered her, he decided he no longer wanted her mute, he wanted her to scream and yell in pain. He wanted to hear her whimper and cry as the was ripped apart in two by gorged penis. As he entered her, he could hear the crack of her hips fracturing under the force of his thrusting, and he could see the dark skin of her stomach bulging as her insides made room for his massive shaft. He let go of her throat and grabbed her legs to further push himself in, with every push a spew of blood and bits of meat spewed back out. He leaned in to kiss her as if trying to devour her, opening his mouth as much as he could and invading her mouth with his tongue, tasting the slightly acidic flavor she still retained and pushing his tongue as deep as it would go, as if trying to lick himself inside of her. His hips continued to shake wildly, further feeding the pool of fluids on top of which they now rested.
Every time he thrusted, the human screeched and yelled in agony, and the weaker her screams grew, the stronger his lust grew. Again and again he rammed her, so hard that the iron restraints that were holding her eventually gave in under his strength, but it mattered no more, the human could barely move. And as she let out a scream of pain stronger than any other, so was Hamsterviel pushed over the limit, with a sudden release of viscous yellow-white fluid his dick began to spasm in pleasure and pain, growing even bigger inside of Lilo, making her stomach bulge as if he had been pregnant for most of the year, and pushing the air out of her lungs due to the sheer pressure of the fluid being released. Hamsterviel joined in the screaming and pushed her out of his dick with a kick that sent her to the end of the table.
Cumming however, only seemed to further invigorate his dick and his desire. He dragged the deformed husk of a human back to him, and with a single movement flipped her on her destroyed stomach, excess skin now protruding to a side.
Without any anticipation he burrowed his snout into Lilo's anus. At first he simply licked but his irrational strength eventually forced his entire snout into the body of the girl. There he tried to open it and lick as deep as he could, feasting on the nauseous flavors he found inside and that eventually started flowing freely into his mouth. He swallowed and went at it again, and again, ravishing as an animal that eats a putrid caracass.
However it was his cock what gave him the most pleasure, and it demanded to be tended, it demanded to enter the human again, it demanded the warmth and tenderness his snout was feeling. He retreated, caring little for cleaning himself up and grabbed Lilo from her destroyed hips, her anus gaped at him, as if inviting his powerful cock in. With a single trust and a mad scream of pain he pushed into her. Whatever remained of her insides now marred beyond recognition, he rammed. Again. Again. Again. Faster. Faster. Deeper. Digging his claws onto her back as the pleasure climbed higher and higher and his dick continued to grow even inside her.
Eventually the pressure was too much. The pressure on his cock, the pressure on his heart, the pressure on Lilo, the pressure on his veins. His cock began to release a second stream of white putrid cum. Inflating Lilo like a balloon and with such strength that she slowly began sliding out as Hamsterviel was maddened by the pleasure and pain he was experimenting. PAtches of his fur began falling out, leaving behind bloody holes that spewed fluid in unison with his cock. Al the wounds he had re-opened and began spewing blood all over the table and spraying it around the room.
The wild thrusting of his hips prompted him to lose balance and fall from the table back into the fluid-covered floor. He shook and convulsed in a mixture of pain and pleasure, his eyes turned back and vibrating in ecstasy. However his dick only continued to grow further and further. Bigger, bigger. His convulsions made a sloshing sound against the floor as his dick grew to a size to rival his own. An almost round mass of pulsating flesh and open wounds, it continued to fester and expel fluids from the tip now burrowed deep inside the mass of rotting flesh.
Finally the torn skin could hold no more, with his convulsions only getting worse and the flesh growing out of control, it was only a matter of time before the skin finally gave in. It was a loud rip at first, that sprayed yellow clumps of something into the walls and screens of the laboratory. Then another rip. And another, and then in a flash of crimson and green vile, the mass of meat exploded in a massive release of blood and flesh that covered the entire room in the same viscous yellow liquid. The room was flooded with unrecognizable clumps of flesh and what was left behind, was the remnants of a humanoid creature, that seemed to have had a monster rip out from it's insides and that had been rotting for several days already, even if the body was still warm.
The room submerged in silence once more. The laboratory was built deep below the earth, under the cave where Lilo had innocently decided to eat unknown food. Now it was silent, and the only movement was the blinking of those lights not covered in grime. What was left of the monstrous happenings would remain hidden underground for long, perhaps people outside would assume she had valiantly given her life to end the reign of terror he had tried to bring forth.
Perhaps it was better that way... |
Crimson Eyes by TheMadmanwithaScarf | #8 of Journey of the Shadow Archive - Her eyes were like pools of crimson red blood, Even the Death shall glare into their beauty. Her skin was like the snow unstained by mud; People said she was a broken cutie. Her voice was the whisper of a stranger, Like the organ of a graceful angel. People said | [
"Crimson",
"Eyes"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1153113-crimson-eyes | Her eyes were like pools of crimson red blood,
Even the Death shall glare into their beauty.
Her skin was like the snow unstained by mud;
People said she was a broken cutie.
Her voice was the whisper of a stranger,
Like the organ of a graceful angel.
People said she was the kind of danger;
And she was a lady that was baneful.
Her hair was the colour of a great flame;
Some say it was the same texture of cloth.
It was the same beauty as her true name,
Some say she was from a witches' mad broth.
In truth she was in fact just a sad belle,
When she lived in such a frightful pale hell. |
An Immune...Dragoness? by draconicon | #1 of Torin the 'Dragoness' A story for FA: Torin13 with a few more stories to come with it. It all started with a bang, and not the usual kind. If you enjoyed this story, please consider dropping me a tip at [email protected] . I make my living by writing these stories, and every little | [
"Anal",
"Anthro",
"Bondage",
"Cum",
"Dragon",
"Fellatio",
"Feral",
"Gender Confusion",
"Humiliation",
"Hypnosis",
"M/M",
"Musk",
"Oral",
"Sluttification",
"Transformation",
"feminization"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1149267-an-immune-dragoness | An Immune...Dragoness? For Torin By Draconicon
Torin was just about at the epicenter of the big burst of light when it went off, and he blinked when he realized that everyone around him had gone completely frazzle-faced. Everyone else had glazed eyes, hard cocks, and looked like they'd been hit with some sort of lusty Cupid's arrow, while he was just as normal as ever.
The gold dragon walked over to one such person, a wolf with a giddy grin, and poked him on the cheek a few times.
"Uh, hello? Are you okay?"
"Hee hee...pretty dragoness..."
"Hey, I'm just having a big butt day! I'm not a dragoness."
"Pretty pretty dragoness..."
"Hmmph!"
He snorted, turning around and turning his back on the wolf. He got a few more catcalls as he left the exploded area, always talking about him as some sort of female rather than anything else. Torin shook his head as he walked out of the construction yard, leaving all those zonked-out males to their own devices.
As he left the construction yard and walked down the street, though, he kept seeing other weird things. There were other males that he passed by that whistled at him, calling out about the fat-assed dragoness strutting herself. Even when he shouted back that he was a dragon, all he got were smirking grins and a 'yeah, sure' expression that just enraged him. He got no less than a dozen of them in the three blocks from the construction yard to his house, and by then, he had steam coming out of his ears.
Not literally, of course. That was last week's potion power. But it still felt like it!
He flomped down on the couch, only for it to crack and break beneath him. He fell to the ground, looked around, and flomped again, not caring enough to get up.
*Stupid couch, stupid day, stupid blind people. Gotta be blind. I'm a dragon, not a dragoness. Would a dragoness have this?*
He looked down, lifting one hind leg to show off his sheath to himself. Just as big and bloated as ever, and not in the least shrunken. He lowered his leg again, shaking his head. What as going on?
*Maybe Kilian would have an answer,* he thought. The blue dragon was probably out in the backyard picking up potion ingredients at the moment, and wouldn't be so busy that he couldn't be interrupted.
And no interruptions meant a much happier Kilian. Probably he'd explain everything and everyone would be happy again.
Going from mopey to happy in the space of about three seconds, Torin pulled himself to his feet and made his way towards the backdoor.
Kilian was in the very back of the backyard, pressed up against one of the fences and rooting around with a trowel in his tail. The big blue dragon had about three different plants in hand, and another two that were just getting put out on a tray when Torin shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Hey, Kilian!"
The resulting shower of dirt and plants left him in a dire need of a bath, and also had the big blue turning on him with the biggest glare he'd seen in a while. It softened, however, as soon as he looked him in the eye.
"What the hell...when did you drink a gender shifting potion?"
"Why is everyone saying that?"
"Because you're a dragoness...and a very sexy one at that."
"That's what everyone -"
He broke off as Kilian sat back, the big blue spreading his hind legs a bit, just enough to let his sheath fall out into view. Torin looked down at it, blushing as he felt a hunger in the back of his mouth for the hefty piece of meat, but...but he had to talk, had to explain.
"I...I was walking home, and -"
"Yeah, yeah, you can tell me this later. How about you suck my dick now?"
"But-but I need -"
His head was already lowering, despite his best attempts to hold back. He grunted as his lips pressed against the other feral's sheath, his mouth ground against the end of it. A powerful musk filled his nose, and he shivered as he was dragged up towards the tip.
He couldn't stop himself. He just started sucking as soon as the cock tip pressed against his mouth, pulling it into the back of his mouth and slowly bobbing his head up and down, lewd little suck-suck sounds slipping past his lips as the other dragon groaned for him.
"Heh, mmmph...I don't know what happened, but this new look has an even better mouth than the last one."
"Mmmph!"
"Oh don't worry. We'll talk about it...after..."
He got his head bobbed up and down again and again, taking the entirety of that thick cock down his throat before Kilian finally let him loose. Torin gasped, coughing, as the blue circled around him.
"Can...can I talk now?"
"Almost. Just, uh, push yourself over this way."
Torin followed the bigger dragon's orders, figuring that there was some way that he could talk so he could be better heard. He was positioned with his head towards the fence, and before he could say anything, Kilian leaped on and slammed forward again. Torin yelped, his head shoved forward -
Crack!
And suddenly, he was stuck. His head was on one side of the fence, his body was on the other, and his horns were positioned just so that he couldn't wiggled his head back.
All the while, Kilian was hammering away at his rump, ramming him forward and backward, his body jiggling in the rear with every rough smack. He moaned and whimpered, his ass clenching down on that thick cock, and he felt his own starting to throb and extend, pushing forward until it was fully hard.
As he started dripping, he heard a different chuckle, and looked forward again.
He recognized the pair of dragons in front of him. One of them was Necross, the friend that came by every so often, and the other was Havok, a friend of Draconicon's that he'd met a little while ago. But why were they looking at him with smirks like that.
"Hi guys. Uh, sorry about the head through the fence thing."
"Oh, I don't think you need to apologize, Torin," Necross said, chuckling. "I mean, it's like a perfect little gloryhole."
"...What?"
"Wouldn't you say so, Havok?"
"Yeah. Pretty surprising, really. I mean, you'd think you'd keep a slut like that behind all the closed doors you could, not put them out on public display."
"Yeah, she's just begging to be used."
"I'm a HE!" Torin protested.
Necross shook his head.
"Yeah, I'm not all that attracted to ladies, but there is something about that muzzle of yours..."
"Well, if you're not going to use her, Necross, I'm going to. Drac locked me in chastity unless someone else helps me out, so I'm going to take advantage."
"Wha-wait, please, I can't -"
Yet, just like with Kilian, he found that he most definitely could. He was suddenly shoved down a thick cock, paler than Kilian's as he sucked Havok off. The other dragon had his cock out, slowly stroking it to the show, but for some reason, Torin couldn't just spit the cock out or pull his head back. It was like...like some compulsion to keep on sucking.
And it didn't help that Kilian was hammering away the way that he was, always pounding in just the right places to get him to moan, getting him to shiver. Torin panted, his cock drooling against the fence, and the blue dragon behind him chuckled.
"Looks like this little dragoness is getting really wet from being used."
"She's definitely sucking harder."
"Yeah, looks like she's just about in heat."
She, she, she. What was all that about? *He* was Torin, a male dragon, not a dragoness that was just waiting for dicks.
Yet, all he could do was take the ones that he was offered. Havok didn't last long, blowing down his throat after face-fucking him for a few minutes, while Necross lasted a great deal longer, pumping musk into his nose as much as he pumped pre down his throat.
It pushed him into a sort of sleepy, almost trance-like state, too lusty and lust-drunk to care what happened, and he slipped away on wings of lust...
\_So many cocks. Ten, twenty, thirty of them in just over two hours, some of them fucking down his throat from outside, fingers digging into the fence, while others hopped it and decided to use his ass. Talking about how warm his pussy was, how slick and eager it was, with all that seed oozing out.
Dragons, demons, alligators, crocodiles, a couple of birds. He didn't know who they were, or what they wanted, only that they had cock for the dragoness. He didn't know who the dragoness was, either, but he was happy to service them while they kept looking.\_
Cock after cock after cock. His hole felt wrecked, and his face was soaked...but he was happy...
Torin woke up again after the sun went down, and realized that the board his head was stuck through had finally been removed from the fence. He grinned, and turned towards the house, humming as he walked towards the open backdoor -
THWACK!
Only for the board to get caught, keeping him from walking through. Backwards, forward -
THWACK! Thwack. Thwack....THWACK-THWACK-THWACK!
"Kilian! Help!"
"Alright, alright, you slutty dragoness..."
The End |
Good Enough (Cutting Deeper) by ragewolver | A short story based around Thomas from the main story. - Good Enough--Cutting Deeper _Wednesday_ The shower was relaxing, especially after such a hard practice. His muscles ached and throbbed painfully beneath his fur, and Thomas Martan couldn't help but wonder if just maybe he had overdone it | [
"Athlete",
"Athletic",
"Blood",
"Brothers",
"Character Development",
"Death",
"Depression",
"Father",
"Football",
"M/M",
"Mother",
"Panther",
"Violence"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1146889-good-enough-cutting-deeper | Good Enough--Cutting Deeper
*Wednesday*
The shower was relaxing, especially after such a hard practice. His muscles ached and throbbed painfully beneath his fur, and Thomas Martan couldn't help but wonder if just maybe he had overdone it today.
But he couldn't help himself; he enjoyed what he did and did what he loved. And with the first game of the season just a few days away, Thomas knew he wanted to be at his best, even if it meant that he was the last one to leave--like today. The locker room was empty and Coach Nun was waiting for him to leave...
Well, maybe not so empty...
"Nice job today," remarked a playful, energetic voice and Thomas looked over. Walking into the showers was the familiar white rabbit, Oswald "Ozzy" Fuller, taking his usual prideful stride forward. "So, *big* kitty, you think you're ready for the big game?"
The innuendo was not lost on Thomas. "Always ready to win. You going to reward me when we win?"
Ozzy was now under the same spray of water, reaching up to touch Thomas's chest. "Don't I always?" he answered coyly. "Maybe I ought to reward you now for practicing so hard..." His touch started to drift lower and Thomas hurriedly pulled him closer in a quick kiss. When they pulled back, Ozzy chuckled. "Impatient, aren't you?"
"You're one to talk. We're in the school shower--Coach hasn't left yet," Thomas replied, giving him another, deeper kiss as he felt Ozzy's touch drift lower. "Do you want to get caught?"
"Doesn't it make it more fun to take risks, kitten?"
Thomas couldn't deny how much he wanted it too, especially when he heard Ozzy call him 'kitten' in such a tone. It was a term of endearment that belonged to the rabbit alone, one that only the two of them ever heard. Ozzy nipped at his neck and--
"TOMMY!" called another, intruding voice.
Immediately, Ozzy broke away, and moved towards another shower. Thomas cleared his throat before calling back.
"Yeah?! Who is it?!"
"Theo!" the voice called back and Thomas mentally cursed his luck. Of course Theodore would've come looking for him after having to wait so long after school had ended. "Are you almost dressed? I want to go home!"
"Yeah, just wait outside, Theo!" Thomas yelled back. "Be out in a minute!"
They were quiet and Thomas was relieved to hear the sound of the locker room door close as Theo walked out. He exhaled sharply and turned to adjust the water over him to a much colder temperature. Ozzy walked back over, arms crossed.
"You know, if you'd just tell him--"
"Don't start," Thomas interrupted. "You know I can't do that."
"Great... Another night of jacking off because you're too scared to come out," Ozzy scoffed.
"I'm not gay," Thomas retorted.
"Right, because getting off to someone of the same gender isn't called 'being gay'," Ozzy answered sarcastically. Then, tapering his temper, Ozzy continued, "Eventually, someone's going to find out."
"You'd better keep your mouth shut!" Thomas warned.
"I'd be in just as much hot water as you," Ozzy remarked. "I don't care if you want to call us fuck buddies, friends with benefits or whatever! But this blue ball shit is annoying."
Thomas sighed heavily. "Look, we shouldn't even be doing this... whatever you call it. So for now, just drop it. I promise I'll make it up to you however you want to." He winked and Ozzy chuckled.
"Then that means I get you before and after the game," Ozzy answered. "You just can't be too rough before we go on the field."
"Why? I thought my little bunny liked it rough?"
---
"Took you long enough," Theodore Martan huffed as he watched his elder brother walk out into the parking lot. "Practice ended nearly an hour ago!"
Thomas snorted indignantly. "Hey, I need to be in top shape, Theo. You don't have to wait. You can always ride the bus home." He unlocked his car and tossed his backpack into the backseat. "Besides, I was busy."
"Jacking off in the locker room?" Theodore jabbed.
Thomas tensed as he got into the front seat, Theodore getting into the passenger side. But he quickly realized that Theodore had meant it solely as a joke and relaxed. No, he doesn't know, but he had almost stumbled upon it... *Need to be more careful*, Thomas thought bleakly. *But that bunny's just too damn cute...*
"Dude, that's not funny," Thomas said aloud. "Besides, why're you so intent on waiting for me? It's not like the bus is an impossible option."
"No, but I'd rather wait for you. It's quieter, and more relaxing. And you love your baby brother enough to buy him a lemon soda," he added eagerly. Thomas glanced over at his brother with an analytical gaze, trying his hardest to swallow the disgust in his throat.
"How can you stomach that crap? It's so freaking sour..."
"Is that a no?"
"I ought to say no, but I'm in a good mood," Thomas explained. "You're lucky."
"No, you just can't say no to me," Theodore replied happily.
"Put your seatbelt on," Thomas scoffed, smiling despite himself.
"And if I say no?"
Thomas put as much pressure on the break as he could, chortling as Theodore tried to keep himself from falling into dashboard. Theodore quickly regained his composure and buckled his seatbelt, arms crossed and scowling at Thomas's laughter.
"That's what happens when you don't respect your elders."
---
For the first time in a long time, dinner at the Martan household was quiet, solemn. Thomas had barely spoken two words to either Theodore or his mother, Mary, as they ate and he found his eyes drifting towards the empty chair that was on all of their minds. Once more, Henry Martan was absent, undoubtedly bogged down with the work of a police detective, leaving his family to worry.
After two minutes of tense, thick silence, Theodore finally spoke.
"So, what's the case this time?" he inquired.
The question had been on Thomas's mind as well, though he had quickly learned that it was pointless to ask. Mary's head lifted slightly as she met her sons' gazes but she quickly looked away.
"He's not allowed to discuss the details of the case with me," she said. "You know that."
"Do you know where he went?"
"He'll be back before you know it," Mary assured her son. "So don't worry. But how was school, Theo, Tommy? You two came home awfully late. Is everything okay?"
"Tommy just wanted to waste time after practice," Theodore answered, feigning bitterness. "But he bought me this, so we're even." He pointed towards the half-empty bottle of yellow soda with a grin. Mary frowned.
"You and your father," she said with a small laugh. "I don't know how you two do drink it."
"It's an acquired taste," Theodore said in such a way and tone that it was a near-perfect mimicry of his father.
"I hope I never acquire it," Thomas jibed. "So, you're coming to the homecoming game, right, Ma?"
"Of course," she assured him. "Wouldn't miss it for the world, Tommy."
"Will Dad be there too?"
"Naturally. Has he ever missed one of your games?" she continued. The mood had lightened considerably and she was grinning widely, though Thomas noticed that her eyes had drifted once more to her husband's vacant chair. "We'll both be there. You just focus on *winning*."
"Do I ever lose?"
"Yes," Theodore said quickly. He cringed as Thomas tossed a meatball at his face. "Mom, Tommy's picking on me!" he said in a forced, whiny voice.
"I know," Mary said. "That's why he's going to be washing the dishes tonight \_and\_tomorrow."
Theodore turned back to Thomas and stuck his tongue out.
"And for that, you'll be losing your TV for the rest of the night," Mary added.
"But--" Theodore started, but he rapidly silenced himself with a dark gaze from his mother. Thomas would've laughed, but he kept himself quiet. There was no reason to do anything to provoke a punishment.
---
"Tommy? Thomas, you awake?"
Thomas groaned, but kept his eyes closed. "I am now... Go back to sleep, Theo."
Theodore paused before speaking. "You think Dad's okay?"
That got Thomas's attention and his eyes opened. The bedroom they shared was still dark, and he couldn't see Theodore on the top bunk above his bed but he could hear the bed's noise as Theodore shifted above him. A few seconds later, Theodore was climbing down and seating himself at the foot of Thomas's bunk.
"What's bugging you? Nightmares?" Thomas inquired.
"I suppose... It's just... Why does he always have to stay out so late? I know he's a cop and all and he has to but... why can't they send out someone else to do it?" Theodore asked and Thomas could hear the fear in his voice.
"He'll be fine, Teddy," Thomas assured him. "Really. He's too stubborn to die and too bullheaded to quit. He'll be back before you know it. For all we know, he's just staking out some seedy club or something. Might not even be dangerous."
"But what if--?"
"Don't think about that," Thomas said. "For now, just try to relax. I don't like seeing you worry."
"I can't help it... I don't want to lose him... or anyone. It's just... I don't know... scary."
"Trust me, the world's a scary place and I've only seen a bit of it," Thomas said. "But you remember when I broke my arm a few years back and you thought they'd have to amputate it?"
"Yeah, but they didn't. What's that got to do with...?"
"My point is that you worry about the worst possible ideas when the worst doesn't always happen," Thomas continued. "It's the same idea. You're worried about something happening to him, but this isn't the first time that he's had to work at night and this isn't the first criminal he's had to stake out. You need to trust that he'll be back."
"Do you?"
The question resonated in Thomas's head and he thought for a moment. The honest answer was no and if he was truthful with himself, he was just as worried as his brother. It was all too easy to imagine a scenario where his father would be killed, go missing or be tortured or--
"Yes," Thomas said. "I have to so that I know he'll be back."
"Thanks, Tommy, for listening," Theodore said after a brief moment of silence.
"... Are you going to be able to go back to sleep?" Thomas wondered.
"Can I...? Just for tonight...?"
"Can you what?"
"Nothing, it's a stupid question," Theodore said and Thomas felt his weight disappear from the foot of his bed. "I'll just--"
"Were you going to ask if you could sleep on my bunk tonight? Like when we were younger?"
"How'd you know?"
"Because you always do when you're scared," Thomas answered sternly. "Theo, you're too old for that. You're a freshman in high school. You need to start acting like it. I can't keep babying you all day and night. Theo, I do love you dearly. You're my baby brother and I want to keep you happy and safe. But you have to grow up."
"Y-yeah," Theodore replied weakly. "I know."
Thomas heard the bunk bed creak as his brother climbed back up onto the top bunk. Swallowing the strange guilt that went through him, he spoke again.
"Hey, Theo, how're you liking high school?"
"What?"
"How're you liking high school?" Thomas repeated.
"It's okay," Theodore replied. "Like middle school only bigger. Although, I owe you for trying to scare me about the freshman hunt."
Thomas laughed, hearing a lighter tone in Theodore's voice. "I had to. It's funny to watch you panic."
"You're an ass."
"You're a midget."
"You're stupid!"
"You're childish."
A sudden pounding on the closed door made them both jump in surprise. *"You're both going to be in trouble if you don't go to sleep!"*
They couldn't help but laugh at the annoyed shout of their mother, laughing louder when they heard the bedroom door close.
"Get some sleep, Theo," Thomas said. "We've got school in the morning."
---
*Thursday*
"So, you don't know when he'll be back home?" Ozzy wondered as he walked beside Thomas between classes.
"No, we didn't even know when he got a new case," Thomas answered. "He never tells us everything, but he normally would say when he had a new case and or some new lead to follow. Honestly, I don't know what to say." They came to a stop at Ozzy's locker and Thomas leaned against the wall. "I don't even know if he's okay or anything."
"And I take it that Theo's not taking this too well either," Ozzy said.
"No. He's kind of a wreck. Not seeing Dad at breakfast almost made him cry."
"That bites," Ozzy noted. "Think he'll be okay?"
"Dad'll be back before long," Thomas insisted. "At the very least, he'll be back for the homecoming game. He never misses any of my games. Which reminds me"--he leaned in closer and lowered his voice to a husky, lustful tone--"do I still get my reward if we win?"
Ozzy shivered at the sound. "I think I might not want to wait to see if you win."
Thomas chortled. "You're a nymphomaniac, you know."
"I can't help it with you breathing down my neck like that," Ozzy scoffed. "I'm going to be horny all through my next class because of you." Then, smugly, he said, "That's a big word for you. 'Nymphomaniac'. Whatever happened to needing to take it down a notch?"
"I don't care as long as we don't get caught."
"We wouldn't have yesterday if you weren't such a--"
"Don't say it, Oswald," Thomas warned. "That joke got old after the third time."
"Don't say what?" Ozzy asked playfully.
"You know what."
"No, I don't, *kitten*."
"That damned 'scaredy-cat' line," Thomas growled. "It's more annoying than anything else you do." He thought for a moment. "Almost anything else you do."
"I'm not that annoying."
Thomas grinned, but the bell cut off his retort. Playfully jostling the fur on Ozzy's head, he turned to walk away towards his next class.
---
Somewhere in the back of his mind, he knew he should've done something, but even as he watched Theodore's bullies jostle him from his position in line, Thomas couldn't help but wonder what exactly was keeping his brother from fighting his own battles. Perhaps he had spoiled Theodore when he was younger, always taking the punches thrown at him. Or maybe Theodore needed this bit of abuse (he cringed at the thought) to make him stronger, able to stand in the world alone when the time came.
But even still...
"You're just going to let them get away with beating up your kid brother like that?"
Thomas looked up at the feminine voice. One of the cheerleaders, a lanky tigress named Eleanor, seated herself at the table, arms crossed as she glared at him.
"He needs to fight his own battles," Thomas replied. "He'll learn eventually."
"But you're still his brother," she added crossly. "If I can stick up for my sister, you can stick up for your brother."
"Your sister's barely walking!"
"That's not the point," she snapped. "It's not fair to let someone do that. At least go see if he's okay."
"He's fine," Thomas said confidently. "He can take a punch."
"Then why is he crying?"
Thomas looked closer. Theodore, he noticed, hadn't gotten back into the lunch line but had gone to an empty table without food. He was too far away to see any tears, but Thomas could see the movement of his shoulders, see him wiping his eyes.
"Damn it," he grumbled, standing up quickly. Within seconds, he was at his brother's table, grabbing him by the back of his shirt and walking him into the hallway. He walked him into the bathroom and let out a heavy sigh as he released his brother's shirt. He could hear the choked sobs Theodore was letting out, he had felt his brother's trembling...
"Why'd you do that?" Theodore griped, his voice wavering.
"Fix your face," Thomas ordered. "You're a mess."
"I'm fine!" Theodore replied, though the weakness in his voice betrayed any strength the statement might've had. He attempted to walk out, but Thomas blocked his path, arms crossed as they glared into each other's eyes.
"I hate you," Theodore said, relenting as he walked towards the mirror. He looked at his puffy eyes and let out a shaky breath. "Why'd you--?"
"Because you were crying and the last thing either of us needs is for the school to know how much of a wimp you are," Thomas stated bluntly. "I've got a reputation, you know."
"That's all you damn jocks ever think about, isn't it? Reputation," Theodore said, and his biting tone was not lost to Thomas.
"No, it's not--"
"Right, reputation and tail," Theodore corrected. "Better?"
Ignoring the odd mixture of irritation at Theodore's tone and relief at his returning strength, Thomas said in a voice of forced calm, "You need to stand up for yourself."
"I'm fine."
"Bullshit. I watched them kick you out of line. Who are those bastards anyway?"
"None of your business!"
"I'm making it my business! No one fucks with my brother!"
"I don't need your protection!"
Somehow, Theodore's voice had matched Thomas's in volume and Thomas could scarcely believe it. He couldn't recall a time when they had argued at this level, where Theodore would actually shout back at him in anger. But he quickly regained his senses and forced himself to take a deep, calming breath.
"Please, Teddy," Theodore said. "I don't want to argue and I don't want to fight. I just want to talk." Theodore rolled his eyes angrily and once more started to leave, but Thomas again stepped in his way. "I'm not doing talking, asshole."
"Well, I've finished listening!"
Theodore made his move, trying to push Thomas out of the way, but Thomas caught his arm, then the other, and felt something odd... Theodore's arm was wet... Why was his arm wet? Thomas's eyes scanned the long sleeves of his brother's hoodie, scowling at the dark red splotches that appeared in the green fabric. Theodore attempted to wrench his arms free but Thomas held fast, sliding the sleeve down.
"Did they pull a knife on you?!" Thomas gasped, feeling sick. "You let them...?! Why didn't you--?!"
"It's not what you think," Theodore snarled, finally freeing his arm.
"Then tell me! What the fuck happened?!"
"You wouldn't understand! You're Mr. Perfect, Mr. Popular..." Theodore snorted indignantly. "I'm amazed you get off your throne to worry about me."
"The fuck does that mean?! Of course I worry about you! How could I not?!"
"Then where were you when I was getting pushed around, got my money stolen--"
"Had I known it was that bad, I would've done something! I never stopped worrying about you! You're my baby brother! What makes you think I don't care?!"
"You let them bully me! It's been going on since the year started!"
Thomas swallowed thickly and watched Theodore walk over to the sink to rinse the open cut. Steady realization started to work through his mind as he watched his brother's blood wash down the drain and disappear.
"So instead of saying something to me, you just let it happen? You don't tell me, you don't tell your teachers, you don't tell--"
"I'm not going to go crying just because people are assholes," Theodore answered. He grabbed a paper towel and started to dry his arm. "I can handle myself."
"And you do that by cutting yourself?"
Theodore's breath hitched--he was about to cry again. Without thinking, Thomas crossed over to him, pulling him into a hug. *When was the last time I hugged him?\_Thomas wondered. \_When was the last time I actually told him I loved him?* He could feel Theodore shaking... but Thomas was shaking too. How had this slipped by him? How could he have allowed this to go on in his own family, to his own brother, and not done anything?
"I'm so sorry, Teddy," he said in a strangled voice. "Please, I need you to trust me again. I don't want you hurt..."
Theodore swallowed. "I'm not weak. I want to be strong."
*He said that before*, Thomas realized. *But that's why I got strong. So he wouldn't have to be.*
"It's not weak to ask for help," Thomas said after a few brief moments. "I'm here for you, whenever you need me. Please, I don't want you to be bullied or cutting yourself." Theodore nodded, but kept silent. "Listen, tomorrow, I'll fix this. I'll be there for you like I should've been."
He pulled back and looked his brother in the eyes. For the first time, he appreciated how green Theodore's eyes were, just like their mother's. He hadn't inherited their father's golden eyes (or one of them like Thomas had). His eyes seemed pure, a perfect color that seemed to fit the zest for life, the energy, he normally had. The façade that he normally hid behind.
"Aw," crooned a voice and they both looked over. One of the football players had come in. "That's so sweet! Real hallmark moment."
"Fuck off, Mark," Thomas snapped.
"Hey, I was just told by Eleanor to come find you," Mark answered. "You walked off and didn't come back. She wanted to know if you and the pipsqueak were okay."
"One, we're fine. Two, don't call him 'pipsqueak'. That's my exclusive right as his brother."
"Whatever, I don't care," Mark scoffed. "She's waiting for you back in the cafeteria or are you going to stay in here and keep having a moment?"
"Kind of hard to have a moment after you barged in like that," Thomas scoffed. Mark laughed as he exited and Thomas shook his head. "Moron."
Theodore chuckled. "He's your friend."
"That's being overly nice," Thomas answered. He turned back to Theodore. "What're you going to do?"
"About?"
Thomas's eyes narrowed.
"I think I'll just go to the library," Theodore answered. "Do some studying."
"... Not what I meant, but okay. We'll talk later, this conversation isn't over."
Theodore nodded. "Yes, sir."
"And don't call me 'sir'."
Thomas started to walk away but stopped when Theodore tapped his shoulder. He turned back and saw Theodore reach into his pocket, withdrawing something small and silver. Thomas took the razor, eyes narrowing as he pocketed it.
"Is this the only one?"
Theodore looked away and Thomas reached out.
"Give."
"It's at home."
Thomas exhaled. "You know I ought to tell Mom and Dad about this."
"No! Please! They'll think I need therapy!"
"Maybe you do! Healthy people don't do *this* kind of stuff!" Thomas raged. "But I'm keeping secrets from them too. I can't exactly fault you for wanting to keep stuff quiet. So, here's the deal. You'll hand over the other razor and I won't tell them. But if I see anything tat makes me believe you've started again, I'll tell them."
"Isn't that blackmail?"
"No, it's me trying to help you," Thomas answered.
"This secret of yours wouldn't happen to involve Ozzy, would it?" Theodore ventured with a smug expression.
Thomas stiffened. "We're not dealing with my problems, we're dealing with yours! And no, it doesn't!"
"Okay, fine! I'm going to the library." The bell rang at that moment and they jumped in surprise. "Actually, I'm going to bio. But just for the record, your gold eye twitches when you lie."
---
"Tommy? Are you still mad at me?" Theodore asked as they drove away from the school. The silence had been more than uncomfortable--it was unbearable. Thomas had barely said much since their confrontation earlier that day and Thomas's face had become stern since then, something quite unlike the older panther.
"I'm not mad," Thomas said, his voice monotone and flat. "Just concerned."
"Where are we going?" Theodore asked, noticing they had drove past their usual turn.
"Somewhere we can talk," Thomas answered, "without being overheard. Unless you want Mom to hear this conversation."
Theodore shook his head. After stopping for a few drinks (Thomas cringed at the lemon soda Theodore had gotten), they drove up towards a park. Theodore looked in surprise at the sign as they pulled into the park--WishPark. He remembered this place, where they had always played when they were younger, where they had spent countless hours simply enjoying the summers or the winter's snowfalls. Thomas parked and let out a sigh. He reached over, pulling something from the glove compartment that he stuffed into his pocket, and stepped out of the car, letting out a lazy yawn as he did so.
"Why'd you bring me here?" Theodore asked as he got out.
"Call it symbolism," Thomas said. "Come on." He walked over towards the swings, leaning against the frame while Theodore sat down, sipping from his can of soda. "Do you remember the last time we were here?"
"How can I? That was years ago."
"I remember that I promised you that I'd be there for you whenever you needed me," Thomas continued. "That I'd always look out for you." He looked down at the gravel. "We were right here... I was pushing you on the swing and Mom and Dad were over there"--he pointed--"watching us while they made lunch. You had that same brand of crap soda."
"It's not crap!"
"That's not the point."
Theodore rolled his eyes.
"What I'm getting at is that I broke my promise to you," Thomas remarked, "and I shouldn't have. I thought it'd be good for you to learn on your own but... I'm your big brother. I should've been there for you, especially before you starting... cutting." The last word came out in a choked, weak sob-like sound. He reached into his pocket and held out a thin silvery chain... and attached to the chain was a small tag.
Theodore saw it but he didn't need to read the tag's engraving. He had read it several times before--he even had one very similar.
"'Theo's Big Brother'," Thomas read aloud.
Theodore swallowed thickly. "I didn't know you kept it. You stopped wearing it when you became a freshman."
"You stopped wearing yours too."
"No, I didn't," Theodore answered. He reached into his shirt, pulling out his own chain and tag: 'Tommy's Little Brother', it read. "I *never* stopped wearing it. It makes me feel stronger."
"I'll start wearing mine again," Thomas promised, "because I'm proud to be your big brother. It'll be good to have my good luck charm back."
"Why now? You didn't care before."
"I always cared. Now, I'm promising you that I'll show it. I won't let anyone else bully you like that. But you have to promise that you won't go back to using those razors."
"... Why should I believe you now?"
"I don't know. Guess I'll have to earn your trust back."
Theodore nodded and downed the rest of his soda, wincing slightly at the sour taste as he always did. Thomas laughed at the sight, finding it just as adorable as he had when Theodore had first tasted it so many years ago...
"By the way, can I ask you something?"
"Sure, anything."
"What's going on with you and Ozzy?"
"That's not what I'm trying to talk about," Thomas snarled defensively. Upon seeing Theodore's intrigued look, Thomas hurriedly turned his face so that he would be seen in profile, so that his golden eye would be hidden from view. "It's nothing. We're just really close friends."
"Boyfriends?"
"No! Remember, I'm dating Eleanor."
"Still? I thought you two broke up weeks ago," Theodore said, "or is she just a cover?"
Thomas felt his heart began to race as his brain went into overdrive trying to think of something to say. He couldn't tell if Theodore knew for sure or not, but he had to say something... Anything!
"It's not what you think," he managed. "We're just best friends."
Theodore let out a snorting laughter. "Yeah, okay. I don't know why you're keeping it a secret--I really could not care less."
"It's not about you--"
"I know, it's about Mom and Dad," Theodore said. "But I don't get why I can trust you with my secrets when you can't trust me with yours."
---
*"He knows?!"* Ozzy hissed in amazement into the phone. Hurriedly, Thomas shushed him, looking back at the dark house and relaxing. He was overreacting as it was. It was the middle of the night in a quiet neighborhood. Who exactly was going to eavesdrop? "Wait a minute, you told him?" He could hear Ozzy laughing on the other side and suppressed the urge to tell him to shut up.
"He figured it out," Thomas lied.
"Is that a bad thing? You make it seem like it's a bad thing."
"He's bad at keeping secrets," Thomas remarked. "Dad makes a living arresting and intimidating people and Theo will break faster than a second if Dad just glares at him."
"So he'll just blurt out your secrets if he's getting in trouble?"
"Well, no..."
"Then stop worrying about it."
"Easy for you to say! If Dad finds out, he'll skin me alive!"
"You're exaggerating," Ozzy scoffed. "I met him and he seems pretty chill."
"You haven't heard him rant about this kind of stuff," Thomas insisted. "I asked him one question--just one!--about being gay and he nearly took my head off!"
"By your own definition, you're not gay. And I'd say that you're just a bit bi-curious," Ozzy answered lazily. "And if he does kick you out or something, you just come stay at my place."
"Did you already ask your parents?"
"No, but they won't say no to charity."
"I don't want handouts."
"If your dad overreacts, you won't have a choice," Ozzy answered. "And--"
\_"Thomas!"\_The new voice, authoritative and deep, made Thomas jerk in surprise and drop his cell phone in the grass. He could hear Ozzy's speaking stop and, when he picked up the phone, quickly ended the call before he could answer any of Ozzy's new questions. He turned back towards the house where he could see the silhouette of a powerful form looming on the porch. But in the light, he could see the bright golden eyes, the shiny dark fur and slightly scarred visage.
"Dad?!"
"What're you doing out here? It's midnight! You should be asleep!"
"Well, welcome back, Dad," Thomas said as he walked back up to the porch, stopping to give his father a hug. Henry Martan returned the gesture and Thomas couldn't help but grin widely. "When did you get back?"
"Just now and I find you breaking curfew."
"I'm nearly seventeen," Thomas answered. "Why do I have a curfew?"
"Because I said so," Henry answered, pulling away. "I take it Theo's already in bed?"
"Yep. What was the case this time? Murderer? Drug dealer? Satanic cult?"
"Firstly, that's none of your business," Henry interrupted. "Secondly, I don't want to have this conversation right now. Go to bed."
"Can we have this conversation in the morning?"
"Thomas..."
"Okay! Okay! I'm going." They walked back into the house and down the hall, pausing just before Thomas went into his and Theodore's room. He looked back at his father, noting how tired he looked, how red his eyes seemed. But even still...
"I'm glad you're back, Dad," Thomas replied.
"I'm glad to be back, Tommy, but you need your rest."
"So do you. Where have you been the past few days?"
"Later, Thomas. Go to sleep."
---
*Friday*
Thomas found himself distracted throughout the day, unable to compose his mind to the pointless breakfast conversation (during which his father had expertly left all questions unanswered) or to his teachers' lectures. Even Ozzy's stupid jokes had gone largely ignored.
At the forefront of his mind was Theodore and Thomas had done all he could to keep Theodore in his sights whenever he could. During lunch, he had joined Theodore in line and noticed, almost immediately, that his mere presence had kept the bullies at bay. They saw him--he caught their eyes more than once--but they wisely kept their distance. They walked to an unoccupied table together, soon joined by Eleanor and Mark.
"Ew, school food," Mark snorted indignantly.
"Ew, protein shake," Theodore countered smugly.
"So, boys, are you ready for the game tonight?" Eleanor asked, giggling as she leaned over on Thomas's shoulder.
"Always ready," Thomas answered, putting his arm around Eleanor with a confident smirk. He caught Theodore's disapproving glare and hurriedly looked down at the table. "After all, who's better than us?"
"Pride comes before the fall and it's a long fall from the top," Theodore said. He popped open the tab on his can of soda, but before he could take a drink, Thomas snatched it away. "Hey! That's mine!"
"Nope, I paid for it," Thomas answered, "so that means it's mine." He took a quick swig and cringed.
"See? You don't even like it. You owe me another one!"
"Here, just take the can," Thomas scoffed, giving it back. "I feel like I need to wash my tongue after that."
"Here, you started it, you finish it," Theodore replied, giving it back.
"Uh... maybe later..."
"What're you wearing?" Eleanor asked in confusion as she grabbed the chain around Thomas's neck. She read the tag and giggled again. "Aw, that's adorable."
"What's it say?" Mark wondered.
"None of your business," Thomas answered, tucking the chain into his shirt. "It's just an old good luck charm." He looked over at Theodore who seemed stunned. He saw Theodore pull at the chain around his neck as well and felt happy. It had been a while since he had felt like this, solidarity and pride.
---
"What's up with you?" Ozzy asked as they walked into the locker room. Already, the stands were filled with family, friends, teachers and fellow students. They didn't have much time to chat. "You look like shit..." He moved closer and leaned in, dropping his voice down and adopting the most seductive tone he could. "Aw, poor baby. Does the big kitty need some help."
"No," Thomas replied sternly and Ozzy recoiled in surpise. "That... arrangement needs to stop. You're not my"--he lowered his voice--"boyfriend."
"True, but you enjoy it too," Ozzy chided. He chortled playfully before he saw the dark look in Thomas's eye. "Oh, you're serious..." Thomas was silent. "Okay, okay, don't glare at me like that! I'm sorry, I didn't mean to piss you off or anything. I just figured you liked it."
"I did," Thomas confessed. "But... I'm trying to make some changes in my life. And what we've been doing is... wrong." He found himself unable to look directly at Ozzy now, unsure of if he should even have spoken. But he willed himself to continue. "Look, I'm not trying to be mean to you or anything, but... I'm not gay. And I'm tired of sneaking around just to get off. And we both know what would happen if my dad found out."
Ozzy let out a heavy sigh. "I kind of figured this'd happen. But... does this mean you're going to avoid me now or...?"
"Only if you try to flirt with me again..."
A loud whistle cut through the noise in the locker room. Coach Nun had entered and was about to give his usual before-game speech.
---
It was almost ceremonial, the procession out onto the field for the first game. Thomas was second in line, waving at the crowd with Ozzy and Mark just behind him. This was an excitement that he had missed over the dull summer. The band was still playing, the cheerleaders exciting the crowd, and his eyes searched the stands desperately...
There they were, seated in the fourth row. He could see his mother, clapping happily as she waved at him. There was his father, looking down at him with that same proud smirk he wore at each of his games. But where was...?
*He's not here...*
"Hey, you got a fan," Mark stated and he pointed.
There, not up in the stands but on the sidelines, was Theodore, seated on the bench where the players would sit when the game began. He had a book in his lap and a can of that awful soda in his hands. Without thinking, Thomas broke away from the line and ran over to his brother, pulling him into a rough hug. He hadn't heard the coach call him back, but he saw Ozzy and Mark walk over and, together, they hoisted Theodore up and walked him into the middle of the field.
*I'll never forget this moment*, Thomas thought gladly as he looked up at Theodore's smiling visage.
---
"What were you doing down there?" Henry asked as Theodore joined him and his wife in the stands. He was smiling as well, unable to keep himself from enjoying the sight of his two sons there on the field.
"Just wanted to wish Tommy good luck," Theodore answered as he sat down. He opened the book he had brought with him. "Gave him some soda to keep him hydrated."
Mary glanced over at him. "You gave him your soda? You know he doesn't drink that stuff."
Theodore shrugged and looked down at the field. He knew very little of football and never truly cared to know. But as he looked down at the field, he could see Thomas and smiled. He stood up quickly.
"GOOD LUCK, TOMMY!"
Thomas looked back in surprise and waved.
"Was that necessary? That was right in my ear," Henry griped.
"It was. That was just to be sure that Tommy wins."
---
It was only the second quarter and already they had fallen behind. Thomas cursed darkly as he glared up at the scoreboard. He looked down at the unopened can of lemon soda that Theodore had left him and felt a surge of guilt. He had promised that he would win...
"Martan! Switch in!" Coach Nun called.
Thomas nodded as he hopped up from the bench. It took him only a second to realize that he had not set down the can of soda yet... but the second was overshadowed by a single, ear-splitting sound, a sharp noise that was rapidly followed by screaming, running, terror, fear... Panic had gripped the crowd and Thomas's eyes immediately drifted up to the stands. Time seemed to slow down as he watched someone fall...
*"THEO!"*
---
*One week later*
How long had it been since they had returned home? An hour or two? Maybe more, maybe less... Thomas really didn't know and he didn't care to know. He hadn't paid much attention to the world around him since closing himself in his bedroom, sitting on his bunk... But it was too quiet without the sound of the bunk above him creaking with movement or the dip in the foot of his bed where \_he\_would usually sit...
And Thomas hadn't stopped staring at this stupid can of unopened soda... The golden color, the ugly label and the weird mascot. He had seen it several times before and found it repulsive. But now... Now he was unable to look away.
His eyes felt dry... Had he really been crying so much?
There was a knock on the door and Thomas jerked in fear. It was like hearing that shot again... Like hearing the casket close... But the door opened with a creak that pulled Thomas from his memories. Henry stepped into the room, looking even worse for wear than Mary had, but she had occupied herself with as many meaningless tasks as she could, anything to try to avoid facing the reality of it all...
"How're you holding up?" Henry asked in an uncharacteristically weak, broken voice.
"Barely," Thomas admitted. "I just can't believe that... It's not fair."
"No, it's not," Henry replied, "but at least he got some justice..."
"Fuck that!" Thomas snarled back. "Who the fuck cares about justice! It's not like it'll..." Perhaps he hadn't cried all of his tears yet after all. His eyes were watering, his body was shaking and he couldn't contain it anymore. He was sobbing. When Henry approached him, Thomas moved away. "Why him? It's just... What did he do to deserve this?"
Henry shifted uneasily. He seated himself beside his son and swallowed thickly. "If anyone's to blame, it should be me... The shooter wasn't aiming for Theo... He was aiming for me."
"What do you mean?" Thomas asked, eyes narrowed.
Henry swallowed thickly. "Remember the case I was working on this week? I was following a lead on the leader of some drug dealing gang. We had been watching them for a while and we had the chance to bring it down. We took it. Most of the dealers are imprisoned, we impounded their cars, disposed of their weapons and disposed of the narcotics... but a few of them got away and one of them apparently got a good luck at me..."
It took a moment for the details to click in Thomas's head. His countenance started to change from sorrow, to confusion, to amazement before settling on rage. "It was your fault," he said lowly. Then, with more vigor, he screamed at the top of his lungs, *"THIS WAS YOUR FAULT!"*
"Thomas--" Henry started, but Thomas wasn't listening anymore. He had never felt such anger, untamed and all-consuming in its purity, as he glared into the emotionless face of his father. He wanted to break that calmness, to shatter that face...
So he struck, but Henry caught his fist and quickly wrenched him down, holding him down on the carpet.
"LET GO!" Thomas bellowed.
"Not until you calm down," Henry replied and his calmness fed Thomas's newfound madness. He shifted and struggled, but Henry's grip remained firm, his weight keeping down his son expertly. "You need to listen to me."
Thomas's breathing did not slow, nor did his anger abate. But he forced himself to try to be calmer. His heart was pounding painfully in his chest and he felt his entire body tremble.
"I know this is the most difficult thing to come to terms with," Henry said saying, "but how do you think I feel knowing that I'm responsible? That's my son they buried today." Thomas felt something drip onto his cheek... Henry was crying.
Thomas's anger broke. It seemed impossible that Henry, the hardened, distant panther who had raised him was crying now. He felt his father's weight lift and stood upright. For the first time, he realized that he had reached his father's height... but looking into that face... It was like looking at Theodore again.
"So what happens now?" Thomas asked weakly.
"We move on. It'll be hard, I know, and I don't expect us to get over this completely," Henry admitted. "Eventually, we'll be able to live our lives..."
"I don't think I can..."
"It'll be alright, I promise," Henry assured him. He put his hand on his son's shoulder and squeezed slightly before pulling him into a hug. "I'm sorry to put you through this..."
"... I think I need some time alone," Thomas stated.
Henry pulled back. "I'll be in the living room with your mother if and when you need us. Try to get some rest."
"Yes, sir."
Henry nodded and walked out of the room, closing the door gently behind him. Thomas sighed heavily, stuffing his hand into his pocket. Surprised to feel something there, he pulled it out--It was Theodore's razor. \_Why didn't I throw this away?\_Thomas wondered. He picked up the can of soda from the floor, glaring at it and, after a brief moment of thought, he climbed onto the top bunk. He popped the tab on the soda and took a swig. The taste was still unfamiliar and strangely disgusting to him... but he continued to sip from it.
*I wonder what you saw in this*, Thomas wondered as he glared at the razor... He hesitated for a moment before spreading the fur on his arm and bringing the razor to the skin...
*Just this once...* |
: CH 7 : Where things went wrong by KiyoshiYamaru | #7 of Where things went wrong Nick and Judy finally get the talk they needed, and begin building something properly. Wolfard and Fangmeyer on the other hand, decide they needed to check in on a friend. Finnick though seems to be in a terrible spot, whatever will happen next? - Chapter 7 : Acceptance | [
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The short stop at Greeneries was quick, Judy had gotten a walnut, with pecan, and cherry salad the
dressing of which, held a tangy, sweet scent. Nick's nose twitching as it flooded his senses until the take
away was closed. He picked up a cricket burger with lettuce, tomato, and onions with carrot fries. He
knew Judy would end up stealing half of them, but the scent of the burger almost had him drooling on the
spot.
Snugging the coat, he was wearing tighter about his form, Nick brought his paws to his muzzle and blew
across them. Glancing to the grey furred rabbit walking beside him, equally bundled up in her puffed up
looking green jacket, the orange carrot colored scarf bundled about her neck, she seemed slightly lost in
her own world, seemingly, oblivious to Nick's eyes watching her.
The walk back to Judy's apartment went relatively quick given the circumstances, it hadn't been far to the
train station after Greeneries, and the warmth of the train was welcome, almost to the point that Nick did
not want to step back to the cold, snow covered ground when they stepped off. Luckily enough, that final
walk was quick, reaching Judy's apartment rather quickly, despite the silence between them.
The entire way Nick had remained oblivious to the cold, snowy, wet city around him, let alone, the other
mammals that were mostly bundled up, save for a few from Tundratown, that felt more comfortable in the
colder weather. His attention was pulled entirely to the upcoming conversation. The odd sensation of
feeling like things were great, while another side of his mind felt far darker, with the current silence.
A quick shake of his head brought his attention back to Judy once more, a soft hustler smile on his face as
the two passed the apartments lobby and off to the stairs. Climbing them one by one, Nick's mind
wandering to the imaginary knife, pressed firmly to his heart and ready to finish him, if things went south
with his bunny.
As they reached Judy's apartment, her keys jingling with the sound of metal on metal, a soft click when
the lock was undone and the door opened. Nick following her inside, though his steps were more hesitant
as his mind rolled the thought of 'His Bunny' around. When had he considered her as his exactly, and
why had he done such.
"Nick, are you ok?" Judy's voice breaking through his concentration, and pulling him back to reality.
"Yeah, I'm alright Fluff." The noncommittal answer passed his lips, he hadn't really registered the
concern in Judy's voice. Turning to nudge her door shut, he moved to the bar-top and set the food down.
Quickly turning to open the fridge, he'd grab some juice for her as well as himself a drink, the bottle of
apple juice set on the bar-top with the food as he quickly fetched a pair of glasses.
Taking his seat at the bar-top while she changed, Nick set out the meals and filled their glasses. The scent
of the dressing on Judy's salad stole his attention a moment, as he stole just a bit of it, the sweet part of
the dressing had been blueberry, the tangy part he couldn't quite place though.
"Hey! That's mine, you sneak!" Judy had finished changing, stepping out to catch Nick with a bite of her
salad. Moving over to the seat beside Nick, she'd climb up and took her fork back from him.
Nick paused midway through the bite, glancing back when he heard her, before finishing it. He grinned
and acted like he was gonna steal another bite, vowing not to do so in his head, as she sat and took her
fork back. "It's not bad, got some blueberry in it, right?"
Judy's deep amethyst eyes watched Nick, a small smile creeping onto her muzzle before she took a bite of
her own salad. Her eyes following Nick as he picked up his burger and began to eat, she waited to start
the conversation till they'd both eaten at least half of their meal. She could tell that the silence was getting
to Nick, the way his tail seemed to flick, just a little, from time to time enough of a giveaway.
Setting her fork down, Judy took a slow breath before speaking. "Nick, I'm going to talk first." Her eyes
looking up to catch his own, making it clear that she didn't want to be interrupted, taking note of his
understanding nod.
"I would like to know, more about why you left like you did. You just cut off everyone, Finnick, Your
mother, ME!" Her paws clenching against her legs, she took another slow breath before letting it out
again.
"The night we were attacked, was something that had been planned, at least from what was found out
during the investigation and interrogation" Judy's eyes looking to Nick's as she took note of his slower
pace while eating, every so often taking a fry to munch.
"Woolter isn't the mastermind, we know that, but he was working for someone still. It wasn't Dawn
Bellwether though, we know that for certain, since she's dead and from the interrogation." Judy's eyes
glanced down for a moment, taking her fork as she took another bite of her salad.
"I don't blame you, for that night, in the least. You know that though, and I'm still not afraid of you after
what happened." She noticed Nick had stopped eating, his gaze seeming distant, as his ears were back and
his tail limp.
Grey ears twitching to droop along her back, Judy worried a bit more seeing the way Nick looked now.
"N..Nick look, I do want to know what you were up to the last couple of months. B..but Look I know
you're probably confused by what I said in that warehouse." Fidgeting somewhat as she grew more
nervous herself.
"Look N..N-Nick, I know I told you that I would spend my life with you. I meant that the other night, I
have no reason to ever doubt how I feel about you" Judy took a deeper sigh, collecting herself slightly. "I
was oblivious to what having you in my life meant, what having you as my partner, my friend meant. But,
I do know that I care about you as more than just a friend, or partner, and that I want you to be a bigger
part of my life, as much as I hope to be a far bigger part of yours as well."
Shifting on her seat, Judy stood up and grabbed Nicks muzzle in her paws, pulling his face up as she
looked to those beautiful green eyes. "I knew when I was so worried about you, when I couldn't find
anything out and no one would let me see you. I had plenty of time to think, to sort my own thoughts on
YOU. The Sly, Dumb, Caring, Intelligent, Goofball Fox that has taught me to never underestimate the
world and especially other mammals."
The tears forming in her eyes couldn't be stopped easily, as her paws shook a little. Rubbing her digits
along the side of Nick's muzzle, feeling his soft shorter fur, she took in the features on his face. "I know
things will never be what most may call perfect, but I love the imperfection, that when we come together,
makes it perfect for us. I, Judith Lavern Hopps, know that I love you, Nicholas Piberius Wilde."
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Nick, to his credit, did exactly as asked when Judy returned. Telling him directly to keep quiet so she
could talk first, he gave a soft, knowing nod to the Bunny next to himself. Bringing his burger to his lips,
he munched slowly listening to every word she spoke.
He had time to think as well, though a bit less considering how long he'd been under the effects of some
new Nighthowler serum. Nick sat in silence though, his tail going still and his ears falling back, he had
indeed cut everyone off as much as he could. He'd left everything in Zootopia behind, and it was all
because of how he felt.
Nick felt as though he sunk lower, her forgiveness for what had happened, even if while under the serum.
For telling him that she still wasn't afraid of him, trying to wrap his mind around those words, how she
felt still even.
Taking another few bites from his burger, Nick tried to hide how he felt from her, even if he didn't realize
the position of his tail and ears currently. Taking a few fries to munch slowly, savoring Judy's words
though more than the food they had bought.
Those words of hers as she mentioned loving how they were together, it wasn't lost on him how things
had changed since he met Judy. This headstrong, over-optimistic Bunny that had changed his world even
when he was against her.
Having finished his burger, Nick poked at what was left of his fries. Judy having gone quiet as he turned
to look at her, catching only the slightest bit of deep purple from her eyes. Bringing his right paw up, he
scratched lightly at his neck, fighting the urge to wipe at his damp eyes.
"Judy, I... I'm sorry for how I left, not keeping in touch and worrying you like I did. I'm sorry for
thinking the worst, thinking of how you might look at me when you saw me next. I guess I was the one
this time, that put on a label, even if it was on myself and how I may be viewed." Munching the fry, he
had been poking at, he tried to relax a little, his eyes still on her looking for a reaction.
"I guess, I kind of understand how you may have felt. Before you came back during the case, thinking I
ruined something so great. But..." He paused looking away finally, collecting the rest of his thoughts.
Attempting to keep his voice calm, especially after how shaky Judy's had been.
"I knew I cared for you as more than just a partner, or even more than just a friend... When you came
back and found me at the bridge, I knew as you apologized, with tears in your eyes, that I had fallen for
you. I just couldn't bring myself to admit it. I couldn't tell you how I felt before, because I was terrified
that it would ruin what we had." Nick hung his head, much the same as she had moments before. But she
was still quiet, he hadn't even noticed her watching him with more than just worry or concern.
"The Late nights on stakeout, the days' worth of patrols, taking down a criminal mastermind. All of that I
would do it over, and over, if a certain, Gorgeous, Grey Furred beauty was by my side. She pulled me out
of the dark path my life was headed down, and drew me into a far better place. I Love You Judy, but I
didn't think I was worth your love" he finally let the tears flow, washing down his cheeks.
Rubbing his paws over his tear-filled eyes, his breathing coming a bit more ragged until he felt a paw on
his shoulder. Turning his head just a bit, he looked to Judy, to see her own tear filled eyes looking back
with love of her own.
"I'm sorry I ran away Carrots, I'm sorry that I didn't wait longer, get the answer I needed from you
directly. You were right, I am a Dumb Fox" His tears slowly drying, he would reach a paw out to run
along Judy's cheek. Brushing a thumb pad over her left eye to help dry her tears, not enjoying the sight of
his bunny crying.
He was entirely caught off guard though, when her warm, sweet, soft lips met his own. Judy's muzzle
pressing somehow both firmly, and gently against him in a soft deep kiss. Nick froze stunned at the feel
of her, not just her warmth. But how she felt for him, so clearly broadcast in the soft shake her body had.
The nervous twitch in her form, the subtle hesitation as he returned the warmth, even his own movements
lost to his senses as he pulled his bunny to his lap.
Nick's ears drew a slightly darker tint, hearing the soft sound of her voice as he realized their lips had
parted. "I Love you too Slick" The new warmth he felt through his body, he couldn't deny how he felt for
her, any more than she could him it seemed.
"Y..ou wanted to know, what I've been up to the past few months. Well when I had Fin sell my stuff from
the apartment, I took a chunk of my savings and bought a little carrot farm out in Podunk." Taking in her
gorgeous deep amethyst eyes, he could see the smile creeping onto her features.
\*\*\*\*\*
: February 18th - Two weeks Later :
Wednesday 9:00 am
Stopping by a local florist, Wolfard stood looking over the many, many different variations of flowers to
choose from. His left forepaw on his muzzle, he let out a low hrmm. Trying his hardest to pick a bouquet
of flowers, he wasn't sure what they liked or even, what might be appropriate given the circumstances.
"Now what about tulips? Do those work as a get well soon?" Turning his eyes to the gazelle standing at
the counter behind him, he had hoped that working in a floral shop, she might have understood some
meaning to different flowers. Instead, he had concluded, that she was just a simple worker, passing her
days away.
"Well That really depends on why they would need get well flowers to begin with, are they sick? Were
they hurt?" The voice of the gazelle was a bit raspy, having just gotten over a cold.
"Well they were injured, doing their job. But I don't know for sure if they even like flowers, I figured
they are a better bet than candy though" His right ear giving a few twitches in minor irritation, he didn't
need to lean in to smell the different choices. Wolfard had one of the best noses on the force, and he could
easily discern each flower without burying it against his schnozz.
Blue eyes paused in their flowery search, catching on some pink and purple looking tiger lilies of all
things. They were out of season at the moment, but Wolfard had to admire their tiger like appearance
somewhat. Gathering up a small bouquet, he turned to the cashier so he could pay and be free of the
place. "These should do I think"
For some reason, it seemed to take forever ringing them up, but once paid for he gave a smile and a nod to
the Gazelle, his purchase wrapped neatly and in paw he moved. Heading from the store Wolfard walked
to the cruiser parked nearby, the tiger in the driver's seat slipping his phone away when his partner
climbed into the passenger seat. "I don't think, I'll be purchasing flowers again anytime soon, hopefully"
Wolfard set the flowers in his lap, buckling up before looking to Fangmeyer.
"Alright, how about we get to the hospital. I'm sure Olivia could use a pair of friendly faces today, and
hopefully she likes flowers." Fidgeting with them a bit, oblivious to the grin from Fangmeyer himself.
"You know, if we weren't together. I'd almost think you like Agent Winters, more than just a friend"
Wolfard reached over and slugged his partner in the shoulder for that little comment, laughing lightly
when the larger tiger rubbed his shoulder from the hit.
"Maybe I will trade you in, for a smaller, sleeker model with comments like that, hrmm?" Wolfard felt
the pull of the cruiser, Fangmeyer purposefully tapping the gas harder than was needed. Grabbing onto
the door a moment, he collected himself as the car headed down the road. The slight lurch in his stomach
all too familiar, car rides tended to throw him off, for some reason that he could never place.
\*\*\*\*\*
The hospital was boring, terribly boring, mind numbingly terribly...BORING. Olivia hated the hospital,
checkups were one thing, being stuck in one for weeks on end from surgery and to heal was an entirely
different scenario. Sitting up in the medical bed, the TV mounted in the corner of the room playing some
strange game show, the cool air somehow leaving her chilly and warm at the same time.
"Ughh Why won't they let me leave yet!" her groan wasn't going unnoticed by the nurses in the hall, she
had taken up a habit of vocalizing her dissatisfaction with the current environment.
Shifting a bit on the bed, Olivia turned her attention to the large window. Her view let her see a portion of
Zootopia, as well the large palm tree hotel in the far distance. Her large ears giving a soft twitch from
their perked high position, one swiveling to the sound of feet entering her room.
"Ready to get the bandage off your face, bet it's been terribly itchy since that's healed" The voice of a
nurse came, he was a larger grizzly bear named George, but had been one of her favorite nurses so far.
Olivia's green eyes looking him over some, she gave a nod with a soft smile.
"How about the other bandages?" Motioning at her side, she didn't expect a quick response. Closing her
eyes when he came over with a little spray bottle, the sanitized water inside she knew was to help release
the tape her bandage was held on with.
She felt the soft spritz from the bottle, a skilled pair of paws working, his skilled claws peeling at one
edge of the bandage. The side of Olivia's face more wet than damp, but she felt the glues loosening as he
rubbed it just at the edges of the bandages. Bit by bit pulling them away, she'd wince a few times where
the glue held firmly still.
"Your bandages on your side, we'll get to in a bit. It's not everyday someone takes a blast from a shotgun,
I believe it was called?" Her ears twitching to lay back against her head, Olivia gave a soft nod in
response. Being quiet with her answers, she couldn't help but notice when the larger mammal had paused
to look her in the eyes.
"What... what's wrong?" Fidgeting a moment, she wanted to reach up and check the wound on her face.
George let her panic a moment, brushing the spots where the shotgun blast had torn her fur away. He gave
a toothy smile, nodding gently to her panicking eyes.
"Ahah It's alright their Ms.Winters, your fur is slowly growing back in. Although it's coming in a bit
whiter than the darker grey and black, safe to assume that's due to your genetics. Now let me see those
teeth" She gave a playful growl, baring her sharper far more predatory teeth to the bear. Olivia's own
smile as she reached up to brush over her cheek, her wound mostly healed was calming though.
"You know I don't enjoy showing them off, hybrids may be more common these days. But most
mammals get unnerved, thinking I'm a rabbit only to find a predator's smile" Glancing down a little, she
let out a slow sigh as her smile faded.
"Well they don't know what they're missing, you have a beautiful smile. Should really show it off more,
but! Let's get the bandages on your side changed" Another smile crept to her features, Olivia didn't get
told often that she had a beautiful smile. And to George's credit, he was genuine with his words, but even
he was a bit sadistic at times, usually with bandages as she recalled.
Yelping out in pain, Olivia twitched as bandages were peeled away without the assistance of water. She
was sure she lost more fur from the tape, and she wasn't mistaken, seeing him toss it in the trash. "I'd
almost thi-OW, that you were try-OW!, to pee-OUCH!!!!-l, my fur away.."
"I have to get you back, if the other Nurses didn't hear some form of complaint while I'm in here. Well...
they would think I'm playing favorites" This got George a stern glare, even as she looked down to the
larger scab that was on her side. The scar she would have from this was at least somewhat worth the story
she'd get to tell, but if her face was anything to tell, her fur wouldn't grow back the same still.
A new scent on the air drew her attention away from George or her wound, the twitching her nose did,
most might have called cute. Soon enough though the scent of flowers became clear, Wolfard and
Fangmeyer appearing in the doorway to her room. "Hey! How are you two doing?" Olivia's smile enough
to tell them she was far better, at least more than a week previous.
\*\*\*\*\*
Friday
To his credit Finnick had been keeping himself clean, he'd not spoken to Nick for nearly a month at least.
Didn't even know he was back in Zootopia yet, but that didn't seem to deter the fact that he found himself
tied to a chair. This chair being bolted to the concrete floor under it, his feet dangling some as he tried to
see into the darkness around himself. A single light kept him and a circle around himself lit, but anything
beyond that light was lost to himself.
Struggling some as he grunted, trying to free himself in any ways. His muzzle having been stuffed with a
rag and tied shut, the only thoughts that kept coming to mind though, were what had Nick done, or what
had he done to piss someone off recently.
He froze though, the sound of growling coming from the darkness. The sound itself of a growl wasn't off
putting, but the tone and strangely enough feral sound was worrisome. It wasn't just one growl, but
multiple, from different spots around the room. It sent a chill up the small Fennec's spine, something that
he didn't like in the least.
"Oh do please calm down Mr.Finnick, you have got quite the future ahead of yourself." Finnick tried to
turn, to look towards the sound of the feminine voice. The voice that probably sent a chill up his spine
more than the growls, the voice that was equally enticing as it was venomous.
"Now, I am certain you're wondering why you are here. Or even where is here? But I assure you that
doesn't matter, you won't be here very long after all" The sound of her snapping her claws caught the air,
the lights suddenly turning on. It took a minute for his eyes to adjust, but when they did Finnick went stiff
at what his eyes could see.
The large warehouse he was in, was at least somewhat of a giveaway that he was not in Zootopia at
current. The place seemed more military, private sector almost but the glass containment cages. Lined up
in rows before himself, and he gathered behind as well were not cheap. Even with his years of work
hustling, sometimes working with the mob, this was another level entirely.
"You see Mr.Finnick I've brought you here, because you and I have a mutual interest so to speak. In the
name of a Nicholas P. Wilde, though yours is friendship, mine... is anything but" His hackles stood on
end a bit, the terror crawling in every bone in his body. The sudden feel of warm near him, a breath on his
ears caused him to growl and struggle more suddenly.
"Ah, do calm down please. I'd hate for you to injure yourself, especially before we get to why you're
here" The feel of a paw, slipping along the back of his neck, then up to grab his ears. He felt their warmth,
even as a set of claws trailed to the exposed flesh inside each ear. Drawing a pleasure filled shiver through
his body, he tried to pull away with eyes closed at the unwelcome touch.
Opening his eyes after the feeling of those paws left his ears, he nearly jumped back in the chair at what
was before his eyes. The deep nearly crimson red fur, offset by a creamy white under her muzzle, and the
nearly blood red eyes that peered at him. Her muzzle just inches from his own, Finnick's ears fell back as
a new fear crossed his thoughts.
His light brown eyes taking on actual fear, the vixen before him he had only heard rumors of. All they had
been were rumors at least until that moment, when Finnick felt the truth of a hundred stories sink in. He
didn't know her name, just her nickname that managed to get out every so often. Vivian Blood, and it
wasn't just due to her fur coloring that she had that name.
"The name isn't Vivian Blood, it's actually Victoria I'll have you know" he received a telling scowl with
those words, she must have known what he was thinking. Or so he hoped, the truth being she'd seen the
searching look he'd given her many times.
"Anyways let's get to the point, your friend and former partner has... injured and taken one of my
employees, well the ZPD have him. But I need to send a message to him, since he is back in Zootopia.
Well... what better way to do that, than using his dearest friend" Finnick tried shaking his head, tried
tugging again at his bindings with little luck. He could handle himself in most situations, but this one, and
this vixen were too far beyond what he could get into or out of.
"Parker my associate, will see to the details of your soon to be... condition, do be well Mr.Finnick" His
light brown eyes followed her turn, the very business-like suit she wore seemed almost tactical. And he
could tell she was carrying weapons of some sort, though her tail swayed with the movement of her hips.
His eyes took notice of the large panther that stepped near, he pressed a foot on a lever under the chair.
Picking it up off the floor with the fennec still attached, he made his way between the glass cages.
So many mammals, of different species were inside. Most cubs and kits, and every single one of them
were pacing. The growls from before had come from these, and the feral creatures in each one. Tears
forming in even his eyes, how could they have little ones feral, savage or whatever. Finnick had nothing
but care for Kits and Cubs, never hustling them and always looking out for the ones he saw on the streets.
The sudden look that caught him though, as it clicked from the news stories recently. Since just before the
explosions quite a few mammals had gone missing, many of them were young and barely in 3rd grade. But
these had to be them, and in such a state of being. The Growl that left his muzzle though, as he tried to
struggle more was cut off quickly.
Glancing down as he felt a sudden sharp pain, a large dark paw holding a syringe into his side. He looked
back up to the panther, questioning what the hell just happened as his vision began to blur. Finnick tried
to fight the darkness consuming his mind, his struggling coming to a stop as the chair was set down.
Trying to fight the sudden sleep overtaking his body, he felt the chair settle and latch in place once more.
\*\*\*\*\*
Parker finished latching the chair in the helicopter, having entered the hangar when he injected the new
serum into the small fox. He shut the door on the side of the vehicle, moving to climb into the pilots' seat
and firing up the engine. The roof above them sliding open as the turbines kicked on, whirring to life
before he gave a tug on the flight wheel. Within minutes, the copter was in the air leaving a facility that
was roughly a hundred miles outside of Zootopia.
"This is Parker, en-route to Zootopia. Sand Crawler has been dosed, will be free range within the hour.
Target is in old happy-town district, hold on standby for further casualties than planned" His voice gruff
as he spoke into the radio, holding no emotion within his words. Glancing to the ground as it passed by
quickly, it wouldn't take too long to reach his destination. |
USS Raptor by CrimsonStar | #20 of Adult Commissions A very detail story concerning a space-faring race of hermaphrodite dinosaur hybrids! Sex galore! - ISS Raptor Commissioned by: Cornel from SoFurry Written by: CrimsonStar "More power to the main engines! Deviate energy from the main guns to the warp drive, we're getting out | [
"Dinosaur",
"Hermaphrodite",
"Sex",
"Space"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1145467-uss-raptor | ISS Raptor
Commissioned by: Cornel from SoFurry
Written by: CrimsonStar
"More power to the main engines! Deviate energy from the main guns to the warp drive, we're getting out of here!" Yelled Captain Florence to the top of his lungs. "Sound the alarm, everyone to emergency positions!"
Two agile fighters zipped past the ISS Raptor, appearing on the screens of the command room. The radar showed twenty more on their tail. A blue burst of energy flared in front of the command room. Those were the ship's shields engaging. The pilot said nothing, but the captain could see his orders being executed with flawless precision. The lights of the command room began to flicker, and the intra-ship communications channel bursted to activity.
"Captain, we can't jump yet, the subspace sensors are being overwhelmed by the interference of own shields."
"I did not ask for your opinion cadet. Override security measures, we're jumping, now!"
As the captain barked his last order, the radar displayed in front of him switched from an already threatening orange, to a full blown emergency red. There were twenty or so small dots rapidly approaching their ship, but in the distance, two massive blobs of red had just jumped out of subspace. Those were Rex-class Battleships.
The intra-ship comms flared again. "Captain, the engine's securities have been overridden. But please..."
"Parnid!" The captain yelled. "Get us out of here!"
A low rumble shook the ship and a distant screech flooded the atmosphere. The external cameras went offline, submerging the command room in almost complete darkness. In a second, the walls lit up with a blinding blue glow that engulfed the ship whole. When the light receded, Captain Florence looked down at the radar and found a tranquil blue scanner extending it's range to the nearby stars. The command room screens lit up again, the familiar darkness of space greeted them, but there were no enemies in sight. They had jumped successfully. The commander activated intra-ship comms.
"Crew, evaluate the ship's integrity, tend to the wounded, if any, and take a deep breath, we're gonna be here for a while." He looked up at Parnid in front of him. "Pilot, find out where we are and how we can get back to friendly territory." Again he got no answer, but his commands were executed. He took a deep breath as he had recommended for his men, and sat back, letting his mind wander through the darkness of space around him, and peeking at the well-tended body of the pilot in front of him.
It was the year 4204 after The Great Unification. The "ISS Raptor" had left the subspace tunnel abruptly after the emergency jump. From the outside, the interior lights seemed to desperately blink with tones of red and blue. Inside, an alarm roared and the crew scrambled through the hallways, following the captain's commands. The ship was divided into three main decks. The lower deck, reserved for the females, the pleasure quarters and the containment cells. The middle deck was where most of the crew worked, the installations provided facilities for all sizes of hermaphrodite crewmembers, from food to entertainment and medicine. And the top deck was reserved for officers, the only non-high-ranking members allowed into the top deck, were the captain's harem when heading for his quarters for inspection or entertainment. The diamond-shaped hallways of the ship housed individuals from all walks of life. Captain Florence had almost individually picked every member of his crew; he considered such a precaution was necessary given the importance of their mission. The ISS Raptor's principal directive was to explore the outer reaches of Imperial territory, looking for new civilizations to incorporate into The Great Unification, therefore bringing peace and culture to the often barbaric worlds they found.
Jumping into subspace without following the proper security routines presented a number of risks, among which was the difficulty for calibrating the distance of the jump before dipping into subspace. The ISS Raptor was a hardy ship, so Captain Florence didn't expect there to be any structural damage from the jump, lesser ships however, could even be completely disintegrated when attempting such a dangerous maneuver.
At least the command room seemed intact: It was an octogonal chamber with only two seats, no more were needed. The walls were of angular tiered design, thick metal beams gave it structural support on the sides, and the spaces in between the beams were covered with digital screens. In the forefront, and flanked by a number of high-resolution screens that relayed information from the outside cameras, there was a small "L' shaped pod and on top of it laid Parnid, in a semi-prone position, he was the ship's pilot and pretty much its sole controller. The crews down at the engines did mostly manual work and obeyed his orders flawlessly. Parnid was a paragon of imperial perfection. He had perfectly trimmed dark green skin with symmetrical patches of grey and yellow spread over his underside. His facial features were well defined and sharp, his teeth perfectly white and his eyes cold and calculating. His neck was almost as long as his body and curved at a perfect angle midway. As his neck gave way to his back, his pristine skin rugged and hardened to form incredibly dense scales that looked like a spiked shell from a distance. He had eight rows of spines that covered the entirety of his back, and merged into a single line as his tail extended behind him. His tail ended in a thick and heavy mass of bone and flesh that he tended to slam against the ground when he was angered, or extremely excited. The sheer strength he could muster with his tail meant that the otherwise pristine floors of the ship, had several bumps here and there as a permanent reminder of grievances against the vessel's pilot.
Parnid was perfectly naked, this not only gave captain Florence a nice something-something to look at when not barking commands, but was also integral for operating the ship. The pod that rested under Parnid had the sole purpose of reading his every nervous impulse and translating it into the ship's motion. Paranid was connected to it through seven control patches attached to the most nerve-rich surfaces of his body. Two on his hands, two on his feet and two on his neck. However, perhaps the most important of these control patches, was attached to a small silver tube that rose up from the pod and entered into his body through his feminine-reproductive organ. In earlier Imperial ships of similar control schemes, they used to attach to the male-reproductive organ of the operator, however further developments proved that actually introducing the last control patch into the operator's body granted them even more precise control over the ship, which led to the actual design, that pretty much ignored Parnid's male organ. The tube slid in and out of Parnid's insides, depending of the degree of information it needed to transmit, in moments of extreme stress, it often dug deep, giving the pilot spikes of pleasure that threatened to break his concentration. Operating the ship was as much as act of self control as it was a display of skill and training.
The pilot didn't need to talk. The ship was an extension of his will. Captain Florence, on the other hand, had a voice to be remembered. It was gruff and thundering, and echo of his own personality and body. Captain Florence's skin was covered in tiny scales that provided him protection and isolation from cold and heat. His body had a stripped pattern, alternating between a bright green background and dark red stripes that extended from head to tail tip. His face was long and his nostrils prominent, but his eyes were of a charming gold, they contrasted with his tough looking body, as they were rather tranquil and rarely expressed true anger or fury. From the base of nis nape, a thick sail of bone and scales extended behind him, his chair was specially adapted to accommodate for the hard and not too mobile sail that helped him regulate his body temperature, it was almost as wide as he was tall, but it was only a few centimeters thick. It normally had a lighter shade of green compared to the rest of his body, but if he was cold, it's tint became even lighter, and if he was warm, it became darker as more blood flowed into it to be cooled. His tail, contrary to Parnid's, wasn't too mobile and it didn't have much more use other than helping him strafe his sail.
The screen in front of Florence, blinked with a blue window. It was Parnid's report on the situation. The report included a 3D map of the nearby sector, normally these are small chunks of space that locate the ship in relation to known stars, but in this case, it was a huge chunk of space filled with "Unknown" and "Unexplored". The only familiar spot was a pulsar in the very edge of the scan. They were far from home, really far. Intra-ship comms flared up as Captain Florence read the report.
"Captain, this is engineering. That last jump almost fully depleted our energy cells."
"Load up the emergency capsules, we're gonna need as much as we have if we want to return home in a single jump."
"Captain, we used the emergency cells for that last jump."
"You what!?" Roared the captain.
"Parnid's orders sir, if we didn't flood the engine with all the power we had, the jump would have taken four times as much to engage."
Florence let out a frustrated whistle. Parnid was an ace, and he had saved his life more times than he had stripes on his body, so if he had ordered that, then that was what needed to be done.
"Okay engineering, I'll get you more fuel. Stand by."
Comms closed and Florence rose his head to look at the screens flooded with black around him. There were countless stars, each with a myriad of worlds and asteroids locked in their gravitational pulls, they had to be able to get fuel from one of those. They just needed the raw materials, the ship was equipped with all the equipment necessary to turn any element heavier than Silver into suitable fuel for the vessel.
"Parnid, give me a directional scan, we're looking for an asteroid system or a world with enough heavy elements to resupply our stores and refuel the ship."
A blue pulse flooded the screens, few of the stars he could see were marked and information about them displayed.
"There." Florence pointed with his dark blunt index claw. Second monitor on the left, blue star." The screen focused on the star and zoomed into it, three planets orbited it. Two barren worlds and what seemed to be an ocean world. Blue with patches of yellow, black and green. The black spots indicated volcanic activity. "What's the name of that planet?"
The screen displayed known information about it, which was basically none, except for an approximate density and it's label: Tango-Omega 87-TRW32543
"Omega 87." Muttered the captain. "Do we have enough fuel to jump into orbit?"
The screen flashed green with letters that read IN JUMP RANGE. ESTIMATED FUEL REMAINING AFTER JUMP... 0.01%
The captain nodded. That meant they only had one shot, either they acquired fuel from that planet, or they would be drifting in its orbit until starvation or madness took them. "Good. Jump and deploy the scanning probes. You know what we're looking for."
The outside cameras went offline, darkening the displays, and after a few seconds the room was once again flooded with a flash of blinding blue light, the features of the chamber seemed to spring and meld away briefly. As the light faded they found themselves again in the tranquil command room. When the cameras wuent back online, the monitors showed them the massive water world below them. From this distance they could see the surface much more clearly, there were indeed traces of volcanic activity and the clouds swirled and drifted covering patches of the surface. But they could see something else... The probes were launched and immediately a yellow warning came on screen. It read: "LIFE FORMS DETECTED. INITIALIZING INTELLIGENCE PROFILING..."
Florence sighed. Hopefully they would be savage primitives who wouldn't interfere wi...
The screen flashed again, interrupting Florence's thoughts. "INTELLIGENCE PROFILING COMPLETE. EARLY ANALYSIS SUGGESTS INTRA-SYSTEM SPACE TRAVEL. NO SUBSPACE INTERACTION DETECTED."
The Captain let out a curse under his breath. "How is the fuel analysis coming?"
Before he got an answer, the display in front of him flashed. The planet's inhabitants seemed to be hailing them. He answered the call, it was a simple sound communication. At first, a blur of unintelligible sounds came, but after the computer had enough time and data, it started translating automatically.
"This is King Cerill of the Holy Cetarean Kingdom. Space vessel, we demand that you identify yourselves or hostile action will be taken against you."
"This is..." While Captain Florence spoke, a second communication came in. "This is captain Florence." He continued, while opening the second communication channel. This one included video, so he displayed it on the center screen. "We've come in peace, we simply require fuel to continue our journey. If you grant us permission to land, we'll be gone before a solar cycle."
On the main screen, an anthropomorphic creature appeared, it's skin an alternating black and white color, free of any fur or scales, it's face and details hidden under the atmospheric interference.
"This is Duchess Elora, of the Cetarean Nations. You have entered a civilized planet's sidereal territory, you are required to leave immediately."
Capitan Florence shook his head in confusion and spoke to both channels at the same time. "Dear leaders of this world, we have come in peace. We simply require fuel to go on our way."
"I am the representative of this world!" Came both channels at the same time.
"Duchess Elora is a traitor to the crown and a disgrace to our people!" Yelled King Cerill.
"This one is a tyrant!" Came the duchess. "His claim a lie built on the blood and lives of millions of our people. Do not listen to this savage."
Captain Florence pinched the bridge of his snout. Parnid swinged his tail in amusement and let out a soft chuckle. Florence muted the comms channels. "Parnid, give me a detailed lifeform scan, and a belligerent potential report. Maybe we can sneak in."
A secondary screen lit up with the many phenotypes of the inhabitants of the water world, while another screen lit up with red text. A sloshing sound and a slight grunt of pleasure accompanied the movement of the slithering silver tube into the insides of the pilot.
"RADIO AND ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSORS... CONFIRMED."
"GROUND & AIR COMBAT CAPABILITY... CONFIRMED."
"TRACES OF NUCLEAR DETONATIONS... CONFIRMED."
Those were bad signs. The planet seemed to be advanced enough that a discreet approach to resource harvesting would be nigh-impossible. Furthermore, the natives were evidently dangerous. The lifeform scan also lit up with a yellow tint:
"BINARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS... CONFIRMED."
"PHENOTYPES COMPATIBLE WITH THE GREAT UNIFICATION... CONFIRMED."
"PROBABILITY OF SUCCESSFUL UNIFICATION... 92.3%"
Florence rubbed the scales of his chin. "What do you think Parnid?" The pilot's tail swung rapidly from left to right and then bore down it's weight on the floor of the command room, producing a boom so loud that it startled captain Florence. He smiled. "My thoughts exactly, my friend. We'll do well to relieve these savages form the violent nature and from the things that set them apart. Fuel for our ship, seems like a fitting payment for such an effort." He unmuted the communication channels. The leaders were still bickering over their petty politics.
"Ehem. Leaders of this world." Silenced them Captain Florence. "I am pleased to announce that the Empire of a Thousand Stars has selected your world to join us, in our peaceful unification."
"What are you talking about, alien?" Barked the monochrome duchess.
"The Cetarean Kingdom accepts your proposal." Came the other leader.
"This pretender is not entitled to speak for our people!" Protested the Duchess.
"Please. Please." Tried Florence to intervene. "There is no need for you to do anything at the moment, incorporation will begin soon." He looked at Parnid and gave him a nod. A third screen changed to show:
"ATMOSPHERIC PROJECTIONS... COMPLETED.
RELEASING PHEROMONE DELIVERY PODS."
"You no longer need to bicker." Continued the captain. "We can see your world is ravaged by war and hatred. A war born from your differences. Differences that mark you from the day you are born." The two leaders went silent. "We will deliver you from these differences, we will make you participants of the Great Unification that blessed our people more than four thousand years ago."
"You are attacking us!?" Yelled the King.
"No, what we have released are not weapons, they are facilitators. They will make the unification process much more efficient. The only thing we ask in exchange is the fuel we need, but no need to worry, after the process is done, I am sure you will have a much easier time electing a leader with whom we'll be able to properly and SAFELY discuss the matter of fuel collection."
"You are a mad man. We will destroy you!" Yelled the King.
"I am no man, sir." Corrected the captain. "But it's an understandable confusion. To show you the benefits of unification, you two shall be the first to take part in it." Florence opened intra-ship communications. "Security, prepare the teleportation room for arrival, we are receiving guests."
"Roger." Came back the troops.
"Parnid." Continued Florence. "Trace the source of these transmissions and teleport any sentient lifeforms you find onto the ship." The captain closed all communication channels and Stood up, taking a second to stretch his arms and sail. "Keep an eye out in the indoctrination room Parnid, maybe you'll see something you like. Feel free to come down when you're done."
The silver tube attached to Parnid's genitals slithered further inside, producing a slight sloshing sound. The pilot chuckled, as the captain left the room and headed to the lower deck.
When he got to the lower deck, he was greeted by a security squadron wearing the ship's blue uniform. He greeted each with a handshake and made his way to the teleportation chamber, which had been locked with nearly eight people inside, among which was the Duchess. They were yelling inside the room and even in their situation, they still separated in sides. The captain shook his head. He tapped the communication device in his hear. "Parnid, flood the room with pheromones please." He looked to a side while the valves of the teleportation room whistled as they released a pink and sweet-smelling gas. The captain looked to a side. "Amalia, be a dear and strip me of my clothing." He was addressing one of the few females on the ship, all of which were part of his harem.
She nodded as she moved closer and started unbuttoning the captain's shirt and pants. After a few seconds he was completely naked, the female couldn't stop staring at the thick twin-headed instrument that only slightly protruded from between his legs, over the moist slit of his female genitals. A small screen next to the door blinked green: "PHEROMONE RELEASE COMPLETE."
When the captain looked into the room again, he found a somewhat different scene. The two bands were still separated, but now it's members were closer, much closer. They caressed and kissed each other, only the King remained still. Even the Duchess found herself between the arms of one of her escorts. Florence opened the door and stepped into the room. There he could more clearly see his guests. The duchess was tall, perhaps a head taller than him. Her head was almost perfectly circular, with a small hole on top of it. Her snout was somewhat elongated, with small cone-shaped teeth lining it. She was clearly athletic and her skin intercalated patches of black and white it wasn't covered by clothing. The king's skin, on the other hand, was almost perfectly gray. His head, while somewhat similar to the Duchess' was a bit more angular and his teeth were much more menacing. He was thin and shorter than the duchess and his tail swinging behind him anxiously. The Captain couldn't help but notice the bulging in his pants.
"See?" Continued Florence. "As the pheromones begin to take effect, there is no need to violence anymore. Soon you will all be unified."
The guests muttered something in their own language.
"I'm afraid there is no automatic translation here. But that's the beauty of it, we don't need it. We can let our bodies talk for us. We don't need to share our culture, our language or even our way of thinking. We only need to share and revel in our carnal desires." He finished, with arms open. Almost as soon as he finished talking, one of the females from the Duchess' group, similar in physiology to her, but of gray skin, and one of the males from the King's band, more similar to the Duchess than to the King in appearance, rushed to him. The male kneeled before him and began to delicately stroke his now erect twin penis heads, while the female rushed to kiss his snout and caress his chest.
"Hey Parnid. I'm gonna need some help here." Called the Captain before sinking his lips into the female's.
The swirling pink gushes that had flooded the room, had left a thin veil of mist on the floor. The chamber was warm and comfortable, and before long, the rest of the guests were instinctively removing their clothing.
Captain Florence delicately pushed the female kissing his lips downwards, prompting her to join the male in taking care of his bifurcated penis. As she kneeled, the man greeted her with a deep passionate kiss. Seeing their tongues mingle and drip as the went at each other, only helped further harden Florence's penis and moist his vagina, which now glittered with wetness. When the two aquatic guests separated, she began sucking on the other end of Florence's dick, while the man kneeled even lower to caress his wet outer lips. The female was better as sucking. She alternated between the tips, sucking ardently at one while using her fingers joined into a ring to stroke the other one and with her free hand she cupped the underside of his testicles. Meanwhile the man had started to introduce a single finger into Florence's pussy. A third female came closer to Florence. She had black and white skin, similarly to the Duchess, but she was shorter and her body thinner. Her snout was longer and she breathed heavily in excitement. She had already removed most of her clothes. Florence took her by the hand and guided her to kneel behind him. She didn't need much more explanation than that. As she began to brush aside Florence's tail to tend to his rear. The door opened once more and Parnid stepped in. He seemed to glisten under the dimmed lights of the room. Parnid was athletic, tall and his well defined factions made him attractive to even the most reserved of the crew members. Even Florence himself had felt attraction towards him at some point, and even now the sight of his well defined factions and his imposing presence made him feel a rush of blood running to his sail.
The pilot was ready for business. He greeted Florence with a nod of his head and pointed at one of the females. She had silver-gray skin and a long snout of conic teeth to match. If she had still had been wearing any underwear, it would have hit the floor harder than Parnid's tail. The female in question, ran to the pilot, leaving a male behind, who stepped up and proceeded to follow her. The pilot used the might of his tale to clear one of the nearby tables from all clutter with a single swing. He lifted the female and placed her on top of the cleared table. She spread her legs and Parnid entered her with a single thrust. She let out a scream of pleasure. The male that had been left behind in favor of the pilot at first tried to kiss and caress the female being penetrated by Parnid, but he pushed him behind him and leaned forward, granting the dark-gray male access to the female organs from behind. The male rushed to put his dick into Parnid and they together began rocking back and forth, letting out grunts and groans of pleasure with every thrust. Only a few seconds after they started, the male cummed with a deep thrust into Parnid's vagina. The warmth was pleasurable to him, but it had been way too quick. He pushed him back with his tail, which send the male tumbling, and almost immediately, a second, better endowed male came to replace him, caring little for the fact that Parnid's innards were already filled with the semen of another. Again he began thrusting into Parnid, while the pilot pleasured himself with the body of the female, whose face clued into the fact that the pleasure she was experiencing had her zoned out of reality.
When the pilot looked up at Florence, he found the Captain having his way with as many guests as he could: He had a male in all fours in front of him, while a female below alternated between tending to the male's penis and whichever of Florence's tips wasn't sinde the male. Behind him, the kneeling female was tending to his rear and caressing his sail, while bouncing on top of a male laying down. Every one of the guests was directly or indirectly engaged in pleasuring them, and without their clothes, it was hard to tell which of the guests was which. Florence ordered one of the females to come closer with a gesture of his hand. He directed her into all fours, tail-to-tail to the male he was already penetrating. He moved them slightly as to leave them ass to ass, and pushed to start rocking back and forth, each taking the tip of his dick as deep as they could before bouncing back and returning for another trust.
The captain let out a deep growl upon feeling the pressure of having one tip inside an anus and another inside a tight vagina. While being pleasured from behind by a long-snouted female. He could feel he was reaching his limit, and began moving faster, his penis engorging with every passing minute. He rose his hands to play with his own nipples while his dick continued to slide in and out of the two guests below him. The female behind him moaned as the male she was riding released his load inside of her, which prompted her to increase her attack on his anus, introducing her tongue as deep as it would go, as if trying to massage his prostate, while she moved her fingers between Florence's thighs and began fingering his female organ which was dripping thin strands of viscous fluid. When the female that was rimming and fingering him began to struck his balls, he was pushed over the limit. With a roar that shook the ship, a wave of pleasure flooded his body from the tip of his dick and the inside of his vagina. It extended to every corner of his being as thick gushes of white semen shoot from every end of his penis. Flooding the male's innards and the female's womb with his seed. The moaned in pleasure and a splash of wetness from Florence's pussiy sloshed against the floor as he came. He was breathing heavily and was evidently tired. He retracted his dick from the male and female, and turned them around while signaling them to clean him up, which they obliged without hesitation.
Meanwhile Parnid was also reaching close to his limit. He had now three females on top of the table, two were kissing and caressing each other while he was fucked from behind and he alternated introducing his dick into each of the female's pussies each time. While the third had her legs spread for Parnid to have full access to devour her labia as he pleased. When the male behind him started to increase the rhythm of his thrusting, so did Parnid, hearing the captain's roar of pleasure only made him even more eager to feel his own orgasm. He pushed harder, deeper, faster. Again and again he pounded his massive body against the delicate female he was ravishing. When he felt the warm strings of fluid filling his vegina as the male behind him cummed, that was the last drop he needed to push himself over the limit. He increased the speed of his thrusting even faster, letting himself swim in the pleasure and warmth that the females were providing him, and as the pleasure reached to it's highest point, he retreated and finished himself with one last glorious strike. A thick shower of fluid spurted from the tip of his dick and covered the three females on top of the table in the musky scent of his sperm. The females scrambled to their knees to clean him up. When he looked at the captain, he found him in a similar position and nodded in acknowledgement. And they both tried their best to catch their breath while the guests serviced them. Florence gave the order for the rest of the crew to walk in and clean up the mess. They covered the few guests that were done with thick blankets and carried them to special cells where the unification process would continue. The pheromones they had been breathing all along, also carried within them nanomachines designed for gene therapy. The strain and hormone release of sex, prompted the nanomachines to re-write the genetic code of those affected to eliminate an traces of sexual dimorphism in the species. That was what "Unification" really meant. These guests were the first, but the process was already underway in the planet below. They had fired the pods earlier. Those females inside which either the captain or the pilot had released their seed, wouldn't have the same fate, however. Their sperm acted as a chemical marker for females. Those that had been cummed inside, would not be turned into hermaphrodites like the rest. They would remain as females and join the ship's harem. They would live like princesses, with every single one of their needs covered and pampered. In exchange they would learn to pleasure the members of the crew, and their skill and rank would be directly related to their skill at pleasure.
This was "Unification", the mission of ISS Raptor. They had already converted a hundred worlds, and they would convert a hundred more, all in the name of peace, love and the great Empire of Unified Planets. Once they were done, there would be no more wars, no more hate, no more fear, no more differences, only one nation to unite all people. And "Unification" was the way forward to that dream.
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Legacy Chapter Twenty Seven by twilightiger | #27 of Legacy Legacy is a psychological science fiction thriller set against a backdrop of Neo-noir corporate futurism and transhuman ethics with a healthy dose of existential nihilism thrown into the mix. While defying genre and breaking the boundries of convention Legacy contains many of the more, | [
"Anthropomorphic",
"Crime Drama",
"Female",
"Multiple Species",
"Panther",
"Psychological",
"Science Fiction",
"Thriller",
"Tiger",
"biopunk"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1149367-legacy-chapter-twenty-seven | Adulthood as defined by our society can be loosely categorized into two different types: Social adulthood, which simply requires that an individual reach the age of majority, and Biological adulthood, which is attained when one becomes able to sexually reproduce. Unfortunately, neither of these two standards can be applied to chimeras as easily as they are to humans. This is because all first, second, and third generation chimeras are products of both social and biological programming. In essence, they have been engineered to reach both physical and mental maturity at a rate that far outstrips that of their human counterparts. This of course presents a problem for all future generation chimeras, as without a viable system of support to facilitate proper emotional development, they may find themselves at the mercy of the standards used to measure maturity in humans, and if unable to cope with the social pressures created when forced to conform to that standard, develop a higher risk of manifesting both physically and mentally unstable personalties in their later years. Addendum. Further observations of this unique social phenomena when applied to Genetic Anomaly Four-Five-Two indicates that the possibility of a third form of adulthood actually exists: A cultural one, that reflects both the values and the ideals inherent in the cultures into which chimeras are first integrated.
B.O.D. Report # TDM
Chapter Twenty Seven : Confessions of a companion and confidante.
A fearsome exterior that serves to hide a fragile heart. Thought Midnight as she wrapped her arms around Kato. Drawing him in close she began to purr as she listened to the steady rhythm of his heartbeat. Here is someone who has been beaten and abused, and yet still he struggles to go on. How many others can lay claim to that kind of strength? "Midnight I . . ." "It's alright Kato," Whatever else he had been about to say was lost as she rested her head against his chest. "Whenever you're hurt or in pain, tears can be healing." Seeing it as an invitation to reciprocate, Kato hesitated for only a moment before he too wrapped his arms around her. "Thank you." Feeling the tension in his shoulders flow out of him, Midnight smiled. There was now a quiet strength in his embrace, a subtle difference that spoke volumes about the true nature of his character. Here is someone who would sooner die then violate a woman. Who would fight to protect everything within his reach, so long as he could lay claim to it as his own. Midnight purred. A true tiger in every sense of the word. Reaching out to brush aside a single strand of soft silver hair, she suddenly found herself staring into eyes the color of pale ice, and seeing herself reflected there, felt something all too primal stir to life inside her. Suddenly, she wanted to be the one to mark him with her scent, to make it clear to all other's that she belonged to him, and he to her. It was an instinct as old as the world itself, and undeniably powerful. Responding unconsciously to a thousand subtle signals, Kato rose to his full height. With the water matting down his fur, and the way his muscles were moving just beneath the surface of his skin, it was even easier for her to see the contours of his body, the shape and definition that served to compliment his form. Feral, predatory, dangerous, Kato had all the carefully cultivated qualities of a wild beast that had been kept in a cage for far too long. Though those qualities marked him the most whenever his anger rose to the surface, underneath the calm aura he had sought to project, was the kind of cruel perfection that only occurred through careful selective breeding, or random genetic chance. Radiating sheer animal presence, while staring at her with a barely suppressed hunger, a need that was in every way a twin to her own, it seemed as if an eternity passed between them before Kato even seemed able to recognize her at all. It was something Midnight had seen often enough to know it in an instant. What woman wouldn't? Especially when working a profession as old as time. The other had been watching her through his eyes. Made up of the instincts they all struggled with, the hidden desires they all felt. The other was a powerful driving force, and an impossible one to erase. Because it was connected to the side of their psyches that responded to impulse, Midnight knew that being a chimera meant more than just looking like a animal on the outside, it meant learning to act like one on the inside. And sometimes, pretending to be human was all they were able to do. "I'm sorry," Kato said at last. "Its just, I'm finding it hard to understand. How can anyone do what you do? How can anyone risk giving themselves to so many? There's already so much pain, so much suffering in this world of ours, that I hate myself for knowing, that no matter how hard I try, there will always be someone that I can't protect." "Someone important to you was used as a prostitute, and not by choice weren't they?" Kato could only nod as he began to feel the weight of memories long buried pressing in around him. "My mother Sasha . . . she used to be a companion. She used to tell me, that all she had ever wanted in life was to be a dancer, so that she could make people happy." Sighing as he remembered the way she had used to move, some of his fondest memories were of the times when she had reenacted the grand performances of her life, while telling him in great detail about all the people she had met and the things that she had seen. "You might even have heard of her, Sasha Destrov?" Midnight shook her head no. "Well, either way she was amazing to watch. She used to show me things that I would never have thought were possible. She even managed to teach some of them to me. When she could get me to sit still long enough to pay attention anyway." Kato sighed. "But then the handlers . . . they would come and take her away sometimes, and whenever she came back; all she could do was cry." She never told me what it was they were forcing her to do, He thought to himself. But I knew, all along I knew. Forced to serve as a breeder, unable to find a mate who loved her, it had been easier for everyone involved to just live as if it had never happened. Easier, but not better. "Love shouldn't be like that." Said Kato with all the innocence of a child. "Love should never cause anyone so much pain." Kato . . . Making up her mind then and there, Midnight started to purr as she began to run her tongue along the underside of his jaw. Unsure of what to do or even how to respond, Kato simply held himself motionless. Enduring Midnight's attentions in stoic silence, he struggled with his desire to shy away from being touched; to see it as the invitation to claim what his heart told him he wanted. Or worse, what his mind was telling him was being offered. No, Said a voice as soft as a sibilant hiss. This is all wrong. She's offering herself to me. To me. As if a great white tiger were pacing endlessly inside a cage made of glass, the part of himself that was anything but human started to let itself be heard. And all I have to do is overwhelm her with strength. I did it once before. In the darkest reaches of his heart, Kato started to see himself for what he truly was. And this time, she won't even consider trying to resist. A beast. Fuck you. Sending the thought off like a shot from a gun Kato wrested control away from the other half of himself. I never want to feel that kind of pain again, I never . . . "Your afraid aren't you." Said Midnight. Watching him wrestle with his inner demons she was beginning to understand. "Your afraid that if you allow yourself to love someone, that you'll only end up causing them the same kind of pain you feel now." When he closed his eyes and refused to look at her, Midnight took his silence for assent. "Kato, even if you can't protect everyone, sometimes, its enough just to be able to hold out your hand, and offer comfort to those who have been hurt." Is that how Midnight sees me, as some kind of wounded animal? Without ever needing to hear his feelings spoken aloud, Kato knew them to be true. Refusing to trust people simply because I've been hurt, lashing out at them because I'm afraid of being hurt . . . that's no way to live my life. Kato suddenly heard Phoenix's words echo inside his mind. "You don't have what it takes to go Cyberside." And she was right too. Because if I'm so afraid of putting my trust in a stranger, my life in someone else's hands, that I push everyone else away. Then there's no way that I'll be able to go Cyberside. The way that I am now, I would have died before I even began. Kato looked at Midnight. Despite the fact she had been sent by Zane to test him, to illicit information from him, she was reaching out to him, him, despite the darkness she had seen inside his soul. Here is someone to whom I have revealed my darkest secrets, he thought to himself. And who did not turn away. Here is someone with whom I can begin. Taking hold of the hand that was being offered to him, Kato said. "Sacrificing oneself for others, the willingness to defend others and the desire to protect others, no matter what the reasons, those can all be considered good things. But even more important, is the ability to care for others. For compassion carries within it its own strength and those who are able to heal another's heart, are the one's who are truly strong." "The mantle of a hero. A quote taken directly from Legends of the Twilight Kingdom." Surprised to find someone else who could quote it Kato said. "You've read it?" "Mmhmm." Drawing him in close Midnight said. "I particularly like how the author uses his characters to address the issues surrounding the differences existing between the races. Humans, elves, even werewolves, because they were all forced to face the darker parts of themselves, in the end, they were able to become stronger because of it." Wisdom, beauty, intelligence. Whispered the part of his mind that was all animal. What more could I ask for in a mate? A mate yes. A lover maybe. But someone I could spend the rest of my days with? Kato's thoughts turned to Lady; and from somewhere deep inside himself, he felt a distinct sense of approval. Still . . . is it wrong of me to desire both of them? To want to share a part of myself with both of them? And which side of me thinks that that thought is wrong? "How strange it must seem to you." Said Kato. "That here I am, sitting next to one of the most beautiful women that I have ever seen, and I find that I have more in common with a character in a story, then with the people in my own life." "Not as strange as you might think." Said Midnight. "For myself, I have always felt that, even if we aren't human, that even if we do live in a world that has been built specifically to accommodate the needs of humans, we must still learn to co-exist. Both with humans, and with ourselves. Because in time, when we live in the world that will be built by both humans and chimeras, if we don't learn how to understand one another now, then we may never be able to live together." A world where humans and chimeras can live together. How many generations would it take for us to forget the pain that they have inflicted upon us and begin to move forwards hand in hand? Watching as the ripples created by Midnight's tail flicking back and drifted across the surface of the water, Kato said. "I think I'd like to see it, the kind of world that we could create together I mean." "We'd need someone strong," Said Midnight idly. "Someone who wasn't willing to let a little thing like past prejudices keep them from creating a bridge between our two races." "Someone willing to put aside prejudice." Said Kato. "How ironic. My sensei once said something similar to me." Talking to Midnight, Kato began to feel as if he were slowly coming closer to grasping the truth, and yet in spite of everything he had recently realized, he still felt as if he were missing the last essential piece. It was something vital, something that would make the picture complete. "I guess you could say, that because of the need for someone who can create a bridge between our two races, the existence of someone like me really is a necessary evil." Reaching out to stroke him behind the ears, something about what he had just said made Midnight hesitate. Zane once told me that the science that went into creating chimeras wasn't perfect, that despite the companies continued efforts to correct the process, anomalies can continue to occur. Frowning as she studied the structure of Kato's face she thought. For two people to have come from two completely different worlds, and yet still reach the same conclusion. Is it really just a coincidence? Or is there something more? Something even I don't know about? "Midnight," Said Kato, interrupting her train of thought. "What are you thinking about?" "Oh, nothing in particular. I just found myself wondering if your father was a member of the companion class as well." It wasn't quite a lie, but there was still enough of the truth in it to make it seem plausible. "They're often chosen based on looks. And its not unusual for them to be selected as breeders too." "I wouldn't know." Said Kato. "I don't know anything about my father. In fact, I've never even met him. And even if I did, then I'm sure he would be just as surprised to meet me." Midnight could only blink as the full weight of what Kato had just revealed dawned on her on its entirety. "Do you really mean to tell me . . . that no one has ever taught you how to understand your own instincts!" "No." Said Kato. Surprised by the sudden vehemence in her voice he added. "Why? Was somebody supposed to?" "Yes! Mother's teach their daughters, father's teach their sons. Even if it is only briefly, contact with our parents is essential. How else are we supposed to learn to understand the things that we feel, to control the things about our selves that no human can ever hope to comprehend?" Seeing anew the child who had been robbed of his birthright, Midnight felt a need to reach out to Kato, to help him understand who and what he was supposed to be. After all, wasn't that was the true duty of all companions, to help those who were lost find their way? "Kato, as chimeras, we have wants, needs and desires that humans don't. They didn't intend to give us instincts, but still, they are an essential part of who we are. You've felt them before haven't you?" Kato nodded. "Whenever I see a woman that I find attractive, my heart starts racing like crazy, and all I can find myself thinking about are ways to impress her. And then there are times when I've wanted to rub the pads on my hands on everything, so that I could mark it with my scent. But I . . . I always thought that that was something we had to figure out for ourselves. That our instincts were something we had to suppress." Struggling to put what he was feeling into words, Kato said. "At least, that's what I've been trying to do." With a weary sigh he added. "Though there are times I admit, when it hasn't exactly worked." "You mean, all this time . . . I've been speaking to you in a language that no one has ever taught you how to understand?" Saying it more for herself then for Kato, Midnight began to understand where so much of his reluctance to respond to her was coming from. "I, I guess so." He said. "I mean, I thought you were doing all those things to, you know, entice me. I mean, I appreciate them all and . . ." Seeing the look of confused innocence on his face, Midnight began to feel more than a little foolish herself. "Very well then. In exchange for not rejecting me outright. I'll share with you a secret." And I'll even put it into terms that you can understand. "You asked me earlier how it is that I can do what I do. Well, for me, the reason is simple. I like sex." Watching Kato beginning to blush beneath his fur at the mere mention of the word sex, Midnight whispered into his ear. "The act, the sensation, the feelings that can only grow stronger as our bodies draw closer." Wrapping her arms around his neck she held him so that, even if he tried he wouldn't be able to get away. "And once I accepted that, I learned that some men, they simply find it easier to go looking for sexual release from a prostitute than from from the ones that they love. Men like that, they want the one's that they love to know that they're more to them than just a source of cheap sex. And then of course, there are those like me. The women who may never be content to be loved by just any man, yet still crave physical intimacy." Kissing Kato before he had a chance to resist, she wrapped her entire body around his and dragged him beneath the surface of the water. Her tongue tastes like catnip and cream. Thought Kato. And her hand . . . Stroking the area at the base of his tail, Midnight was turning what should have been for Kato a simple kiss into something infinitely more intimate. I wonder . . . is this what love feels like? As the first one to break through the surface of the water, Midnight licked her lips and said. "Such a serious expression you have on your face. Did something I do upset you?" "No." Struggling to catch his breath, Kato forced out a weak laugh. "Its just that, being near you makes me feel like I'm a fool. Am I really that naïve?" "Not naïve, just, a little inexperienced." Running her fingers through Kato's fur Midnight said. "Kato, your still young, and despite the hardships that you've faced, you've only just begun to realize that the world around you is a much larger place than you first thought it would be. "Now, standing on the verge of adulthood, you've begun to leave your childhood behind knowing only that the carefree days of innocence are coming to an end, and that a lifetime of responsibility lays ahead of you. And just like everyone else, you've desperately started asking yourself, if I'm supposed to be an adult, then what the hell do I do now?" Kato chuckled. "It does kind of seem like that, doesn't it?" "If it helps, then think of it like this. An adult is someone who laughs and has fun for the sake of making others envious of being grown. That way, the children around them learn that life exists to fulfill all desires." "That sounds an awful lot like stumbling around in the dark while wondering what to do to me." "Well," Said Midnight, "Even if all you do is end up stumbling around in the dark, then I suggest you just keep on searching, and maybe someday, you'll find your own answer." My own answer? Despite the different opinions afforded to him by the unique circumstances of his birth, Kato felt a strange longing to understand everything about himself, if only to see where he fit into the world. After all, if Morishita was the one who taught me how to be human, then maybe Midnight can teach me how to be something more. "If I just wanted to talk, or even play a game of Go . . ." Touching a different stripe for each word, she said. "We could do that too." Kato could tell from the tone of her voice that she would only consent to talking so long as they did other things first. Stepping out of the bath Midnight picked up a towel and said. "Kato, would you like me to teach you how to make love to a woman properly, or would you prefer to just spend the night fumbling around in the dark?" Watching as Midnight dried herself off, Kato sank deeper into the water, hoping it would help to hide his growing embarrassment. "I don't know. Fumbling around in the dark, kind of sounds like it could be fun too." Midnight noticed anyway and didn't care. "Making love to someone is just like any other skill. It must be practiced to be mastered." Flicking her tail invitingly she said. "And what better way to express your love for someone, than learning to do it well?" |
Second Chances - Chapter 1 by Otter Miqmah | #1 of Second Chances A fox meets a deer on the first day of 9th grade, and a friendship quickly forms. But friendships can easily become something more. - Hey everyone, I decided to go back to my roots and read some of the stories that made me originally want to start writing again. I wanted to get | [
"Buck",
"Coming Out",
"Deer",
"Drama",
"Fox",
"Gay",
"Gay Relationships",
"Highschool",
"M/M",
"Story Series",
"Teen",
"friends"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1153153-second-chances-chapter-1 | Hey everyone, I decided to go back to my roots and read some of the stories that made me originally want to start writing again. I wanted to get the emotions and feelings I felt from the writing I was doing 8 years ago, but with the wisdom and skill I've picked up since. I think I have found something that I can take and make my new story that you'll love! So, wander with me as I take this journey. Thanks for reading!
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Life has a way of changing on you when you least expect it. You really never know what will happen. You can be eating breakfast one day, and get a phone call that your parents died in a freak motorcycle crash. Or, you could be in the middle of a giant rave, and meet your old baby sitter, sucking on a pacifier. Nothing is ever predictable, but at least it keeps us on our toes for the next big surprise.
The year I turned 15, a lot of weird things were happening. Lots of little things. Little changes. But they all seemed so big at the time. Everything seems so big when you're 15, including yourself. I had shot up about four inches over the summer. Which was nice, because I was the shortest person in my grade. Try being a 14 year old fox that is shorter than a mouse. Other things had grown too... which was also rather nice. It was a busy summer, all alone in my room, if you know what I mean. Who needed friends when your mom kept an unhealthily large supply of lotion in the house?
Yes, 15 was a strange year. Hormones, high school, girls... guys. Yeah, that was something that happened to. But, before I get too far ahead of myself, I should start from the beginning....
"Here is the seating chart," the teacher announced, slapping a transparency on a projector that had seen better days. "I know you want to sit with your friends, but this will help me learn your names for the first few weeks, and then you can sit where you'd like."
I scanned the list of names written in purple marker, finally finding 'Jude Fennet' in the back corner. I picked up my stuff and joined the migrating masses. As we all sat down in our cold, hard seats, the teacher began passing out papers on the course.
"Now that we have that, welcome to Milton High School. My name is Mr. Duffek, and this is World History. I'm passing around a syllabus that will go over...." Mr. Duffek continued on, but I was distracted by the sound of a clicking pen next to me.
I looked over at the deer, eyeing the packet of paper that was just handed to him, his thumb rapidly pounding away on the pen held prisoner in his grip. We don't get a lot of deer where we are; they tend to be more up north. It was kind of interesting to watch him. His antlers were kinda skinny, and only had one little point growing off. I remember my dad saying that they grow new ones every year. He was kinda good looking in that awkward teenager kind of way. Or at least the side of him I could see. He must have felt me staring because he looked up. "Oh, sorry," he said, putting the pen down. "Just kinda nervous."
I smiled, he smiled, and we both went back to focusing on the teacher. He was pretty good looking from the front too. Not that I'd ever admit that to anyone. Not back then, anyway.
Eventually the bell rang, and we all packed up and left. The deer, whose name I learned was Darrick, gave me a friendly nod before slinging his backpack over his shoulder and taking off. I guess that meant we were friends.
I had that class every other day. I'm not sure if it was our chemistry, or just pure desperation, but we ended up being each other's go-to for partners and group work in the class. We even stayed in our same desks long after the teacher let us pick our own.
As fall wore on, and the leaves started piling up, I found myself hanging out with Darrick a lot. Mostly after school at my place. He basically became an adopted kid to my parents. He didn't live too far away from me, so it was easy for him to walk home before it got dark. Occasionally, especially on Fridays, he'd just stay over, and we'd have pizza and a movie. It was pretty standard procedure by winter, which was good, because by the next semester, we didn't have any classes together, and it was really the only time we got to hang out. By that point, Darrick had turned 16 and gotten his license and a car, which was nice because we didn't need to take the bus, and Darrick didn't have to walk home anymore. It was also nice, because it meant that he would hang out at my place every day.
"Do you ever wonder what would happen to us if we weren't friends?" Darrick said, tossing a stress ball above his head as he lay on my bed. His antlers had shed a while back, so he just had smooth little bumps left over, which I naturally teased him about and was usually followed by a threat from him about being able to shove his antlers us my ass now, which would then start a chain reaction of terrible jokes only teenage boys could come up with.
"No... I guess not. Why?" I asked, pulling my attention away from my computer.
"I dunno. Just, I never really had a friend like you before. You know, someone I hang out with so much. You know?"
I looked at the deer, who had tiled his head to look back at me. "Yeah. I mean, I guess. You're kinda the only person I do that with too. Beats sitting alone in my room jerking off."
"Yeah, except that one night when-"
"Shut up!" I said, throwing a stuffed otter from my desk at him. "I thought you were asleep!"
"Yeah, and you didn't even bother to check too hard, did you?" he chuckled, tossing the otter back to me before mimicking me lying on my side rubbing an invisible dick.
"Nah, bro, I'm bigger than that."
Darrick exaggerated the movement, extending his arm as far as they could go. "How's that?"
"Closer. But you'd need a third hand," I said, hoping up from my computer desk to mime the motion with him.
"Yeah right," he said, pulling me down onto the bed next to him. "I know you've got a baby carrot down there. You'd be lucky to use a second finger on a good day."
"Fits in your moms hand just fine!"
We laughed until our breath was gone, and laid on the bed panting for a while.
"Jude?" Darrick asked, looking over at me.
"Yeah?" I asked, looking back at the deer. He had something troubling in his eyes.
He turned his head back. "Nothing. Never mind."
We stayed there in silence. You could hear the winter wind against the house.
"Hey," I finally said. "Why don't we ever hang out at your place?"
"Well, you know, my parents don't really like company, and it's a small house, and with my aunt in town for the month, and my sister-"
"Ok," I said, chuckling. "Didn't mean to grill you, I was just asking. Want to spend the night?
"I wasn't before?" He raised an eyebrow. "It's Friday."
"Oh yeah. I don't know why I even bothered to ask. You practically live here anyway."
"Jude?"
"Yeah?"
"Nothing."
"Ok. Pizza?"
"Yeah."
The night stayed pretty typical from there. We ate pizza, watched whatever movie we could find in the pile of VHS tapes, and got ready for bed, late into the night. I kept thinking about the look he gave me. It was sort of haunting. I wanted to ask him what he had on his mind, but I couldn't figure out how to bring it up. So, I just avoided it and hoped he'd bring it up on his own.
"Do you think it's kinda gay that we sleep in the same bed together?" Darrick asked, sitting on the edge of the bed in nothing but a pair of pajama pants.
"Nah, we've got the sheet between us. Besides, it's not like we cuddle or anything, and its better than you sleeping on the floor."
"Yeah, I guess you're right. But, lets still not tell anyone."
"What are you so afraid of?" I laughed. "Am I not good enough to be your boyfriend?" I said, batting my eyelashes. "You'd be lucky to have a hot piece of ass like me. Might be better to start the rumor ourselves; get your social rank a little higher. I'm a real catch, you know," I teased.
Darrick didn't look as amused. He had that disturbed look again.
"Woah," I said. "Sorry man, I was just messing with you. Didn't know you were so serious about this. I can sleep on the floor." I started pulling a sheet off the bed and grabbed a pillow.
"No." Darrick pulled the sheet back. "It's not that. It's... well. Ok, it's kinda that. It's really complex."
"Wanna talk about it?"
Darrick shook his head and looked away. We both sat there in awkward tension.
"Sooooo....? Should I sleep on the floor?"
Darrick shook his head again.
"Ok. Well, I'm going to turn off the lights then..." I said, trying to get around the awkward elephant between us. I flipped off the light and got under my sheet.
We both just laid there in silence, staring at the ceiling. The lights through the window shifted as a car drove by.
"Jude?"
"Yeah?"
"I Love you." Darrick's voice cracked.
"I love you too, man."
"No, I mean... I'm in love with you." I heard Darrick's head turn to look at me. I didn't look back.
There was a long pause.
"Sorry." I could hear the crushed spirit in his voice.
My head was swimming. I was frozen in my place. I couldn't keep my thoughts straight enough to even utter a word. How do you respond to your best friend saying that? The dark ceiling above me started spinning. The distance between us in the bed seemed like a mile away.
I could hear him sniff as his eyes welled up. My stomach tied itself in a knot. I had to say something.
"That's kinda gay." As the words passed my lips, my entire being filled with regret. Why did I say that of all things?
Darrick turned away, his sniffling getting louder as he tried to choke back tears.
I was still paralyzed. I wanted to run out of the room. I wanted to hug my crying friend. I wanted to die. But all I could do was watch that spinning ceiling getting closer and closer to my face.
The cracked whimpers next to me were like razors on my skin. I needed to do something. I finally sat up. The knot in my stomach was making me feel sick.
I looked over at the deer. His chest shivered with his barely controlled breathing. I reached out a paw and touched his arm. He tensed up.
"Darrick...." I started, not knowing what to follow it up with.
He just turned his head further into the pillow.
"We gotta talk about this, man." I said, gripping his shoulder.
"Just forget it," I heard, muffled between gasps for air.
"That's not really how this works."
"I want to die."
I sighed, and pulled his shoulder to me. The fur around his eyes were dark with tears, and he avoided looking at me. "Don't die."
He just shook his head, his face distorting as he tried not to cry again.
I dug my arm under his back and gave him an uncomfortable hug. He strained his neck to pull his head away from me.
"I love you to," I admitted softly.
"Really?" Darrick whispered with a sniff.
"Well, it would explain a lot. And like you said, I've never really had a friend like you before."
"Yeah?"
"Yeah."
I could feel Darrick's body soften, and he rotated around to face me, wrapping his arms around me too.
It felt right. |
Wine Coolers, Chapter 4 by Agrius | #4 of Wine Coolers - Judy awoke to a world of brilliant orange. "Mmmf..." Whatever was pressed against her face smelled good. Warm. Manly. Like one of those body wash commercials she was always catching on TV. It took a good five seconds for her brain to come around. When it did, a grin scrawled its | [
"Cuddling",
"Judy Hopps",
"M/F",
"Nick Wilde",
"Relationships",
"Straight",
"Zootopia",
"intimacy"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1149555-wine-coolers-chapter-4 | Judy awoke to a world of brilliant orange.
"Mmmf..."
Whatever was pressed against her face smelled good. Warm. Manly. Like one of those body wash commercials she was always catching on TV.
It took a good five seconds for her brain to come around. When it did, a grin scrawled its way across her face. She cuddled deeper into the mound of living orange fuzz, trying to lose herself in the soft bristles.
"You awake?"
Judy nodded. Nick chuckled.
Now came the difficult part, she knew. The recap. The Q & A. How was everybody feeling? Any regrets? Should we never speak of this again?
A part of her wanted to just stay in bed. With him. Cuddling forever. But Judy knew she couldn't. They had to talk about it, had to apply logic and reasoning to what amounted to a very illogical act.
Besides, she was starving. And she needed to pee.
Thankfully, Nick took the first step. He pried her from his chest, scooching down in the bed until they were face to face. "Hi," Nick said.
"Hi," Judy smirked. She noticed, for about the thousandth time since they'd met, just how pretty Nick's eyes were. Deep pools of emerald green. With maybe just a little seaweed thrown in there. Just along the edges.
"So."
"So."
Judy's heart skipped a beat. Does he regret it? Oh fuck - he regrets it! That's what he's about to say, isn't it?
Nick took a deep breath, his chest blooming out to meet hers. Then, in a low, intimate growl, he said, "I... don't regret what happened. Like... at all."
Judy's eyebrows furrowed to a point as her eyes went wide. *D'a**www!*
"How 'bout you?"
He sounded so nervous! Trying to keep herself from tearing up, Judy leaned in, pressing her lips together with his. When they broke, Nick had a dreamy look in his half-lidded eyes.
"I don't regret it. *Any* of it."
This seemed to relieve Nick immensely. He grinned, paws reaching out beneath the bedsheets, finding her, drawing her back against him. They giggled together in the golden yellow light, tangled up in eachother, each silently relieved but scared to admit it.
Once the merriment had subsided, Nick hooked a claw beneath Judy's ear, slowly easing it over her shoulder. "So. Um...," his ears laid flat. "I don't wanna seem like we're moving too fast here..."
"Too late!" Judy interjected cheerfully.
He pinched her butt beneath the sheets. "Shaddup. But... no, seriously. Do you, umm... do you wanna... maybe..."
"Grab breakfast?" Judy offered.
"I was gonna say 'date'... but yeah. That too."
Judy reached out a hammy little paw, stroking it through Nick's cheek tuft. "I feel like we've been dating for over a year now. I see you almost every day. And we go out to dinner, like, twice a week."
Nick chuckled. "Yeah, I guess you're right. We do buy snacks for eachother down at the station. And we have our own stupid little in-jokes that no one else understands."
"Besides, Clawhauser already thinks we're dating."
Nick's eyes went wide. "He does?"
"Oh yeah. Anytime me and him hang out, he's always trying to sell you to me."
"Hmm," Nick scratched the scruff of his neck. "I'll have to remember to buy him a box of doughnuts sometime."
Judy giggled as she sat up in bed, throwing the bedsheets off her naked body, stretching her arms high overhead until her vertebrae popped. "Well then, Mr. Morning Breath... I do believe I was promised breakfast at some point."
Paws behind his head, Nick watched the rabbit's lean, toned body moving in the light. "You grabbing a shower?"
"Yep."
"Can I come?"
Judy turned to look over her shoulder, sticking her tongue out at him. "Yep."
With a grin a mile wide, Nick threw back the sheets, bounding after his new girlfriend in a race to see who could get to the hot water first.
**END** |
A Stranger in Suburbia (An Interactive Story) - Prologue (7) by Patcher | #7 of A Stranger in Suburbia At last, some Common Sense. - **[PREVIOUS PAGE](https://www.sofurry.com/view/1146531) | [START AT THE BEGINNING](https://www.sofurry.com/view/1145263) | [NEXT PAGE](https://www.sofurry.com/view/1147445)** **Make sure you're properly dressed.** You assess your current | [
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"Interactive story",
"Prologue",
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**Make sure you're properly dressed.**
You assess your current outfit. No matter how hard you try, you find it hard to justify wearing a parka on top of a jacket on top of a sweater (squared!) on top a tee (cubed!); equally difficult is justifying two pairs of trousers on top of two shorts on top of a cluster of briefs and boxers. You're overwhelmed by the excess heat as you step back into your apartment and close the door.
**Get undressed.**
Done.
**Assess pile of clothes.**
Your **pile of clothes** contains:
a **green winter parka** ;
a **blue spring jacket** ;
a **grey-and-black striped sweater** ;
a **white-and-citrine fluffy sweater** ;
a **red tee** ;
a **blue tee;**
a **black tee with a husky's face on it** ;
a **pair of black denim jeans** ;
a **pair of sweatpants** ;
a **pair of yellow bathing shorts** ;
a **pair of sky blue summer shorts** ;
a **pair of white boxers with red hearts, with accompanying briefs** ;
a **pair of black boxers** ;
a **pair of red-and-white-striped boxers** ;
and **a set of white briefs**.
Whew.
**Open MYSTERIOUS BOX.**
According to ***Benevolence*** , the **MYSTERIOUS BOX** contains appropriate clothes. However, it is firmly sealed by tape.
**Find something sharp.**
You look to your paws. You have black claws. They are sharp. Sort of.
**Open MYSTERIOUS BOX... slowly.**
You slowly tear away tape from the **MYSTERIOUS BOX** to avoid breaking your claws.
*You obtained 1x Common Sense.*
*You obtained 1x Opened MYSTERIOUS BOX.*
You open the **MYSTERIOUS BOX.**
**Pull out your robe and wizard hat.**
What? No, the box does not contain a robe or wizard hat. It does, however, contain a **dapper brimmed cloth hat** ; a **velvet black blazer with red trimmings** ; and... a **pair of sandals**? The blazer has a **red coat of arms** sewn onto it, its main feature the letter **A.**
**Get properly dressed.**
If you're going to knock on doors, you figure simple is the way to go. You put on your **blue tee** , your **white boxers with red hearts,** your **black denim jeans** , and your **sandals.**
**Go out into the hallway**.
You go out into the hallway.
**Assess doors.**
They are all identical, bar the plaques bearing different numbers. They are all functional as far as you can see. There are no cracks or keyholes you can peer through: all locks are pin tumbler locks.
**Assess hallway.**
Wood flooring accompanies simplistic repeat wallpaper in dark colours. Lighting is provided by flush-mounted ceiling lights. Though you have no barometer for quality - damn you, amnesia - you would assess this hallway as average. At one end is a window; at the other, stairs leading down.
**Attempt to remove plaques.**
Your plan is immediately foiled as the plaques are all solidly attached to the doors.
**Knock on number 201.**
You knock three times. This seems appropriate. There is no response.
**Knock on number 202.**
You knock on your own door. You do not get a reply.
**Knock on number 203.**
You knock three times. There appears to be a response. There are very light footsteps, then the lock unlocks, and the door opens slightly. From the crack peers out an otter, looking bemused.
"Oh. Hey. Can I help you?" He sounds a little wistful.
---
**HOW TO PLAY**
Comment below with suggested actions for our hitherto unknown Corgi-weasel protagonist. I will then advance the story with said suggestions. |
Ember Tails side story - Firedog the First, pt4 by skynero19 | #22 of Ember Tails Wow, I can't believe it's been a year... Well, let's get this side story finished up, shall we? =3 It's also been about a year in-story time, as Kyle's now comfortably in his junior year at Westside High, and he's going to meet someone at a party... Contains: underage drinking, | [
"Arcanine",
"Couple",
"Dance",
"Highschool",
"Manectric",
"Matchmaking",
"Party",
"Pokemon",
"Pool"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1151449-ember-tails-side-story-firedog-the-first-pt4 | The Westside Warriors gridiron team was having their best start in years, winning their first four games straight, and one of the tight ends was having a big party that Saturday night. A few gridiron guys invited Kyle and several other battle team members earlier that week in the school's weights gym, also wishing Kyle and the battlers luck in the Saturday morning dual meet against Eastside.
Kyle anchored the opening three single battles of the dual meet en route to an 8-1 meet win after the fifth round, and the battle team agreed that going to the gridiron players' party was a great way to celebrate afterward. Well, everyone expect Kyle's poor classmate Ryan, who had been the lone loss for the Warriors earlier that day in the second round of the meet.
"Dear Arceus, losing to a Brionne..." the junior moaned, already on his third Solo cup of the punch, as he buried his face in his arms on the table he and Kyle were sitting at.
"Hey, it happens, bro," the Arcanine half-yelled back (competing with the music blaring in the neighboring dance room) as he gave a hearty thump or two on his teammate's back.
"Yeah but it sucks!"
At that point, the music in the other room doubled in volume, so the two battlers got up and edged past several standing classmates, though a semi-packed hallway and out to the backyard. There was music there, too, but not nearly as loud, with people all over the place. There certainly was room, as the new-looking wood patio looked deceptively small against a yard that included a sizeable pool in the middle while still having plenty of room around the edges for a badminton net on one side and some nice trees along the other.
The patio was functioning as a lite dance floor, so Kyle, Ryan, and Terry (who had magically appeared out of nowhere next to them) made their way to some of the lounge chairs by the pool. They shot the breeze for a little bit, Kyle getting a barely-touched cider set down by his chair by some passers-by who said hi, before three of female partygoers came up from the pool to the chairs next to them to dry off.
"Oh, hi guys!" the senior Floatzel, also a member of the battle team, greeted, smiling down at the Leafeon in particular.
"Hi hun, looking amazing!" he responded, reaching out for the two of them to have a quick hand-squeeze before letting go so his girlfriend could finish drying and get (barely) dressed.
Kyle smirked a bit at the interaction. They were one of the couples that wasn't over-the-top high-school-romance, neither being saccharine sweet or uncontrollably lusty. He enjoyed hanging out with them, didn't feel uncomfortable around them like when he around some other het couples. It probably helped that both of them were battlers like he was, too.
Accompanying the Floatzel were a Vaporeon cheerleader whose name escaped Kyle (though he did have a strong suspicion she had a crush on Ryan) and junior Panpour named Kari who was new to the school this year and in the Arcanine's English class - directly in his reading group, in fact.
"Hi Kyle!" she piped up, plopping down next to his chair as the Vaporeon did the same next to Ryan. "I heard you guys won today! Congrats! Nice time to party, huh?"
"Thanks! Yeah, certainly is. Crowded inside, though." Kyle noticed out of the corner of his eye that the Vaporeon had gotten Ryan to lean over so she could whisper something to him.
Kari nodded, almost bouncing a little along with it. "No kidding! Vanessa tells me that most of the football parties are kinda like this." \<Vanessa the Vaporeon,\> Kyle though to himself, as Kari continued "I looooove seeing all the people here, though! So much energy, so much fun! I think I want some more of that punch."
Kyle simple smiled and nodded along as he took another swing of the cider. Kari was a good member of his reading group, but she always seemed to be on the bubbly/ditzy side. \<Probably will join cheerleading with Vanessa if they keep hanging out...\>
"But the punch involves going inside..." play-groaned Terry.
"And going inside could involve some fun on the rave floor..." the Floatzel, who was now sitting on Terry's legs, responded in a sing-song tone.
"I'm up for that!" Ryan interjected a bit more quickly than one might expect, the slightest hint of a blush on both his and Vanessa's faces.
Kyle chuckled a bit at both the blushing and at Kari's youthful "woohoo!", though he inwardly sighed a bit as well... He avoided most dance situations because it was often a lose-lose situation for him. He'd had this discussion with Patrick before back at homecoming the other week, when he had Jack along with him for the first time, but he generally never had a satisfactory partner to dance with. He didn't really hang out with the Pride club members, there weren't really any other guys to dance with unless they were straight and intentionally being silly about it, and he just simply didn't feel comfortable dancing with a girl.
Of course, as the six of them were now seemingly decided and getting up from their chairs, it looked as if he had been paired off with Kari.
Thankfully, Kari was more interested in getting another cup of punch than going to the party's more rave-y dance inside, so the two of them made their way to the kitchen instead of the great room.
The kitchen was right next to the great room, so it was still rather loud as Kyle claimed a place on one wall while Kari got her punch (the table Kyle and Ryan had been at earlier was since otherwise claimed).
"So what do you think of Vanessa and Ryan?" the water-type half-yelled as she hopped over back next to Kyle, smiling a bit; clearly, she was also aware of the Vaporeon's crush, though there was a not-so-innocent angle to her smirk that suggested the battle team member was in for a maybe-more-intimate time on the dance.
"Those two? Dunno, haven't thought about them much before," Kyle answered honestly. "I could see it working, though."
"I thought it would be worth her just going for it, she'd mentioned him to me several times in the past month or two."
"You two have been hanging out a lot?"
"Yeah, we're in PoliSci and Bio together, plus we share the same lunch period," the Panpour said before taking a healthy gulp of her punch. "It's really been great since I've moved here to have people really hang out with and help me adjust to a new school. Vanessa's been so friendly, it's been great working with you on all our English stuff and reading group, I've met a ton of great girls in choir and gone shopping with them before, and there's this girl who lives a few doors down from me on my bus route who - oh, hang on a minute, I think I just saw her pass right by the door, wait right here, I'm gonna go nab her, just a moment Kyle!"
In a surprisingly quick move, Kari crossed the kitchen and went around the corner into the hallway, leaving Kyle momentarily alone. He didn't think much of it at first, just relaxing and sipping on his cider - but then he stopped as a though hit him. Kari had essentially admitted to pushing Vanessa and Ryan together a moment ago. Was she asking Kyle to wait for her friend to pair them up too? She had only been at Westside for a month or two still, she might now know which way he swung...
He didn't realize she had reappeared until he heard her next to him happily (and slightly drunkenly) pipe up "Hey Kyle, this here's my friend Shana! She's been such a good neighbor, really helped me adjust to being here..."
Kyle hadn't heard a single word after "Shana" as Kari kept on with the "introduction". The exes just locked eyes each other, more incredulous than anything else at the situation.
"...math. Have you two had any classes together before?" Kari finished with a cute little hiccup.
"Yeah, we've met," Kyle said simply. He held no real animosity toward her, though for a significant time after his coming out to her, she had done her best to ignore him altogether. That had lessened in the semesters since, the two of them noticing each other in the hallways between classes, occasionally giving a small nod in acknowledgement, but neither had ever actually reached out to say hi.
"I haven't gotten to talk to Kyle here much since his rise on the battle team because we haven't had class together since middle school," Shana added, which was technically correct.
"Oh! Well you two should catch up, then!" Kari beamed. Kyle noticed she was now holding not only her solo cup but also a high-school-quality mixed drink that looked like it might've been Shana's a moment ago. "I'm gonna go see if I can find Vanessa and Ryan!"
And with that, she was gone again.
"She took my drink," Shana commented flatly after a moment or two of pause. Kyle smirked a bit at his correct guess before offering what was left of his cider to the Manectric, who glanced at it before shaking her head politely. "You know, it's not fair... You'd probably be the most eligible bachelor in the school if you weren't... you know..."
The Arcanine noticed she said it with a friendly smirk, not a scowl. But it was Kyle's turn to shake his head a little. "I wouldn't have gone back to being a bachelor, you know," he replied with his own smirk.
She gave a little 'heh' at that, tilting her head from side to side as if reluctant to admit he probably had a point. "I have kept on following your battle stats, you've gotten really good."
"Thanks!"
They lapsed into semi-awkward silence for a moment or two before Kari returned with not just Ryan and Vanessa but the other battle couple as well. Kyle could tell all four of them instantly recognized the potential awkwardness of him and Shana being in such close proximity, though Kari (who had seemed to have picked up another drink altogether) continued being oblivious.
"Heeeey! Gang'ssall together! You know, we should hang out more! This is a fun group, right?" She slurred that last bit ever so slightly, then half-tipped over against Kyle's side.
"You okay there?" he asked, helping get her solidly back on her own two feet.
"Oh yeeeaaah! Thanks Kyle, you're such a schwell guy." She then grabbed his shoulder and went up on tip-toes, raising herself up in a poor attempt at whispering in his ear "Way better than the Arc she just broke up with, ya know!"
"KARI!" Shana barked, blanching a bit before reaching over and grabbing the Panpour's hand, marching her back toward the door. "I think you've had a bit much to drink, dear, maybe we should get you home..." The two of them turned into the hallway - apparently toward the house's front door instead of back into the party.
After a moment or two of the five remaining teens staring after them, Terry finally asked "Okay, what the hell was that?" The four others looked to Kyle for an explanation.
He shook his head a bit at the awkwardness of it all. "I don't think Kari knows that I'm gay, or that Shana's my ex. I'm pretty sure she was trying to hook us up."
"And apparently she's horrible at telling secrets in a secretive manner when she's tipsy," Ryan noted.
"Yeeeaaah... something similar happened at the previous football party I took her to, too," Vanessa added.
"Clearly. Other Arc... I wonder what that was about..." Terry mused. Kyle was curious, too, but let the conversation stop there. For now. / Shana stopped him in the hallway before first period the following Monday.
"Kyle! Hey, do you have a moment?"
"Oh! Uh, sure, what's up?" he asked, stepping out of the middle of the hallway to avoid traffic.
Shana joined him in leaning up against the wall. "Okay, well... um... About Saturday... Er, no, not quite about Saturday, um... Well, first, as awkward as it maybe was, I gotta say it was nice to actually talk to you again..."
He nodded simply. "Same!"
"Yeah, and... well..." She sighed, then took a deep breath. "I'm sorry, Kyle... Sorry for the way I treated you back when you came out to me. I know that must've been really scary for you to do, and giving you the cold shoulder was not the way I should have responded."
She cautiously looked up at him, getting a warm smile in response. "Thanks, Shana, I really appreciate it. And, to be fair, what you did was understandable, as part of the thing that made it scary was I considered the possibility of you getting upset..."
"That doesn't make it better, though."
"True."
"Especially since my venting to some of my girlfriends started a slow leak that turned you into an outcast until your first Varsity meet..."
"Well, it wasn't all bad, it gave me time to focus on adjusting to just classes, and coach made JV a friendly safe space for me."
Shara gave a short, almost derisive "ha!" before responding with a chuckle "Oh Arceus, Kyle, you always did look for the bright side of things... I'm not sure whether to appreciate it or hate it while I'm trying to apologize for mistreating you!"
He chuckled at that as well. "Fair point! I guess I should shut up and let you explore the depths of your confession, huh?" he asked, playfully elbowing her in the arm similar to how they would often poke and prod at each other back when they were a couple.
It didn't get the response he was expecting, though, as Shana suddenly recoiled slightly with a light gasp, as if in pain.
Kyle blanched a bit, his hands popping up in apology. "Oh, geez, sorry! Was that... not something I should have done? Are you okay?"
The look Shana gave his was not one of anger or of trying to shrug it off; rather, she almost seemed scared of having been caught. But at what?
"...Are you okay?" he asked again, ears drooping both in apology and in worry as he saw her other hand was still hovering over her arm slightly.
At this point, she started trying to play if off, straightening back up and casually as possible saying "Oh, yeah, it's just a bruise from the other day, no big deal, you just hit it and got me by surprise is all."
"That's... an interesting place to get a bruise..." he said slowly and quietly.
She opened her mouth as if ready with a response, but she met his eyes and it died in on the tip of her tongue. After a moment she sighed and looked down, shaking her in a bit of frustration.
"Good God, Kyle, you always see through my little fibs, too... Well, I guess there's no reason to hide, it's already over..." She looked back up and locked his gaze. "My ex hit me last week."
"Your..." Kyle started repeating, before registering fully what she said, the Arcanine's temperature beginning to rise. "Is the the "Arc you just broke up with" that Kari blabbed about Saturday?" he asked with a low growl.
The Manectric nodded, mostly unphazed by the low-level-angry Arcanine standing in front of her now. "Yeah... And no need to get mad, I basically already dealt with him. He was sweet as a Growlithe, but his temperament really changed when he evolved the other month. We started having frequent arguments when we previously had none, and when he punched me last week, I kicked him in the balls and broke up with him on the spot. He hasn't bugged me since, nor have his little gang of friends either."
"Oh." Kyle blinked a bit, his protective side mostly defused now, especially since "You kicked him in the balls?"
The Manectric grinned rather evilly at that. "Oh, yeah.... That was honestly reeeaaally satisfying..." she mused, clearly having enjoyed that part of her story. Kyle certainly believed her on that point. She looked up to him with a bit of admiration a moment later. "You were really bristling there, you know."
"Well yeah!" he replied almost automatically. "I mean, guys shouldn't hit their girlfriends under any circumstances -"
"Unless it's in battle team?"
"Unless it's in battle - but any others, no, and certainly not the girl I used to date! I wasn't kidding earlier when I said I thought we would still be together even two years down the road if they whole gay thing hadn't broken us up. You had been my best friend for years, and realizing I was gay didn't make me care about you any less. And to think that someone hit - no, punched you..." He trailed off, shaking his head a bit in an attempt to prevent him from getting mad again.
"That's sweet of you, Kyle," she cooed, smiling and reaching up to pet his shoulder a bit, which did the job of making sure his blood stayed cool. "I guess I should have tried to come to my senses and apologize sooner, I'm sure having a gay best friend ex would've helped keep me out of trouble a bit. Oh, and sorry for my drunk neighbor trying to hook us up."
Kyle chuckled at that, before frowning a slightly. "Um, how hard did he actually hit you if it still hurts??"
Shana groaned a little, less in frustration at him and just at the memory. "Pretty hard, he knocked me down to the ground; we exchanged words as I took a moment or two to stand back up before kicking right between those legs... I think it's still ever so slightly swollen, even..." She caught the momentary movement of Kyle's hands, as if his involuntary reaction was to reach up to feel the 'damage' before he caught himself. "You can see if you want..." she said, rolling up her sleeve a bit for him.
He felt a little guilty at being caught, but nonetheless reached up to feel. Sure enough, underneath her fur there was a subtle hint of a bulge that clearly wasn't muscle.
His tail swished back and forth a little bit, but he otherwise kept his anger in check, instead filing away the idea to find this guy into the back of his mind.
"I find it fascinating that you're so gentle in person, Kyle, and yet so incredible on battle team as well..." Shana mused. "I still think it's TOTALLY unfair that you just had to be gay... I coulda been the arm candy to the most popular guy in school, ya know?" she asked, giving him a playful little 'how could you?' shove.
"Oh, like you'd be happy as just arm candy," he joked back.
"Well maybe I would be!" she quipped, sticking out her tongue a moment before laughing. "Seriously, though, I swear you'd be the most eligible bachelor in school if you were straight and happened to be single... You are still single, right?"
"Uh, no, actually..." he answered hesitantly, though instantly recognized he had to continue at the sudden look of excitement on her face. "I guess you didn't see me at homecoming the other week?"
"No, I was at Hans' - at MY EX'S homecoming," she corrected herself, inadvertently giving Kyle not one but two tiny pieces of extra ammo.
"Well, I was there with my boyfriend... You probably wouldn't know him, he's from Indigo Battle Academy."
"Intriguing! How did you two meet??"
"Well, we first saw each other back at the dual meet last year... Saw each other again at State that spring, but didn't really meet and actually chat until a chance day in the park while we were both out on our individual runs the week after finals. So I guess we've been dating a few months now..."
"Aw, that's sweet! I kinda want to meet him... if you don't mind having your no-chance ex start sharing embarrassing stories with your current beau!"
"Oh, I'm sure he'd get a kick out of it..."
"You wouldn't mind me living vicariously through you a little bit?" she asked, Kyle not connecting that back to the conversation they had been having until he realized she was talking about the fact of having a boyfriend.
BRRRRRREEEEEIING
"Ah, shit, that's the bell I guess," Shana sighed. "Well, thank you so much for letting me talk with you, it really was good to catch up. We should start hanging out again! You know, platonically."
"Hehheh sure! See you around?"
"Yeah, see ya!"
As she walked off, Kyle wondered if maybe he might be able to play matchmaker for her where Kari had failed... Fernando Nostrum, Enrique's immediately younger brother, was now at Westside after having not made the second-to-third-year-cut at Indigo. Kyle knew now that Shana apparently like firedogs, especially ones who battled... |
The Rowans and the Greys Chapter 1: Michael Rowan by hyenafur | #1 of The Rowans and The Greys The sequel to The Greys. Mike Rowan never expected to find out he had a nephew, and his father, Richard, never thought he'd ever had a grandtod, that was until they both met Kody Grey. - Michael "Mike" Rowan sat in his office looking over paperwork. He hadn't wanted to | [
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It had started in Junior High. Their parents were rarely home, so Chris would throw parties, making Mike clean them up afterwards. He'd sneak girls up to his room when he wasn't throwing parties and sometimes when he was. By the time, he'd gotten into High School, Chris had managed to garner a bit of a reputation, which only continued into college. He was the family stud, and Mike was his bitch, even though Chris had never molested his little brother. The nickname was mostly derived from how he made his little brother fix all his messes, something that Mike hated doing.
The tod chuffed as he stared to remember all the bullshit Chris had put him through. The thing that really rubbed his fur the wrong way was how his parents refused to believe that Chris had been a rotten apple, even after he'd managed to contract and die from the Animal Immunity Virus. Mike knew all too well what his older brother had gotten up to. Chris had knocked up several vixens, something he'd worn like a badge of honor. Mike had learned that all of them except one had taken a morning after pill, and he'd even been there when that one vixen had ripped his brother a new tailhole in front of entire school. Even then, though, Chris had acted like it was some kind of honor to know that he'd have a bastard.
"It's a sign of how virile I am," the tod had bragged to his little brother not long after the incident, "You'll be lucky to be someone's jizz rag."
Mike growled at being called that. Just because he was smaller didn't mean he was gay, it just meant that he hadn't gotten whatever genetic mistakes had led to his older brother. Of course, after the incident, Chris hadn't managed to get any girl to come back to his car with him, so he turned to the next best thing; girly boys. He'd even brag about that too, telling his little brother about all the bitch boys he had begging for his cock.
Chris was an ass. He even managed to be an ass on his death bed, attempting to blame the whole thing on one of the tods he'd slept with. The worst part was that he'd managed to contract the disease and spread it around. Mike wasn't entirely sure when his older brother had contracted AIV, but he was fairly sure that the jackass tod had managed to spread it around before he ended up with complications.
The worst part of all this, was that Chris had been family. Mike hated Chris, and when Chris ended up in the hospital, he wanted to tell him that it was some kind of poetic justice for everything he did, but he'd never been able to bring himself to say it. In the end, Mike just pitied him.
Though the pity returned to hate when their father outright ordered him to change majors. "I don't want my firm going over to that shrew, Mousekewitz," the old fox had growled at his son on the ride back from the funeral, "You're going to have to take over the family business."
Mike had vehemently protested. Why should he have to pay for his brother's mistakes? He was the one who stuck his cock into anything that was warm and moist, not Mike. Mike had been a good boy, treating people with respect, not as his next ride. No. It came down to, "preserving legacy," and, "honoring your brother."
"Honoring Chris? Are you fucking serious," Mike had snarled out, or at least he had wished he had, "Chris didn't know a damn thing about honor. Do you know how many times women came to him sobbing about him getting them pregnant? Do you know he has a kit with a woman he refused to marry? Did you know that he fucked her once and then told her to fuck off?"
Mike had shuddered in rage at his parent's ignorance to Chris' transgressions. They had built up an idea of him in their minds and no amount of truth was ever going to destroy that. Chris had managed to ruin his life from the grave.
Mike had struggled through pre-Law and Law School. He'd hated every minute of it. The only "bright" side to it was him immediately becoming a partner at his father's firm, the old tod changing the name to Rowan, Rowan, & Mousekewitz. While his father and Mr. Mousekewitz would often be the faces in court if any cases brought to them went that far, Mike was usually the face everyone saw first when they brought their cases to them. It had been his father's idea to show everyone how, "Young and Vibrant the company is."
His father was great at lying, then again, he was a lawyer. The firm of course dabbled in many different kinds of law, though they tended to lean more towards civil law than criminal law. Right now, though, he was neck deep in trying to execute a last will and testimony his father had pawned off on him. It was the Schaiferhund case from last year. The couple had died in a car accident and left everything to their son, much to the anger and dismay of the husband's ex-wife and her children. It had been stuck in litigation for almost fourteen months as the ex-wife assembled her team of lawyers to challenge the will.
So far, no one had heard more than a peep from the beneficiary, the Schaiferhund's adopted son, Ray. Then again, Mike wasn't exactly surprised. Ray had a job and a life, where the ex-wife was living with family. The last thing he was thinking about was how to fight a woman he'd never known about property that had been promised to him after a divorce.
The fox looked up and down the paperwork. Everything was straight forward. The ex-wife didn't have any claim to the property whatsoever because she'd signed over those rights during the divorce paperwork, which had been handled by Mr. Mousekewitz fourty years earlier. Heck, the firm had even helped with the adoption paperwork. Mike just shook his head as he started reading more and more. "I should probably give Mr. Schaiferhund a call to let him know his father's ex-wife doesn't have a case," he muttered to himself as he picked up the phone and started to dial the cell phone number listed under the contact information. |
When the Trainer is Away (M/Espeon x M/Vulpix) by SluttyEspeon | A commission I wrote for a friend of mine, Ember the Vulpix. The story consists of an espeon (Elite) frotting with, licking the anus of, and anally penetrating a vulpix (Ember). - When the Trainer is Away Ember x Elite Commission: Elite slowly opened his eyes. The midmorning sun, visible from the | [
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Ember x Elite Commission:
Elite slowly opened his eyes. The midmorning sun, visible from the window nearby brightened his surroundings and provided the espeon with a small tinge of warmth. He sighed happily as the familiar place came into view; brown walls, navy blue carpet, a chandelier hanging from the ceiling, a few books lying open on a wooden desk, a food bowl and a milk bowl. He took his time waking, stretching out when he finally rose onto all fours. As he lazily prepared himself to start the day, he remembered what today was and grinned to himself as he thought about it. When the trainer is away, the pokemon will play...
Ember's ears involuntarily perked up as he heard it. There was no way around it anymore. That jingling sound always made his body warm and tingly, always made his heart race, always made him red in the face, always made his breathing quicken pace. This is the way it was now, and the way it would continue to be. The vulpix was forever doomed to act in a Pavlovian manner as the sound of his love rang loud, louder today perhaps because of the circumstances.
Before long, Ember saw himself face to face with the source of the euphony, a psychic pokemon and the love of his life, Elite Espeon. The melody of the Dexter bell rang still in his ears as he looked into those darling purple eyes. Those amethyst eyes stared back at him with a bewildering intensity, beckoning him, tempting him. That penetrating gaze was followed up with a devious smirk. Was Ember waiting for something? How was he going to respond to this?
The vulpix felt a light tug on his collar toward the direction of his mate. Telekinesis. He took a slight pause and looked at Elite again. Another tug, this one a bit harder. Ember took this as a queue to approach and he could hardly wait to see what this beast had in store for him. What exactly would happen, he could not guess, but with only the two of them and no one else, it promised to be beyond this Earth.
"The day is young, my sweet rose..." Elite began seductively "and what a sweet orange rose you are".
The vulpix blushed and the espeon walked over to give him a little smooch on the cheek. Ember smiled. "Not as sweet as you" said he, at a loss for words. Elite giggled and started walking around him slowly, enchantingly.
"I must say that I think I've developed a bit of a sweet tooth," the espeon began. The vulpix remained, letting the cat work his magic. "And I've recently been getting hit with these strong cravings and oh how strong they are!" the espeon brushed the forked end of his tail along Ember's chest as he eyed his ballsack. The espeon licked his lips "I've been looking for a fix and candy just hasn't been doing it for me." Elite continued circling his treasure, quietly closing the distance between the vulpix's face and his. He craned his head toward Ember's ear and whispered, "I wonder if the taste of my darling vulpix would satisfy me."
Ember shuddered and closed his eyes. Elite went in for a kiss and Ember's mouth instinctively opened as he felt the espeon's maw honing in on its target. The rest was a lusty blur for the two of them. Their tongues cut across strands of each other's saliva as they began. His boyfriend's tongue wriggled around inside of his depths, causing Ember to moan out softly. The vibrations from the sound spurned on the cat and he redoubled his efforts. Ember, reveling in the sweet, delicious tastes of Elite's tongue, stuck his own tongue into his lover's mouth savoring every little tang of his essence.
"mmmm" the vulpix muffled into Elite's mouth in the heat of the moment. As Ember explored Elite, their tongues wriggled around each other, vying for space and movement. The two tongues wrestled for dominance and briefly twisted around one another amidst this deep, arousing passion. The two tongues then separated to investigate the inner cheeks opposite their owners. Writhing and squirming around the smooth surfaces of the cheeks and lightly glossing over the teeth, these appendages continued to provide pleasure to both quadrupeds. Elite lightly pulled the vulpix by the collar so that they were face to face. He wanted to see his response when he made his next move.
Placing one paw on Ember's chest, he pushed backward, but moved with him, so that he wouldn't break the kiss. He kept pushing back, forcing the canine to stand on the tips of his paws and then on his hindpaws. Soon, he was standing almost completely erect on his hindquarters, with his butt almost touching the ground. Elite, following his movement to this point, removed his paw from his chest and wrapped both of his front paws around Ember's back. He kept pushing him back and down into the ground, but his paws were wrapped securely around his sweetheart's back, so he wouldn't thud to the floor. Elite gingerly placed Ember on his back and repositioned his body, so that he was standing on all fours above him.
Elite gently broke off the kiss, a single strand of saliva arcing between their mouths. He smiled devilishly at the cutie below him when the vulpix gradually opened his eyes. The vulpix smiled back at him in a knowing way and a shade of crimson lit up his face. How such a knowing smirk could manage to look so innocuous, the espeon may never comprehend. What he did realize, though, was that no one else was home and there were no brakes aboard the love train.
The espeon, lightly humped the vulpix, making him just a little more red. He grinded his pelvis on him again and giggled to himself as he heard a soft moan. "You like that, Ember?" He rubbed against him again feeling his cock poke out of its sheathe. "I bet you do," he commented, lightly rubbing himself on the fox a third time. He moaned lightly as his own member slithered out of its sheath at the contact, urging him to keep going. Ember's fur felt soft to the touch, smooth, well groomed, velvety, and the pouch that housed his sexual organ gave him a neat little bump to feel when Elite rubbed on him.
"Oh yes, Elite, keep going," the vulpix moaned out, feeling the last of his member uncoiling from its sheathe. He loved the feeling of his mate's penis brushing against his fur. That fleshy, canine-like stick repeatedly moving backward and forward on his nether-regions, testing him, teasing him, was just he wanted, just what he needed. A thousand tiny sensations of pleasure tickled his member while the espeon's tool stroked his vulpixhood. A stroke, another stroke, another... Ember's member twitched and the vulpix made a little thrusting motion himself.
"Looks like someone is getting a little eager..." the espeon taunted, lowering his body a bit so that he was now mere inches above the vulpix. Their chests touched and Elite could feel the heat emanating from this fine young vulpix. He thrust again a few times, eventually getting into a rhythm.
"Vuulll\~" Ember moaned out, savoring the feeling of Elite's recurring humps. The familiar sensations of an object repeatedly coming into contact with his dick aroused him further. He grabbed onto his mate with his free paws as the espeon continued his work, making the embrace ever the sweeter. He looked into the espeon's eyes and saw a twinkle in it that matched with his loving, adoring smile. When he gazed upon this beast, he saw perfection. His cute, chocolate colored nose, his pinkish-purple fur, his large floppy ears, the red jewel in the middle of his forehead, everything about him as if chiseled by Arceus himself all effortlessly appealed to him. It was a feeling he got whenever he looked at him and his heart beat fast and his breathing quickened and he got excited and happy in a way he couldn't explain, the feeling of love. He couldn't help but melt into an amorous ball of fluff in the presence of the espeon.
The vulpix could tell that his darling was certainly big as his girth continued to press into his phallus, sandwiching it between Ember's fur and his body. The espeon pressed his body close to the vulpix, perhaps enjoying the warmth of the fire type. Elite had pinned him down, trapped Ember between his masculine, beastly beauty and the floor beneath. All options of escape had been cut off. There was nothing to feel except Elite, nothing to smell except his musk, nothing to look at except this powerful male above him, nothing to hear save for the delightful little moans and grunts of the infatuated pair. Soft, lovely fur mixed with the firmness of the sexual appendages as they pressed against one another. Thrust after thrust, Elite's package tugged against Ember's, delivering sparks of pleasure to the both of them.
The tension had only been building and it would only be a matter of time before the release valve was opened. They could both feel it coming as their breath became jagged and heavy and their thrusts became harder and faster. Elite had put almost all of his weight on Ember, getting lost in his own bliss. Ember didn't mind as this weight and pressure allowed him to feel nearly the entirety of his one and only. They were both relaxed, but at the same time, they were both tense as the sexual pressure continued to accelerate.
"Ember..." Elite said in between hard intakes of breath "I'm about to cum..."
Ember moaned out, but then stopped himself. The corners of his lips rascally turned upward as he thought of a devious scheme. He was going to make his espeon's sexual tension last as long as he could. He pushed Elite up off of him, grinning sinfully while he carried out his plot, stopped humping him and said "Not just yet..."
---
Elite frowned, the pangs and aches of his loins not taken care of. "But..." he pouted "I'm sooo horny." He looked at Ember hungrily, needily, almost in a begging way, the tool beneath him dripping with pre, drooling with anticipation, desperately throbbing, pulsating. The vulpix shook his head and winked. Elite would have to wait... 'but' the espeon thought to himself 'it's not as if I can't turn the tables on him so to speak'.
Working past the gnawing sensation eating at his genitals, like a cork suddenly sealing up the heavy flow of liquids from a spilled wine bottle, he smiled back at the fire-type and grinned back. He wanted to evacuate the sperm from his balls, greedily gush out that thick, white, sticky seed of his onto Ember's soft, clean fur, but he couldn't and now it was his turn to have Ember feel the heat. With his best bedroom eyes and the most seductive look he could pull off, Elite gazed right into Ember, piercing his bright emerald green eyes. Ember innocently returned the favor, overlooking the possibility that Elite might try to make him feel what he had just felt. Despite the circumstances however, to Ember, Elite was just as cute and loving and perfect as before and to Elite, Ember was just as lovable and adorable and flawless as before. Yet with that glance, that wondrous gaze, they knew that this wasn't the end.
Elite broke the gaze, rose up onto all fours, and slowly moved backward, his head hovering above Ember's chest and then his nether regions, examining the drops of white dotting his body. He snickered to himself at all the small globs of pre that decorated his precious's belly. He moved backward still and while he did so, he grabbed his mate's still erect penis. "Lift your legs and put the ends of them together," he instructed him.
The vulpix did as he was told and the espeon stepped back a bit more, tucking his erect penis onto the other side of the vulpix's legs, then briefly admired the view. Ember's cherry red rod stuck out between his two uplifted legs. His balls, anus, and splayed out orange tails were clearly visible below it and the two uplifted legs helped emphasize the penis and the pre that continued to leak out of it. Elite stared proudly since it was his rubbing and thrusting, his grunting, that caused Ember to moan and squeal and nearly edge out. Upon looking at his babe, his boo, in this way, he caught sight of something and smiled to himself, all according to plan.
Approaching Ember again, he stuck his tongue out and zeroed in on his dark chocolate brown paw pads. As his appendage made contact with one of the vulpix's pads, the creature below him made a cute little groan. Elite licked it. It didn't taste like anything in particular, but it was soft to the touch and he loved the texture of it. He licked it again and Ember's leg twitched softly. No doubt this was a sensitive area, possibly even ticklish. He gave the paw pad a few more licks and the reactions he received ranged from cute, brief bouts of giggling to some light moaning and twitching. Leftover precum oozed out lightly as he relaxed and let his sugar lick his pads. The espeon's soft, light, licks acted almost like a massage, entrancing him, cooling him off after the vigorous frotting session, giving him a way to prepare for what lie in store for him.
When he was done licking him, the espeon stepped away from his angel and grinned mischievously.
"Hey, why did you stop?" the vulpix asked, disappointed.
Elite thought for a moment, a playful grin plastered on his face. "Well, I have something better in store..." he began.
"And what would that be?" Ember inquired back at him.
"Stand up on your four paws and turn around with your head down and your ass up," he directed, "you'll see".
As Ember clambered onto his feet and readied himself, Elite stood across from him and watched intently. There was something inherently arousing about watching his dearest turn his back to him and put on full display the most private region of his body, just for him. As Ember lowered his head and looked back at Elite, he saw the cat wink at him. Ember sighed sweetly. No matter how long or in what situations they'd been in, Ember would always be madly in love with this sexy, beastly stud.
Elite admired the vulpix's form; how his wide rump accentuated his equipment, how his white belly fur provided a clear separation between the the outer edges and the midsection of his backside, how his balls and still-erect cock hung down alluringly between his hind legs, how his pink, puffy anus had spread out for Elite to see the insides. This view reawakened Elite's passionate sense of urgency from before. Such a yearning and pining would not let him sit back and ogle at Ember indefinitely. He had been spurned to action in the most primal of ways and approached his partner's behind as a predator would. He opened his mouth without a moment's thought and lowered his head.
Ember gasped in surprise as the espeon's tongue ravenously licked at the outer edges of his anus. "Ooohhh, Elite," he moaned out, spreading his legs further apart "mmmphfff". His breathing became heavy once more as the flame of desire within him was lit anew. His balls turned slightly in their sac and his enlarged penis began twitching again. His anus contracted as Elite's wet, red baton skirted around the opening of Ember's gaping opening, taunting him, trying him. This new, foreign object, coating the outsides of his asshole with generous amounts of saliva, was pointed but slippery, ready to strike its next target.
"Vvuuullll\~" Ember squeaked as Elite penetrated him. The tongue slithered slowly into the cavern, exploring and wriggling around the familiar place. It stroked the smooth surfaces of his interior, swayed from side to side, voyaged deeper, motioned circularly to contact all of his walls. The vulpix clamped down on the wet pole inside him while it brushed and maneuvered all around his tunnel. The vulpix's reaction caused Elite to increase his speed and intensify his swirling, licking, and lapping. Ember moaned out, his six tails curling skyward, his pole twitching again at Elite's renewed vigor. Lap after lap, swish after swish, lick after lick, the espeon greedily ate him out.
As Elite gobbled on the vulpix's rear-end, he came across a round, hard item within his tract. Licking it a first time, he was rewarded with a hearty squeal, a phallic twitch, and another anal squeeze. Doing that a second time, yielded similar results, so the espeon decided to focus his attention there. This paid off splendidly, as the pitch of the vulpix's moans grew higher, the volume grew louder, and the intervals between the delighted squeals became shorter. Before long, Ember was moving himself back and forth about the tongue, attempting to impale himself on it. Prostate fluid leaked from the canine, a clear sign that Elite was pushing all the right buttons and as the espeon kept up the pressure, the vulpix would occasionally hump the air.
As time progressed, more and more prostate fluids and pre leaked from Ember. His humping and back and forth movement along Elite's tongue became harder and faster, his moaning grew louder and more incessant, his tunnel convulsed more frequently, and his penis twitched more and more wildly. The end was rapidly approaching for the sex-crazed creature and there was nothing more he wanted then to unleash that built-up pressure. He thrust his body in and out, in and out of Elite's tongue, wanting nothing more than relief, sweet, sweet relief.
"Elite," he uttered under deep breaths "I want you to put one of your front paws on my dick and rub really hard. I need to cum."
Sliding his tongue out of Ember's tailhole and moving himself back a step, he smiled coquettishly at his toy, his plaything, his whimpering, oversexed boyfriend. "Yeah, well too bad." he responded giggling to himself "You wouldn't let me cum, why should I let you?"
Ember looked back at the espeon, huffing hard, an impression of yearning, longing, and craving, etched within his face. The same unreleased pressure Elite had felt, the same desperate need to shoot string upon string, rope upon rope, glob upon glob of his hot, musky man juice Elite felt, the same unresolved tension and lack of closure Elite had felt now plagued Ember. He had only been a few stabs away, just a few more rapid jabs of his penis and Elite's tongue, mere seconds separating him from that wonderful, blissful, extraordinary rapture. Part of Ember was upset with this, but when he thought about the situation, he realized he had brought this upon himself.
"Elite," he began, blushing slightly "I'm sorry. I was just trying to make your pleasure last for as long as I could."
The cat giggled "There's nothing to feel sorry about," he responded winking, "after all, I haven't unleashed my load yet. We're nowhere near done!"
Indeed, tasting, eating, and pawing off his mate had excited Elite to an extremity. There was no way he was going to let the tightness and stiffness in his loins not be tended to and that tightness wouldn't go away without some vigorous hammering, some spirited ramming, some deep and hard lunging. The espeon licked his lips, strategizing his next move. His eyes locked onto Ember's rump, his throbbing member, hanging balls, and open tailhole tantalizing him. His body had been practically begging for a milking since he had first started rimming the vulpix and he was determined, now more than ever, to get what he wanted. "Nowhere near done at all!" he repeated naughtily, stepping forward, prowling behind Ember's delicious ass.
The vulpix wasted no more time. Perhaps clairvoyantly sensing his inamorato's sexual frustration, he looked back at Elite and swayed his rump from side to side; his scrumptious, exposed butthole moving with it and his tails and testes swinging freely. The cat didn't need to see anymore and hastily stood up on his hind legs, wrapping his paws around the hips of his significant other, pulling himself closer to him, and blindly poking his elongated, throbbing rod on Ember's fur. He was desperate to find his mark as quickly as possible, each poke driving him to prod harder and faster. At last, he felt his cute little pucker underneath him and with a satisfied grunt, penetrated his snatch.
"Ooohhh, Elite!" Ember exclaimed as his beloved plunged into his back door.
"Ooohhh Ember," the espeon above him responded while pushing his shaft further into him, "You feel so tight, so hot, unnnfff!" Elite grunted as he fit the entirety of his length in Ember's cavern and shivered as his girth sweeped across Ember's smooth, flexible walls. He thrust into him again, his eyes rolling back into his head as his boyfriend's warm, wet channel constricted around him, squeezing and massaging his pulsating pink cock. His ass was so comfortable, so accommodating, tight yet stretchy, and durable. He effortlessly eased himself into a rhythm; dead-set on showing the male he cherished most a good time. He would be fucking his brains out before long.
Ember's sphincter continued to tighten around his better half while his love muscle began twitching again. Elite fluidly dived into and out of him with graceful swinging motions, scraping across all his inner walls simultaneously while Ember moaned for more. The sounds of these moans were perfectly complimented by the licentious squelches of the cat entering and exiting, entering and exiting this horny little fox's anus. Elite's balls rocked back and forth and lightly slapped against Ember's nuts in sync with his humping. They were both only getting warmed up now, the true pleasure would happen when Elite found that cute inner nub from before and make the vulpix succumb to his innermost desires.
"Ooh... Elite!" Ember shouted out the first time Elite rubbed his penis against his prostate "Please... don't stop..." The espeon nodded and picked up the pace, rutting him like a bitch in heat and gripping him tighter, pulling him closer. With the two of them nice and snug together, Elite could now more easily access Ember's inner knob and with his quickened pace, Elite made Ember moan and grunt and squeal and squirm. As he thumped energetically inside of him and repeatedly glossed over his prostate gland, his little dumpling leaked small amounts of prostate fluid and pre while his cock quivered sporadically. In this heated exchange, Ember was milking Elite for what he was worth through anal squeezes and squelches, but Elite was doing the same for Ember as he stimulated his bump with his ruts.
As the two continued to mate, their heart rates and temperatures increased and Elite's Dexter bell began to emit small, melodic rings as he plowed into that delicious, fiery ass. Ember could hear his bells and his deep breathing as he continued going to work. Relentlessly piledriving into him, nailing him, railing him, not letting up a bit, Elite got caught up in the moment as he desperately pushed into him, tensing his muscles as if bracing for a big explosion. Ember gripped Elite's wildly convulsing member and tugged at it, surrounding it with his warm, lubricated anal walls. The Dexter Bell kept ringing as Elite rigidly hunched himself over Ember's form, his thick thighs, and big, round, luscious rump powerfully pounding into that soothing, fleshy mound.
Elite could feel himself nearing the end as he pummeled Ember, ramming inside of him with all his might. His face contorted as he plunged into Ember's tightness, his dick trembling and shuddering. "Ember," he said, nearly out of breath, "I feel like I'm going to explode!"
"Yes!" Ember cried in the middle of his pounding "I feel the same way! Please, I've been waiting for you to unleash your load inside me for a long time! Don't make me wait any longer!"
With those words, their fate was sealed. Even if Elite had tried, there was no way he would be able to hold back. It was destiny; the dam could not hold.
A torrent of jizz violently spewed from the espeon as he found himself in the throes of an orgasm. His body jerked and shook and shivered and vibrated every which direction as rope upon rope of his seed flooded Ember's walls. His face deliriously twisted, his body overloaded with ecstasy, all he could do was cry out "EMBER!"
Ember yelled out "ELITE!" as that white, sticky goo rushed into him and sent him over the edge. He eagerly humped the air as he became overloaded with sensory pleasure, his large bulbous knot revealing itself as he convulsed under the heavy weight of his own bliss. Electrical impulses traveled at light speed from his brain to his loins, demanding him to hump, to blow his load, to fall prey to his own instincts.
The salacious pair eventually came down from this intense experience, leaving the two of them in hot heap of fluff, fur, and bodily fluids. Elite stayed hilted inside of Ember, waiting for the last of his liquids to drain out of him and into his mate. Ember welcomed this as he enjoyed the feeling of Elite's warm spunk sloshing around inside of him. The sticky, gooey liquid had a way of cooling him down after a hot, intense session of lovemaking.
Ember craned his head to gaze upon his love who was panting from exertion and smiled. "That was incredible!" he started, "I would love to do that all over again!"
Elite chuckled at this, playfully humping his ass. "I'm sure we'll have the chance. Maybe tonight when our master is asleep... or maybe even later today if the trainer hasn't come back yet..." The espeon licked the fur on the back of the vulpix's neck, giggling cutely "Whenever you're up for it, babe, just tell me. If you need to find me, just listen for a jingling sound." Elite craned his neck down to kiss the vulpix, who gratefully returned the favor; two balls of fur their love forever sealed on this hot, sexy Valentine's Day. |
Thundercats: The ones who fly at night by CrimsonStar | #2 of SFW Non-comissions A well-written fanfiction for Thundercats, filled with political intrigue, action and a compelling story. I hope you enjoy it! - Those who fly at night A thundercats fanfiction Commissioned by: westb0und from SoFurry Written by: CrimsonStar Jaga found himself submerged in a | [
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A thundercats fanfiction
Commissioned by: westb0und from SoFurry
Written by: CrimsonStar
Jaga found himself submerged in a deep darkness. He turned his head to both sides and he could see nothing. He could hear nothing. He could smell nothing. He looked down at his own body and extended his hands, but here again he found only impenetrable darkness. Yet as he tried to discern his hands, they started to slowly appear before him, droplets of light slowly revealing the white tint of his palms, and then his ceremonial attire became also visible, although only barely. When he looked up, there was a source of light in front of him. Four pillars cast hard shadows that disappeared among the engulfing darkness, but shadows can only exist where there is light, there had to be something beyond them. Suddenly, he found his staff in one hand and began to walk slowly towards the dim glow.
As he came closer, sound started to slip into his ear, it was like a distant echo, like people talking, muttering... When he got to one of the pillars, he realized they were chanting. He tried to hear what they were saying, but the sound seemed distorted. Suddenly, a flash of purple light flooded the room. Jaga turned his head to look as a crimson cloud rose into the air like a geyser, between a group of shadows as tall as himself. The crimson smoke lashed down in a blast and two of the shadows banished. Yet he found something much more disturbing. The "pillars" he had seen all along, were in fact gray statues, each as tall as the thunderan castle itself and each depicted monstrous beings of horned heads and blood-stained fangs. Their eyes gleamed red and they simultaneously turned their heads towards Jaga. He jumped back and began to run, but his feet sank into what seemed like tar. He tried to call for help but the air was drained out of his lungs. A statue fell over him as if the stone was trying to devour him. But just before the stone fangs sank into him, he woke up. Breathing heavily and just at the break of dawn. The twilight had started to seep into his chamber, but it remained mostly gray. He took a cup of water from the nightstand next to his bed. The water seemed to wash away the pounding of his heart.
The dreams of a cleric are always unusual. All the people they meet, all the books they read, their devotion and discipline, those are only a few of the things that make their dreams strange. Furthermore their training and their familiarity with the metaphysical mean that they rarely, if ever talk about their dreams with anybody else. They learn to take them for what they are, most of the time, they are just that, their unconscious taking the chance to slip out, but sometimes they are something more, a warning, and those always spell trouble. This time... he needed to speak with the king.
As the sun rose, Lion-O was already up and had sneaked into town. A recent traveler had told him about a machine that could clean even the dirtiest of water, he considered it to be completely a lie, but nonetheless he decided to go check up with the salvage teams down at the town. One of his friends, an old man of raggedy fur and short white beard, was usually his eyes and ears when it came to salvage. His name was Calicus and he owned a small shop near the southern wall. That part of town was never the safest, but it was always a lively one. One could see the men working on the streets and there were usually more than a handful of children running around causing some sort of mischief. That day, however, there was something a bit off. There were people on the streets but they lacked... something. There were more women than usual on the balconies and he could've sworn that last time he visited, there weren't these many guards around. He got to Calicus' shop and knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" Came his tired voice from inside. That was a first, he had never had the precaution of asking before opening the door.
"It's me. You know who." Lion-O answered, trying to avoid having to say his name in public. He wasn't supposed to be there after all.
He heard the lock sliding back and Calicus' patterned face appeared as the door swung open. "Come on in, come on in." He invited, closing the door after him.
"Thanks my friend, sorry for coming unannounced, it's just that I saw the chance to slip out of that dreadful castle today and I figured: better take it. All the important people were having a meeting or something."
The man chuckled and nodded. He was still wearing a pair jeweler's glasses on top of his head and his body was covered by his work apron. He had clearly been working, but he seemed more tired than usual.
"Everything alright Calicus?"
"Ah... I don't know your majesty, perhaps it would've been better if you'd stayed at the castle today."
"What do you mean?"
"Ah well... Have you heard of the children of the dunes?"
"I don't think I have, no." He remarked, while he walked to one of the nearby shelves to look at the salvaged machinery laying on it.
"Not surprisingly. They are orphans, who simply live on the streets around here. People often give them food or treats, sometimes in exchange for favors, sometimes just out of charity."
"Mhm." Lion-O blew the dust away from one of the items that caught his attention.
"But everyone knows them, you know? For better or worse. They always come and go, sometimes you see them everyday, sometimes you don't see them at all. But recently..."
"Did something happen?" Lion-O put the item back on the shelf and turned to Calicus. He was tumbling with his fingers as he spoke.
"Well that's the thing. I don't know, it's not like there is a roll call we can check to see if they are alright. But some people are saying that a few of the children have gone missing." He paused and looked through the window. And it's not just here in the town, down at the desert, sometimes a few of them would accompany the salvage teams... Few extra hands don't hurt, you know? But the last expeditions had no children in them. Even the salvagers are starting to get worried."
"What are you saying? Do you think something is happening to the children?"
"I'm saying something MAY be happening to them, but there is no way we can be sure, maybe they just decided to all run away together somewhere... It has been around two months since the rumors started. So if they did go somewhere, either they really liked it, or they can't come back.."
Lion-O pinched the bridge of his nose. "There HAS to be someone who knows something." He got an idea. "Where can I find these children of the dunes?"
Calicus chuckled. "Finding them is not the problem, the problem is them wanting to talk to you. They don't like grown ups." He opened a drawer from his desk. "Maybe you can talk to Mrs. Lynxis, she lives just a few blocks down the road from here. I heard that her daughter returned after having been with the children of the dunes for a few years."
"I thought you said there were all orphans." Lion-O protested.
"Well, some of us CHOSE to be orphans." He smiled softly and took out a pair of screwdrivers.
"But I don't understand, if she returned, isn't that a good thing?"
"Well, it may be, but that is not the question, the question is 'what' made her return." He stood up and went to a desk cluttered with pieces of metal and cables. "There are few things that can change a stubborn cub's mind, your majesty. Fear is at the top of that list."
Lion-O swallowed. "I'll go talk to Mrs. Lynxis then, and let's hope her daughter came back just because she missed her." He headed towards the door. "Thank you for the info, Calicus."
"Is that why you came here?" He asked with a confused frown.
"Oh no... I came here because of another rumour, but the one you just shared seems much more important. I'll be back later to speak about the other one."
"Lion-O." He called. The price turned to look at him again. "Thank you for listening."
The prince nodded and left the shack. It made much more sense now. As he walked down the street, he could better understand the strange atmosphere he had felt before, everyone around him probably knew about the rumours and they all probably feared they were true.
When he got to Mrs' Lynxis house, he couldn't help but notice a few ominous looks being thrown his way. He knocked the door, and a tall woman attended.
"May I help you?" She asked, her tone soft and tranquil.
"Erm... Yes ma'am I was hoping we could talk inside...? If you don't mind?"
Mrs. Lynxis eyed the curious bystanders and opened the door to let him in. "Please, take a seat." She pointed to one of the sofas in the living room, before taking a seat in front of him.
It was a humble house. The walls were covered with tapestries to help trap the warmth inside at night and there was a dainty table between the furniture of the living room.
"How may I help you?" Repeated the woman.
"Ah, yes... Well I was hoping you could tell me a bit about your daughter."
"What about her? She returned, it was a blessing, end of the story."
"Did she tell you what made her return?" Insisted Lion-O.
"Isn't it obvious? The streets are no place for a girl like her. She saw reason and decided to do what was right and logical..."
"Mom? Who is that?" Asked a soft purring voice from the stairs to a side of them. A shoeless little girl of dark brown fur had just came down.
"No one sweetie, just a curious man who was already leaving."
"No, wait. This is important." He turned to the little girl. "I need to know why you came back..."
"Because she wanted to be with her mother!" Sentenced the woman, standing up. "Leave my house, now." She pointed at the door.
"But..."
"Mom!" Interrupted the girl. "What makes you think there is something else?" The girl asked towards Lion-O.
He looked at the woman, she was furious. He took a few steps towards the door and returned to the girl. "I've heard that some of your friends may have gone missing... I just wanted to know if you knew anything about it."
The woman and girl exchanged looks. "They didn't go missing." The girl finished, her vocie breaking a bit.
"They didn't?"
She shook her head. "They were taken."
Lion-O widened his eyes. "Taken? What do you mean?"
The girl's eyes watered. "At night. Something came at night and took them. But the grown ups didn't listen. So it kept coming..." She whimpered.
"Oh sweetie..." Whispered the woman, covering her mouth. "Come here." She extended her arms. The girl ran towards the embrace of her mother.
"Did you know about this?" Asked Lion-O towards the mother.
She shook her head. "But I don't think she's lying."
"What do you mean?"
"A father from the artisan's district. He said only two of kids returned."
"And they said the same thing?"
She shook her head again. "He had four children, all of whom left..."
"Only two returned..." Repeated Lion-O in a whisper.
"They are saying that the nobles are to blame. That they need more servants in their houses so they are stealing free children."
"That's not..." Lion-O stopped for fear of revealing his true identity. "Who is they?"
"People... in the streets, at the markets... I wouldn't be surprised if it were true."
Lion-O took a step back. He needed to inform his father. "Thank you for telling me this." He nodded at the mother. He then looked down at the girl. "I promise I'll find your friends." The girls sniffled in response. "Thank you again." He finished, while opening the door and slipping back onto the streets.
The morning wind was whistling among the buildings of the city, as Lion-O scrambled towards the palace. This was grave. Not only were children missing but also the nobility was being blamed for their disappearances. When he got to the palace, however, a small crowd had gathered near the gates. As he got closer, he managed to hear what they were yelling. They... were demanding for the king to confirm or deny the rumours of missing children. Lion-O decided to enter the castle through one of the service doors to avoid the commotion.
The castle, however was also in a state of disarrangement. There were guards scrambling in every direction and the servants were carrying papers and reports in every direction. When he got to the throne room, four guards guarded the entrance outside, but they opened the gate for the prince. As he entered the posh sanctuary a table filled with maps and papers had been placed in the middle of the chamber, and seated around it, were his brother Tygra and Jaga. His father, King Claudus, was standing. The tension in the air was as thick as slime.
"About time you appeared Lion-O, this isn't the time to be playing with your metallic toys." Protested Tygra.
"Tygra." Called Jaga softly. "I think the young prince's eyes seem too heavy for someone who has been just playing."
"Thank you Jaga." Came Lion-O while he approached the table.
"We're waiting for an explanation, Lion-O." Demanded the King firmly.
"I'm guessing you already heard about the missing children?"
"What children?" Asked the King. "We have two missing nobles."
Tygra turned his head in surprise towards the king. "What do you mean father? I thought we were talking about... the merchants... Oh no..."
"Where did you hear about this Lion-O?" Asked Jaga.
The young prince approached the table, there were travel logs and security reports from all around the city laid on top a map of it. He pointed at the south-eastern wall. "Here. I talked to one of the children of the dunes and her mother"
"I thought they were all orphans." Interrupted Tygra.
"Apparently some of them chose to be." Lion-O shook his head. "The mother confirmed that at least two kids from the group had indeed gone missing. And the girl said that 'something' has been taking the children away."
"Something that comes at night." Added Tygra.
"Something that leaves no footsteps and can't be heard until it's too late." Added the King.
"So we all heard the same thing, but from different people?" Asked Lion-O.
"It seems like it..." Continue Tygra. "When did the children begin to disappear, Lion-O?"
"About two months ago."
Tygra placed an X on the map. "Father, when did you hear about the missing nobles?"
"Last week."
"And do you know where they lived?"
"Yes. Here, near the eastern wing of the castle." The king placed another marker with the pencil.
"And the missing merchants were last seen here, here, and here." Tygra put three more Xs and drew a circle. "And the first one went missing about three weeks ago, he underlined that X, it was the closest to Lion-O's mark.." He regarded the map in silence. "It would seem like whatever is taking this people came from the eastern wall, and it has been making its way up to the castle." He circled the eastern part of the city.
"Master Jaga." Called the King. "Do you think this may be related to your dream?"
"What dream?" Asked Lion-O.
Master Jaga let out a soft grunt. "A warning, I believe." He paused and softly brushed his beard before continuing, his gaze intent on the map before him. "Dreams are by nature confuse and hard to interpret, even more those that are meant to warn about to future, but I believe the message in this one was clear. This... 'something' the people talk about, is not from our world. I was forced into our realm by another."
"Is that even possible? A monster from another world? Could it be?" Questioned Lion-O.
"Jaga looked up at him. "Such magic has not been seen for thousands of years, but it undeniably existed, in a time before memory."
"Could it be possible for some of our own people to have used this magic?" Continued Tygra.
"Very few among us would have the talent, and even less, if any, the knowledge."
"But..."
"Unless..." Interrupted the Master with a low voice. "There may have been records, although incomplete, of the kind of ritual needed to call forth an alien beast. I remember seen some in the palace's library when I was younger." His eyes widened suddenly. "One of my pupils..." He quickly regained his posture. "One of our clerics approached me asking... not exactly about this, but her questioning did seem to pertain extraplanar beings. And she did mention a sacred text..."
The princes exchanged looks.
"Furthermore, my clerics are among the few that would have the discipline required for such a ritual."
"Okay." Remarked Lion-O. "Which of them?"
"All of them."
"What?"
"Except for the novices maybe... but other than that... they all receive very similar training."
"We can't interview every one of them!" Protested the young prince again. "We need a different plan. I think we should go to the city, a creature that's stealing citizens must leave some sort of traces behind. Maybe we just need to look harder."
"Lion-O!" Interrupted Tygra. "If it is a rogue cleric with such knowledge, every minute we spend risks another one of this monsters being called forth."
"If there ARE any monsters!"
"Enough you two." Interceded the King. "Tygra, you will go with Master Jaga. First I want you to visit the library, and see if such a book really exists. Then I want you to aid him in the interrogation of the clerics, do it as fast as you can, but don't let your haste get in the way of your judgment." Tygra nodded, the King looked towards Lion-O. "My son, you are also correct. An interdimensional horror that is kidnapping innocent people doesn't sound like the kind of thing that one could hide in a pocket. But I don't want you to go out to the city, it may be dangerous, if the creature is getting closer to the castle, it may have a quarrel with our family." He stopped and briefly looked at Jaga before continuing towards Lion-O. "Master Jaga mentions a ritual, if this ritual happened, it must have happened SOMEWHERE. I want you go to the Treasury, find out of anyone bought land from the kingdom in the past three months, especially in that area." He pointed towards the eastern wall. "If not... Then get a list of abandoned buildings, come back here and go with your brother to see if you find anything." He leaned in closer. "I forbid you to go out to the city on your own, are we clear on that, Lion-O?"
The young prince answered something unintelligible between his teeth and turned to leave the throne room. The king sighed when he was left. "Master Jaga, Tygra, You both know I have to leave. Postponing the visit to the eastern outpost would mean a massive loss of resources that we don't have. So I'm leaving you two in charge of this mess until I come back." He looked down at the scabbard on his arm. "Tygra, I want you have this while I'm away." He unsheathed and presented the Sword of Omens to his elder son.
"Father... are you sure?"
The King chuckled and darted his eyes towards Jaga. "I haven't seen my friend so worried in many many years, if this issue is that grave, then knowing that you have my Sword will make my worries lighter."
"Thank you father, I'll guard it with my life."
"I'd rather have IT guard YOU, my son."
The prince nodded.
"Now go you two, there is no time to waste."
Jaga and Tygra saluted the king and left with due haste in direction of the Palace's library. The building had been designed by Tygra himself, it's nooks and crannies were familiar to the prince, however the placement of the books inside was a mystery, even to Jaga the Wise himself.
"Hello?" Called the master. "Mister Wesker, are you around?"
"Yes. Yes. One second." Came a tired voice from somewhere between the rows of books that filled the tall tower.
A small cat of orange fur, wearing a pair of thin glasses came out in a hop from behind the shelves. "I'm sorry Master Jaga some vandal mixed the books on types of sand with the books on types of silicates. A vandal I say." He pushed his glasses and looked up and both men. "Oh, and good day to you too my prince. What can I do for you two today? A book on governing and taxes administration perhaps? We could all benefit from such a read."
"What are you saying!?" Protested the prince.
"I'm just saying some of these shelves are falling of age. Quite literally."
Tygra snorted. "Mister Wesker, I'm sure we could discuss the current budget for the library at a different time, at present we have more pressing matters to attend."
"You sound like King Claudus himself, my prince, you sure are fit to rule." He remarked arrogantly. "What do you need then?"
Jaga interrupted Tygra before he answered again. "We're looking for old records, on summoning magic."
Wesker's whiskers shifted in surprise. "Well that's an unusual request. I think there are some..." He turned to look at the distant shelves. "But if there are... They must be buried deep below all those books without shelves. I leave the ones people never ask for there, since there aren't enough shelves, you know? And some are even falling of old!" He repeated towards the prince.
"Is that true?" Replied softly Tygra, with a slight frown.
"Yes! They are falling of old!"
"No... Not that mister Wesker, no one has taken out that book recently?"
The short cat thought for a second. "No I don't think so. I'd swear the last one who took it out was yourself Master Jaga, many years ago." He waved his hands towards the sorcerer.
The noblemen exchanged looks. "Is it possible that if as taken out of here without you noticing?" Asked Tygra.
"No offence my prince, but you designed this library yourself, the only way in is through that door and no book goes through it without me noticing."
"Could you fetch the book then?" Asked the sorcerer.
"Yes, of course, just one second Master Jaga."
The librarian took a few minutes, but alas he returned with an old tome covered in a thick layer of dust that still bore the imprints of the heavy books that had been below and above it.
"That doesn't seem like it has been read in the last three months." Remarked Tygra.
"Indeed it doesn't." Agreed Jaga. "Well. Thank you for everything mister Wesker."
"And don't worry." Added Tygra. "I'll talk to my father to make sure you get new shelves, since these ones are 'falling of old'."
"Thank you my prince." Nodded the short cat amicably.
"Master Jaga, I don't like the way this is going." Sentenced the prince as they left the library. "But mister Wesker's complaints about old things, made me remember something."
"Mhm?"
"Panthro and Grune, they went on an expedition recently and I remember Panthro mentioning an 'artifact' from the desert. Maybe he just didn't know what he really bought into the city."
Jaga hummed softly. "A possibility worth exploring. Go and see if you can find out more, I'll being the questioning of my Clerics. Meet me there if you find anything."
They both nodded in agreement and went separate ways. Tygra found Panthro in the barracks, going over basic sword fighting technique with new recruits to the city guard. It was an open-air arena, looked over by two massive stone towers and a flight of stairs where some of the new recruits that had already been brought up by the general were waiting for a second round.
"Hey! General Panthro!" Called the prince.
The other man did a quick maneuver with his legs that put the recruit to the floor in less than a second after the prince called for him. "Need to watch your footing kid, it's the third time now. Go take a break and you better be as stable as a stone when I come back." The general helped him up before walking towards the prince.
"Hey there, what's the matter? King Claudus needs something?"
"Sort of." Answered the prince. "I remembered you saying you brought something to the city from your expedition to the Sea of Sand, would you mind telling me more about that?"
Pantro grunted. "Not much to tell than what I already said. It was weird to find something so pristine in such a desolate place, but other than that..."
"But what was it, exactly?" Insisted the prince.
"Well, Grune called it an 'artifact', he said it must be really old, from before Third Earth, and really valuable, so we brought it here to see if it was."
"Yes, but what did it look like, was it like a weapon or..."
"A book." Panthro said bluntly. To me it looked just like a plain old book with pretty drawings on top. I suggested he should give it to the clerics or to mister Wesker and be done with it, but he kept making a big deal about it. Don't know what happened to it."
Tygra's eyes widened. "I need to go."
"What? That's it? Is everything alright?"
"No, I don't think it is." Before the General said anything else, Panthro turned on his heels and began sprinting his way back to Jaga. Nothing good ever came from the Sea of Sand and if this was the book Jaga mentioned...
While Tygra looked for Panthro and Jaga rounded up his clerics, Lion-O had made his way to the Treasury, a heavy building just outside the palace's walls. Gilded with fine fabrics and metallic ornaments. As he entered the building, she found a female cat reading something with a bored expression. Whether she didn't notice Lion-O had entered or willingly chose to ignore his presence, was to remain a mystery.
"Excuse me?" Called the young prince.
"Yes, what do you need?" She asked, without looking up at him.
"Ah... I need to see the Treasury logs please."
"Sorry sweetie only mister Tass can look at the logs."
"It was my understanding that members of the royal family also had access to those records."
"Well yes sweetie but unless you are..." She rose up her gaze to see Lion-O. Her eyes widened and she scrambled to her feet. "My prince... I... I... I'm sorry I didn't know."
"It's okay." Lion-O chuckled. "Just let me see the records please."
"Yes of course, they are in Lord Tass' office, he's not here at the moment but I'll open it for you. Feel free to look at anything you need." She moved to a heavy wooden door to the left, and nervously used the keys from their waist to open the office. "Please let me know if you need anything else."
"Thank you." Said Lion-O with a soft smile as he entered the office. The secretary closed the door behind him.
The office was a mess. There was a desk in the middle, with stacks of paper of top of it, then there were two drawers at each side, and two more next to those. Then there was a second desk to his left, with another pile of papers on top of it, and a nice cactus to his right. The search was gonna take a while...
At first he found only what he expected to find, papers with lots of numbers in black in and a few numbers in red. Shipments incoming from the outposts, shipments outgoing. Deals with the traders of the various districts, weapons for the guard, payments to the servants of the palace, materials for the desert ships, the selling of an old steel factory, the selling of some salvage, an excessively big but understandable supply of fur combs, shelves for the library... Shelves for the library!? Lion-O was suddenly pulled out from his boredness-induced almost-slumber. He went over the last paper he had read. 'Top quality shelves for the royal library to be purchased from Manfred the blacksmith of the merchants district.' There were no blacksmiths in the merchant's district, they all lived in the artisan's district. Not only that but why would a blacksmith make a bookshelf, that would need a carpenter. And on top of that, he was pretty sure the library hadn't received new shelves since... well it had never received new shelves at all, it was surprising they weren't falling apart because of their age. And what kind of cat name was "Manfred"?
Furthermore the amount of money spent on it was exorbitant, it was almost as much as they had spent on... weapons. He scrambled the papers to find the receipt of the weaponry for the guard. He found it, the receipt was there and archived, but the signature from the "quartermaster" looked suspiciously similar to the signature of "Manfred the blacksmith from the artisan's district". He looked more more similar signatures and he found plenty, after the sixth, it was clear that these papers had all been signed by the same person. One of the documents was of particular interest to him. A steel factory in the outskirts near the eastern wall, close to where the first disappearances had happened. The purchase was from three months ago, just shortly before the first children went missing, according to what he had heard earlier. That was also the same place where the "library shelves" had been "stockpiled for posterior delivery". Something was wrong here. He grabbed the forged documents and stormed to the door, but when he tried to open it, he found it locked from the outside.
"Hello?" He called. "Could you let me out please? I'm in a hurry."
He got no answer.
"Hello?" He knocked on the door. "Miss, I need to leave now please."
Silence.
He let out a soft groan. One more broken door wouldn't put too much of a dent on the treasury, at least not compared to what apparently had already been siphoned out of it. He took a few steps back and kicked the wooden door with all his might. Splitters came flying into the loop outside and as Lion-O came out, he found it empty. If it had been Baron Tass who forged those documents, then his secretary was probably already giving him a warning. He couldn't' let them hide the evidence, he grabbed some of the fabrics from the walls and fashioned himself a quick disguise, mostly to cover his face and hands. He looked like a beggar who had lost his clothing. Perfect.
He left the Treasury and ran towards the eastern slums. He traveled under a dying violet sun, the houses were only now lighting up with the flickering gleam of candles and soon the street lamps would be lit too. The twilight made it easier for him to travel, but it also made it more dangerous.
The streets were quiet after sundown. Most people retreated either to their homes or to the nearest tavern, but as he got closer and closer to the slums, it became more and more evident that something was going on. At first it just seemed like a bit of extra light in the distance, but what had seemed like just a small group of torches from the distance, became a full blown mob as he got closer, and they were angry. They were yelling and throwing stones and a group of guards that tried in vain to return them to their homes.
"You liars!" Yelled a woman close to Lion-O.
"Where is my daughter!" Roared a man behind her.
ONe of the guards answered back, but most his chatter got lost among the yelling. "... You have to return to your homes, it's for your own safety ..." Lion-O managed to hear him saying.
"What!?" Yelled someone else among the crowd. "Did you hear that!? They are threatening us!"
The mob roared in unison and began to clash against the line of guards who now had their backs against the wall of a pub. A man in a hood climbed up on top of a nearby wooden crate.
"First they take our loved ones!" Yelled them man raising one fist in the air and pointing the guards with his other hand. "Then they threaten us! We mean nothing to them. We are just more fuel for the engines of their greed! They must have taken our loved ones to work on their mines. I heard the King himself left today to survey a new dig site!" He brought out a stone from one of his pockets and threw it at the guard. "This has to end!" The man jumped down from the crate and the mod crashed right into the guard line. The guards were using blunt weapons, but the people had brought whatever tools they had at their disposal, pitchforks, machetes, hammers... Lion-O though to reveal himself and try to talk to the people, but when he was about to remove his disguise, he noticed that the hooded man, along with a second person, rather than participating in the riot they had just started, were fleeing the fight, towards the eastern wall. There wasn't much in that direction except for a few abandoned houses and an old exit to a nearby forest. He left his guise in place and dashed behind the running figures, trying to remain concealed by the shadows. He chased them through the still-awake streets for several blocks, once he turned left and twice right, but when he went around the last corner, he found only an empty street, even the lamps were still waiting to be lit up there.
"Whiskers." He whispered.
But as he prepared to turn around, he heard a couple talking in the distance. He flattened against the wall veiled in shadows and stepped closer to the source of the sound. It was coming from the second floor on one of the wooden houses. There was light coming out from the windows, but it was very dim. The people inside didn't seem to be whispering, but they were talking in a low voice. It was hard to tell which voice was who's and even harder to tell them apart one from the other.
"... as planned, the saviors are ready..." He heard. The low volume and the distance made it difficult to understand clearly. "... It's still on its own, but it seems to be filling it's purpose..." Again he lost track of the conversation. "... locked in the office..." Silence. "... no suspicion, the castle is next..."
When he heard the word 'Castle' Lion-O decided that whatever those people were talking about, was worth looking into. He quickly scanned the building and planned a way to climb onto the window from the outside. He jumped on top of a barrel, grabbed the protruding edge of the building's second floor, and swung himself up with a jump. He ten pounced into the building through the window, rolling as he landed and raising to his feet using the momentum from the jump
"Don't move!" He yelled.
The hooded figure further away from him tackled the door and jumped outside the room down the stairs. The second figure scrambled to the door. Lion-O threw a tankard he found on a nearby table to its feet and send it tumbling towards the wall next to the door's umbral. The figure tried to get back on its feet but Lion-O scrambled the door and used his rags to restrain the person's hands and feet. He then used the dim candle that remained on the table to light a pair of lanterns in the room, bringing light and revealing a familiar face with him inside the room.
"You!?" He jumped in surprise. "You locked me in that office!"
"I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry. Please don't hurt me." It was Tass' secretary.
"I'm not going to hurt you, but you're gonna tell me everything you know about what's going on."
"No please... If I say anything he'll kill me..." Her eyes were crystalline with tears.
"If you don't answer my questions, I'll hand you over to my brother and general Panthro, and they won't be so nice."
"No please... Alright... Alright... Just... Promise you won't let him get to me. Promise they won't send that thing after me..."
"What thing? What are you talking about?"
"You haven't seen it? Do you even know what you are chasing? Oh no. Oh no, no, no."
"Please miss, calm down."
"No you don't understand, you shouldn't have come here. Master Grune will..."
"Wait, Grune? What does he have to do with anything? Was he with you just now? I thought it was Baron Tass."
She shook her head. "He told us it was a guardian." She continued, looking down. "He told us it would protect us from the abuses of..." She looked up and away. "Of the nobles. That with it around we would have nothing to fear again, that we would move out of the slums..." Her voice trembled. "But I've seen it. It's not a guardian of any sort. It's monster. A monster!"
"What? Who? Grune?"
"No! The thing he called. He needed blood to summon it... and it needs blood to survive."
The pieces fell into place inside Lion-O's head, and it felt as if a bucket of ice-cold water had been thrown on top of him.
"The Baron didn't want any part of it after he saw the creature, but it was too late then... we were too deep already. Too deep and too late. We wanted to live like royals... not... not this. You have to help me, please."
"Okay..." Lion-O pinched the bridge of his one. "Where can I find this monster?"
"I don't know... No one does. Master Grune lost control of it, but it continued to work in his favor... It kept killing."
"I need to go and warn my brother." Continued Lion-O. "I'll send send the guards to pick you up, I'll tell them to keep you safe from the monster."
"If the rumours are true, I may be safe from the monster..." She whimpered. "But Grune will kill me."
Lion-O bit his lip, shook his head and opened the door towards the stairs, he jogged the flight down and opened the exit door. Then he felt a sharp pain on the back on his head and a stream of dancing lights flooded his vision. He felt his legs turning into sand and then heard the loud bang of his skull hitting the wooden floor.
"A fool... Like all of you royals." He heard in a familiar low voice. "You should've listened to the snitch upstairs, she tried to warn you, my prince."
Back at the castle, Jaga was almost done with the cleric's interrogation. A young female cleric, of brilliant yellow hair had just been questioned and so she stood up and left the small office where the questioning was being conducted. Jaga checked another name on his list and he walked outside, where his clerics waited in meditation.
"Lyxana. Please come forth." He called. No one answered back. The clerics remained in place, their eyes closed and their bodies immutable. "Luxana?" He called again. Scouring the room with his eyes. She had been present until she called that las cleric. "Students!" He called. The alumni looked up at him. "Has anyone seen Lynxana?" They exchanged looks with each other and a few shrugs came in response.
"Master Jaga!" Stormed Tygra into the room.
"Tygra. What is it?"
"You need to see this."
"Return to your exercises students. You are not allowed to leave this room until I return." Jaga walked briskly to join Tygra and closed the door behind him. The prince led him to a nearby infirmary, under the moonless starry sky. They entered the stone building and passed through a cream linen veil. Lanterns had been placed all around the body. As he crossed, Jaga instinctively covered his nose, expecting to feel some some or putrid smell, but soon he realized there was no stench, even if there was a corpse on top of the slate in front of him.
"What is this?" Asked the sorcerer.
"Well..." Tygra took a deep breath. "This is Baron Tass."
Jaga looked down at the rings on the corpse, those were indeed Baron Tass'. "Did he die in the desert?"
"No, look at the top of his shirt." Jaga moved in close too look at the body. The corpse looked like anything but a cat. It was thin and skeletal. The eyes had shrunken into yellowish raisin-like remains. The skin of his face had receded and stretched making his yellowing teeth evident. His skin looked like cheap leather, his extremities were gathered in fetal position and his fur was missing in patches. He still wore his green and yellow fine clothing and it was mostly intact, except for the area near his neck, where a stain of red blood wetted the garment.
"It looks fresh." Jaga said, half in a statement, half in question.
"It is still fresh."
"That's impossible."
"I'm afraid I have even more bad news." Continued the Prince. Jaga rose his eyes to meet his. "I talked to Panthro, they found an 'artifact' in the desert. He said it looked like a book to him."
"Oh no..."
"He also said that Grune showed particular interest in it."
Jaga brushed his beard. "We need to warn Lion-O, I'm afraid whatever is happening probably goes beyond just magic."
"Wait, he wasn't with you?"
"Lion-O? No, I thought he was still in the treasury."
"I went there, the guards said he left well before sundown... Oh no. That fool!"
"And one of my Clerics seems to have fled the interrogation..."
"Wonderful..." Tygra grunted. "Damn it. Master Jaga, I'll go look for my brother, can you look for the missing Cleric?"
"Yes Tygra."
"Alright, If I'm not back by midnight... I don't know... Just do something assuming the worse. If I'm not back by midnight, you're in charge of the kingdom."
The sorcerer nodded and Tygra stormed out of the room. He started asking the guards in case anyone had seen his brother. No one had seen him, but they informed him of the riots in the eastern slums. Tygra figured that if there was trouble, that was probably the best place to look for his brother. He made his way to the slums, but the streets he found were very different from what the guards had described. 'There was fighting, and a lot of arrests.' They had said, yet as Tygra got closer, the city only got quieter and quieter. When he got to the small pub where the riots had started according to the guards, the streets were completely empty, except for a few contingent of guards, some of them were bandaged, and except for the rubble on the floor, there was little signs of any other disturbances.
"Good job containing the riots." Congratulated Tygra.
"Prince Tygra." The four guards saluted him. "I'm afraid this isn't because of us sir."
"What do you mean?"
The men exchanged looks. "The people were scared sir, not of us, but of... something that began jumping on the roofs. We all heard it but we could only see its shape in the darkness."
"What did it look like? Do you know what it was?"
"No." Answered another. "It looked... It looked like a demon sir. Like the ones they scare you with then you are kid." The other guards nodded, they were clearly scared.
Tygra nodded. "There is no sense in staying here if such is the case. You may also go home if you want, this is probably a time to be with your families."
"Really? Sir..." Their leader asked in disbelief.
"Yes. I'm just looking for my brother, prince Lion-O, perhaps you've seen him?"
There was a moment of silence. "No, but I saw some strange people heading for the abandoned steel factory just outside the city this evening." Commented the youngest guard who had been silent so far. "They were very aggressive and refused to give any explanations when I asked them what they were carrying."
"How did you see this?" Inquired Tygra.
"I'm stationed at the Eastern Gate sir, I was called here because of the riots."
"Yeah, and when the fights broke out, one of my men mentioned some sketchy people heading in that direction. Not sure if your brother, I mean... I don't know if prince Lion-O was here, but if he was, he may had been taken there. The people were... Angry... at you nobles." There was a hint of anger in his words.
"I see... Thank you gentlemen, I appreciate your help. Could you please send a messenger to the palace? Let Master Jaga know what you just told me."
"Yes sir." Agreed their leader.
"Thank you, and stay safe."
The men remained in silence. The leader then spoke, looking away, just as Tygra was about to leave. "Well sir, there is something else..."
The prince turned back. "Yes? What is it."
"The riots didn't start just because, sir, there is something else."
"What?"
"I think it would be better if you saw it yourself."
Tygra frowned. "This better be important, I fear my brother is in danger."
"It is important sir, but I don't think it will make you feel any better."
"Show me."
The leader nodded, he signaled his men to wait and then proceeded to walk up the street to the pub he had seen earlier. It was a wooden three-floor building. Looking at it closer, Tyra noticed that the windows were broken and the walls were blackened by fire.
"Did the rioters do this?" Asked Tygra, while the soldier looked for a key in his belt.
"We think so... But before the riot started."
"Before?"
"We had just sent a messenger when the riots started."
"What messenger? I came here on my own."
"I noticed... I hope he's alright."
Tygra swallowed. The wooden door screeched as the guard pushed it inwards. The inside was lit by a few candles. But the candles were the only thing that wasn't utterly trashed inside. The tables were flipped and many had been split in two. There were pieces of chairs all over the floor, many were covered in dry blood. The bottles, jars and tankards that were made of breakable materials were scattered in piles against the walls, and those that were made of metal laid as deformed husks in between the shards of furniture. The walls were covered by thick yellow drapes and the stairs that led to the upper floors seemed to have been smashed to smithereens.
"What the hell happened here?" Asked Tygra.
"We... are not sure. We were called here because of a pub fight, nothing usual, you know? But when we got here it was like this. There were several wounded and many of them were delirious. It seems like the drinks were spiked with something."
"Did they say who did this?"
"Well... Their accounts are not very reliable. Some of them were convinced it was sandworms."
"Sandworms?"
"Yes. Whatever poison was put in their drinks made them hallucinate."
"So we can't trust any of the witnesses?"
"Well... There's the barkeep. He says he didn't drink today. But he said that it was one of his patrons."
"A cat did this?"
"No... Yes... Well... He said it was a young girl, who had been drinking. He said that after a few tankards she started panicking."
"I mean sure... but was she the size of a wall or something?"
"The barkeep was very scared. He said that when she got angry she started to change..."
"Change?"
"He said the young girl transformed into a demon, like the one people have been talking about." The guard looked around and walked towards one of the walls covered in drapes.
"Oh give me a break..."
"That's the same thing I said sir." The guard rose his hand to the drape next to him. "Then I saw this." He pulled the fabric back and revealed the scarred wall behind.
Tygra grabbed one of the nearby candles and moved closer. "Please tell me a bear did this..."
"My father was a huntsman sir, and I'm sure if he had ever seen a bear this big, he would've told me about it."
The wall had five deep cuts on it, together they were as tall as Tygra himself and as wide and the two men standing next to each other, it was clearly the mark of a claw.
"Take me to the barkeep." Ordered Tygra.
"As you wish."
Tygra turned around towards the main gate, but the guard went the other way, he was heading to the kitchen. The prince felt a heavy weight on his chest. The soldier led him to the kitchen, which was in a similar state to the rest of the pub. As he entered, he noticed the floor had been cleared of debris. There were two bodies in the center, covered with dirt-stained cloth. The guard cocked his head at the corpses. The barkeep is to the left, the guard I left with him while we handled the riot outside is to the right.
"This happened while the riot raged?"
"They were both like this when I came back. When I left, they were sharing a cup of tea." He pointed towards the metallic cup that stood behind the window that looked out the herb garden behind the pub.
Tygra's eyes wandered to the door that led to the garden. The padlock lay on the floor nearby and the door was half open. He walked towards the corpse of the barkeeper, and pulled the cloth away from his face. It looked just like Baron Tass' corpse. Drained from all liquids, shrunken eyes and exposed teeth. He was missing patches of fur and the whiskers from the left side of his face were gone. He repeated the process for the guard's body, but his was perfectly intact, there were no patches in his fur nor cuts on his skin.
"He looks young for a guard." Observed Tygra.
"He was a new recruit. I left him here hoping he would be safe."
Tygra grunted. "Did you tell their families."
"The recruit's, yes. The barkeep had none, apparently he lived here with his mother until just a few months ago when she passed away. And he never got married. He said this tavern was his wife."
"I see." Tygra nodded. "I need to find my brother. Send notice to the Palace like I asked. Tell them I'm going to the steel factory. This is worse than we thought."
"Yes sir."
"And please be careful, we've lost enough good people today."
"Same to you sir." Replied the guard softly. Take this, you'll need it. "The guard handed him a lantern." They walked together out of the pub, and Tygra headed for the edge of the slums as he had planned while the guard remained behind to lock up the tavern.
The streets were still dark. Those in charge of the lanterns had been delayed by the riots, and then they had probably chosen to hide just like the rest of the villagers. While the starlight allowed him to see the general shapes around him as he walked, the dark was still an inconvenience, especially as he got closer to the forest and the shapes of the trees began to block the sky light. As he was debating whether to turn his lantern on and risk losing the surprise factor, he heard footsteps in the distance They were coming from a side of the street, just where the steel factory should be. He sneaked closer, and he noticed two heavily armed people standing guard near the main door of the rusted building that was probably the steel factory. Last time he checked, however, most factories didn't need armed guards in the entrance this late at night.
Tygra left the unused lantern on the floor, grabbed his whip from its holster and used it to become invisible. He carefully sneaked out of cover and began to prowl towards the gate. The guards seemed bored with their duty, the one to the left was fiddling with the strap of his shield, while the one on the right leaned against the wall while looking up at the sky. Both had their faces and body covered in some sort of scaled armor. Tygra noticed that the door had a small gap between the floor and its lower end. He grabbed a small pebble from the floor nearby and expertly sniped for that gap. The pebble entered the building and hit something inside. The guards suddenly returned from their distractions and exchanged looks.
"Did you hear that?" Asked the one from the right, she was female.
Tygra threw a second pebble in, this time he threw with harder and he hit something metallic on the inside. The guards yelled something and opened the door before storming in. Tygra took the chance to sneak in. He had to pass so close to the guards that one of them turned to him, but he was still unable to see him. After locking the door, they began scouting the room. It was essentially a massive warehouse with old steel furnaces lined at the sides. Metallic rusted beams held the structure in place and it seemed like it hadn't been used in at least several years. He began moving in deeper, towards the center of the warehouse, there was a number of crates and various pieces of metallic scrap spread around the room, but nothing really suspicious about it. The room was lit by a number of torches emblazoned to the walls that had filled the room with the pungent smell of oil smoke.
"You think it was nothing?" Asked the female sentry in the distance.
"Yeah, if one of them had escaped we'd be screwed by now. Maybe a rat or something." Answered the other, he was a male with a rather high-pitched voice.
"Let's go back outside, this place reminds me of my grandma's attic." Finished the first.
He then heard the main door opening and closing again. So there WAS something else besides old metal in that warehouse.
Tygra moved closer to the crates and began to examine them closely, but they seemed either empty or filled with metallic clutter, nothing related to what he was looking for. As he tried to peek inside the crates, one in particular drew his attention. The dust in the floor had drag marks around that one and the wood it was made from was clearly much newer than some of the others. He dispelled his invisibility and grabbed one of the nearby torches to look at it. He recognized the packing, he had seen crates like this one before, in the palace's armory. He pushed the top lid off, and as he expected, he found several blades inside, rapiers and sabers mostly, with a couple of spears buried below them. It made sense to find some in a steel factory, perhaps they had hired a smithy to turn some of the steel produced into weapons for extra profit, nothing illegal there. But how did they produce the steel without using the machinery around him? He put the lid back on and scanned the furnaces with his gaze. A couple on the left drew his attention, they had more black grime on them than the rest. As he came closer he also noticed that there was a different smell in that part of the room. It still stank to burned material, but this was not oil... He moved closer and opened the door of one of the furnaces, he brought his torch lower and threw a bit light inside, it was filled with ashes, when he was about to close it and move to the next one, the noticed something gleaming between the ashes, he moved in closer. It looked like a piece of gold. He put his hand in and brought it out. His stomach churned. It was a golden fang. He let it fall to the floor and looked more closely inside, the ashes were saturated with fragments of charred bone and teeth. They weren't smelting steel. He closed the door and took several steps back. As he did, he noticed his own footprints on the dust of the floor, he began to follow the dust, looking for areas where it seemed to have been disturbed. There was an almost clear trail, leading to a small room next to the first smelted of the row, as he came closer, he noticed the footsteps of the guards also centered around that area. As he entered, however, he found only a small office, probably the foreman's. There was a desk on one side and a small shelf next to it, along with a painting of Mount Felix, from Thundera. Tyra looked around the room, there were scratch marks on the floor, but no chair. He moved his hand to the underside of the desk and began patting it, when he got the the edge of it, he found what he was looking for, a small level he used his weight to push it down and the stone below his feet parted to reveal a staircase leading down, contrary to the rest of the building, the stairs were clearly a recent addition. He used his whip to become invisible once more and descended the stairs.
The passage was well lit wit by the same style of torches as he had seen before upstairs, but as he went lower, the air grew colder, and the faint smell of blood began to mix with the smoke of torches. His heart began to race whatever waited for him below wasn't going to be nice. As he continued to go down, he came into what looked like a storage room, filled wall to wall with crates similar to the one he had seen above. There were weapons not only in the wooden boxes but also spread on racks though the walls. Along with full sets of armor like the one the guards above had been wearing. It seemed to be a stockpile rather than an armory. The room had two visible doors, one that continued straight from the way he had come, and one that was to the left. The path straight had a door with metallic bars, which hinted at an appropriate place to look for a missing person. He could see the end of that corridor but there was no one in sight.
He was getting tired, sustaining his invisibility placed a tremendous strain on his mind. But he pushed forward towards the iron door. He tested it, it was locked with no visible padlock. He took a few steps back and grabbed the sword from his belt, whatever there was beyond that gate, once he crossed, there was no coming back anyways, so he might as well save himself some of the effort. Plus it was a great moment to test his father's legendary sword. He pulled it out slashed the air with a quick cut. The blade grew to the size of a longsword, but it remained as light and as balanced as it had been the moment before. He took a deep breath and slashed the bars with all his might, he knew the Sword could could through even the hardest metal, he had seen his father in combat, but wielding it was a completely different thing. The blade passed through the iron bars as if he had been cutting some meat. He had to double check to make sure he had actually hit them. He put the sword back in his belt and used one of the steel blades nearby as lever to spread the cut bars aside, just enough so that he could pass through. He entered the room, he discovered it was a dungeon. To his sides there were a number of cells and the noise from his cut and metal bending had drawn the attention of some of the prisoners, he could hear whispers. He grabbed one of the torches next to the door and crept closer to the cells. Inside he found a number of people from the city. Cats and dogs mostly.
"Hello?" He called. "Are you alright? He dispelled his invisibility.
"Look!" Called one of the younger cats inside the first cell, just a cub still. "It's prince Tygra! He's here to save us!"
"What? price Tygra?"
"The prince is here?" Echoed other voices from the more distant cells.
"Shhhh." Called the prince. "I'm here to help you, but I need to find my brother first. I've sent word to the castle and help is coming." There were whispers between the prisoners. "Prince Lion-O, have you seen him?"
"I saw him!" Came the same kid from earlier. "They took him away..."
"But people rarely come back after they take them away." Added a young man from a cell opposite to the one Tygra was looking at. "And if they do, they are monsters... Like... Like that thing." A low mumble filled the room again.
"Prince Lion-O said they are not monsters!" Protested the same kid.
"You know nothing kid."
"Enough." Called the prince. "I'll open the locks for you, but you have to remain here until it's safe. I'll find the monster and my brother and then I'll come back for you. Do you know where the guards are?"
"There is something big going on." Said a woman from a distant cell. "I heard a lot of them going down just a little bit ago. They must all be down there, but they'll probably return soon."
"If I don't return soon, then you'll have to be brave and make your way out by yourselves. There are only two more guards above, so if you all work together, you should be able to make it."
"Even if we escape, the monster will come for us again." Complained someone from the last cell to the left.
"It won't I promise. After I leave, count to three hundred, slowly, If you hear nothing from me, then just make your way out." He looked around one last time before unsheathing the sword. "Okay. Step away from the cell doors."
One by one Tygra smashed the locks using the Sword of Omens. Each cell had more people than the one before, and each time they told him stories of how many had already been taken away. They all repeated, however, that those who returned from being taken away, were never the same. Some said that they became evil, corrupted, while others simply asked for mercy and compassion. None of them admitted to being a returnee, but it was clear that the must have been at least a few among them. Tygra decided to follow his gut and his brother's judgement and treat them all equally, at least until they were safely outside the building.
After the last lock was opened he repeated the instructions, making sure everyone heard and he designated a stern dark furred female as 'official' counter. They would escape on her mark.
"Look for him in the deepest chamber." Sentenced the man who had called the returned people 'monsters'. "That's where it feeds." He finished.
Tygra nodded and snuck back to the stockpile room, the pushed the other door in the room. This one was unlocked but it was much heavier. This one opened to a second flight of stairs leading down. This one however, seemed have open sides. He cloaked himself again and proceeded to walk down. To his right, he saw what looked like an amphitheater, that's where all the people were. Probably around fifty soldiers, in the armor he had seen earlier were sitting in a semi-circle made of wooden stairs. And in the middle, he recognized a familiar silhouette. It was General Grune, he was flanked by tall slender woman in what seemed to be ceremonial robes. To his left, there were some sort of barracks. Rows after rows of beds, each with it's own chest and armor stand, only a few people remained there and they were dressing up in armor probably getting ready to join the ceremony. It didn't seem as if it had yet started, as the people on the stairs were chatting with each other. Tygra continued to walk down and past the umbrals that led to the rooms he had seen before, until he reached what was left of a wooden door that seemed as if it had exploded from the inside. There were scratch marks, like the ones he had seen at the tavern earlier and splashes of black blood all round it. He swallowed and pressed in.
The chamber inside looked reminded him of the throneroom of the palace. It was a massive room with beautiful carvings on the walls depicting heroic tales. There weren't torches in this room, but there was a wide beam of light falling down from the center of the room. For a moment he thought it was sunlight filtering from outside, but soon he remembered the starry sky that had accompanied him when he entered. Under the white light he could easily see that there were four massive marble pillars in the room that extended tall towards the ceiling, they probably held in place the entire factory on the surface. And they were covered with flags that depicted heraldic symbol similar to that of the Royal Family, but it clearly belonged to some other group. The flags were the only thing with color in the entire room, they shone as red as fresh blood. As he got closer, he could feel the Sword of Omens getting heavier in his belt, he instinctively brought it out and wielded it in his right hand. In the center of the room, in front of something that resembled a stone throne adorned with golden filigree and gemstones, there was a small stone pedestal with a book on top. The text had a white cover and it showed some winged creature engraved in gold.
He moved closer and extended his hand to touch the book, but as he was about to touch it, the Sword of Omens became so heavy that it jerked him back a few steps before returning to its usual weight. He grunted and raised the sword. This entire room was out of place.
"Sword of Omens." He whispered. "Help me break the spell that blinds me." He swung the sword and it grew in size, it's edge glowing red. "Dispell this illusion!" He commanded while making a two-handed cut down at the book in front of him. As the blade struck the codex a blast of energy shook the entire chamber accompanied with a gust of wind that seemed to erode the beauty and splendor of the room. As the light above him faded, so did the state of the room. The brilliant white light turned to a dim red glow. The white pillar in front of him turned to a mass of putrid flesh and bones on top of which rested tome bound in chains and made of what seemed to be rotten leather. The room itself seemed to growl in pain and the pillars or marble became spiked beams with a number of skeletons impaled on its sides. The stench of rotting flesh suddenly flooded his nose and mouth, making him cough in disgust. Only the red flags remained untouched. On top of what had appeared as a posh stone throne, he could now see a cat, hands and arms bound by spiked metal, mouth gagged but awake. And he seemed to be trying to speak. It was Lion-O. Tygra took a step towards him, but then noticed that the growling that had started when he broke the spell had never stopped. And he could now hear it closer. He barely had time to duck and jump to a side before a creature two or three times bigger than a caravan cart landed claws first on top of where he had been standing. The beast was so heavy that as it landed the stone floor shattered below it. It's skin reminded him of a skinned animal, it was hairless, slimy and covered in what seemed to be blood. Its eyes were black orbs with a few orange spots in them, it's rear legs reminded him those of a goat and its forelimbs were connected by a thick membrane with the rest of its body.
Tygra stood as still as he could, covering his mouth to avoid making any noise and relying in his invisibility to confuse the creature. The beast roared towards the red light above him and began pacing the room. Lion-O squirmed and made noise as the beast moved but the monster seemed to ignore him. The creature suddenly became silent and began to scan the room, when it turned to Tygra, it pulsed its conical muzzle. Sided its head and lunged again with full force. Tygra scrambled to a side and began running straight towards his captive brother. With a quick swing of his sword he fred Lion-O's arms, he then swung himself to the front and with another quick slash he freed his legs.
"Run!" The younger brother yelled after removing his gag. "It can smell you and it can sense your blood."
Once more the creature slammed against the floor, each brother jumped in a different direction and they began to run in opposite directions. The beast jumped onto the pillars and began swinging itself between them, keeping its eyes locked on the now free Lion-O. When Tygra got to the door, he found it locked from outside. He prepared to strike it down, but a screech of pain made him turn to look at Lion-O who had been pinned down by the beast. He was using one of the pillars as cover but it had managed to scratch his arm and part of his chest.
"Father didn't give me this sword to run away." Tygra muttered to himself. Before charging towards the creature attacking his brother.
The beast spun on itself and clawed at the second brother, sending him flying against one of the walls. Tygra shrugged the pain and stood back up. Just in time to dodge to a side as a row of stones fro the wall almost fell over him. The beast had just given him an idea.
"Lion-O! The thing is after you! Run clockwise, now."
The young prince frowned at the command but nonetheless obeyed, trying to stay behind the pillars with the beast on his tail. Meanwhile Tygra ran to one of the black spiked pillars and rose the Sword over his head.With a scream he lowered the sword, sending a red blade of energy through the pillar. The metal began to wail as it twisted and bended below the weight of the factory above. He then ran to the next, Lion-O was just about to get there. He again struck down the pillar but this time the stone ceiling above began to creak and pieces started falling down.
"Quick! To the door!" Yelled Tygra, directing Lion-O in the opposite direction. He braked with great effort and turned around. Lion-O turned and jumped over the beast, stepping on its muzzle to propel himself, while Tygra ducked and slid below it, using the sword to maul at its rear leg as he passed through. The monster roared in pain and fluttered the membranes on its forelimbs as if they were wings, trying to lift himself up, but as he did, the pillar Tygra had struck first ceded under the weight of the ceiling, and came crashing towards the monster. It tried to move but it's wounded leg sprayed a gash of blood and soon a shower of stone and rubble fell over it while the brothers ran to the safety of the main door's umbral, with half of the ceiling falling down to pieces behind them, the beast buried below the twisted maze of metal and stone.
"Lion-O?" asked Tygra, trying to catch his breath. "Are you alright?"
"Just a scratch." He said. "Please tell me you have a plan, there is an army out there." He pointed at the closed door. "And they probably heard our little party.
Tygra looked up. "Well, maybe we could climb..."
A slow clapping sound interrupted them as the door swung open to reveal General Grune and his army behind him.
"Thank you for getting rid of that thing. It had far outlived its usefulness." Said the General, finishing his clap.
Tygra clasped the Sword while taking several steps back. Lion-O was holding his bleeding side and also moved away from the General. Behind him, there were too many soldiers to count, each wearing a matching set of armor and the weapons Tygra had seen upstair. They carried torches and lamps, and some of them wore tabards with the very same symbol that adorned the pillars of the chamber.
"Sadly you have now seen too much and caused enough trouble." He flicked his fingers. "Kill them." The soldiers poured into the room and charged towards the brothers.
Suddenly, a boom shook the room, bringing a few more stones crashing down from above, and creating a small crater in the center of the room. As the room dispersed, a familiar figure appeared standing between the brothers and the army. Wearing his blue battle garments and his staff held high.
"You didn't think killing the royal princes would be so easy, did you old cat?" Taunted Jaga.
"Old fool!" Growled Grune. "You've got nothing."
"I've got an army of my own." He lowered his staff and a number of ropes showered down from the roof above, along with members of the Royal Guard in their gleaming gold and red armor. Even then, the tunderan nobility remained outnumbered, at least two to one. Even if the Royal Guard was the elite of thunderan warriors, they still would have a hard time under those conditions. "Stop this now Grune. No more blood needs to be shed. You will face fair trial, and the pleas of those you allegedly represent will be heard by the King himself."
Grune burst into laughter. "I... We don't want the King to listen. He had the chance and refused. We want him and his bloodline to die! And I will lead our people into a better, brighter future!" The General extended his right hand, and a cat in rags moved in to deliver spiked black hammer as tall as himself.
"Can you fight?" Asked Jaga in a lower voice.
"Yes. Answered Tygra, firmly."
"Yes." Echoed Lion-O as a member of the Guard handed him a sword and a shield. "The real question is, can we win?"
Jaga chuckled. "There is always the possibility of winning Lion-O, and as remote as it seems, it is our duty to do everything we can to reach it, that way, even if we fail, we'll be at peace."
The young prince chuckled.
"Kill them all!" Yelled Grune. A roar flooded the room as the separatist army charged the Royal Guard. Metal clashed against metal. The chamber echoed with the sharp lashing of metal against metal, the dull boom of weapons hitting shields and a number of pained screams as soldiers fell down in each side. The Royal Guard fought with utmost discipline and efficiency, while the leaders talking, they have formed a line behind them, while the separatists clashed into the in a cloud of chaos and anger. The separatist were many and they were well equipped, but they were farmers, artisans, hunters, they used their weapons clumsily and each fought on his own. While the Royal Guard acted as a single cohesive unit. Every soldier covered himself and the flank of the brother or sister beside them. When one was wounded he was pulled back and the gap immediately replaced by the one behind him. When one of the separatists was wounded he was trampled by his own allies.
The only ones separated from the clash of armies were Jaga and Grune. The general had charged him almost ass soon as he had given the order to attack, but the Sorcerer had moved away from the fight with almost supernatural speed, baiting he General away from his already disorganized troops. The towering man had chased him as expected, but now the sorcerer found himself against a wall, fighting was inevitable.
The princes came behind Grune. "Surrender General, you can't defeat the three of us!" Demanded Tygra.
The General let out a mocking laugh and slammed the ground with his hammer. A cloud of dust and debris gushed out from the hit. The heroes coughed and a swing of the mighty spiked hammer caught them off guard. Jaga and Lion-O dodged by jumping up, while Tygra guarded himself with the Sword. The strength of the hit alone, however, was more than enough to send flying back against one of the pillars. The blade arced with magical lighting when it was hit, and Tygra landed on one of the metallic spikes. Jaga jumped and tried to slam his staff but Grune grabbed it with his free hand and plunged Jaga against the wall. Lion-O thrusted his blade at Grune's back, but the General kicked him to a side and whirled his weight around to bring down his hammer on the younger prince. Lion-O barely managed to roll out of the way. As Tygra was trying to get back up, the General again brought his hammer down on the floor rupturing the earth below and forcing a spike for stone out from the floor below Tygra's feet. Jaga used his supernatural speed to get the prince out of the way, but he was tired, and the prince's wound was dire and he could no longer fight. Tygra helped him down to the floor.
Grune roared and laughed at the heroes. "You have lost. Look around you."
Even with their iron resolve, the Royal Guard was being pushed back. The wounded keep piling behind the front line and the reserves were almost completely exhausted now, while more than half of Grune's men lay dead or disabled, the other half showed no intention of slowing down.
"Tomorrow the people of Thundera will wake up, to the news of the royals murdering the innocent workers of a factory in the slums, and your reign will have ended." Gruned rose his hammer again and walked menacingly towards the wounded prince. "You have nothing left."
"You're wrong!" Interrupted Lion-O. Grune turned his face towards the young prince. The wound on his chest had only gotten worse, and blood dripped between his fingers. "We have friends." Lion-O pointed towards the skies.
Tygra had noticed some strange shapes above them. Shadows that seemed to anxiously move on the border of the gaping ceiling. But the longer he stared and the more his eyes adapted to the dark, the more familiar those shapes became. At first they seemed like more guards, they looked like cats, but suddenly and giving out red flashes of dim light, their shape had changed, turned into something different, something that looked more like the demon the had vanquished earlier than like tunderan people.
"What is this?"
"The demon you called may maybe twisted their bodies, but it didn't corrupt their hearts Grune. They know who the real monster is."
From the shadows above, a number of winged creatures descended down. They shared some similarities with the demon form before, but they were evidently animals like everyone else. They were covered in fur that ranged from black to light brown, but their arms were connected to their legs by skin which allowed them flight. The fell down directly on top of the separatist troops plunging them into chaos and commotion.
"Royal Guard!" Called Lion-O. "These people are thunderans, they will help us. Protect them as you would any of your brothers."
"Lion-O!" Called Tygra, but stopped before saying anything else. He turned to the soldiers. "Guards, spread out, let our allies take the center, you take the flanks."
Grune turned to finish Tygra once and for all, but a slew of javelins rained down on frim from above, he rose his hammer and threw it at the creatures flying above him, but they dodged it without any effort. Jagga took the opportunity to dash in front of Grune and thrust his staff onto his belly. Lion-O growled and slashed down his sword on the general, splitting the fur of his side in two, while Tygra, with one last effort if willpower. Plunged himself forward, sword-first into Grune's chest.
The fall of their leader pushed the separatists into fear and despair, the once implacable wave of people began to slow down, and with the aid of the winged creatures both fighting side to side with them and hailing javelins from above, it was only a matter of time before the enemy troops were completely obliterated. Where there had once been determination and bravery, the separatists clearly began to question their motives, furthermore, a number of them, who later admitted having being following the General out of sheer fear and threats, were among the first to drop their weapons.
In a matter of minutes the rumble began to calm down, the remainder of the troops began to drop their weapons and those that didn't run or lay dead between the rubble, surrendered and were captured by the Royal Guard. The creatures that had flown in from above, gathered in a small cluster, throwing nervous glances at the guards and nobles. After finding a gauze to put on his wounded abdomen, prince Lion-O walked towards them and extended a hand.
"Thank you." He said, puffing his chest. "You saved us all, and the entire kingdom."
One of the fliers stood forward and shook the prince's hand. "Someone told us we were not monsters." She said, and the voice that came out for the creature's lips made Tygra's ears perk in surprise. He moved closer.
"I remember that voice." Informed Tygra, incorporating into the moment.
"We would have come earlier." A second flier added. "But someone told us to count to three hundred."
Tygra's gaze bounced between the fliers. Open mouthed he continued. "You are the prisoners... We met earlier."
"Those who do not die in the hands of the beast are turned into this." Continued the first.
"But we are not monsters." Came the high-pitched voice of a smaller flier.
"No." Continued Lion-O. "Today you became heroes, and we'll make sure the entire kingdom knows that."
"But you look so different..." Tygra still had his mouth open.
"This is what we really look like. The demon used its magic to hide our appearance so we could blend in back into the city. They wanted to use us as spies. Like Syberius."
"But it wasn't his fault." Came a woman from behind the crowd. "I know Siberius, he's my brother. He would never attack anyone."
"I know." Assured Tygra, with a hand extended forward. "I already knew this transformation didn't affect your minds."
"How?" Inquired Lion-O.
"At the pub, I'm guessing that was Siberius. The place was trashed, but the barkeep mentioned that all drinks had been spiked. The damage was too chaotic to have been intentional, not only that but some people believed it had been sandworms, so I'm guessing it was some sort of hallucinogenic drug, it just happened that Siberius was the easiest person to blame. Grune's plan no doubt. The victims of the pub had been killed by someone else. The pub itself was completely trashed, no order or logic in its destruction. But the guard and barkeep died in the kitchen. Things had been torn around and there were signs of fight, but only one of them seemed to have been involved in it. The other one had no traces of having fought, which makes me guess that one of them already knew who the assailant was when he saw it." Lion-O sighed. "But I agree with my brother. What you did here today has made you all more than thunderans, you've become heroes and you will be recognized as such. And we will prevent something like this from ever happening again, I will set up a series of audiences with my father so you can bring your complaints forth to him."
There was a small murmur coming from the fliers. "Thank you, my prince." The leader of the fliers finished.
"Let's go back to the surface. We still have a lot of cleaning up to do."
The rest of the night was tinted by a strange mixture of joy and regret. While dozens of the missing thunderans had returned home, although changed, dozens more had been lost either in the fight or as prey to the demon. When Jaga and his clerics went back to the site looking for the cursed book, it had disappeared completely, leaving only the chains that bound it behind. The steel factory had been operating as a separatist hideout for almost six full moons now. During that time, around twenty-five percent of the Royal Treasury had been siphoned to it by Baron Tass forgery to equip the separatists and sustain their rebellion. However with a new treasurer appointed, the money influx was now directed towards improving the life of those in the slums and towards renewing the Palace's Library. Mister Wesker, was ecstatic. While calm returned to the empire as a whole, there was still something out of place. The Cleric that had aided Grune with the ritual was never found. Jaga knew full well who it was, as she was the only missing Cleric, but trying to rack her proved futile, the sorcerer speculated that she had left the city as soon as the demon was vanquished and feared that she may one day return with even darker magic, but they would be prepared if that day were ever to come.
The morning after the battle, a communal funeral was held in the name of those lost to the failed rebellion. It was held in the palace's amphitheater and it was full with people. Much to their dismay, Jaga had both princes speak to the audience in place of their father, who wouldn't return until several weeks later. But they both managed to eloquently inspire the assistants. Together they celebrated the bravery of the fliers and told the tale of how they had saved the entire city. Afterwards they awarded them badges of honor in the name of the army and the nobility. Then Tygra spoke of the reforms they would make to the current economic system of the city. He promised to revise the current work conditions in the slums, and to increase the number of guards that frequently patrolled them. He even invited the lieutenant he had met outside the pub as an advisor to consult on matters of security and comfort for those living in that part of the city. Furthermore, an invitation was made to the children of the wind to become an informal part of the city guard, acting as eyes in those places where "grown ups" had trouble going.
In turn Lion-O talked about the social difficulties they had to face and differences between those who lived in the city, but made emphasis on their similarities, reminding them that horrors like those Grune had called forth, made no discrimination between its victims.
That last part, however, had been only partially true. After talking to the victims and further consulting ancient texts, Jaga found out that the common thread that joined all the victims, was something rather unexpected. Apparently the demon called forth needed blood to sustain itself, but not any kind of blood. It required the blood of virgins, people untainted by the most basic of carnal pleasures. This news filled the palace with laughter thanks to Tygra pointing out that prince Lion-O had been about to be devoured when he had found him.
Months had to go by before the news of the younger prince's 'purity' stopped being an inside joke for the nobles, but even then Tygra wouldn't hesitate to tease him whenever he remembered such fact. Even if it often evoked the younger prince's anger, it also marked a new stepping stone in their relationship. Having been together in the battlefield, made them grow closer as brothers, and having had to face the hardships of ruling a convulsed empire in their father's absence, gave them a clear perspective on the roles they would have to take on some day, when the King passed on the mantle.
And so life went on in the kingdom, but the "Red Night" as it would come to be remembered in history books, ensured that things in the empire would never again be the same, and scholars would argue for years whether or not Grune had consummated his objective, after all, the way of governing did change, and many of the empty promises he made to the poor and the sick, did come to be, even if they required the sacrifice of dozens. |
A Retrospective Of Lust by NoOneIsHome | Quite possibly the longest time I've spent planning something out. This easily could have been 20 pages, but I needed something done and up quickly. Originally planned to be uploaded at the start of 2017, its unsurprisingly done with 3 days to go in February. Anyway, this is the start of a new | [
"Dragon",
"Female",
"Incest",
"M/F",
"Male",
"Messy",
"Rough Sex",
"Vaginal",
"Western Dragon"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1149583-a-retrospective-of-lust | As the large silver male, known to many as Garatev, laid peacefully in his bed enjoying a midday slumber in the late part of autumn; His daughter, to which he had given the name "Mesalis", ran freely in the fields outside of her father's den. This land was commonplace to quite a few dragons of mixed company, but at the time only a blue-scaled aquatic female rested in the grasses, swapping between napping in the last rays of the sun, and idly munching on grass. She paid little heed to Mesalis' sprinting through the field, and hardly gave it thought beyond
"She has wings, why not use them.", before she could no longer be concerned with it anymore. Mesalis did not even notice the stuck-up female, despite her stark contrast to the reds and green of the open field. She had a father to see!
As she entered the mouth of her father's den she shrieked "Father!" as loudly as she could, in the hopes he would be roused as quickly as possible. Much to her dismay, Garatev remained stoic, and kept himself thoroughly not-roused from his comfortable bed. As Mesalis tore through the chambers of her father's cave the calling continued until she reached his sleeping den, where she stopped. Before she had a chance to ask if she was allowed to enter, her father lifted his head and ushered her in.
"Hello my love. What have you found that's of such great importance?"
"I found something that feels really really, really really really really good!" She said ecstatically as she danced around in place in front of her father.
Garatev smiled and laughed as he watched his daughter become physically unable to contain her happiness any further.
"Okay, okay, little one, show me what you found."
He began to raise himself from the bedding before he stopped in shock of what he was seeing. As soon as she'd heard her father confirm her to show off her new found skills she flopped to her side and curled up in place, moving both forepaws down between her legs and spreading her vagina as wide as it could go. She held herself in place while looking up to her father and waited for him to shower her in approval. Garatev had been frozen mid stance, and stared at his daughter, stunned at what the hatchling of only twelve years was showing him.
"Look at this! This feels so good!" She beamed in sheer joy, drawing out the syllables into moans of pleasure.
"You, um, that's," Garatev stumbled over the words as they fell out of his dropped jaw. He expected to say "Stop that at once!" but he was impeded by his mind screaming thousands of different words, so instead he just stared aimlessly over his daughter as her debauchery continued.
"Then, once I hold my vent like this for a bit, I can put things inside!"
Garatev tried to open his mouth to stop her, but finding that his jaw was already fully open, he became lost in the act going on in front of him and just made a low, pondering sound.
"Its perfect for my tail to fit in here!" she said, nearly shouting at this point before continuing "But father! Oh my spirits, it also tastes. So. Good!" she gushed as one entire word before driving her muzzle down between her legs and taking long hard licks across her gaping vent. Finally Garatev found some self control and yelled out her name
"Mesalis!" He stammered for a few seconds before finding the right words "S-stop, just-t, umm. Stop. Please, stop that." She popped her head up curiously, not able to tell whether her father was upset with her, or just playing a silly game where he pretended not to know what she was talking about.
"Why, Am i not supposed to enjoy this?"
"You aren't supposed to know about..." he trailed off "How do you know about this"
"Oh! Calasyx and Loraven were playing around when I went swimming with them. Loraven said I should leave. But I didn't want to, so I stayed after they went way underwater for a bit. Then when they came up on shore He was putting his fingers inside Calasyx's vent, and then he fought with her and put his malehood inside her! So then I wondered if my fingers could go in my vagina, and they can! So can my tail and.... Oh! And I'm sure your fingers could-"
"Mesalis! No!" her father exclaimed as he pulled his head away. His daughter recoiled and curled herself up as she held on to her tail. There was a long, tense silence before Garatev spoke again. "That kind of thing is for when you are older. It's... something your mother could explain better than me."
"But you said that mother-" She stared solemnly before being cut off again by her father
"She would talk to you again about this."
"Its that important?" she asked in pure innocence
"Yes" was all her father said before sitting down awkwardly
"So do i have to go find her right now?"
"No, Just... When you have time, and probably when you are older. For the time being, I'll explain a few things..."
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208 years later
Garatev woke up with a long yawn and stretch, thoroughly flexing the joints in his back, then each arm, each leg and paw, before extending his wings the best he could. Then he quietly took stock of his situation.
His belly was full, he didn't feel any need to relieve himself, and the sun was high in the clouds. Judging from the angled light, it was just before midday, and there was plenty of time left to hunt.
He rolled himself onto his paws with a contented "Fuck it", and gave his body one more long stretch before flopping down spread eagle onto his bed, releasing a drawn out sigh. He was quickly back to sleep, this time for a shorter duration, before a less than happy "Father! Get your lazy, pathetic, good-for-nothing, ass out here this instant!" was bellowed through his cave from a voice he hadn't heard in nearly 80 years.
"Gods be damned." he muttered as he raised himself and padded slowly out to the mouth of his den. There he was met with his daughter, on what seemed like it was going to be less than good terms.
"Father!" she shrieked, before tackling her father to the ground and nuzzling him profusely.
"Gods above Mesalis, you haven't changed at all have you"
"Nope!" was her reply, before playfully biting her sire's neck and tugging gently. Garatev submitted to his daughters onslaught and rolled onto his back, letting her playfully swipe and bat at him. He gently returned a few blows to her flank as they rolled around the mouth of his cave.
After Mesalis settled from her initial blast of energy, she and her father talked for hours over food and beverage. The discussions ranged from politics, to what colours of fish tasted best, and after more drink, even dabbled into stories about sex. Given the chance to embarrass his daughter, Garatev couldn't help but bring up the things she did so innocently as a child that now seemed almost too ludicrous to be true. They talked late into the night for many nights in a row. At least when Mesalis wasn't spending time meeting with her old friends and getting back in touch with them.
She and her father quickly regained the common pleasantries they had shared in the past, and even now she would always sleep curled up in his embrace. Something comforting from her past rekindled old emotions that she'd held from her time as a hatchling, though this didn't make her sympathetic to the trouble she had enjoyed causing as a child, and she still loved to make a nuisance of herself by always taking all the room she needed and letting her father have what was left. She laughed whenever Garatev brought it up.
If either of her children had tried that kind of thing with her or their fathers they would have swiftly found themselves sleeping in a different den. She nosed at her father appreciatively, and offered to make a deal that if he widened his bed so that it was bigger than she was, then she would guarantee that she would leave him space every night. Garatev sighed and curled himself up against the wall while she rolled over and purposely sprawled across his bed.
A few nights into her stay she walked into her father's den to lay down for some well needed sleep. Her father was fast asleep on his side, snoring, and she bumped him "accidently" to end his slumber. Garatev rolled over and glared at his daughter who only smiled back and laid herself down. The male left her to commandeer his bed, and walked out into the night to gaze upon the stars and possibly find a place to sleep unbothered. The grass was wet, it was cold, even for a summer night, and the sun would no doubt be up so soon that sleeping outside was out of the question. He dragged himself back to his den and smiled as his daughter laid peacefully asleep. As expected, she had sprawled out to entirely cover the bedding, and draped her wings out to cover what little her body did not. Garatev grinned to himself and lowered his head down to her shoulder, and just when she woke, lifted his head and pushed her across the bedding, she scrambled up but he put his weight forward and pushed her completely over onto her back and lunged, pressing her against the wall. She scrambled in her half-asleep state before finding purchase against the wall, trying to scramble out of her father's grasp. She dove underneath him, and Garatev lowered himself and pinned her down quickly in response. She cried out in mock pain, but it fell onto the deaf ears of her father, who flashed a knowing grin. He kept his weight on her, pinning her hips down as she thrashed against him and whipped him with her tail. He grabbed the assaulting appendage and rolled himself over, holding it before pulling and tugging her up onto his chest. She scrambled off of him and stood facing him with an aggressive stance. Garatev laughed, rolled over and matched her stance. When they locked eyes she charged him and grappled his shoulder, putting all her weight into rolling him over. She pushed off of the ground and threw her shoulder into his chest just as his forepaws wrapped around hers. His heavier frame pinned her to the ground instantly.
Just as fast as it had started, she had been defeated.
Her father laughed triumphantly, and spread himself out to fully pin his daughter to the ground. She wailed and shuffled under him as his paws met her arms and legs to hold them down. As she felt her father press his teeth into her neck she shuddered, something she was sure he would notice, she shivered again nervously as to what Garatev might do next. Her father's only reaction was to gently nuzzle his daughter
"You never became much of a fighter huh?"
"You never lost any weight huh?" She shot back aggressively in an attempt to hide her nervousness. Garatev held his daughter down as she wrapped her paws around him and pulled herself into a hug. "You are the best father I've ever had."
"Wow, thanks" he muttered back, expressing his gratitude with utmost sarcasm.
He felt his daughter entwine her tail with his and they exchanged small nuzzles, he then lifted himself up to take the weight off of the female below him. He felt her pull her hind paws up around his hips and grind her groin into his before going stock still and looking away. She still held on tightly but stopped all motion save for her heartbeat. A silence filled the air and seemed to make the den quieter than Garatev could ever remember. He held himself still, and gave her ample time to let go of him if she wanted to, but she remained firmly attached under his body, then shivered tensely. Garatev had never considered himself ever in this situation. Sure it was normal for parents to train their children... in the act of mating, and some took it further than just simple demonstration, but...
Thoughts raced through his head, and he ultimately decided that if this was what she wanted, he wouldn't deny her advances. He lowered his head to hers and nosed her muzzle, then twisted his head around to face her and pressed his face forward into the first real kiss he'd had with his own daughter. She pulled back from the embrace and looked into his eyes. Tears started to from in her own deep emerald eyes before she snapped her head forward and greedily pulled her father into a long lustful kiss. She forced her tongue into his muzzle and grabbed at his body, letting go of his shoulders she moved her paws up to his neck and pulled him hard into kiss. After what seemed like minutes she let go, and let herself drop down below her father.
"H-how did you know?." she stuttered breathlessly. Garatev gently slapped their twined tails as his first response, before stating: "This, and you basically soaked my crotch. It's a dead giveaway at that point."
"Well, would you," she paused as she giggled trying to pick out the right word "Indulge me?"
Garatev nodded and pressed another small kiss onto his daughters muzzle before slowly working his way down her neck, he stopped every few inches to slather his tongue over her neck, backing himself up until he was licking over her chest and his forepaws were on either side of her hips. She slowly worked the tip of her tail along her father's flanks before running it down the inside of his thighs and along his slit, she was surprised to find no trace of an erection forming between her father's legs and looked into his eyes curiously. He met her gaze and placed a paw gently over her folds and looked back at her as if waiting for permission to continue.
She found her father's tail with her own and tugged gently on it. Garatev took notice and curled his tail under himself and guided hers straight along the slick underside of his gently erecting cock. She tensed up and slowly ran her tail over the length of his penis a few times, curiously feeling the ridges, and where the tip roughly dropped off into the rest of the shaft; The ridges that felt like a repeating cone shape along the length all the way to slit. As Garatev stepped forward and pressed his chest against hers. Mesalis' tail stayed on his cock, rubbing and caressing the shaft while he carefully pressed his fingers into her slit. His digits moved swiftly around her, caressing walls and watched her revel in the pleasure. Each point he touched sent sparks through every nerve in her body. Not wanting to spend time away from being inside her, he took his hand out of her in one motion and pushed her into the bed with his entire body. Once he covered her, Garatev put his muzzle back over hers and embraced in a long kiss before he pressed his head against her neck. Once her muzzle rested between his large horns he began to push into her vent. The tip slid smoothly in before she clenched down and gripped his cock tightly. She was able to feel every ridge, and it slid past each muscle in her vent. The pleasure raced up through her spine in one constant wave that threatened to never crash. She cried out and grasped desperately at her father, dragging small gouges into the smaller scales on his legs. As more of his shaft slid into her depths she frantically clawed at his shoulder cutting long thin lines through his scales and into his skin. Garatev held a small roar inwards and could hardly stop himself from ruthlessly fucking his daughter. Never had he imagined that his beautiful hatchling would be under him, receiving his malehood, and begging for him to be inside of her. Once he had pressed into the hilt he held himself, and for a brief second looked over their bodies, joined at the hips, father and daughter as one, each embracing the other and expressing the physical manifestation of their passion. Garatev began to thrust gently, moving himself in strong motions to gauge her reaction. As Mesalis looked into his eyes she whispered "Hard" and gripped his leg until she drew blood. He was happy to oblige.
Garatev slammed himself down on her once, hard, before pulling back and throwing his weight onto her, Mesalis screamed and roared out her pleasure as she bit at his neck while her claws drew fast sweeps across his body, their rough sex drew their bodies together and within seconds they had moved into an intense rhythm. With each pull of his shaft from her depths she clenched down on him, while he drove himself back in she met his hips with a fury of her own. The calm and love the two had shared was gone, primal need and raging lust taking over their actions with ferocious intensity. Garatev moved to bite his daughter's neck as she screamed his name, and as his teeth found her sinuous body she slashed him across his large chest plates, driving him to bite harder in reflex. Screams erupted from the female as her father drove himself into her body, lingering suspicions of climax grew rapidly before it hit her in force. She clenched down on his shaft as hard as she could while her body exploded, and every sense erupted in an overcharge of feeling. The teeth in her scales ignited a fire that burned across her body, the darkness of her closed eyes shooting vivid images though her body of what she was feeling, smell and sound creating the trigger for her primal unconscious lust to overwhelm any conscious thought and compounded her need to be bred by her sire. As Garatev hit his first climax Mesalis was coming back down to reality, he lifted and paw and struck her across the muzzle with fresh cuts on her face as lasting evidence, she swiftly rolled with the strike and snapped her neck up to meet his paw, sharp teeth met the soft underside of his paw and instantly cut deep, he recoiled as his orgasm shot through his body, throwing his weight back down he pushed his head directly against her throat and held her down. His penis throbbed and seed raced through it with tremendous speed, erupting into her vent and being reinforced by wave after wave of rife seed that poured from his body and into hers. He unleashed a screaming roar of emotions, pain, pleasure, love, and a burning need for more combined in his soul to create the true essence of what his draconic mind sought. He stopped momentarily, his laboured panting echoed by his child below him yet he pressed on, forcing himself to push on and continue their mating. Her objections were met with a defiant push back down, she pulled herself away only to be pulled back, and as she swatted at his face with a rake of claws she was met with a sharp blunt impact of his paw standing on her wing. She screamed out in pain and sank her teeth hard into her father's chin, her fangs met scales which gave way to skin before the motion ceased, if she pulled her jaw any tighter, she could end him. Both dragons held their suspended movement and silence fell on their act before she spoke.
"If you stop, I will end you."
Garatev threw his head down and jerked back to release himself from her grip, he threw his paws in the air and slammed them down upon her chest. Her scream fell short as she lost breath and he took the advantage. Fully pulling himself from her depths he roared and snarled at her. In her state she tried to compose a retaliation strike, but he was too fast. He struck her again, only glancing his claws on her neck before he shoved his entire length back through her. Both dragons roared their lusts into aural dissonance, Garatev looked into her eyes and she followed his sight with her own. He quickly attacked her muzzle and kissed her, Mesalis' paws wrapped themselves around his shoulders and she worked herself against him, both greedily seeking their next orgasm they forced thier bodies to thier limits. Hard deep thrusts continued for only a short burst before the dragons hit a synchronous climax. With nothing left to give they both immediately gripped each other as hard as possible trying to hold every inch of their bodies together, breaths were frantic and laboured before the pair erupted in a chorus of screaming, roaring and explosion their emotions into the air around them. Garatev's seed flowed in thick streams into his daughter as her vaginal walls clenched and released of their own accord before she could get control and work herself along his shaft. Hearing her father's helpless moans pushed her actions, and she tried to work him harder and harder after he had no more to give. All that was left was the softening shaft that let forth a stream of her conceptive seed, which spilled out from her and flowed across the lighter scales of herself before joining the rest of their combined aftermath on her father's bed.
As Garatev collapsed he held his daughter in his arms her descending breathing pulled him closer to the darkness of sleep. The soft rise and fall of his chest over her body pushed waves of relaxation over his body, to the ebb and flow of her breaths Garatev closed his eyes and fought against the grips of sleep in a feeble attempt to get every second of time with his daughter.
Soon he lost the inevitable battle, and faded from reality as he embraced his child. Shortly after, he emerged in a warm field of long wild grasses, bathed in sun and a slight warm breeze blowing across his face. Garatev stood up feeling refreshed and energized, he felt surprised at the feelings he had in this dream, everything felt more surreal than usual, and his wings felt nearly weightless as he spread them and let the tips of the grasses brush over the soft membranes of his wings. Across the horizon several large trees towered into the cloudless sky disrupting the pure azure expanse. Mesalis shot up from the grasses howling out in playful joy as she swooped over the heads of the long field blades, Garatev tipped his head back and bellowed out a baritone roar which was quickly answered by a shrill screaming hatchling roar before she took flight and spiraled into the skies. Her father quickly shot off the ground and sailed upwards effortlessly. His body felt lighter than the air itself, as if he could rise and fall by force of will. The ground expanded out as far as he could see, and the higher he climbed, the more the world seemed to expand under him. Caught up in the splendor of the incredible dream world, he let himself soar higher into the sky, unbound by gravity or any other real world forces he had the liberty to move himself through the sky at will. Wherever he flew his daughter trailed behind him sometimes coming within a wingspan of him before crying out he joy through the skies and spiraling back down towards the earth. The open field eventually gave way to towering mountains, sheer cliffs and craggy plateaued lands erupted in stark contrast to the airy savannah lands Garatev woke up in. He lowered himself towards the peaks and circled the summits of the treeless mountains, riding the gentle updrafts and cutting clean through the descending winds until he found himself landing on a small sundrenched outcropping. The stone was warm and inviting, and under his paws the ground did not feel rough or uncomfortable, but seemed to fit perfectly to his body without resisting him. Sleep came to him with overwhelming speed, he held off for just long enough to see his daughter sail above him, still calling out her happiness for all the world to hear. Garatev closed his eyes and let sleep overcame him again as a smile formed on his lips. He was certain at this point his daughter and himself were the only two beings in the world, but he was more than happy to keep that secret to himself.
Many hours later Garatev awakened from his sleep. He laid alone on his bed alone, and cold. He stretched his tired limbs and propped himself up before stretching out his back and wings. Footfalls were heard echoing out through his den, certain they belonged to a female the male dropped himself onto his back and splayed himself out, leaving nothing to the imagination of whoever would enter his sleeping chamber. However, it was not his daughter as he was expecting. But rather a neighbouring female named Aska. She slinked her way into his chamber and was immediately greeted with an eyefull of the posing male. Garatev shuddered for a second before the wave of smug satisfaction crashed and brought in a shock of embarrassment and shame. He threw himself over to his feet as fast as possible keeping the frills of his crest pinned firmly to his head and nearly holding his tail in his forepaws. She walked in the room and acted like she was trying to keep her long fur out of the mess on the ground, glaring at the sheepish male and circling him before standing at his head and awaiting a response. Garatev looked up to meet her gaze, not knowing what to expect. But a small kiss to his forehead alleviated the humiliated male before she broke the silence.
"Someone got laid last night." She stated bluntly. Garatev stood himself up and uncoiled his tail from under himself before nuzzling into Aska's embrace.
"Yeah, kinda" He meeped before she pressed her nose against his own and huffed into his face
"You are so pathetic." She muttered sarcastically
"What!?" He asked bewilderedly before scoffing "Females", and sulking out of his den
"Was it good" Aska chided as she trotted after him "You two sure made a heck of a mess"
"Aska!" he shouted as he spun around to face his friend.
She looked him straight in the face and smiled. "Mmmm, well that is your specialty" she chided as she gave him a long lick across the face. "I've never left unsatisfied." Garatev moaned her name as he lifted his head and pressed into aska with a small kiss. The two walked in step out onto the dewy grass in the mouth of Garatev's cave.
Both dragons shivered as the crisp morning wind rushed under their wings. Aska pressed herself against the male as he puffed himself up and pulled his wings in close.
"This isnt the summer I was expecting." She muttered before stopping and nudging at Garatev's neck. He held his step and looked at her face, her expression betrayed the fact she was about to give bad news and Garatev turned a shade of somber. "I want to go back home..." she trailed off before continuing. "I want to know if there still may be something left. If I-"
"No." Garatev stepped away from her after his blunt interruption. "You know there is nothing left. You will only meet the same death and despair as before" Aska tried to interrupt but was countered by the male raising his voice and encroaching her, "It's gone. Everyone is dead. You can't keep dwelling on this." Aska swiped at his feet but he stood firm on his ground. She turned away and walked off into the trees. Garatev roared out to her as she tried to walk away from him. "Get back here. Now!"
She bared around to face him before stepping up to his face and spit with sheer poison in her voice "I. Hate. You." before throwing herself off the ground in front of Garatev and taking to the skies. He watched her ascend and considered following, but he knew she would not go further than her den. He sulked back into his home and dropped his head down just inside the mouth of the cave.
"Gods above, it does just reek of sex in here." Garatev dropped his body to the cold floor and sulked to himself. Aska had given nearly everything to defend her lands. If he were any stronger he would be the one out there searching for her family, he shivered thinking about what he would do given her situation. "It's wrong of me to scold her for looking for her child." he lifted himself up and started towards her den, it would be a long walk, but would give them both enough time to collect themselves before talking with her again.
The forest would continue to block the dim first light of morning for a few hours, and as the sun crested the mountains the rays beamed into the forest and illuminated the canopies of the behemoth evergreen trees. Small animals scurried along the forest floor, seemingly unafraid of the dragon as the deer and larger prey creatures ran for their lives at first sight of the looming figure. As the miles of forest passed under his feet Garatev came to the foot of the bluff that had been cut into to build some sort of gigantic home, now it was Aska's den. He took a few small steps and launched himself up onto an outcropping before jumping onto a massive cedar and clawing himself up the tree to the entrance of her cave. He sighed to himself and slinked his way into her home, somberly padding through the immaculately carved stone halls. Sounds of running water and gentle winds filled his ears, but no traces of another dragon remained. The hallowed halls gave way to the expansive sleeping chamber Aska had carved for herself. He walked the steep steps down to her bed and found not only is friend in tears, but his daughter consoling the desolate female. Mesalis was gently running her claws though Aska's fur, in some places she had put some small twists in the fur along her neck. Some patterns she closed off with small beads of wax from nearby candles, others were already put in with clips and pins made by human hands . Strewn in front of them were the last of her brothers possessions, small trinkets, gems and coins that were all she could salvage from her family's den after the attacks that took their lives. Garatev approached them and was met with a terese growl from his daughter. As he began to speak Mesalis rose from the bedding and stepped over Aska to stop her father
"The nerve you have of coming here is beyond me. Leave at once, and do not return here until you are forgiven for your disgusting actions." Mesalis stared into her father's eyes, the unbridled contempt burned into his soul and flooded him with despair. The father and daughter stared into eachothers eyes, both unblinking and unwilling to stand down before Aska broke the tension.
"He is forgiven," She said plainly "He would not come here if not to apologize." Mesalis stepped down and returned to Aska's side, gently nuzzling her as she draped a protective wing over the other female.
"I am here to apologize, I'm sorry for reacting the way I did. You aren't mine to command."
"But it speaks volumes that you still keep me protected like I am your mate."
Aska stood up and walked over to Garatev before bowing her head to him. He was slightly taken back by the submissive gesture and nuzzled her cheek before she raised her head, he then moved his nose under her chin and pushed her head higher,
when he was confident she wouldn't let it drop back down he moved his head back down and let hers rest higher than his
"I will not let anything happen to you. And regardless of what it means to you to search for what is left there, im not letting you be lost to another generation." Aska looked away shamefully and held her head back down. Leaning in close, Garatev whispered to her, "My daughter, will not lose her mother again." At hearing that, Aska dropped to the floor, and tears flowed forth from her eyes as she sobbed. Mesalis rose up and stood defensively behind Aska, the fire in her eyes burned as her claws scraped into the floor. In that moment she was prepared to attack her father, she held herself down, waiting for any excuse to unleash her fury upon him. Aska had been the only motherly influence Mesalis had ever had, even if it was only for a few decades. Even if it was later in her life, the two formed an intense bond very quickly and typically regarded each other as if they were mother and daughter. As Aska laid on the floor in tears, Mesalis stayed intent on her father. She stepped over the elder female and approached him. Garatev backed up to make room for her as she continued to hiss and growl at her sire. He eventually submitted to his daugher and stood down. She kept herself separating him and Aska, but turned her back to the male in a show of disrespect.
As the hours passed the elder dragons eventually fell asleep, confident that Aska wouldn't wake Mesalis stood up and roused her father with a sharp jab to the nose. He shuddered at the impact and groggily faced his child. She grabbed him by a horn and hauled him up to his feet before walking past him and out of Aska's den. As he followed her he noticed that she carried none of the youthful joy in her stride that had been there the previous day. Before they reached the open world she stopped in her tracks and turned to face her father.
"Hope..." She spoke with a harsh rasp and no emotion in her voice "Is the only thing she has left. How dare you condemn her for that."
"Death would leave her with nothing."
"You are so insensitive. If you had lost me, would you not be searching for me?"
"If I had witnessed your death, in my own eyes. I would mourn and pray for you, but I would not risk my life when I am the last soul that carries your memory."
"You dont know what it's like to carry a life inside you. Raise it as your own, and have that life that you created taken from you".
"I am not contesting that, I know that you would not put your life above your child's. But even you would not disagree with what I've told her."
"Must what you say bring her to tears every time?"
"Mesalis, I do not care what it takes. She is not going back there, the last time she tried to go back she was far worse off than when she left.
Mesalis thought upon his point and gently stepped towards her father.
"I suppose I shouldn't have been as upset with you as I was. There are far worse things in this world that a disagreement over the past." Garatev offered a small gesture to her and she briefly nuzzled into his neck before stepping back. "Perhaps I just need time to think over my last few days. To say it's been emotional would be a horrific understatement." Garatev leaned into nuzzle his daughter back before she snuck one more comment in "You were the best I've ever had." Then she pulled back and started to walk off into the forest, "I should Go. You be with Aska when she wakes. Ill hunt for us tonight." |
The Dark Wood by TheTARDISLegilimens | Short story I wrote whilst I was still in school - thought I'd put it up here. Steele has been an outcast of Nome for a few years now, but in that time he's met a lovely wolf and made a family with her. This is one of his outings with her, and their son. - Glancing up at his mother and father, | [
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His mother, a grey she-wolf called Sakuya, gently nuzzled him as they moved on. \_Crunch! Chrunch! Crunch! \_The resounding noise of three sets of four paws walking through the snow was all they could hear.
Steele, a larger black and white malamute, (and the one Stephen takes the most after) glanced around a corner. They were alone, their only companions being the howling wind, and each other.
Stephen kept close to his mother as they walked, the branches on the trees looking more and more like criss-crossing limbs, preparing to swoop down and attack him.
Sakuya glanced at her mate. The grey wolf was beginning to have her own doubts about this trip.
*It was his idea in the first place*, she told herself.
Steele suddenly whipped around, baring his teeth at the sound of a twig *snapping*. He immediately calmed down upon seeing it was only Stephen. Shaking his head, Steele turned and walked on. His own paws sank in and made resounding \_crunches \_in the dense forest. There were trees on either side of them, along a seemingly unending pathway - a canopy of leaf-less trees and heat-stealing wind. Life was scarce in the area, save for the three canines.
"How much further?" Sakuya asked, making sure to let her boredom clear in her voice. As much as she loved the wildlife, wandering around it for long periods of time wasn't her thing, especially after she became a mother.
"Not far. I think..." Steele's reply wasn't filled with certainty.
"Well, that just makes me feel \_so \_much better," Sakuya answered sarcastically.
"You wanted to come along!" Steele retorted.
"Because I \_worry \_about you. Remember what happened last time you went for a walk on your own?" Sakuya asked.
Steele didn't answer, and just blushed. He knew what she was referring to; he'd never forget it, and she'd never let him.
"What happened?" The sound of their son made both parents look at him.
"Your father managed to get himself lost, and somehow stuck in a bush," was Sakuya's answer.
Stephen just laughed.
Steele *growled*, but fell silent under his mate's hard gaze.
"Steele, come on. Let's just go home. Stephen's getting cold, and I need to make sure his brothers and sisters are okay," Sakuya insisted.
"Please, Papa?" Stephen implored. He really wanted to go home - go back to their warm den, where he could rest, or probably play with his sister.
At the sound and sight of his young son pleading, Steele gave in.
"Oh, all right," he conceded.
Stephen \_yipped \_in joy, running up to his father and nuzzling him.
Steele could only chuckle and return the nuzzle.
Smiling, Sakuya picked Stephen up by the scruff of his neck, and carried him in her jaw as they made their way back.
The return journey was significantly quicker, since they knew where to go and didn't have someone slowing them down. After only fifteen minutes, they reached home - a large cave in a mountain. When within a few feet of the cave, Sakuya simply put Stephen on the floor and let him run inside, before following.
Steele lingered for a second, checking behind to make sure they weren't being followed. Sakuya would call it paranoia, but Steele called it precaution.
Satisfied that they were alone, Steele walked into the cave himself. |
The Rowans and The Greys Chapter 2: Captain Grey by hyenafur | #2 of The Rowans and The Greys - Captain Kody "Sly" Grey was panting as he walked from the flight line and back into Base Ops. The thirty year old Captain had a smile on his face and plugs in his ears and decidedly non-regulation mirrored sunglasses on his face as he b-lined his way towards the tall | [
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He was covered from neck to boots in green; a green flight suit, a green un-zipped g-suit over the legs of the flight suit, a green MOLLE survival vest, and green suede combat boots which everyone had to wear while flying. His helmet was clutched under one arm, the white orb looking thing had a big red fox head painted in the middle of it, while his breath mask dangled off it from two hooks. It was one hell of a day for flying.
He'd just walked into Base Ops, giving the Airmammal behind the desk a wave as he'd made his way to start filling out the necessary post-flight paperwork, when he felt his phone start vibrating. The young no-stripe Airmammal gave her superior a nod as if to say, "Take your call, it'll still be here when you get back." Kody just smiled and mothed, "Thanks," as he pulled the phone out of his pocked and headed towards the equipment room.
"Hello," he said, not bothering to look at the number. "Yes, is this Mr. Ray Schaiferhund," the voice asked. Kody blinked a few times before answering, "You got him, but I haven't gone by that name in almost a year."
There was a pause on the other end, "But you are... er... were Ray Schaiferhund, correct?"
"Yeah, why?"
"This is Michael Rowan with Rowan, Rowan, and Mousekewitz. I'm calling about your late father's will."
Kody blinked a few times. Rowan? As in Chris Rowan? His mother had mentioned that his real father's sire was a lawyer, but it would be a little bit too coincidental. The tod did have a test though, "Which father? I've lost two."
There was another pause on the phone, "Uhm... were you ever listed on the other father's will?"
"No. Chris didn't seem to care I existed."
There was another long, very awkward pause, "Then... I'm calling about your... adopted father's will."
"What about it," the fox asked as he started to disrobe from the g-suit.
Michael continued, "As you know, Johan's ex-wife has been pushing for litigation on the grounds that his last will and testament was written and signed while not in sound mind or judgement. I've been reviewing her case, but she doesn't have any grounds. We believe that it will be thrown out of court because the matter of inheritance was settled during the divorce proceedings fourty years prior. Not to mention the will was signed and notarized about ten years prior to their accident."
"So what you're saying is that she's about to waste a lot of money over a case she can't possibly win because she signed everything away when Johan and her split," Kody said in a more matter-of-fact tone. It was something that often rubbed people the wrong way, but his parents had always demanded the truth and he rarely sugar coated anything when it was serious. "Better to just rip the band aid off than to try to peel it away gently," he'd said a few times.
"Something like that," the voice replied, "Uhm... Mr. Schaiferhund, most of our records still have you listed under that name. Did you have your name legally changed? If so, we need to update our records."
"Yeah, I changed it to Kody Grey about six months after the accident," he replied as he walked out of the Equipment room and back towards the desk in Base Operations.
There was another long pause over the phone before a, "Thank you, sir. I'll have our records updated. Please feel free to call us back if you have any questions. Be sure to ask for me since I'm working the case."
"You're welcome, Michael," Kody said before hanging up. The no-stripe Airmammal behind the desk looked over at him with a curious look, but she was a little too embarrassed to ask the officer a question. The fox just chuckled as he looked at the rabbit who was obviously a member of the Hopps battalion both because of her coloring and the last name of, "Hopps," embroidered on the name plate over her right breast. "Dad's ex wants to fight a war she can't win," he said with a chuckle as he jotted down the last few numbers onto the paper.
The doe bunny just nodded her head as her superior put the pencil down and headed towards the Heritage room for a snack and a well-deserved drink after the four hour long flight. |
Completed Poems from Missives by makyo | I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing when it comes to poetry x.x I really want to learn, since form has always been intriguing, but I have no idea where to start. Kinda just flailing at it and seeing what happens, and to that end, I finished all of the poetry snippets from Missives, just as a | [
"Experimental",
"Poetry"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1145473-completed-poems-from-missives | Though the flow'r may bloom ere long and night recede unto the dawn, so yet may love's embrace grow fond and still be spoilt upon the wan. Brave are you and wield your smile: A cudgel, tool, a keen-edged blade. You are not wan, love is not spoilt; thus I be slain and love not fade. Have I any need for flow'rs? For nights, for dawns, for words or breath? With so keen and fond a blade, There's naught to fear in life or death. So slay, then slay! For now, I care not how, I need for naught but that which love allow.
---
Though every climax approach a denouement And every dawn a night, Every moment worth sharing May be worth stealing. Were it with you, Delay, then, the morn.
When every touch lingers as if forever And yet seems to pass too soon, Hearts reach out to hearts, To seek, to aim, to keep. Were it with you, Delay, then, the morn.
Surely it's cruelty that need begets need begets need, And yet need may bring pleasure. Pleasure may hurt, ache, burn, May steal hours of night. Were it with you, Delay, then, the morn.
---
I reach for the ewer of water, I hope to quench the heat. I beg for yet another serving, I hope to fill my need.
The water -- cool -- cools not Without thy merry presence. The food fills, passes, is gone -- Yet leaves me empty, yearning.
Though the heart may quicken -- Though the tongue may lap -- I shall sup no greater meal Than thy gift entrancing.
---
On reading letters late received, I felt within: the fox -- Yelping, yowling now, crying needfully -- Myself, a craving beast.
You find me at a disadvantage -- Panting and aswish -- Would that distance be traversed as easily As hearts t'wards yearning hearts!
---
A rose, single, now blooming may indeed bless the stem, yet are not roses clipp'd and shown? Undoubted 'tis a blessing to them who receive such a gift! Yet now unmade is the flow'r which adorns thy mantle with its grace and withers, however slowly, by the hour, until 'tis faded to nothing and dust, though some scent remain forever amidst the must.
A rose, single, now blooming is perhaps best left on the stem, its beauty to be admired amidst the growth. Surely 'tis better to long for that gem, than witness beauty wilt and dry! Yet now one must long indeed, must burn, Must yearn forever for that grace. To watch that growth, to explore stem's turn, day by day would destroy, weakening one by the hour, A rose, single, now blooming, forever holds all pow'r. |
Good Enough Chapter 6 by ragewolver | #7 of Good Enough - Chapter 6--Opening Up Damien noticed several changes when he returned to school. Firstly, everybody seemed to know what had happened. Even as he walked through the campus, he noticed that it had become a topic of discussion that a student had been shot (he was | [
"Adolescent",
"Anger",
"Angst",
"Bad Language",
"Character Development",
"College",
"Dorm",
"Emotional",
"Husky",
"Panther"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1149409-good-enough-chapter-6 | Chapter 6--Opening Up
Damien noticed several changes when he returned to school.
Firstly, everybody seemed to know what had happened. Even as he walked through the campus, he noticed that it had become a topic of discussion that a student had been shot (he was glad that his name had somehow escaped notice)--but that wasn't it. Another had been mugged and yet another had been carjacked, all in one night. The details were sketchy at best and when it came to the student who had been shot, he noticed that the stories had become exaggerated. He was quite certain that he had not faced a gang, but it had simply been one assailant.
Yet it all led to the second noticeable change: campus security had been tightened considerably and no one was ever too far away to call for help. Security patrols around campus were far more conspicuous and students and teachers alike seemed far more on-edge than before.
But the biggest change he noticed was that Thomas had taken his own personal safety to heart, though he wasn't sure if this was just a side-effect of his father's request. It became rare for him to be alone between or after classes. He commonly found himself in the company of either Thomas or Ozzy, leaving very little time for him to be alone with Anna, something which she had complained about more than once. Even with football practice starting and both of them being busy, he found himself with Torrie, who he knew was more than likely keeping tabs on him.
Even still, he continued to practice with his new band, Loxosceles. James and Warren had been eager to resume rehearsals and the ideas they shared amongst each other lit a fire in Damien's heart as they practiced, Anna joining them as a singer. Despite the near-constant presence of Thomas or Ozzy or Torrie, Damien spent as much time as he could with them, writing eagerly, happy to showcase what he had written or to hear what the others had developed. It had brought back nostalgic memories of Malachite that he had always treasured.
And he quickly found that his former bandmates were just as happy as he was. Contact with them was limited to short phone calls or texts, but they spoke quite often. They had even agreed to do reunite during their breaks, to book whatever performances that they could back home, if only for a week or even mere hours.
By the third week, the fear that hung over the campus seemed to have abated considerably. Security had reduced its patrols and the hot topics had drifted away from the violence of the first week. But, much to Damien's annoyance, Thomas's persistence had yet to fade and he quickly learned he wasn't going to be able to shake him off as easily as he had hoped. Having a bodyguard (as Ozzy referred to him) sounded interesting but Damien quickly realized that it was more of a nuisance than anything.
Like now...
He was sitting in the library, working on an essay for Professor Welles with Thomas seated beside him, music blasting in those pink headphones he wore. Damien had been focused closely on his essay, but the noise of Thomas's music was a constant distraction and, halfway through the fourth paragraph, he let out an irritable huff. Thomas had let out a small snore, attracting plenty of unwanted attention. He snatched Thomas's phone from the tabletop, pausing the music. Thomas, who woke almost immediately, sat upright, looking at Damien with surprise.
"Need me to proofread?" he asked groggily.
"No, I want you to go back to the room if you're going to fall asleep," Damien snarled.
"No can do, little one," Thomas said, stretching conspicuously as he suppressed a lazy yawn. "I've got my orders."
"From who?"
"Your dad," Thomas answered. "He--"
"Go away," Damien insisted. "I don't need a chaperone."
"It's fine. I've got nothing to do right now," Thomas said, looking over. "So, what's this all supposed to be about?"
"We're supposed to write an essay about our 'heroes'," Damien answered with clear disdain as he watched Thomas's eyes skim the paragraphs.
"You didn't name a hero."
"What?"
"You don't have anyone named as a hero in your essay."
"I don't have one."
"Everybody's got at least one hero," Thomas said. "Maybe your dad?" Damien shook his head. "Mom? Brother?"
"I don't have a hero," Damien repeated. "I honestly don't believe in heroes." He looked back at his essay but his concentration was broken. He saved the document and stood up, shouldering his backpack as he walked away, Thomas close behind. "You don't have to follow me."
"Well, now I'm intrigued. How *don't* you believe in heroes?"
They were outside now, the sun setting on the horizon, casting a reddish orange glow on everything. Thomas let out a lazy yawn before taking in a deep breath of fresh air. Damien considered the question carefully. Did he have a hero?
"Who's your hero?" Damien challenged.
"It used to be my dad," Thomas answered. "I used to want to be a cop like him until I was in high school." His expression changed and it wasn't lost to Damien who looked up at him curiously. It was a habit of his that Damien had long since picked up on. Any mention or question of Thomas's high school or family brought on this strange, pained look.
"You okay, Thomas?" Damien wondered.
"Y-yeah, just started thinking," Thomas replied. "It's nothing."
"Why do you do that?"
"Do what?"
"Lie like that," Damien said. "You're not even good at it. You know your eye twitches when you lie. The gold one."
"How'd you--?"
"Anyone who knows you knows that," Damien explained. "This happens every single time we start talking about our families or high school or anything before college. I ask you a question, you dodge or lie and then get this weird look on your face. What's going on?"
"It's\_nothing\_."
"Thomas--"
"Look, I really don't want to talk about it," Thomas said hurriedly. "Besides, all that's in the past. No reason to bring it up now."
"Old ghosts can't haunt when they aren't remembered," Damien said suddenly, looking downward. "But they'll never go away."
"What?"
"It's a line from one of my favorite songs. It means that the things you want to forget will always be remembered."
"That's creepy."
"But it fits how we're your acting," Damien noted and they stopped, Thomas regarding him with a discerning, analytical gaze. "You always do this. You keep asking me about myself but completely avoid me when I ask about you. It's like pulling teeth just to get a straight answer out of you."
"That's not true."
Damien rolled his eyes. "Really? So why don't you tell me about *your* family for a change? What're your parents like? Do you have any brothers or sisters?"
"My parents are... parents," Thomas replied offhandedly, shrugging as he did so. "There's not really much to say. My mom's a caterer and my dad's a cop. Why are you making such a big deal about this?"
"And there you go again, trying your hardest to turn it back on me."
Thomas huffed. "Let's not argue right now. I'm feeling hungry. Want to go get something to eat?"
Damien looked away and started to walk again. "Not hungry. I'm going back to the dorm. Need to study."
"Need a study buddy?"
"No. Honestly, what I need is some time to myself."
"You won't even know I'm there."
"THOMAS!" Damien shouted and Thomas flinched. "Go somewhere else! I'm sure you need some time with Torrie. When was the last time you spent some time alone with *her*?"
Thomas didn't immediately answer. He shifted nervously where he stood. "O-okay, I suppose. I'll catch up with you later..."
"Alright, fine, thank you!"
---
"Hey, sweetie," Anna said nicely as Damien opened the door to his dorm for her. They shared a brief kiss before Damien sat on his bed, Anna sitting beside him, touching his knee nicely as she looked into his eyes. "What's wrong? It sounded urgent."
"It's nothing, I just wanted to see you," Damien said nicely. He kissed her once more. "It's been a long time since I was with just you."
"I know," Anna agreed. "That roommate of yours is pretty persistent... Is that what's bothering you?"
"Among other things," Damien admitted. "He's just so... overbearing. At first, I thought it wouldn't be so bad but--" His phone vibrated in his pocket and he scowled at the text. It was Thomas, asking if he had made it back. "You see?" he griped, showing her the message. "It's just too much! He's even more overprotective than my parents ever were."
"I'm sure he has a good reason."
"But it's just so frustrating! I can't even sneeze without him getting defensive. It's like he has a leash around my neck!"
"Hey, hey, calm down," Anna said. "It'll be okay. Eventually, he'll leave you alone and things will go back to normal. I think when you got shot, he took it really personally."
"How so?"
"He took it harder than any of us," Anna explained. "Ozzy said something about it 'happening again'. Not sure what he meant, but at the time, I was honestly just thinking about you..."
Damien looked downward. "Maybe I was too hard on him..."
"How so?"
"I yelled at him earlier today," Damien confessed. "I was irritated and annoyed and he just... I don't know... I'll apologize when he gets back. But right now, I really just want to talk to you. You now, spend some time with my girlfriend." He kissed her cheek.
She beamed. "I missed you too."
---
"Stop that!" Torrie said, snatching Thomas's cell phone away from him after the third time he had checked it. "Are you expecting someone else?"
"No," Thomas replied. "Just waiting for a message."
"This is getting irritating, Tommy," she snarled. "You're obsessing over Damien and I've had it. Why are you so overprotective of that dog?"
"Are you jealous?" Thomas asked, intrigued. Somehow, she looked absolutely adorable when she was angry, even when that anger was directed right at him. "That's cute, baby. But you don't have to be. You know I've only got eyes for you."
"Really? Because recently, I feel like I'm competing with Damien," she answered.
"I'm sorry if it seems that way," Thomas stated. "I just... I don't know... want to make sure he's okay after what happened. I know it's not really my job, but I feel responsible." The waiter came over now, setting down their plates. Thomas looked at his burger with a strange glare. "I don't know how to handle all this..."
"Does this have something to do with Theo?" she questioned.
Her brazen attitude and blunt question surprised Thomas so much that he was struck dumb. She looked at him unflinchingly, had asked the question so unhesitatingly, that Thomas wasn't sure that he had heard her correctly the first time. But there was no mistaking what she had asked.
"Who told you?" he said finally, his voice as monotone and devoid of emotion as he could make it.
"I heard you and Ozzy talking at the hospital," she said.
"How much did you hear?"
"Not the point. Answer my question, Tommy."
Thomas looked down at his burger. "Let's eat first. I promise I'll answer all of your questions later."
"No," she said, reaching out to stop him from taking a bite. "Answer me now or we're through. I can't be with someone who doesn't even talk to me."
"It's a long story to tell."
"Make it short."
"It's a hard story to tell."
"Stick to the high points. And stop making excuses..."
Thomas nodded and she saw something that marred his features, something she couldn't place entirely. It was a sad look, but something more than sadness. Anger? But he started to speak in a weak, unsure tone that caught her completely off guard. She had never heard anyone sound so defeated...
---
"I'm sorry for shouting at you," Damien said the moment when Thomas walked to the dorm. Thomas looked up at him in surprise, having been looking downward during his trek back to the dormitory. "I didn't mean to--"
"It's cool, no worries," Thomas assured him with a calm chuckle. "I was kind of... annoying, wasn't I?"
"Putting it mildly," Damien replied, just as playfully. "So, where'd you go after we left the library?"
"Me and Torrie went out on a date to that little café outside campus," Thomas said. He laid down on his bed and stared up at the ceiling. "We had a pretty deep talk. We hadn't talked like that in a while. I honestly thought she was going to break up with me."
"She didn't, did she?"
"She threatened to," Thomas answered, "but no worries. That's my problem, not yours."
"Well, your problems could become my problems while we're rooming together," Damien said.
"Probably. But I'll do my best to keep them separate."
He seemed agitated, in such a way that Damien had never seen him before. He wasn't smiling, but he wasn't scowling. His face remained neutral, unreadable, deep in thought.
"Penny for your thoughts?"
"Pay by the word and I'll write a novel," Thomas joked.
Damien forced a chortle, despite not finding the joke all that funny. "You know what, don't worry about telling me. I won't pry..."
---
*September 12th, 20--*
*I never realized this before, but Thomas spends a lot of time to himself, keeping secrets and hiding things from people. I keep wondering what's going through his mind, but he'll never just come out and tell me. But Anna said something about when I was shot. Thomas said it was "happening again". Not sure what it means, but it's not my place to ask questions, is it?*
*I hope I didn't go overboard when I shouted at him earlier. It didn't mean to lose my temper again, but I don't know if I'm feeling particularly guilty about it. I was angry at him and I just needed to vent... but was it a mistake?*
*\--Damien Jaime Blackwell*
---
"Ozzy, can I ask you something?" Damien asked the next morning, just an hour before his first class.
He could almost hear Ozzy's surprise on the other line. This was the first time when Damien had actively called him, despite spending much time in his company. By the sound of it, Ozzy was outside somewhere and Damien could hear the wind blowing.
"Sure. What's up, pup?"
"Anna told me about something Thomas said when I was on my way to the hospital a few weeks back," Damien explained and he could've sworn he heard Ozzy's grip on his phone tighten. "Something about it 'happening again'. What does that mean?"
"Look, Damien, this is a hard thing to talk about for me, but it'll be nearly impossible to get a straight answer from Tommy," Ozzy said. "If I were you, I'd drop it. Trust me, he won't like you asking and you more than likely won't like the answers he'll give."
"I need an answer," Damien insisted. "Anna told me about how he reacted. I want to know what's going on."
"It's not my place to tell you, kid. Wish I could, but--"
"Just tell me what you know," Damien said.
"Why are you pushing this so hard? It's not like you, pooch."
"Because I want to know why he's acting so overprotective..."
"Look, pup, I'm sure you're annoyed by it, but just bear with it," Ozzy said. "Honestly, I think it's because you remind him of Theo."
"Who's Theo?"
"... I shouldn't have said that," Ozzy said, but Damien was sure it wasn't said on accident. "Just keep your head down and be a good boy and he'll eventually back off."
"Ozzy, what did you--?"
The line went dead and Damien silently cursed his luck. He had a feeling that Ozzy wouldn't say much more than he already had. Damien thought in silent contemplation for a while until there was a knock on his door. On the other side was Anna, ready to walk together to Professor Welles's class. Hooking her arm into his, they walked together, Damien's thoughts pushed aside as he walked along with his girlfriend, smiling genuinely as they spoke and enjoyed each other's company.
---
"Can I ask you something?" Damien asked as the first stars started to twinkle in the sky, visible through the dormitory window, thrown open to invite in a breeze into the rather muggy room. Thomas, who had been anxiously hurrying to finish some assignment, paused and looked over.
"What's on your mind?"
"I can talk to you, right? About anything?"
"Wow, didn't know we were so close," Thomas said and Damien wasn't sure if he was joking.
"I'm being serious, Thomas."
"Okay, what brought this on?"
"Can I talk to you?"
"Of course. I didn't think it needed to be said," Thomas remarked. "What's on your mind?"
"Why can't you talk to me the way I talk to you?" Damien asked. "You keep wanting me to tell you my secrets, but you won't tell me anything. If we're going to be roommates all year, I need you to trust me the way you want me to trust you."
"What're you driving at?"
Damien hesitated, swallowing thickly before he asked, "Can you tell me about Theo?"
The reaction was slow. Thomas's expression fell and he did something odd--he rubbed his right arm absently, looking down at it as if expecting it to move on its own. Damien's eyes narrowed at the action as he saw something odd. The fur on Thomas's arm seemed awkward, uneven, as though it had grown in differently.
"So, who told you?"
"Ozzy. I had to find out why you were acting so weird. You were basically smothering me..."
"It's not a story I like to tell," Thomas said finally.
"I won't tell anyone if you don't want me to," Damien said. "But I would really like to know, if you don't mind..." Thomas took a deep breath and he began rubbing his arm visibly. "Itchy?" Damien asked.
"Uh, no," Thomas replied. "Just a nervous habit, I guess..." With effort, he managed to stop himself from rubbing his arm, but continued to stare, as though the arm was offensive in some way. Intrigued, Damien moved closer. "Like I said, I don't like telling this... It's... bad to say the least."
Damien took gentle hold of Thomas's arm, noting how calm and reserved Thomas had become, completely unable to look up at Damien as he took a close look at the scars that were hidden beneath the uneven fur. Damien stared, quiet as he started to process what he was seeing.
"Is this what I think it is?" Damien asked.
"Depends on what you think it is."
"Don't play games. Please."
"Yeah, it's what you think," Thomas said, pulling his arm away. "Let's just say I wasn't in the best state of mind during high school, especially when I was a sophomore. Shit happened, kind of messed me up for a while. I'm not exactly proud of it."
"... Will you tell me what happened?"
"Why do you want to know?"
"At first, I was just curious," Damien admitted, "but now, I'm kind of worried about you..."
Thomas exhaled sharply. "You're not going to let this drop, are you?"
Damien shook his head. "Is it really that hard to tell?"
"It sure as fuck isn't easy," Thomas snorted derisively. He sighed heavily and looked up at the ceiling. "Do you really want to know?"
"If you don't mind..."
"...Fine," Thomas said.
"Really?"
"Yeah, I'll tell you," Thomas said. "But it may take a while."
"I don't mind," Damien replied. "If you want, I can tell you a story when you're done."
Thomas chortled, "Don't think I'll be in the mood for one after... but sure..." He took a deep breath. "Might want to sit down. This'll be a long story..." Damien sat on his bed once more, his focused eagerly on Thomas as he waited. Thomas took a few steadying breaths and began to speak. "I remember you asked me yesterday if I had any brothers or sisters... I had a brother. Theodore Henry Martan..." |
A Stranger in Suburbia (An Interactive Story) - Prologue (12) by Patcher | #12 of A Stranger in Suburbia BE A WIZARD! - **[PREVIOUS PAGE](https://www.sofurry.com/view/1149009) | [START AT THE BEGINNING](https://www.sofurry.com/view/1145263) | [NEXT PAGE](https://www.sofurry.com/view/1150731)** **Retroactively freak out about isles in the sky.** Your freakout lasts for a | [
"Corgi-weasel",
"Interactive story",
"Prologue",
"Strangeness"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1149591-a-stranger-in-suburbia-an-interactive-story-prologue-12 | **[PREVIOUS PAGE](https://www.sofurry.com/view/1149009) | [START AT THE BEGINNING](https://www.sofurry.com/view/1145263) | [NEXT PAGE](https://www.sofurry.com/view/1150731)**
**Retroactively freak out about isles in the sky.**
Your freakout lasts for a whole second, before you conclude that floating isles are perfectly natural.
**GO TO AMA, BE A WIZARD.**
There's no need to shout. You need to find out where **AMA** is, though.
**Ask the bull.**
" **AMA**? Jus' go down the main street, take a left at the second crossroad, it'll be right in front of ye."
*You have learned the location of **AMA**.*
**Inspect news agency.**
The **Valewood Chronicle** is next to the **café** , and is a small but modern building.
*Where to first?*
---
**HOW TO PLAY**
Comment below with suggested actions for our hitherto unknown male Corgi-weasel protagonist. I will then advance the story with said suggestions. |
Splinter's Special Tea by Star Ringer | Raph finds an adult channel that Donnie didn't block. Commissioned by DJ Mixer - It was a quiet evening in the sewer lair the turtles and their father called home. Leo and Don were topside with April and Casey, and not expected to return for a few days. This meant that the choice of television | [
"Anal",
"Aphrodisiac",
"Brother/brother",
"Double Penetration",
"Drugs",
"Dubcon",
"Facial",
"Gay",
"Incest",
"M/M",
"M/M/M",
"Male",
"Mutant",
"Oral",
"Rat",
"Rimming",
"Rule 34",
"Splintercest",
"TMNT 2012",
"Threesome",
"Turtle",
"Turtlecest",
"father/son",
"teenage mutant ninja turtles",
"tmnt"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1151461-splinter-s-special-tea | It was a quiet evening in the sewer lair the turtles and their father called home. Leo and Don were topside with April and Casey, and not expected to return for a few days. This meant that the choice of television programming in the living room was left to the two remaining brothers.
"GIVE me the REMOTE, MIKEY," Raphael bellowed as he leapt across the coffee table, narrowly missing one of the pizza boxes on it. On the other side. Michelangelo dodged to the side while holding the remote to his chest protectively.
"No way, Raph!" Mikey shouted back, leaping out of the way of another mad grab by his elder brother, alighting on the couch with practiced ninja grace. "It's a Saturday night, and the tube's not on a mandated *Space Heroes* marathon for once!"
"Exactly!" Raph got a hold of Mikey's leg and pulled it out from under him with a yelp from his brother, and he was instantly on him, pinning him to the couch and swiping the remote from the younger turtle's hands. He grinned lopsidedly in triumph and held his trophy up to taunt Mikey. "And I'M gonna watch X-Amaxxx!"
"That supposed to impress me?" Mikey rolled his eyes. "Putting on a channel that Leo blocked?"
"Please," Raph scoffed, "Leo can't even figure out the VCR. *Donnie\_blocked X-Amaxxx...but he \_didn't* block X-Amaxxx After Hours! It's a separate channel!"
"Look at me! I'm Raph!" Mikey was holding up strip of red cardboard from a pizza box in front of his eyes. "I'm a big scary ninja because I wait till my older brother's away before I watch tv channels I'm not supposed to!"
"It's a better idea'n whatever the hell *you* were gonna watch, squirt," Raph pushed off of Mikey's plastron and dropped himself onto the couch next to him, tapping the remote to flip up through the channels well into the hundreds. Mikey scowled and watched Raph with growing impatience on his face.
"Dude, just press the numbers, for crying out loud!"
"I don't remember what channel it is, I'm lookin'!"
"Oh, this's gotta be it," Mikey said as the tv flashed someone taking his shirt off, and there was a heavy low guitar riff. He prodded Raph in the shoulder. "Laaaaast chaaance to back out!"
"If you're chicken just say so." Raph sneered. "I'm not missing this chance."
"Hmph. Only thing I'm afraid of is this cheesy music!" Mikey shot back, sitting up and watching the screen nonetheless.
"Don't be a baby, this is what adult movies sound like!" Raph said as though he were an expert on the subject. On the screen a second shirtless man had emerged from somewhere off screen. The two of them were sitting on a beat-up couch, in more or less the same positions as Mikey and Raph.
"So when do the chicks show up?" Mikey said.
"How should I know?" Raph said.
"So when do the chicks show up?" the man on the left of the screen said.
"How should I know?" answered the other. Mikey clapped his hands over his mouth and gasped, and grabbed at Raph's face.
"Get off!" Raph snarled, trying to wrestle his brother out from in front of the screen. "I can't see the show!"
"But which is the REAL show, Raph?" Mikey laughed, "the TV.... or YOUUUU?!"
"Ohhhhh..." Interjected a low moan from the screen. They both turned to look, and froze.
"WHOA!" both brothers exclaimed when the men on the TV leaned in and kissed each other. And not just an air kiss or a chaste peck- their tongues were visible between their mouths, pressing from one into the other and vice versa while the camera zoomed in.
"DUDE WHAT THE HELL IS THIS" Mikey half-yelled in a high pitch.
"Get OFF ME!" Raph pushed Mikey away and scrambled to pick the remote back up, fumbling and sending it flying end-over-end across the room.
"Oh yeah, juuuust like thaaaaaat," remarked someone on the TV screen.
"I'M TOO YOUNG FOR THIS RIDE, RAPH" Mikey buried his face in the couch cushions. Raph growled in frustration and dove across the coffee table to jam his finger onto the TV's power button, turning it off with a blink.
They stared at the slowly fading glow in the back of the dark screen for a long moment. Neither did anything but breathe.
"Is there a problem, my sons?" the voice of their father said from behind them, making them both jump in surprise. Neither had heard Splinter approach. Which was, admittedly, the norm for them.
"AHHH!" said Mikey. "I mean, what problem? I mean, why would there be a problem, Master, I don't know of any problem! Right Raph?!" Splinter looked from Mikey to Raph.
"Raphael?" he asked slowly. "Is there a problem?" Raph met his gaze levelly.
"Course not!" Mikey shouted before Raph could respond. "Just chillin' here on a weekend, no problems to be had, not seein' any kinda unsavory-"
"There were two guys swappin' spit," Raph cut in plainly, stopping Mikey's yammering. "On the TV. And now Mikey's all hot and bothered."
"I am not!" Mikey protested. Splinter arched an eyebrow at Raph.
"And you are not at all perturbed, Raphael?"
Raphael stared at the floor. "Why would I be? It... wasn't what I was looking for. That's all"
"That's it!" Mikey yelped, "I mean... we were just... disappointed?"
"I see." Splinter said. They both watched him to see what was going to come next. Splinter slowly crossed the room to where the remote had fallen, and the turtles' eyes widened as he bent to pick it up. Their father turned to point it at the TV and turned it back on.
The two men who had been kissing before appeared on the screen again, only now, one was spotting the other as he did bench presses. The camera lingered on their body of the man on the bench as sweat dripped from his skin.
Splinter looked at his two sons. Raphael was looking to the side of the TV rather than at it with a disinterested look on his face. But Splinter caught the quick glances he took as though unaware he was doing so. Michelangelo, meanwhile, was staring at his hands clenched in his lap, the way he did when caught with something he wasn't supposed to have.
As grunts continued to come from the television, Splinter slipped the remote into the pocket of his robe.
"I shall make some tea," he announced placidly, "so that we can all relax." He waited for no response from his sons as he turned to walk toward the kitchen. The two turtles looked at each other, confusion evident on both their faces. Mikey shrugged wordlessly; as always, their father was inscrutable.
Splinter knew what his course of action must be. It was surprising that such an opportunity had presented itself without his prompting, but not unwelcome. He set the kettle to boil on the stove, and contemplated his next steps.
The rat opened one of the cupboards that his sons were not necessarily prohibited from opening, but none of them ever bothered to do more than peek inside and lose interest when there was nothing full of sugar or salt to sate their teenage appetites. He took down a small earthenware jar where he kept his jasmine tea, and then another smaller jar that he had not opened in a very long time.
In three cups, he placed the jasmine tea leaves. In two of those, he also placed some herbs from the second pot, with long gnarled leaves and pairs of flat seeds. He placed a very small amount in the larger cup as well, considerably less than the other two. *Just enough to get me going*, he thought to himself.
Honey and sugar were added, one cup having a great deal more than the other two put together, and only a minute or two before the kettle started to whistle. He poured the boiling water carefully, then tapped a finger to his lips thoughtfully. After a moment, he got another small crock and filled it with coconut oil from the cupboard, then turned the burner to its lowest setting. He set the crock of oil on the stovetop before carrying the three steaming cups of tea back into the living room.
Both boys sat up much straighter when their father reentered the room. The TV was currently showing a commercial for an event that was occurring in the city, some 'DJ Kitchenaid' advertised as the headline.
Splinter passed his sons the cups, and switched off the tv. "It is important," he said, "not to be hesitant. One must explore all options, learn all skills, for one can never know which will prove to be essential."
Mikey and Raph looked at each other, each hoping the other knew what their teacher was talking about. Splinter sipped his tea, and looked at them expectantly. After a moment, Raph took a sip from his cup, and Mikey started to before deciding to blow on it instead.
Splinter was nothing but patient. He savored the scent, and the memories it brought, until both his sons had drunk. "You both reacted, in different ways, with shock at the sight of two men kissing. Is that not so?"
Raph nodded curtly and took another sip from his tea. Mikey scrunched his mouth and shook his head.
"Nah, not different ways," Mikey said, "we *both* freaked out when we saw it!"
"Maybe YOU did..." Raph muttered into his tea with a dangerous edge, practically daring Mikey to insist otherwise.
Splinter raised a hand for quiet. "There need not be any 'freaking out' over what you witnessed. It was merely two persons engaged in an act of physical affection, is that not so?"
"...yeah, but it was two *guys,*" Mikey murmured, his face flushing visibly. Raph rolled his eyes, but Splinter continued.
"Be that as it may. Why should two men refrain from affection you might have been content to see take place between a man and woman? It is a perfectly natural and beautiful thing." Both boys drank their tea silently.
"There are many things two men can do with one another," Splinter intoned as though it were one of his lessons in the dojo. "Far more than mere kissing."
Both turtles looked at their teacher blankly. Splinter raised an eyebrow in response. He... seemed to be waiting for something.
"Hey dude..." Mikey said, fumbling at Raphael's shoulder, "I'm feelin a little odd over here..."
"Shush!" Raph pushed his hand away, dismissing whatever Mikey was whining about. Splinter couldn't help a small smile. Once it had cooled, Mikey had taken much larger gulps of his over-sweetened tea, as he'd expected. The younger turtle was feeling the effects sooner than his brother.
"No, really," Mikey said, a low moan creeping into his voice, "I'm feeling really... warm. It's... actually... it feels... nice...."
Raphael turned, and the retort never made it out of his mouth. Mikey was leaning back on the couch, cup forgotten on the floor. With one hand he was rubbing his own chest, and the other hand was wandering under the waistband of the brown leather briefs he wore. His eyes were half closed, his mouth was open, and his briefs were fully tented.
Raph looked at his brother, then down at his own nearly empty teacup. He was dimly aware that he should be, what, scared? Angry? But there was a warmth spreading through his body that wouldn't let him be worried. His own shaft was already hardening, and what scant clothing he wore felt uncomfortably tight.
Splinter allowed himself a slight smile as he watched his sons feel the drug take hold. No doubt it was overwhelming for them: his own cup had had a tiny fraction of the dose, and he had experience with it--yet the inner heat was there, and strong, as was the urge to, well, all sorts of things. For now, he simply watched Raphael and Michelangelo fumble out of the short brown garments they wore as if their touch was torture. Then they did the same with their ninja gear and pads, even down to the wrappings on their hands, leaving both of them naked, erect, and panting, with only their masks still equipped. They'd both be suggestible, craving stimulation, and hornier than they'd ever imagined possible. Just as planned.
They'd seen each other in the bathroom, of course, or occasionally in their bedrooms, usually by accident. But this was different. Once they'd both peeled off their undergarments and got an unobstructed view of their swiftly stiffening rods, it was as if for the first time. Before it had been something concealed, seen in passing, not acknowledged. Whatever was happening now was if nothing else an opportunity to really get a good look.
Raphael was thick, throbbing, and unyieldingly stiff. His balls swung loose, heavy and confident, both clearly defined. His tip throbbed and flared in time with the gnarled veins running along his underside. If he had been just a little less horny, Mikey thought, he would have been intimidated.
Michelangelo was lighter and rounder. If he'd been describing anything other than his brother's erection, Raph thought, he might have been tempted to use the word 'cute.' Where Raph throbbed rigidly, Mikey bobbed and swayed whenever he moved. Where Raph's cock sagged a little under its own weight, Mikey's pointed straight up like it was filled with helium. His tip sat on his shaft like cap on a bottle. His tight sack bounced just so in one compact package, snug against the base of his shaft. A tiny bead of pre glinted right at his slit.
"Now," he said, "you say that what you saw was unsavory, that it was not what you were looking for, that you both freaked out. But how can you know any of that, if you have not tried it for yourself?"
They blinked at him. That... *sounded* like it made sense.
"Perhaps you should try it, then?" Splinter gestured between them.
"Wahuh?!" Mikey blurted incoherently. "We...you mean..." he pointed his fingers between himself and Raph like Splinter had just done.
If he had anything else to say, he would have to say it around Raph's tongue, which was then being shoved into his mouth. Raph was hardly going to wait for Mikey to get started. After all, he had to do as their teacher said.
Mikey froze for a moment after the kiss began, but Raph's body was pressed against his, and his mouth was exploring his, and his hands were around him, and whatever had been in the tea was pounding in his veins and behind his ears and he couldn't seem to think anything except 'how strong Raph is'... and 'I can't remember my cock ever having been harder.' Oh, and 'how long have I been moaning and kissing him back?'
Splinter watched them with an appreciative smile, stroking his beard with one hand. With his other, he gently opened his robe and revealed his lithe, muscled body, along with his obscenely bulging fundoshi. He gave himself a good grope, stroking the tent in the thin linen and forming a small wet spot on its peak. He was thoroughly enjoying watching his sons, with Raphael's arms wrapped around his brother. From Splinter's perspective, that was all that was keeping Mikey from falling backwards.
Raph pushed more aggressively, no longer exploring with his tongue, now straight up attacking. Mikey moaned and shivered as his brother's tongue shoved his aside and probed the back of his mouth. Mikey's hands were somewhere on Raph's back, he couldn't have said where, and hanging on for dear life, but that wasn't what was making him moan softly around Raph's tongue, no, that was the way that each time Raph moved, no matter how slightly, their cocks ground against each other.
Finally, after all three of them had lost track of time, Raph's lips smacked slightly as he pulled off Mikey's and breathed softly onto the smaller turtle's cheek. Mikey shuddered and whimpered softly, suddenly feeling like his mouth was one tongue short from what was natural.
"So," Splinter said, and both turtles jumped, "have you learned anything more about what it is like to kiss another man?"
They both looked to their father, their faces flushed, both still short of breath. Raph nodded confidently with a smirk, and after a moment, Mikey nodded his head as well.
"Good," Splinter said, "but you cannot have mastery training against only one opponent. Come."
Raph beat Mikey to it, but only because he realized what Splinter meant a split second before his brother did. He planted one knee on the couch between Splinter's legs and leaned in. Raph kissed Splinter less aggressively than he had Mikey; more carefully, letting his father have control, and Splinter took every advantage he could of that. The rat grasped Raph's head with one hand, reached down with the other to stroke the turtle's thigh, and deftly used his tongue to pin Raph's against the floor of his mouth and out of the way while his sunk deeper, probing toward the back of his son's throat.
Mikey knelt on the couch to Splinter's side, watching intently with eyes wide. He didn't know what he expected two tongues wriggling against each other to look like up close, but whatever it'd been, this was better. He whimpered in need without realizing it, feeling the comparative emptiness in his own mouth more keenly. Splinter regarded him with one eye and smiled around his tongue, then gently touched the red-banded turtle's shoulder. Raph took the instruction almost instinctively and pulled back with a quiet slurp.
Once Splinter's lips were free, Mikey lunged forward in an attempt at the same ferocity Raph had shown, but it crashed against Splinter's intensity and, well, splintered. His father's tongue was even more aggressive than his brother's, almost frenzied, gliding around his mouth as though trying to taste every bit of fleshy pink it could find.
Raph watched his brother and father playing a one-sided game of tonsil hockey with the same intensity Mikey had, while his hands wandered of their own accord inside Splinter's robe, feeling the sleek, dark fur and the firm muscles it covered, up his toned abdominals and onto his slab-like pectorals, gaining all new appreciation for his sensei's years of dedication. And he'd thought he was buff? Splinter felt like he was made of fuzzy concrete!
Eventually, Splinter pulled back. Mikey whined needily but Splinter silenced him with a raised eyebrow. "Enough. We can see that you know how to kiss. We should move on to... other techniques."
Splinter gestured for both of them to step back off of the couch, then tugged down his fundoshi to let his own erection stand free. Raph and Mikey stared, both mesmerized at its size compared to their own. It was what could be described as 'massive', by human standards, longer and thicker than the beer cans Raph drank and disposed of in solitude, or the energy drink cans Mikey chugged on a video game binge, with a foreskin that mostly pulled back along the gently drooling head in its erect state. His fundoshi tugged under the base of his phallus, his furred ballsack still cradled in the cloth garment.
But once they had taken the time to gape at their father's sizable shaft, they seemed confused, so Splinter gestured an invitation and they sank to their knees. Mikey laid his head on Splinter's thigh, and Raphael knelt behind his brother. They wanted to do more, but perhaps they needed some instruction.
"Michelangelo..." he sighed, shifting to let his cock rest against his son's face. "Use your tongue."
Behind him, Raph's eyebrows rose, and very quickly he leaned around and pushed Mikey's face out of the way to press his own tongue on their father's erection.
"Hey...!" Mikey protested and pushed back, then took Splinter's cockhead past his lips. They grunted and pushed against one another as though they were fighting for the last slice of pizza, until Splinter laid his hands on both their heads, stilling them immediately. The rat chuckled and shook his head softly, amused by his sons' competitive nature showing through even now..
"Here..." he said softly, and he guided their heads to opposite sides of his cock- Raphael on his left, Michelangelo on his right. They both took the instruction readily, and both their tongues dragged along his rigid flesh almost in tandem. "That is... ahh... much better...Just... like that."
The individual personalities presented themselves again as each son instinctively developed his own style of oral attention, each proceeding at his own pace. On his side, Raph moved his head along the length of his Master's shaft, giving long deliberate strokes of his tongue from Splinter's thick base to the tip and back. Mikey lapped at his father's rod as if it was hard packed ice cream, pulling back his tongue at the end of each stroke, savoring the taste of his Father. Every so often, their tongues would brush each other, and they would pause to briefly try to reach one another's lips around Splinter's cock. The rat moaned loudly and tugged his fundoshi down lower, letting his heavy balls flop out, free from their linen prison.
Mikey found his mouth drifting toward Splinter's tip. He ran his tongue around the edge of his father's foreskin and, sensing no objections from Splinter or Raph, pulled the rat's tip into his mouth again.
Splinter gasped. "Good... now, don't suck too hard, just enough pressure to keep, oh! Keep contact."
Mikey obeyed, as much as his enthusiasm would let him, and let Splinter's hand guide him into bobbing his head, twisting back and forth, and going further down on his master's pole. The taste of cock seemed to fit perfectly with the tea burning in him, like two puzzle pieces, and the only clear thought he could manage to put together was that he wanted more.
As Mikey inched further down, Raph found himself gradually forced lower and lower, past Splinter's thick base, until his tongue was caressing his father's balls in their furry pouch. He paused, as if considering, then reached under Splinter's sac with his tongue and tried to pull them both into his mouth. He had limited success, considering their size, but he managed, sucking them urgently, trying to match the timing of Splinter's grunts.
With both turtles diligently working between his legs, Splinter let himself relax a little. He began rolling his hips, thrusting gently into Mikey's mouth and grinding his balls against Raph's tongue. Not too relaxed though. It had been so long since he'd had a chance like this, and he was going to be very careful to get everything he could from this fortuitous opportunity. There'd be time to go wild later, for now he just humped gently in his seat, and enjoyed the warm pressure he could feel building at the back of his balls.
Raphael noticed first that something was happening, when he felt Splinter's legs tense on either side of his head and his balls tighten and pull away from his tongue. Michelangelo was too distracted by the taste of the thin stream of pre-cum that he was swallowing, however, to notice Splinter had sped up and was panting shallowly, so he was taken completely by surprize when a jet of thick salty cum fired into his mouth.
Mikey started back, releasing Splinter's cock from his mouth. It sprang free, still ejaculating, and Splinter's seed spattered Mikey--still just surprised at the taste--across the face, making him wince back again and shut his eyes.
Splinter gritted his teeth till his cock finished erupting, then lifted Mikey's chin with one hand. He inspected his seed spread over the turtle's face, and nodded approval. "There's no need to be impatient, Raphael."
Raph, who had just opened his mouth, shut it and frowned. "I wasn't going to say-"
"Then let me answer the question you were not going to ask," Splinter interrupted, "I do, in fact, have plenty left for you. He gestured Mikey back and and drew Raph between his legs, his cock still hard and eager.
Raph hesitated, but the heat inside him was only growing and it had no second guesses about what it wanted. He opened his mouth and slid Splinter's cock, still slick with cum, into his mouth.
"Michelangelo," Splinter said. Mikey froze, hand less than an inch from wrapping around his own cock. "You failed to swallow, and did not finish your task. It seems you need more practice. Practice on your brother while he takes his turn."
Mikey blinked, half in confusion, half because a drop of cum was about to slide into his eye, but he nodded and lay on his side, underneath Splinter's legs. He had to crane his neck to reach, but he held Raph's cock and balls firmly in place with one hand to pull his brother's tip into his mouth and sucked, just as he had for Splinter.
"Good." Splinter said, letting himself enjoy the picture before him. "Remember. Ration your stamina... keep your focus on your goal." He hated to admit it, but it was easier to teach when his students had their mouths full. "Try to feel the life force... building up inside the male organs... reach out for that."
Raphael was relentless where Mikey had been curious, and Splinter found himself having to hold back just a little against the combination of the tea and his son's tongue. Judging by Mikey's moans, Raph was just as relentless at the other end, too, which would bear investigation as well. But first it was high time to give Raphael a real test. Splinter leaned forward, putting all his weight behind his hips, and slowly pressed his cock deeper. His cockhead twitched as it found the back of Raph's mouth, and the turtle froze.
"Relax," Splinter said, "calm yourself, open your throat. Breathe through your nose, and let your throat do the work."
Raph glanced up with just his eyes, then shut them and obeyed. His breath hissed through his nose as he throat relaxed, and Splinter rewarded him with low moan as his slick tip slid gently into his son's throat. "Ah... excellent," Splinter gasped, "now... stay relaxed." He began thrusting, shallowly, but not lightly. Each thrust of the rat's hips sent his cockhead plunging down Raphael's throat, and it was all the turtle could do to keep his breathing relaxed and his lips closed.
Mikey's eyes widened when he felt Raph suddenly get twice as hard. Splinter was grunting and thrusting above him, and he guessed that whatever that was was the cause. In any case, he wasn't going to make the same mistake twice, so he sucked harder and bobbed his head faster.
Raph was growling and moaning as Splinter fucked his throat, and his balls, already close to overflowing, were aching for release. If he could just... outlast... Splinter...
That was futile, of course. Not only was the rat older and more experienced, he'd already come once already. Raph whimpered in frustration as his resistance crumbled and his muscles clenched, and he came onto Mikey's tongue. Mikey, not taken by surprise this time, eagerly swallowed, tongue lashing his brother's sensitive cock and thinking, somewhat in surprise, that Raph tasted different. If he could suck them both at once, maybe, and compare?
Splinter allowed himself a smile of satisfaction as he felt Raph tense in orgasm, and let restraint go. He bucked wildly, burying his cock in Raphael's throat before he welled up and burst again, pumping his seed straight into Raph's stomach. He held Raph's face on his cock till he was sure he'd swallowed every drop, then pulled back.
Raph sank back on his haunches, gasping, a thin string of cum hanging in the air between his lips and Splinter's cocktip. His chest heaved, and he raised his head to speak, but instead he yelped and winced sideways. Splinter sighed.
"Michelangelo," he said, "Your brother has already come. The well-mannered thing to do would be to stop sucking."
"Oh." Mikey sat up beside Raph and wiped his lips on the back of his hand.
"Besides," Splinter said, "there are still more techniques, with which I must acquaint you. You have done well in the basic use of your mouths. That made both turtles look up in interest.
Splinter bid them both to stand, then laid Mikey down on the couch where he had been sitting, face-up with Mikey's modest shaft throbbing in the air.
"Lift your legs, and hold them behind your knees with your hands," Splinter instructed, guiding the young turtle's legs up for him. "Yes, just like that...now..." he smiled looking down at Mikey's bared groin, cock bobbing lightly, but his gaze wandered further down the turtle's balls and taint to the puckered hole that was now spread wide and vulnerable.
Splinter lowered himself to his knees, and with both hands on Mikey's plump cheeks, lifted his rear up off the couch. Mikey made a soft noise and adjusted to hold himself in the place his father put him. Slowly, ever so slowly, Splinter leaned in until his warm breath was brushing against Mikey's exposed hole, eliciting more shudders from the youngest turtle. With no more delay, Splinter dipped his muzzle and dragged his tongue tip across his son's virgin hole.
"A-aAAaAH...!" Mikey cried out unsteadily, the unexpected sensations leaping through his body and electrifying his muscles, making him twitch and squirm. Splinter gave him no reprieve; his tongue continued to work on Mikey's pink pucker, rubbing circles and across, teasing the sensitive flesh. Mikey continued to make soft yelps and moans, the heat in his body quivering within him at the extreme, uneven spikes of pleasure from his first rimjob.
Raph watched with rapt attention, fascinated with what his father was doing to his brother. Mikey was almost behaving like he was being tickled too hard, struggling to keep in place even with Splinter holding him there. But...it had to feel good, right? He bet it did...everything their father had shown them so far felt good. *Really* good.
A soft moan of need emanated from his throat before he realized it, and suddenly Splinter's eye was turned to him, even as he continued to lap at Mikey's hole without missing a beat. His father smiled at him around his tongue, then looked backward...Raphael understood somehow, and he was all too quick to obey, shoving the table out of the way so he could get on his knees behind Splinter while the rat raised his dextrous tail in a graceful arc. Raph took another look at Splinter tonguing Mikey's hole, then laid his hands on Splinter's rump. His thumbs tugged the firm globes outward and exposed the furless entrance between them, and it was barely revealed before Raph leaned in and pressed his tongue against it.
Splinter allowed himself a sigh of satisfaction as he felt Raph's tongue brush his pucker tentatively and experimentally. The boy was no expert, but he was a very fast learner. That Raphael was been willing to go this far, was willing to explore this much, that either meant the turtle was even more repressed than Splinter had guessed, or the herb worked much better on him than it ever had on Splinter. Either way, Splinter thought to himself, that would be an end to his having to see to his own needs every night. But for now, perhaps, he should see just how far this could be made to go.
"Raphael," Splinter said softly, making Raph pull himself away from his father's ass to look up at his face. The rat smiled as he worked his finger inside Mikey's hole.
"In the kitchen. On the stove. Turn off the burner, and bring me the vessel that has been warming there," he instructed, sliding his finger deeper slowly as Mikey winced and shuddered.
Raph nodded wordlessly, wiping his lip of spit as he stood up and hurried to obey. His muscles burned in an unfamiliar way as he ran to the kitchen, cold air on his wet cock and balls sending shivers through his body.
The scent of coconut filled the kitchen pleasantly, but he didn't stop to enjoy it. He merely turned the dial for the stove off and delicately picked up the small crock, just shy of hot enough to burn. He hurried back. Balancing the pot was easy enough, though he was now a little suspicious of all the practice Master Splinter had made them do, crossing obstacle courses without spilling cups of water.
Mikey was lying on his back when Raph returned. Splinter had one finger worked inside him, and was flexing it, probing at his prostate. Everytime he came close, Mikey's cock would twitch and jump, and another drop of pre would slide down the side.
Mikey gasped as Splinter withdrew his finger. Splinter took the cup of oil and dipped two fingers into it, then rubbed them carefully over and around Mikey's entrance. Mikey shuddered as the overpowering scent of coconut hit his nostrils, and his shudders turned back to moans as Splinted now oil-slick fingers sunk back inside him.
"Raphael," said Splinter, "take a little of the oil on your palm. Coat my cock with it."
Raphael found himself about to ask why, but he thought he had a pretty good guess. Splinter moaned and his cock twitched as Raphael gently wrapped his hand around it, resisted the temptation to simply start stroking, and worked his hand up and down it's length, thoroughly coating the entire throbbing length. He could feel not just hardness and heat, but also a enormous energy, barely restrained. It was as if Master Splinter was a dam, holding back a torrent of, well, something--lust was rapidly drowning Raph's ability to come up with metaphors--but something powerful, and Splinter's cock was the spillway through which that power was being focused into a raging torrent.
Splinter nodded satisfaction and Raph stepped back. He pulled his fingers from Mikey again, and smiled when Mikey gasped in protest. "Am I to understand, Michelangelo, that you wish to be penetrated once more?"
Mikey blushed and glanced away, but he nodded.
"You do not think it 'unsavory?'"
Mikey shook his head.
"Speak up, my son."
"No Sensei", Mikey panted
"You are not intending to 'freak out?'"
"No, S-Sensei..."
Mikey stuttered and blushed crimson as he felt Splinter rest his oiled up cock against his buttcrack.
"I am glad these lessons have not been wasted. It has been far too long..."
There was a part of Mikey's mind that knew what it was that Splinter intended to do with his cock against Mikey's slickened hole. But somehow, the rest of it was immediately aghast and baffled. He couldn't. Could he? He'd barely felt like he could fit the thing in his mouth, and now-
"Aaa-A-aAAAaaAAAH...!!!" the young turtle cried out with a quivering voice, eyes screwed shut as his ass was stretched open by Splinter's bulbous cockhead, spreading him far wider than his father's fingers had, with a force and weight behind it that made it feel so much more...inevitable. Like every weak clench of his ring of muscle was futile, and each arduous centimeter pushed through it sapped any will to resist.
"MMnnn...You are doing well, Michelangelo..." Splinter's voice almost sounded unsteady, but he reigned it in even as his cock was slowly enveloped by the exquisite tightness of his son's body. He felt every ripple of the teenage turtle's body as it struggled to adjust, despite being prepped and lubricated as it was. Each movement would have been enough to make a lesser man cum then and there.
But Splinter was determined to make this last.
Tears sprang from the corners of Mikey's eyes from his body's natural reactions took effect. Twinging, stinging pains sparked in his ass as his muscles cried out against invasion. A dull ache grew beneath his navel, the kind that said 'Stop this, or it'll only get worse.' But as he opened his eyes, the beginnings of a plea to stop forming on his tongue, he looked up at his father's face and saw the rat's expression...and he knew there was no stopping this. There was no turning back. Splinter's eyes bored into his and told him that this was beyond his control. His father, his master, was taking ownership of his body for his own use and pleasure.
A surge of perverse fear and unbelieving excitement swelled in his throat, and came out as a soft whimper of "Daddy...!"
A wicked grin split Splinter's muzzle, and he paused his gradual penetration of his son's ass with a sharp, forceful thrust that slammed more than half his cock inside. Mikey's breathless cry rang through the lair and was still echoing when Splinter made another thrust, and another, jamming in deeper and deeper, until with one last push, his hips slapped against Mikey's pale green cheeks. His hefty, furred balls mashed up and pulled taut against them like they were showing off for Raphael, whose slack-jawed gaze was fixed firmly on where he'd just seen Splinter's cock impossibly vanish inside Mikey's body.
"Yesss...oh yesss...." Splinter hissed through his teeth as he basked in the triumph and pride of being balls-deep inside his youngest son. He closed his eyes and sighed while his cock throbbed angrily inside. Remaining still while his body ached for him to be thrusting like an animal was almost torturous, but Splinter savored it.
Mikey choked back the sobs that tried to escape his throat, vainly determined to show strength and endurance, despite the struggle to catch his breath. His diaphragm felt compressed and strained by the enormous organ inside him until, finally, divine relief bloomed as he felt Splinter begin to withdraw.
Splinter's retreat was slow and deliberate as his initial attack had been, savoring the feel of slick flesh against flesh and becoming reacquainted with it. He knew he would be feeling more than enough of it momentarily.
Raphael had scrambled to his feet and changed his position, now kneeling next to Mikey on the couch. His younger brother's own cock was still hard and bobbing, and there was a slick puddle on his tummy that grew with each syrupy spurt from the head. Above that, Raph could have almost sworn he saw the bulge of Splinter's cock somehow distending Mikey's plastron-covered abs from the inside, and then shrink away as he pulled back. Raph, of course, was still erect as well. He almost thought it beyond noting, but there was a voice in his head that whispered 'You're getting off on watching your dad fuck your brother.' He felt like he was supposed to be ashamed of that. He wasn't.
Nearly half of Splinter's cock was withdrawn from Mikey's quivering hole when he reversed and shoved himself back inside, eliciting another weak yelp from Mikey, but already he was withdrawing again, faster this time, and after a handful of repetitions he built a steady rhythm fucking Mikey's ass fast and fluidly. He was experienced enough that he was able to angle his thrusts as he drove in so that his cockhead jabbed almost directly into Mikey's prostate. The rat grinned in satisfaction seeing each thrust caused Mikey's modest shaft to spurt more precum onto his plastron.
Raph watched Mikey's face, his brother's eyes screwed shut with tears soaking the corners of the eyes of his mask, biting his lip to stifle each loud gasp that was forced from him. His head was turned to one side, and he held one arm twisted up and above it, the other gripping the couch arm with whitened knuckles, his legs now up in the air and swaying aimlessly as his hole was ravaged. Raph watched his brother's mouth, while Mikey's whole body was rocked by Splinter's thrusts, a thought forming in his mind behind the haze of his arousal and the steam of the tea still throbbing under his skin. Slowly, he looked up to Splinter, eyes questioning on the verge of begging.
Splinter met Raphael's gaze, his expression hard and determined. Raph almost shrunk back from it. But slowly, the rat smiled, having been watching Raphael's watching. He couldn't be sure *precisely* what his red-banded son was wordlessly asking permission for, but with a smirk and a nod, he granted it.
Raph practically leapt from where he sat to straddle Mikey's shoulders, facing Splinter and balancing himself by taking hold of Mikey's legs and holding them in place. Mikey gasped and looked up in confusion, only to be greeted by Raph's ass pressing down toward his face. Underneath the weight of everything else remained the faintest whisper of 'Gross! No way!' but it vanished like smoke in the wind. The youngest turtle opened his mouth and stuck out his tongue as his brother's ass settled against his face, and Mikey slid his tongue up along Raph's crack with a moan.
Raph moaned loudly, louder than Mikey's cries of penetration, louder than Mikey had when Splinter had first begun eating him out. His own moans almost drowned out Mikey's whimpers that he felt more than heard reverberating against his ass. This felt so...*right.* It felt \_just\_to have Mikey licking his ass and whimpering as he did, to be presenting himself for his brother to service without even a warning. He had asked for permission, hadn't he? Their father was letting him do this. He was right there, smirking in approval. Raph smirked back at him, and pressed his rear down more firmly and swayed his hips back and forth, grinding his ass against his annoying younger brother's face as he was forced to service him.
For Mikey, having Raph's ass to focus on was a blessing. He worked his tongue in the ways he'd felt Splinter do to his own, innately recalling the shivers of pleasure he'd experienced. The aches and stings of Splinter's cock ramming into him repeatedly slowly began to fade, blunted by the distraction, until he began to feel something else...While he wriggled his tongue into Raphael's pucker, he moaned at a surge of sickly-sweet pleasure that emanated from a spot inside him that his father's cockhead pressed against and slid along repeatedly. His whimpers were replaced by shaking moans as that feeling overtook everything else, pain and discomfort forgotten. Distantly he thought to himself that now he understood. This was why this was happening. This impossible, amazing feeling that made him work his tongue more feverishly on his brother's hole, reaching up to grab Raph's cheeks and spread them to work deeper. This...this made everything worth it!
The moans and gasps of the three males continued uninterrupted, each of their cocks throbbing and leaking, teetering near a peak. Splinter knew from experience the approach would be easy, the special tea took care of that. But it also meant that peak was much more difficult to crest. The tea could keep you stuck for hours with release just outside your reach, if you didn't know how to handle it. But he was a Master, after all.
"Michelangelo!" Splinter barked, between thrusts, his hips slowing. Even with his ass gyrating as it did, his prehensile tail was easily able to reach and lift the bowl of warmed oil from the coffee table, and lay it carefully next to his sons on the couch as his hips slowed to a stop. "Take the oil. Your brother... is next. Prepare him."
Mikey fumbled with one hand, struggling in the fogginess he lay in between Splinter's cock and Raph's ass. After some blind searching his hand sank in something slick and warm and coconut scented. He pulled his face back from Raph's ass and went up on one elbow to maneuver his oiled fingers between his brother's cheeks.
Raph hadn't entirely been paying attention to what Splinter said, or to what Mikey was doing. He'd let it wash over him like he did the awesome feelings he never wanted to let go of. But when Mikey's talented tongue withdrew, and he felt a thick, blunt digit replace it, he froze. His eyes went wide, his mouth hung open, and he struggled not to go weak in the knees and fall backward right onto Mikey's finger. The tongue had been one thing, but this...!
"M-Master Splinter," he began, his voice tight with his discomfort, but he met his father's gaze and swallowed whatever he'd been about to say.
"I may have given you leave to enjoy Michelangelo's mouth..." Splinter said in a low voice, "but just as much as his, your body belongs to me, every inch."
The tendril of fear that seemed to grip Raph's lungs at his father's tone seemed to take a grip on his cock as well, because it throbbed and spurted even harder. Then again, that might have been from the second finger that Mikey was trying to add to his hole. He was having a much more difficult time of it than Splinter had with his slender, dextrous digits, but that just made him bite his tongue and try even harder.
"Ghuah, c-cool it, Mikey...!" Raph growled, but Splinter swiftly grabbed his chin and shoved his thumb into the turtle's mouth. Raph groaned and suckled on it automatically, and after a moment, he grunted in surprise when Mikey's second fingertip worked inside him. Splinter smiled and pulled his thumb back, wiping it on Raph's cheek as he did.
"Time for a new position," he ordered, amused at how natural such a phrase would also sound in the dojo. He took Raphael by the shoulders and maneuvered him with even more ease than he did when demonstrating in the dojo, pulling him forward and off of Mikey's fingers. He turned the red-masked turtle around carefully, facing him the other way, then pushed him down to lay on his brother, face-to-face, making the both of them shudder and moan as their persistent erections rubbed against each other. The turtles' eyes met, and it was barely a moment before they were once again kissing each other deeply.
"Such loving brothers..." Splinter mused idly, rubbing a hand down Raph's shell to his ass, cupping one muscled green cheek and groping firmly and making him grunt into Mikey's mouth. Splinter began to pull his hips back, but immediately stopped. He stroked his beard in thought for a moment, then leaned down to pick up the cup of oil from the couch to set it out of the way. He then reached down and took a hold of Mikey's hips.
The two turtles practically yelped into each other's mouths as their father began to tip them to one side, clinging to one another in the sudden disorientation. Mikey squeezed Raph tight and pressed his tongue firmly against the roof of his brother's mouth, barely stopping himself from biting his brother's lip, as Splinter's cock was still lodged deep inside him. He \_rotated\_around it, effectively twisting his bowels as the two brothers were flipped over until Raph was on bottom and Mikey was on top.
Satisfied with the new arrangement, only now did Splinter pull his cock from Mikey's well-stretched hole with an obscene slurp. Immediately it dropped down onto the edge of the couch cushion, the head settling against Raph's darker, tighter hole. He took a moment to appreciate the severe difference in diameter between the two, even as Mikey's futilely tried to close up behind Splinter's fat schlong.
"Nng...oh god..." Mikey gasped against Raph's neck as the two clung to one another tightly. He felt so impossibly *empty.* He almost wanted to turn his head and beg his Sensei to put it back in him, but Splinter had said it was Raphael's turn. He felt Raph tense, and he knew that behind them, Splinter was pushing that battering-ram of a cockhead against Raph's virgin hole. The memory of how his own penetration was fresh in his mind, and instinctively, he nuzzled against Raph's cheek and whispered, "Shh, just relax...it only hurts at first..."
Splinter was going as slowly as before, but Raph was convinced that there was no way it had hurt this much for Mikey as his hole was speared open. Which was true. Mikey was much more flexible, adaptable, much more willing to relax and let things take their course. But Raph was rigid, unyielding, more ready to shatter against an opposing force than bend to it. He couldn't let himself relax, not while his most intimate area was being invaded. He tensed up and bore down, but if there was anyone who could force past Raph's stubbornness and break his defenses, it was Master Splinter. The only other who even came close was Leonardo. But that was for another time.
Splinter's steady progress came to a stop in Raph much earlier than it had in Mikey. Less than a quarter of his cock was inside by the time firm pressure could no longer probe deeper. Tamping down his frustration, the rat leaned back and looked down at where his body and Raph's met. He could see his son's hole twitching angrily, ass clenched to rock hardness, which he reached down to massage firmly. The hard muscle quivered under his touch, tension beginning to melt while Raph hissed and swore against Mikey's shoulder. But not quickly enough.
Once again Splinter stroked his beard in thought. He retrieved the bowl of oil from where he'd set it, and poured it directly onto his cock while he shallowly thrust his hips, working it as he could into Raph's stonewalling hole. But it was still not enough. He set the now-empty bowl aside, and his eyes drifted across his sons' bodies, when the answer dawned on him. Rather than Raph's rump, he reached above it and took hold of Mikey's.
The younger turtle blinked at feeling Splinter's hands on his behind, but Raph's arms around him prevented him from trying to look back over his shoulder. Splinter moved him forward slightly until Raph's head was against his chest rather than his shoulder, and then one hand vanished. He wasn't sure what Splinter was doing, was this supposed to make Raph relax or-
Mikey barely felt the blunt cockhead pressed between his cheeks before Splinter took hold of his hips and yanked him down, and suddenly Mikey was impaled fully on Raph's erection. Both turtles cried out in surprise, and Raph's cock flared back to full hardness where it had been flagging from the pain of his first penetration. Almost immediately, Splinter was able to sink another portion of his cock past Raph's outer ring, and the old rat grinned.
With minimal prompting from Splinter's grip on his hips, Mikey began to bounce his ass on Raph's dick, the round green globes rippling pleasantly as they slapped against his brother's groin. Raph wasn't nearly the size of their father, but the angle and the shape of Raph's cock rubbed against slightly different places inside him, and Mikey devolved into needy moans as that sickly pleasure welled up from his hole all over again.
Raph gasped desperately for breath that was suddenly beyond him, hands grasping and sliding on Mikey's shell as he crashed between the immense phallus forcing its way inside him and the insanely tight heat of Mikey's rear. His brother's ass clenched him so hard you'd never imagine his hole was anything but untouched virgin, let alone that he'd just had a member as monumental as their Sensei's tear him open minutes ago.
With his hands still gripping Mikey's hips, Splinter matched his pace with that of Mikey's riding Raph's cock. When the younger turtle's ass dropped down, the rat thrust forward, penetrating Raphael more and more by miniscule increments. When he slammed his cock home at last, he let out a loud moan and pulled Mikey down, firmly planting Raph's cock as fully in Mikey's rear as he was in Raph's, and held his sons there with him as he relished the moment.
"Nnng...R-Raph..." Mikey gasped, head against the back of the couch. His hips twitched with the slightest attempts to resume bouncing his bubble butt on his brother, but Splinter held him fast. He looked down at Raph, whose face was buried against where Mikey's plastron met his clavicle.
"Mi-iikey..." Raph groaned back, his mask now stained with dark, wet spots that matched Mikey's, though he'd never admit that he'd been crying from the pain. "You're...you're rr-really tight..." he muttered, suppressing a squirm at feeling Splinter throb inside him. "H-how did you...t-take this...?!" Mikey laughed breathlessly and stroked Raph's head.
"Just...just focus on me, okay? I swear, it's gonna feel \_awesome\_when you finally relax...not that you ever do, you tightass..." he snickered half at his attempt at a joke, half at the absurdity of joking while he was the caboose in a three-car train-fuck with his father and brother.
"Hnng...s-sure you're n-not thinkin' a'Leo...?" Raph managed a weak laugh.
"Your brother speaks from experience, Raphael..." Splinter growled, leaning over Mikey's shell, stroking Raph's thighs with both hands. His voice was heavy with lust and gravitas, a perverse mutation of when he was teaching his sons a particularly important lesson. With agonizing slowness, he began to move again, drawing his hips back ever so slightly before pushing back in, lifting and lowering Mikey in sync. "Give yourself to it...submit to your Sensei...and you will feel pleasure which you've never known."
Raph panted against Mikey's chest, feeling like the slightest movement might reignite the pain in his ass that had reduced to a dull throbbing, like he was feeling his pulse through his entire lower body. Even as Splinter's cock tugged at his insides, the coconut oil barely managing to keep his ass from gripping fast to his father's flesh, he felt the echoes of pangs from his inner muscles, spectres of the stinging of snapping sinew. But with Mikey once again sliding up and down his cock, he turned his attention to that, to the blooming flashes of pleasure that blanketed the pain. He noticed the twinges of sensation as his father's cock rubbed against a knot of nerves inside him...And gradually, his hole began to relax.
Splinter smiled in pride as he felt Raphael's ass relax around his shaft, and picked up the pace considerably with the reduced tension. Crushing tightness was well and good, but there was much more to be said for the warmth and softness of a submissive ass.
The sounds of their rutting filled the lair, slapping of skin on skin, the wet and strained noises of lubricated orifices, the moans of pleasure and astonishment as Splinter well and truly introduced his sons to the realm of sexual gratification.
Michelangelo bounced on his brother's cock, riding it hard without further guiding needed from their father. He sat up, propping himself up with his hands on the back of the blessedly sturdy couch, so he could look down and watch Raphael's face, taking further vicarious pleasure in watching his expression and knowing he was helping to make his beloved brother feel this way.
Raphael let his hands wander over Mikey's body, groping and rubbing his brother's thighs, up his sides, across his plastron, even up to stroke the side of his face, which Mikey nuzzled into and kissed his palm. Raph thought for a moment that maybe this moment was making up for all the hours of annoyance and frustration that had passed between them in the past, but if anything, he thought they only enhanced what he was feeling now. He loved his agitating, obnoxious brother. And Mikey loved his hot-headed, attitude-having brother. And they both loved their father who, as always, had opened their minds and guided them into a new phase in their lives.
As he plowed Raphael's ass, each thrust lifting him slightly off the couch and pushing him deeper into Mikey's hole, Splinter found himself thinking how he had never been able to fully express the way he loved his sons. Perhaps this was a step in the right direction. Perhaps he could bring their \_entire\_family closer together, this way.
He was so focused on the future that he only barely realized he was on the utmost edge of climax when it was upon him. A near-panicked moan tore from his throat, his hips swiftly become a frenzied blur, his mad rutting of Raph's rump made the couch creak and threaten to shift beneath them. The moans of his two sons were made strained and staccato under the force of their father's feverish fucking. And with a roar from his maw, the elderly rat fired his first volley of thick, hot seed deep into Raphael's ass.
Raph gasped as something molten and boiling suddenly filled him, and that spot inside him where the new, sickly pleasure was emanating from burst with heat and sensation through his entire body. He arched his neck backward, lifting off the couch with a roar that almost met Splinter's, and started cumming into Mikey's bouncing ass.
Splinter kept cumming, three, four, five shots, already overflowing and spilling out of Raphael's ass around his pumping cock. His mutant rodent physiology had blessed him with voluminous capacity, and he felt nearly overwhelmed as his orgasm continued. He distantly heard Raph cry out, and then a shuddering whine from Mikey, and their father snarled as a new impulse took him.
Even with Raph's ass clenching like a vice around him as the elder turtle climaxed, he tore back his hips and tugged his cock free with a lurid slurp, cum pouring from the unplugged hole. Even as a new rope of cum leapt from his head, he aimed his cock with impeccable accuracy, and his hot jizz crashed against where Raph's cock met Mikey's ass precisely just moments before his cockhead was jabbing against it as well.
Mikey practically screamed as his ass was forced open doubly with Splinter's cock shoving inside him alongside Raphael's, wedging in with lubrication from his father's mid-orgasm and continuing its powerful stream of cum. Splinter's essence mingled and swirled with Raphael's load inside Mikey's hole, and it was soon at capacity as well, the excess spurting out in thin jets, highly pressurized by the two cocks in Mikey's poor, heavily strained ass.
Even as he screamed from the overwhelming shock of his double-penetration, Mikey's eyes rolled back in his head as his own cock twitched and sprayed its load across Raph's torso, shooting hard enough to soak Raph's face and mouth. Raph was too busy to even notice his brother's cum on his tongue as he snarled and howled from the unbearable pressure of Splinter's cock compressed on his, threatening to pinch his flow of cum as he helped top Mikey's hole off again and again for what felt like forever.
But their shared orgasm did not last forever. Raph's died out first, sending shivers through his body that rattled his breath out from his throat, the exquisite weakness of a well-deserved afterglow setting in after his final shot of cum inside his brother's hole.
Mikey gave one final spurt onto Raph's chest before he collapsed with a shaking gasp onto his brother's cum-soaked body, face pressed against Raph's, consciousness threatening to abandon him while his ass went slack, releasing its vice-like grip on the two cocks lodged inside him.
Splinter's climax finished last, and he pulled out of Mikey's double-stuffed ass with some slight difficulty to make two straggling spurts that painted the young turtle's already-spattered ass and dribble down onto his brother's balls and ass. Again, the rat took a moment to admire his handiwork with both of his sons' holes stretched open wide and dripping with his cum. Mikey's clearly won, Raph's put up no competition.
For a moment, the wise Sensei didn't know what to do with himself. His knees threatened to buckle underneath him, dizziness swung circles around his head trying to pull him down. After a moment he lost the will to deliberate, and collapsed forward and to the side, arm draped across Mikey's shell as he came to rest to the side of both his sons, his hot breath on their faces.
The three of them panted for breath for some time, not wanting to interrupt the immaculate afterglow that gripped them, minds flirting with the possibility of passing out then and there on the cum-soaked couch. Slowly, Splinter managed to lift his head and lean forward slightly, planting a kiss on Michelangelo's cheek, and then one on Raphael's.
"I love you, my sons," he huffed with his remaining strength, barely audible even with their faces so close.
"L-love you too, ff-father..." Raph managed first, voice haggard but determined to speak.
"Love y-you...b-both..." Mikey breathed a minute or two later, his mind and body finally scraping together the energy to cooperate and form a response. As much as he was able at the moment, Raph smirked.
"Love you t-too... l-lil' bro..."
Despite his exhaustion, Splinter beamed with pride.
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"What is it you wish to discuss, my son?" Splinter said, without turning around.
Raphael sighed. He was sure he'd entered without making a sound, but Splinter had still known he was there. He bowed, then sat on the floor at not quite a respectful distance. "I... it's about last week."
"Oh?" Splinter turned. "Does something about the experience trouble you?"
"No!" Raphael said, hastily, then calmed himself. "Not at all, Master Splinter. I... it was... I mean... I liked it." He took a deep breath, tried to gather his thoughts. "You said, before everything got started, that we had to know all different techniques. So that means that... everything we did... was a technique. It was something that I might need to know someday."
If Splinter had something to say to that, he didn't say it yet.
"And I was thinking," Raphael continued, "well, I can see how these... skills..." he blushed but pushed on, "could be used for all sorts of things. Infiltrating. Getting information. Getting someone to defect. Getting close to someone so you can take them out. Right?"
"An insight that does you credit," Splinter said, stroking his beard, "Indeed, sexual skill has been a weapon in the ninja's arsenal for centuries."
Raphael nodded. He seemed to be trying to find a way to say something, but without success. So splinter broke the silence.
"However," he said, "it is a weapon with which you will need more training."
Raphael nodded, "Yes, Sensei."
"Very well." Splinter stood and opened his robe, and Raphael felt a tingle of excited anticipation. "But before we begin," Splinter continued, and Raph felt the tingle go quiet, "Where is Michelangelo? Does he not wish for further training?"
"I don't... " Raphael blushed, "He's actually been hanging out with Donnie. I think he's, uh, trying to, you know. Get in his shell."
"I see." Splinter said. "I suppose we should not be surprised that Michelangelo has not chosen the most responsible course."
"But I have." Raphael said, worrying there'd been a question mark hidden somewhere in there.
"Perhaps," said Splinter, "There is nobody whose shell you wish to get into?"
Raphael blushed harder again and looked at the floor. "I, uh," he sighed heavily, "I haven't decided if I'd rather fuck Leo or be fucked by him."
"Perhaps you hoped additional training would make that choice clearer for you?" Splinter asked.
"Perhaps." Raphael answered.
"In that case," said Splinter, "I shall prepare tea."
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Story by Star Ringer 2017
Characters © 2017 Viacom International Inc. |
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 96 by Contrast | 96 Ander did not know how long he stared at that hand. In reality, it couldn't have been more than a second, but to him, it lasted far longer. Those long, sharp claws. The thin, emaciated fingers. The bony knuckles. How many times had he taken that hand? How many times had he led her through the | [
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Ander did not know how long he stared at that hand. In reality, it couldn't have been more than a second, but to him, it lasted far longer.
Those long, sharp claws. The thin, emaciated fingers. The bony knuckles. How many times had he taken that hand? How many times had he led her through the village by that hand?
He almost didn't want to dig any further. Visions of death danced before his eyes: a silent scream filled with snow, eyes wide open, just as white and dead as the frost.
*Empty One.*
Ander plunged his numb, burning fingers into the snow and scraped it away as fast as he could, uncovering more and more.
Beneath the charm of delicate rabbit bones was a loop of talons from various owls. Beneath the talons was a bracelet of snake skulls, the twine carefully woven through hollow eye sockets.
Ander dug faster and faster. He didn't even notice the twigs scratching his palms or the pebbles cracking his claws. Digging was the only thing that mattered now.
And time.
Her ears suddenly broke the surface and Ander doubled his efforts, brushing the snow away from her face. Her eyes were closed, but Ander didn't know if that was good or bad, and neither did he have the time to think about it. He scooped the snow away, flinging it aside, desperate to clear her mouth and nose.
"Mother? Mother!?" He bent down to get a closer look at her face, but with the wind blowing all around them, kicking up puffs of white, it was impossible to tell if she was breathing or not. He gritted his teeth and stuck his hands back into the snow, forcing them underneath her arms. "Help me!"
Sarah and Kiana approached her from behind, seized her by the shoulders and began to pull. Simultaneously, Ander straightened up, lifting with his legs.
The snow bulged around Shekka's body. Sarah and Kiana both leaned back as far as they could, struggling to get purchase against the crumbling slope. And suddenly, without warning, the snow released its grip and Shekka was ripped free. The vixens fell back, panting and heaving, with Shekka between them, her legs still buried up to her knees.
Ander made to rush forward, but something stopped him. There was something otherworldly about this tableaux, a sense of something unseen.
Three mothers, together, lying in the snow. One who had given birth to him, one who had raised him, and one who was carrying a child of his own.
Three different points in time, all coming together in a single moment.
And just like that, it was gone. The wind howled in his ears and stung his eyes. Sarah and Kiana shivered in the cold. But Shekka...
Shekka wasn't moving at all.
*No... Oh, please, please, no... Not after everything... Please, don't let this all be for nothing!*
Ander leaned over her body, still covered in clumps of snow, and lightly tapped her on the cheek. "Mother?"
There was no response.
"Mother? Are you there? Please, wake up!" He tapped her again, slightly harder than before, but there was still no reaction. "Mother!" This time it wasn't a gentle tap, but a *slap*. "Wake up!" Her cheek was beyond cold - it was freezing. "Mother! You have to wake up! I can't face Hezzi if you don't wake up! Please!" He pulled his hand back yet again, and that was when he felt Kiana's warm grasp tighten around his wrist. When he turned to look at her, she was simply shaking her head.
"Ander, don't," she said, her eyes brimming with unspilled tears.
Ander wrenched his hand free. "You don't get it, Kiana! This is my fault! I did this! I have to fix this! If I don't -"
"Ander, don't!"
"If I don't, then I'll be the one who killed Hezzi's mother!"
Ander grabbed Shekka by the shoulders and started to shake her, screaming into her face: "Wake up! Please, wake up!" all while Sarah and Kiana watched on, not knowing what to do or say. Ander knew it must look gruesome, ghastly, maybe even blasphemous, but he couldn't give up now. He couldn't let her go. He couldn't afford to stop.
He did not want to sit Hezzi down, look him in the eye, and tell him that Mother was dead.
He couldn't.
"Wake up!" Ander screamed. "Wake up! Please!" He shook her back and forth. The back of her head made horrible slapping sounds against the snow.
"Andrew..." Sarah put a hand on his shoulder. "Stop this."
"I can't!" The world was a blur in his eyes. He blinked the tears away, but everything stayed the same. "You're my mother, Sarah! But Shekka is my mother, too!"
Her grip tightened to the point where it bordered on pain. "She can't be your mother if she doesn't see you as a son, Andrew! Leave her be. You've done all you can."
Ander turned to Kiana, but she couldn't meet his gaze. She could only look down at the she-wolf who, long ago, had condemned her to burn. She bit down on her bottom lip, closed her eyes, and shook her head. "I'm sorry, Ander," she whispered. "I'm just... I'm sorry."
It hurt to swallow. It hurt to breathe. Ander tried to look away, not just from Kiana's pained expression, but from everything. He couldn't, though. His eyes caught on Shekka's hand like a piece of clothing upon a jagged thorn. It was right beside her head, palm up, fingers curled, covered in frozen blood. It looked like she was reaching for something. He couldn't remember his dream very well (if it really was a dream) but he remembered that hand. He remembered the red, sparkling crystals falling from her fingers as she reached out to him, begging not to be left alone in the dark.
*I don't have* anyone *anymore...*
"The last time I saw her..." Ander had to force the words out. Each one felt like a heavy ball of lead in his throat, cutting off his air. "She tried to have me killed..."
Kiana touched his face. "You don't have to do this."
"I tried to be a good son to her. I tried so hard. I made so many things for her. All those Cora statues, again and again, just so I could see her run her fingers over them, checking to see if all the details were right. And then she'd give a little nod, just a tiny little nod, and that was enough for me, knowing that she was satisfied, that she was happy with something I'd done for her. All the tools she ever needed, all the pots and gourds, her cutting table, I made them all. And I was happy to do it. Because, even though I knew it wasn't much, it was the one thing I could do that she liked, the one thing that didn't make her hate me... But she still... she *still*..."
Sarah touched his hand. He could feel the desperation in her grip even through the handkerchief she had tied there. "Andrew, please stop! Stop doing this to yourself!" she begged.
Ander couldn't bring himself to look her in the eye, but he knew what he would see if he did. A vixen tortured by her own son, forced to watch him torture himself.
But Ander couldn't stop now. It was far too late for that. He had to get it out, otherwise it would tear him apart from the inside.
"Hezzi, too..." he said, struggling through the tears. "He was terrified of her. He was scared to death of her. But he always helped her whenever he could, even though he was scared. He was able to do it because he loved her, and because he knew, deep down, that she loved him. But in the end, none of it meant anything. Even though she loved him, she still forced him to leave everything behind. He had to run for his life..."
Kiana took his other hand in both of hers, raised it up to her mouth, and planted a kiss across his fingers. He could feel her love flowing into him, and that made it a little easier.
He shut his eyes tight and powered through, barely able to keep up with the words pouring out of his mouth. "Father. He tried harder than anyone else. I saw how difficult it was for him. I saw how the Chieftaincy weighed him down. I saw how tired he was all the time. I saw how much it hurt to watch his mate lose her sight, day after day. But he was always by her side, every step of the way, no matter what. Whenever anyone said anything bad about her, he would always defend her. He went out of his way to let her know that she was loved, but still... \_still\_she would explode at him for no reason, still she would yell and scream. He had to spend so many nights alone because she would rather swallow fistfuls of mushrooms and pass out on her own operating table. Every time anyone tried to get close to her, she would lash out. Every time anyone tried to love her, she would push them away." Ander wanted to wipe his tears, but with Sarah and Kiana holding his hands, all he could do was let them fall. "Why did she do that?" he asked. "Why...? Why did she always, \_always\_have to push everyone away?"
Sarah looked to Kiana, and Kiana looked to Sarah, but neither of them could give him an answer. And how could they? They did not know this she-wolf lying in the snow, this she-wolf who was a complete and utter mystery even to her own family.
"I'm sorry..." Ander said, knowing full well that Sarah and Kiana would be the first to tell him that he didn't have anything to be sorry for, but he couldn't help it. Maybe, if he had said something, done something, tried a little harder, maybe things could have been different for her, too. He reached out, intending to pick her up. He couldn't just leave her out here, in the snow, in the dark, all by herself. But it somehow turned into a hug. "I'm sorry..." he whispered, knowing she could never hear his words. "I'm so sorry..."
"Ander?"
He felt Kiana's hand on his shoulder. It was so cold. He knew they couldn't stay out here for much longer, but he had to finish this. He had to say goodbye.
"By the gods, Ander!"
There was an unexpected amount of panic in her voice. He looked up, but what he saw didn't immediately make sense. He blinked, trying to clear the tears from his eyes, but the blurry shapes remained the same. It was Kiana, staring with wide eyes, her hands firmly clasped beneath her chin.
*Both* of them.
And if Sarah was on his *other* side, then...
Ander sat up, breathing fast, feeling like his heart was about to burst through his chest. Shekka's eyes were still closed, but her hand wasn't lying in the snow anymore. It was touching his arm.
"Mother!" Ander grabbed her hand and held it tight. The blood had hardened her fur into tough, prickly spikes. "Mother! Can you hear me?" He rubbed her fingers and breathed on them, hoping for a sign of life, a squeeze, a twitch, anything. "Mother!"
Kiana and Sarah exchanged an uneasy glance behind his back, but Ander barely noticed.
"Mother, please!" he begged. "Please..." A tear rolled down his cheek and fell upon her hand, giving warmth to the frozen blood once again. It seeped between their fingers, neither blood nor tears, but both, and disappeared, swallowed by the cold.
Her eyes flew open, white against white. For a moment it created the illusion that Shekka didn't have any eyes, that those were actually two holes going all the way through her head to the snow at her back. Ander almost screamed, but then she blinked, and the illusion was dispelled. A small whimper escaped her lips and her fingers closed weakly over his hand.
"Mother!" Ander couldn't believe it. He had come so close to giving up hope. He'd been ready to say his goodbye, but now...
She reached for his face. It was just like his dream, only now she wasn't alone anymore. He would make sure of it.
"Wh- Who...?" she asked, struggling to be heard over the wind.
Her fingers lightly brushed his face, moving over his brow and down across his muzzle. "It's me, Mother. It's your son."
"Banno? Is that you?"
"It's Ander."
Everything changed in that moment. *Everything.*
Her eyes, which had seemed so empty before, so confused, suddenly blazed with wild fury. Her mouth, which could barely whimper out a single word mere moments before, split into an animalistic snarl. A growl issued from her throat, deep and rumbling, flinging ropes of saliva from her fangs.
"You're not my son!" she screamed. "You were *never* my son!"
"Mother, I -"
Her slender fingers, which could barely open and close by themselves just a while ago, suddenly snapped shut like a biter. Her claws dug into the back of his hand, drawing blood.
"You're not my son!!" She drew back with her other hand, curling her fingers into terrible hooks. Sarah and Kiana rushed forward, but it was already too late.
It was only a moment, but it lasted forever.
Ander saw himself reflected in her blank, staring eyes: a pale ghost, a creature without light or colour, only form.
*Why do you always waste your time with these stupid things?*
The sound of a table flipping over. The clatter of all his projects spilling to the ground, works of art only halfway done, inventions yet to be tested.
*What kind of an example are you setting for Hezzi? He's strange enough without you going around filling his head with all this nonsense!*
The crackle of a fire. Heat washing over his face. The smell of smoke, thick and bitter in his nostrils, making his eyes water.
*Go on! Throw it in! It's the only way the Cora will know your apology is sincere! Yes, all of it! Every last one! And if I ever catch you building such... such* things\_ever again I won't be held responsible for whatever befalls you! Can't you see I'm trying to help you, Ander? The other Wolves are saying such terrible things about you. How do you think that makes me feel?\_
Her hand on the back of his neck. Her claws digging painfully into his flesh. A sense of helplessness, of being pulled in every direction.
*I cannot believe you said those things, Ander! You are the second son of the Chieftain! Have you forgotten that? Every word that comes out of your mouth is a direct reflection on your father! Our laws, our customs, our traditions! They're there for a reason! You're lucky I stepped in when I did! I swear they were about to kill you!*
A flash of pain across his cheek. The rattle of bones and talons filling his ears.
*Damnit, Ander! Why can't you be more like Banno!? Why is it so hard for you to act like a proper Wolf!? No! Don't cry! Don't you dare cry! You are a son of the Chieftain! If you don't like being punished, if you don't like what everyone says about you, if you don't like the way they stare and whisper, then stop being so damn different all the time! Stop being ander! Stop being* you!
A shadow falling across his eyes, a deep, red shadow in the shape of a hand.
It lasted forever, but still...
It was only a moment.
Shekka's claws raked across Ander's face, cleaving his flesh wide open, but the worst of the pain was concentrated in his left eye. It felt like someone had shoved a -
(*an arrow*)
* a burning hot darning needle into his eye. The pain bloomed like a red flower in his vision, covering half the world in crimson petals like drops of blood.
Ander fell back, screaming, and clapped both hands across his eye. He could feel something wet and warm smearing against his palms and flowing down his cheek.
"Ander!" That was Kiana, but even her panicked scream was nothing compared to the wailing shrieks coming out of Shekka's mouth.
"You bastard son of a vixen slut! You're the one who nearly took Banno away from me! You're the one who turned my little Hezzi against me! You're the one who stole my daughter's life! It's because of you I never got to hold her in my arms! It's because of you I never got to say I'm sorry! It's because of you she never got a pyre or a name! It's because of you she got dumped into a muddy hole like a piece of afterbirth! It's because of you I never got to say goodbye!" She wrenched her feet out of the hole she had nearly died in and came crawling after him like a creature out of a nightmare, white eyes blazing like chunks of ice. "It's because of you I lost my only love! It's because of you that Kadai is dead! You murderer! You took everything from me! *Everything!!*"
Ander shook his head. "No, Mother, I didn't, I swear, I never meant to hurt you!" Blood flowed down his face and across his lips. He could taste it.
"I hate you, Ander!" Shekka screamed. "I hate you!" She reached for him, her claws dripping with his blood. "I hate you! I hate you! I HATE -"
Sarah's fist came from out of nowhere. It struck the side of Shekka's jaw with a bone-jarring crack and she went ploughing, face-first, into the snow. Blood slowly leaked out of the corner of her mouth, melting the powder into a filthy red mess. She was completely motionless.
"By the gods I've wanted to do that for the *longest* time," Sarah said, perhaps trying to sound tough, but her voice shook almost as badly as her hand. The knuckles were covered in spots of blood that were already beginning to freeze over.
Ander tried to sit up, but he felt so dizzy and lightheaded. Every gust of wind seemed intent on pushing him down again. Maybe if he still had both hands he could have pushed himself off the ground, but he was too afraid to move them away from his burning face.
"No, Andrew! Stay still!" Sarah rushed over and brushed the hair out of his eyes. "Oh my dear sweet merciful gods... Oh, Andrew..." She put her hands over his, and he could clearly feel her shaking. "Let me see."
Ander stiffened at the request. Even the tiniest movement was enough to send a blinding flash of pain through his eye.
"Andrew, please, we don't have much time. It'll only be for a second, I promise."
Ander gritted his teeth and allowed her to pull his hands away. She did it very slowly and very gently, opening them like the pages of a book. A freezing blast of wind immediately slapped him right in the face, and he could actually feel the blood congealing and hardening into his fur, pulling his skin tight.
"Can you open your eye for me?"
Ander genuinely tried, but it felt like the eyelid was glued shut. He could only imagine what it must look like, all the snowflakes blowing into his face and sticking to the blood. It must be a disgusting red slurry by now.
Kiana fretted in the background, alternately looking over Sarah's shoulder and checking on Shekka, making sure she was still unconscious.
Sarah leaned in close. He could feel her breath on his cheek. "Come on, Andrew. Just a little bit."
Ander tried again. He could actually feel his eyelid slowly peeling loose until it suddenly snapped wide open. The pain was immense, and made even worse by the cold. It felt like someone had taken the tip of an icicle and driven it deep inside the soft flesh of his eye. He closed it immediately on pure reflex, but in the brief second he had it open, he had a strange, overlapping double-view of the world. His good eye still saw everything normally, but his injured one had a cloudy, reddish brown filter over it.
"Is he okay?" Kiana asked.
"I don't know, there's so much blood!" Sarah was constantly touching his face, maybe just to wipe the gore away, but Ander thought there was more to it than that. It was as though he could actually feel her reassurance through her touch. "We have to take him to Bethany."
"Hold on a second." Kiana bent down and an odd ripping noise suddenly echoed through the pass. When she came back into view, she was holding a long strip of green cloth in her hands. The ends flapped in the wind. "Can you hold his head up?"
Sarah lifted his head off the snow and Kiana quickly looped the cloth around and around, covering his eye in a double layer of what he assumed to be the hem of her dress. She then tied a knot at the back and cinched it tight.
"There," she said. "It's not much, but at least it'll keep the snow out."
"Can you sit up, Andrew? Slowly now..."
Together, they helped him into a sitting position. His eye still burned and throbbed beneath the bandage, but that blinding sting was gone. He could see, and that was good enough.
He still had work to do.
"Careful, Andrew! Not so fast! What are you doing!?"
Ander forced himself up on one knee, but when he pushed against the ground, a quick, stabbing pain shot through his hand. He looked down.
Sarah's handkerchief was still tied around his left hand. It was a bit worse for wear now, and there was a small spot of blood in the middle, but despite everything, it was still there. He reached up and touched the bandage across his face. Light blue and dark green. The two fabrics rubbed together, ever so slightly. They had done so much for him. Far more than he could ever repay. And now...
Now he would ask for even more.
He stood up. The wind grabbed at his clothes, threatening to yank him back down again, but he simply bowed his head and began to walk.
"Andrew?"
"Ander?"
Shekka was still lying in the snow, right where she had fallen. The blood on her face and hands had formed a crumbling red crust.
*I HATE YOU!!*
Ander pulled his father's necklace out of the hole - white chunks of snow slid off the fangs and claws in random clumps - and slipped it around her neck. Next, he pushed his hands underneath her body, scraping his knuckles raw against the snow, and picked her up. Her eyes were closed, but he could see her chest rise and fall with every breath. She was still alive, and no matter what she had said, no matter what she had done, no matter how much she might hate him for it, he intended to keep her that way.
Sarah and Kiana didn't look very surprised. "Are you sure about this, Andrew?"
Ander looked down at the she-wolf cradled in his arms. She was always a bit small for a Wolf. Always slender. But she had never looked as skinny and emaciated as she did now.
Ander raised his head, and simply said: "I have to."
Sarah and Kiana both nodded, and he loved them even more for that.
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The Rowans and The Greys Chapter 3: Recall by hyenafur | #3 of The Rowans and The Greys - Mike put the phone down. Kody. Grey? Grey? Why was that last name so familiar? The tod chewed on his bottom lip as he tried to remember exactly where he'd heard that name before. And then it hit him lick a sack of bricks. He'd been sitting in his room reading _Of | [
"Fanfiction",
"Fox",
"M/M",
"Male",
"No-Yiff",
"Zootopia"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1153161-the-rowans-and-the-greys-chapter-3-recall | Mike put the phone down. Kody. Grey? Grey? Why was that last name so familiar? The tod chewed on his bottom lip as he tried to remember exactly where he'd heard that name before. And then it hit him lick a sack of bricks.
He'd been sitting in his room reading *Of Mice and Males* for English 100 when Chris had almost torn the door off its hinges to come in. "Oh man, Mike! I just fucking nailed this tight little vixen in my car," he'd said, the smell of booze on his lips from obvious post orgasmic celebration down at the bar, "Probably going to have to make up a story about how that bitch tore up the back seat to dad."
Mike had just snorted, not wanting to hear about his brother's latest escapade. "Congrats," he replied to his older brother, still trying to read his book, hoping that ignoring the boisterous tod would make him go away. It didn't. In fact ignoring him just made Chris move over to his brother and slap the book away. "If you keep your head in books you're never gonna be a stud like me," the larger man had said, "You'll just end up with my sloppy seconds."
Mike snorted and chuffed as he glared at his older brother, "I'm not taking your sloppy seconds, Chris."
Chris just laughed back, "I fucked half your girlfriends before you got to them. You're gonna be stuck with my sloppy seconds the rest of your life. I might even pass that little country gal off to you. In fact, you can fucking have Josephine Grey. She's perfect for you. Dumb as a sack of rocks and about as buoyant as one too. Dumb bitch even thought I wore a condom."
Mike's eyes nearly popped out of his head, "You did WHAT!"
Chris laughed, "You fucking herd me, kit. I nailed that vixen bare back while she was all in heat and needy. She was begging for my fox cock. You should have seen it."
Mike had blinked in complete and utter surprise, mouth open as he listened to what his brother had just done. "You're kidding right," he begged towards his older brother, "Please tell me you're kidding!"
Chris chuckled, "I'm not kidding, runt. I filled that vixen cunt full of cum."
"Jesus Christ, Chris," he started to yell, "Do you know what kind of trouble you could get in! What if she gets pregnant!"
"She wouldn't be the first I've knocked up. I'm one virile fox," his older brother said with a chuckle and a glimmer of pride, "She'll take her morning after pill, and I'll push her away until she comes back begging for my dick."
Mike snorted, "And if she doesn't?"
Chris laughed, "If she's that dumb then she deserves to get pregnant."
"You're a monster, you know that," the younger brother said with a growl. The wolf like fox just laughed before heading out of the room, "You're just jealous, runt."
Mike remembered seeing Josephine in class the entire rest of the school year. He was even there when she'd confronted Chris about what he'd done. He'd watched every day in class as she began to look more and more pregnant by the week. The last time he saw her for that term was during finals week.
When classes started up again that following August, everyone hadn't expected her to come back, but she did. Everyone was curious about her kit, but she wouldn't talk about it. The rumor on campus had been that she'd ended up with a miscarriage by the way she acted whenever anyone asked what happened.
Mike's daydream of college ended abruptly as he stared down at the name he'd written down. "Thirty years old. Said he'd lost two fathers. Said his first father was named Chris, and he didn't care about him. Renamed himself Grey after his adopted parent's accident. Holy. Shit. This. I just. I just got off the phone with my damn NEPHEW!"
The near fifty year old fox had to blink several times as he started to figure out what to do next. He probably SHOULD tell his aging father that he had a grandtod, but the information could easily cause issues concerning conflicts of interest.
Mike chewed on his lower lip, his ears flattening against his head. He'd never lied to his father, but he didn't have to tell him the entire truth either. He could easily leave out the messy details of Kody Grey being his grandkit for after the trial. He did, however, want to at least check to see if Kody Grey WAS his nephew. That way, he could be completely sure before spilling the beans to his father.
"I'm probably not going to get to meet him on the base," he said as he started to tap the pen in his hand onto the note pad, "But I wonder if I can arrange a meeting over the weekend."
He pressed speed dial on his desk phone, hoping that he could talk directly to the other fox, but his call went straight to voice mail. He left him a short message about arranging a meeting, even giving him his personal phone number to respond by text. He'd hung up the phone only to get a text about two minutes later that read, "Sure. Gideon's Real Good Baked Stuffs in Bunnyburrow. Noon." |
A Warmth Amidst Winter by SluttyEspeon | This is another commission that I wrote for Ember (m/vulpix). This one is a story of him and his encounters with a female vulpix by the name of Cinnamon. In this story, he watches her pee, eats her out, and then has sex with her. - A Warmth Amidst Winter Ember x Cinnamon Ember the vulpix stared | [
"Cunnilingus",
"Doggystyle",
"Female Ejaculation",
"Feral",
"Knot",
"Male/Female",
"Pokemon",
"Presenting",
"Prostitution",
"Short Story",
"Squirting",
"Straight",
"Vagina",
"Vaginal",
"Vulpix",
"Watersports"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1149417-a-warmth-amidst-winter | A Warmth Amidst Winter
Ember x Cinnamon
Ember the vulpix stared blankly out the window at a nearby house, watching little white dots cascade through the air. With his trainer taking his boyfriend away to the Pokémon center for an appointment, the feral vulpix was left with seemingly nothing to do.
As he listlessly looked out, he gradually saw a figure coming into view through the window of the other house. As it approached, he took note of the creature's six orange tails, reddish brown body-fur, and white underside, clearly a female and undoubtedly a vulpix like him. He gazed upon her lithe canine form, admiring her hazel-brown eyes, perky ears which featured a milk chocolate brown color on the inside, wide, pronounced hips, and... He sniffed the air. What was that smell? He looked back at the vulpix and descried a beautiful yet mischievous smirk, an inviting simper. He closed his eyes and sniffed again, the sweet aroma growing stronger now, teasing his senses and causing a small chill of excitement to run through his body.
As the chill subsided, he looked out the window again and was met with the same boring collection of small frozen droplets floating to the ground as before, the female nowhere to be seen. Yet, that attractive, seductive, irresistible fragrance hung in the air and clung to the scent receptors inside of his jet-black nose, the sweet, sugary smell of vulpix pheromones. Mysteriously, a single milk chocolate colored stocking with pink laces had been placed where the female had stood.
That had been enough for Ember. He promptly leaped from the windowsill, snatched the wallet his trainer had accidentally left behind, opened the door, and took a short trek across the street toward the source of the essence. Once at the door, the canine raised his paw and knocked against rich mahogany. He stood in enraptured silence as he awaited the lady. The door swung only slightly ajar and the female let in her new companion and led him to her master's bed where a single milk chocolate colored stocking was laid. Ember placed his trainer's wallet on the ground.
"Mmmmmmm" she purred, gazing lustfully at the male, "You came to see me?" she asked.
The male smiled, blushing slightly "I suppose I did," he responded.
"How nice of you," she replied, licking his face sweetly. "But who is this dashing, young fox?"
"My name is Ember." He answered softly. Another small chill slid through his frame, as he was now face to face with this gorgeous beast and her delicious, commanding, tantalizing scent.
"What a wonderful name for such a proud, strong animal like you..." she began, her voice taking on a husky tone with those last few words "Ember, mmmmm, Ember... My name is Cinnamon..." she half-moaned out as she went in for a kiss.
The male, though surprised by her advances, nevertheless returned the favor, opening his maw and letting her kiss. Their tongues intertwined and twisted as they explored each other's caverns. Ember moaned softly into Cinnamon's mouth, but the sounds were muffled as the two passionately exchanged the kiss. Ember closed his eyes as he enjoyed the kiss, letting himself give in to his cravings. As he allowed his senses to take over, the potent feminine odor coming from Cinnamon was now primed at the peak of its ripeness and Ember's head was swimming in a thick fog of desire. He yearned for her touch as her scent blasted his brain and one of his front paws instinctively reached out to the female to touch her fur, stroke her and caress her, and slide from her neck to her chest, to her front pair of teats. The two gradually broke the kiss, but Ember's front paw remained on Cinnamon's teats and continued stroking and teasing the two bumps.
"You want me, don't you?" Cinnamon commented playfully.
Ember looked down to where his front left paw was and slowly pulled it away, blushing.
Cinnamon smiled coyly at the male's reaction, then turned around so that her rear end was in front of Ember's face. "You can have me, if you want," she giggled as she swung her hips from side to side exposing her swollen, heated, vagina and pink anus "but..." she turned around so that she was face to face with the stunned male and giggled at his reaction "but you're going to have to pay me first..."
Ember's face was now bright red. "You can have it," he exclaimed, "You can have all of it!"
"Great," she responded cheerily while putting the stocking on her right hind leg. As she went to pick up the second stocking on the windowsill, she turned around "I'm about to take a piss in the bathroom," she started "do you want to see?"
The male blushed and smirked. "Yes," he answered hungrily "I would very much like to see..."
Cinnamon put the stocking on her left hind leg, grinned, and then led Ember to the bathroom with her. Once there, she climbed up on the toilet seat and squatted above it, with her front side facing the tank of the toilet and her backside facing Ember so he could get a nice, clean look at her pussy while watching her. Cinnamon turned her head to face Ember and then winked at him and shook her hips. Ember snickered deviously and nodded his head, more than ready for her to relieve herself in front of him.
Without further ado, Cinnamon lifted all six of her tails and a steady flow of urine escaped from her feminine lips. Ember watched intently as the yellow nectar poured out of her and down into the toilet water beneath. Cinnamon moaned softly as her honey streamed through her urethra, tickling her insides. As Ember fixated on her squatted rump and the liquid exiting nearby, he couldn't help but notice that the pheromones this heated vulpix had been emitting had become even more potent. The urine scent in the air mixed well with the vulpix's heat, making the prospect of tearing up Cinnamon's snatch even more appealing to him. The more he sniffed the air, the more clouded his mind became, the exquisite aroma appealing to his most primal urges. Like most good things, however, Cinnamon's urine supply had to come to an end and as the last droplets leaked from her cunny, she looked straight into Ember's emerald green eyes and sighed contently.
Turning around and hopping off of the toilet, Cinnamon landed on all fours face-to-face with Ember. She smiled slyly at him, inviting him to follow her back to the bedroom. As she walked ahead of Ember, he couldn't help but stare at the vixen's sexy tight-fitting stockings, tight pink anus, heated swollen pussy, now wet with droplets of urine, and gracefully moving hips as they swung from side to side, emphasizing the treasures of Cinnamon's behind. These sights and scents were driving the male crazy and he couldn't wait to mount this femme and piledrive her into the ground, but that would have to wait.
In the meantime, Cinnamon took the wallet from the ground and then vaulted onto the bed, gesturing for Ember to clamber atop it too. He did so and watched as Cinnamon quickly pawed through the contents of the wallet and took what she wanted. After that, she set the money on a nearby lampstand and tossed the wallet onto the ground and smiled to herself in a gratified manner. "Yeah," she chirped, "That should be enough... Now, Ember... Now I'm yours..."
Ember's mouth fell ajar as he watched Cinnamon lie on her back and present her body to him. The stockings helped accentuate her quivering love hole; it was almost as if the pink laces at the top were pointing to it. Just below her wet, protruding mound was her puckered tailhole, a tight fit if he ever wanted to try it. Her large round hips and thighs and pointy teats on her chest and belly made this sight perfect for the horny male. As he sniffed the air again, now drenched in the scent of her hormonal secretions, he lost himself to his instincts and immediately went down on her.
Ember stretched out Cinnamon's mound as he buried his nose inside of her, letting her scent, her essence, her heat consume him. He was captivated completely by the delicious scent of her heat. His head was swimming and he was drowning in the smell of her womanly sap. Apple, urine, cinnamon, and a whole lot of musk afflicted Ember and put him under a spell. Though he was inhaling, he found it hard to breathe, as if her overpowering pheromones were the only thing that he was allowed to breathe in. Between these hard, intimate sniffs, and inhalations, Cinnamon was moaning to herself, mewing as the male began his work.
It would only be a matter of time, then, before Ember would go from simply sniffing her to using his tongue and tasting her. "Oooooohhhhhhh..." Cinnamon moaned out as Ember licked her inner walls, "Please, Ember, keep going... Vuuuulllll..." The male was happy to oblige as he licked and slurped ravenously. Every time he slid his tongue over her wet, cascading folds, the bitch would moan out "Vuullll" and every time he lapped up her feminine lubricant, she would mew out and produce even more liquids. While exploring her cave and all its ripples and rifts, he licked something that felt a bit different, something that protruded outward and had a tiny hole. "Vuuuuulllll..." Cinnamon moaned again as the brute below her licked again at the dead end of her tunnel.
Completely consumed in his explorations, the male dug ever deeper into her, brushing over her cervix multiple times. Every time he did, he would hear a great "Vuullll!" but after a few times of doing this, her wet needy hole constricted tightly around his tongue, pulling it inward. He kept going, Cinnamon's lustful cries of joy spurning him on. Continuing to caress her feminine sheets, Ember rested his nose just above her love tunnel and sniffed it. That small amount of air pressure tickled and stimulated that area and it was indeed a sensitive area. The first time Ember smelled it, he was treated to a delightful "VuuUULLlllll!" and whenever he sniffed that protruding circle, he would be rewarded with similar squeals.
Cinnamon, meanwhile was delighted at the work this creature was putting into her: lapping at, licking, and exploring every centimeter, every nook and cranny of her convulsing, shaking, fleshy, womanly channel. Every little lick, every little tease of her cervix was a reminder that her insides were on fire and needed something wet and sticky to put it out. Though not sticky, this tongue was wet and wriggling all around her insides. Her contractions and convulsions grew quicker and harder and her passage pulled Ember's tongue inward and clamped and squeezed on it like it was a phallus. Amidst all of this, she moaned and screamed and shouted as the pleasure started to increase exponentially. Her body had been so deprived and the fire inside was reminding her of that. The tension now before release was almost painful, but it would only be a matter of time before she blew.
"VVUULLL! VVUUULLL! VVUUULLLL!" she screamed out as Ember continued licking her insides and sniffing her clit. "VVVVUUUUULLLL, VVVVUUUUULLLLL" the end was coming, her body was tensing up, she could barely keep her eyelids open. Ember increased the speed and power of his licking to help Cinnamon fly over the edge sooner, basking in the intensity of the moment.
"VVVVVVUUUUUUUUULLLLLLL!" she cried out as wave upon wave of ecstasy crashed upon her "EEEEEEEMMMMMMBBBBBEEEEEERRRRRRRRRR! VVVVUUUUULLLLLL!" she screamed out as the storm that had taken hold of her body proved relentless. In a flurry of convulsions, squeezes, and violent shakes, Cinnamon ravaged and crushed the tongue inside of her.
Eventually, her harsh tremors ceased and she came down from her peak, breathing heavily to recover from her outburst. She smiled as Ember withdrew his tongue from her and stared at all of the ripples, ruffles, and rifts of her gaping pussy. However, the scent of the female's heat still permeated the air and the couple yearned for more. Slowly, Cinnamon arose onto all fours. Ember watched her covetously, feeling a strong urge to mount her and make her his bitch.
Ember rose to his feet as well and was met with a pleasant surprise as Cinnamon kneaded at his sheath, perhaps trying to coax something out of it. She continued pawing at it and stroking it and was delighted when his member poked out. The prostitute then turned around and presented herself to the awaiting beast behind her.
Ember took in the sight, Cinnamon's plump hips, six beautiful curly tails, plump wet labia, and stockings... Those hips were the perfect size to wrap his paws around while he mounted her. Those tails were large enough to hug his form while he fucked her. That puffy, swollen vulva was the perfect new home for his member. Those stockings were the perfect color to show off cum stains from when his seed leaked outside of her cunt and down to her legs. He could barely contain himself in such a sight. His member slowly left its white, fluffy home and began expanding and twitching, his breathing became short and ragged, his pulse quickened, his mind shifted gears and he lost himself.
He leapt and latched onto her, grabbing her hips without so much as a warning. He growled in her ear and bit it as he began thrusting blindly trying to poke that elusive mound. "Oooooohhhhhhhhh!" they both moaned loudly as he finally penetrated Cinnamon. He wasn't going to let back now. He had smelled her pheromones, kissed her, watched her pee, admired her lovely, fuckable body from behind, sniffed her, and ate her out and all that would be enough to drive any male, any quadruped with a member, lust-crazy.
His balls slapped against the female's clit as he pounded her and made a wet, satisfying sound that reverberated through the room. His member twitched violently as he thrust in and out, bouncing and humping against the vixen's ass hard. He adjusted his position and spanked Cinnamon's ass lightly once before wrapping his paws tightly around her again, gripping her hips, and stroking her two lower teats with one of his paws. He continued growling into her ear as he bit lightly on it. He rocked his cock in and out of Cinnamon's love hole relishing the feeling of all of her inner rifts and rivulets gently massaging his cock. He moaned out as Cinnamon's body was already trying to milk his cock for what it was worth. He pushed and moaned and thrust and groaned and hammered her and shouted. He was desperately hunched over her body as he rutted her, absolutely immersing himself in the pleasure and attempting to rid his body of his seed.
The female vulpix below him could only shout out as the male buried his wildly twitching member deep inside of her, tickling her cervix before exiting, then hastily reentering with the utmost sense of emergency. Ember's thrusts came in heavy and quick, hot and fast. Even in these early stages, Cinnamon's love canal eagerly convulsed and squeezed around the penis, prompting Ember to go in harder, faster, and if possible deeper. Shivers of excitement and arousal traveled through Cinnamon's entire body as Ember spanked her or growled in her ear, but those shivers of excitement were nothing compared to her vocalized cries. "Oooooohhhh yeessss! Oooohhhhhh VVuuulll! Ember Please!! Fuck me, you stud! Make me yours! Vuuuulllllll! Vullllll! Vuuuuuulll! Vuuullllll! Ember! Vullllll!"
As the greedy male plowed into the vixen, she felt herself losing control again and without warning, convulsed, shook, twitched, and clamped down hard against the male's high-powered, high-speed tool as she screamed out loud. Waves and waves of pleasure washed over Cinnamon almost drowning her in an ocean of pure, unadulterated bliss. When she came back down from her high, however, the tension inside of her started building up again. Ember's cock was still lodging itself deeply in and out of her vixenhood, making the pleasure come back quickly. The moments of catching her breath after sex would be short-lived as she was soon once again back to the jagged breathing of a crazed vulpine in heat.
Ember growled and moaned as Cinnamon orgasmed underneath him, deeply enjoying her squeezes, squelches, and screams. The vulpix closed his eyes as he continued to rub against all of her walls, all of her folds at once. Pre-cum squirted out of the pix's dickhole as he slammed himself into her and he shuddered as Cinnamon's mound squeezed around him again, so quickly after her first climax. He rested some of his weight on the top of her rump as he pushed his meat into her and moaned as he felt it thicken inside. He briefly lifted one paw away from Cinnamon to smack her ass again and smirked to himself when he heard a "Vuuulll!"
As he returned his front paw back to her hips, he had a sudden urge to stroke her hard, red, pointy teats and so he did. As he felt those delicious, pointed nipples, rubbed them, caressed them, brushed them with his paws, the dam bucked backward into the brute and unleashed a mighty "Vuuullllll!" The male could only quicken his pace and play with her mammary glands, pushing into her, thumping his balls against her tush. Small droplets of milk dripped out of the female's faucets as Ember continued to nail her and pump his penis inside her. More pre sprayed from the critter's nozzle as he rhythmically reamed her and felt Cinnamon's milk leak out of her. He could feel that he was getting near the end.
"Vul! Vul! Vul! Vul! Vul!" they grunted out in unison amidst their fornication. Ember was finding it harder to pull out now as the slut contracted and constricted lovingly around his manhood, franticly vacuuming up his seed. The base of his shaft was expanding rapidly and both of their bodies were shivering tensely on the cusp of release.
"Cinnamon," Ember panted between moans, his breathing getting heavy and jagged "I'm about to explode..."
"Yes!" Cinnamon moaned loudly "Fuck me! Fill me with your seed! Thicken inside me and wash my insides with your goo! You don't understand how badly I need this, knot me!"
The male didn't need to hear any more and with a few more quick hard, thrusts, he completed their coitus and knotted her. A joint orgasm wracked their bodies and they shouted and grunted and squealed as the male's knot was established firmly and irrevocably inside of Cinnamon's pussy and the floodgates were released. Their bodies spasmed together erratically as rope upon rope, squirt upon squirt, twitch upon twitch of Ember's seed gushed inside of her.
"CCCCCCCCIIIIINNNNNNNNAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNN!!!" Ember yelled as he dumped the contents of his ball sack deep inside of her. The male screamed as he crazily thrust inside of Cinnamon's delicious canal, emitting thick globs of white, sticky bodily fluids, filling her walls with his ejaculate, putting out the fire of her heat.
"EEEEMMMMMMBBBBBBEEEEEEERRRRR!!!!" Cinnamon howled at the top of her lungs as the ecstasy consumed her, her insides squeezing around the pix's cock, the spunk it had been begging for for so long now rushing straight to her cervix. Under the sheer amount of pressure and force her body was under, Cinnamon moaned loudly and spurted squirt upon squirt of sweet, clear, feminine nectar. The bulk of her honey squirted onto Ember's sheath and ball sack, soaking it and dousing it in vulpix essence, though some of it had leaked down her butt and stained the stockings beneath.
As Ember emptied his seed and his orgasm subsided, he moaned out loudly as he felt Cinnamon take and take and take, every rope, every squirt, every gush, and every little droplet of his tasty semen. It traveled inside of her and made its way to her cervix where it was greedily slurped, swallowed, and consumed. The semen that didn't reach Cinnamon's cervix would eventually leak out of her and dribble down her legs and stockings.
Cinnamon's climax didn't end as swiftly and she was left clamping down on Ember's red rod even as he lifted his front paws from her hips and swung his right hind leg behind her so that they stood butt to butt. She was still taking and taking and taking, letting the flood of ecstasy sweep her away for as long as it could. Ember breathed heavily as he stood behind her, their genitals connected by his knot. Gradually, though Cinnamon's orgasm also came to an end and as it did, she breathed heavily, moaned, and sighed happily as a male had finally relieved her. There they were, connected, knotted, with bodily fluids all over them. They were as happy as can be. What a wonderful way to spend a boring winter day\~ |
Padded Possession: (3) The Hidden Grove by Icanade | #3 of Padded Possessions Alex seems to find himself in an unforeseen situation after the group that had grabbed him take him to the Hidden Grove. - Alex had long since stopped trying to wiggle free of the two teens that were leading him to some unknown location. They had been walking for a good ten | [
"Baby food",
"Babyfood",
"Bear",
"Cross dressing",
"Crossdressing",
"Diaper",
"Domination/Submission",
"Feeding",
"Force feeding",
"Fox",
"Humiliation",
"Magic",
"Male",
"Masturbation",
"Mouse",
"Orgasm Denial",
"Possession",
"Public",
"Sub",
"Teen",
"Teenager",
"Tiger",
"daycare",
"dom",
"embarrass",
"embarrassed",
"sissy",
"wetting"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1145533-padded-possession-3-the-hidden-grove | Alex had long since stopped trying to wiggle free of the two teens that were leading him to some unknown location. They had been walking for a good ten minutes and the two, a wolf and a bunny, had been talking to each other about school and other banal teen topics that Alex couldn't care less about. What he wanted to know was where he was being led to, but thanks to the pacifier that he couldn't seem to expel from his muzzle it didn't seem that he would be finding out so he focused his efforts on pretending that no one was giving him weird stares as he was led by the hand down the sidewalk wearing an oversized pink diaper that forced him to waddle slightly and a frilly dress that barely seemed to cover anything below his waist.
Although it wasn't the absolute worst it could be, he thought, since the mysterious voice that had been plaguing him hadn't reared its nonexistent head, seeming sated for the moment. And since he seemed to have his thoughts to himself for the moment he finally had time to assess the situation he had found himself in. He couldn't fully explain it, but he felt conflicted. The situation he had found himself in was one of many fantasies he had had in the past and had even dreamed about being in nearly the same situation, but on the other hand it was so sudden a shift that it scared him, especially since it wasn't something he was ready for. And furthermore, he wasn't too fond of his escapades the previous night with his father, a recollection that made him blush and his semi-erect shaft twitch.
After a while Alex's thoughts were interrupted as his stomach began to growl loudly. He was starving. He hadn't gotten to eat anything during the school day thanks to his encounter with Mr. Huggins and having to deal with his hypersensitive genitals. And it seemed that Alex wasn't the only one to notice his hunger as the two that were leading him finally addressed him. "Awww is the foxy hungwy?" the bunny asked innocently, his face only seeming to show concern. Not even having to answer Alex's stomach made its displeasure known once again, causing Alex to look away in embarrassment as the two both let out a chuckle.
"Don't worry, we'll be at Hidden Grove soon and they have plenty of nummy food to fill you up," the wolf assured Alex with a smile.
"The Hwidden Gwobe?" Alex managed to ask, his speech still impeded by the pacifier. The bunny squealed with delight, "You are so cute!" he said, resulting in Alex's cheeks reddening at the comment. Fortunately the wolf appeared to understand the question as he continued to speak, "The Hidden Grove is a place for people like us where we can just relax and be ourselves. I'm sure you'll love it."
Alex still wasn't entirely sure what the wolf meant when he said "people like us," until he finally looked at their shorts, noticing that they were a bit taut and wide around the waist. It finally clicked; they were both wearing diapers of their own underneath their clothing. This revelation didn't completely answer his question, since the description was still vague, but it was enough to put a seed of hope in his mind. If this was truly a place for people like him, perhaps it wouldn't be so bad. And better yet they might be able to help him be free of the pesky voice. However, that last thought was interrupted as he felt a stroke against his crotch, eliciting a moan from the fox's muzzle.
"Try to tell anyone about me and you might find your vocabulary equivalent to that of a 2-year-old," the voice chimed in before disappearing again.
The rest of the walk was silent, the moan having made it a bit awkward. However, after a short while they finally approached a building that seemed to almost be in the middle of nowhere. Other than its location, nothing seemed that special about the building, a large sign on the front reading "The Hidden Grove Daycare." Making little fanfare the group entered the building; although Alex was now acting a bit timid realizing it was a daycare center. But when he entered his expectations were shattered. What he had expected was a children's daycare center, but there only seemed to be people around his age. He wasn't quite sure what to make of the place. It was indeed a daycare and it had all the furnishings one might expect from a children's daycare, except upscaled in size.
While Alex was still taking in his surroundings the bunny walked up to the receptionist, a mare who looked to be in her forties, "We've got a new guest today, Betsy," he said as he signed in. Betsy's face lit up as she spotted Alex, who was now trying to hide behind the wolf. "No need to be shy dear," she cooed, "no one will harass you for being you while you're here." A second later the bunny, who now had a nametag reading "Klein," returned and held out a sheet of paper to Alex. "You're going to need to fill this out so they can help take care of you," Klein said as Alex read over the sheet. It was a simple registration and information form, which Alex filled to the best of his ability. By the time he had returned the sheet and gotten his own nametag, the wolf, Travis, had returned, although now wearing nothing more than his diaper.
Alex blushed as he looked over the wolf's body, a dozen images of him being completely naked with an erection flooding his mind. Travis seemed to notice the fox's staring and finally spoke up, "What? There's nothing wrong with just wanting to wear a diaper is there?" The question seemed to break whatever daydream Alex was having as he shook his head violently and finally responded, "Is fwine," as he walked into the main daycare area with Travis.
The two sat down with the rest of the furs in the nursery area who were all sitting in a circle surrounding a large, black female bear, who looked to be one of the caretakers of the daycare. As Alex sat down the caretaker finally spoke. "We've a new playmate everyone!" she said excitedly as she pointed to Alex. Everyone in the circle focused their attention on their newest addition as the bear continued, "Her name is Alice, and she is a bit timid so make sure to be super extra nice so she feels welcome here at the grove." A moment later everyone greeted Alex in unison, although he barely noticed as his thoughts were now focused on the fact that the caretaker had called him 'her' as well as referring to him as 'Alice rather than 'Alex.' He wasn't sure how she could make such a mistake, his nametag clearly said "Alex," but when he looked down to confirm that fact he frowned, noticing that the tag now read "Alice." Frowning had apparently been a bad choice as the caretaker suddenly asked concernedly, "Something wrong, Alice? We don't want out newest member looking so sad." Alex was about to respond to correct the misunderstanding, but before he got to speak Klein broke in, "I think she is weally hungwy!" he asserted as he pulled his own pacifier from his mouth, "She didn't get to eat lunch since she was hiding in the bathroom." This explanation appeared to satisfy the bear, which was further confirmed as she heard Alex's stomach loudly growl. "Well now, we can't have you being so hungry. Trish and Daisy go show Alice where she can get some food," the caretaker said as she pointed at a tiger wearing a onesie and a white mouse wearing overalls that looked a bit too big for her size.
A few seconds later the circle dispersed as everyone seemed to go back to playing with their toys or talking with a friend. Alex tried to walk up to the caretaker to explain the misunderstanding, but before he could get her attention he was grabbed by the hands and led into another room by Trish and Daisy. The room that he was led into was a highly baby-proofed kitchen. Not a single sharp object could be found, every electrical socket was covered and even the counters had padding on their corners. The rest of the room looked very pink, from the walls to the carpet nothing could be found that wasn't primarily pink.
The two soon split up as Daisy, the mouse, led Alex over to a high chair and Trish, the tiger, went over to the pantry and began to rummage around. As Alex sat in the chair, Daisy finally started to talk, "It's so great that you're here," she said as she lowered the eating tray, "There are so many boys here that it is nice to finally have another girl other than me and Trish." It looked like the mouse wanted to say more but the one-sided conversation was cut short as Trish finally came over holding a few jars of what Alex could only assume to be baby food.
"You're a cute one, aren't you?" the tiger doted as she pulled the pacifier from Alex's mouth and pressed the first spoonful of mashed peas against his lips, "Now open up." There was no way he was going to eat baby food he'd rather starve. And he knew there was other stuff in that pantry; he could see a normal box of cereal from where he was. But as he steeled his resolve that increasingly familiar voice entered his mind again.
"I want to see those jars empty, or you might find that small plug not so small," it threatened. Alex quickly took the spoon in his mouth and swallowed. As it went down, he nearly gagged from the taste; he couldn't believe that anyone could ever produce something so foul tasting. But since he had to pick between the two punishments, he took what he saw as the lesser evil, not wanting to see or feel how big the plug could get. After eating half of the first jar Trish was clearly impressed, "Wow, I can't believe she is eating it all. Daisy you could learn a thing or two about obedience from Alice here," she said as she dipped the spoon back into the jar. Trish's comment seemed to set something off in Daisy as she meekly replied, "I-I could do it if you asked... nicely," now glaring at Alex who was too busy trying to not make a funny face from the taste to notice. A second later, the tiger redirected the path of the spoon into Daisy's mouth, "Okay, then eat up." The sudden taste surprised the mouse and she began to cough, spitting out the baby food onto the floor. This reaction had apparently been what Trish was looking for as she chuckled, lifting another spoonful of mush back to Alex's mouth, "See? Now pay attention to how Alice is eating it like a champ." Again Alex ate the contents of the spoon, seeming to please the dominant tiger even more.
Alex groaned mentally, now understanding the relationship that the tiger and mouse had with one another. And to make it worse, Trish seemed to be trying to add him to the relationship as well. This fact seemed to please the voice as it laughed, "Even if you manage to get rid of me, it looks like she'll keep you in line."
The feeding went on for a good while, and the taste never seemed to get any better as the flavors went from peas to carrots and then back to peas. Although after a while, the taste seemed to fade into nothingness as the voice spoke up again, "You've been a good girl, so here is a little reward." Alex wasn't entirely sure he considered it a great reward seeing as he still had to eat it, but at least it made it more tolerable. However, now that he wasn't solely focused on the taste, something else finally caught his attention. And that something else was his bladder as he suddenly felt an urgent need to pee. He hadn't realized it before, but he never actually went to the bathroom the full eight hours of school so the urge was significant. Alex was about to ask where he could find the bathroom, but he never got that far as he felt his bladder give out, the sound of his peeing filling the nearly empty, echoey room as he felt a warm wetness spread across the front of his diaper. His ears flattened as he blushed, embarrassed that he had accidentally wet himself in front of the others, who both seemed to notice the smell of urine in the air.
"It looks like Alice has had a little accident," Trish remarked although she didn't really seem to mind, "Don't worry, we'll get you cleaned up after you're done eating." A few minutes later, Alex had finally emptied the last of the three jars. Once Trish noticed that the jar was in fact empty she patted Alex on the head, "Good girl! We're going to be great friends I can tell," she said with a large smile on her face as she put the pacifier back into the fox's maw. She then turned to Daisy, "Why don't you change her diaper? She has been a good girl," she commanded and then walked out of the room back into the main area.
Before Alex even had a moment to stretch his legs after finally being let out of the high chair he was being led across the main area and into another side room, which seemed to house a large changing table and a plethora of baby supplies. Once Daisy closed the door her attitude immediately shifted. "Get on the table," she commanded harshly, a command that Alex immediately followed, more than happy to get out of the wet diaper. He would have preferred to change himself, but he knew he wouldn't be allowed to do so. Fortunately he didn't have to ask directly as Daisy quickly came over and began to take the diaper off with a bit too much force, "I see what you're doing. Trish is my master, you can't have her!" she exclaimed, her voice laced with jealousy and frustration. Alex rolled his eyes, he didn't want anything to do with whatever relationship the two had, nor was he even looking for something like that, but he couldn't really convey that well thanks to the pacifier making half his words completely unintelligible.
As Daisy removed the diaper her eyes suddenly fixated on Alex's crotch, or rather what was attached to his crotch. "Oh," she paused, "I see..." Alex wasn't entirely sure what she meant by that, but he had an idea as she grabbed ahold of his sheath and began to rub it. "Well since you're little miss perfect pet, let's see if you can obey a simple command," she said mischievously as she took Alex's rapidly growing shaft into her hand and began to stroke, "Now if you don't cum, I'll change your diaper. But if you do, I get to punish you however I want, okay?" But before he could resist, she was already pumping her hand, rapidly melting any protests that the fox might have had into muffle moans. Daisy's technique was rather poor, probably her first time handling a guy, but that didn't seem to matter much given the recent sensitivity of Alex's shaft as he was quickly brought to the edge. However, he never got over the edge with the ring preventing him from doing so, and it wasn't for a lack of effort as after a few minutes Daisy's hand was soon a blur, obviously frustrated by the fact that Alex hadn't climaxed yet despite his cock dripping copious amounts of pre and the constant moans coming from his mouth. After another minute the mouse finally seemed to give up, her breath now ragged from exerting so much effort. "What're you some kind of freak?" she asked incredulously as she grabbed a fresh diaper from the nearby table.
Alex didn't bother to respond as he tried to regain his own breath, battling against the lust that was now the forethought in his mind although he somehow managed to push it aside knowing by now that he wouldn't be able to get off, at least not without the voice letting him. So for now he figured he'd take the good with the bad, knowing that he would at least be wearing a clean, less bulky diaper soon. However, as he finally regained his focus he could see the mouse smiling, an expression he wasn't expecting to see given what had just transpired. But he soon found out why as he heard what sounded like running water as Daisy wet her own diaper, a large wet spot forming on the front. Her next action only seemed to confuse the fox further as she first replaced her own diaper with the one he had assumed was intended for him, but instead of going to get another clean one, she placed her old, now wet, one underneath Alex's bum. He tried to wiggle away from the gross used diaper, but he quickly ceased struggling as she grabbed ahold of his cock, which in light of today's events seemed to be a better leash than anything else as he immediately started bucking into the loose grip, the mouse laughing in response. "Now now, don't be so antsy. I did say I would change your diaper, but I never promised a clean one," she said as she secured the tapes. After admiring her handiwork she gave one last rub on the front of the diaper, the warm wet padding pressing against his shaft was all it took for him to start humping and moaning, and with that she walked out the room laughing.
The fox groaned, doing a poor job of calming himself down for a few minutes when suddenly the unexpected happened. All at once, the lust cleared from his mind and the sensitivity of his shaft disappeared. Alex could only stare at the ceiling as he tried to comprehend the sudden shift in mental state when the voice finally spoke up, "There's a little present for your good behavior," it said, a hint of satisfaction in its tone. The fox was confused, "What do you mean good behavior?" he asked mentally, still astonished that the normally malevolent voice had actually done something nice. "Well you followed the rule that you can't change yourself, and although you didn't really get what you expected the initiative was there. I'm proud," the voice stated matter-of-factly, "And besides, we wouldn't want Trish or your new wolfy boyfriend to think you're just some pervert." Alex just responded by throwing up his hands before heading out of the room, "It's official. I've died and gone to hell," to which the voice responded, "No, but maybe one day I can take you there."
That final response was not what he expected, but he didn't follow up for questions as when he opened the door, Travis was standing there with a concerned look on his face.
"You okay, Alice? You sure took a long time in there and Daisy had a weird mischievous look on her face." |
E.U.R.O Chapter 6 by Rowan Nix | A short beep occurred and then a green light flashed above the door, it parted in two and slid open, the door vanishing into the walls. The eight assembled in the parlour dropping bags in the open planned hallway as they passed through. Sure enough eight young people of various species and sizes | [
"Military",
"Multiple Species",
"School",
"Teenagers"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1151475-e-u-r-o-chapter-6 | A short beep occurred and then a green light flashed above the door, it parted in two and slid open, the door vanishing into the walls. The eight assembled in the parlour dropping bags in the open planned hallway as they passed through.
Sure enough eight young people of various species and sizes stood around the Parlour, it sported two black sofas as well as a large glass coffee table and two black chairs. The black furred wolf gazed out of the glass walls, examining the courtyard. A deep orange furred cat stood in the middle of the room a warm expression upon her face "well, hello everyone." Arthur's ears twitched, detecting a bouncy northern Irish accent. "I'm Hannah, who are the rest of you?" "Evie, hi there." Came the sing-song voice of a Labrador, likely Welsh if Arthur's hearing wasn't deceiving him. "Oscar Davies. I'm from Ponty." Came a deeper but just as playful voice from a stocky looking German shepherd, he gave a small smile to the rest of the room, before a panther dressed rather casually in a red jumper and skinny jeans spoke up in a very obvious Scottish accent. "I'm Jane! Does anyone really have a clue what's going on?" she shrugged her shoulders looking around at the rest of the group. "Not a clue. I'm Sophie by the way!" Came the voice of a tall Husky, she was clearly a sporty girl, opting for trainers and her t-shirt showed well-toned arms and her accent rang with a similar tune to Hannah's. "Now come on lads, don't tell me Oscar's the only one that isn't shy?" "Blake Hunter, not shy just wanted to let you all introduce yourselves first." The black furred wolf smiled to the group as he turned around, lifting his gaze from the courtyard and over to Sophie. "Well, I'm Arthur" The Huskute cast his green sight over to Blake giving a weak smile to the rest of the group before having a confident one returned from Evie. "And that leaves our mystery man!" Hannah chuckled, her face still warm with the glow of friendliness. By the door stood a white Lion, leaning his back against it his eyes were a dark fuchsia colour. "Rowan, not that mysterious honestly." he smiled, running a paw through his short white mane.
"So with introductions out of the way wha- "Blake began, before being swiftly interrupted by Hannah, who gave the wolf a smile as his maw dangled open. "What comes next? Good question that." The cat stated, her tail flicking to and fro behind her. "Tea comes next." Arthur said with a smile to those around him, he wasn't sure if he'd get the response he wanted, but soon with a few nods and a couple of grins he knew it was a good call. "Sounds like the Husky with a plan!" Grinned the white lion, as he pressed a button, the door to the hall opening, as he walked through it and pressing a button to open the kitchen. The first thing that was felt, was the feeling of solid dark stone tiles under boot as Arthur and Rowan entered the kitchen, the worktops were also dark but glossy reflecting a faint sparkle of the sunlight outside, Arthur filled a black kettle with water before setting it to boil, preparing a teapot by placing a couple of tea bags inside the large teapot. "It's a pretty fancy kitchen then." Rowan commented as he poured milk into a jug and put it, along with a sugar bowl; on a tray. "It really is, honestly it is like a dream home so far. Almost futuristic compared to my house back home, these sliding doors and buttons are just something else." Arthur inspected the sleek cabinets, all fitting perfectly and spotless within the pristine kitchen. There was a quiet beep as the Kettle was boiled, this took the two boys by surprise as kettles usually just flicked off when boiled instead of beeping. Arthur lifted the kettle and poured the boiled water into the teapot, settling the lid upon it and then taking the tray to the living room whilst Rowan opened the doors.
The tray was set down upon the large glass coffee table, and soon enough everyone had a cup of tea. The small talk that followed was cut short very swiftly as a sound of a mug being placed on the glass table heavily rang out. "Is everything alright Jane?" asked Hannah, noticing the panther had put down her cup. "I've just noticed we haven't checked out our rooms, and I can't wait to put my stuff away and get it done." Jane replied, standing up and picking a large suitcase up from the hall. Jane soon padded up the minimalist staircase onto the first floor. She saw four doors on this floor, trying her card against one of the scanners, it responded by flashing red. "Really? Guess it's not that one." Jane shrugged before tying the door opposite, this time it flashed green and the door opened.
The rest soon found their own rooms, Arthur found himself on the 2nd floor, his room was very simple, a single bed along one wall with a small ensuite bathroom with an open shower, toilet and sink. There was also a neat desk and a wardrobe, as well as one of the walls being a full-length window. Arthur's room being at the back of the house had a view to the rear, he gazed out at a dense forest around the back of the house. Noting the sun was high in the sky, he figured it must be around mid-day, the Huskute picked up his bag and began to unpack his clothes, placing them neatly within the small wardrobe. He had only just shut the wardrobe, placing his bag at the bottom of it, when he heard a strange mechanical noise. He glanced over to the desk and noticed that the wall behind it was no longer blank but had a sleek monitor just poking out from the wall.
The monitor was very clear, Arthur could not tell how thick it was due to only being able to see the front. It displayed a fairly blank desktop with an English flag Background. Arthur felt his tail go bolt upright as an automated voice began talking. "Welcome Arthur Darkgrove to the E.U.R.O Training facility. I am Star your house's AI assistant. You have free time until 12 PM" Arthur blinked, he was used to having a phone assistant tell him the odd thing or two, but this was a bit different to what he was used to, though it was merely unusual; not implausible. "Star what is the time now?" "It is 10:43 AM." Responded the computer.
"Great, thanks." Arthur replied, before pulling off his shirt and other items of clothing. He stepped into the ensuite and turned on the shower, immediately being greeted by warm water. Arthur scrubbed through his fur, noticing that shampoo had been provided Arthur made swift use of it running it through his head fur and grinning, it was always nice to have free stuff after all. Arthur made use of a thick towel hanging on the back of the ensuite door, drying off his wet fur as best he could. Though having inherited the thick fur of both sides of his family, it was always a struggle.
"Star, what is the time?" Arthur called out to the computer once more. "It is 11:18 AM." Responded the computer. Arthur huffed, he hadn't killed too much time, so decided to lounge on the bed. He was immediately surprised at the comfort of the mattress stretching out over it while looking out at the window. But soon enough he heard the computer voice talking on its own accord. "Residents of Crown place, the time is 11:30 AM please find your uniforms inside the wardrobe and get yourselves dressed. You need to be ready soon, once dressed please assemble downstairs." Arthur looked rather confused, he opened the wardrobe, finding a neat black uniform inside, he pulled it out placing it on the bed, noticing it consisted of a dark grey short sleeved collared shirt, a pair of sturdy black boots and a pair of black trousers with a strong black leather belt and a metal but fully coloured Union jack belt buckle.
Arthur found everyone else in the living room. Looking across at them, he noticed everyone's uniforms were exactly the same, all sporting the same colours and brightly coloured belt buckle, he noticed Rowan posing, leaning on the wall with one arm as he put a paw through his short mane. "You know I think this suits me quite well." He said with a slight grin on his face.
Sophie laughed to herself, her curled tail wagging behind her as she gazed over to the Lion. "Its not bad, but a black t shirt would be better than this grey"
"I think we all look pretty sharp to be honest." Noted Hannah, examining herself in the mirror, trying to flatter part of her ginger fur that had stuck up while getting the uniform on. "See even Blake likes it, look at him!"
The Black furred wolf froze as everyone turned to look at him, for he had been checking himself out in the mirror, noticed only by Hannah's sharp eyes, she smiled warmly at him. Hannah pulled her phone out of her pocket and looked at the group. "We NEED to take a selfie." Everyone shuffled together and after a few taps of the camera button, one deleted photo due to Jane saying she looked horrible in that photo; they had managed to get a rather decent photo of their group.
There was a beep around the house, a constant beep. "Attention, there is someone at the door." Came the voice of Star. Blake went to the door as the uniformed stag waited patiently. "Ah you lot are ready then, that's good come with me!" He stood out the way of the door, silently counting them one by one as they left the building, smiling once he reached eight. "Alrighty then, if you'd all follow me, you get to have a wonderful tour of this place!" He set off, taking them around the courtyard and through the building they first entered. "This is the main building and you'll find we use this place pretty regularly for addressing everyone." He ushered the group out the other side of the building and walked around the front of the complex. "Over here we have the Research centre, any science related things you are studying will take place here, Opposite is the Humanity and Language building which as you can imagine is where you will study those subjects." They then pressed on further down a path before coming to an exceptionally large building, not particularly tall, but wide and taking up a substantial surface area. "And here we have the training centre, you'll get to see what this is for later on. Have you got any questions?" The stag looked over all members of the group before Sophie raised her paw. "Yes, Miss MacLean?"
"Is there a post office on the island?" She asked, looking around for one but with all the modern architecture it was hard to tell what everything was.
"Yes there is, we provide a courier service to the post office in the town on the island, Just leave anything you want to send with reception at the main building, and then they'll notify you if you have anything waiting... you're the first group to ask about that." He paused looking around with an awkward smile. "I should've probably told the others about this too." He'd shrug before tapping away on a small tablet. "There we go that should notify them all, you'll find your timetable and such things on the house computer. You should all have your first class in an hour. But for now, consider yourselves dismissed." He then walked into the training centre. |
Kyrell Tries Something New (MxO Fanfiction) by PixelsWithFur | Warning: Contains TF, also Master/Slave themes. Disclaimer: All characters belong to their respective creators. (i.e. Chad Purrcision, Kyrell, etc.) This is meant to be a non-profit story. 100 Stories? Pretty good within a year. - Chad, after an underwhelming date he had with Johara, was able to | [
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] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1149593-kyrell-tries-something-new-mxo-fanfiction | Chad, after an underwhelming date he had with Johara, was able to trick Kyrell into an interesting date. It was challenging, although Chad has dressed in drag, mostly to trick the heterosexual men to date him. "So you're Chelsea, a transgendered female, if I remember right," Kyrell inquired. "Chelsea" (Chad cross-dressing) gave a nod, "verifying" the information. "Oh, yes. That's right," "she" said. Kyrell licked his lips, excited to learn more information. "Please, tell me more," he said. "Chelsea" blushed as "she" kept ogling at "her" date. "I love tigers the most, out of all the animals," she said. Kyrell smiled and patted her head. "You're in luck; you're getting exactly that," he said. Chelsea looked with excitement when she drank some wine from her glass. "Oh, Kyrell. I've always wanted a strong man like you," she said. Kyrell smiled as he held Chelsea's chin when both of them kissed. Their romantic French kiss made Chelsea feel even hornier, due to Kyrell being one of the best kissers she has met. "Your skills are magnificent," he said.
Chelsea chuckled as she tried hiding a slight bulge. "Want to go start foolin' around in the living room," she asked. Kyrell smiled and groped Chelsea's butt. "C'mon, kitty- Daddy's here to pound ya," he said, excited to fill up her booty. The two went to the living room, where Kyrell fondled her breasts. "What cup size are these by chance," he asked. "I know they're small, but I don't need a bra," she said. Kyrell breathed onto her pink nipples, stimulating their growth. "I guess you do not make milk," he said. "No," responded Chelsea. Kyrell sucked on her breast anyway, which made her horny beyond belief. "Yes, keep suckling Mama," she moaned. Kyrell continued suckling a bit harder, making her erection all too hard. "I see you have a gift there," he teased. Chelsea gasped when Kyrell's mouth went to her penis. "Want a blow job," he asked. Chelsea nodded and put his head on her penis she pulled out. "This type of mother's milk is different," she teased. Kyrell stroked her erection while deep-throating her impressive penis. "Hope it's not a guy, hope it's not a guy," he thought.
Chelsea panted from the oral sex, although much happier that she got her dick sucked. "Kyrell, I will have a secret to tell you later," she said. Kyrell looked up and felt confusion. However, he resumed his work and tried pleasuring Chelsea. "Mama would not have all day anyway," she teased. Kyrell's head was already down to half of the big, erecting penis; but when he felt cum shoot down his throat, he looked shocked and began swallowing the big load, as not to displeasure his "lady". "Gah, that was a big load you had for me," he said, chuckling a little. Chelsea unmasked herself, revealing the man behind the mask. "Kyrell, I have a pretty deep secret," she said as she began rubbing off lipstick and then took off the wig. Kyrell looked completely shocked when he saw Chad's face. "Chad Purrcision?! Was I just blowing you," he asked. Chad nodded with an understandable smile. "Did you like the transgendered woman part," he asked. Kyrell looked embarrassed as he began realizing he was with a male all this time.
"I... I don't know what to say," he said. Chad hugged him, although now in a comforting sense. "Dude, it's all right," he said. Kyrell blushed a little while he held Chad's head close to his. "Chad, you shouldn't have to tell Johara I blew you," he said. Chad smiled with a calm expression. "Dude, I think you might be bisexual," he said. Kyrell looked more embarrassed when he felt his own erection creeping up. "Chad, I have a gift for you. Since you don't mind me if I were bi, I do have a treat for you to have," he said. Chad smiled as Kyrell removed some of his clothes, showing his erection. Chad was slightly underwhelmed by the tiger's smaller boner, but he respected the tiger's size, as Chad has an unfair advantage; years of training his powerful erection, the right diet, and much more. "Poor kitty; if I became your boyfriend, I would teach you how to grow as big as I do," he said. Kyrell felt Chad grab him by his black erection. "Oh," he groaned. Chad grinned devilishly as he sucked his friend's cock. "Chad, don't go too deep just yet," Kyrell requested.
Chad looked bored when he looked up at him. He pulled out several inches from his strong mouth, per Kyrell's requesting. "Honestly, you are doing great and all. It's just that I don't want a deep throat," Kyrell clarified. Chad groaned and then continued sucking. Kyrell petted his unexpected male lover as Chad orally pleasured his cock. "Good kitty, keep the dick sucking shallow," he said. Chad purred while worshiping his cock. "Even my Dad's bigger than this tiger," he thought. Kyrell smiled when he ejaculated in his friend's mouth. "Mortals like you are impressive, aren't they," he thought. After swallowing the load, Chad licked up the rest of the cum from the cock. "Ah; pretty delicious if you ask me," he said. Kyrell moaned when Chad's hand was fondling his balls. "Careful, they're both sensitive," he said. Chad grinned playfully and licked the muscular tiger's ball-sack. Kyrell was not used to various things like this, but he certainly would not complain if Chad did a great job. "Does the sweat taste good to you," he asked.
Chad nodded and sucked his testicles. Kyrell lacked this experience with Johara, who would always be cuckolding him. "Chad may have hit on me, but at least he's not a slut," he thought. Chad knew Kyrell's testicles would both be very sensitive, so suckling gently was the goal. "This cuckold is submissive. Maybe that bitch Johara is top," he thought. Chad stopped sucking on the testicles once the demonic tiger shook excitedly. "Fuuuck! You're doing excellent," he said as he came on Chad's mouth, which lapped up the new cum. Fortunately, for Chad, Kyrell was HIV-negative; this fact inspired Chad to swallow down the cum. Kyrell secretly cursed the cum shot so that Chad would begin transforming. "Chad, I should probably tell you something; you may begin transforming a bit," he said. Chad looked extremely surprised at him and pulled out the penile hybrid from his mouth. "Dude, what's the catch," he asked as he cleaned up the glans. "Oh, you'll find out," responded Kyrell. In a cloud of red mist, Chad immediately noticed his pecs growing to F cups.
Then, his penile organ would shrink down to 13". His balls grew with the much improved sperm production. "What the hell is this," Chad yelled at him, upset over how his penis shrunk. Kyrell smiled at his hermaphrodite cheetah, now presenting a leash and collar with "Chelsea" on the gold-plated tag. "I'll turn you back after you're done pleasuring me in that form, now," Kyrell clarified. Chad did not like this transformation; not only was he tricked, but also wanted his old cock back. "You son of a-" he said before stopping himself. Kyrell playfully hugged his herm's hips. "I would choose your next sentence carefully," he said. Chad groaned as Kyerll put on his new collar-leash. "I think your boobs have a gift," he said. Chad tried massaging his pink nipples, and was shocked to find milk being lactated, fresh from his breasts. "What?! I make milk," he yelped. Kyrell grinned eagerly as Chad let him suck his new big tits. "Yep, that is milk," he said to the herm. Chad moaned at Kyerll relieving what milk he had, but not that he'll drink all of the milk.
Kyrell continued suckling on the nipple, enjoying the bitter taste of milk. "Ah, that's pretty delicious. I can taste the herbs Chad told me of, before visiting him," he thought. Chad stroked his 13" penis to this exciting foreplay, courtesy of his master for now. "Please keep enjoying, Master," he said. Kyrell loved the addictive breast milk, suckling the nipple to drain it. "Damn, this is good," he thought. Chad felt humiliated, but knew Kyrell wanted to get some satisfaction. "Anything else, my Master," he asked. Kyrell moaned in happiness as his erection got bigger. "Let's tie you up, just a bit," he said. Chad looked confused, but understood that Kyrell enjoyed bondage. "Yes, sir," Chad said while Kyrell bound his kitty, whose orgasm was denied for now. "That's a good slave. Now I want to milk you," responded Kyrell. Chad watch Kyrell spawn an unrecognized, electric breast pump. "What is that thing," asked Chad. Kyrell peacefully hooked Chad up to the breast pump, caressing his breasts and nipples to help the stimulation.
"Don't worry, my slave. Just keep producing what I love," he said, powering the machine with a flick of its switch. Chad knew this would satisfy Kyrell, now that he is like a slave of his in this form. "Master, how much should I be producing," Chad asked with a purr. Kyrell continued to stimulate Chad's bosom with his hands. "I'll be pumping whatever is left, Slave," he said. Kyrell was noticing Chad's puckering tail-hole, wondering if his big penis could fit in it. "Slave, let me in your ass," Kyrell commanded to his sex slave. Chad nodded, despite harboring some reluctance. "I will have high expectations for this," he said. Kyrell moaned gratefully as he started ass-pounding his slave. "Where are your rights," he teased, caressing Chad's buttocks with each thrust. Chad panted from the strong erection in his ass. "Oh, that feels good," he moaned, ignoring how he no longer had milk to pump. Kyrell playfully raked his nails on his herm's fur, enjoying its texture. "I think I will appreciate your fur," he said. Chad blushed while he felt his dominant partner orgasm in his rear, completely clogging it with his seed.
Kyrell looked satisfied at his slave for this time. "You're lucky that temporary form was thoroughly cleaned by the cloud I spawned," he said. Chad, for the first time since transforming, smiled at the dominant partner. "Thank you, Master Kyrell," he happily replied to Kyrell. Immediately, Chad transformed back to himself. The thick cloud of red mist gave him his original form back, courtesy of Kyrell. "I think that punishment is now complete," he said. Chad smiled at his huge erection, which suddenly ejaculated on his floor; this would be that load Kyrell was denying him. "Kyrell, thank you for restoring my cock," Chad said with a purr. Kyrell smiled as he motioned Chad to clean up the carpeted flooring. "You may want to clean that up," he said, summoning a wash cloth with cleaning formula for carpets. Chad accepted the wash cloth and began to clean up his cum from the floor. "Thanks for the help. I'm embarrassed about that cum shot to the floor," he said. Kyrell could be heard chuckling as he helped him clean his cock.
"I'll help you with that cock, too," he said. Chad purred again, this time a bit more lustfully. "Thank you, Master," he said in a flirtatious voice. Kyrell chuckled again as he continued cleaning up Chad, then the floor. "Actually, the master/slave part's over, my friend," he said. Chad sighed as he heard that. "Thank God it's done," he thought. |
Chapter 1 - Lemon Warning by NameOfNonImportance | **Note: There is a lemon at the beginning. I kinda suck at lemons. I think. This chapter does not have a lot of story. If you do not like lemons, do NOT read this story. That is all.** Fukari POV I looked over my shoulder. _Good,_ i thought. _Jay is following like I said. "_There's not that | [
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Fukari POV
I looked over my shoulder. *Good,* i thought. \_Jay is following like I said. "\_There's not that much farther to go. \*\* \*\* We should get there in a few minutes."
"Are you going to tell me where you're taking me now? Or is it still 'a surprise'?" Jay asked, grinning. I neglected to answer, instead darting forward towards my den with Jay trying to keep up. "FUKARI YOURE BEING A DICK" He shouts at me as I run inside. I laughed, and laid down on the floor. I patted the ground next to me.
"Come on over. The rock is fine\~" I say, smiling at him. He gulps, looking at me with nervousness in his eyes.
"Fukari... Are you sure about this?" Jay asks, licking his lips.
"As sure as I could ever be. I've been thinking about this for weeks. I think I'm ready." I say, slowly dragging my tongue over my front paw, staring him straight in the eyes. Jay growled lowly, like he was physically restraining himself from pouncing. All of the sudden, he leaped across the cave, pinning my chest beneath his paws, a giggle escaping my muzzle. "Not so nervous now, are we\~"
"Fuck nervous. I'm taking advantage of this before you change your mind." He growled at me, a look of lust clear in his yellow eyes. I gulped, suddenly nervous.
**BEGIN THE LEMON**
Jay leaned in, dragging his tongue across my muzzle as I gasped. "J-Jay..." He took no notice of my moan, and moved downwards. He gently nudged against my chest, and then he came to the place I had been waiting for. A small, eager redness had begun to poke out as I shivered in anticipation. Jay slowly licked my cock, and I let out a small moan, urging him onwards. He started out slow, only licking it until it had been entirely unsheathed, and Jay slid his muzzle down over my waiting dick. "Mmmmn\~ Jay..." He slowly slid up and down over my cock, making soft noises of contentment around it when I let out a loud groan every now and then. "Jay... I can't take it... I... I need you..." He growled, before removing his muzzle from my eager red mast. He looked at me, questioning. I nodded slowly, reassuring him. His face lit up like the sun, and then gently rolled me over. That turned me on more than anything else; his care for me. I slowly lifted my rear, and my tail went up. Jay let out a chuckle.
"Eager one, aren't you?" I whimpered quietly, and pushed back against him, trying to get some contact. He backed up away from me. "Ah ah ah, who said you could do that yet? Naughty wolf." All of the sudden, he slammed his member deep inside me. I moaned in a combination of pleasure and pain. He began thrusting into me, slowly at first but picking up speed.
"Jay! Fuck... yeeeeesss..." I groaned out, and began thrusting back against him. Jay began making grunting noises, and I felt his knot begin to swell. *Oh shit! Already?* I thought to myself, but out loud, "Do it!" He groaned, and thrusted in one final time, tying himself to me as rope after rope of his cum went deep inside me. I groaned softly, and came as well. When the knot had eased off, he slowly pulled out of me and laid down.
**LEMON END**
I panted for a while, the after affects of our recent endeavor taking hold. "That... Was... Amazing." I said to him, looking over. I grinned when I saw that he had fallen asleep. "I... Think I'll follow your example..." I yawned, and sleep took over, my eyelids drooping closed. |
Chapter II - Saki Le'Lune by Arsimael | #2 of Walking down the path of life - James and Saki James meets Saki. They have a rough start, but you can't fight against fate. Just hope James can deal with Sakis feelings for him. - I'm standing in front of the mirror, and like every morning, I look horrible. 'I don't know you, but I still going | [
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] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1149423-chapter-ii-saki-le-lune | I'm standing in front of the mirror, and like every morning, I look horrible. 'I don't know you, but I still going to wash you at least...' runs through my head. I pick up the toothbrush and put some paste on it, and start doing my morning ritual. While still having my toothbrush in my mouth, I pull down my panties and step into the hot stream. It doesn't take very long and I can feel my purple fur soaks full of water and my white hair starts flowing into my view. I need to get my hair cut again. I but my head back and let the water run over my face. Nice and warm... and so relaxing. Someone knocks on my door. Well... not really knocking more trying to kick it in. "Commander Le'Lune, you are needed in the office. ASAP! They have a new one." I sigh deeply. 'One fucking day. Can't I have a calm morning at least ONE FUCKING DAY!' I turn off the water and put some shampoo on my fur. 'Fuck this shit. ASAP does not mean I can't finish my shower. I am already wet so what does five more minutes make a difference. I put the water on again and rinse the soap off. I step out of the shower and grab my towel, lay my toothbrush aside and dry me off as fast as possible. I put my toothbrush back into my mouth and start scrubbing my teeth wile I step into the full body dryer. Warm air plays about my naked body and soon I am completely finished. I spit the toothpaste into the sink and wash off my toothbrush, watching the toothpaste getting flushed, too. Then I get dressed and leave my small room. Living at the training camp has at least one benefit: I don't have to pay rent and it's only a few steps to my work.
I am at my boss's office, knock and walk in without waiting for an answer. "Commander Le'Lune on duty, sir." I don't salute we are still the same rank. "Good morning Saki." My boss hands me a small folder. "We got a new job for you. This person is responsible for at least twelve attacks on the servers of the BND, the Bundestag and several political parties. He made a mistake and we know where he is. Operation starts in two hours." I open the folder. "Sir? That's a teenager. He's nineteen and looks like my nana could catch him. Why is my team sent to take him into custody?" My boss smiles. "Because we are going to scare the living shit out of him. He tried to break into several governmental IT systems, and he is classified as terrorist. Someone from the new ACC unit will brief you in thirty minutes on Room F-14C." I nod. "Ok sir, understood. And Matt, next time, please give me something more interesting. Hunting nerds is not very thrilling.". Matt smiles, but doesn't reply. I take the folder with me and slowly walk towards the said room. F-14C is about twenty minutes from here. Enough time to walk past the small bakery and get a coffee.
I am still holding my coffee in my paw when I walk past the reception in building F. "Morning" I mumble and nod to the lady at the desk, chewing on a small cheese baked roll and pass the turnstile. I put the roll in my mouth and open the door to the rooms 1-20. I turn my head back to the reception, having a look at the new face sitting there, and bump into someone. A red panda? What is he... she(?) doing here. Then I see the access card on his chest. '\>\>James Cinci, AAC IT Forensics\<\< - James? So... a guy. Wow. He really looks like a woman. Kind of cute, somehow.' "Sorry, my bad." I spilled a bit of my coffee, but nothing serious. My fingers feel hot, but my coffee is already cooled off, so it's not painful. "My bad... I didn't see you". James looks down while, for some reason, I can't take my eyes of him. He looks like he's VERY uncomfortable with this situation, like he's afraid of someone points with a finger on him and exposes him to an unknown crowd, cheering and making a fun out of him. He is a bit chubby, but not too much, and a little bit shorter than me. His hair looks a bit fuzzy, but still good. Then he looks up and... DAMN! I nearly dropped my coffee. Those eyes... He looks like they have seen some very bad things, like they are afraid of something but still... They are the mother-of-all beauty. James turns his head and looks down again. "I need to go to a briefing. So... I am sorry. I will buy you a new coffee later." He turns around and walks down the hallway. "Hey..." 'his name... his name... damn...' "...James!" He stops and turns around. "Yah?" those eyes again... I walk up to him, choking the bite of the roll down. "F-14C?" He looks at me a bit surprised. "Yes. How do you..." I smiled. "I'm also in for this briefing." James eyes widened. "You?" He continued walking down the hallway and I followed him, right next to him. "Yes. I'm Saki. Saki Le'Lune." James stopped again. "You are Commander Le'Lune?" He looked at me with big, surprised eyes, but only for a second then they darkened and showed... shyness? "Yes. I am. You look a bit surprised." James continued walking. "Well... I was told Commander Le'Lune is a very strict person. A soldier and a 'badass'. I'd expect someone... else." His voice sounded a bit like he was disappointed. "Someone else? Who did you expect, if I am allowed to ask." I smiled at him again. For some reason, I really liked that guy. Even If he looked like a very young boy. "Well... I don't know. I think some huge muscly and more of a bear kind of man. At least not a lady." He said this in a... strange kind of voice I couldn't figure out if it was meant to be as a compliment or not. But nevertheless, I felt a small stitch to my heart. He called me a lady. No one ever thought of me in that way. I was always a comrade, best could be... a buddy. "A lady?" I instantly regret saying this. I was excited and my voice made me sound like I was offended. James pulled his head between his shoulders. "Y-Yes?" His behavior made me feel bad about myself. Then I smiled at him, trying to fix my mistake. "Thank you. No one ever called me a lady." I tried to sound happy, but even if I did, he was not getting it, but he smiled a bit. At least I thought it was a smile. We walked up the stairs to the second floor. "So, you work for the Anti Cyber Crime Unit?" I tried to start a new conversation. James nodded. "Yes." I waited if he continued, but he remained silent. "Since when?" James was still staring at the stairs in front of him. "I don't know. Two years?" Silence again. Maybe I had to take the lead. "It's true what you heard about me. I joined the military when I was eighteen. I served for eight years and then I resigned. I joined the special forces because it seemed to be fun. Instead of driving through deserts, I can fight in cities and catch criminals instead of killing people." James nodded. "I hate soldiers. I hate the military. If someone uses violence, they are too stupid to settle their differences with words. Nothing, absolutely nothing has the right to hurt someone or to end someone else's life." I was puzzled. "But we are only defending ourselves. I never attacked..." James cut me off. "And the other side? Everyone sees his actions as legit and reasonable. It doesn't matter who threw the first stone. Violence only brings more violence. No matter who or why it started." I was surprised. 'This is how the first impression can lie to you. He is a shy one, but he has his views.' "So, you say we just shall let the bad guys go on as planned?" James stopped again and looked at me. "No. As I said, whoever uses violence is too simple minded, too stupid to settle his problems in a civilized way. They behave like... savages. Brainless idiots. But still, there is no need to kill them. We should stop them, yes. Stop them before they hurt someone in their blind rage. But as I said, no one has the right to take someone else's life." We reached the end of the stairs and James turned left. "I agree with you. Killing someone is not a good thing. But what would you do if someone attacks you with a knife, clearly trying to hurt you?" James looked down again. "I run away." The room we were heading to was coming closer and I wanted to end this conversation, but I couldn't. I didn't want to accept him seeing me as an evil person. I didn't want him to hate me. "Sometimes violence is needed. Sometimes you can only fight fire with fire." James opened the door to the Briefing room. "Maybe."
The briefing was not very interesting. It was more a short summary of what our target had done and why he was classified as terrorist. Nineteen years old, and his life was already over. But quite impressive anyways. Attacked the German intelligence service, hacked into the servers of some political parties, stole their credit card data or bank accounts and even managed it to make them pay for his life without them knowing of. Maybe because he always picked those which had to hide something. Like an affair? Some of the presented credit card bills showed things like costs for hotel rooms and jewelry. 'Social Engineering' - his victims never reported these sums, because they were afraid of their dirty little secret went public. Clever guy. "... and this is where he made his first mistake." James showed another picture. "He made a typo, the bank investigated this and contacted us." The picture showed a credit card bill. 3000€ for a stay at the hotel 'tRitz'? That was a bad typo. "We had a look into this and found a lot of... contradictions. Payments which didn't make any sense. In one case the owner of the credit card paid for two weekly shopping's, one in Berlin one in Karlsruhe. Time between the payments was five minutes..." It was quite boring to hear all of this. For some reason, I couldn't take my eyes of James. While he was briefing us, his shyness seemed to be gone. He got lost in details when he explained on how he tracked him down and followed his steps. 'He's a cute one. I'm wondering on how he is if he's not standing in front of twelve heavily armed and armored members of the GSG9. I listened to James briefing for the rest of the time we had until we got the exact situation how and when we had to take him into custody. And then I realized why we got the job. "He's sitting in front of our door at the moment. But it's not an easy catch. He works for some organized criminals in Mannheim. He knows we are after him and so he hired some protection, offering him to work for them. I could tap his phone since he has a weakness for clash of clans so we know his GPS location, as long as he doesn't go to his phone settings and turns it off. He can't and then he will realize what's going on. We track him for three weeks now. I really hope this will end today." James closed his laptop. "Any questions?" I raised my hand. "Want to make a bet?" James looked a bit surprised. "A bet?" I grinned. "Yes. If we catch this guy, you will have to celebrate with us." James looked not very happy about it. "No thanks. I think we all should do our job as good as we can." He picked up his laptop and left the room. We did same. "Ten minutes, commander". My squad leader looked at me and I nodded.
Half an hour later we were on site. Our van drove into the street while the police were blocking the roads. Mannheim. I visited this city a few times. Quite nice and organized, but not where I wanted to live. We parked our van at the side. An unsuspicious, white and unlabeled, but armored transporter. The squad leader nodded. Nothing suspicious outside. No one at the windows and no guards. At least it looked like it. We opened the door, and got out. We pressed against the wall next to the entrance. I gave the sign and we went in.
Two of my team opened the door and went inside. I entered right after them and the rest of my team followed. Our in-ear headphones crackled and I could hear a digitally morphed voice. \>\>Second floor, ten meters on the right hallway, second door to the left. \<\<. I was confused. Bad reception from our mission lead? Anyways. They got newer data. We sneaked up the stairs and besides a very shocked looking elder lady there was no one seeing of us. Second floor was completely empty. Like a typical Wednesday afternoon everyone's at work and the houses are empty. We arrived at the door and got in position. \>\>Wait. One guy at the other side of the wall of yours literally standing next to you. Armed. Shotgun or rifle. One person at the other side of the door, also at the wall. Armed. Uzi or smaller sized automatic weapon. In the Apartment, room to the left. One person. Unarmed but weapon on the table. Distance about one and a half meters. Target in the room to the right. Two guards. Armed, armored with a bulletproof vest. - They got warned! \<\< FUCK! I bit my lip. We were about to get fucked. I tapped my receiver. \>\>Mission control, is there another entry? \<\< I heard the voice of my mission lead as clear as day. \>\> Keep your radio silenced damn \<\< I was surprised. What the heck was going on? \>\>In the next apartment is a locked door. It leads to the left room of this apartment. If we synchronize our actions, there is a chance to surprise them. \<\< I laid my hand on my ear again \>\> Who the fuck is talking there? \<\< I got an immediate reply. Just not the one I was hoping for. \>\> Saki shut your muzzle! You put the whole operation on a risk! \<\< I bit my lower lip in anger. \>\> I will help you. You can trust me. I unlock the door to the next apartment. \<\< I turned around. Whoever that voice was, I heard him before. Or her. The way of speaking... I sneaked to the next door. It WAS unlocked. After I slipped inside I walked over to the room on the right. There was a huge double-winged door in the room. I kneeled down and used my fiber-optics. One person sitting on a chair, reading something on a tablet and a table about a meter on his left. I turned to my team, gesturing them to get in position. We loaded our weapons, filled with rubber bullets. They wouldn't kill, but they could knock someone out if you hit them. I took a flashbang onto my hand and pulled the ring. As soon as I would throw it, I would have five seconds to cover. I was ready. I could hear something inside the other apartment. "Hey, what is this?" I heard steps from the room behind the door to the living room. "Looks like a drone. But that one looks badass." More steps, then a bright flash, reflected from the windows. "FUCK! That thing nearly blinded me! Who the fuck is controlling it?" \>\>NOW! \<\<
I kicked the door and the old wood gave in. The doors were slamming against the walls inside the other apartment and my team instantly opened fire on the on the huge tiger standing in the living room while I threw the flashbang through the door into the living room. "FLASHBANG!" I yelled and turned around, covering my ears. I could feel the bang and see the flash through my closed eyes. I instantly turned around and aimed into the room with my gun. I slowly walked into the living room, still dust flying through the air from the explosion. The two guys next to the door were sill laying there, their hands on their ears and screaming in pain. The flashbang broke their eardrums so they were not able to tell where's up and down. They were no harm. The huge tiger was laying in the middle of the room. One of the rubber bullets hit the back of his head and he was also passed out, bleeding from his ears. Just the two guards in the room in front of us. "THIS IS THE POLICE. LEAVE THIS ROOM IMMEDIATELY!" I knew they wouldn't come out. \>\>They are aiming at the door. \<\< "Hey, what's this?" I heard one of the guards. Then a shot and glass breaking. I knew it. If I wasn't going in now, this mission would fail. I kicked the door and instantly fired my gun, I hit the right guard at his arm, causing him do drop his weapon for a moment, the other guard was still aiming at the window with his shotgun and I got him while he was turning his gun to shoot at us. This time it was an aimed shot and I hit his forehead. The bear was falling backwards and hit the floor. "SAKI!" One of my team members fired his gun. I could feel the bullet flying just millimeters away from my neck and knocking out the first guard which got his gun back up ready to shoot. The wolf also hit the floor.
After things calming down my team cuffed the people in the apartment, while I laid my hand on my ear. \>\> Mission control, Commander Le'Lune. Mission succeeded. We need the cleaning unit. \<\< I put my hand away. \>\> Target in custody? \<\< I looked around. \>\>Wardrobe. \<\< I grinned. And walked over to the old wardrobe. Built into the wall. I opened the doors and found a young husky, his tail between his legs, his arms raised. "Please... I give up!" he was shaking heavily. \>\> Target in custody. \<\< I put my hand down again. "Dude, now you are in trouble." I put my cuffs on the boy's wrists and lead him outside. I gave him to the police officers which pushed him into a car, locking the doors. I turned my helmet off, shaking my hair. Then I saw it. The little drone was laying on the footpath right under the bursted window. I walked over a picked it up, turning the not so small quadcopter in my hand and eyed it from all ankles. Then I saw the small camera at the bottom. The small red light was still on. \>\>Congratulations Commander Le'Lune.\<\< I smiled, reading the small Logo next to the camera. ACCU-JC1 - Anti Cyber Crime Unit. I laid my hand on my ear again. \>\> Thank you. Were you watching us all the time? \<\< A short pause. \>\>Yah. This drone has a full surveillance set, recording infrared and other ranges. \<\< I grinned. Now I knew who helped us. \>\> Thank you... James. \<\< I smiled at the camera and blew him a kittenish kiss to the camera. The clicking in my ear told me, someone cut the line very quickly. My grin went bigger.
Back in the office, my boss congratulated me. "Well done Saki. It's not just about your instinct, looking for the target in the second floor instead of the first one, you also avoided their trap and managed to smoke them out without killing one of them. A few injuries, but according to their weaponry... damn. That was outstanding." I blushed a bit. "Thank you, sir." He turned around and faced me. "But there is also something which worries me a bit. Mission control said you broke the radio silence?" I looked down. "Sorry sir. Must have been some kind of Jammer. For a second I heard a voice in my ears. I thought it was Mission control, but it was all fuzzing and sound like a jammed radio signal." He nodded. "There was some strange signal sending near our frequency. We will give this to our specialists to have a look into this. You can leave Saki. If someone earned a few days, then it's you." He pointed to the door and nodded. "Have a nice evening." HE said to me in a calm, warm voice. "Thank you, Matt. I could need some sleep. But I have to do something first." I checked my smartphone. It was a few minutes past 4pm. "One question Matt. Do you know how long the Cybercrime unit is here?" Matt looked up from his papers in his hand. "I think around five. Why?" I smiled. "That's what I have to do sir." I turned around and left. I closed the door behind me and walked down the hallway. I had almost one hour left. I picked up the little drone from my room. The red light was still on. "Are you spying on me?" I said to the camera. The camera was moving from left to right and to the left again, repeating its movements. "So, you leave the camera on for fun?" The camera was making its movements again." I was heading towards my car. "Then why do you keep it running?" The camera wasn't moving. Then I realized. How could he. "Is it broken?" again the camera was shaking from one side to another. "You can't turn it off?" The camera was moving up and down now. "Let me guess you have to turn it off by hand, don't you?" Again, the camera 'nodded'. Shall I turn it off?" No movement. Then slowly the camera moved from side to side. I grinned. "Like my face huh?" Silence. No movement. Then... slowly... the camera moved up and down. I nearly hit a tree by staring at the little drone without watching the street. He likes my face? How damn cute. And using a drone to tell me. Such a nerd. My right foot pushed the pedal down a bit more and my car picked up speed. Just thirty minutes left.
I parked my car on one of the visitors spots next to the entrance of the ACC building. I jumped up the stairs and entered the building. "Commander Le'Lune, GSG9" I told the grumpy looking lion at the reception and showed him my ID card. He nodded and pressed a button. The heavy metal door was buzzing and I could enter. I followed the lines on the floor, leading me to different sections. Online scammers, phishing, Dark web... Damn I was totally lost. Then I saw something moving in an office at the very end of the hallway. I hurried up and knocked at the door, opened it and put my head inside. "Excuse me, I am a bit lost. Can someone give me hand?" I smiled at the three quite young hyenas in there. One of them got up from his chair and walked over to me. "How can I help you miss...?" I smiled at him. "Le'Lune. I am looking for..." - "Le'Lune? Commander Le'Lune?" He interrupted and surprised me. "Yes... why..." - "OH!" He took my hand, shaking it happy. "Commander Le'Lune. Congratulations on your today's success. We all are so happy this is over now. Wo worked the last six Weeks on this case. And then, seeing it in the news that this tiny little bastard was caught..." He seemed to talk forever. I raised my hand. "Sir... I need to..." - "Oh of course. Sorry. I tend to talk a lot. And especially if I meet someone like you, I..." he realized it and stopped. "How can I help you, Commander?" I smiled at him. "I am looking for James Shinshi." I hope I pronounced the name right. The hyenas face lightened up. Obviously because he could help me. "James?" He grinned. "What does a lady like you want from our femme fatale?" I was a bit confused. "Femme fatale?" the hyena was wishing his paw around like he did a bad joke. "Oh. That's just how we call him sometimes. Because he looks like a woman." He bended a bit closer to me, whispering. "And to be honest, he is at least a half one." He winked at me. "James is in the network tracers team. They are down in the basement. Next to the server room. Down the stairs, left hallway down to the end." He smiled at me and I nodded. "Thank you." I made a step back and closed the door. 'Well, that was awkward... What did he meant by 'at least a half woman'... strange' I heard my own thoughts in my head and walked down the stairs. It was dark down here. Just a few lights tried to scare the shadows away but the room at the end was surprising me. It looked like the inside of a spaceship. Thick cables running over the floor like snakes, biting into Computers and monitors. And there was James. I spotted the red panda at the very end of the room, hidden behind a huge wall of electronic devices. I cleared my throat and he looked up.
"Commander Le'Lune." He got up from his screaming green rubber ball he used as a seat and walked over to me. "I didn't expect to see you here." I moved my arm from behind my back and presented him the drone. "I had the feeling you might want this back." He looked at the drone in my hand and then straight into my eyes. GOD. I could stare into these deep dark eyes all day and night. Loosing myself into them and I would be happy, never finding back and be there forever. His words pulled me back to reality. "I thought you send it here by a courier..." He took the drone from my paw and turned it around. He flicked a small switch and the red light went off. Then his eyes and fingers were wandering over the small wings of the propellers. "Damn I knew it." He ripped one of the propellers off and looked at the cables. "That guy hit the control unit." I followed his eyes and saw it too. The green card module underneath the propeller showed a small hole. "Can you fix it?" I asked. "Yes. It's not a big deal. I am just frustrated that my little eyes here always get hit by these idiots. I mean... a Pump gun. Seriously? It's a drone. Unarmed. Harmless." He put the drone on the table, trying to stick his fingers into the small metal frame to get the electronics out. "Did you meant what you said earlier?" James stopped. "What do you mean?" From one moment to another, he was a completely different person. The energic nerd, pissed about some bogans damaging his toy was gone and switched places with a very shy young boy, not able to focus on what he's doing. "I mean when I asked you if you liked my face. You put the camera up and down." My words were hanging in the air like some kind of smog. Then... very shy. James looked at me. Ashamed, like I caught him secretly masturbating to pictures of me. I smiled at this image in my mind. For a second I wish I would have caught him by doing this. What was going on with me. Why did I feel such strong feelings towards this guy I barely knew? "Yes..." his voice was nearly a whisper. "I think you are... a... pretty lady." He turned his face away. For one moment, I felt my heart literally melting. I wasn't speaking a single word. I know If I let one word, one tone leave my lips, the moment was gone. I made a step closer to him and laid my hands on his chin. His fur was so soft... I slowly turned his head. Forcing him to look at me again. His eyes... were looking into mine. So much shyness and cuteness... I laid my other paw on his cheek, caressed it a bit and then I laid my lips on his'. Gently. Carefully like if you want to kiss a flower. I let my fingers run through his hair, caressing the back of his head and his neck. I could feel him shivering and shaking. His heart racing in his chest. And I felt the same. My own heart was racing, hot and cold shivers ran down my spine when my lips touched his'. I let my tongue slide over his lips, asking for it without words and my heart skipped a beat when he opened his mouth and I pushed my tongue into his muzzle. I was pulling him a bit closer. I could feel how he wanted to wrap his arms around me like I wanted to pull him into me and turn this kiss into a never-ending experience. MY hands caressed his neck while I explored his muzzle with my tongue, searching and yearning for him. Why was I so damn into this guy... What happened to me that I felt such a huge addiction to him? I finally found his tongue and tried to play with him. My heart got heavier when I realized he was not picking up the moment and his shyness still kept him in her claws. I caressed his back. Pulled him more into me and wrapped my other arm around him, holding him close into me. Then it happened. James laid his fingers on my cheek and stroke me. Slowly he got a bit more into it. He licked my tongue and soon we both were caught in a moment of ecstasy, of pure bliss. I opened my muzzle a bit more, inviting him to explore my muzzle the same way I explored his'. And he did. He still was shivery and shaky and I could feel him wanting more. He kissed me like no one ever did. And I forget about everything else. Sharing a moment like this, with a guy like him. After I met him not even twelve hours ago... If someone told me yesterday that I would stand in a dark room in the basement of a building full of nerds, totally lost in a never-ending kiss and feeling like I was melting away, I would have bursted out in laugher. But now... I still hold this red panda in my arms. Hearing the sounds of our kiss and the dance our tongues perform together. My paw slides down his back while my other one still caresses his neck. His arms wrapped around me. Shyly holding me... I purr deeply into the kiss. My paw reaches its destination, and the tingling feeling in my crotch demands it. I grab James butt and squeeze it lightly. I can hear a muffled moan into my muzzle and now it's about me to shiver. Slowly... I start to see what just happened. It sinks in. I get aware of it. And I can't deny it anymore.
I fell in love with this cute red panda with the most beautiful eyes I ever saw.
...and I want him in my bed. |
The Rowans and The Greys Chapter 4: All His Exes by hyenafur | #4 of The Rowans and The Greys - Kimberly Heinz was a mutt. She couldn't trace much of her heritage, but she knew there was some German Shepherd in her, some Weimaraner, and a plethora of other domestic canine species all swimming and mingling about in her DNA. The woman was slowly approaching her | [
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Their marriage hadn't exactly been perfectly picturesque. They'd met in college and got married after graduation, and the honeymoon didn't last. Johan had joined the Air Force not long after college, so they'd spent a great deal of time moving around from base to base in the early years of their marriage, finally settling down at Rudolf Air Force Base out in the more arid areas. She had hated it though. She hated the base. She hated the distance from home. She hated that he was away all the time.
She had hated it so much that she got him to change careers from military to civil aviation. But even then, she hated him being gone for days at a time on trips. She hated that he was surrounded with lovely young women who were serving as flight attendants. It had gotten to the point where she suspected him of cheating on her every time he went on a trip, even after he'd sired two pups with her. It wasn't long until after the third pup was born that she'd filed for divorce.
The divorce had been very nasty from the start. The two had finally come to an arrangement, though it didn't please anyone. She hadn't really thought about Johan and the divorce until last year when he'd died in that car accident and the terms of the will had been read aloud. She figured that he would have at least left her and the three kids they'd had something even after the divorce. But no.
He'd left everything to that fox kit he'd adopted. Her children and grandpups didn't seem to care. They'd already made their own agreements with the tod, but she felt like they'd deserved more. Her kids deserved the family's mountain cabin, not some vulpine slut's offspring that Johan and that Jezebel had taken in.
The thought of what happened made her blood boil, so much so that she'd hired lawyers to fight it. But that had been several months ago, and it was now firmly in their hands. She started to wonder if the settlement would ever go through when the house phone rang. The mutt slowly wandered into the small apartment, knowing that it was either going to be good news or bad news.
"Miss Heinz," the voice said, "this is Oliver Swift from Swith, Downy, & Johns. We're calling about the Last Will and Testament challenge case you filed with us a few months ago."
"Yes," she asked as she waited for some good news. She never got it. "I'm sorry to say, ma'am, but we've just gotten off the phone with the judge presiding over the case. It seems that you failed to mention a few details when you came to us pertaining to the divorce proceedings, specifically that you signed an agreement that he gave your children their inheritances after the divorce was finalized. Furthermore, you failed disclose that, as per the agreement in the divorce paperwork, that you and your children would forgo any claim to any inheritances promised to his children from any further marriages."
"But he's not his son," Kimberly snarled angrily.
"Ma'am, Raynard Kody Schaiferhund was Johan Wilhelm Schaiferhund and Brenda McCoy Schaiferhund's legally adopted son. We have seen all the paperwork. You have wasted our time, the judge's time, and the time of everyone over at Rowan, Rowan, & Mousekewitz. You should expect a bill from us shortly. Good day," the lawyer said as he hung up on her, not allowing a rebuttal.
Kimberly blinked. She'd lost her case. Not only had she lost her case, she was going to have to pay a mountain in legal fees. The mutt searched for someone to blame but in the end, the only one she found wasn't herself, no. She blamed Johan. It was all his fault after all. He hadn't tried to save the marriage. He hadn't tried to take a different schedule to be home more. He had pushed for the kids to get their inheritances done and over with so he wouldn't have to give them anything when he died. He hadn't waited more than a year to marry one of those slut flight attendants. It was all his fault, and it was that fox's fault.
That fox should have just given the family cabin to her kids. He should have just given her that lovely house his parents bought and moved into near downtown. He should have rolled over for the real Schaiferhund children, not been greedy and selfish to hold onto things that weren't rightfully his. And now because of his greed, she wasn't going to have to figure out how to pay for the lawyer's fees. |
The Dark Masquerade Part #03 by Inkswitch | #3 of Dark Masquerade Finally, the true horror of what the students face is revealed. Part 3 of a small 4-part story I wrote a few years ago. Comments/critique welcome - "I take it that you're finally satisfied?" asked Nurse Ray. Ying's stomach growled loudly in response. She giggled but understood | [
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"You just wait right here," she said as she made her way to the door. "I'll be right back." Nurse Ray closed the door quietly and made her way down the hall. She couldn't help but put a noticeable spring in her step as she made her way to the kitchen. The sight of her young patient recovering so well was the best sight she'd seen in a while. When she'd first come in... she shuddered at the memory. She'd been a nurse at the temple for nearly forty years and yet she'd never seen anything like what had been brought into her ward that night. Ying had suffered multiple lacerations and was nearly dead from blood loss when Nurse Ray finally saw her. It had taken her nearly two hours to stop the bleeding and stitch the wounds shut. On top of that, Ying had broken several bones and had a serious concussion. It was a miracle that she'd been able to wake up at all, let alone crawl all the way up to the temple. Come to think of it, Ying's recovery was pretty miraculous, given the extent of her injuries. It had only been a few days, and yet if it weren't for the bandages, it would have been hard to tell that anything had actually happened... Nurse Ray tutted herself sharply. It didn't matter, she thought. Her patient was getting better - how fast she did it was irrelevant. She pushed the thoughts out of her mind as she entered the kitchen and concentrated instead on preparing her patient's supper. There was a bit of stew left over from yesterday's lunch which should do just fine, as well as some bread and cheese in the parlour. Lastly, she refilled the water jug. There, she thought. That should be enough to satisfy the hungry child. She balanced the meal carefully on a tray and made her way back to her ward. She found Ying sitting stock still on the bed, her eyes fixed on the door. She was smiling. "Ah," said Nurse Ray. "You must definitely be feeling better if you're up." She set the tray down next to the bed and turned to Ying. "There we are. Eat up!" Ying said nothing and continued to stare at the open doorway. Nurse Ray frowned. "Are you alright, my dear?" she asked. Ying turned her head slowly until she was looking directly into the Nurse's eyes. Her smile seemed to widen, but otherwise she said nothing. "Oh dear," said Nurse Ray. "You don't look well at all, my dear." She reached down to feel Ying's forehead when suddenly Ying's hand shot up and grabbed her. She tried desperately to pull away, but the panda's grip was like iron. "Ying," she cried. "What are-" Before she could finish, Ying had thrown her to the floor and pinned her down. Nurse Ray tried to scream but was silenced by Ying's paw around her throat. "Don't worry," whispered Ying in a voice that was nowhere near her own. "This will only hurt for a second..."
The library felt considerably colder as Lee and Kovu huddled close together beside their master. They hadn't said a word on the way back but had held hands the whole way. Their master had resumed his frantic pacing and hadn't even acknowledged the two of them when they returned. After a while, Lee spoke. "Master?" she asked. Master Lao stopped mid-stride but didn't turn to face her. "Master," Lee continued. "What's going on?" The Master sighed and rubbed his temples. "I'm afraid I don't know, my child," he sighed. "I just don't know." Of all the things that he could have said, this admission of defeat hit Lee and Kovu the hardest. For all their lives, they had lived in the temple. It had been decided from the moment of their birth that they would study the ancient arts and were carried away before they were even a year old. Master Lao was a father to all of them, and in all that time he had always had an answer. To see him completely defeated like this... A piercing scream from the medical ward made them all start. "That was Nurse Rose!" cried Master Lao. Kovu and Lee leapt to their feet and, with their Master, ran to the medical wing. As they rounded the corner into the passage, there was a loud crash from Ying's room. "Ying!" cried Lee. They picked up the pace and stopped outside the door. It was all quiet on the other side. "Ying?" Lee called nervously. No response. Master Lao nodded to Kovu who reached out to open the door. It was locked, so he broke it down with a deft kick. The inside was a complete disaster. Broken furniture was strewn across the room, linen was ripped to shreds, and - most terrifying of all - a gaping hole and been torn in the back wall which led outside. The three of them crept slowly through the wreckage, alert for any signs of life. A low moan under the remnants of the bed caught Master Lao's attention and he beckoned to his two students. They lifted the various pieces and found the battered body of Nurse Rose underneath. Apart from a few gashes across her chest, she seemed thankfully unscathed. Kovu and Lee helped her to her feet. "My dear Nurse Rose," said Master Lao gently. "What happened here?" "I-it was... A-Ying..." Nurse Rose stammered. "She was crazy... she just..." her voice was choked off by powerful sobs as she buried head in Kovu's chest and began crying. As Lee watched the nurse, she felt anger slowly burn in her chest. It suddenly exploded, tearing through her body like fire. She wrenched the nurse from Kovu and flung her against the wall. "Where is she?" Lee snarled viciously. "Where is she?" she screamed again as Kovu yanked her off the trembling nurse. "Lee, what the hell?" shouted Kovu as he struggled to restrain his friend. She finally broke free and spun around to face Kovu and Master Lao. "Oh come on," she said. "She has to be lying. There's no way Ying could have done... all this. " She waved her arm around the room limply for emphasis. "I'm telling you," cried Nurse Rose. "It was Ying. Only -" "Only what?" snapped Lee. "Only..." stammered Nurse Rose, "there was something... different about her. It was like she was Ying... but she wasn't." Lee glared at her but said nothing. She was curious now as to what the nurse had to say. "Go on, dear nurse," urged Master Lao gently. Nurse Rose cast a fearful glance in Lee's direction before she began to speak: "I was coming back from the kitchen with her supper," she said quietly. "She'd just drunk an entire pitcher of water in one breath but was still very hungry. I thought that was odd, but told myself it was because of her injuries. So I went to get her a meal and when I came back, she was sitting on the bed, watching the door. I put the food down on the table, and then..." Her voice trailed off and she began sobbing again. Master Lao reached out and took her hand in his. "It's okay, my dear," he said. "Take all the time you need." Nurse Rose nodded slowly and took several deep breaths. "I was just about to leave when she attacked me and pinned me to the ground. I was able to throw her off and we fought." She rubbed the cut on her stomach at the memory. "She then went for the knife I'd brought and that's when I screamed." "Yes," nodded Master Lao. "We heard you from the library." "When she heard you coming... that's when she punched the hole in the wall and ran. She just tore it like it was paper..." The whole room was quiet as Nurse Rose finished her story. No one knew what to say. What the nurse had said was completely crazy, and yet the evidence was all around them. Kovu and Lee just stood there, waiting for the Master to tell them what to do. Master Lao stroked his chin slowly as he weighed up his options. The thought that Ying could be capable of something like this was deeply disturbing. He would never have considered anything of the sort before, but then again... Something had definitely happened in that forest and now one of his students was dead, the other was possibly on the loose, and the other two were tired and afraid. This needed to be resolved as soon as possible. Finally, he reached a decision. "Kovu, I want you to stay here with Nurse Rose while Lee and I go look for Ying." "But Master -" cried Lee. "That's enough, Lee!" the Master snapped. Lee opened her mouth to protest but closed it when she met her Master's angry glare. "Now, listen here, my children. Right now, Ying is out there, hurt and possibly deeply troubled. Now I don't know what's wrong with her, but if we want to help her then we need to find her before she hurts anyone else. Am I clear?" Lee nodded but remained silent. "Good," said Master Lao. "Kovu, tend to Nurse Rose. Lee, follow me." Lee grumbled as she followed her Master through the hole in the wall. Kovu watched them leave until eventually the darkness seemed to consume them both. |
Hotel Paedophile by Renamon_Lovers | #6 of Cub The life of a cub as a gigolo. - _ **English is my third language, please correct me if I am using Chinese-style English. Thanks for reading. Please feel free to comment ^\_^** _ **Hotel Paedophile** ** ** ** In year 1985, many men lost their jobs during the business | [
"Anal",
"Bestiality",
"Cub",
"Forced Sex",
"Gay",
"Humiliation",
"Paedophile",
"Pain",
"Underage"
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**Hotel Paedophile**
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\*\* In year 1985, many men lost their jobs during the business depression.\*\*
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\*\* I sat as still as I could on the narrow chair, with my paws crossed on my knee. When my parents died, I was placed in the custody of my aunt. Now my aunt was reading some documents; her panda face was haggard and thin, stamped with the print of a recent horror. She has a nice pocket dictionary but she did not use it.\*\*
\*\* "Pedro, can you read Chinese?" she panted.\*\*
\*\* A blank look came over my face. "No."\*\*
\*\* "How could your father sign these documents when you all could not read Chinese?"\*\* **said the female panda, with an expression of annoyance.**
\*\* I caressed my wolf head. "Friends from Chinese restaurant helped him to translate, maybe."\*\*
\*\* This was followed by a short silence.\*\*
**"According to these documents, we lend his parents 50K, sadly they passed away in a car accident, so now you have to pay the debts," said a mouse, with his finger and thumb in his waistcoat pocket. "Don't blame us, blame the bank for rejecting their Loan Application. By the way, we are kind enough to exclude the interest."**
**The panda's face was ashy pale, beads of perspiration shone upon her brow, and her paws shook until the hunting-crop wagged like a branch in the wind.**
**"But I don't have 50K," said the panda.**
**"Then he'll come with us, and work for us until the debts are cleared. For your information, these documents are LEGAL and thus we have the rights to sue you."**\*\* said a dog, with a smile, as he pushed back his chair from the breakfast-table. "Or you can come with us, you are old but you are still pretty, I am sure you can attract many customers."\*\*
\*\* "What kind of job?"\*\* **cried my aunt in great agitation.**
\*\* The mouse laughed. "Gigolo, prostitute," said he. "The MOST profitable business."\*\*
\*\* My aunt and I stared at the mouse in amazement. "No! He is just 10-year-old only!"\*\*
\*\* "Aunt, what is gigolo?"\*\*
\*\* "A gigolo is," said the dog, in his easy, genial way. "Is..."\*\*
\*\* The panda sprang from her chair. "Stop!" she cried. "Please don't explain!"\*\*
**"Anyway, one of you MUST come with us," said the mouse, with some impatience.**
**I sat silent for some time, with my chin upon my paw, lost in thought.**
\*\* "Aunt, I'll go with them and pay for my father's debt, I don't know what is gigolo but I must go." said I, "after all, this is my father's debt. One should answer for what he does."\*\* **My brow was dark with anxiety.**
\*\* "I'll pack your luggage for you," said my aunt.\*\* **The tears flowed unchecked down her cheeks and dripped from her chin.**
\*\* The mouse smiled, and clapped me upon the shoulder.\*\*
\*\* "You don't need to pack anything."\*\*
\*\* I looked at them with a puzzled expression.\*\*
**"Let's go, the plane is waiting for us now,"** **t**\*\* he dog was outwardly calm, but his whole body gave a wriggle of suppressed excitement as he spoke.\*\*
**I clenched my fists tightly, until my nails dug into the palm of my paw, but I barely noticed. The only thing I was really aware of, was the sound of my heart throbbing against the cage of my chest. "Aunt, I will cherish every day without you, you must to take care of yourself without my days," said I.**
\*\* The fifty-year-old panda turned to us with a gesture of despair, and sank into her chair once more like one who was crushed.\*\*
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\*\* Dark-haired mouse, who was thirties, glanced at his watch. "Pedro, let us re-introduce ourselves again. I am Nathan, he is Elliot, and we are your Masters, understood?"\*\*
\*\* "Yes, Master. Where are we heading now?"\*\*
\*\* "To a place where slavery is legal, and there are many paedophiles out there," answered Elliot as he was driving.\*\*
**Nathan gave a mischievous smile. "Your job is very simple: satisfy their needs. For example, they'll insert strange objects into your tail hole and mouth. Don't worry, be happy, they won't kill you."**
\*\* "This is 'gigolo'? For how long?"\*\*\*\* I stammered in disbelief.\*\*
\*\* "Ten years. Now we are going to tell you the rules and regulations," explained Nathan. "First of all..."\*\*
\*\* I listened attentively to Nathan. Soon, my whole body shook, bones rattling in the constant fear of the future that loomed before me.\*\*
\*\* Elliot parked the car in front of a hanger. A pilot greeted us with a nod of the head. "Sir, the plane is ready. It is a lovely day and good enough to travel," said he, and then he surveyed me with an inquisitive look.\*\*
\*\* Nathan grinned. "Pedro, come."\*\*
**I shivered with fear and cold. "Master, where..."**
\*\* "Sit, you are not allowed to speak," Elliot chortled gleefully. "We are your Masters and you must obey us. Now drink it and sleep."\*\*
\*\* I began to yawn after I drank the water.\*\*
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**"Hey! Wake up!"**
\*\* I quickly opened my eyes. *Why am I inside a car?* I thought. There was a hotel in front of me. The early morning sun was already well risen and the spring grass shone like it had its own gentle glow from within.\*\*
\*\* "Your office and house,"\*\* **said Elliot, snapping his fingers.**
\*\* *My house?* I thought.\*\*
\*\* "Welcome!"\*\*
**When we walked down from the car, some naked boys and girls greeted us warmly. They were wearing sandals only.**
**Nathan grinned. "Slaves, he is Pedro, your new comrade."**
**"Pedro, I am Janice, leader of this team. He is Caden, my assistant and also my boyfriend. Come, I'll show you your 'house'," said a girl with enthusiasm. This was my first time seeing naked humans, shyness inhibited me from speaking.**
**"Hey, look at his groin," Caden interrupted.**
\*\* "Feeling excited already?" said Janice as she poked my bulging groin.\*\* **She gave me a bewitching smile. "So HARD already."**
\*\* My blush burned through my cheeks and my face felt like a hot oven. "We have weather adjustment ability, but how about you?" said I, shocked. "Won't you feel too cold or too hot without clothes?" I suddenly felt awkward as I attempted to hide my rosy cheeks behind my fingers.\*\*
\*\* "We get used to it already," said Caden, laughing. "Welcome aboard, lovely wolfie."\*\*
**The hotel lobby was sparse on the usual ornate detailing, more geometrical than classical. The colours were in the palate of a beach, every hue from golden sand to the rich wood of a fishing boat. The accent colours were the sky and the sea, all of it the perfect complement to the onshore breeze that brought a salty fragrance.**
**"Dustin, Pedro," said Caden, introducing us.**
**"Nice to meet you," said Dustin in a soothing voice.**
**Dustin gave me his hand in a friendly way, and I took it. "Hello."** **I nodded him a greeting.**
**"Dustin, Janice and I have to serve some customers, you take good care of this wolfie."**
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**"Come, follow me,"** **said Dustin in a very amiable tone. "You are here to earn big bucks too?"**
**I gave Dustin a short sketch of my adventures, and had hardly concluded it by the time that we reached our destination.**
**"Poor wolfie. I liked this job because this is the most profitable job, painful but worthy. Some of my friends got a Degree but they could not find a job, and none of them is earning big bucks."**
**"I agree. You still get retrench even though you have a Degree."**
**Dustin's room was huge and did not look like a hotel room at all...more like a guest suite in an Italian palace. The bed was king-sized with pure white, Egyptian cotton sheets.**
\*\* "This is our room, as well as our 'house'," said Dustin, he was half-snake half-human. "You can wear clothes ONLY when you are in this room. Hang this walkie-talkie on your neck, you MUST remember all our frequencies. Now, strip."\*\*
\*\* After I undressed, I covered my groin with both paws.\*\* **I turned my head to the side to avert my gaze, but the sudden rosiness of my cheeks gave me away. "Can...I...wear...underwear?"**
\*\* "C'mon, you are a gigolo now," Dustin replied with a broad grin. "Stand straight, smile at your customer and spread your legs." Then, becoming serious, he added, "If you don't do it properly, you'll be punished. For example, eat shit and drink pee."\*\*
\*\* I slowly moved my paws to both sides, I did not want to be punished. Then I came to myself, and forced myself to smile at my senior in reply.\*\*
\*\* "Good, now masturbate."\*\*
\*\* My eyes bulged nearly out of their sockets. "I...don't know..."\*\*
\*\* The snake looked at me in a singular way.\*\*
\*\* "Never mind," said he, "now, look at me and follow my instructions."\*\*
\*\* After a while, my furry dick was fully erected.\*\*
\*\* Dustin smiled and rubbed his hands.\*\*
**"You are a fur but your sausage is so short. Look at mine, at age 10, your sausage MUST be at least 3 inches long."**
**I grinned foolishly at him.**
\*\* He cleaned his hands and showed me a floor plan. "You must memorize the floor plan and our names," said he. "In this room, this is my 'territory', your 'territory' is over there. You c\*\*\*\* an proceed to the leisure room to watch TV and play some board games. This is my notebook and we have free WiFi, you'll have enough money to buy a new notebook after two months. \**\*\*"*\*
\*\* I sat down on the bed and began to read the floor plan. Dustin was only eleven years old but he looked so matured. He pulled a chair and sat down in front of me. "6A.M wake up, clean your body and this room, enjoy breakfast and then wait for orders. Our Boss and team leaders are very kind, but please try not to make mistakes - don't let the customers complain. Understood?"\*\*
\*\* "Yes."\*\*
\*\* "Come, let's go out for a walk, don't forget your walkie-talkie. You don't need sandals, right?"\*\*
**"Right." Unlike humans, our soles were thicker and we could walk under hot sun without wearing shoes.**
**"First stop, clinic. I am sure you'll come here daily - for now."**
\*\* Soon, we reached the clinic. An elf greeted us warmly. "Pauline, Pedro," said Dustin, introducing us.\*\*
\*\* "Welcome aboard. Spread your legs, let me check your balls." She took out a razor and began to shave the hair on my groin. After she was done, she put aside the razor.\*\*
\*\* She knelt in front of me and took my little cock in his hand. She pulled the skin on my cock back with her thumb and fingers. My gland immediately went hard and stood up. When the foreskin started sliding back the skin was dry and the skin stuck to the head of gland. The opening of the foreskin was tight and it would only go back so far. Most of the head was not exposed. "Hmm...no need to circumcise now," she concluded.\*\*
\*\* She put her hand around my shaft and squeezed it then she slid her hand down and felt my balls in their sack. She squeezed them a bit and I cried out in pain.\*\* **She put her hands around my shaft and squeezed it and a drop of clear pre-cum appeared at the tip. She touched it with her fingertip and spread it gently over the tip of my knob. I flexed my shaft as her finger traced the edge of my knob. A larger drop oozed out and she scooped it up with her finger and tasted it. I watched a silver string of pre cum stretch from the tip of my knob to her finger between her lips. "Now, cum as much as you can into this small bottle."**
\*\* I could not endure anymore and filled the bottle with my sperm.\*\*
**"You amazed me," Dustin said with a chuckle.**
**She gazed at the bottle. "Wow! Your penis is small but you cum so much."**
\*\* I gave her a sheepish look as she turned around to take another bottle. Dustin helped me to clean my cock with tissue papers.\*\*
\*\* "Now, pee into this bottle."\*\*
\*\* After I urinated, she placed the bottles onto the rack carefully. "Finally, blood test."\*\*
\*\* I gulped when I saw the syringe. Luckily it was not as painful as I thought.\*\*
\*\* She showed me another syringe and this was much bigger. "Show me your tail hole," she said.\*\*
\*\* I raised my tail and felt a sharp pain inside my hole. "This will enhance your immune system and you must take it every six months," said she. "Here is your anti-biotic, three times a day. Ok, you can leave now."\*\*
\*\* I thanked her and hung the medicine on my neck.\*\*
\*\* "Now we'll create an account for you," said Dustin as he closed the door.\*\*
\*\* Next, we reached the Human Resource office.\*\*
\*\* A boy greeted us warmly. "Pedro, you are clearing your father's debt, so you can't get full salary," said he. "Please scan your paw here, thumb print here and sign here."\*\*
\*\* Ten minutes later.\*\*
\*\* "Pedro, do you see the ATM over there? Those ATM are tailor made for you all, you can't use the ATM outside this office. Now you can go and check your balance."\*\*
\*\* Once we were standing in front of the ATM, Dustin taught me how to operate it. "Come, I'll show you how to spend money," said he.\*\*
\*\* At that moment, a man approached us.\*\*\*\* His age may have been nearer forty than thirty, but his cheeks were so ruddy and his eyes so merry that he still conveyed the impression of a plump and mischievous boy.\*\*
\*\* "Pedro, he is Mr Luke, our boss."\*\*
\*\* "I am so glad that you have come," said he, shaking my paw with effusion. "Nathan was right, you are so naive."\*\*
\*\* "I am showing him around,"\*\* **said Dustin, grinning.**
\*\* "Do you still feel shy walking naked?" Luke asked me.\*\*
\*\* "No, boss."\*\*
\*\* "Excellent!" cried Luke, clapping me on the back. "I'll play with you when you are free."\*\*
\*\* "See? Our boss is a nice guy and he likes cub," said Dustin after we left the office.\*\*
\*\* Soon, we reached a grocery shop. I chose some clothes and basic necessities.\*\*
**"Pedro, scan your paw here."**
\*\* "Very easy and convenient," said I as we walked out from the shop.\*\*
\*\* After we returned to our room, Dustin checked the time. "I almost forgot, this is your duty roaster," said he after he printed out a report.\*\*
\*\* I sat down on the bed and began to read it. "Sometimes we are giving free service," said he as he sat beside me.\*\*
\*\* "What kind of free service?"\*\*
\*\* "When you are working, customers may drag you to a corner and force you to serve him, or her. Last month, when I was cleaning toilet at the basement, a customer came and forced me to serve him for one hour."\*\*
\*\* "What should I do if..."\*\*
\*\* "Report to Caden and let him handle the case. Anyway, don't struggle, just treat him/her like a normal customer."\*\*
\*\* Soon, I felt hungry.\*\*
\*\* Dustin chuckled. "Lunch is almost ready, let's go now."\*\*
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\*\* The dining room was more of a mess hall. The tables allowed for small groups to sit together and comfort was an afterthought. On each chair was a thin square of foam, likely from old sleeping mats too thin to be of use. The walls were bare concrete and the windows were perspex screwed on with chunky bolts.\*\*
\*\* "This is our canteen, buffet style, Pedro, you pick first," said Caden cheerfully.\*\*
**The food was hot, tasty and plentiful. On every face was a smile and the volume rose with chatter and laughter.**
**"As you can see, only high-ranking staff and customers are allowed to wear something," a little girl told me.**
**At that moment, some naked furs and humans joined us.**
**"Pedro, meet Phillip, Fredrick, Katherine, Lindsey and Jasmine," said Janice.**
**When I saw Jasmine, I loved her at first sight. She was also a wolf and she was the most beautiful female wolf I had ever seen. Her eyes blazed and her teeth gleamed.** **I had taken her paw, and she had not withdrawn it.**
**"Pedro, Jasmine, you two can enhance your friendship later," said Lindsey good-humoredly.**
**Dustin purposely stood up and invited Jasmine to sit beside me.** **I caught a whiff of perfume as she swept past me.**
\*\* "By the way, after lunch, we are going to the Ballroom," Caden spoke up.\*\*
\*\* Phillip gave a low whistle. "Cool, time to earn extra big bucks."\*\*
\*\* "Can you sing? Dance? Or play any instruments?" Dustin asked me suddenly.\*\*
\*\* "I can sing only. Why?" I asked, puzzled.\*\*
\*\* "Me too, we two can sing along," Jasmine put in.\*\*
\*\* "The rest of us, as usual," Fredrick concluded.\*\*
\*\* I was lost in thought. "What is going on?" I inquired.\*\*
\*\* "Every month, around ten low-ranking staffs have to sing and dance, and then let the audiences gangbang us. We'll get extra bonus if we performed well," Fredrick explained slowly as he was chewing a beef.\*\*
\*\* "Gangbang!" I echoed in surprise. I believed my face fell faster than a corpse in cement boots. In that instant my skin became greyed, my muzzle hung with lips slightly parted and my eyes were as wide as they could stretch.\*\*
\*\* "Pedro, since you are new, you can skip tonight's performance," Caden informed me.\*\*
\*\* "So, you want to join us or skip?" Jasmine inquired eagerly as she caressed my shaft gently. The warmth of her smile made me feel welcome.\*\*
\*\* I looked at Jasmine with great interest. "Count me in!" I said excitedly.\*\*
\*\* "Brave boy! Just do it!" Janice agreed enthusiastically.\*\*
\*\* After rehearsal, Luke approached me. "Caden, I'll borrow Pedro for a while."\*\*
\*\* Caden smiled and nodded.\*\*
\*\* Luke's room was also same as Dustin, except for the decorations. "Let's take shower together," said he.\*\*
**He undressed and grabbed a towel. I just stood there, not knowing what to do. He saw I was getting hard, there was nowhere to hide. He entered the shower stall and began lathering his chest, underarms, stomach and then his crotch. He was getting hard too. Without notice he began lathering my chest and belly and slowly, very slowly but deliberately, my cock and balls. By now we were both straight out hard.**
**"Turn around," said he and I nodded. He caressed my ass, fingered my ass crack up and down and then cupped my balls. I thought I was going to shoot then and there. He gently took my cock in his hand and worked it back and forth. The shower water splashed off the top of his head as he took my furry cock into his mouth. I could not endure anymore, I cum into his mouth after a few strokes.**
**"Tonight, you are going to suck many dicks. Come, put mine into your mouth, I'll teach you now," said he as he turned off the shower.**
\*\* I put my muzzle over his cock and did not stop until I reached the back of my throat. I had so much saliva built up my muzzle that I tried to swallow while his dick was still deep in my muzzle.\*\*
**"Now treat it like ice-cream. You are doing great! But too slow," said he. "You can do it slowly with your girlfriend but we are not. Tonight, you are going to make them cum ASAP. Remember, some of them are very rough, they'll fuck your mouth until you bleed."**
**After he ejaculated, he cleaned my body again and trimmed my tail. "OK, you can join your friends for dinner now," said he.**
**"Thank you, boss."**
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\*\* That same night.\*\*
\*\* Luke grinned mischievously. "Everyone, queue here and relax," said he.\*\*
\*\* "Pedro, you are shaking," said Phillip with a smile.\*\*
\*\* "I...I..."\*\*
\*\* "Remember, continue singing no matter what happens," said Lindsey severely.\*\*
\*\* Soon, the Ballroom was fully seated.\*\*
\*\* "Ladies and gentlemen," the DJ announced. "Welcome to Hotel Paedophile."\*\*
\*\* Five minutes later, the DJ called Jasmine's name. She walked boldly up to the platform without faltering.\*\*
**Next, my name was called. I walked on to the stage with great confidence. Suddenly, I slipped and went sprawling. Every audience laughed at my foolish antics. I straightened up again and loomed indifferent.**
**"Are you OK?" whispered Jasmine as she handed me a microphone.**
**"A little pain but still can sing," I whispered back as I adjusted the screen in front of me.**
\*\* When the music started, Jasmine and I began to sing while the others began to dance. Soon, some audiences stepped onto the stage and approached us. I was surprised but I did not stop singing.\*\*
**An old lady began to touch my body. I assumed this was her first time seeing a fur which could sing. Suddenly, she knelt before my sex and gave me blowjob. I felt so good that I almost stopped singing. After she returned to her seat, more audiences surrounded me and began to caress my body. I felt nausea when the male audiences kissed, licked and sucked my body parts.**
**When the music changed, I followed my friends to the left side of the stage, and then shook our buttocks before the audiences. They laughed and some of them took this opportunity to smack our buttocks.**
**A few minutes later, the music changed again. We walked to the right side of the stage, and once again shook our buttocks before the audiences. They quickly smacked our buttocks, I could feel someone slapped my balls.**
**Finally, we returned to the centre of the stage. An old man came to lift up my tail and then grabbed my cheeks. He squeezed then pulled them apart, exposing my puckered hole. I felt pain but could not reject him. The man sighed behind me then pulled my buns apart even more. I could feel his hot breath as he dove in. I thought he was going to attack my back door but he stopped and returned to his seat. When the music stopped, we stepped down from the stage.**
\*\* "Pedro, select a table, any table will do," Dustin urged.\*\*
\*\* Caden climbed up a small table with his stomach on the table. He then spread his legs as wide as possible. Soon, the audiences queued in front and behind Caden.\*\*
\*\* I quickly climbed up an empty small table with my stomach on the table. I then spread my legs as wide as possible. I glanced the other table, the horse-man revealed his dick and began to masturbate. The cub on the table was quaking with fear. When his dick was fully erected, I guessed it must be ten inches long. If he put that monster into my back door, I sure could not walk properly for a month.\*\*
\*\* Soon, the room filled with moaning, groaning and fucking sounds. Some cubs could not endure anymore and began to cry but dared not struggle.\*\*
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**The next morning.**
\*\* I realised I was sleeping on the bed.\*\*
\*\* "Good afternoon, Pedro."\*\*
\*\* Jasmine was sitting on the bed.\*\*
\*\* "Good...afternoon? Where am I?"\*\*
\*\* When I saw Jasmine, my back door did not feel pain anymore.\*\*
\*\* "This is your own room," Jasmine pouted and looked at me coyly.\*\*
\*\* I looked affectionately at Jasmine's warm face.\*\*
\*\* "We carried you back to here last night, you fainted and we decided not to wake you up." Dustin put in. "Your tail hole is torn but she stopped the bleeding already."\*\*
\*\* "Pedro, please turn over, I am going to ease your pain."\*\*
**"Jasmine, please be gentle..."**
**"I'll go to the clinic now," said Dustin and left the room.**
**When Jasmine poured the medicine into my tail hole, I gave a groan of pain.**
\*\* "Are you alright?"\*\*
\*\* "Pain! Yup...thanks for helping me...How about you?"\*\*
\*\* "I get used to it already, now pain is part of my life," "I came here willingly because the salary is very good. And you?"\*\*
\*\* "Ouch!" I told Jasmine about my parents.\*\*
\*\* "So, what are you going to do after that?"\*\*
\*\* "Argh! Leave this place, return to my hometown and then form a family."\*\*
**"A good plan. Ok, you better take a short nap, do you want to pee now?"**
**"Yup..." I gave Jasmine a sheepish look.**
\*\* Jasmine placed my dick onto a small bowl. "You can pee now."\*\*
\*\* "You are a nice girl, do you have boyfriend?"\*\*
\*\* "No...I'll contact you before dinner time."\*\*
\*\* I wanted to go to the leisure room, but my hole was in great pain when I started walking. So, I decided to stay in the room. I checked the time, 3P.M. only. Soon, I dozed off.\*\*
\*\* "Pedro, wake up, bath first before you go to the dinning room."\*\*
\*\* "Ok."\*\*
\*\* "Tonight, let's go to the computer room and start learning and working at the same time. Doctor said that you need to rest for a week, but this does not mean you don't need to do anything. Are you willing to come with me?"\*\*
\*\* After I finished my dinner, I followed Jasmine to the Computer Department. She giggled because I was walking like a duck.\*\*
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\*\* The next morning, Phillip, Fredrick, Katherine, Lindsey and I received a weird task.\*\*
\*\* "Pedro, we are going to walk to that school," declared Phillip.\*\*
\*\* I did more than tremble this time, I turned pale.\*\*
\*\* "This is a very simple task," said Lindsey with a smile. "Just stand still for one hour only."\*\*
\*\* I gulped. *Walk to that school?* I thought.\*\*
\*\* Katherine laughed.\*\*
**"If you can walk naked in this hotel, you sure can walk naked on the streets."**
\*\* When we walked out from the hotel, everyone was staring at us as we were superstars.\*\*
\*\* *This is so embarrassing.* I thought.\*\*
\*\* Phillip gave a whimsical smile. \*\*
**"Pedro, lift up your head and walk like a soldier," said he.**
\*\* "Ok..."\*\*
\*\* Finally, we reached the school.\*\*
\*\* "Hello, I am Headmaster Ding. This is very nice, five different species."\*\* **He shone with pleasure and his eyes gleamed from behind his big glasses.**
\*\* Ding led us to a hall which was fully air-conditioned. There was a small stage against the sky-blue wall, the height of the stage was about four feet. As we walked closer to the stage, we saw a lot of electric lamps illumined the stage. The chairs and small tables were realigned to face the stage.\*\*
\*\* Ding explained in a low smooth tone. "Your task is very simple. Stand still for one hour."\*\*
\*\* Each of us stood on the stage with different kind of pose.\*\*
\*\* "Pedro, stand here, raise your arms, paws facing front, ears straight, show them your lovely front teeth, don't blink too many times, spread your legs. Finally, your dick should maintain erection for one hour, try not to let it soften," Ding pulled down a rope from the ceiling and tied my left wrist, and then my right wrist with another rope. He walked to the front and began to stimulate my dick.\*\*
\*\* After my dick was erected, Ding stood up quickly. "Remember, don't move and try not to shrink for the next one hour," he reminded.\*\*
\*\* When the bell rang, the students entered the hall slowly. They sat down and began drawing. My face was flushed with embarrassment. I could not see my friends as my back was facing them.\*\*
\*\* Soon, my dick was getting weak. I glanced at the students and trying to figure a way to harden my cock. Since I could not move my head, I could only search for those who were sitting in front of my. Luckily I found a very prominent target. There was a human girl sitting near the center, I just need to move my eyes to the right side by a little - hopefully no one noticed. She was prominent because she was wearing a low-cut dress which revealed her cleavage - a little but enough to strengthen my penis again.\*\*
\*\* Looking at cleavage was like looking at the sun, you got a glance, then looked away. I did not know who said so, but it was true. I forgot to move my eyes away, and there must be a dreamy look in my naive face, as a result she caught him. She adjusted her collar, knowingly or unknowingly, for me to see her boobs clearly. Yes, her breasts. She was not wearing bra. Immediately I was filled of vitality.\*\*
\*\* There must be a strange look on my face, because the girl giggled and closed her collar. She pretended to check her friend's drawing, and then her friend smiled, an odd, dreamy smile that sent chills up my back. Suddenly she lifted up her right leg slowly and put on her chair, wittingly or unwittingly, for me to see her underwear. Her skirt was lifted up and I could see clearly what was inside.\*\*
\*\* She put her leg down slowly, but it was too late. My whole body was on fire and my mushroom head accumulated much pre-cum. At that moment, I broke out in a cold sweat. My muzzle cramped from non-stop smiling, my arms were numbed and I wanted to pee badly.\*\*
\*\* For in a minute there were many days. I was waiting for the bell to ring. Soon my dick was getting weak again. I glanced at the girl again, luckily she understood. She adjusted her collar for him to see the boobs again.\*\*
\*\* Finally, the bell rang. The students packed their drawing equipment and left the room slowly. After the hall was empty again, Ding released us from the stage. "This is your reward, hopefully you can help me again next time," Ding said as he handed us an Ang Pow.\*\*
\*\* "See? Easy money," said\*\* **Katherine**\*\* with a mischievous twinkle after we left the school.\*\*
\*\* I raised my eyebrows.\*\*
\*\* "Wow! You are right!"\*\*
**\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\***
\*\* After lunch, I received an interesting task.\*\*
**"A girl wants to try out bestiality, so, use your dick to satisfy her desires. By the way, have you made love before?" asked Caden.**
\*\* "No..."\*\*
\*\* "Treat her as your girlfriend, do it gently and passionately. Understood?"\*\*
\*\* "Yes."\*\*
\*\* "Now go to room 10, her name is Angelina, good luck."\*\*
\*\* There was nobody inside room 10. I was sitting on the bed when there was a knock on the hotel room door. A tall, light-skinned woman named Angelina walked into the room. She moved against me and kissed me hungrily with her eyes open wide. She poked my nose, caressed my wolf face and finally rubbed my pointed ears.\*\*
\*\* "Little wolfie, what's your name?"\*\*
\*\* "Madam, my name is Pedro."\*\*
\*\* "Nice name, now stand up and come here."\*\*
\*\* I groaned softly as she jabbed his lovely tail.\*\*
\*\* "So, are you a werewolf?"\*\*
\*\* "No, Madam, I am a 'hybrid', half-wolf half-human."\*\*
\*\* I felt uneasy as she continued to examine his body.\*\*
\*\* "To me, you are a WEREWOLF. What is a 'hybrid'?"\*\*
\*\* "Madam, my father was a human but my mother was a shewolf. Some of my relatives were furs and some of them were humans. I won't eat humans/furs and I can't transform."\*\*
\*\* "Oh I see. A werewolf is dangerous but a 'hybrid' is mild."\*\*
\*\* She had removed her jacket, kicked off her shoes, and was quickly undoing the buttons to her blouse. I stepped back and sat on the bed. This was my first time seeing a human undressing and I felt excited. She fixed her stare and smiled intently on me as she removed her clothes. She wore a black bra with matching thong. She knew she looked good, and she liked the pleasure it gave me.\*\*
\*\* I did not realise my shaft was erected and released pre-cum. She removed her blouse, then her bra, baring her upper body before removing her skirt and nylons. Her eyes and smile never left me. I was curious as to why girl wears so many clothes but I dared not ask. Totally naked, she stepped in front of me. Her udders were full and round and perfect, with dark pink nipples taut now thrusting forward. Her thick pubic hair was brown and trimmed a little to keep it from showing when she wore a bikini.\*\*
**\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\***
\*\* Two hours later.\*\*
\*\* I left room 10 and walked to the clinic slowly. I could not believe I was still alive. The customer milked me until my penis unable to erect anymore. The nurse checked my dick carefully. "You can't use it for a week," she concluded.\*\*
**After leaving the clinic, I headed to the Computer Department but I did not see my girlfriend. "Your girlfriend went to the kitchen already," said a rabbit. I thanked her and left the room.**
**"Pedro, the dishwasher machine is down, please help us to wash the plates," said Jasmine effusively when she saw me.**
**I stood beside Jasmine and began to wash the plate.**
**"What is wrong with your penis?"**
**I told Jasmine about the customer.**
**"Poor wolfie," said Jasmine with a smile. "I am going to the cinema tonight, do you want to come with me?"**
**"Sure!"**
**"Alright, let's get permission from our team leaders first."**
**Luckily the dishwasher machine was repaired by the time we finished our dinner.**
\*\* "You can go but please don't switch off the walkie-talkie," replied Caden, laughing.\*\*
\*\* The small cinema was located at Top Floor. There were only twenty seats inside the cinema. Luckily the sound system was fantastic. After we walked out from the cinema, it was already 11P.M.\*\*
\*\* "Cya tomorrow morning." This was my first time going out with a girl and I did not know what else to say.\*\*
\*\* "Do you want goodnight-kiss?"\*\*
\*\* Smiling, I took her into my arms, and we began to kiss. We kissed slowly at first and then more rapidly. We could not stop kissing each other. Suddenly we realised this was not the right place.\*\*
\*\* She grinned. "It is late already, we can continue some other time."\*\*
**\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\***
**Time flies like an arrow and years elapse like a shuttle. I have stepped into my midlife before I realize it.**
\*\* Finally, today was my last day. Elliot has cancelled and returned the agreements to me - my father's debt was cleared and I was free as a bird now. He also helped me to prepare flight to return to my hometown.\*\*
\*\* Some of my friends joined the other departments in the same hotel, and some of them returned to their hometown. We were not cute anymore after twenties, thus we need to find another job. Luckily we became millionaire by twenties, and so we could go elsewhere to start a new life.\*\*
\*\* "So, you have decided to go back to your hometown?" asked Caden, he has become the new Assistant Manager.\*\*
\*\* I nodded. "I am going to marry Jasmine in December, at my hometown."\*\*
\*\* "That's cool!" Janice put in.\*\*
**"You have been working at the Computer Department for so long and I thought you would stay," replied Caden as he handed me his name card. "You can come back at any time, and of course you can wear clothes."**
\*\* "Thanks for your offer," I answered eagerly.\*\*
\*\* After visiting the other old friends, I left the hotel. My future wife stood beside me. *Finally, this day has come.* I thought.\*\*
\*\* I could not forget those days. I met different kind of customers - some of them were gentle and some of them were rough. Now I could wear clothes and live like a normal fur. I heard that Nathan has passed away and Luke has retired.\*\*
**Beyond the horizon, the sun illuminated the shimmering haze of pollution. In the far distance, the silhouette of the skyline pierced through the warm glow like a jagged mountain ridge.**
\*\* "Pedro, still remember what I told you? They have removed my womb before I came here."\*\*
\*\* I caught her in my arms, and covered her face with kisses. "Jasmine, I don't mind at all."\*\*
\*\* When we returned to my hometown, my aunt has passed away and her house was demolished.\*\*
\*\* I rubbed my chin thoughtfully. "We both lost our hometown."\*\*
\*\* This was followed by a short silence.\*\*
\*\* "Let's buy a house first, then we'll find a job," Jasmine suggested.\*\* **Her words had a soothing effect.**
**"Right, I can't make love with you daily without a house," said I, looking at her with mischievous eyes. "A whole new world, a new fantastic point of view."**
\*\* "And I can't wait to be your wife."\*\*
\*\* One month later, we began working for a computer company.\*\*
**The end.** |
Colt's Night Out by Amethyst Mare | A birthday story for Razak where my mare blindfolds him and takes his equine character to a club...only he doesn't know what's coming his way when he sets hoof in the car. A night of fun and pleasure awaits! Always open for commissions! Patreons were able to read this story a couple of weeks | [
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*Written by Arian Mabe (Amethyst Mare) for Razak/Madoc*
*Happy birthday, colt!*
"Are you going to tell me where we're going?"
Madoc snorted and shook his head, nostrils flaring. Blindfolded with his wrists lashed together in the back seat of his mare's car, there was little he could do to discern their path. The most the stallion could tell of their location was that they were in the car going pretty fast...probably on the motorway from the lack of variance in the road. The window was open, allowing a lick of cold air to caress his coat, and he shivered, shrinking from it despite the sharpness it gave his mind. It had been growing dark when they'd left, an orange sunset blending with the sweet sway of night, and he had no idea how late it was anymore. How long had he even been in the car?
The stallion trembled. His ears twitched to catch the sound of Amethyst swivelling around in her seat, her fingertips grazing his knee for a split second. He huffed and arched his neck, moving to her - yet she was already gone, her attention presumably back on the road.
"Ah, but that would spoil the surprise, colt."
He groaned and rolled his eyes, though he knew she couldn't see with the blindfold covering half his face. Amethyst chuckled, turning down the radio so that they could speak. Madoc shifted and grumbled, tail trying to flick against the car seat. Everything was different this time. He never usually rode in the back - not at all! He twitched his ears, turning his head from left to right as if he could work out where they were going if only he concentrated hard enough.
A brush of her fingertips on his leg drew his attention and he again leaned forward, aching for more of her touch only to have it pulled away just as swiftly. The stallion swung his head away, folding his arms. What game was she playing? The tingle in his sheath told him that he wasn't particular against it, at the very least.
"Don't worry, hun, we're almost there and all." He could almost hear her grinning. "Don't worry, it's gonna be fun."
Folding his arms, the equine sat back, seatbelt crossed across his chest and hip, dapples showing down the line of his arm. His grey coat no doubt glimmered in the gloom, conditioned to a sheen that he maybe should have been a little more concerned about than he was, considering his attention to detail when it came to the appearance of his coat, mane and tail. Madoc snorted. It was going to be 'fun'? Hadn't she said that before? And didn't he know how this one went already?
"Is it really that much of a secret where we're going?" He demanded cockily, a smirk on his lips. "We're heading down to see friends again, aren't we? You did the same last year. You know you can't pull the same trick twice, right?"
He laughed, throwing his head back as the winter chill nipped at his coat through the open window. Amethyst only chuckled in return, the chirp of the indicator blinking into existence as the vehicle slowed.
"Oh, colt, you are in for a surprise indeed if you think *that's* where we're going."
Madoc frowned.
"Oh, come on, I'm sure of it this time. Where else would we be going this late? Aren't we going to do drinks and pizza again?"
"Mm...sort of. Next weekend. I wouldn't deny you that, sweetie, trust me."
He pricked his ears.
"Then why aren't you trying to keep it a surprise?"
"Because *this* is the real surprise, not hanging out with everyone next weekend and having our usual laughs. That's good too, but this...this is something special."
She paused and his shoulder bumped into the window as she wove the car down what felt like a smaller road, something windier than the long, straight stretch they'd previously been driving along. The stallion's brow furrowed and he nosed at his bound paws, tempting to pull at the knot with his teeth. But he had to admit that part of him was curious as to what the red mare had up her sleeve. He grinned. He'd learned long ago that she always had one more trick left and, well, there hadn't been a 'trick' yet that he had not enjoyed either.
"Don't worry, colt, we're here now." The car drew to a stop, engine thrumming softly. "All will soon be revealed."
He inhaled sharply, turning his ears to catch the sounds as Amethyst stepped out of the car, groaning as she evidently stretched her arms above her head, working out the kinks of the drive. He knew her routines by now.
The door beside him opened and a familiar paw closed around his forearm, guiding him from the car. Obediently, he followed, throwing his hooves out to stand on a gravelly surface, which shifted slightly beneath him.
"One more thing. You're not quite ready to go in - looking as you are, that is."
Madoc shook his head, about to ask what on earth she was talking about, just as a slip of leather pushed over his nose, metal squares cool behind the line of his lips. He tilted his head, trying to work out just what exactly was being put on his face as another leather strap flipped over the top of his head just behind his ears.
And then reality dawned.
He shivered. A head collar. It was a head collar. Just like what the four-legged horses wore when they were being led from field to stable or wherever else. His cock throbbed, tip pushing out from his sheath to press against the interior of his boxer-briefs. He only hoped Amethyst did not notice. Not this time.
The mare giggled, finger on his nose to guide him.
"Head down, colt."
Breathing shallowly, he allowed her to buckle the head collar around his head, sheath plumping. She didn't say anything more as she clipped what had to be a lead rope to the ring beneath his chin, tugging it lightly as she set off in god knows what direction.
His cheeks burned. Surely nothing bad could come of him being led around in public, but it wasn't exactly kosher either! Someone would give them funny looks, that much was certain.
It was only a minute or two of walking along in companionable silence, however, before his hooves hit something solid. He stumbled, only caught by her steadying paw on his shoulder. He stood still, a glimmer of brighter light seeping in under the bottom edge of the blindfold. Amethyst tapped his thigh with something long and thin, rapping the fabric of his trousers flat against the muscle of his leg.
"Out of these. Now."
Madoc balked, nostrils flared.
"I'm not stripping off in a car park!" He swallowed. "If that's even where we are."
Clicking her tongue against the roof of her mouth, Amethyst undid his belt for him, letting his jeans fall slack around his hips. Madoc whined and shook his head, though there seemed to be little he could do about the impending situation.
"No, you don't need these. Trust me. Step out of them now."
Pinning his ears back, Madoc grumbled under his breath and wriggled his hips, pushing his jeans down as much as he could with his bound paws. They fell around his fetlocks and he gingerly stepped out of them, the tip of his shaft pushing out against his boxer-briefs. Amethyst giggled.
"There's a good colt. Come now."
She tugged the lead rope, leading him forward as a door creaked open. He pricked his ears, sound washing over him. He pulled on the rope, voices clamouring on all sides - how soundproof had that bloody door been? - and jerked his head up high, a whinny on his lips. Smoothing the flat of her paw down his neck, his mistress calmed him, lacing her fingers through his silvery mane.
Madoc snorted, eyes rimmed with white even though the blindfolded was clapped securely over both. Just where the hell were they? He leaned into Amethyst, tail flicking anxiously. He couldn't deny the throb of his cock, however, excitement tingling beneath the surface.
The mare tapped his nose.
"Eyes closed."
Madoc swallowed, bobbing his muzzle just the once as Amethyst removed his blindfold. The room thrummed with noise and it sounded as if he was standing in the middle of a crowded bar, energy and heat pulsing through the air as too many bodies pressed into a space too small for them. A knife made quick work of the rope binding his wrists and he rubbed the spots where the rope had pulled, drawing a sensitive line through his coat down to the skin. He wondered why she'd thought to bring a knife out with her, dipping his chin down to his chest as he swallowed surreptitiously.
"Shirt and underwear off too, colt."
He inhaled deeply and tried not to think about what he was doing, the voices around him, as he complied. His shirt was easiest to begin with and he dragged it off over his head with a nervous nicker, shifting his weight from hoof to hoof. Long tail flicking against the backs of his legs, he took a second deep breath, steadying himself the best he could, and pushed down his underwear quickly. Madoc stepped out of the discarded boxer-briefs so slowly that it was as if he was hoping to be told that he could put them back on and stood uncertainly, resisting the urge to cover himself with both paws. His sheath tingled and he groaned inwardly. His tip wasn't poking out...was it? He nipped his bottom lip. His sheath felt full - too full.
"Hey, he's a fine one - isn't he?"
Madoc stiffened, cock slipping out half-dropped from his sheath as his cheeks heated up in a burst of fire.
"This better not be a bar, Ammy," he hissed, neck blotchy with heat as he ducked down to her level, ears back to his skull. "What's going on? Who's here? And where the *hell* have you brought me?"
Amethyst chuckled and nickered softly, kissing a line up his neck to his cheek and forehead. Despite himself, the stallion shivered beneath her touch.
"Oh no, colt," she assured him, brushing her lips over his eyelids in a kiss as light as a feather's passing. "It's something much better than that. Though there is alcohol here too, if so desired."
He could sense her grin, heart hammering, faster and faster and faster.
What now?
A whip cracked and someone moaned, a low, deep, guttural sound. He pricked his ears, head up.
"You can open your eyes now."
Blinking as he readjusted to the light, however dim it was, Madoc's jaw dropped, the stallion striving trying to take in everything about the room in one fell swoop. It wasn't a bar, although there *was* a bar at one end, a cheerful tiger pouring a line of shots for the patron he was currently attending to. He couldn't deny that his cock didn't swell with blood at what he was presented with - a whole room of furs in various stages of dress and undress engaged in fun with one another. A leopard snarled as she pulled the flogger back, letting the tips sing, and brought it down across the buttocks of a bound okapi, letting him buck and writhe beneath the blow. There was no escape, however, as he pulled and yanked at the leather bonds, but his hard cock bobbing below his stomach told a different tale of his enjoyment, pre-cum glistening even from a distance.
He inhaled slowly, trying to draw out the breath even as his nostrils flared. Too much to take in. Far, far too much. A zebra brayed as she was bent over against the far wall, tail hiked for her lion partner, who yanked on her reins, teeth at her throat. He claimed her roughly, cock spearing deep into her tight passage as her breathing grew laboured, eyes closed and legs shaking. Closer to the bar, he groaned at the sight of a bear on his knees, eyes turned up to his master as he gulped down the larger ox's cock, paw flat on a stomach riddled with muscle.
And right beside him stood his mare, clad in a purple and black corset and a thong that left her legs on show, muscle shifting beneath her coat as she adjusted her weight. She laughed softly and wound his lead rope around her paw as he swept the room with his gaze over and over again, finding something new to gawp at each time. Was that a bondage table? His cock throbbed, drooling pre-cum.
Madoc shook himself, trying to angle his hips so that his hard-on would not be quite so obvious to furs passing by. Turning away, however, only presented his cock to onlookers via a different angle and earned him another wolf-whistle from a cheeky stag with a beer clasped in his paw.
"Where...have you brought me?"
Amethyst wrapped her arm around his waist and dropped a kiss on his cheek, lips warm as they brushed over his dappled grey coat.
"Happy birthday, colt. I thought you would like it!"
Nickering, he blushed and pawed the floorboards, hoof clipping the wood sharply. Amethyst rapped him on the shoulder, turning her back to him as she stepped away, expecting him to follow. When he resisted, taking up the slack in the lead rope, she cast him a sultry glance back over her shoulder, tail lifted high enough for him to see the thong pressed between her pussy lips, dark with her own arousal.
Amethyst grinned and blew him a kiss.
"Unlike you to be shy, colt..." She swayed her hips, giggling as his eyes followed the motion. "Don't you want to have fun? I know you do. Come on now."
He shook himself as he followed, heart pounding as he looked from left to right, eyes wide. She, thankfully, did not lead him straight into the throng and instead selected a vacant sofa against the wall, plopping down onto the plush surface with a soft sigh. Winking, Amethyst flicked the lead rope at him, letting Madoc catch it, confusion crossing his eyes.
"Go get me drink, colt," she said, eyes twinkling. "You know what I like."
He swallowed.
"How do I pay?"
The mare chuckled and waved her paw, eyes roaming the room with what he chanced was a hungry air.
"I have a tab here already, don't worry about that."
Nodding, he turned before he could think too much about why his mistress had a tab at such an establishment. The thoughts still crept in, however, and made his cock throbbing, drooling slick pre-cum as he eased his way through the crowd. The patrons clustered in groups where the 'action' was, if he could phrase it that way, so it was easy enough to avoid having to push his way carefully through a group. He grimaced, cheeks too hot. If it was hard to do in a normal bar without aggravating anyone, he didn't want to think how difficult it would be with his cock dropped and swinging.
"You're new here..."
The voice came from over his shoulder and the stallion squealed as a paw landed on his rump and squeezed. He whipped his head around, a snappy retort springing to his lips and dying just as swiftly.
A muscled bull smirked and patted the stallion's shoulder, fingers curling around to press into his rear delt, if but briefly. Madoc's ears shot forward, the stallion gulping as he backpedalled, tail tucked down over his rump. It helped, a bit, that the bull wasn't wearing any clothes either, yet Madoc couldn't help his cock pulsing another drool of pre-cum, trickling down in a long rope to the floor.
The bull grinned, black paw dipping to his balls where he rubbed lightly as if soothing away an itch in the most alluring way possible, even though his cock was not protruding from his sheath at all. Madoc's nostrils flared, sucking in breath that didn't seem all that keen to come all of a sudden. He couldn't have said truthfully that he wouldn't have wanted to see just what the powerful male was packing, however.
He started, tail twitching. The bull stood patiently, his smirk deepening as he waited on an answer.
"Uh...yeah..." Madoc fumbled with his words, tongue thick in his mouth. "But I'm getting a drink for...my mistress now."
It took him a moment to let the correct words slip from his tongue, but he didn't need to be wearing the signature loop of leather around his neck to know she was his mistress and well and truly in the peak of her role that night. The bull needed to know that he was claimed, even if he bore no outward sign of it currently.
He shivered. What would Amethyst think of a strange male groping him in public?
"I'm sorry," he muttered, turning from the bull. "But I really have to go."
Trying to quell the heat in his cheeks, Madoc breathed more easily away from the bull, wishing that his cock would at least soften and allow him some dignity. But perhaps that was the lure of the place that Amethyst had found: there was no dignity left. Or at least not the kind that kept furs having their fun behind closed doors and closed doors only.
The bull... His eyes took on a dreamy cast as he waited at the bar, ordering a Chardonnay for his mistress - her recent favourite. He flicked his tail lazily, leaning forward and unconsciously pushing his tight rump out for admiring eyes. That black coat and curved horns... He wouldn't mind holding onto those as he drove beneath the bull's tail, letting him bellow as he painted the floor with his load.
Groaning, Madoc shifted, cock throbbing near painfully with raw need. More likely his mistress would order a male like that to pin him down and fill \_his\_tail hole, not that he would mind that pleasure either. He trembled, skin shivering, as he collected the wine glass with a sheepish nod to the bartender, carefully not to bump into anyone else with his shaft as he turned.
He just had to get back to his mare, he thought, striving to calm his racing heartbeat. It wasn't that hard - he'd made his way through the crowd already. He inhaled slowly, ears flicking to catch every nuance of noise swimming around him. Piece of cake. He could do it.
He was halfway back across the room, heading for the lounging mare, when a paw landed heavily on his shoulder.
"Where's your hurry, little stud?"
Madoc froze as the paw bore down and, without consciously commanding his body, found himself on his knees, muzzle turned up to the looming, dark-furred bull. The stallion licked his lips, the bull's leather jockstrap barely hiding his growing bulge now that Madoc was on his way back from the bar. The bovine stomped and snorted, his ropey tail flicking as the stallion snorted nervously.
"Uh..."
The bull shook his finger, wagging it disapprovingly in front of the equine's muzzle. Madoc's cock bobbed, flexing as if to slap against his own stomach, but it drooped too far to rise even close.
"I don't think I said you could talk now, did I?" The bull grinned. "I have better things to do with a sweet muzzle like that than chatter."
Madoc didn't have time to part his lips to ask what the male wanted, but a finger hooked into the corner of his mouth, opening his lips anyway. He coughed, clasping the wine glass in two paws, and whinnied shrilly as the bull tugged down his jockstrap, letting it push up beneath his balls. His meaty shaft spilled out, foreskin pulling back to expose the drooling head, as dark as his fur. Madoc tried to yank his head free, tail clamped down, but it was no use as the stronger male forced his cock into the helpless stallion's muzzle.
He should have resisted. He should have put the glass down and fought. Perhaps even he should have neighed for help. Madoc closed his eyes, the bull's cock sliding over his tongue to the back of his throat. But he did none of those things.
Groaning softly, Madoc gulped, cheeks heated as the bovine's crotch brushed his nose, as deep as the bigger stud could go. How long had it been since he'd had a cock in his muzzle? He'd cleaned off the last stud that his mistress had brought home, making him sleep on the sofa while they had their fun, but it had been too long since he'd had his lips stretched so wide in a real blowjob. The colt whined plaintively around the bull's cock, forelock falling over his eyes as he bobbed his head slowly, relishing in the sensation of pre-cum drooling onto his tongue.
His paws trembled and the wine sloshed in the glass, leaving him clutching for it with a hammering heart as he tried to peer down to check that he hadn't spilled any of that. The bull patted his head, making his position all the more treacherous as his body shook from the firm impact.
"Better not spill that, colt," the bull chuckled throatily, thrusting lightly with the roll of his hips to claim the equine's muzzle. "I doubt your mistress is gonna be taking any excuses from you tonight."
He shivered. How was he supposed to manage that? But he had to. He had no choice in the matter. Moaning around the bovine's shaft, he gulped down the steady flow of pre-cum, his own cock throbbing with need. Or maybe his choice had already been made.
He would have thought in hindsight that he could have just backed away and said no to the bull - it wasn't the sort of place, surely, where he'd be forced into anything - yet he did not. Giving in to the bull came to him as easily as drinking a glass of wine and the bovine's pre-cum slipped down his throat just as sweetly. Madoc snorted hotly and groaned around the thick length, letting the bull hold his head still as he bucked and thrust as if he was thrusting into a needy tail hole. Madoc tensed. He wished the bull was under his tail and not in his muzzle.
And then the bovine was gone, shaft dragging from his lips even as Madoc leaned after it, tongue sticking out as if he could entice the bull to thrust back in. He nickered wantonly, looking up to the bull as he cradled the wine between two paws, fingers curled around the stem protectively.
"Best get that drink to your mistress before it warms." He winked, smearing cum across Madoc's nose with his thumb as it trickled out the corner of his lips. "I doubt she'd be happy with you if it got warm now, would she?"
Madoc shook his head.
"No, sir!"
The words slipped from his muzzle before he could call them back and he blushed hard, ears drooping submissively. The bull grinned and snapped his fingers.
"Then up you get."
The paw in his mane took the decision from him and he hastened to scramble to his hooves as he was half-dragged across the bar, the bull easily cutting a path through the crowd. Amethyst leaned back on the sofa with her legs apart, a collared Arctic fox whimpering as he drove his tongue into her pussy. Madoc gulped, abruptly aware of the sliver of semen gleaming on his nose. Was it obvious? Could he get away with it?
Amethyst grinned and his heart sank, a sheepish grin pulling his lips wide.
"Hi, Mistress..."
Amethyst winked, pushing the fox away with the heel of her paw. He sat back on his haunches, looking up at her adoringly as her pussy glistened with her juices. Madoc shuddered. It looked like she'd already gotten off - without him. His cock throbbed and he whined, leaning forward as the bull ran his fingers through his mane, eyeing him up and down as if he was up for the taking.
"I see you found a friend."
Madoc shook his head.
"Um... Maybe he found me?"
Amethyst rolled her eyes and winked.
"Uh-huh... Sure he did. Likely story."
Amethyst held out her paw for the glass and he dropped to his knees, smiling as he pressed it into her paw.
"So," she said, addressing the bull. "I see my colt has met you, Des."
Madoc flicked his ears, refusing to look back as his cock bobbed before his crotch. Des? He guessed he shouldn't have been surprised that the bull had a name.
"Well, when I saw him, I couldn't help myself." Des snorted and pawed the floor, cloven hoof scraping lightly. "You spoke of him so highly and I knew it was him right when I saw him off on your little errand. I just had to take him for a little test run."
The mare shook her head and chuckled, stroking the head of the fox at her side. He leaned into her touch and Madoc sucked in a breath, nostrils flaring. Though he couldn't be jealous. Whereas his mistress took her fun as she pleased with whoever she pleased, he had simply been used as he should be.
"I was wondering if you would allow him to be used further," Des went on, stepping up close to the kneeling stallion. "I wouldn't presume that far, even if you said his muzzle was up for use last we spoke."
Madoc tensed. She'd been talking about him? There? But, as he went to ask, the words died on his lips, the look his mare gave him smouldering.
"Of course... He's up to be used tonight." She tilted her head, a small smile tugging at her lips. "Take him as you please, but I'll be watching."
"What -"
He didn't have time to complete the question before he was pushed onto all fours, toppling forward and bumping his chin into his mistress' thigh. Yelping, the stallion caught himself and shuffled back, only to feel the bulk of the bull dropping behind him, a thick cock that he had only just been made familiar with landing heavily across his rump. A large paw squeezed his buttocks and the bull bellowed lowly, forcing the stallion's back to arch, pushing his rump back to the waiting stud.
Shuddering, Madoc ducked his head, sneaking a glance at his mare for reassurance out the corner of his eye. She blew him a kiss, sliding a hoof out to brush his paw as if to remind him that she was there. He relaxed, strain easing from his muscles. She wouldn't let anything bad happen to him. And if she wanted to see him filled by a stud who put him to shame, he would do it for her.
Not that it would be unpleasant for him either.
Des didn't wait for Madoc to be ready for him: he made him ready. Using his own copious pre-cum as lubricant, the bull grunted and sank two meaty fingers deep into the colt's unprepared rump. Madoc groaned and arched his neck, mane falling messily down the crest, pushing back into the bull with heat seeping down his neck. He was glad for the dappled grey that hid his embarrassment, though his body would not be denied as he ground back onto the bull's digits, taking him right down to the knuckle.
"My, my... You do have an eager one here, Ms Amethyst."
"Wait until you hear how he moans when you first push in."
The bull's tail thwapped into the sofa and he rubbed his length teasingly back and forth between the equine's rear cheeks, letting him feel the size of what was about to be buried in him. Trembling, Madoc tipped his head to the side, leaning against Amethyst's legs as he huffed, need coursing through his veins. Was he really going to take the stud right in the middle of the club? With so many eyes on him? He didn't even dare look up to see who besides his mistress was watching as Des nudged the tip of his cock up to Madoc's pucker in an intimate kiss. The equine rounded his shoulders, awaiting that first sweet, slick penetration.
Grunting, Des bore down on his unprotected tail hole, long tail hiked to allow the bull easy access. Madoc arched back, relaxing the best he could as the bull forced him open, pushing past that initial bit of resistance to drive in inch after fat inch. The stallion panted harshly through an open-mouth, a low, long groan rolling from his lips as the bull tediously hilted himself under the colt's tail.
Madoc moaned and rolled his head from one shoulder to the other, arms shaking from the effort it took to hold his body up. So full! But it still didn't compare to the size of his mistress' strap-on, her favourite faux-equine toy driving up under his tail until he begged her for release. There was something different, however, about having a throbbing shaft pushing into him, pre-cum slickening its path as he was filled and stretched oh so deliciously.
Amethyst ran her fingers through his mane, the scent of her arousal swelling to tickle his nose.
"Got room for one more, pony?" His mistress chuckled above his head. "Of course you do. You always can take more for your mistress."
Amethyst nudged the fox towards Madoc, blowing him a kiss. What sub, given such an opportunity, would refuse? The vulpine jumped to his paws, red cock swollen and pushed entirely out of his softly furred sheath. He looked between the mare to the stallion on all fours, tongue lolling from his muzzle as if struck by a sudden inner conflict. Amethyst giggled and inclined her head, encouraging him on.
"You've earned it, go on. If he's going to have his tail hole stretched, you may as well take your chance and make use of his muzzle too."
Amethyst winked to the colt as his head shot up, eyes wide.
"Keep him in practice."
The fox didn't introduce himself - frankly, he was well acquainted with his mistress already and introductions were no longer necessary. Ears slanting to the sides of his head, the colt opened his lips willingly for the fox's cock. He thrust in, pressing the fluffy fur of his crotch up to the stallion's muzzle as he groaned, head rolling back. His tapered shaft drove to the back of Madoc's muzzle, but didn't manage to strain his lips as far apart as the bull's had. Madoc trembled, feeling the bull shift under his tail, meaty paws gripping his hips to drag him back. He didn't think much could live up to the bull in the moment.
Amethyst leaned back, putting her hooves up on Madoc's back with a wicked smirk.
"Have fun with him, lads."
Des was not slow to take advantage of her generosity, tipping his torso over the stallion's back as he groaned and worked his hips. That fat shaft pounded deep under his tail, hips falling flush with Madoc's rump before drawing roughly back. The equine squealed and shuddered, squeezing his tongue up to the underside of the fox's shaft as he was used. His vision was full of white fur, muscle nudging into his nose even through the fluff of the fox's stomach. In that moment, the rest of the world no longer existed, mind swaying between the driving filling in his tail hole and the fox yipping and bucking into his muzzle. The two males alternated their thrusts, the fox backing off from Des' rougher, coarser pounding, hips slapping into the equine's rump with every claiming thrust.
Madoc groaned, tail flagged as his cock throbbed, pulsing with need that he knew would not be filled by the two lusty males. Yet there was still no better place for a colt to be than between them, used and 'abused'. Amethyst's legs shifted further over his back as she sipped her wine and made herself comfortable, fingertips idly circling her clit.
But the males could not last forever. Being the less virile, the fox was the first to speed up his thrusts, ducking his chin down to his chest as he whined and whimpered. Madoc kept his head as still as possible, nose wrinkling, and snorted softly as the fox drove between his lips, a tapered shaft driving towards the point of release. He grabbed the equine's ears, tugging a little too hard as he ejaculated, yipping loudly as he spilled his load into his muzzle. Madoc sucked in a breath and obediently gulped it all down as the fox's thrusts dragged his muzzle back and forth, the erratic motion jarring to his jaw.
Wrapping his paw around the base of Madoc's tail, Des grunted and slammed in with the full weight of his body behind his thrusts. The fox's cock slipped from Madoc's muzzle and the equine neighed loudly, sure that he was drawing stares as he submitted completely to the ruthless pounding, head ducked down between your arms. Des grunted and lowed, shoving Madoc forward as his thrusts suddenly grew even more rapid and brutal, drawing a rising ache from his abused tail hole.
But Madoc wouldn't have changed the moment for the world.
His knees ached from the hardwood floor and cum marked the corner of his mouth as the fox backed away, sitting back on his heels as he panted and came down from his high. Des pulled the colt back to him, ramming in with several short, sharp thrusts as Madoc's lusts soared, anticipating the deluge of rocking pleasure that was to cum. His skin tingled with heat and he cried out as the bull drove in one final time and bellowed his ecstasy.
Balls pulling up closer to his body, tucked outside that leather jockstrap, Des's bellow broke into a throaty grunt, chest heaving as he emptied his balls deep into his toy of the evening. Madoc tensed, rocking back into the bull as he stilled, moving only slightly as his massive cock channelled throb after throb of cum deep into the stallion's tail hole. Madoc hissed through his teeth and shuddered, each hot spurt making his own cock flex as if he was about to breed his own mare, shove in deep and squeal out his pleasure.
Yet he was the one being used, not the one filling his mare. Des' fingers dug into his rump as he ground as deep as he could and rumbled a groan, cock pulsing out what seemed to be endless ropes of bull-seed. Madoc arched his back, letting his hand-paws slide forward as his torso dipped submissively to the ground.
Amethyst's legs lowered with him and she swung them off his back, clicking her tongue against the roof of her mouth. Des' cock softened slowly, slipping from his sore tail hole as the bull pulled back, patting him on the backside as if he was just a passing fancy. Madoc whined and turned his muzzle down submissively, tail still obediently hiked. His tail hole tried to clench down on nothing, strangely empty after the raw power of the bull.
Curling her fingers around his head collar, which had not left his head through the entire experience, Amethyst turned his muzzle up to her. He nickered and lipped eagerly at her fingers, letting his gaze travel up her legs to her thong, tugged to the side of her pussy lips to show off her soaked marehood. He inhaled deeply, taking in her scent. Had she really been that wet simply from watching him get fucked?
Amethyst winked.
"You're not done yet, pony," Amethyst whispered, pulling his muzzle up to her crotch. "There's plenty of night left for me to use you."
She held his muzzle to her pussy, drooling with arousal and something heavier, something thicker. Madoc frowned and lapped eagerly, pinning his ears back as he tried to work out what the taste was.
He stiffened, trembling as it finally hit him, mind slow to catch up with what his senses already seemed to understand. Cum. Another male had already finished in his mistress that night. Someone who had left their mark on the mare that should have been his and his alone. But she had her own needs to fill and desires to be sated.
Driving his tongue in deep, he moaned as his hard cock bobbed below his stomach, fingers curled around her thighs even as his own body begged for attention.
"There's plenty of night left, colt," Amethyst murmured, hoof teasing the length of his needy shaft. "Just don't expect to get off until you've seen me climax on a bigger stud's cock. Or maybe more than once."
She grinned and gasped as his tongue flicked up to her clit, circling and suckling at it as she teased him.
"Something tells me you like that thought though. You like that thought a lot."
Madoc groaned into her sex and nodded the best he could, lips rubbing up and down the line of her pussy lips. For what better fun could his birthday bring than getting his tail hole ploughed and seeing his mistress enjoy the same?
The colt grinned, his smile hidden between his mistress' thighs. It was going to be the best birthday ever! |
The Rowans and The Greys Chapter 5: Pillows by hyenafur | #5 of The Rowans and The Greys - Kody had headed into Bunnyburrow as soon as Friday was over, leaving almost immediately at five for the two and a half hour drive to his mother's single floor one bedroom house. He spent the start of the night snuggling with his mother while watching TV together | [
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] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1153167-the-rowans-and-the-greys-chapter-5-pillows | Kody had headed into Bunnyburrow as soon as Friday was over, leaving almost immediately at five for the two and a half hour drive to his mother's single floor one bedroom house. He spent the start of the night snuggling with his mother while watching TV together before bed.
Jo and Kody's mother-son dynamic was hard to explain. It wasn't some Freudian Oedipus Complex. They didn't feel the need to be together for sexual intimacy, but because they completed each other. They made each other whole. They got exactly what they wanted. Jo got to feel her son against her. Kody got to feel his mother against him. Jo got to have HER son. Kody got to have HIS mother. It was something that the two had wanted desperately forever and now they finally had it. Jo and Kody were like two missing pieces of life's jigsaw puzzle. They'd been set aside from one another, forced to try to fit with other pieces, but in the end, whoever was putting the puzzle together realized that the two pieces were meant to fit with one another and not somewhere else.
The two had just finished the last minute of their program when Kody finally said something as Jo lightly stroked the top of his head, "Mom, I got a phone call from a law firm today."
"What 'bout, honey," the vixen asked, her hand still feeling over his soft fur. "It was about my adopted dad's will, but that's not really why I'm bringing this up," He replied as he looked over at her, "Mom, the law firm Johan used for his will, well, it was the one real dad said his father owned. The guy who called me was. IS my uncle."
His mother stopped petting him for a second, "Yer joshin' me." Kody shook his head, "No, momma. I ain't joshin' ya. Mike Rowan called me yesterday. There's only one law firm in Zootopia with that name; Rowan, Rowan, & Mousekewitz. I googled it. The guy who runs it, Richard Rowan, was daddy's father. Mike Rowan is daddy's brother."
There was a pause as Jo let the words sink in. For being such a big city, there were quite a few coincidences going on, almost as if they were a part of some kind of tv program or story. Jo also realized that her little boy was finally starting to sound like an actual Grey. The old vixen wasn't exactly sure what to say, really. The only interactions she'd ever had with the Rowans happened with Chris. She hoped that Chris was the exception to the family, not the rule. "Why're ya tellin' me this," she finally asked out of pure curiosity.
Kody bit his lower lip, "Mom, I'm supposed to meet him at Gideon's for lunch, and I want you to come with me."
"Why," she asked as she slowly started to stroke over one ear, feeling it flick around under her fingers.
"I jist. I guess I just want you there to hold my hand when I talk to him. I know I sound like a kit, but, I just," the tod started to chuff in frustration as he tried to find the words, "I just. I just. I just."
"Ya wants to know more bout yer daddy, dontcha sweetie. Ya wants t'know if yer daddy's famly was just like'm," she said as she leaned in to give the top of his head a kiss, "I s'pose I'm a peck curious too." Kody sniffled like he was a little kit again, "I'm just learning about where I'm from."
"It's all right, sugar fox," Jo said as she pulled her son's head against her shoulder, "Ya wants yer mama there to keep ya from actin' the fool when ya start asking bout yer daddy."
The tod sniffed again, nodding his head up and down as he gave out a cute little whimper, "Mmmhm." The vixen just murred sweetly as she started to rock him back and forth, giving him another kiss on the top of his head, "It's all right, sweet pea. Mama'll be there, dontcha worry."
Kody let out a long sigh as his tail curled over his thigh, head resting fully on his mother's shoulder. His mother continued to run her fingers through the fur on the top of his head, making the tod slowly relax while the movie they had been watching began to wrap up. The old vixen slowly leaned forward to give her son a kiss on the cheek, "Ya should go t'bed, Kody."
The tod tilted his head up to give the bottom of her muzzle a kiss before sliding off the couch, "Yeah. A good night's sleep would help." He stood over his mother for a second before leaning in to give her cheek another kiss.
The vixen watched her son walk out of the living room and head towards the bedroom. Jo waited a few minutes before sliding off the couch, her jaws opening wide to let out a yawn as her arms stretched above her head. A good night's sleep did sound wonderful. Daintily, she made her way to the bedroom before disrobing to slide into the one bed. Long arms wrapped around her son as she snuggled up with him. Her chunky tod made a wonderful body pillow. |
A Simple Office Job by Jeeves | Donny works in an office, just as lots of people do all over the world. The particular task he performs for his employers however is... maybe a little more intimate than most. ^^ - This story was written for Shakal as part of my Patreon Request Day work for October! It contains M/M sex between | [
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"Public",
"Size Difference",
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"Teasing",
"twink"
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**A Simple Office Job**
When people asked Donny what he did for a living, they were often surprised by the enthusiasm and glee with which he gave his answer. Not that it was a bad thing to be passionate about one's job, of course, but... to an outside observer, his description of his work didn't sound like the kind of thing that was worth getting so giddy about.
Donny worked in an office, as the personal assistant to one of the company executives. That was it. That was all he did. Or at least, that was all the vast majority of people heard before changing the subject, and Donny never argued. If they didn't want to hear more, that was fine by him. It may have just been a simple office job to them, but to him... it was Donny's dream career.
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The door to the office swung violently open, hitting the wall with force enough to rattle the pictures upon the walls and cause the heavy wooden structure around the fox to shake slightly. A loud snort rang out as the door slammed shut again, and heavy hooves thundered their way to the desk, appearing before Donny's vision where he was kneeling before his boss's luxurious leather swivel-chair.
Falling with another grunt into his seat, the burly Clydesdale stallion rolled his chair close to the desk, only to make it shake with such a violent impact that could only have come from a clenched fist slamming down upon it. At the same time though he stamped his right foot more modestly twice in rapid succession, thus letting Donny know that his daily service was due to commence. The fox's paws flew forward, and began to unfasten the belt of the stallion's smart black trousers as he heard a phone rise from its cradle.
"Get me McAvery in the West Coast office. Now."
With practised ease the lithe fox unbuttoned and unzipped the stallion in near silence, his naked body trembling as he heard the powerful horse's fingertips drumming impatiently upon the desk above. He gently worked the fabric of the male's crisp suit trousers down over his powerful, muscular thighs, and followed suit with the boxer briefs that lay beneath, already filled out and stretched even though the cock that lay within was entirely at rest. That fact alone made Donny feel awful. He knew his boss's job was never easy, but if the stallion wasn't even hard despite having already called for Donny's aid... whatever had him angry today had to be pretty damn big.
Taking the stallion's flaccid shaft into his hands, its length the best part of a foot even soft and malleable as it currently was, The twinkish vulpine began to tease and squeeze at its length. He nuzzled at the tip. Kissed it. Licked it. And as it began to respond to the physical ministrations as any cock would, Donny took this rare opportunity and took it into his muzzle already, eager to feel it stiffening against his lips and tongue when normally it was already rock hard by the time he was able to wrap himself around it.
"McAvery. What the fuck was that I saw on the overnight reports?! You were meant to be conducting basic consumer research. Polling. Questionnaires. Online fucking surveys. Please tell me you didn't hand it off to some intern. Please tell me you didn't hand them our new product, tell them to go conduct customer research, and just leave them to figure out what the hell that meant!"
Donny suckled and stroked the horse's cock as it grew, and grew, and kept on growing. It got thicker as well as longer, swelling to over double the length of its flaccid self, and as he felt the tip of the equine erection beginning to flare and force his muzzle open with its sheer girth, the fox gave his all with the motion of his tongue against that sensitive tip. He knew how hard his boss worked, and the amount of stress he was under even on an average day. That was why he was here. Why he had the job that he did, dedicated to keeping the stallion motivated and *calmed* no matter the struggles he faced from behind that desk. But on a day like today, just making his boss feel good wasn't enough. He had to push himself. He had to force the pleasure upon the stallion no matter how much his boss seemed to be embracing anger over the more relaxed and contented managerial style that Donny's actions helped him to achieve.
"Yes, Frank, it got fucking leaked. Our new product design all over the goddamn internet. Months of development. Hundreds of thousands in man hours alone spent on research and production. Jesus fucking Christ, what were you... a-ah... what were you thinking?!"
Donny's eyes widened, and though his muzzle was held wide open by the cock upon which he was suckling, the corners of his lips turned upward as he heard that stifled little gasp amidst the stallion's frustrated cries to his coastal office's counterpart. That was what he liked to hear. That was progress. And sure enough, with that one small score upon the board, Donny's buoyed confidence propelled him to yet greater success. He bobbed and sucked. He slurped and teased at the dripping tip of the stallion's member, and ran his hands rapidly up and down the length, squeezing and rubbing at all the sweet spots he knew that the horse loved having handled. He even took one paw off the stallion's member itself to pay a little attention to his boss's balls, and little by little he heard the once angry male's tone growing more calm and measured.
It wasn't that the stallion was suddenly okay with the massive fuck up by the other office of course. Donny was a stellar cock-sucker, no denying it, but even his skills couldn't outweigh hundreds of thousands in potentially wasted outlay. The simple truth of the matter was that the only way his boss could keep from starting to moan and whinny over the phone, or obviously show his pleasure to the clients and visitors to the company who might not have known about the special assistants whom many of the staff here kept on payroll, was to act. To pretend he wasn't being slowly but steadily driven towards ecstasy by a hungry fox's muzzle, and thus to pretend that he wasn't holding back moans, and cries, and frantic snorts of pleasure. Thus, he acted calmly. He kept his tone measured and gentle. And not only did he keep Donny's actions a secret, but he found himself unwittingly defusing the rather tense situation that was brewing between the two ends of this phone call.
"Alright. Okay, Frank. Look, I'm sorry I yelled. I just.... mmmh... I know how hard you guys worked on this. I know how much it meant to the company, not bottom line or anything like that, to its *people*. But, we can fix this, right? You've got your best people on it already, I'm sure. And, if there's anything else you need from us... anything at all. You know you can ask. Right?"
That was the boss Donny knew. The boss Donny so admired. He drew back from the horse's cock, just for a moment, and kissed it. He kissed its tip, and somewhere above he heard another breathy gasp, followed by a soft chuckle. Again the male's right hoof bumped at the ground beside Donny in quick succession, reminding and encouraging the fox that his job was haste and passion, not being cute and tender. At the same time though, a hand reached down; the hand not clutching at the phone still, and tousled the rusty red fur upon Donny's head. Had he not known that his silence was imperative, Donny would have whimpered with happiness and leaned into the stallion's rare, affectionate touch. But he maintained his professionalism, and got right back to work giving his boss the best and most rapidly orgasm-inducing blow-job he knew how to give.
And sure enough, just a couple of minutes later...
"Right. Good, o-okay then. I'll make sure we have people ready to start going over the files as soon as you send them. We'll figure this out, Frank. Yeah. Yeah, I know. And, I am too. I know how tough this job can be. You take care, okay? Alright. Yeah, seeya, McAvery."
The phone clicked as the stallion set it down, and a soft, muffled whimper escaped Donny as he felt the cock already drooling hot streams of pre-cum down the back of his throat strain with excitement. He knew what was coming, and between his own legs his rock hard cock twitched in its very own glee.
"Harder."
First one hand, then two appeared under the desk, and grabbed the fox's head within their combined grasp. The wheels of the stallion's luxurious leather desk chair began to slide back and forth upon the hardwood floor, not padded and carpeted like the small section upon which Donny was kneeling, and as he rocked his hoofed feet back and forth the boss began to hump more urgently at the muzzle servicing him.
"A-ah... I'm... fuck, yeah... I'm gonna be working overtime on this for weeks. Late nights. Early mornings. Ah. *Ah*. G-goddamn..."
The thick equine cock fucked Donny's muzzle with ever growing speed and force, and the fox's eyes rolled back in his head as he found his hands suddenly entirely irrelevant as more and more of the stallion's erection was pushed deep into his throat with every sharp thrust of the male's hips forward out of his seat. The twink's paws fell to his own cock, and with one hand wrapped round the shaft and the other groping at his already swelling knot, he howled breathlessly around his boss's cock.
"I'm gonna need you hear with me, soft-lips... y-you understand? Ah. Ohhh fuck, **yes**. I'm g-gonna... ahhhh... whatever the cost. Whatever the raise you need, I need you here every minute. Every day until this thing is solved. I can't do this without you. W-without... oh. Oh god. I'm... fuck. *Fuck*. Take it. Take it... aaahh... take it *all*. Yes!"
Donny yelped and gurgled as his boss's hot cum flooded down his throat. Once more he felt and heard a heavy fist hammering against the desktop above, while his muzzle was continually fucked by the wild and passionate humping of the horse's hips. Powerful spurts of the fox's own cum lashed out across the office floor as his boss's release sent him over the edge too, but thankfully missed the crisp black legs of the stallion's trousers. However long and intense his own release though, the fox's seed still seemed like mere droplets compared to the torrent of cum that soon found itself spilling down Donny's chin. He whimpered as he found himself overflowing, unable to handle the sheer volume of his boss's potent release no matter how rapidly and hungrily he gulped it down. But it was a whimper of joy. Of pride, and of respect. Not only was his boss an incredible businessman, he was the envy of every other special assistant in the office. He had a cock like no other, and a capacity like no other. He was a cock-slut's wet dream... and it was Donny's absolute privilege to work with him and *on* him day in, day out.
It wasn't just the fact he got to suck cock all day, every work day that made Donny so proud and delighted by his job. It was the fact he got to suck that particular man's cock, and the fact that he knew no other special assistant, however much they tried, would be able to keep up with his boss's volume, or indeed the frequency and urgency of the stallion's needs.
"Don't stop..."
The Clydesdale might have ceased cumming, but still he held one hand tight against the back of the fox's head, ensuring that Donny didn't bring an end to the blow-job he was still delivering with passion that went far beyond mere obedience and obligation.
"Good. A-ah... that's... keep going, you know what I need."
The hand withdrew soon after, but on its way back up to the desk to begin what sounded like a long shift of requisitions, paperwork and probably more stressful phone calls, it still took the time to tousle Donny's hair once again.
The stallion might not have known his name. He might not ever have looked under the desk or seen Donny's face, just as the fox had never seen anything more of the stallion from the waist up. But just because their relationship was wholly professional, it didn't mean the stallion didn't care.
"You always know. J-just... ohh... just what I always need, you sweet, cum hungry slut. Ah, y-yeah..."
Donny shivered. He blushed, and he moaned around his boss's still throbbing, rock hard erection. He might have just been a muzzle and a pair of hands to the stallion, but the Clydesdale always knew exactly what to say to make him feel special. To make him feel more than wanted. More than needed. To make him feel like he was a part of something far greater than himself.
This was no simple office job. This wasn't even just a career to Donny. This was his calling. His destiny. And his boss knew it, too.
"Oh for fuck's sakes. Here comes the VP of marketing, and she looks pissed. Please... ahh... harder. Faster. I... a-ahh... I can't do this without you. Please. Take me to the edge... t-take me there, and... don't let me cum until she leaves. When this is over? I'm gonna need something to look forward to."
By Jeeves
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Amber Silverblood: Silverpack, Chapter Nineteen by ThisAdamGuy | #21 of Amber Silverblood: Silverpack Amber's trip to the doctor has taken a turn for the worse. The men in black coats have set their sights on her-- and they have weapons. PLEASE NOTE: This is the second book in the Silverblood Saga. If you haven't already, you can read the first book here: | [
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Time felt like it was standing still as I faced off against the three men. A cold breeze blew down the street, making their long black coats sway like capes. Their weapons gleamed bright in the moonlight. The man in front, the one with the bright red beard, was carrying one of those curved swords you see in samurai movies, and the two behind him had a straight sword and an axe.
I raised a finger. "Yeah... nope."
Then I turned and ran away.
"Don't let it get away!" one of them yelled.
The sound of stamping feet told me they had given chase, so I swerved into one of the alleyways, almost losing my footing on the ice, and sprinted down it. It was narrow, and I had to vault over a dumpster that was in my way. I hoped that might slow them down, but when I looked back I saw the bearded man leap over it like an Olympic athlete, clearing it by almost four feet, and land without breaking stride for a second.
I put my head down and tried to run faster, but that was hard with the ground as slick as it was. Who were these people, and why were they after me like this? My first instinct was that Hendricks had sent a trio of hitmen after me, but this wasn't his style. He liked to skulk in the shadows, manipulating his victims into doing what he wanted. Sending three armed men in trench coats to kill me in public was way, *way*, too bold for him to be behind it. So, *who the hell were these guys?*
I left the alley and skidded to a stop on the edge of the sidewalk just as a car sped past a couple of inches in front of my nose. The driver blared his horn, but I forgot about him when I looked back and saw all three of the shadowy men closing in on me. A quick glance left and right told me that the road was clear for the moment, and I took off running again. By the time I got to the other side of the road, my heart was hammering in my chest and I had broken out in a cold sweat despite the temperature. My breath came in ragged gasps that fogged the air in front of my face. The world began to spin around me...
*Oh, crap.*
I was still sick, and after the grueling three hour hike to get to town, I didn't have it in me to outrun three maniacs with medieval weapons... three maniacs with medieval weapons who were obviously trained to do this. I managed to get to the other side of the street before tripping over the curb and falling face down in a snowdrift. I struggled to pick myself up, my arms wobbly, but I was too slow. The first of the black coated men reached me, and he hauled me upright with one hand. I stared at him through blurry eyes. It was the bearded one.
"Let's get this over with," he said, turning to one of his partners, who was just now catching up. The second one came a few seconds later, huffing and puffing. I felt a flicker of annoyance. If it had just been those two, maybe I could have gotten away. The man with the beard was the only one who seemed somewhat competent at this.
Beardie looked around and spotted an abandoned gas station down the road. It had been out of business for years, and there were boards covering the windows where vandals and bad weather had taken their toll. "There," he decided. "It's best if we do this where there are no prying eyes."
"Do what?" I asked, even though I had a feeling I knew exactly what he meant.
Instead of answering, Beardie backhanded me across the face. It stung in the cold night air, and the impact rattled my fever-scrambled brain so much that I couldn't see straight. My head slumped, and only his hand kept me from collapsing again.
"Hurry," I heard him say, though I could barely understand English at that point. "The sooner we get this done, the better."
Beardie took me by my shoulders while one of the other men grabbed me by my ankles, and they carried me across the street to the gas station. As we were crossing the parking lot, the last man, the one with the axe, went ahead and used it to hack through the chains keeping the doors locked. I looked around, hoping somebody would drive past and see what was going on, but no such luck. It was the middle of the night, after all.
*I'm such an idiot,* I thought, trying to jerk my arms and legs out of their grip. They were surprisingly strong, though, and I couldn't get away. *I should have waited until morning to go.*
Then again, if I was an idiot, then Stark was twice as big an idiot. Wasn't it his job to keep me from doing stupid things like this?
The inside of the gas station was no warmer than the outside, and I could still feel the cold wind blowing in between the boards covering the windows. It was dark too, so dark that even with my enhanced vision I could barely see. One of the three men, who I'd decided must be human because I couldn't sense anything... *weird* about them, immediately snapped his fingers and conjured a ball of fire in his hand.
The other two set me down and, despite my circumstances, I couldn't help but stare at the fire. I may have been through a crap ton of crap over the past year, but there was just something about magic that never failed to fascinate me. Usually all I got to see was the Terrible Trio using their scepters to shoot colored lights, though. Something like conjuring fire was different. It was almost casual.
"Get it up against the wall," Beardie said, and before I could react the second man had done exactly as he said. Throwing all his weight against me, he had me pinned against the wall so firmly that I couldn't move.
"What are you doing?" I demanded. I pushed back against him, but he didn't budge an inch. That was even more surprising than the hand-fire the other guy was using. I mean, I'm a freaking *werewolf!* Normal humans don't overpower werewolves. It just doesn't happen.
I was quickly coming to realize that these guys weren't normal humans, though.
Beardie reached into his coat pocket and pulled something out. I squinted to see in the dim light, and a chill ran down my spine when I recognized a pair of pliers.
"Why'd the Master send us to do this?" asked the man holding me in place.
Beardie shook his head. "It's not our place to question Master Mortoph."
"I'm not questioning him, I'm just wondering what the point is. I mean, we *kill* things like this, not--"
*"WHAT?"*
They'd been doing their best to ignore me so far, but having a teenage girl scream right into your year, whether she's a werewolf or not, isn't something you can just block out. The man cringed, and then slammed his weight against me again, knocking the air out of my lungs.
"Use the silver if you have to," Beardie said in an admonishing tone. "I would rather not have to chase it through the snow again."
"But what do we do afterwards?" the man holding the fire asked. "We're not just going to let it go?"
"Of course not," Beardie answered. "But the Master was specific that *this* would be our top priority, so this is the task that we complete first."
I was in trouble, and I knew it, but my blood was starting to boil anyway. If one of these freaks called me an "it" one more time...
"Quit pretending I'm not here!" I snapped, my face burning. "Who the hell are you people?"
Beardie finally turned to look at me, almost like he'd forgotten I was there. He raised his eyebrows in mild surprise.
"You really don't know?" he asked.
I shook my head.
Beardie sighed, and I almost thought I caught a glimpse of genuine sadness in his eyes. "Werewolves are some of the most tragic cases of monsters, gentlemen. Most of them aren't born this way, they have their humanity stolen from them by other monsters."
The man holding the fire nodded solemnly, but the one keeping me pinned to the wall grunted in annoyance.
"Monsters are monsters, old man. Why bother feeling sorry for them? They're all the same anyway."
Beardie gave him a sharp look, and looked like he was about to rebuke him, but then thought better of it and sighed again.
"Yes, I suppose you're right. Let's get this over with."
With that, he made his way toward me. The second man dug his heels into the floor to make sure I wasn't going anywhere, and Beardie reached for my face. I started to panic. Who were these people, and what were they doing to me? It didn't matter how much I struggled, though, the abnormally strong man pressed against me was like a statue. A statue whose feet had been crazy glued to the floor.
Beardie stuck his thumb in my mouth, and my first instinct was to bite down. If nothing else, maybe I could turn *him* into a werewolf and see how *he* liked it. My teeth came down on his tough leather gloves, though, and I couldn't bite through them. Then he hooked his thumb into my teeth and yanked my mouth back open.
"Hold still," he grunted, leaning close to see better, as if this were just a normal visit to the dentist. He raised the pliers toward my mouth now too, and a heavy nausea weighed down my stomach when I finally realized what he was planning to do. Sheer panic turned my blood to fire, and I thrashed and fought against the bigger man's weight with all my strength. Whether he was something more than human, or just really freaking strong, I still couldn't get away.
Beardie reached the pliers into my mouth, grabbed my top right canine, and...
Have you ever had a tooth pulled at the dentist? It feels like fifteen different kinds of hell, and that's when you're drugged up on painkillers. Now imagine going through that without the painkillers, a pair of pliers that smelled like oil and gasoline, and a tooth that wasn't the slightest bit loose. The tooth held fast for a few seconds, but Beardie wiggled the pliers back and forth until I heard a series of pops that turned my stomach, and then--
"Got it," he grunted, and pain exploded inside my skull half a second later, so bright and vivid I almost thought Beardie had shoved a stick of dynamite in my mouth. I couldn't scream, all I could do was gasp like a fish on dry land, sucking in air while my brain tried to figure out a way to block out the pain, because it hurt, hurt, HURT, *HURT!*
The second man finally let go of me, and I fell to the floor in shock. I reached up with a trembling finger and touched my lips, and it came away coated with blood. Blood was filling my mouth, and I couldn't stop it. I spit it out on the floor, but it was flooded again within a few seconds. I kept my head down, knowing that if I titled it back I could choke on all of it. Usually the taste of blood made my wolf go crazy with, but this made me sick to my stomach. This wasn't prey blood, it was \_my\_blood.
With a moan, I leaned forward and vomited up everything I had in my stomach. When I clamped my mouth shut again, there was more blood on the floor than puke.
I could feel Beardie watching at me, and when I turned my head to look at him he averted his eyes as if he actually felt sorry for me. The tooth he had pulled was still clamped between his pliers, and there was a string of red meat dangling off the...
I threw up again.
"For what it's worth," he said, pocketing the tooth and pliers, "I'm sorry that you had to go through this. I did not get any pleasure from having to do that."
"Screw you!" I moaned, more blood spilling down my face when I opened my mouth. The pain was so intense that I was close to blacking out. Only the thought of what they were going to do next kept me conscious.
Beardie sighed and drew his curved sword again. "I'll make this as painless as I can. I'm sorry."
He stepped forward and raised his sword in both hands. Deep inside me, my wolf rose up and demanded that I forget the pain, get up and fight for my life, but I couldn't. I squeezed my eyes shut so I wouldn't have to watch.
The wolf was right about me... It had been right all along...
I was nothing but prey.
I heard Beardie's coat rustle as he raised his sword, and I held my breath, waiting for it to--
Before he could swing, a blinding blue light filled the gas station, so bright that I could see it through my eyelids. All three men cried out in surprise, and when the light faded I opened my eyes and turned to look.
A figure stood in the doorway. I couldn't see his face under his hood, but I could see his eyes glowing with anger. He stepped into the gas station, fists clenched by his sides.
"Get away from her!" he roared.
**NEXT TIME:** Holy... Freaking... Crap. Is that who I think it is? Is it? If it is (and I'm giving away nothing here), then this is going to be epic.
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Black-Winged Angels Chapter 4: Behind Enemy Lines by seraphor12 | #4 of Black-Winged Angels: A Dragon's Pride Story - Behind Enemy Lines "Listen, you two. This is not the time for heroism!" said Avet after they reached a natural cave overlooking the sea. "We are currently in your enemy's territory, and currently mine too when they found out I | [
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"Listen, you two. This is not the time for heroism!" said Avet after they reached a natural cave overlooking the sea. "We are currently in your enemy's territory, and currently mine too when they found out I am escorting you two to the Argoon settlement. Those humans in that town...their mindset have been set. The moment they saw a dragon they'll try to kill it, no matter which side they are on."
"I wasn't seen, so does it count?"
"I thought you are better than this, Xiciro. Let me tell you something. In the South, there's another faction called 'Human Only'. This faction is the weakest and is near collapse, why? They don't like dragons at all. Your war is between enslaved dragons and free dragons, so it's a civil war, not a 'War against Darkness' like you told me! Human settlements with no dragons in sight are those that don't want any dragon at all. Trying to help them only enraged them."
"Because it reminds them that there's a stronger force in nature around them," said Avila.
"Human determination can go elsewhere, and it will be strong enough to the point of our race's extinction. Dragons know magic and was born with them, and they are also literate to a higher level, but they are too prideful. I know some of you don't think so, and Xiciro is obviously one of those dragons."
"I do not appreciate that."
"Because it's true. There are too much prideful dragon boasting that dragons are always superior while the humans won't be. They do not realize it until it is too late. If dragons are at ruthless as you are, Avila, they will still be using rocks! Right now, the intervention of dragons and their realization of their past mistakes halted the human's progress, but if this continued, we won't survive the next millennia."
Avet's explanation made Avila felt uncertain. It is true that Avila hated dragon slayers and her hatred caused fear. Yet, that was not what she thought now. Avet clearly had no sympathy with the humans. He preferred dragons more than humans and did not care if they wanted to support or destroy his race. Just like Xiciro, Avet believed in draconic superiority. Even then, Avila knew that humans had flexible mindset and had evolved to the point where reasoning had overtaken instinct, so they did not need to excessively going to war. Humans still had that tribal mindset and instinct, but not to the extent of territorial, individual dragons.
Seeing how the humans had hated the dragon to the point of their own self-destruction made her feel sad about them. They may be creative, but their body wasn't. Creativity won't have a legacy if it is destroyed in its early stages. No matter how distinguished the creator is, a work is not acknowledged if it does not prove itself. There may be others who will come up with the same theory, but the original is gone. Avila heard it from one of the Light Side humans back in the Dark Continent, and she took it by heart, knowing very well that dragons and humans have the same idea.
Her line of thought was interrupted when Avet tapped her with his claw and said, "From here, we have three days to travel to the settlement, then some more days to get to the dragon prison."
"Avet, do you know any other settlements that is not our enemies? We are bound to get to one of them and it won't be pleasant if they end up being our enemies."
"There are some settlement that did not care about the affairs, but don't expect a warm welcome. People in the South had been at odds with the dragons for thousands of years. Inlands are okay, but the sea dragons are competitive with the fishermen."
"So it's fine for us to go near one, then."
"I prefer not to. Unlike your region, we don't trust dragons. Many of the 'slaves' are bullying those settlements. They lost all respect with dragons, thinking them only as pests. The reason why they did not want to attack them was because of their own power and some dragon's allegiance with the Dragonsbane. I don't know much of it, but if you speak with the Elder of our race, you'll understand."
"Alright, that settles it then," said Xiciro looking at the sea. "I've never imagined living in the South like. I mean...you cannot trust anyone."
"Welcome to the South, old one," said Avet.
"It's kind of sad," said Avila.
"That's what living in the Outback feels like. Everything wants to kill you, whatever it is."
Despite of Avet's warning on interfering with the work of the Dragonsbane, Avila felt that, as one of the guardian of that continent, it should be her duty to try to save anyone. She felt as if this journey had become too confusing to continue, with all talks and no fight. Avet may had been cautious, but he was far too cautious. Not only that, she could not understand Xiciro's actions these days. It was as if the vile dragon she once knew changed personality into a heroic, sympathetic dragon.
"What the hell is happening in this journey? Everything I know is so different from what I imagined," thought Avila while savoring fish meat. "Xiciro would only dodge the question when I asked, and Avet is too cautious. It was as if he was expecting something and tried to avoid it. Why am I the only one in the dark here?"
Avila was also thinking on the selection of the dragons following her. By logic, it would be wise to take the Argoon dragon alongside her own race, but it was impossible for the three of them to get along, even though the travel progressed smoothly (except the part where Xiciro saved the harbor town). She would be more comfortable travelling with Sannourah or Yrelka, two of her trusted allies and best friends from the Dark Continent. Of course, Avet would be in the group due to his role as a guide, but Xiciro? She had started to trust him, but she did not trust him fully due to their history together. Also, despite of Avet's claim that the red dragon that received the message was only professional, it seemed that he harbored a kind of resentment for Avila, since he had tried so hard to avoid her and acted as if they had no personal attachment, only working together because of similar goals, with Avet wanting help from Westerns, and Avila wanting to find Seraphor. Xiciro, however, was more reserved in his goal.
By the night, they set off to the Argoon settlement by the sea. Flying so near to the surface of water was not new for the three of them, but it was made harder with the presence of sharp rock structures jutting out from the surface of the sea. Avet's strategy of travelling to prevent detection inland was to travel under the sea cliff, which was essentially what they were doing. It was an exhausting night, mostly because of the wind, the risk of flying so near to sharp rock formation, and general darkness. To make her companions flew easier, she manipulated the wind around them so they could be aerodynamic and also giving a boost, but despite of her powerful wind, controlling it was harder than she thought. There were two occasions before they moved inland where she had a lapse and caused a powerful air pressure to push the three of them towards the cliff.
They managed to get out of the dangerous route and went back in land. Both Xiciro and Avila looked at Avet leading them, looking very alert. The two Western dragons were amused by how dedicated the Southern Argoon was to guide them, as if their lives depended on it.
"That young dragon seemed to know his way around enemy territory," said Xiciro. "It's like he has spent a decade travelling around."
"But it is strange. I mean, if the South really is the Dragonsbane main base, shouldn't we be finding more bases and settlement? We haven't even met any civilization for three days and everything I can see is red sand, rock structure, and occasional grassland. It's like this is the wilderness."
"Shit!" exclaimed Avet upon seeing a rock formation in the distance. "I misread!"
This sudden exclaim surprised Avila and Xiciro, but they immediately realized what he meant.
Their streak of not meeting any enemies have been broken.
Fire came out from above them, but they managed to fly to the side to dodge the attack. Avila made a turn so his back faced the ground, if for a moment. She could see the attacker's features. It was a dark brown dragon around the size of Xiciro, yet looked more like a wyvern than a dragon.
Avila turned again and dodged the oncoming fire. Avet had already flew upward and tried to attack the dragon, but to his surprise, the dragon was fast enough to dodge his short range claw attack, and in turn grabbed the smaller Argoon and threw him to the ground. If it wasn't for the height, Avet would've hit the ground and broke some bones. He managed to open his wings that acted like a parachute, stopping him before he could be injured.
"For a full-grown dragon, that was an impressive counter," said Xiciro while approaching Avet.
"Is it that hard to help?"
"I don't need to do anything if she's the one engaging him, right? You know a Dark Angel's capability, so trust her."
At the sky, however, Avila wasn't trying to fight the dragon. Both Xiciro and Avet may be smart, but they were less perceptive than her. Her unique permanent vision enabled her to see blood mark and physical state of a being, and despite of being blinded by the sun, Avila could still see that the dragon was bruising and bloodied from an earlier fight. It could be a dragon trying to take his territory, but the infected state of the wound proved otherwise, for she knew what kinds of weapon can inflict such damage.
"Stop it, dragon! I am not going to fight you!" exclaimed Avila before the dragon shot fresh fire towards her. "Let us tend your wounds."
He wasn't able to hear reasons, or did not want to. Apparently this dragon knew the bitter fact of betrayal, and its consequences. He kept shooting fire at Avila, but her wind blew them away from her. She wanted to stop the dragon with her ability to give fear, but she did not want it to lose control. Her power did not force an illusion or nightmare, but was to make it almost like the real thing, and it could be stronger in paranoid and cowards. She did not want to do it to the dragon, knowing that he was hurt, and putting fear to him would make things worse.
That's why, she resorted to the use of reasoning, and tried to talk to the dragon. She did not want to be ruthless again.
While she was thinking, the dragon stopped attacking her, staring at her with his eyes. Avila did not budge, staying in place while beating her wings. After a while of staring contest, the dragon started to talk.
"You don't look like them back-stabbing skags," said the dragon, with a slight accent. "You Argoon?"
Avila nodded.
"Well, far from home, eh, lassie? But don't think for one sec that you are out of the picture. I know them Argoon skags when I see one. Oi, you two! Fly up over 'ere!"
Avet flew first, but when he reached the dragon's reach, he quickly grabbed him and tried to throw him again, only for Avila to stop him.
"Whoa, wait! He's with us!"
"How can you be certain? Trusting one of them skags is the reason why we lose! Me wife is taken somewhere and I don't know where she is! Those bloody..."
"Okay, we get you! Just...let us treat your wounds and we'll be going, alright? We don't plan to stay long."
Despite of his reluctance, the dragon grunted and flew towards a direction, in which the three of them follows. They finally reached the rock formation before the sun set, to which the dragon flew upward and went inside from a cave opening. When inside, the darkened room made Avila able to see clearly.
It was a noticeably simple cave, with only a hay pile reserved for two dragons. Compared to the dragon settlement, his cave was very small and he didn't bother stashing gold, like some Westerns did. An object, however, took Avila's attention, and it was an egg.
"How old is it?" said Avila, referring to the egg.
"Around three years old," said the dragon short. He walked towards the hay pile and lay on it, trying to sleep. But then, Xiciro approached him and used his darkness to try to mend the wounds. He then looked at Avila.
"Broken ribs, bruised body, lacerations...quite a fight, wasn't it?"
"Yeah, I did him good," said the dragon. "Hard fight, that was. Never thought his claws are sharper than mine. Anyway, thank you, lassie. You Argoons sure are great healers."
"Thanks...I'm quite flattered."
The dragon then turned towards Avet. "Sorry for the hostility, laddie, but I know skags when I see one. You were one of them before these two help you get away from them, right?"
"What I am is not important. More importantly, why are you tolerating us?"
The dragon looked at Avet with a serious face, while saying, "Look, lad. Just because this is the Outback doesn't mean you cannot trust anyone. Well, trust is a luxury these days with those skags around. Them Parusans are not to be trusted, but don't easily trust Cerbesans even if they are the oppressed. Cornered beasts bite back, but often not directly. Me? I'm just doing my job when some of them skags attacked me."
The dragon turned out to be one talkative one, but the three of them enjoyed his company. Avila realized that he was actually a lonely dragon with too much enemies around him, and he needed someone to talk to, preferably a stranger that did not know about the current condition in the South. From him, they got a lot of tips in traversing the treacherous plains in the South.
Sadly, despite of their desire to stay, it was time for them to fly away. The old brown dragon knew they must go, knowing that the two Western dragons were not there just for sightseeing.
"I wish the three of you can get to that settlement and do whatever you can do to stop them skags," said the dragon. "And of course, stay safe."
"We will. Be seeing you."
Avila knew that there would be a small chance for them to meet. It was the harsh reality of the Southern World. Not only of distance, but the civil war, the Dragonsbane's conquest, and general mistrust had somehow reduced life expectancy significantly. She wanted to go to the East for once. The description of the East given by the native dragons from around that part sound poetic, but fantastical and so beautiful at the same time. Not only that, the East is generally peaceful and the dragons there did not value violence as a way of life. She once heard from a dragon named Tsien that older dragons were philosophers and advisors for their kings, while younger ones become teacher of harnessing natural magic.
She wished that whatever she could imagine, she wanted to go to the East once and savor the beauty described by him. May be with Seraphor, or maybe with the Dark Sentinels.
She wished for Xiciro to open up, though. Hearing the way he talked to the old dragon, she could see a glimpse of his unfettered self: talkative and cheerful, so unlike his usual brooding and aloof self, with arrogance mixed into it. He may be reserved around her, but when talking to others, he would open up. She really wished he could open up more.
The night travel by that point had become far too dangerous to be conducted like what they did before. While the settlement was only two days away, outposts and patrols had become more frequent, and the constant need to stay undetected delayed them considerably and made them lost. Avet, despite of claiming to know much of the lands, could not believe he was lost in the middle of enemy territory.
They were in the middle of a vast land of sparsely vegetated drylands. There were thorns and dried bushes all around them and there were more trees the two Western dragon did not know. All in all, the grassland was not as bad as a barren desert like the one in the Central region, where any form of water was underground and no plants could grow except by a magically-induced soils.
The current state of their predicament, along with the unknown land, frustrated Avila enough to the point she started to think that Avet was deliberately trying to make them lost. Fortunately, Xiciro realized what's wrong with her and walked towards Avet slowly and whispered, "My daughter is extremely short-fused to a stranger."
"All the routes I know are either infested with dragon slaves or human dragon slayers carrying foul magical weapons!"
"Do you have anyone you can trust?"
"I've told you so many times. *Do* not trust a dragon in the Outback!"
"That brown dragon is right. We're screwed because we don't trust any dragons. Avet, not every dragon in the South is an enemy. In fact, trust us. If they are proven to be a turntail, we are going to 'clean the mess'."
"Are you that bloodthirsty? They'll know..."
"Shh..." Xiciro then beckoned Avila towards him and said, "Avila, would you be so dear and use Emero Carought?"
"Why don't you use your goddamn portal?" said Avila, exasperated.
"I can't use it if I don't know where I am going," said Xiciro. "Besides, with my level of magic, I can only open the portal to a maximum of 20 miles. By this point, we are in too deep."
"So why are you asking me to use the ability that imprisoned you?"
"To prove a point."
Avila sighed and looked towards the unknown plains. She then concentrated and extended one of her legs while she opened her feathered wings. All of the sudden a big portal opened in front of them, and was threatening to suck them all in. Despite of this, however, Xiciro turn to Avet and said, "Off you go!"
Avet nodded and to Avila's surprised, walked inside. Avila was so surprised that she almost lost her control.
"He'll be lost inside that place! What the hell are you doing?!"
"Like I said, to prove a point."
Avila wanted to believe that statement, but knowing how it trapped Xiciro for a hundred years, Avet could be trapped the moment she closed the portal due to exhaustion or lapse of concentration.
She hoped what Xiciro was trying to 'prove' could reach Avet. |
Lifestyle Change by Connor | #3 of Under the Skin - After much thinking, Tricia decided to stay indoors tonight. She needed to be up early in the morning, so there would be no nighttime romping outdoors in her plans. And the stress of the work week required a transformation, so no drinks with friends in the evening either. The | [
"M/F",
"Transformation",
"Werewolf"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1149607-lifestyle-change | After much thinking, Tricia decided to stay indoors tonight. She needed to be up early in the morning, so there would be no nighttime romping outdoors in her plans. And the stress of the work week required a transformation, so no drinks with friends in the evening either. The pack hadn't scheduled anything that full moon either, so she would change all by herself. Alone. At home.
She loved being a lycanthrope. A werewolf. She and Molly were best friends in high school, and when Molly returned from her gap year in Europe infected with lycanthropy, they weren't just not going to share. She bit Tricia that next full moon, and proceeded to form their own little pack right out of college with a few others. Ellie, Rachel, Chiaki and at least a dozen others in the first three years she had the werewolf's curse. Like the others, Tricia enjoyed running underneath the full moon, reveling in the heightened senses the werewolf gave her, and just feeling more confident and sure of herself than she ever did as an ordinary human.
But it was lonely at times, of course. Before too long, they graduated and scattered to all the different places they were meant to go in adulthood. Being apart meant running together less often, connecting more often through social media and text messages.
She hardly regretted lycanthropy so much as she missed the company of her fellow werewolves. Changing alone wasn't a bad way to spend a full moon - the pleasure Tricia often gave herself when fully changed was a thrill to look forward to most nights - but work and a lack of a real social life made this particular full moon feel rather lonely.
Tricia wasn't going to argue. Once the heat of the full moon started to burn within her, she glanced at the clock on the kitchen wall and shut her laptop. No more work that day. She glanced out the window, and the moon shone as bright as the sun to her eyes. It was hot and scorching and its heat beckoned the animal inside. She could almost see the outline made by her ponytailed hair and slender face in the window, an outline that almost seemed to change with the heat of transformation. She nodded intently and shut all the blinds in her kitchen and in the adjacent living room for privacy. Standing on the rug in the center of her living room, she began to strip down.
Then the doorbell rang before she even touched her blouse, and a tinge of frustration at the delayed change bit at her. It was either the paperboy collecting for the month or some scout selling cookies. A few minutes keeping the werewolf at bay wasn't going to hurt, but damned if it wasn't annoying.
"Grant?"
Her neighbor from down the block let himself in once the door opened. He seemed frantic as if it were urgent, but this was her house!
"I just wanted to see you again. The sitter is over with Becca tonight, I thought we could watch a movie while I cook you dinner or something," he said, making clear what he wanted from her. She wasn't totally opposed to the idea. They had been on a few dates once he let it slip rather transparently that he and his wife had divorced two years ago, leaving him with the kids and a big, empty house. He was nice and funny, the kind of guy that didn't place any hassles on her since he had hassles of his own. The kind of guy that was free for dinner if she was, and not if she wasn't. And his small daughter was adorable. Yes, she liked Grant a lot.
"I would like that, but you should have texted me first," she said firmly. Despite how close they got, she still had her boundaries as a strong woman who had her secrets she didn't dare tell him.
"I know, but I know you would have said no."
Tricia tilted her head. Of course she would have said no. Tonight was a full moon and she was a werewolf who was moments away from changing, but why would he know all that?
Grant paced the floor in front of her as if he had something really heavy that he wanted to unload. Like he had another kid hidden away somewhere or was being hunted by the cops or something.
"I'm sorry, what about tomorrow?" Tricia suggested, "I have a lot of work at the moment, and--"
"The thing is," he said, pacing a little more anxiously, "I'm guessing you don't have work, but you're just home because of something else."
She scoffed defensively. He was right, but why did he know?
"You remember your brother's wedding a couple of months ago?" he said, "I met your friend there."
"Yeah, Molly."
"We all had a great time at the reception, remember? I guess I was looking at you and holding your hand too much, because she knew I liked you and whatever."
"Yeah, she said something like that afterward."
"Well, Molly contacted me a week or two after that, and we, well, got together."
Tricia's eyes narrowed. It was hard to focus with the wolf inside so eager to emerge, but a curious thought weighed on her mind. "You're dating my best friend?"
Grant pushed back. "What? No! When I say 'got together,' she just wanted to talk, that's all!"
"Why would she want to talk to you?" she asked before stopping herself, "I mean, you're nice and everything, but it's two hours drive to where she lives."
He held his hands up to her. They seemed to be shaking, no doubt that it was because this was a confession of love. "That's why I'm here. Molly and I talked. I like you. I really like you. And she knows that, and she wanted to...help...move things along," he said, having great trouble getting the words out.
Tricia winced. "I don't even know what that means."
Grant chuckled nervously. "God, it's hot in here. What I wanted to say...why I'm here..." The words drifted away as he clasped his hands together. He tugged at his shirt like a junior high school boy giving out Valentine's Day chocolates for the first time.
And yet, Tricia thought, maybe that wasn't the reason. She was feeling warm too.
"Maybe I should open the window or something," Tricia said subtly, walking over to the living room window.
"No, don't--"
The blinds drew open, revealing the full moon outside. She had been through the experience countless times, and she knew how to handle it. Grant, however, struggled much more mightily. He clutched his chest, bending forward and grunting loudly.
"Ahh! Stop!" he cried.
"Oh my God, what did Molly do to you?" Tricia said, knowing the answer already. She guided Grant over to the couch for momentary relief. He was going to have real trouble in mere minutes.
"It was my choice," he said through his teeth. His fangs already crept out, sharpening and reflecting the light in the living room. He looked like he wanted to say more, but he cocked his head back and bared his teeth upwards.
Tricia was experienced enough to keep from transforming if she really wanted, but that was after a few full moons. Grant's animal was about to emerge any moment. Her suspicions were confirmed as they fumbled with the buttons on his dress shirt, revealing his chest and a patch of fur that ran down the middle. He was wide eyed in shock, clearly going through his first transformation since Molly bit him one full moon ago.
"Take off your clothes, all of them!" she said in a demanding voice. She was getting a bit anxious herself as she picked up his scent, a mix of bodyspray and earthy aroma that only a werewolf could generate. It was bound to drive her wild, making her own change more forced than she would have liked.
"I-I've never d-done this before," he said, working on his own clothing in a panic.
"Yeah, no kidding." Tricia threw her blouse aside and ran her fingers down her now furry chest. Hairs sprouted on her skin and spread outward, enveloping her body. She could feel the itch snake down her legs as she pulled down her work pants. She wanted to scratch at them, but her now misshapen claws cut into skin, creating pleasure from the heat of the pain.
She could see Grant was far less successful in unclothing himself. He had become so big and muscular that his jeans were tightening from the strain. While he struggled with the fastener, the denim ripped in a few places, revealing black hairs that would soon make a delicious coat of fur. Tricia had never seen a male werewolf before, but she reveled in what one would look like, and all the things she could do with one.
"You s-smell so g-good," Grant said. A growl began to creep into his voice, echoing in her ears and exciting her own animal. Once his eyes turned yellow, the werewolf within her wrested all control away from her.
"Forget these clothes," she said to herself once she pounced on him.
Her hands pushed him down onto the couch as they continued to transform. Wiry hairs began to shed from their werewolf bodies as they tumbled around on the large cushions. Tricia's werewolf wanted to taste Grant, and so her tongue ran across his slightly furred cheek before their lips could meet. He tasted so...strong. So much like what an alpha male should taste like. She would have to have a talk with Molly when they next got together, and she had half a mind to scold Grant for such a foolish idea. For now, though, she could do with some werewolf meat tonight. With her desires taking over, her claws dug into the back of his dress shirt and ran across his now furry back, instinctively marking him as her mate.
"Aaaarrrrrghhh!" Grant cried in a mix of howling and human yelping. He was so unexperienced as a werewolf that his instincts took over almost instantly. He pushed Tricia off him, letting her fall to the floor before he could land on top of her. She grinned wide as his padded hands pinned her shoulders down onto the rug. His now canine jaws bared at her, saliva dripping onto her neck. Tricia had thoughts of pleasure during this full moon, but nothing nearly as wild as this.
She growled back at him. "Don't stop, Grant."
He nodded, lowering his jaws onto her chest, biting down on her bra and forcibly ripping it from her body. Her furred breasts hung in the air with only her stiffened nipples peeking out above the soft hairs. He licked each of them once, exciting her with an electric sensation that made her howl softly.
"AaarrroooooooOOO!"
Grant sat on top of her to pull at his pants, still tight against his frame. He had tried once to unzip himself but his claws had taken away his dexterity. Instead, he dug into the denim and ripped them into two pieces, revealing a reddened piece of wolfhood underneath an also shredded pair of boxers. His human size was okay - he had more than enough charms to win Tricia over - but the full moon made him more impressive.
She grasped it with both hands, feeling it throb against her padded palms. She rubbed her hands up and down against his member to savor the heat it gave off before she guided it back down between her furry legs. She had grown so much larger that her panties had already lost their hold on her waist. The only obstacle to their mating was the resistance her furry sex gave against his member.
Grant was so hard, Tricia thought. He slid inside of her, but only after so much force. A wave of pleasure hit her, causing her to roar in ecstasy, compelling him to cry out loud just as mightily.
Thoughts swam in her mind as his wolfhood penetrated her more. Why would she keep this lycanthropy from him? Why would she keep it such a secret when there was so much to enjoy? Wasn't she more attracted to him now than before?
"Yes!" she cried, rolling both of them around on the floor and landing on top of him. She was going to give him his reward. She sat up and bounced up and down on his member, making him even more swollen and her tighter around him. She pressed her hands against his furry, chiseled chest, making even more clawed impressions on his skin. She could feel her now fully-grown tail wagging in the air as the final changes took hold. His wolfhood seemed to grow, and with one more thrust, the swelling entered her and stretched her insides, setting her on fire.
"AaaaaarrrrroooOOOOOOO!"
Her second howl was louder than the first, making him howl in similar orgasm. Her head lifted toward the sky as she sang to the moon with her new werewolf mate. Hot spunk filled her insides, mingling with his juices, overwhelming her senses until her hungers were sated. When she ran out of breath, she collapsed onto her lover.
It could have been seconds or minutes or hours, but she was still as exhausted in her next waking moment as she was in her last. She stirred only because of the expanding and contracting that Grant's furry chest made under her.
"You're an idiot," she whispered in his ear, making him laugh. The motion made his body jerk, his wolfhood squirm inside of her, releasing a bit more of his spunk.
"I thought you liked it," he said, finally getting back his speech that he had lost in his first change.
She pretended to ponder it for a moment. "I did," she finally said, "So what, Molly turned you into a werewolf because I was lonely?"
"She didn't make it sound that desperate."
"Just like that? Let's make you a werewolf, and you said sure?"
"I don't mind this little lifestyle change if it makes you happy."
Tricia nuzzled her snout against Grant. "I am happy."
They rolled around onto their sides as Grant tugged against her sex. "And I think I'm stuck. What is this?" he said, half panicking.
"I don't know, it must be a werewolf thing."
"Aren't you the expert on werewolves?"
"It's not like I read a book on anything!" she cried, drawing a laugh from both of them. She wrapped her furry arms around him. "But we'll figure it out together." |
The Rowans and The Greys Chapter 6: Sleepless in Zootopia by hyenafur | #6 of The Rowans and The Greys - Unlike Kody and Jo, Mike had a very hard time sleeping that night, in fact, he'd had a hard time sleeping ever since he'd talked to Kody Grey. The tod stared up at the ceiling, his chest rising and falling as his mind seemed to take its sweet time to fully digest | [
"Fanfiction",
"Female",
"Fox",
"Male",
"Vixen",
"Zootopia"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1153171-the-rowans-and-the-greys-chapter-6-sleepless-in-zootopia | Unlike Kody and Jo, Mike had a very hard time sleeping that night, in fact, he'd had a hard time sleeping ever since he'd talked to Kody Grey. The tod stared up at the ceiling, his chest rising and falling as his mind seemed to take its sweet time to fully digest what had happened and what was going to happen tomorrow. He wondered what his new nephew looked like, if he even was his nephew at all and this was just some odd coincidence that Kody was a thirty year old fox whose deceased biological father had been named Chris.
Mike's wife, Helen, slowly rolled over, the nearly fifty year old vixen throwing an arm around her husband's middle before resting her head on his chest. "Can't sleep," she said softly, her eyes still closed as her tiny black nose sniffed over her husband's chest.
"Yeah," he sighed as one arm moved to gently stroke over the vixen's shoulder. Helen was a red fox, like her husband, but unlike her husband, she didn't have any red in her fur. She was a silver fox, her fur a genetic abnormality that gave her two primary colors; a silvery gray and black, which meant she was very hard to see at night, even for him.
She softly nuzzled his chest while her hand ran up and down his sized, "You're still thinking about Chris' son?"
"Yeah," he replied as he let out a long, deep sigh, "If he even is Chris'."
The vixen slowly over onto her belly, her eyes opening as she rested her elbows on his chest. "There's always that possibility," Helen mused, "But if he is?"
"It's... it's just strange, Helen, knowing that Chris actually managed to have a kid. He was very to the point over the phone, a lot like how Chris used to be. I'm just worried that I'll end up running into my brother's clone," Mike replied as his ears went flat against his head.
"You could have also called him at a bad time," his wife replied as she moved a finger out to poke him in the middle of the nose. Mike blinked a few times at the touch, before letting out another sigh, "Yeah. You're right. It might have been a bad time, but I'm still a little worried."
"Why? You should be happy that Chris wasn't his father figure," the vixen said, her finger slowly moving down his nose and over his lips before resting her hand on his chest. She was right, then again, Helen was usually right about a lot of things. The tod let out another heavy sigh as he started to run his hand down his wife's spine, "I can't even imagine what that would have been like."
That was a lie, he could, and it was a nightmare. He'd seen divorce paperwork dealing with abusive husbands, and that's probably how the marriage would have ended. That or a shotgun. But Kody had been spared that, as had Josephine Grey. Mike let out another sigh as Helen chuckled, "MMm... wondering what the kids will think?"
The tod chuckled. He was curious about how his two daughters would react to learning they had a cousin. Victoria and Alexis would probably be intrigued since, for all the family knew, Chris hadn't managed to sire any kits. The vixens were only a few years younger than Kody, both of them being twenty-six and twenty-four respectively, so Mike imagined them getting along fairly well. Mike's minor dream was cut short when he felt Helen slide on top him, her legs splaying around his middle as she sat back. "Want some help getting to sleep?"
Mike woke up a few hours later to the sound of his alarm clock. His wife had helped him sleep, but he still had to wake up to catch his train from Zootopia to Bunnyburrow. Sliding out of his wife's grasp, he made his way into the bathroom, releasing the contents of his bladder before slipping into a nice warm shower.
Thirty minutes later, Mike was ready. He'd dressed formally for the occasion, a gray suit with white undershirt and red tie. By the time he'd finished dressing, his wife was already in the kitchen, wearing nothing but a very long night shirt whose bottom reached down to her knee. Mike chuckled softly as he moved in behind her, a hand moving to her rump as he gave her a kiss on the cheek. "I'll be home for dinner," he whispered into her ear. His wife chuckled, "Mmm... Don't eat too much on your trip. You should save room for dessert tonight."
Mike let out a lusty churr into her ear, "I'm looking forward to it." |
Ultimate Furry Crossover: An Adult Choose Your Own Adventure, Entry 47 by Gideon Kalve Jarvis | #58 of CYOA-UFC Sorry for the delay on this entry - with the snow came a power outage, followed by an Internet outage (though this meant at least that I could type again). Hope you enjoy! In this entry, Twilight's fate is decided, as it that of Maid Marian, and we learn exactly what the villains | [
"Anal",
"BDSM",
"Bondage",
"Bull",
"Centaur",
"Choose Your Own Adventure",
"Corruption",
"Crossover",
"Disney",
"Dog",
"Dragon",
"Drugs",
"Equine",
"Griffon",
"Hyena",
"Lioness",
"M/F",
"Mind Control",
"My Little Pony",
"Oral",
"Rabbit",
"Rape",
"Rule 34",
"Slavery",
"Sonic The Hedgehog",
"Tentacles",
"Unicorn",
"Vaginal",
"Video Games",
"Violence (Not In Yiff)"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1151505-ultimate-furry-crossover-an-adult-choose-your-own-adventure-entry-47 | Ultimate Furry Crossover: An Adult Choose Your Own Adventure
Entry 47
By Gideon Kalve Jarvis and gryfalcon
**Vote Tallies**
\*Superstation
1) Comet, Krypto, Ace, and Swift Wind lay down the law (an orgy highly likely) - 4
(65% chance of success, rolled 4 times)
2) Laharl and Company meet Comet and company (probably not an orgy) -
3) Laharl and Company meet Skeletor and company (definitely not an orgy) -
4) Ratchet and the SWATKats - 3
(60% chance of success, 4 successes or failures)
\*Desert City
5) Shendu's plan takes effect - 5
(an orgy, Rajah will be thawed out, 70% chance of success, 3 successes or 4 failures)
6) Fate of the slaves (a Villains scene) - 1
7) Bambi and company make their way to the Pyramid Casino and safety - 1
(45% chance of success, 3 successes or failures; success here will put Bambi, Berri, Shirley McLoon, and Goldie Pheasant into active play, and peacefully retire the others; failure will put everyone into the clutches of Shere Khan)
8) What's going on at another casino?
\-Fat Cat's Casino - a 20's-style speakeasy - 4
(There are 50/50 odds that either Tanya and Fieval will be ravished, or Gadget, Foxglove, and Tammy will be. The one who isn't ravished, however, will escape and reach our heroes.)
\-The Mouse Trap - a pub with the best card games in Casino City - 0
\-The Percheron - all-horse review, actually a pretty safe spot - 3
\-The Pyramid - what are our friends up to? - 0
\-Treasure Island - pirate-themed, and pirate-attended - 2
\*Castlevania and Environs
9) The Zerg and the Xenomorphs - 4
(50% chance of success for the Queen of Blades, best of 3)
10) King Sombra arrives - 6 - he comes...
(a Villains scene; the fate of Princess Cadence and Shining Armor revealed; Twilight Sparkle has a 50% chance of losing her virginity; Maid Marian has a 30% chance of being ravished)
11) Our teams meet up for the final approach - 2
(60% chance of success, rolled 5 times)
12) Draco and friends - 3
(mostly sex, but 70%, best of 3 all the same)
13) Ayumi, both Lara Crofts, Daring Do, and Rouge do some treasure hunting by themselves
(40% chance of success, rolled 5 times, once for each character)
14) Scar arrives - 1
(45% chance of success, rolled 4 times)
\*Other Locations
15) Characters on the Ship head to Castlevania - 1
(60% chance of success, 5 successes or failures)
16) An itch beneath their tails - 4
(Tails gets molested by ponies and horsemen alike)
17) The wolves and dogs on the ship gang up on Big Macintosh - 2
18) What are Bowser, Maleficent, and Magica de Spell doing? (10 votes needed) - 1
19) Shere Khan's villainy (10 votes needed) -
20) Wile E. Coyote up to no good...but *in* to quite a lot of it, knot deep - 5
21) Bucky O'Hare tries to escape the Jungles of Rage -
(50% chance, rolled 4 times)
22) Gilda and Stallion, infiltrators - 2
(55% chance of success, rolled 5 times)
23) Hunting in the Jungles of Rage - 1
(40% chance of success, rolled once for each fleeing character)
**Author Notes**
Do take a look up above, and notice: I've got a co-author now! Thanks so much, gryfalcon, for being willing to help out on something that's given me fits since the Pathfinding CYOA.
Also, if Sombra ever gets his way, I fear that this may be the fate of our heroines, the Mane Six: [https://www.weasyl.com/\~devo87/submissions/859216/maid-six](https://www.weasyl.com/%7Edevo87/submissions/859216/maid-six)- the depravity!
Or something like this: [http://the-wag.tumblr.com/post/153802550886/flutteryshy-and-sombra-banging-my-very-first](http://the-wag.tumblr.com/post/153802550886/flutteryshy-and-sombra-banging-my-very-first)
He's almost certainly got someplace like this already: [https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=1156911](https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=1156911)
Some other Sombra naughtiness:
[https://e621.net/post/show/1053806/2015-abs-animal\_genitalia-animal\_penis-anthro-armo](https://e621.net/post/show/1053806/2015-abs-animal_genitalia-animal_penis-anthro-armo)- Sombra throne naked w. slavegirl
[http://www.furaffinity.net/view/21631308/](http://www.furaffinity.net/view/21631308/) - Shining Armor forced by Chrysalis and Sombra
[http://evehorny.tumblr.com/image/152197969922](http://evehorny.tumblr.com/image/152197969922) - Sombra got back
[http://evehorny.tumblr.com/post/151966586617/high-res-v1-high-res-v2-edit-no-2-i-fixed-a](http://evehorny.tumblr.com/post/151966586617/high-res-v1-high-res-v2-edit-no-2-i-fixed-a)- Fluttershy x Sombra
[http://evehly.deviantart.com/art/Fluffy-Butt-631619844](http://evehly.deviantart.com/art/Fluffy-Butt-631619844) - Sombra's fluffy butt
[http://evehly.deviantart.com/art/Let-It-All-Out-633981450](http://evehly.deviantart.com/art/Let-It-All-Out-633981450) - Sombra lets it all out
[http://evehly.deviantart.com/art/A-Majestic-Unicorn-King-608736366](http://evehly.deviantart.com/art/A-Majestic-Unicorn-King-608736366)
[https://beta.furrynetwork.com/artwork/1025157/huru-ia/](https://beta.furrynetwork.com/artwork/1025157/huru-ia/) - Cadence gangbanged - Shining, Discord, Sombra
If it's your sort of thing: [https://e621.net/post/index/1/kongaritosuto](https://e621.net/post/index/1/kongaritosuto)- Artist who draws the villains winning
And something completely silly: [http://evehly.deviantart.com/art/Crystal-Fort-629223175](http://evehly.deviantart.com/art/Crystal-Fort-629223175)
For those who like it hot:
[https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=1204842](https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=1204842) - Spyro, Ember, and Cynder bj
[https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=1088583](https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=1088583) - Ember sex with Spyro
[https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=1109092](https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=1109092) - Ember x Spyro 2
[http://kaylathedragoness.deviantart.com/](http://kaylathedragoness.deviantart.com/) - does lots of rule 63 Spyro - [https://www.furaffinity.net/user/popesslodovica/](https://www.furaffinity.net/user/popesslodovica/)
Also, if Robin Hood wasn't such a hero:
[https://www.sofurry.com/view/1096465](https://www.sofurry.com/view/1096465)
These are all mostly shared because I don't *really* think they'll happen...but they make for fun fuel for thought.
**UFC Entry 47**
Of course, Stallion *meant\_to get right to work scouting out the forces of the evildoers scattered all around the base of Castlevania. He'd intended to start looking things over pretty much from the moment he arrived. But, well...there were just \_so* many distractions!
Take Stallion's present situation. All around him, naked and mostly-naked beauties - *human* beauties! - in the prime of life and pink of health were hard at work, their smooth bodies bathed in a sheen of sweat as they were made to labor by their bestial and monstrous overseers, hauling logs and heavy chunks of stone. Their exertions were all spent toward constructing fortifications to defend the territory around Castlevania from incursions by the xenomorphs and the zerg, two groups of creatures known to be still highly active in the area, and a threat to all sides in any conflict that might arise. But in the meantime, all these hardworking, bare-naked cuties were sporting collars that not only suppressed their powers, the little flecks of pink kryptonite used in their construction also made sure they were constantly on-edge, arousal making their legs tremble as they did their best to carry out the tasks assigned, the chains they were forced to wear keeping them from having any opportunity to find relief, even for a moment. Most of the doomed prisoners were sporting big swollen bellies, the pregnancies sped up to a supernatural degree by the presence of so much potent erotic energy in the area. Those that weren't pregnant, either because they had already given birth, or because they were freshly-captured, soon found themselves dragged aside and *made* pregnant on one of the countless host of ready cocks from hyenas, wolves, rhinos, and fimir standing guard.
There was another source of temptation: more girls kept pouring in! Well, a few guys too, but Stallion wasn't *as* interested in them. There had been several other ships in the region which had also gone down, but few of them had effective protectors, and had relied on magic or technology to get them to their destinations, methods that had been easily subverted, unlike those ships that had flesh-and-blood pilots. Others, he'd heard, had once been imprisoned on the Superstation, the vast satellite that had been responsible for redirecting all this traffic to War World, most of them the highest nobility of the planet Etheria, every one of them a gorgeous babe. All around him, he could hear the adorable squeals of girls, and the occasional boy, as these newcomers were put to hard use pretty much as fast as the Sheriff of Nottingham could bring them in. The fimir, especially, were determined to squeeze as many babies out of their prisoners as possible, their mating instincts almost overriding all over concerns, while the hyenas were almost as bad, and so it quickly became commonplace to see some pert, perfect, and pristine aristocratic rump getting quite thoroughly pounded by the dregs of the galaxy, bouncing vigorously as a pair of shaggy or olive-skinned hips slapped against smooth flesh with lusty vigor.
[Characters taken from:
[http://everafterhigh.wikia.com/wiki/Characters](http://everafterhigh.wikia.com/wiki/Characters)
and
[http://www.darah.com/she-ra/usrg/](http://www.darah.com/she-ra/usrg/)]
In such an environment, Stallion could hardly have been blamed for indulging himself. He had, after all, a *significant* weakness for smooth-skinned women (which, in his mind, he still thought of as from the "Tribe of Light," the inhabitants of the shining, soft surface world, as opposed to his own origins beneath the earth, in the Tribe of Shadow). To him, these lovely, nubile beauties were as exotic as they were erotic, and with so many of them made so freely available, when all his life he'd been taught it was more than acceptable to help oneself to those not of his tribe of people, distraction from his intended purpose was essentially unavoidable.
Thus it was that, when Stallion finally noticed that work for the day had ended, and the many lovely workers were being herded into the bowels of Castlevania, there to be confined in its seemingly-infinite dungeons, he was spurting his thick, copious cum all over the flawless breasts and face of an especially sweet, dark-skinned maiden (though that term could hardly be applied anymore) named Justine Dancer, the white of his seed making a stark contrast to her supple, milk chocolate flesh. Nearby, both with dazed expressions and quite a lot of cum stained across their bellies where it had splashed when Stallion finally pulled out, their cunnies leaking almost as copiously, were a mother and daughter, Angella and Glimmer by name. Angella, the mother, had wide, fluffy angel's wings, short blonde hair she kept pulled back in a functional, aerodynamic ponytail, and a figure that simply wouldn't quit, not even at her age. Glimmer, meanwhile, had a more petite figure, though not far from her mother's in basic design, modest breasts, and nipples that were the same shade of dark lilac as her waist-length hair. Her cunny tasted sort of life blackberries, right after their skins have been lightly crushed, while Glimmer's mother's quim tasted (naturally) most akin to fresh angelfood cake with a light drizzle of strawberries. Justine...well, she wasn't anything to write home about, with a fairly ordinary sort of taste, though sweetened somewhat by her virginity...at least, when Stallion had first started eating her out.
Oh, all right - Stallion admitted to himself that he'd also been responsible for the highly disheveled state of that annoying cute blonde boy lying splattered with cum, his cute pink butt in the air, obviously *very* well-stretched. Stallion liked to get to know people when he was having sex with them, and he'd squeezed out (somewhat literally) that the boy's name was Alistair Wonderland. Silly name, but then, a pretty boy like that was only to be expected to have a name that was silly.
"Another day," chuckled Stallion to himself, stretching his slightly aching lower back, while flexing his far more aching mouth, before he left the poor dazed slavegirls where he'd had them, for someone else to gather up for the night, "another dozen dames!"
"Excuse me," said a pleasant, somewhat deeper male voice, only moments after Stallion had stepped into the darkened corridor of the inner recesses of Castlevania. "Freelance Police. We're here to investigate charges of galactic slavery law violations."
Blinking, Stallion turned and looked down at a rumpled, brown-furred dogman in an equally rumpled suit and fedora, and a diminutive white rabbit, who didn't wear anything at all. At least, Stallion was fairly sure it was a rabbit. Those teeth made it hard to tell for certain.
"Uh," Stallion blinked again, nonplussed. "You mean slavery is illegal?"
Such a thought had, in point of fact, never occurred to the red-maned horseman, not even once in all his astonishingly long life (for those of the Tribe of Darkness lived seven times as long as a normal human, without any slowing down until the very end).
"In a lot of places, yes," the dogman explained with surprising patience and good-natured candor. "I understand that it's not on this planet, but we've heard distressing rumors that citizens of other worlds are being abducted and taken here. Can you confirm those rumors for us?"
"Hmm," Stallion actually did start to think hard, rubbing the back of his head as he did so. "Well...yeah, I guess so. I mean, I don't think any of the girls I saw today were from this planet. Actually, those two hot chicks, the mother and daughter I banged, I'm pretty sure are from the same world that the über-hottie, She-Ra, comes from."
"The hotness of busty blonde superheroines aside," the brown-furred dogman pressed on, "where would you say that these slaves are most concentrated, and how can we tell the difference between the legal and the illegal ones? We don't want to interfere with another culture, after all, even if it's not as enlightened as our own."
"Yeah!" chimed in the strange rabbit-thing, its voice high-pitched, nasal, and ever-so-vaguely annoying. "We don't wanna stomp all over somebody just 'cause they don't accept hookers, blow, and the right to lots of guns!"
"I thought we talked about this, little buddy," the dogman added in an aside to his small companion, though the tone of his pleasantly calm voice never changed. "You're not old enough to use cocaine."
"In rabbit years I am!"
"If you could prove that you're a rabbit," the dogman continued, arching an eyebrow. "And you remember the last time we gave some samples to those nice men in the white coats."
"It was *hilarious*!" the rabbit giggled, and if Stallion hadn't already had serious doubts about the bunnything's sanity, he would have had them then. "I've never seen so many straitjackets issued in one day!"
"I, uh," Stallion decided to answer the questions posed, in the hope of getting these obviously deranged individuals moving along elsewhere as soon as possible, "I think most of the slaves around here are that way," he pointed toward a set of stairs. "Down in the dungeons. They took a few upstairs, though. I think they were making them go toward Drac-I mean, the boss' lair. Where that is, though, I really couldn't tell you - I'm still finding my way around this place, and it keeps changing all the time. As for which ones aren't legal...that's a toughie. If I were you, I'd just let them all go, and let the owners sort it out."
"Thanks very much, citizen," the dogman continued, and started to turn away. "Carry on, and me and Max'll take it from here."
"Ooh, ooh! Sam!" the bunnything suddenly burst out. "Look! Dames!"
"Yes, little buddy," the one called Sam answered patiently as they were brought up short by the appearance of Zira, Shenzi a pace behind, as the two opened a door that led to one of the private "play cells," where they'd been indulging themselves with some of the prisoners who'd escaped the general orgy, and whom they'd kept for their personal use instead. "It does appear to be a pair of quite attractive specimens of the opposite sex. Hello, madams, Freelance Police. Perhaps you can assist us..."
"What," Shenzi growled, curling her lip as she raised her lethal gaze toward Stallion, "are these two doing here?"
"Beats me," Stallion with a noncommittal shrug. "They were asking where we kept the slaves, and I think they wanted to free some of them."
Just as both of the powerful women were starting to bristle, however, and bloodshed was likely to ensue, Sam produced a significantly large firearm from somewhere on his person. Exactly where, Stallion wasn't really sure, and didn't think he wanted to know.
"Now, I think we can settle all of this in a calm and non-aggressive manner," the dogman said, his voice still not changing its calm, pleasant timber, even as Zira and Shenzi glared daggers, their hackles raised. "For instance, I think it's fairly obvious that you're both villainesses, am I right?" He waited until the pair nodded, almost unable to help themselves. "Which would mean that whoever you have in that room you just left probably shouldn't be there. May I have the key, please?"
"Over my dead-!" Zira started to snarl, stepping forward threateningly.
"Strip search! Strip search!" crowed Max, before leaping forward, while Sam lifted his gun, pointing it toward the ceiling, his mildly pleasant expression as unchanging as his voice. Stallion, however, couldn't watch for more than a few seconds.
"That's-" he declared, his normally deep, masculine voice almost a whimper, covering his eyes with his hands. "That's just not right!"
"Maybe so," Sam admitted as he picked up the key Max had located and discarded on the nearby floor during his 'activities.' "But it's just a part of pursuing justice when you're the Freelance Police. Now, let's see what's behind door number one."
At about that point, Stallion decided he wasn't that interested, not really, in seeing whoever it was Sam might happen to spring from the dungeons. Actually, he wasn't interested in seeing *anything* these two psychopaths might do next.
Better get back to work instead. After all, he was one of the good guys now.
\*
From up above, Gilda peered over the edge of one of the many outthrust gargoyles that dotted the extremities of Castlevania. While she watched what was going on down below, she did her level best to ignore the way Greta was playing with the tip of her tufted lion's tail. She and Greta had really hit it off back on Equestria, and they'd even ended up in the second girl-on-girl relationship Gilda had ever enjoyed (Rainbow Dash, of course, being the first one), so it was pretty common, even after she'd been corrupted by those dark impulses spread around by the dragon king Malefor, for Greta to like flirting with Gilda whenever she got the chance.
Malefor. Now *there* was a name to inspire hatred, as well as terror. One of the vast and powerful dragons, he'd been summoned to Castlevania by Dracula, along with the great and terrible Deathwing, a near-god himself, and Smaug the Golden. They'd joined their forces together, and their near-incalculable powers, in order to draw out and then to control the overwhelmly powerful godling Alduin, using the flesh and blood of as many captive dragons as they could collect to act as a conduit.
[[http://spyro.wikia.com/wiki/Malefor\_](http://spyro.wikia.com/wiki/Malefor_)(The\_Legend\_of\_Spyro)
[http://wowwiki.wikia.com/wiki/Deathwing](http://wowwiki.wikia.com/wiki/Deathwing)
[http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Smaug](http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Smaug) and[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or8G\_jDcLNo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or8G_jDcLNo)]
Actually, strictly-speaking, Deathwing wasn't *exactly* a willing partner in the operation. In point of fact, Deathwing had been killed some years ago by various do-gooders. But he'd been revived, at least in part, by the combined efforts of Dracula and Malefor, as had Smaug, both of these great and legendary dragons returned to life, more-or-less. They weren't undead, but at the same time, their continued state of living hinged very directly on keeping Malefor alive, since they were bound to the essence of the master manipulator. Nothing else had a chance of keeping dragons like them in line, or induce them to work with others, not when there were so many schemes they could perpetrate on their own.
Down below, Gilda had to work hard to keep from turning a bright pink at the sight of so much debauchery. The only times those poor girls weren't having sex was when they were building fortifications or giving birth! Which, Gilda couldn't help but notice, seemed to be happening almost constantly, with ten or more of the slavegirls pulled aside to a sort of crèche where they'd give birth, suckle their newborns (which were usually just like their fathers, especially in the case of the fimir) for a short while, and then go back to work. Not that this left any infants unattended: not only were pregnancies hastened to an obscene speed, so was the growth of the babies born. Within the span of a few hours, two or maybe three, depending on the size of the creature born, those children would be fullgrown and fully-functional adults, possessed of all the knowledge of their male parent; everything they'd need to know in order to function as warriors and breeding studs. As for the females who'd given birth...
[[http://www.dangerbabecentral.com/xpage/eh/index.htm](http://www.dangerbabecentral.com/xpage/eh/index.htm)
[http://www.dangerbabecentral.com/xpage/stf/page.php?curPage=74&raw=](http://www.dangerbabecentral.com/xpage/stf/page.php?curPage=74&raw=)]
"They'll be just as tight as they ever were," Greta explained, while gently preening Gilda's feathers, running them through her beak, one by one, with tender loving care and skill. "With that goddess down there awake, there's almost no consequences for having as much sex as you could want. I don't even think little Gabby will mind, after we've handed her over to Malefor."
Ah yes, Gabrielle Griffon, commonly called "Gabby" because of her chirpy personality and explosive enthusiasm. Right then, Gabby and the bird-woman, Amon, were tied back-to-back against one of the more narrow spires of Castlevania. Of course, they were both stripped naked as well, and after how noisy they'd been at the start, they'd had their beaks cinched tightly shut with leather straps, though this didn't keep them from making a host of (frankly rather arousing) muffled noises as they squirmed against the ropes holding them tied tight. They'd resisted the initial corruption long enough to give the griffons a merry chase, but eventually they'd been cornered, brought down, and bound in preparation for transport to Malefor, for his personal touch. Which, Gilda thought to herself grimly, almost certainly included a few hours of slow and *very* thorough violation, not just of their beautiful bodies, but of their souls as well. He probably already had a team of professional rapists all picked out to break in the two innocent little birdies.
[[http://greatjiraiya.deviantart.com/art/Gabby-663908716](http://greatjiraiya.deviantart.com/art/Gabby-663908716)
[https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=1279072](https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=1279072)
[http://phoenixperegrine.tumblr.com/post/152389104363/%E3%82%AE%E3%83%A3%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93](http://phoenixperegrine.tumblr.com/post/152389104363/%E3%82%AE%E3%83%A3%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93)
[http://clouddg.deviantart.com/art/You-Gotta-Stay-Positive-646625843](http://clouddg.deviantart.com/art/You-Gotta-Stay-Positive-646625843)
[http://rule34.paheal.net/post/view/1222223](http://rule34.paheal.net/post/view/1222223)]
After all, that had been how Gilda had been corrupted. Until she'd been saved by Rainbow Dash's friends, that is.
Speaking of offerings...Gilda's eyebrows raised as she saw several persons being led from the jungle, more of those funny collars around their necks. With her eagle-keen sight, she could clearly see details, even from the nosebleed heights of Castlevania where she and the other corrupted griffons made their aerie. One was a human girl with beautiful blonde hair...actually, *everything* about her was beautiful, and somehow she just screamed magical creature in disguise...probably a dragoness, considering how hard everyone was looking for dragons to use as conduits to summon and control Alduin, and the fact that she and her companions weren't simply dragged over to the work crews like the other captives being brought in, but rather immediately taken directly to the passages leading up, toward Dracula's inner sanctum, after the Sherriff of Nottingham had a brief conference with the leader of the capture team, Captain Crocodile.
[[http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Captain\_Crocodile](http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Captain_Crocodile)]
With the blonde girl were three other beings who were obviously more than they seemed, and one who was exactly what he appeared. One was a blue-haired "human" man, and he was so handsome, even Gilda found her feathers ruffling at the sight of him...him, and the *actual* sandy-haired human man being forced along with him. With these two men, human and other, was an elven woman, a rarity just about anywhere, and a girl with ruddy brown hair, who sported the ears and tail of a wolf.
[[http://wowwiki.wikia.com/wiki/Anveena\_Teague](http://wowwiki.wikia.com/wiki/Anveena_Teague)
[http://spiceandwolf.wikia.com/wiki/Holo](http://spiceandwolf.wikia.com/wiki/Holo)
[http://wowwiki.wikia.com/wiki/Jorad\_Mace](http://wowwiki.wikia.com/wiki/Jorad_Mace)
[http://wowwiki.wikia.com/wiki/Kalecgos](http://wowwiki.wikia.com/wiki/Kalecgos)
[http://wowwiki.wikia.com/wiki/Tyrygosa](http://wowwiki.wikia.com/wiki/Tyrygosa)]
Gilda didn't doubt for a moment that it must have taken some pretty epic events to capture so many powerful beings, and gather them together into a coffle like that, to be presented to Dracula like pretty packages. But then the griffon double agent saw a tall, dark shape following the large band of werewolves and rhinos under Captain Crocodile's command, and she understood how the capture had been made possible: it was Deathwing. He was wearing a humanoid guise, but there was no mistaking who it was, not after meeting the dragon in person even once.
Shuddering to herself, Gilda admitted freely: she was glad she wasn't the one inside Dracula's lair right then. Whatever was going on, she knew it had to be pretty horrific.
Poor Twilight Sparkle.
\*
"Come along, little slaves!" cackled the twisted, stunted green creature as it jerked on the chains leading to Twilight Sparkle and Maid Marian's collars. "The masters are waiting!"
[[http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Creeper](http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Creeper)]
Dracula's throne room was actually surprisingly small, considering the size of the rest of his castle. For the last several hours, Twilight Sparkle and Maid Marian had been left to their own devices in that throne room, watched over by the stern and forbidding Legna. Legna, however, was mostly just there to ensure that neither of the young women interfered with the three dragons chained with their backs to the huge pillars supporting the roof.
Though they were left mostly alone, that didn't mean that Twilight Sparkle didn't have torments of her own with which she had to deal. Maid Marian had eventually slumped to her knees, exhausted after the magical energies drained out of her during her dancing, which had been used to fuel a number of spells Twilight recognized as summoning and binding rituals. The rings through the vixen's nipples jingled softly as Twilight found herself caught up in the flow of dark energies that infused Castlevania, and before she could draw back, or throw up mental defenses, she found herself pulled into the flow of magic into which Maid Marian's ensorcelled dance had sent its own drops of power. Now, perhaps too late, she realized one of the great dangers of being so skilled with magic: sometimes you ran across knowledge that you didn't want to know.
Her mind opened to more than mortal sight, Twilight saw another of the planets in the solar system where Equestria's world lay, one quite close by her own world. On that other planet, rather than ponies, it was the dragons who ruled as the dominant species. Well, them and some humans on the other side with a penchant for mutating bandicoots into sapient humanoids and then sponsoring violent races with said bandicoots, but that hardly counted. Among those dragons, however, Twilight saw one who was especially large and powerful, a red dragon with a crown of horns about his brow. More than that, he lusted not just for the common baubles and other treasures of the earth that interested most dragons. No, instead he lusted for *conquest*. This was Malefor, the great corruptor, brooding on his throne as he considered all that he would do.
[[https://www.furaffinity.net/view/170434/](https://www.furaffinity.net/view/170434/)
[http://www.furaffinity.net/view/15590844/](http://www.furaffinity.net/view/15590844/)]
For Malefor, sex wasn't merely a carnal act. Instead, it was a sign of how powerful Malefor was, of how completely and utterly he could dominate the body and the mind of his chosen partner, whether he or she wished it or now. Yet, despite his skill as a lover - good enough to leave even the most jaded of millennia-old dragons spent and aching for more - and despite all his ability to tempt, to seduce, and to corrupt, his greatest triumph turned into his greatest downfall. Cynder, the dragoness Malefor chose as his prize minion, and into whose eggs he'd intended to plant his seed, turned from him, and followed after a small purple-scaled hero instead. A hero named...Spyro.
After facing defeat beneath the claws of that hero and the traitor heroine, Cynder, Malefor would surely have been finished, and peace would have been restored. At least, until Maleficent intervened. She'd swept the dying tyrant up with her powers, and brought her to the castle of Bowser, the Koopa King. They'd nursed Malefor back to health...and they'd nursed a number of other things as well, which brought forcibly to Twilight's realization that she could *feel* events in the visions before her, even as she found herself tasting the spicy-sweet musk of an ancient red dragon's penis on her tongue. Fortunately for her, the vision was an overview of history, rather than of too many specific events, or she might have started to suffer from the addiction she'd read could come from tasting dragon cum...among its other numerous effects. As it was, even that brief taste left the filmy see-through panties she was wearing beneath her harem girl loincloth moist and sticking to her dewy purple folds.
Others joined Malefor with Maleficent and Bowser, others of great power. Beings with financial clout, like Shere Khan, or who commanded great armies, like General Scales and the blue-skinned, piglike Ganon. And, from her own world, she saw terrible forces, powers she'd faced and thought she'd overcome rising once more, now met with the mastermind Maleficent to devise a terrible plan to overthrow Equestria.
Celestia must have sensed something like this about to happen, for that was when she'd sent out both her sister and Twilight Sparkle, each in a separate ship, to seek the aid of other worlds that could say they were allied with the forces of Good. Just as well, for now Twilight could see the horrors that had transpired while she'd been gone.
"Sombra!" she gasped in horror, shaking her head. No, not just King Sombra, the terrible tyrant who'd once ruled the Crystal Empire with fear and cruel magical dominance before he'd been overthrown and replaced by the benevolent Princess Miamore Cadenza and her consort, Shining Armor. He would have been bad enough, but with him came a terrible power, a force that defied even the greatest of magic, shrugging it off and plowing forward, overwhelming all who stood in his way. A great, burning Red Bull.
[[http://thelastunicorn.wikia.com/wiki/Red\_Bull](http://thelastunicorn.wikia.com/wiki/Red_Bull)]
This monster ignored all efforts to stop it just as it ignored all pleas for mercy, but it didn't kill anyone. No, a terror rode before the Red Bull, a palpable force that left everypony too weak to hope to mount an effective resistance. At times, it would snatch up a hapless victim or two, apparently more to make a point of its power than out of any personal desire to cause harm to those individuals, and slowly, meditatively work its tongue into the doomed young fillies or colts it decided to ravish.
Suddenly, Twilight found herself jerked forcibly forward into the vision, and couldn't resist crying out as she *felt* the thick oral organ invading her tender, untouched fillyparts. She tried to beg for mercy, tried to plead with the monster to spare her, but then it *twisted* its tongue *just so*, and Twilight Sparkle couldn't keep herself from screaming, and then whinnying like some common animal. But not in pain - in pleasure!
Jerking free of the most visceral effects of the vision, Twilight saw that actual victim of the Red Bull's attack was a mint green unicorn, her back arching, legs kicking as the beast gnawed on her sweet nethers (which, Twilight realized with a flush of insight, weren't virginal at all...though they'd experienced very few stallions, Lyra's tastes running more toward mares). Her juices dripped and pooled beneath her in copious quantity, and gradually, her wails grew less vigorous, her struggles less energetic, until she finally went limp in the grip of the unstoppable beast.
[[http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Lyra\_Heartstrings](http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Lyra_Heartstrings)]
Dropping the used-up filly, the Red Bull turned his attention to the other filly who'd been pounding on his side this entire time, trying in vain to stop him, despite all her obvious skill in the martial arts - he was simply too powerful, too untouchable, and even the love this earth little pony with the creamy coat and two-toned candy-colored mane had for her friend and lover wasn't enough to stop the mighty Red Bull. Instead of stopping him, this brave little pony became his next victim, as he easily snatched her up, casually tore off her clothes, and greedily popped her lower half into his mouth, before starting to slurp noisily and *very* messily on the squealing mare's juicy quim.
[[http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Sweetie\_Drops](http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Sweetie_Drops)
[http://patchsblog.tumblr.com/post/124258562721/still-working-on-drawings-that-include-more-than](http://patchsblog.tumblr.com/post/124258562721/still-working-on-drawings-that-include-more-than)]
The Red Bull wasn't alone, either. With him came the hordes of the changelings, greedy to suck the love out of anyone they could catch. They especially targeted couples or groups in love, two or three of the chitinous pony-horrors ganging up on a single pony, then transforming into a perfect copy of the one that pony loved most. Then, while the real pony was cruelly forced to watch, their lover was gangbanged again and again by the wicked love-eaters...before, eventually, it would be the other pony's turn to suffer the same fate, forced to endure pleasure from someone so chillingly like the one he or she most loved, and yet just enough unlike that loved one, the pony in question knew that it was cheating on the loved one. Perhaps fewer ponies would have fallen prey to this cruelty, but even a drone of the changelings had immense powers of pleasure, with pheromones that could induce a state of lust in which all reason was left null and void, and only the mating instinct remained...until, eventually, it wore off. Then the ones forced to endure the ravages of these pheromones were left used and exhausted and discarded, like a spent condom.
What happened to Cadence and Shining Armor, though, was far worse...
"No!" Twilight Sparkle forced herself back, turning away from the scene. "No, I can't...I won't..."
She didn't, but despite this little victory, Twilight Sparkle soon wished that she had. Seeing her brother and her sister-in-law suffering the lusts of a king and queen of evil would almost have been preferable to watching what Tirek did to her beloved teacher and mentor, Princess Celestia.
[[http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Lord\_Tirek](http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Lord_Tirek)
[http://www.furaffinity.net/view/21218667](http://www.furaffinity.net/view/21218667)]
Even on her knees and in chains, Princess Celestia was a regal, commanding figure, and her glare up at Tirek as he towered over her, a dark leather bag the size of one of his fists dangling casually from one hand, was enough to make it clear that she might be beaten, at least temporarily, but she was unbowed. The beautiful princess of the sun was wearing the filmy white dress that she preferred when sitting at court, as it was comfortable and allowed her supple flesh to breathe. That, and it looked as though it was only barely held in place by a few flimsy straps, which incidentally served as the principal covering for her full, flawless, alabaster breasts, breasts that were now freed, as the dress had been torn halfway down her smooth, shapely body, exposing so much of that beautiful body...so much, despite herself, Twilight Sparkle couldn't keep her mouth from opening, a little trail of drool forming on her lips.
"My people will never bow to you, Tirek," stated the beautiful and good queen with noble dignity, even as the Hammer Brothers gripping the poles attached the collar around her neck strained to hold her in place; even with all that had been done to remove her power, Celestia was almost too much for the burly koopas with simple physical might. Had she been able to use even a fraction of her full strength, she could likely have wiped her throne room clean with a burst of radiant energy, more powerful than the flash of an atom bomb. But Maleficent had been there first, had subtly offered Celestia a beautiful necklace while in disguise, and when the princess of the sun had put on that necklace, with its strange pink and red gems...
"It is true, your pupil and her friends have taken my power to steal the magic of others," Tirek admitted with a slow, cruel smile. "But," his other hand caressed the leather bad tenderly, like the skin of a lover, while it pulsed slowly, with a strange inner life of its own, "I have other sources of power now. Greater even than the ones I once wielded. Enough, I think, to claim your kingdom...or, rather, to corrupt it. And you."
"You can never corrupt me!" Celestia declared, jerking to her feet, snapping the chains that held her fixed to the metal poles, throwing the Hammer Brothers aside as she did so. "Neither I, nor my people, will ever bow to tyrants!"
"Truly?" Tirek asked, his smile deepening in wickedness. "But what about you? They have bowed to you for thousands of years."
"Even I don't rule by force," Celestia returned. "I never forced anyone to follow me, or to obey me. Instead, I offered them a better way, just like I've led my student, Twilight Sparkle, to spread the magic of friendship, to found a new religion to improve their lives - and loves - even more."
"Love," snorted Tirek. "How appropriate that you should speak of love. And friendship," he nearly gagged as he choked out the word. "Pathetic! I will show you something greater than these lesser things, Your Highness. I promise you," his hand caressed the bag by his side more firmly now, and then began to lift it, holding it before him, "you will learn what true power is...the power of\_indulging\_ yourself, of *taking* what you have always wanted."
"I have what I want already, Tirek," Celestia scoffed, standing before him with pride and light streaming from her half-unclothed body, her mane flowing like the rainbow glow of dawn behind and around her. "And what I don't have, I will have: the peace and happiness of my people for thousands of years to come. There is no power you can offer me that will tempt me away from my chosen course."
"Malefor would disagree," Tirek said with a soft chuckle. "He taught me well that there is always something another wants. Something that will tempt even the most virtuous person toward the dark." He held out the bag now, gripping it in both hands. "Here, let me show you..."
Too late, Celestia's eyes widened in realization, and she started to throw up her hands to defend herself. But not in time to act before Tirek...opened the bag, releasing its contents.
"Behold the Power of Darkness!"
[[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x199pn6\_rescue-from-midnight-castle-parts-1-2-my-little-pony-n-friends-1986\_shortfilms](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x199pn6_rescue-from-midnight-castle-parts-1-2-my-little-pony-n-friends-1986_shortfilms)
[http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Lord\_Tirek](http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Lord_Tirek)]
Desperately, Twilight tried to turn away as the thick, inky tendrils of pure darkness gushed out, engulfing Celestia before she had a chance to cry out, but she'd already used up almost her last vestiges of will to avoid watching the defilement of her brother and sister-in-law. All she could do now was throw up what mental shields she still had available, so that she wouldn't be utterly overwhelmed in the tide. That tide of sensation was *powerful*, as Celestia suddenly jerked above the maelstrom, her clothes shredded by the initial onslaught, screaming loudly as she fought desperately against thick black tentacles that gripped her limbs, stretching her out. The princess of the sun's back arched, thrusting her gorgeous breasts upward, only for another tentacle to entwine around them, squeezing them until the bright pink nipples stood out to what had to be painful erection.
"The Rainbow of Darkness can sense the darkness within you, Princess," Tirek taunted as a tentacle began eagerly rubbing itself its length up and down the span of Celestia's perfect cunny, while another rubbed itself against her lips and, when she turned her head to try and avoid it, against her cheek, smearing her soft white fur with softly glowing precum. "If you were truly pure, it couldn't do anything to you. But you have...*desires*, needs you haven't dared to fulfill in far too long. Now," and as he said the word, the tentacle rubbing Celestia's slit pulled back, then poised before the gates of her sex, like a cobra ready to strike, "you will get just what you want."
"*AAAAIIIIIIIEEEEE!*" wailed Celestia as the tentacle *lunged*, stretching her vagina with brutal force, spreading her open until Twilight was shuddering in sympathy, her own quim as moist as that of her beloved teacher. "*AAII*-mmmph!"
The second scream was cut off by a tentacle invading Celestia's muzzle, while a third squirmed its way beneath her flowing tail. Bobbing back and forth, her breasts bouncing forward and back as she was held suspended on her back, body taut, belly tight and flexed, with the muscles showing clearly, a sheen of sweat covered the great princess' body, sweat that was soon joined by other juices as the tentacles all around her, waiting their turns, spurted thick gobbets of precum down onto her exposed, defenseless flesh.
"Give in to the desires," Tirek said softly, reaching out to begin massaging Celestia's clitoris, and in that very moment, Twilight jerked tense as well, unable to defend herself from the sudden feeling of those thick, powerful fingers stroking, then rolling, and finally *pinching* her own tender lovebutton, sending the purple alicorn to her knees, her hips bucking uncontrollably.
If Twilight's reaction to that touch was powerful, Celestia's was overwhelming! Vaguely, through her magical senses, Twilight was aware of the tentacle penetrating Celestia's cervix, and then pressing deeper still, until it was thrusting into her metaphysical center as much as directly raping her womb. A second tentacle joined the first, and the sun goddess' eyes rolled back into her head, drool dribbling copiously around the tentacle plundering her muzzle, the discomfort of the anal penetration only adding that extra bit of sensation that was the final straw. Right at that moment when Celestia was starting to cum uncontrollably, when she knew she couldn't resist anymore, when she was about to utterly give in, her mind and soul about to be engulfed with the darkness seeking to violate her...that was when a *third* tentacle joined the two already thrust to the depths in her inner self.
[[http://www.furaffinity.net/view/20406140/](http://www.furaffinity.net/view/20406140/)
[http://www.furaffinity.net/view/17700325/](http://www.furaffinity.net/view/17700325/)
[http://pettankochanv.tumblr.com/post/157220362461/whoa-dude](http://pettankochanv.tumblr.com/post/157220362461/whoa-dude)]
"No," Twilight gasped, covering her mouth with her hands as she saw the change starting to take place. "Oh Celestia, no!"
Before Twilight had even finished the words, however, Princess Celestia's mane and tail had changed color, becoming a more uniform, pinkish color, rather than the normal flowing dawn colors. Already the tentacles of the Rainbow of Darkness were withdrawing, having planted their load deep within Celestia's soul, leaving her breathing hard, her sides heaving as she trembled, her legs wobbling, and what had to be absolutely \_gallons\_of thick, creamy spunk gushing from cunny and tailhole. None, however, escaped her mouth: she'd swallowed it all.
"There," Tirek concluded with a satisfied nod, holding the bag open as the Rainbow rushed back inside. "Now I don't have to conquer Equestria. I'll simply act as your advisor, and reap the ample rewards...Princess Molestia."
[[http://askprincessmolestia-archive.tumblr.com/](http://askprincessmolestia-archive.tumblr.com/)
[https://www.sofurry.com/view/768577](https://www.sofurry.com/view/768577)
[http://pickd-your-poisin.tumblr.com/post/143929782086/glowing-gobbie-another-commish-of-human-on-royal](http://pickd-your-poisin.tumblr.com/post/143929782086/glowing-gobbie-another-commish-of-human-on-royal)
[http://www.furaffinity.net/view/16942281/](http://www.furaffinity.net/view/16942281/)]
"That," Molestia panted, then gulped down the last drops of cum in her mouth, "that sounds acceptable, my loyal advisor. And my first decree, as the renewed Princess of all Equestria, is...every mare not pregnant within a year from today, will be put in King Sombra's harem, since he's so good at the job. After I've tried him out myself, that is."
"Very good, Your Highness," Tirek acknowledged with a low, obsequious bow. "I will put it into royal law immediately."
That was when the jerk on her collar broke the spell of Twilight's magical vision, and she nearly stumbled as the little green imp pulled her along. He was *strong* for his size! Maid Marian, though, had the worst time; after all the dancing she'd been required to do, she was on the verge of total collapse, unable even to speak when Twilight tried to give her a few words of encouragement, but only pant and nod breathlessly, her modest, white-furred breasts jiggling with every step, the movements exaggerated thanks to the stark contrast of the golden rings through her nipples against the snowy white of the fur covering them.
After her ordeal, enduring the horrors of seeing - and experiencing! - what her beloved mentor had endured in the all-too-recent past, Twilight Sparkle hardly pair attention to what Creeper was babbling about as they walked along one of the long corridors at the top of Castlevania, toward an even larger chamber than the one Dracula called his home. At least, she wasn't, until she heard the words, "You'll simply *love* joining the party! After an hour or two in the Pit, you won't be able to think of anything else!"
The Pit? Party? What twisted scheme could these sick, twisted monsters be up to now? Then, as Creeper motioned to a pair of hulking rhino guards, who pushed open the door to the vast chamber where he'd been leading the two princesses, both Twilight and Maid Marian *gasped* in horror, their eyes going wide at what they saw beyond.
[[https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=999774](https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=999774)]
The room itself wasn't that remarkable. At least, it wasn't that different in architecture from the rest of the top floor. Strange, twisted pillars rose to the ceiling, and to those pillars were bound dragons and...dragons? Sure, Twilight had expected to see the purple-scaled hero, Spyro, and even his friends Ember, the pink-scaled dragoness, and Cynder, the one who'd betrayed Malefor. These poor souls had been captured by King Bowser when he'd aided Malefor's conquest of the world of dragons, and Twilight already knew from the glimpse into Malefor's personality that she'd had that he was a pragmatist: Dracula needed dragon slaves to perform a great rite, so the young dragonlings had been repurposed for the job, Malefor deliberately delaying his revenge a little longer. At first Twilight was surprised to see what appeared to be two humans and an elf also bound to the pillars, but as soon as she focused her magical senses, she realized her mistake: these were dragons, all right, but trapped in a weaker, more manageable form, their naked bodies exposed and vulnerable. Also bound to one of the pillars was someone Twilight knew: Princess Ember! The young blue dragoness still had a defiant expression on her face, her youth and idealism not having failed her yet. Twilight only hoped that idealism wouldn't be crushed by the horrors that would surely come next. The large and rather handsome older red dragon opposite her certainly looked like he doubted he'd make it through intact. In fact, the only one of the dragons bound to the pillars who didn't look at least a little concerned was a large blue male, who seemed, surprisingly, perfectly relaxed, as though he were simply playing a game of chess against an underskilled opponent. This great blue dragon cast Twilight Sparkle a pleasant smile, then glanced down between his legs, before giving her an apologetic shrug. Twilight's eyes followed the gaze of the dragon...then hastily turned away! \_My\_but that big blue male was...gifted!
[[http://spyro.wikia.com/wiki/Cynder\_](http://spyro.wikia.com/wiki/Cynder_)(The\_Legend\_of\_Spyro)
[http://shadowrun.wikia.com/wiki/Dunkelzahn](http://shadowrun.wikia.com/wiki/Dunkelzahn)
[http://www.furaffinity.net/view/18972872/](http://www.furaffinity.net/view/18972872/)
[http://spyro.wikia.com/wiki/Ember](http://spyro.wikia.com/wiki/Ember)
[http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Princess\_Ember](http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Princess_Ember)
[http://patchsblog.tumblr.com/post/144280935136/finally-all-caught-up-on-mlp-have-some-ember-from](http://patchsblog.tumblr.com/post/144280935136/finally-all-caught-up-on-mlp-have-some-ember-from)
[http://www.furaffinity.net/view/21080017/](http://www.furaffinity.net/view/21080017/)
[http://www.furaffinity.net/view/19703083/](http://www.furaffinity.net/view/19703083/)
[http://jowybean.deviantart.com/art/Ascending-Royal-649557796](http://jowybean.deviantart.com/art/Ascending-Royal-649557796)
[http://nsfw.kevinsano.com/post/151563172983/ember-image-set-flat-chest-version-originally](http://nsfw.kevinsano.com/post/151563172983/ember-image-set-flat-chest-version-originally)
[http://stoicfive.tumblr.com/image/143058186874](http://stoicfive.tumblr.com/image/143058186874)
[http://www.furaffinity.net/view/21857487](http://www.furaffinity.net/view/21857487)
[https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=1180107](https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=1180107)
[https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=1072237](https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=1072237)
[http://www.sofurry.com/view/988571](http://www.sofurry.com/view/988571)
[https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=1073432&page=2](https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=1073432&page=2)
[http://spyro.wikia.com/wiki/Ignitus](http://spyro.wikia.com/wiki/Ignitus)
[http://spyro.wikia.com/wiki/Spyro\_the\_Dragon\_](http://spyro.wikia.com/wiki/Spyro_the_Dragon_)(character)]
Horrors, in fact, was what was in the middle of the vast chamber. Horrible shrieks and screams and growls and bestial snarls came from the depths of a great pit, as well as the most visceral, viscous sounds of flesh-slapping-flesh, and gushing fluids splattering naked bodies, inside and out. Near the edge of the pit several girls, and a single human man, were being held, bound, in the clutches of a squad of massive rhino guards, accompanied by wolves wearing hoods that concealed much of their faces, a large and proud-looking crocodile stood ready, watching the events within the pit with an air of fiendish glee. Hardly bothering to look away, he motioned with one hand toward the prisoners, and promptly the rhinos shoved a small pink pig-girl forward, her only clothes a scarf and pair of goggles.
"No," sobbed the piggy as she was pushed right up to the edge of the pit, little rocks by her trotters tumbling forward. "Please, not that. Don't put me in! Don't put meeeeeeeEEEEEE!"
[[http://farm-heroes-saga.wikia.com/wiki/Amelia](http://farm-heroes-saga.wikia.com/wiki/Amelia)
[http://rule34.paheal.net/post/view/1755238](http://rule34.paheal.net/post/view/1755238)]
Unable to help herself, Twilight moved forward, right up to the edge as well. Almost as soon as the poor pig landed on the soft sand of the arena below, the *Things* down there were upon here. Hulking beasts, shaggy and terrible, fur bristling and fangs and claws sharp and glistening. That wasn't all that they had that glistened, though...oh...oh my...
[[http://bloodborne.wiki.fextralife.com/Beast-possessed+Soul+%28Mob%29](http://bloodborne.wiki.fextralife.com/Beast-possessed+Soul+%28Mob%29)
[http://ruleofrose.wikia.com/wiki/Brown](http://ruleofrose.wikia.com/wiki/Brown)
[http://bloodborne.wiki.fextralife.com/Wolf+Beast](http://bloodborne.wiki.fextralife.com/Wolf+Beast)
[http://clocktower.wikia.com/wiki/Hewie](http://clocktower.wikia.com/wiki/Hewie)
[http://sonic.wikia.com/wiki/Sonic\_the\_Werehog](http://sonic.wikia.com/wiki/Sonic_the_Werehog)
[http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Spike](http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Spike)]
The pig, Amelia, the one who'd been intended to serve as the guide for the Road Rovers, to get them out of Castlevania, and back to the ship, was soon snatched up by the fastest of the creatures, a hulking beast that might once have been a hedgehog, but now was as much hybrid of wolf as meek insectivore. And it's cock! It was *huge*! Shouldering aside the other monstrosities in the depths, including a powerfully-built purple dragon-thing as wild and savage as the rest, the werehog roughly shoved Amelia down, gripping her rounded pink buns tightly, spreading them wide before mashing its large, engulfing muzzle against her tender pink parts. Slurping and snarling greedily as he feasted on her copious juices, the werehog seemed utterly heedless as the dragon beast circled the poor little poggy, gripped her chin, and slowly force-fed a brutal length of meaty dragoncock into her suckling mouth.
Wait...Twilight knew that dragon. It was...no, it couldn't be...but it was! It was Spike!
[[http://xrandomxnessx.tumblr.com/post/113258776727/ive-realized-now-that-weve-never-seen-spikes](http://xrandomxnessx.tumblr.com/post/113258776727/ive-realized-now-that-weve-never-seen-spikes)
[http://pia-sama.deviantart.com/art/RD-Chapter-8-Cover-631589637](http://pia-sama.deviantart.com/art/RD-Chapter-8-Cover-631589637)
[http://pia-sama.deviantart.com/art/RD-Chapter-7-P34-630344864](http://pia-sama.deviantart.com/art/RD-Chapter-7-P34-630344864)
[https://derpibooru.org/1173080?q=artist%3Aforgey](https://derpibooru.org/1173080?q=artist%3Aforgey)
[http://www.furaffinity.net/view/18847782/](http://www.furaffinity.net/view/18847782/)
[http://garam-tbr.tumblr.com/post/127263371314/back-to-nsfw-i-leaved-out-lettering-because-i](http://garam-tbr.tumblr.com/post/127263371314/back-to-nsfw-i-leaved-out-lettering-because-i)]
"The dragon adapted well to the blood pellets, wouldn't you say?" came a voice, deep and powerful and masculine, and at first Twilight thought she was the one being addressed. Then, looking around, she saw a tall, draconic figure with smouldering golden eyes standing next to another figure, this one all-too-familiar, both standing on the opposite side of the Pit. "With so many dormant gods on this planet, getting samples of their blood was simplicity itself. And as you can see, the effects are astonishing. Why, even beings that would never dream of acts of true savagery or, heaven forefend, rape, are eagerly giving into their most carnal, monstrous sides. These sacrificial lambs here," and he motioned to the girls bound in chains by the side of the Pit, "will all prove the truth of my experiments."
[[http://thelastunicorn.wikia.com/wiki/The\_Unicorn/Lady\_Amalthea](http://thelastunicorn.wikia.com/wiki/The_Unicorn/Lady_Amalthea)
[http://rule34.paheal.net/post/view/1708643](http://rule34.paheal.net/post/view/1708643)
[https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=1022339](https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=1022339)
[http://www.furaffinity.net/view/9101263/](http://www.furaffinity.net/view/9101263/)
[http://spyro.wikia.com/wiki/Bianca](http://spyro.wikia.com/wiki/Bianca)
[http://crashbandicoot.wikia.com/wiki/Coco\_Bandicoot](http://crashbandicoot.wikia.com/wiki/Coco_Bandicoot)
[http://midday-mayhem.deviantart.com/art/Coco-542674043](http://midday-mayhem.deviantart.com/art/Coco-542674043)
[http://midday-mayhem.deviantart.com/art/Coco-ALT-543112013](http://midday-mayhem.deviantart.com/art/Coco-ALT-543112013)
[http://heatseaker2.deviantart.com/art/Coco-Bandicoot-207332781](http://heatseaker2.deviantart.com/art/Coco-Bandicoot-207332781)
[http://cocobandicootgirl.deviantart.com/art/Coco-Time-305009252](http://cocobandicootgirl.deviantart.com/art/Coco-Time-305009252)
[http://spiceandwolf.wikia.com/wiki/Holo](http://spiceandwolf.wikia.com/wiki/Holo)
[http://darkstalkers.wikia.com/wiki/Hsien-Ko](http://darkstalkers.wikia.com/wiki/Hsien-Ko) and[http://capcom.wikia.com/wiki/Mei-Ling](http://capcom.wikia.com/wiki/Mei-Ling)
[http://crashbandicoot.wikia.com/wiki/Nina\_Cortex](http://crashbandicoot.wikia.com/wiki/Nina_Cortex)
[http://seg0lene.deviantart.com/art/CB-Crash-Special-Series-1-Nina-Cortex-637586242](http://seg0lene.deviantart.com/art/CB-Crash-Special-Series-1-Nina-Cortex-637586242)
[http://crashbandicoot.wikia.com/wiki/Pasadena\_O%27Possum](http://crashbandicoot.wikia.com/wiki/Pasadena_O%27Possum)
[http://midday-mayhem.deviantart.com/art/Would-Be-O-Possum-168325491](http://midday-mayhem.deviantart.com/art/Would-Be-O-Possum-168325491)
[http://midday-mayhem.deviantart.com/art/Pasadena-O-possum-272529373](http://midday-mayhem.deviantart.com/art/Pasadena-O-possum-272529373)
[http://cocobandicootgirl.deviantart.com/art/PaSaDeNa-283517036](http://cocobandicootgirl.deviantart.com/art/PaSaDeNa-283517036)
[http://crashbandicoot.wikia.com/wiki/Tawna](http://crashbandicoot.wikia.com/wiki/Tawna)
[http://lurking-leanne.deviantart.com/art/Tawna-Bandicoot-493674449](http://lurking-leanne.deviantart.com/art/Tawna-Bandicoot-493674449)
[http://seg0lene.deviantart.com/art/CB-Crash-Special-Series-11-Tawna-Bandicoot-645849469](http://seg0lene.deviantart.com/art/CB-Crash-Special-Series-11-Tawna-Bandicoot-645849469)
[http://midday-mayhem.deviantart.com/art/Twinsanity-Tawna-285246289](http://midday-mayhem.deviantart.com/art/Twinsanity-Tawna-285246289)
[http://cocobandicootgirl.deviantart.com/art/Tawna-310973885](http://cocobandicootgirl.deviantart.com/art/Tawna-310973885)
[http://quesogr7.deviantart.com/art/From-Ecchi-to-Imouto-274778536](http://quesogr7.deviantart.com/art/From-Ecchi-to-Imouto-274778536)]
The other figure, dark and forbidding, curled his lip slightly, showing a hint of razor-sharp fang as he rolled his shoulders, making the long royal fur he wore ripple as though in an unfelt wind.
"You don't believe me, then?" the red dragon with the crown of horns scoffed. "All right, I'll prove it to you." He motioned toward two of the girls, young humans by the look of them, one a beautiful blonde, the other a rather mousey-looking woman with a slightly hangdog demeanor. "We shall see what happens when we give the mistresses to their former dogs."
[[http://clocktower.wikia.com/wiki/Fiona\_Belli](http://clocktower.wikia.com/wiki/Fiona_Belli)
[http://ruleofrose.wikia.com/wiki/Jennifer](http://ruleofrose.wikia.com/wiki/Jennifer)]
Malefor. Of course the dragon was Malefor. Twilight knew that without having to be told, even though she'd only seen him before in visions. The other figure, though, she knew, and recognized his walk as he stalked toward the throne, seeming not to care one whit that he was naked as a god (and Twilight wished she could just stop staring at his gorgeous rear end as he walked - Evil wasn't supposed to have a hot butt!) save for his cape and crown. The hellish blaze of the eyes, the flash of sharp teeth when he changed expression, the perfect tone of his battle-hardened musculature. There was only one being who it could be, and that being was...
[[https://derpibooru.org/818467](https://derpibooru.org/818467)
[http://plots-n-blush.tumblr.com/post/143851742265/patreon-daily-doodle](http://plots-n-blush.tumblr.com/post/143851742265/patreon-daily-doodle)
[https://e621.net/post/show/892171/2016-anthro-anthrofied-armor-butt-cloak-clothing-c](https://e621.net/post/show/892171/2016-anthro-anthrofied-armor-butt-cloak-clothing-c)
[http://plots-n-blush.tumblr.com/post/143851742265/patreon-daily-doodle](http://plots-n-blush.tumblr.com/post/143851742265/patreon-daily-doodle)
[https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=821354&page=2](https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=821354&page=2)
[http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11419776/](http://www.furaffinity.net/view/11419776/)
[https://e621.net/post/show/266999/2012-anthro-anthrofied-armor-avante92-black\_hair-b](https://e621.net/post/show/266999/2012-anthro-anthrofied-armor-avante92-black_hair-b)]
"Sombra!"
Seating himself calmly, as though he hadn't heard Twilight's shrill yell from across the Pit, Sombra rested one hand on the slave to his right, and another on the slave to his left. Slaves, Twilight realized, that she recognized even more surely than Sombra himself: they were her brother and sister-in-law, Shining Armor and Princess Cadence! Flashes of half-buried memories of what she'd seen Sombra doing to the young couple flashed back into Twilight's mind unbidden, along with a clear impression of why they served so willingly, which came before she even had time to question them for such total submission: Flurry Heart. Sombra would leave their daughter alone, so long as they obeyed him utterly, no matter what he might demand of them.
[[http://www.furaffinity.net/view/20743236/](http://www.furaffinity.net/view/20743236/) - though how long his promise will last is uncertain
[http://nsfw.kevinsano.com/post/147595815122/cadancer](http://nsfw.kevinsano.com/post/147595815122/cadancer)
[https://e621.net/post/show/1042154/2016-abstract\_background-animal\_genitalia-animal\_p](https://e621.net/post/show/1042154/2016-abstract_background-animal_genitalia-animal_p)
[https://e621.net/post/show/981520/2016-abstract\_background-adultery-animal\_genitalia](https://e621.net/post/show/981520/2016-abstract_background-adultery-animal_genitalia)
[https://e621.net/post/show/930465/2016-adultery-animal\_genitalia-animal\_penis-balls](https://e621.net/post/show/930465/2016-adultery-animal_genitalia-animal_penis-balls)-
[http://sw0rdkirby.tumblr.com/post/141019115489/phew-spent-about-a-good-14-hours-on-this-i-hope](http://sw0rdkirby.tumblr.com/post/141019115489/phew-spent-about-a-good-14-hours-on-this-i-hope)
[http://candyclops.tumblr.com/tagged/sombra/page/2](http://candyclops.tumblr.com/tagged/sombra/page/2)
[http://candyclops.tumblr.com/post/140364580406/shining-armor-x-king-sombra-patreon-comic-part-3](http://candyclops.tumblr.com/post/140364580406/shining-armor-x-king-sombra-patreon-comic-part-3)
[https://www.sofurry.com/view/788808](https://www.sofurry.com/view/788808)
And last of all: [https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=1045379](https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=1045379)and [http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Coco\_Pommel](http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Coco_Pommel)]
"The g-great and powerful King Sombra," began a timid, meek voice forced to far greater volumes than it was accustomed, "welcomes Her Royal Highness, the Princess of Friendship, Twilight Sparkle."
Blinking, Twilight turned her attention toward the off-white filly with two-toned blue hair and the adorably modest bust (which she tried desperately to hide with her hands, along with the tiny dimple of her sex), and blinked, recognizing her from the times she'd been to Manehattan with Rarity.
"Coco Pommel?" Twilight asked incredulously. "What...how...why...?"
"K-King Sombra said he'd spare Manehattan the worst of his rule if I served him," Coco explained, not meeting Twilight's eyes. "Me, and a few others. He likes to make deals like that, getting complete obedience in exchange for something he can always take away. When he doesn't," she shuddered, tears filling the corners of her eyes, "when he doesn't just dominate your mind, and make you do what he wants anyway. He has these helmets that..." and just as suddenly as she'd started speaking, Coco broke off with a startled squeak, her whole body jerking upward at a very slight motion of Sombra's hand. "I'm sorry, Your Majesty! I'm sorry! I'm only supposed to speak the words that Sombra allows me to have. Usually, they're his words, so he doesn't have to waste time speaking himself. Sometimes he lets me use my own words, when he doesn't want to bother filling my head with his instead." Now, finally, she raised her eyes, looking at Twilight with a pitiful expression. "Right now, King Sombra is telling me to tell you that he expects you will make an excellent, willing slave."
"I will not!" snapped Twilight, then gasped as she saw three others step from behind Sombra's throne. "Sunset Shimmer...Starlight Glimmer...and Trixie? What are you doing here?"
[[http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Starlight\_Glimmer](http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Starlight_Glimmer)
[http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Sunset\_Shimmer](http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Sunset_Shimmer)
[http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Trixie](http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Trixie)]
"Those three are my handiwork, actually," Malefor chimed in with a pleasant air. "My own little servant," and here he motioned toward a slim blonde bunny in a short robe with the other intended sacrifices by the edge of the pit, "didn't pan out very well. Turns out, she'd already served the forces of Evil unwittingly before, and reformed. Corrupting someone a second time is next to impossible when they've set up defenses against it. These three, however," and now he smiled wickedly, a smile shared by Sombra, "they only needed a light nudge to put them back into their old habits. Some additional power, a few dozen orgasms, and several loads of combined dragon and unicorn cum, and they were more than willing to do whatever we might wish of them."
[[http://midday-mayhem.deviantart.com/art/Bianca-539940296](http://midday-mayhem.deviantart.com/art/Bianca-539940296)]
"Which is more than you ever gave to the Great and Powerful Trixie!" the silver-maned, blue-furred filly called out shrilly. "I tried to make it clear that I was willing to do anything to show how humble and penitent I was - *anything* - but you're as thick as a brick, oh high-and-mighty Princess of Friendship. Trixie would have...um," and finally Trixie blushed, looking at her two companions, both of whom were also blushing.
"What Trixie means," Starlight spoke up, her voice actually rather gentle and even kind, "is that we all wanted you, and wanted you to want us. Sexually, I mean," she added, turning almost crimson in the process. "But sex doesn't seem to be something you understand, Twilight. It never once seemed to occur to you, as far as any of us three could make out, to take that last little step, no matter how blatant we tried to be."
"Without outright telling you we wanted you to jump our bones, that is," Sunset Shimmer added with a wry smirk. "Guess that'll change now, though, huh, Twi?
[[https://www.sofurry.com/view/768583](https://www.sofurry.com/view/768583)
[http://www.sofurry.com/view/1036986](http://www.sofurry.com/view/1036986)
[http://www.sofurry.com/view/1065796](http://www.sofurry.com/view/1065796)
[http://patchsblog.tumblr.com/post/147328075466/a-few-days-ago-i-hit-3000-followers](http://patchsblog.tumblr.com/post/147328075466/a-few-days-ago-i-hit-3000-followers)]
"I-I had no idea..." Twilight started to stammer out, earning a roll of the eyes from the three unicorns before her, which only made her blush furiously - that, of course, was the whole point. "But...but that doesn't mean you have to serve Evil, girls. You can always come back..."
"And what?" challenged Sunset with an arched eyebrow. "Be goody little two-hooves like you?" She snorted derisively. "I don't think so. King Sombra's given us a lot better offer. I think you'll find he's got one you'll like as well, if you'll take the time to listen."
Twilight opened her mouth, about to retort angrily again, only to stop as her horn began to glow green. The same green glow that came from Sombra's eyes.
With that glow, she saw clearly the many fillies and even colts that Twilight knew, and the Sombra knew she knew. Ponies that he'd seen, and fancied. There were so many of them, and yet somehow Twilight knew that Sombra had the power and potency to be able to make full and steady use of them all, as slaves in his harem.
[[https://e621.net/post/show/948273/2016-3d\_-artwork-absurd\_res-aloe\_-mlp-anthro-anthr](https://e621.net/post/show/948273/2016-3d_-artwork-absurd_res-aloe_-mlp-anthro-anthr)]
Then the image flashed fully to Twilight's own mother, Twilight Velvet. The light grey mare was showering, running her hands slowly up and down her shapely body, then cupping her full breasts, moaning as she turned their slightly darker grey nipples up toward the showerhead. Through the glass of the shower, she could just barely make out her father, Night Light, getting undressed, preparing to join his wife for what would likely turn into a very dirty shower indeed.
[[http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Twilight\_Velvet\_and\_Night\_Light](http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Twilight_Velvet_and_Night_Light)]
Mercifully for keeping Twilight from being pushed any further into incestuous fantasies (she'd certainly had enough of those involving Shining Armor, thank you very much), Sombra withdrew the mental image of the present at that moment, instead fixing Twilight with his knowing gaze. Curling his lips upward in a cruel smile, showing his many sharp teeth - far too sharp for a pony - the wicked king motioned toward the thick, ponderous instrument of power standing erect and ready between his legs. The implication was clear: serve me, and I spare your parents.
[50% chance of Twilight Sparkle losing her virginity - rolled 24]
Gritting her teeth, Twilight's head lowered, and she knelt before the evil king, lowering her head in total submission. Behind her, she was vaguely aware of a scream as another victim was pushed into the Pit (she thought it was the blonde bandicoot girl, Tawna, but couldn't really be sure), while the two human girls were slowly pressed forward, letting them have plenty of time to build up their fear and anticipation. Opening her eyes, fixing Sombra's with a sullen, defiant glare, Twilight leaned her head forward...and kissed the bulbous head of his penis.
"Oh yeah," said Trixie softly. "I've been waiting to see this for a long time."
"You're not alone," agreed Sunset Shimmer, adjusting her leather miniskirt slightly. Starlight Glimmer didn't say anything, but only bit her lower lip, taking a step back to be slightly less conspicuous as her inner thighs began to tremble, even as all three ponies fixed their eyes on Twilight Sparkle, as she started to slowly, inexpertly, bob her head, spreading her mouth as wide as she could to wet Sombra's shaft.
[[https://matimus91-nsfw.tumblr.com/post/144152658551/mlp-royalty-may-theme-04-cum-edit](https://matimus91-nsfw.tumblr.com/post/144152658551/mlp-royalty-may-theme-04-cum-edit)
[http://evehorny.tumblr.com/post/141022421252/commissioned-by-1000miles-away](http://evehorny.tumblr.com/post/141022421252/commissioned-by-1000miles-away)
[https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=1045281](https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=1045281)]
Coco Pommel turned away, wishing she had something more substantial than her hand to conceal the moistening of her lower lips, or the hardening of her nipples. Cadence and Shining Armor, on the other hand, simply watched with sad-eyed expressions. Though they didn't know exactly what Sombra had showed their little sister, they knew what Sombra could do, and how persuasive he could be.
As for Twilight, her technique soon started to improve, as images of what Sombra wanted her to do began to flood her mind in rapid sequence. Releasing Sombra's flared cockhead with a soft 'pop,' she lowered her muzzle to his heavy balls, and started to lick them, then to nibble on them lightly, sucking tiny mouthfuls of soft sacflesh into her mouth, until each full, firm orb glistened, clearly highlighted through the velvet-soft sac in which they were housed. Then she began nibbling her way up the underside of Sombra's shaft, not using her hands, because Sombra didn't want her to, working her tongue firmly against his frenulum, and then into the seeping slit at the tip.
As though to drive home the point, Twilight felt the rough, startlingly powerful hands of Creeper grabbing her wrists, then jerking them back, before binding her fast, even wrapping ropes around her upper arms as well, keeping them very securely cinched behind her. Tears streamed down her face as she felt Creeper slip a cold iron band over and down her horn, then squeeze it firmly into place at the base, effectively blocking her magic against all but her most strenuous efforts, efforts that would surely be noticed.
A sense of her true helplessness suddenly flooding Twilight's heart, tears suddenly flooded her eyes as she began to bob her head once more, this time with far more purpose and skill than before, her tongue cradling the underside of Sombra's shaft. The cruel king smiled down at Twilight in amusement, a small but very wicked smile playing across his savagely handsome face as he watched her put her all into pleasing him - him, a force that had lived for centuries! Every so often, Twilight would almost make it to the medial ring on Sombra's shaft, but then she'd have to pull back, coughing, as she very nearly choked herself in the process. When she did this, Sombra's washboard belly would tense visibly, and he would give a low, bestial growl like a wild animal, the hand resting on the arm of his throne clenching a little, even though he kept the other hand uplifted, resting his head against it as he watched the young purple filly work with all her limited virgin ability.
Extending the hand that had been gripping his throne arm, Sombra stroked it down Twilight's back, feeling her firm musculature, surprisingly well-developed for someone as bookish as she was...but then, considering how active her lifestyle had been since she left her studies at Canterlot Academy, perhaps not so surprising. With a smile that was actually softer now, he let his large, powerful hand roam over her shapely rump, gently squeezing each firm handful of purple ponyflesh. Despite herself, Twilight couldn't help but arch her back, moaning softly, and then blushing furiously at the moan - she was being forced into this! She shouldn't enjoy it! But Sombra had a way of getting into your head, the very reason why he'd been so feared by his subjects when he'd ruled the Crystal Empire in ages past. He knew just how far to go, and just when to pull back.
[[http://evehorny.tumblr.com/post/150717280022/done-in-the-stream-u-i-bet-yall-wish-you-showed](http://evehorny.tumblr.com/post/150717280022/done-in-the-stream-u-i-bet-yall-wish-you-showed)
[http://www.furaffinity.net/view/15361391/](http://www.furaffinity.net/view/15361391/)
[https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=889057](https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=889057)]
Right then was not the time for pulling back.
*Gasping\_loudly, Twilight's tear-filled eyes widened as she felt that massive, masculine hand just \_engulf* her tiny sex. She'd taken her own hymen during some self-exploration back in her early teens, but she'd never had anything larger than a middle-sized carrot inside of her since then - she'd never dared to use cucumbers like Rarity sometimes did, and certainly not the apples of which Applejack was so fond. Needless to say, Sombra was quite a bit bigger than a cucumber. But his fingers, though rough in texture, were tender, even gentle, at least at first, and very, \_very\_skilled. When they first slid into Twilight's cunny, she blushed even more deeply, her plum purple cheeks turning beet red as much in embarrassment at how \_wet\_he found her, as from the shock of the pleasure itself.
Then Sombra began to *move\_his fingers, and Twilight couldn't take it anymore. Instantly, her head jerked back, and she cried out loudly, her muzzle parted wide. She'd cum! She'd read about orgasms, she'd even experienced a few really nice ones from her self-exploration (mostly fueled by fantasies about her loving mentor's perfect flanks), but this was the first one she'd ever had given to her by a stallion. This realization, however, came only moments before Sombra curled his middle finger up inside of Twilight, and she came again, slumping forward as she did so, rubbing her eggplant purple nipples against the chill side of Sombra's marble throne. Then again...and again...and harder, her body jerking and \_grinding* against the cold stone, until it grew warm, then wet, then slick, just like the factory air between her legs, until she couldn't even think about the moans coming from the three unicorn fillies watching her being so thoroughly and so easily dominated, or the soft sounds of unwilling arousal coming from her older siblings and her fashionista friend's friend. She was only vaguely aware of the fingers of Sombra's other hand pressed against her lips, sufficiently aware to wrap those lips around them, and start to suckle, bobbing her head just like she'd tried to do with his penis, still glistening with her early oral efforts, at least down to the medial ring.
Then those strong hands and skilled fingers withdrew, and Twilight was left gasping, blinking in confusion as she looked up at Sombra, not quite seeing him through the haze of pink mist that shrouded itself over her field of vision. Before she fully understood what was going on, those hands were gripping her around her slender waist, lifting her, positioning her - reverse cowgirl, the analytical part of her mind provided, helpful as always, even in the midst of more sensation than she'd ever experienced at once in her life. One hand was now beneath her thigh, while the other gripped her shoulder, holding her up, keeping her spread, putting her exactly where her new master wanted her.
A thick, blunt object was nudging at Twilight's tender lower lips, slowly parting them, spreading them open with surprising care for the cruel and mighty tyrant king of the Crystal Empire. Then Twilight's whole world was suddenly centered right down to the single point of her cunny, as Sombra let her sink down...down...and soooo slowly down, working his hips as he did so, even having to grit his teeth and *push* a bit, the alicorn filly in his grip was so *tight*! With a wail, full realization of what was happening, and just how far her first cock had sunk into her, hit Twilight in a rush, and with that rush of realization came an even more powerful rush of sensation, rocking her mind and soul and body right to their roots. Mouth wide, Twilight cried out again and again, cried out until she was hoarse, until she just couldn't make any more noise, until everything seemed to fade away, except the cock now pistoning in and out of her quim, and the force of each impact as she was bucked on Sombra's hips, bouncing on his lap, her breasts bobbing as the wet, squelching slap of his balls against her clitty and inner thighs filled her ears.
[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWUmsY1yMvc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWUmsY1yMvc)
[https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=1047557](https://inkbunny.net/submissionview.php?id=1047557)]
\*
In the midst of Twilight's maelstrom of experience, Maid Marian had quietly slipped to the edge of the group. She'd been herded by Creeper toward the other prisoners to be thrown into the Pit, but her quiet nature and natural vulpine knack for stealth helped her move, slowly and quietly, toward the rear of the chamber, near one of the great stained glass windows. Robin Hood would come to save her, she knew. He'd certainly do his best to save as many of these poor souls as was possible - if there was a way to do it, Robin Hood would find that way, and exploit it. But in the meantime, the lovely young vixen realized that she'd need to help herself, at least just a little. Unless, that is, her knack for lucky breaks happened to kick in...
[30% chance of Maid Marian being doomed - rolled...92]
"Push on it a bit," said an odd but not unpleasant voice from slightly above Maid Marian's head. Looking up, she blinked at the...thing she saw, resting in the air above her as casually as though he were lounging on solid ground. Or, more likely, a couch, since he was happily munching popcorn from a large tub, his eyes fixed on the show taking place before him.
As for the creature himself, Maid Marian wasn't really sure what to make of him. One foot was that of some scaly reptile, while the other was of a hooved mammal. His hands were similarly mismatched, one a large feline paw, the other an eagle's talon. His serpentine body was a roughly even mix of fur and scales, brown fur up above, and red scales down below, while his head was somewhere between a goat and a dragon, with perhaps a bit of horse thrown in for good measure, with the horn of an antelope sitting next to a deer's antler on the very top. What was most disturbing about this mismatched entity, however, were his large red-pupiled, yellow eyes. The pupils were different sizes, and their wide-eyed, constant stare gave Marian the impression that the creature's mind was at even more disorganized than the rest of him - a terrifying thought!
[[http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Discord](http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Discord)]
"I know it's none of my business," the dracoequus continued with casual mien, "but as I said, you should push on the glass a bit. It's not nearly as solid as it appears." He smirked when Maid Marian glanced around, then rolled his eyes. "Don't be silly - they can't see or hear me unless I want them to. Which I don't, since they might try to recruit me. After my last experience with Tirek, believe me, I'm quite done with villainous team-ups. Maybe the occasional solo job, just for the fun of it, but never in a group, not ever again. Badguys work best apart anyway - it's our nature. Well, when I'm being bad, that is. I'm Discord, by the way - pleased to meet you."
[[http://howxu.deviantart.com/art/Circle-of-Discord-372575048](http://howxu.deviantart.com/art/Circle-of-Discord-372575048)]
Maid Marian didn't dare speak, for fear of drawing attention to herself, but she motioned with her muzzle toward the horrors taking place in the vast chamber, even as she shook the extended talon presented to her. Discord arched an eyebrow, then rolled his eyes.
"No, I'm not getting involved in all that. Well, not now, at least. For one, my best friend, Fluttershy, isn't in any immediate danger right now. For another, I think a bit of the messy bits of life are good for shaking things up, and disturbing the boredom that sets in otherwise. And, for a third, it makes for great entertainment!"
Obviously mad, Marian concluded, then sighed, before giving Discord a pleasant smile and nod of gratitude. After all, he'd told her something that might...whoops!
"Gotcha!" came a strong female voice, before a pair of equally strong talons wrapped around Maid Marian's middle, lifting her up onto a ledge overlooking the great jungles below, with gargoyles above providing a sheltered spot from prying eyes. "Almost didn't see you there, foxy - what were you trying to do, going out an open window like that?"
The one who'd grabbed Maid Marian before she fell was a rather cute griffon girl, with somewhat messy headfeathers, though the messy look seemed to be deliberate, and Marian had to admit, it suited the other girl nicely.
"Thank you for your help, Lady Griffon," she said formally, giving the girlfon a curtsey (even if it was a bit embarrassing to do so when one is lacking a proper skirt, and instead only have an exceptionally flimsy see-through loincloth instead). "I would have been lost without you. My name is Maid Marian, wife of Robin Hood."
"Darn right you'd've been lost without...Robin Hood?" Now Marian saw that she had the white-headed girlfon's attention. "You know, you're really lucky you ended up with me saving you. Me, I really like Robin Hood - I kinda grew up on his stories. Other griffons around here, though, they're kinda corrupted, like, well..."
"Like most people, after Malefor or his minions get them," the vixen finished with an uncharacteristically grim expression on her sweet face. "Believe me, I know. I've seen it done."
"Well, yeah," the griffon girl continued. "I guess I'm one of the only ones not corrupted yet. Well, the only one uncorrupted who's still free. But nobody knows about it. Just like nobody knows you're free. Oh, my name's Gilda, by the way."
"Thank you again, Lady Gilda..."
"No 'lady' stuff - just Gilda."
"As you wish. But thank you all the same. As I said, I'm the wife of Robin Hood, and I have good reason to believe he's somewhere in the castle below, looking for me. I think I'd have a better chance of finding him if I had some more help. No offense, because I know that you must be remarkably competent, or you'd have been discovered already, but, well, you may have to stay out here to keep your friends from getting suspicious. Is there any way that you could perhaps reach in and help me save a few of the unfortunates inside that window from which I very nearly fell?"
Gilda blinked at this request, then scratched the back of her head.
"I dunno," she demurred. "It's awfully dangerous."
"Please," Marian persisted, "can't you try?"
Gilda suddenly pushed Marian against the side of the building, glancing around.
"The other griffons are making a last patrol before they head into their aeries for the night," she said in a hushed whisper. "You stay here, and stay quiet. I'll come back to you after it's dark, all right?"
Rather than answering, Maid Marian nodded.
"Right. See you soon. I hope."
With that, Gilda was gone, leaving the slender young vixen alone on a ledge far above a jungle teeming with life at least as hostile as the life (and unlife) within Castlevania itself. Hugging herself, Maid Marian reflected that at least she'd escaped a fate worse than death. She only hoped she'd get to see Robin again. Deep in her heart, though, somehow she knew that she would, if only she didn't lose hope. That thought warmed her as she waited beneath the overhanging gargoyles, out of sight of prying eyes.
**Choices**
Two Additional Votes:
Vote on the following characters. Those who get at least 4 votes will be spared, escaping along with Maid Marian. Only one vote is allowed per reader, so choose wisely:
\-Amalthea the Unicorn
\-Bianca the Witch Bunny
\-Coco Bandicoot
\-Horo
\-Hsien-Ko and Mei-Ling (both twins count as one vote)
\-Jorad Mace
\-Nina Cortex
\-Pasadena O'Possum
Second vote: what do Brown and Hewie do?
True to the end -
Malefor is right -
\*Superstation
1) Comet, Krypto, Ace, and Swift Wind lay down the law (an orgy highly likely) - 4
(65% chance of success, rolled 4 times)
2) Laharl and Company meet Comet and company (probably not an orgy) -
3) Laharl and Company meet Skeletor and company (definitely not an orgy) -
4) Ratchet and the SWATKats - 3
(60% chance of success, 4 successes or failures)
\*Desert City
5) Shendu's plan takes effect - 5
(an orgy, Rajah will be thawed out, 70% chance of success, 3 successes or 4 failures)
6) Fate of the slaves (a Villains scene) - 1
7) Bambi and company make their way to the Pyramid Casino and safety - 1
(45% chance of success, 3 successes or failures; success here will put Bambi, Berri, Shirley McLoon, and Goldie Pheasant into active play, and peacefully retire the others; failure will put everyone into the clutches of Shere Khan)
8) What's going on at another casino?
\-Fat Cat's Casino - a 20's-style speakeasy - 4
(There are 50/50 odds that either Tanya and Fieval will be ravished, or Gadget, Foxglove, and Tammy will be. The one who isn't ravished, however, will escape and reach our heroes.)
\-The Mouse Trap - a pub with the best card games in Casino City - 0
\-The Percheron - all-horse review, actually a pretty safe spot - 3
\-The Pyramid - what are our friends up to? - 0
\-Treasure Island - pirate-themed, and pirate-attended - 2
\*Castlevania and Environs
9) The Zerg and the Xenomorphs - 4
(50% chance of success for the Queen of Blades, best of 3)
10) Our teams meet up for the final approach - 2
(60% chance of success, rolled 5 times)
11) Draco and friends - 3
(mostly sex, but 70%, best of 3 all the same)
12) Ayumi, both Lara Crofts, Daring Do, and Rouge do some treasure hunting by themselves
(40% chance of success, rolled 5 times, once for each character)
13) Scar arrives - 1
(45% chance of success, rolled 4 times)
\*Other Locations
14) Characters on the Ship head to Castlevania - 1
(60% chance of success, 5 successes or failures)
15) An itch beneath their tails - 4
(Tails gets molested by ponies and horsemen alike)
16) The wolves and dogs on the ship gang up on Big Macintosh - 2
17) What are Bowser, Maleficent, and Magica de Spell doing? (10 votes needed) - 1
18) Shere Khan's villainy (10 votes needed) -
19) Wile E. Coyote up to no good...but *in* to quite a lot of it, knot deep - 5
20) Bucky O'Hare tries to escape the Jungles of Rage -
(50% chance, rolled 4 times)
21) Gilda and Stallion, infiltrators - 2
(55% chance of success, rolled 5 times)
22) Hunting in the Jungles of Rage - 1
(40% chance of success, rolled once for each fleeing character)
**Additional Requests/Votes**
*Characters (5 votes for new character additions):*
\*Character cleanup starts - ongoing
Adventures of T-Rex characters ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Adventures\_of\_T-Rex](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_T-Rex)) - 2
Aisha Clan-Clan ([http://outlawstar.wikia.com/wiki/Aisha\_Clan-Clan](http://outlawstar.wikia.com/wiki/Aisha_Clan-Clan)) - 1
Archer ([http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Archer\_](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Archer_)(Fate/stay\_night)) - 3
Bayonetta ([http://bayonetta.wikia.com/wiki/Bayonetta\_](http://bayonetta.wikia.com/wiki/Bayonetta_)(character)) - 3
Banjo ([http://banjokazooie.wikia.com/wiki/Banjo](http://banjokazooie.wikia.com/wiki/Banjo)) & Kazooie ([http://banjokazooie.wikia.com/wiki/Kazooie](http://banjokazooie.wikia.com/wiki/Kazooie)) - 1
Berserker ([http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Berserker\_](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Berserker_)(Fate/stay\_night)) - 2
Bubsy the Bocat ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubsy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubsy)) - 3
Dr. Viper ([http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Dr.\_Viper](http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Dr._Viper)) - 1
Drum Bunker Dragon ([http://buddyfight.wikia.com/wiki/Drum\_Bunker\_Dragon](http://buddyfight.wikia.com/wiki/Drum_Bunker_Dragon)) - 4
Duke, Captain N's Dog ([http://captainn.wikia.com/wiki/Duke](http://captainn.wikia.com/wiki/Duke)) - 1
Easter Bunny (male or female?) - 1
Eleanor Lamb ([http://bioshock.wikia.com/wiki/Eleanor\_Lamb](http://bioshock.wikia.com/wiki/Eleanor_Lamb)) - 1
Fran ([http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Fran](http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Fran)) - 1
Gordon Freeman (Half-Life,[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6PNZBb6b9LvDWpI-5CPYUxG1Rnm-vr9V](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6PNZBb6b9LvDWpI-5CPYUxG1Rnm-vr9V)) - 1
Gordon Shumway ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALF\_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALF_)(TV\_series) - 2
Jazz Jackrabbit ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz\_Jackrabbit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_Jackrabbit)) - 4
President John Henry Eden ([http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/John\_Henry\_Eden](http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/John_Henry_Eden)) - 5 - USA!
Lady Bow ([http://www.mariowiki.com/Lady\_Bow](http://www.mariowiki.com/Lady_Bow)) - 4
Leroy ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Catillac\_Cats#Leroy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Catillac_Cats#Leroy)) - 1
Liberty Prime ([http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Liberty\_Prime](http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Liberty_Prime)) - 5 - exterminate with prejudice!
Poison ([http://streetfighter.wikia.com/wiki/Poison](http://streetfighter.wikia.com/wiki/Poison)) - 2
Qinus Axia ([http://buddyfight.wikia.com/wiki/Dragowizard,\_Qinus\_Axia](http://buddyfight.wikia.com/wiki/Dragowizard,_Qinus_Axia)) - 4
Rajang (a monster encounter,[http://monsterhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Rajang](http://monsterhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Rajang)) - 2
Reptile ([http://mortalkombat.wikia.com/wiki/Reptile](http://mortalkombat.wikia.com/wiki/Reptile)) - 1
The Rescuers (Bianca and Bernard) - 1
Rider ([http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Rider\_](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Rider_)(Fate/stay\_night)) - 3
Sailor Animamates ([http://sailormoon.wikia.com/wiki/Sailor\_Animamates](http://sailormoon.wikia.com/wiki/Sailor_Animamates)) - 2
Snake Eyes ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake\_Eyes\_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_Eyes_)(G.I.\_Joe)) - 5 - awesome
Subject Delta ([http://bioshock.wikia.com/wiki/Subject\_Delta](http://bioshock.wikia.com/wiki/Subject_Delta)) - 1
Taomon ([http://digimon.wikia.com/wiki/Taomon](http://digimon.wikia.com/wiki/Taomon)) - 2
Teemo ([http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Teemo/Background](http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Teemo/Background)) - 3
Tiamat ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiamat\_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiamat_)(Dungeons\_%26\_Dragons)) - 5 - evil queen
Tomamo no Mae ([http://fategrandorder.wikia.com/wiki/Tamamo\_no\_Mae](http://fategrandorder.wikia.com/wiki/Tamamo_no_Mae)) - 3
Toralei Stripe ([http://monsterhigh.wikia.com/wiki/Toralei\_Stripe](http://monsterhigh.wikia.com/wiki/Toralei_Stripe) and[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRWR4IckzeY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRWR4IckzeY)) - 5 - stripes and all
Tracer ([http://overwatch.wikia.com/wiki/Tracer](http://overwatch.wikia.com/wiki/Tracer)) - 3
Zoo Crew ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain\_Carrot\_and\_His\_Amazing\_Zoo\_Crew](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Carrot_and_His_Amazing_Zoo_Crew)!) - 3
*Scenes (7 votes for most to happen):*
Casino: Pleasure Island casino, a place for transformations - 7 - the last vote needed
Godzilla meets Superpuma ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIRG8qELuXk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIRG8qELuXk)) - 1
Kim Possible gets in touch with family & friends - 4
Marvel vs. Capcom teamup (Deadpool, Okami, and Dante) - 2
Fluttershy/Toriel - 1
Characters on the Ship head to Castlevania - 2
Brooklyn/Firebrand - 6
Mewtwo becomes Lucario's pet - 10 - definitely happening
Draco gains paladin powers from Bahamut - 6
Draco gets lucky (except he's way too good to need luck) - 7 - yep, no luck needed
Samus/Ridley flashback scene - 4
Aeon Calcos attempts to take control of the reptile people - 5
Nobody joins the bughunt - 2
Cobra ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra\_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_)(G.I.\_Joe)) shows up - 2
Sam & Max show up...somewhere (the next vote to win) - 4
Alien Queen/Asriel (his adult version) - 2
Slave revolt at the mines - 4 |
Mares Seeking Stallions: Ace by Amethyst Mare | #4 of Mares Seeking Stallions Happy Valentine's Day, Razak! Hey, it's unconventional to some, but so sue me! Love how we fit together and ain't no one ever gonna take that away from us (despite comments). So... This is a series of mini stories with my mare characters that will be posted over the | [
"Alleyway",
"Cheat",
"Cheating",
"Cuck",
"Cucked",
"Cuckold",
"Cuckolded",
"Cuckolding",
"Domination",
"Draft Horse",
"Drafter",
"Equine",
"Femdom",
"Friesian",
"Horse",
"Love",
"M/F",
"Mare",
"Mares seeking stallions",
"Muscle",
"Outdoors",
"Pony",
"Relationships",
"Risk",
"Risk of Discovery",
"Risky sex",
"Rough Sex",
"Stallion",
"Straight",
"Vaginal",
"Vaginal Sex",
"Vaginal penetration",
"ace",
"alley",
"back alley",
"dominant",
"one night stand"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1145555-mares-seeking-stallions-ace | **Mares Seeking Stallions**
*Written by Arian Mabe (Amethyst Mare) for Razak*
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*Happy Valentine's Day, sweetheart! \<3*
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**Ace**
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He was exquisite. His coat was white, a Cremello Friesian stallion, with pink eyes and a quirk to his lips that she simply could not resist. His genes should never have allowed him to be the polar opposite of what his breed boasted, yet it was so. Tall and fine, his coat gleamed in the multi-coloured overhead lighting, ears tipping back as he reached for his drink. Muscle swelled with an aura of grace beneath that divine coat, demonstrating dedication in every move he made.
And that was why Ace had chosen him.
She'd had to have him. The poor stallion had no way of knowing what he was getting into when Ace cornered him in the bar, winding a lock of his mane around her paw and whispering sweetness in his ear. Matching him for height, the black mare challenged him boldly and he followed her like a colt with his first mare to the alleyway outside. He'd thought she was taking him back to her car, or perhaps the train station, but she'd hauled him off down the alleyway, thrusting him before her like she would guide a yearling.
She slammed his back into the wall with a grunt and kissed him, lips crushed dominantly to his. There was no escaping her hold and he settled for wrapping her arms around her, sliding a paw down and under her daringly short skirt to grope her arse. The mare hadn't bothered with underwear and he slid his thick finger over her cunny lips with a throaty groan: already soaked and dripping down her inner thighs. It was as if she'd only been out for one thing that night and one thing alone. His hard-on pressed up between their abdomens, held back by what now felt to be a too thin layer of fabric.
Ace's heart pounded. They hadn't even exchanged names. She didn't care what his name was. All she cared was that he was a good enough lay to get her lusts soaring and ecstasy weaving another tune of pleasure.
"Are you just going to kiss me then?" She hissed, green eyes stark in her black face as she stared the stallion down. "Or are you going to be a stud and fuck me?"
He snorted and shook his mane off his neck.
"You move quick."
Her paw closed on his throat, pressing down, before he even had time to blink and he yanked his head back, nostrils flaring.
"Maybe I don't have the patience to hang around with colts."
His eyes narrowed. That got to him. He grunted and squeezed two fingers into her pussy, shoving them roughly up to the knuckle into her hot wetness. Hissing, she arched and flung her head back.
"Oh yes... Now that's more like it..."
Ace groaned and rolled her head from shoulder to shoulder as his fingers teased deeper, spreading her out in preparation for what was to come. And then his paw was gone altogether as he yanked down his jeans, pink and grey mottled shaft springing out at full mast. It throbbed in his paw and he whinnied as the mare launched herself bodily at him, arms around his neck and shoulders to hitch herself up his body. He grabbed her just in time, one paw under her muscled rump, and turned her to the wall, pressing her back to it and letting the tip of his cock graze her lips.
"Stop playing games and fuck me, stud." Her eyes burned. "Take me like a mare needs to be taken!"
He wasn't sure if he wanted her as much as she wanted him or if he simply didn't dare disagree with her. It was hard to think of anything but fucking a mare when she was pressing down onto his cock either way. Capturing her lips with his, he nickered and forced his tongue into her muzzle as he rocked up, spreading her apart with his fat shaft. He slammed his paw into the wall beside her head as her tongue battled forcibly against his, sharing groans, and rammed in all the way, showing her as little mercy as she'd shown him.
Besides, hadn't she said she liked it rough?
Pinning his ears back, the stallion snorted hotly, pounding her into the wall with all his might. But the mare took everything he had to give her and more, arching out from the sturdy surface with a lusty moan that he felt tremble over his lips. His shaft slid slickly into her, driving up to slam into her inner barrier as he forced her lips to spread and stretch in a tight 'O' around his length. It should have hurt - should have been painful - but Ace only groaned louder and twisted her fingers into his mane, pulling him closer to her as his head spun with lust.
This was a mare that could go all night and longer.
And then her phone rang, buzzing against her bosom from the little pocket on her shirt. Ace's eyes gleamed as the stallion hesitated, breaking the kiss with a questioning whinny.
"Hang on there, hot-stuff."
Twisting, she shimmied the phone out of her blouse pocket and held it to her ear, an arm slung casually around the equine's neck as she trusted him to bear her weight. Groaning, he drove into her, tail flagging and legs trembling, unwilling to stop once she'd started. Ace smirked privately. He was every bit the delicious piece of stud-meat she'd hoped he would be.
But there was someone else who'd be interested to hear what she was up to.
"Can't talk now, darling," she huffed into the phone, digging her heels into the stallion's buttocks as he bucked, eyes wild. "I've finally got him."
She giggled, the garbled noise emitted from the phone making the stallion's ears twitch. But, as good as gold, he kept thrusting, fingers digging into her buttocks as he held her up, pinned in place by her will. Ace panted, letting her head roll back to the rough brickwork, phone pressed to the side of her face.
"I'll be home once I've had my fill of him, don't you worry about me."
Ace grinned and kissed her new stud on the nose. He laid his ears back, sharing breath as he groaned, flare just starting to plump up against the barrier of her cervix. Moaning, Ace made sure to direct the vocalisation of her pleasure into the phone, sparing her lover at the other end one last titbit before she returned her attention to the white stud and hung up.
"Love you, darling."
She whinnied loudly, the sound echoing off the alley walls as he bucked and grunted, cock spurting his first and certainly not his last load of the night deep inside her.
"Don't wait up for me." |
The Second Law - Part XX by OttersGonnaOtt | #98 of Entropy Series The gang drifts through the cold of space in the wake of a tragic loss. Elliot and Ashe reconsider the meaning living life together. A father risks his own life for the safety of his daughter. A longer one, again! I'm seriously not trying to give you guys and gals | [
"Alien",
"Alternate Reality",
"Arctic Wolf",
"Bisexual",
"Black Holes and Revelations",
"Black hole",
"Canine",
"Catastrophe",
"Character Development",
"Conditional Sex",
"Consent",
"Creampie",
"Cum",
"Cumshot",
"Cunnilingus",
"Delirium",
"Exhibitionism",
"Extrasolar",
"F/F",
"Facial",
"Family",
"Family planning",
"Fellatio",
"Flora-Fauna",
"Gender identity",
"Gender issues",
"Genetic Memory",
"Groping",
"Handjob",
"Incapacitation",
"Insertion",
"Internal",
"Late Period",
"Lesbian",
"Love",
"M/F",
"M/F/F",
"Male female",
"Masturbation",
"Mild Violence",
"Mustelid",
"Near Future",
"Necessary Violence",
"Oral",
"Oral Creampie",
"Orgasm",
"Otter",
"Paw",
"Payjob",
"Penetration",
"Planetary destruction",
"Plant",
"Pregnancy",
"Punishment",
"Relationship Development",
"Rules",
"Sci-Fa",
"Sci-Fi",
"Singularity",
"Starship",
"Straight",
"Teasing",
"Threesome",
"Vaginal",
"Watching",
"Wolf",
"accident",
"concern",
"exhaustion",
"exposed",
"flashback",
"interrupted",
"memory",
"parenthood",
"protection",
"self discovery",
"selfcest",
"spaceship",
"switch",
"voyeur"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1147073-the-second-law-part-xx | "Pwah\~..." Splaying across his brother's large bed, Elliot rested the cool bottle of water he'd just swigged over his forehead. "Sometimes I forget how nice it is to have a real bed. The couches in my office aren't the best for my back."
"They're not ideal for a multitude of things, but we're fighting for space so it is what it is." Ashe fumbled her way out of the bathroom and found her white cane, deftly returning to full confidence whilst holding a towel around her body. "And if you think they're bad for *your* back, try saying that after what *I* used them to do."
"Well you've probably got me there. That makes me think of how hard it is to change the sheets, too."
Ashe easily found the bed with Ellie's voice guiding her, the Arctic wolf flopping down next to him. "I'm sorry I put you through that. I'd have changed them myself, but--"
"It's alright, Ashe. I know it's harder for you to do some things, and walking to the laundry room with your arms full is pretty far from what I'd ever expect of you. There's nothing wrong with that." Ellie gave his love the water bottle to share, but not without eliciting a yip from her with a touch of the cold bottle to her neck. "That \~right there\~ is what I expect. You're cute and beautiful, no matter the stress or... bad news..."
"Ellie..." Ashe slowly sipped from the bottle, buying a moment to choose the right words. "The same goes for you. Don't blame yourself for the negatives that come your way if you're doing everything in your control to ease it. You deserve to be happy for all the good you bring."
"Thanks, beautiful." Ellie took the bottle for a moment to down another gulp, spilling a tad on his chest without much concern. "So you giving up on the cigarettes too? You're getting a bit... *brainier* than usual."
"No, it's simply harder for Michelle and Mikhaila to reduce some of the raw oxydium from storage into a version I can use. I'm rationing until they find their way again." Reminded of her belongings, Ashe reached over the far side of the bed and confirmed her clothing and purse were still where she left them. "It's a shame what happened to them, but after the events this morning with Buck I simply can't find the will to disturb those poor girls."
"They're making a great recovery, though. Liv is working with them to get replacement paws ready, so it shouldn't be too long before they bounce back. There's just too much life in those two to be contained by depression." Ellie again passed the water, but upon getting a rejection he resumed cooling his head with the bottle. "Buck, though... I liked Buck. He brought a lot to the table and he was a great friend. It's just unfair to take a smart, social guy like him away right when we need him the most."
"I still don't understand what happened, exactly. He was slowly recovering."
"A lot of patients sort of... get better before they get worse. They try to recover with the last they have, then burn out or run out of gas as a result." The doctor sighed as the cold face of the moose came back to haunt him. "He was probably fighting hard to keep Fleur at ease and put too much strain on his weakened brain stem."
"That's romantic in a certain light." Ashe rolled over, found her love's face with a paw, then planted her lips on his. "Still, promise me you'll never be that particular flavor of romantic. I'd rather make sure you were healing, or at least that you were sufficiently at ease..."
"I promise not to lie to you, even like that. I love you too much to hurt you." Ellie rolled to his side and clasped his arms, leg, and tail around his love. "Buck wouldn't have suffered, though. His scans say he had a mental blockage that led to lung failure. He would have been effectively paralyzed at the same time, too. He passed peacefully, for what it's worth."
"Considering the state in which he was found and the... persistence of a certain body part..."
"Yeah, well he was definitely getting \~amazing\~ care until the very end."
"Kidding aside, those two literally loved each other to death. I know the vow they took or whatever that was doesn't constitute marriage, but there's no question they were still mates. Love can be amazing." Ashe shifted uncomfortably under the normally cute body wrap of her own lover. "Elliot, you say you'll never lie to me... What about us? Do you still... Do you really love me?"
"What? Why would you ask that? Of course I do."
"No, I mean to say... Do you really, truly still love me, after all we've been through? I know love isn't logical, but... something just doesn't *feel* right and the only conclusion I can draw is... well..." Ashe straightened her otter and begged for a serious reply with a misplaced stare. "Do you *love* me?"
Elliot brought both of Ashe's paws to his face so she could 'see' his absolute certainty. "With all my heart, yes."
"But... But you don't seem to like when I was offering myself to others..."
"Just not my thing. It made you happy though, and you have the prettiest smile when you're happy."
"But you're always sleeping with Punk! I know you don't--"
"Like you because you're blind? Quite the opposite. I think that's insanely cute. You earned that badge and you just happen to look sexy wearing it too." Ellie shifted forward and gently kissed between Ashe's eyes. "And yes, I've been with Punk. She and I are consenting adults just looking for a good time. There's more to it for her, but we've established that I'm not the same person she's got a crush on. It's just sex, and I thought you treated your clients the same way. I can always stop if you don't like it."
"But if you can be with someone that can see and enjoy it more--"
"I'd rather be with you. You had other clients though."
"I didn't want to shove you away. I just wanted to help however I could... to be useful..." Ashe curled her legs up into a more fetal position. "Selling my body is *all I know*. It's hard to even eat every day when you're a twelve-yeaOld girl on the street."
"Twelve? Ashe... Gods, I didn't..." Again the otter kissed the wolf. "That's horrible."
"No, I shouldn't have lied about it. I've been doing this a lot longer than I'm willing to admit." Ashe caressed her love's face and drew him in for a proper kiss. "I'm sorry, Elliot. You deserve to know the whole truth about me."
"You don't need to be sorry about a thing. You escaped a bad situation and did whatever you needed to do to survive." Ellie cleared the hair from Ashe's face and caressed her just the same as she did him. "But for now, no more using your body like a tool. You can be my sexy nurse now or something. I assume you feel the same?"
"Yes... I forced myself to stop because I noticed something was... wrong." Ashe pulled open her towel and moved Ellie's paw to her hefty breast. "But I realize now that I knew a better version of that. It didn't feel right without your touch."
"Love \~is\~ the spice of life, yes yes." Ellie gave a testing squeeze with positive results. "I'll call things off with Punk. Right now I've got *more important things to do*."
"Wait..." Ashe caught the otter's free paw as it trailed down to her crotch. "Let me take care of everything. I know... you don't like being the master type."
Elliot allowed the blind girl to freely position him however she liked, the result being flat on his back. "It's not my thing, no. I don't mind the variety every now and then, but I'm more into, er... *softer* play?"
"Making love. That's what I'm desiring after all this time... The way you treat me so tenderly... No, *selflessly*." Ashe slid down the bed and stopped when her trailing paw found her man's stiff cock. "But I think it's about time I gave you the same treatment. Let me show you how you make me feel."
"Ashe, you don't have to--" Ellie figuratively shut his muzzle when Ashe's long tongue licked the underside of his shaft, then his jaw much more literally dropped loose once she enclosed her lips around his tip. "Damn... You've got a magic touch with that tongue, beautiful."
Ashe pulled back and kissed the tip, or at least she attempted to and ended up booping it with her nose and a giggle. "It's the one way I really know how to do my thing. No magic tongues, just a lot of... practice..." She sighed in sudden distaste, torn between continuing and changing gears until an idea sparked in her head. "You like my chest, correct? You're always touching it."
"Considering that you're gifted in that area as well, what guy could call you beautiful without noticing those? You've got a wonderful body, Ashe."
"I know guys stare at them, Elliot. Well, I suppose they do. With canines there's some pretty noticeable pheromones involved, and I assume the most inviting place to look is my chest."
"They make a nice sight, yes yes, but I always go straight for those wonderful eyes of yours." Ellie signaled he was alright with continuing by guiding Ashe's paw around him with a jerking motion. "I have to admit that I do stare a lot, though. Benefits of a girlfriend that can't call you out on it. Right?"
"Amusing. I don't mind though. Stare all you like. Feel all you like. I love knowing I'm pretty, because I can't see that myself." Ashe pulled both of her breasts up with her paws and encapsulated Ellie's manhood in their hefty, furry warmth. "And for letting me know it so often and being a gentleman about it, I'll just have to give you a fitting treat."
"Well this is different. I'm a bit new to the whole titjob thing." Ellie grumbled and offered a more polite version. "I mean, I'd love to try using your breasts like this."
"You can call them 'tits' you know. I may be young, but I'm far from dumb or sensitive." Ashe worked her tits up and down while squeezing them together, adding the occasional slurp of her muzzle to help with lubrication. "I don't get a very immediate response this way; does this feel alright to you? Should I go faster? Harder?"
"No... You're perfect all *slow and blow* like that. Just use that amazing mouth of yours a bit more and I'll be at your mercy, beautiful." Elliot groaned as Ashe moved her breasts momentarily to take his whole length into her throat. "Holy fuck... You're sp-spoiling me now."
The wolf pulled back and secured her tits around her man's base, her mouth bobbing and sucking as vigorously as a machine for a teasing moment. "I'm glad I can make you writhe like this. Mm... Uh, how... How close are you getting?"
"I can go a bit longer, sweetie. This is great, but it's not lethal-grade like when you're in heat."
"That sounds like you're disappointed. We can't have that. Now I want to taste your cum." Ashe pressed her breasts together harshly and positioned her muzzle against Ellie's tip. "Challenge accepted."
"Oh gods."
Ashe shot her head forward and took the top third of Elliot's cock to tongue heaven. She swirled her long muzzle around until he throbbed some precum into her mouth, then took that as a good sign to press forward. As she dragged her tight lips up and down her man's shaft, so also did she mimic those motions with her chest. This time she refused to let off with her assault, instead sinking her face deeper and deeper into her raised tits as the predator instinct dormant in her tried to devour her lover.
Ashe slowed her attack once she reached the edge of her throat, which in turn caused Ellie to finally open his eyes. Upon doing so he never expected to meet his lover's dulled gaze, which only enticed him to extend it with a correction of his paw to the rear of her head. "You look so sexy when you look at me like that. I know it's odd, but... keep looking at me, beautiful. I want to see those brilliant eyes."
After a mere minute Elliot already lost control, his hips jumping upward and forcing his cock into Ashe's throat over and over. Still, he was true to to his word and managed to last longer than Ashe expected with the intensity of her tit barrage. With the constant, repeated stuffing of her throat and airway setting her off pace, Ashe pulled away for a quick breather and to let her man calm down a tad. What she didn't expect was a huge wad of otter cum to land directly in her eye. Her body not sure how to react, she just stared forward as her man tried to correct his aim, which backfired as the second rope of cum stretched across her other open eye. By the time all was said and done, Ashe's snout, eyes, and hair were plastered with liquid love.
"Holy... Holy heavens..." Elliot himself finally noticed his misdeed and leaned in close to his woman's eyes to inspect them. "I'm so sorry, Ashe. I tried to move it away, but you had such a good grip and... Shit..."
"You know I'm not a fan of getting *otter* in my fur. I always miss some when cleaning up." Ashe looped her tongue out the side of her muzzle and in a cringe-worthy move licked her bare eyeball clean. "I guess I don't mind if you're there to help wash me, however. Shall we take another shower, together this time?"
"That... Yeah, that sounds nice." Ellie kissed Ashe on her sullied nose. "Thank you, beautiful. You really didn't have to do that for me."
"No, I didn't." The Arctic wolf wiped some leakage from Ellie's cock and brought it to her mouth. "But I wanted it."
Ellie was about to forget the shower and try for a rare round two, but he froze upon hearing the doorbell chime for the front door. "Crap. Did you lock the door? DeeDee would kill me if he found out I came all over his sheets again."
Ashe snorted out a low chortle. "*Again*?"
"Ah, n-not now. Let's hide in the bath--"
The hatch's handle suddenly turned and the door slowly swung open, revealing Punk as she adjusted her eyes to the dark of the room. "Hello? Ellie?"
"Oh, shit." Ellie pulled Ashe's towel to cover both his and Ashe's lower bodies, though Ashe blindly waved her tits around for all to see. "H-Hey, Punk. Is it something important?"
"Oh! Sorry!" Punk averted her eyes and instead focused on the exceptionally neat, folded, and sorted assortment of clothing Ashe laid out for after her shower. "I have something, uh... I'd like you to look at for me. Privately, you know."
"Your pussy?" Ashe waved her alternate self over to the bed. "You just want to have sex, right?"
"The two times you let me join you were... the only sex I've had in--"
"You've had my Elliot inside you at least once a day for months. You forget we share the same nose." When Ashe felt the bed give under Punk's additional weight, she reached out and pulled the wolf closer. "Don't be afraid. I've known long enough that I could have stopped it if I wanted."
"But... I mean..." Punk sighed as she leveled her mental state, though her face lit up pink counter to that attempt. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have done that without at least asking."
"Hey, I was in on it too." Ellie rubbed Punk's back soothingly, which Ashe took entirely the wrong way. "I wanted relief and you were exhausted. Punk was willing and... close enough."
"You don't have anything to explain, mister." Ashe flipped Punk around to sit in her lap, her paws gliding up to uncover the clone's large chest. "And you helped my man keep from going crazy over my mistakes. I think you deserve a little something for that, in addition to some punishment. Elliot, honey? Do you still have the constitution for another round?"
A paw over an obvious lump in the towel easily told Punk the answer, but Ellie spoke it for all to hear. "Yeah, I could go again for once. You sure you want this, though? I thought you wanted me to stop."
"I did. Circumstances change though, and I've come to a fair compromise." Ashe groped the carbon copy of herself, honestly just as interested in the oddity of the moment as in the two previous engagements with Punk. "Just focus for now and I'll explain. Punk here is getting a deposit of your lovely cum deep in her womb, whether she agrees or not. Gentleman's Boner rule."
"But I *can't*. I've... I've already gone too far. I was trying to--"
"Shush. It's inarguable, set in stone." Ashe licked a breast, settling her tongue to circle a nipple. "Or perhaps you didn't enjoy the times you stole my man's body for yourself either?"
"I..." Punk squirmed as Ashe's other paw shoved down her shorts and panties. "F-Fine. I'm wet now anyway, so..."
"See? I knew you desired it." Ashe played with Punk's pussy lightly, her lack of experience with women quite apparent but she still did an adequate job. "Elliot, please fuck her senseless."
"I'm not sure about this. I don't want to do something we'll regret later."
"Oh, I won't regret it at all. I'm serious. I want this to be the absolute best you've ever made her feel. Give her the works. Make me feel it *through* her." The wolf grappled Punk's chest and molded her tits into various shapes. "How do you like it best? Soft? Hard? Fast?"
"...Can I flip around? I like it... doggy..."
Ashe smiled as Punk got more into the groove of things, the pup helping her turn around to lay atop her. She licked a breast and slowly trailed kisses from the nipple up to Punk's plump lips. "See? Isn't this already better?"
"Y-Yeah..." Punk presented her rear and lashed her tail side to side in anticipation. "Ellie, could you...?"
"Hard like usual? Definitely. I don't think I'll last long anyway." Ellie pressed his manhood against Punk's familiar folds and slammed forward, arching over her back in sudden triumph. "You feel hot as hell today. You're not in heat, are you?"
"N-No, I'm n-not... Oh, gods..." As Ellie pulled back Punk's tits slid against Ashe's, but upon a very forceful reentry the two pups locked lips into a deep kiss. "Hah... Fuck, that's good."
"Lubed up and ready so soon? You really do want this badly." Elliot gave up on full thrusts and settled for half-length pummeling of one soft wolf into another. "Yeah... Gods, I'm not gonna last too long like this. How's it feel?"
"Amazing! Keep going!"
Ashe cooed through another kiss as she ground her clit upward into Punk's sliding fur, an extra kick eliciting soft whimpers as her man's balls slapped against her pussy lips each on the apex of each stroke. "That feels nice. Can you go a bit faster, honey?"
"Fuck... Yeah, I can." Ellie brought his pace up to his limits, the bed creaking like it was going to break and the two Arctic wolves sliding across each other enough to ruffle the sheets haphazardly. "I'm about to blow!"
"Crap! Uh..." Punk fought free of another long kiss and tapped her lower back. "Cum on my ass, El."
"Ah! Yeah, I'll--!"
Ashe grinned mischievously as her legs extended, then they locked together and pulled Elliot balls deep into Punk's stuffed cunt. "No you don't. She worked hard for that load."
"Ashe, that's not funny! Let me--!" Already on a short fuse and too late to stop it, Elliot bucked his hips forward on raw instinct and did as he was told. "Shit! I'm cumming!"
The devious wolf shook in climax herself as the extra force toward the end literally rubbed her in just the right ways. "Oh! Elliot!" Her whole body jerked randomly once she came down a bit, the twitching of Ellie's balls on her nethers and the liquid heat that soon seeped from one wolf into the other doing a nice job of keeping her smaller aftershocks propagating their bliss. "That's right... Give it all to her... Every last drop..."
"Wh-What's gotten into you? Don't you want us to be safe if you don't approve?" Punk stared down at the spent puddle of wolf below her in awe until she realized she could slid off of Ellie by herself at any moment. "Shit. You could have at least grabbed a condom or something."
"Whew... Damn..." Elliot looked for a good place to rest once Punk was clear, but upon spotting his mess had leaked into his girlfriend he decided to just sheathe his shrinking length in there. "That was pretty damn good, though. Besides, you've got a contraceptive hormone implant. Just enjoy it." Ellie reached out and stuck two fingers into Punk's sloppy cunt. "In fact, let me help finish you off."
"No!" Punk stood from the bed to get out of reach, ignoring the spunk that slid down her thighs and dirtied the floor. "I'm not fooling around here. I should go. I'll see you in your lab."
"Wait, you don't want to finish? Shame. I was going to make you beg for it." Ashe pulled her man deeper inside, trying to feel what she could before his erection faded entirely. "Don't leave just yet. We still haven't talked about punishment."
"I don't give a fuck. You're acting... *bitchy* all of a sudden." Punk started for the door, but forced herself to stand still and get something off her chest. "No, wait. You might be acting like an ass, but you deserve to hear this too. I..." She reached down and felt a bit of guilt at the sight of her sodden pussy. "I think I might be pregnant. I'm about a month overdue and I haven't... had a heat yet..."
"Gods..." Ellie immediately pulled himself to sit on the edge of the bed. "And I'm the only one you've had sex with?"
"Y-Yeah."
"Sometimes you can have a period and just not notice it much. We're all under a lot of stress, and that's a factor."
Ashe sat up and felt for her man, wrapping her arms around his chest for a hug. "I'd slap you into the next room right now if I could find you. Instead, this will now have to work into my plan." The wolf touched her own drippings and brought them to her nose for a sniff and a lick. "I know this scent. I know it very, very well. It's the smell of us, not you."
"Ashe, don't be so hard on her. She--"
"No, don't misunderstand. I want you to fuck. I'd never force someone that brings my man happiness out of his life." Ashe reached out, her calm demeanor leading Punk to touch a paw to hers. "So, here are the new ground rules. I would like to know or take part in this when it happens, but if you want you can just as easily fuck in a closet or whatever you've been doing until now if it makes you happy. I just have to make sure it makes me happy, too."
Punk sat next to Ashe and rested a paw on her thigh to signal as much. "I'm listening. I mean, I might be carrying his pup, so anything that can make you happy about it is a priority."
"And non-negotiable. First, no fucking until you come to us smelling like another fur. In fact, no cheating; I want you to bring hot, wet proof as such. If you're going to fuck my Elliot, I need to know it's not exclusive and that it's casual. Hopefully it will prove you're on *working* contraceptives, too." Ashe slid her paw into Punk's crotch and eased three fingers into her slit as a show of th power she held at the moment. "Second, you might need to *service me* as well. I need to know you respect that we're a couple and you're just a guest."
"Okay... Uh, sure. I guess I can... *try* to do that."
Ellie groaned and reminded his girlfriend of the sensitive nature of the moment. "Ashe, she's got a crush on me. You know she can't hold to all that."
"No, she will. She either acknowledges she wants you under our terms or she refrains from trying to get what she can't have." Ashe eased up on her teasing and brought her fingers to her lips for a quick taste. "Which brings me to the newest point. Regardless of the outcome, you're spending nine months catering to our needs to make up for risking a baby with a taken man. For instance I could always use a paw in the shower when Elliot is busy. Let's see... and I'm sure our only doctor could use some stress relief. Go down on him once a day and bring the result to me, all over your face."
"That's just mean..."
Ashe gained a furious frown for a moment before she forced it away, the hint of anger sending a shiver into the others in the room. "Elliot, you had unprotected sex with someone else. She may have stolen your first child from me. I **do not** think I'm being too unreasonable."
"But that's--"
"Not enough? Okay, I agree. That's too easy on her, and you *do* deserve more." Ashe stood and slowly reached for her white cane, further leading to her journey back to the shower. "*Two* blowjobs a day and a session for me too, plus she needs to have a toy inside her during waking hours. We have one with WiFi control you can borrow for some added fun."
"But... I can't do..." Punk fumbled with her shorts, but stopped at the beckoning of Ashe near the bathroom door. "I'll... help you shower. I want Ellie to be happy, and that means... I need you to be happy too."
"I can help her this time, Punk. We need to talk, anyway."
"No, you can sit here and think about what you've done. Besides, I'm trying to be nice instead of breaking things off out of spite." Ashe pulled Punk close as she shut the door, her muzzle drooping to suckle one of her tits as it latched. "And I don't mean it to be unpleasant. I do want her to enjoy her punishment, and hopefully learn something along the way."
"Ah! W-Wait!"
"You haven't cum yet, and you taste like my man." A yip and a few crashes against walls sounded through the closed door. "So let me show you how I like to get eaten out. Take notes. This will be on the exam."
Elliot shook his head and sighed in disbelief, yet oddly noticed his cock was standing as tall and hard as ever amidst the recent awkwardness. "Dear gods. She's gone from being the slave to a damned dominatrix."
"Ah! Oh... Oh *gods*, yes!"
"But two blowjobs a day? That might kill me if she's as good as Ashe." Elliot smirked as the odd logic made more sense with Ashe's natural playfulness, punctuated by her loud session in the bathroom. "With some tweaking this might work out fine after all. My girl's a genius after all."
---
"Niishal, my brother. I will miss you dearly."
"I will miss you just as much, Niima." Chleek touched his forehead to his sister's and closed his eyes, shutting out the surrounding world as he focused reading her emotions through a brief Link. «Go, before I change my mind. I will retrieve you from Vauxhaul when I can, and if all goes well we will have a wonderful place to grow our little sapling.»
«I'll dream only of you the as I travel. I just wish that circumstances didn't force me to leave.»
«And I'll dream of us *safely* together again. I love you with all of my heart, Niima.»
«And I love you, Niishal.»
Chleek broke the Link and rubbed his sister's cheek, the faithful brother and lover hesitating in letting his sister leave. "Go, while it is still safe. May the Great Ones guide your path."
"Indeed. Thank you for keeping my safety in mind, my Chleek." Niima backpedaled into her commandeered transport ship and curtsied as the door slowly shut. "Come back to your family alive and well, Niishal. We'll be waiting for you."
"I look forward to the moment. Farewell, sister."
The stone door shut, affording Enthol a groaning comment. "You two are far too soft for this galaxy. Sometimes I think you might grow a set of petals between your legs the way you two get along so well."
"She's family. Family means everything when you have little else."
"Well I have a new kingdom at your family's expense, so perhaps I should show more respect." Enthol continued through the area and headed for the experiment site. "Yet, I won't. Your work is yet to be done, Chleek."
"We only have need to test the power supply. The rest is already stable." Chleek hurried along as the nearby port workers cleared the launchpad. "Is the æti in place?"
"Yes. We have the amount you requested." Enthol pointed a tendril at a cargo crawler outside the town center being used as the test site. "I have even more waiting in the off chance the other batches are ruined. You have no excuses for failure now, sprout."
"Not for lack of power, no. I am a bit concerned at the density of power nearby though." The head of the house stopped for a moment to inspect the cargo, finding at least that the containment was pristine against all odds. "You may want to move this further away. If an explosion or the like occurs, this will likely add to the damage."
"And do you plan on such an explosion?" Enthol opened the guarded door and played the false role of the escort properly. "Let's consider it an extra incentive for success. Fail and we all die."
"This is not a joke. I'm serious. I don't want unknown variables."
"Neither do I. The reserves will stay, with extra precaution if it eases you. I don't need you freaking out at the last moment." The false guard paused a moment to witness the explosive concussion of the transport ship launching, then shut the door before debris could hit him. "Do as I ask and check your contraption in small scale. Then you may get on your way to wherever you call home and go back to tasting the nectar straight from your sister's flower."
"Even for you, that's--"
"Crude? But it's true. You really think I don't know who's seed is growing in your sister's belly? Or perhaps it's someone else's?" Enthol grinned as he walked ahead to the experiment. "With a body like hers, I have no doubt she'd be very popular in the bedroom. I know I surely enjoyed her."
Chleek nearly stabbed the bastard in the back of the neck with one of his queo spines, but held back for his and his sister's sakes. "Niima is not an object to be enjoyed."
"No, you are right. I should correct myself. I enjoyed every rejection and denial. I enjoyed making her quiver against her will. I enjoyed pumping her full with more loads of my seed than I can count." Enthol once again proved his worthlessness as a person as he held open the last door, ready to lock his Chleek inside. "What I did **not** enjoy was that she never held my child. Now she carries what is likely yours, of all plants. It seems we were always meant to be rivals, you and I."
"Then perhaps it's for the best that I'll never see you again after this test." The door shut and locked, leaving Chleek to slide his back against it in a shaking mess. "She would never do that. The bastard is lying."
A knock on a window and a muffled shout signaled for the plant to get to work. "I don't care if you take it personally or pleasure yourself to the thought. Finish my machine and get off my planet."
"You've got it, you rotten fruit." Chleek picked himself up and slumped toward his invention. "There's not a chance in hell he touched her. Niima would have killed him where I could not. Niima..." The memories of his sister's past encounters flashed through his vision, and for more than a few moments a purposefully blurred and forgotten face similar to Enthol's made itself known. "She's happy with *me* now, damnit."
---
"This is seriously harder than it should be." Elliot groaned and shifted in his office chair as he finished his notes for the day. "Let's see... Ah, that test has a few minutes left."
"Yeah, just like you. You could make it easier by not holding back though." Ashe grinned from the otter's side as she took a hefty puff from her electronic cigarette. "Now Punk, I don't hear that tongue working. That long tongue is your best asset, especially on his balls."
Punk pulled her head back from Ellie's length and caught her breath, her icy eyes staring up from beneath the desk. "I just started trying this yesterday. Give me some time, Ashe."
"Oh, you'll have loads of time. And loads of experience, all over your face."
"Ashe, don't be mean to just her. I'm just as responsible."
Ashe reached down and gave India a pet, confirming her former guide dog was still there. "My reasons for this are... Well, it will all make more sense soon. Really soo--"
A small instrument fell off a table in the next room right by the door, prompting Elliot into an instinctual defender role. "Who's there? Make yourself known and we won't be angry."
"Um..." Prisma slipped into the office, waving her surprisingly translucent paws defensively. "I'm s-sorry. I didn't mean to snoop!"
"I was wondering who'd be roaming around at this hour." Ellie relaxed in his seat and coaxed Punk to continue. "I haven't seen you around lately. Busy? Or can you even be busy?"
"I'm curious what you do in your downtime." Ashe stood and searched around for her cane to then greet the android. "You only sleep beside the crew to charge for a bit, right?"
"I only require about half an hour now, after Chelle and Mik worked out some upgrades. I like to sleep like you though."
"I like the clear body. It's pretty sexy seeing all the moving parts."
Ashe chuckled as she finally reached the robot for a quick hug. "Because you're a doctor. You like that stuff."
"No, I just think it's revealing in a refreshing way." Ellie gasped and hunched forward, trying not to make a big deal out of filling Punk's muzzle with his seed. "I-It's a b-bit... hah... a bit better than the... old mechanical look."
"But I didn't choose that look. This might be the first I've had a say in, though..." Pris pulled up a breast with a paw while the other slid down to a small slit in her crotch. "...maybe I shouldn't have emulated my friends and family so much. I've sadly had to turn down a few Gentleman's Boner requests recently."
"I like this body. It's squishy again." Ashe played with Prisma's spare breast, more for testing the semi-realistic handling. "Well you could always opt to wear clothes like the rest of us."
"Could you... please not do that? It's sensitive."
"Oh, so you've upgraded your touch sensors? Interesting." Ellie zipped up his pants and stood, chuckling as Punk struggled with a pool of cum in her cupped paws. "Out of interest, what's been changed?"
"I added heat transfer sensing and... *multiple grades* of touch sensitivity I still need to grow into." Pris took a step back to put some distance between her and Ashe's physical curiosity. "Maybe I really should wear clothing, as a precaution."
Ellie awkwardly shuffled as he walked around with his still stiff cock in his pant leg. "Considering you upped the realism, that might be best." The otter kept his distance out of respect, but still examined the upgrade closely. "I can understand a few things, but why would you need to give yourself a vagina? Are you... hoping to have sex?"
"...Maybe. I won't lie and say I'm not curious."
"She's embarrassed." Ashe felt her way over and planted a paw over the cleft of Pris' pussy. "It's even wet. She definitely wants to try this thing out."
"Th-That's not true!"
"Aha! I thought so." Ashe backed away with her paws up, sniffing and licking the damp one after she was clear. "Sorry, Pris. I just wanted to test something, and I'm glad I did."
"Test something?" Ellie shook his head. "You just violated her from my eyes."
"No, I *provoked* her. That's new, too." Ashe slurped her paw free of the sugary nectar gifted to it. "She's an AI, Elliot. She's an AI that feels embarrassment, anger, and caution. That's... honestly *amazing*."
"Well good! At least you recognize I'm not some kind of toy like a cell phone!" Pris covered her chest and groin with a combination of her arms and tail. "And at least I haven't done anything worth being embarrassed about like Punk!"
The desk jumped a few inches along with it's sole inhabitant. "Y-You knew?"
"Well you *were* pretty loud." Ellie eased himself back to behind his desk and helped Punk to her hindpaws. "Guess the cat's out of the bag."
"I w-was just doing what I was told to!"
Prisma found Ellie's medical coat near the door and donned it, moving closer to the desk upon feeling less scrutinized. "You've only given him one fellatio session today. If you want to meet your duties, you only have twenty minutes to do so. How serious are you guys about that?"
Elliot sat in his chair and fished his cock out of his fly "You know about this? We only came up with it this morning."
"I... Crap." Pris shut her coat as she watched Punk take Elliot back into her muzzle for another round. "I watch the crew most of the time, sometimes even when I don't want to. The security grid is, uh, wired into my systems."
"Wow, regret followed by a *lie*." Ashe made her way over and grabbed Pris' ass. "And perversion. Now I'm really impressed."
"I really can't help it! I just... might *also* enjoy it too... just a bit..."
"You're fucking cute as hell like this." Ashe's paw slipped into the lab coat to grope at a breast again. "I'm all for the fucking *and* the cute."
"What the hell's gotten into you, Ashe? She told you to stop that." Ellie grumbled in just the right tone to get that paw out of Prisma's coat. "You've been acting like a whole different person since Punk came to us. This isn't a game. She might be having a baby."
"Oh, no she isn't." Prisma took the otter and the person attached to his groin's combined expressions of confusion as a hint to explain herself. "She's not pregnant. Your tests can verify this, but my sensors indicate otherwise."
Punk pulled her head up. "W-What?"
Ashe pushed her head right back down. "Keep going, dear. It's impolite to speak with your mouth full."
"I almost forgot about that batch test. Let's see..." Ellie opened up a hologram and navigated through it, pulling open a document containing the results. "Nominal... Yeah, normal... Estrogen is spiking... though, there's not the right chemistry otherwise? So what's with the estrogen? It's like she--" The otter looked over to Ashe and was greeted with a wicked smile. "She's in heat. You knew this?"
Ashe tapped her nose. "I definitely know my own scent. Shame the pheromones aren't as radically potent with you as with other canines. But yes, I knew she was in heat so her period was starting."
"So what the fuck was all this about!?" The room went quiet except for the gentle, continued suckling of Elliot's dick. "Ashe, what does this mean? What's the point of torturing her?"
"Oh, I was just trying to have some fun. We totally had fun this morning." Ashe guided Punk's head down lower but kept the pressure light. "I'm serious about wanting her to have experience with others. The punishment part is more for you, though."
"How the fuck will free blowjobs be punishment for a guy?"
"Because," Ashe licked her lips and knelt down beside Punk, "I've got dibs next."
Elliot's eyes went wide as his overly-sensitive cock throbbed in orgasm. "Fuck... That's evil, Ashe."
"So now you see my master plan."
"Why?"
"Mn..." Ashe caught some of her man's jizz as it overflowed from Punk's mouth. "Because you cheated on me. You know I'm fine with Punk, but you can't just go fuck her without me knowing." When Ellie was done with his climax, Ashe drove her point home by sucking his extremely sensitive tip for a few seconds. "So now you get to see what it's like when you aren't in control of the when and how. You also get to learn that to love equally, you have to do so twice as hard or to choose just one mate. And be thankful I learned what *not to do* when I caught you thanks to your brother embedding a laptop in my face."
Ellie ran his paw over the scar from that incident, the fur regrowing matte white instead of silver. "O-Okay. I get it." The otter gasped and huffed as Ashe slowed to a light, ticking lick of his underside. "I'm sorry, Ashe. You've made your point and I'm sorry."
"Oh, it isn't that easy." Ashe's paw stroked the whole of her man's length, very slowly enticing a third erection in quick succession. "For nine months you get to learn just how bad this could have turned out if I didn't love you so much. And I'm going to show you *by* loving you. So. Much."
"But Ashe, that almost *hurts*. Could you give me a minute to rest?"
"I sort of... agree with her." Punk finished swallowing jizz and wiping her face. "I can't hurt things if I'm on a short leash, and you can't hurt things if we have allotted time together... sort of..."
"Sort of? Oh, well then that's a good point to address." Ashe slowed down her assault on her man's manhood, allowing him some breathing room out of love and respect. "How much did you fuck? I only smelled that you did, not how often."
"Uh... We..."
Where Punk hesitated, Prisma automatically fulfilled a query. "They had sex an average of two and a three-quarters times a day. Typical sessions began at four occurrences a day and tapered to only one or two near currently."
"Wow. Well that's tougher, but you did this to yourself." Ashe grinned as she lifted up her skirt and sat upon Elliot's cock. "I'm upping the ante. If you can make love to me twice, have sex with her twice, and take all the blowjobs, all for nine months... I'll know you really love me. If you can do that, I'll marry you, Elliot."
"We might not even be alive in nine months..."
"You can't convince me otherwise. That 'We're all going to die' thing doesn't work on this genius." Ashe started moving her hips slowly. "I'll tell you what: I can concede some power too. Punk, how about you only need to screw someone else once a day? Sound better?"
"That's still... pretty hard for me. My body can't take that."
"See, Ashe? You're being a bit unreasonable."
"No? You still need more?" Ashe shrugged her shoulders as she ground into Ellie's hips, drawing squeaks from the otter. "Then I'll have sex with Punk too, so she can have time to rest. I'll even let it count as sex with another person every other day. And maybe... in the process... I can see if we'd like to marry her too. No promises, though."
Punk blinked as she stared into space. "You... mean that?"
"I said before that I wouldn't mind the help in giving my man a child. I'd only bring that up if I trusted you, maybe even liked you" Ashe picked up the pace, but stood when Elliot started to get out of breath. "So for going along with my crazy plan, you've earned yourself this one. With a little more work, maybe you'll earn my heart too. Until then, Elliot's my man though."
"Y-Yeah, I understand." Punk stepped out of her shorts and sank herself over Ellie's pulsing cock. "Th-This is worth it alone."
"Might I remind you that you *are* in heat." Prisma hunched over the edge of the desk as she watched the intimate connection. "Species barrier and human mutations aside, you do have an increased chance to bear his child right now."
"Which is why she's taking all his spunk for now." Ashe again forcefully insisted that Punk go deeper, the tip of her man's cock crushing against wolf womb. "So Elliot, I want you to breed her like you'd breed me. Fill her with pups."
"G-Gods!"
"Ah! I can feel it!" Punk held a paw to her stomach, the gentle addition of heat to her core feeling wonderful on its own even if she was nowhere close to stimulated herself. "Give me your whelps, Ellie."
Ilaria strolled in through the open door, then whistled and strolled right back out. "Oops. None of my business. I'll come back in the morning."
"Sis! Wait. We're just finishing." Ashe straightened her skirt and felt around for her white cane. "Shit... Uh..."
"Here." Ari pucked up the cane and gave it to her adopted sister. "You should take it easy, sis."
"I'm an adult. I can choose to have sex all I want."
"I was taking about the cane, but I guess you're right. Sorry for intruding."
Ashe reached out and hugged her big sister. "You came here for a reason. What do you need?"
"I was just going to ask if Liv could borrow some stuff tomorrow. She's finally got things ready to give my little girls their paws back for their birthdays." Ari held out her robotic prosthesis and frowned. "Well, close enough."
"Awesome birthday gifts I don't have to come up with? Yeah, we'll help all we can." Ellie groaned as his dick painfully pulled free of Punk's searing, drooling confines. "Just give me some time to recover first?"
"I feel your pain. Those girls can get horny as hell and they like to corner mommy dearest." Ari sighed and started to leave again. "Thanks, Ellie. Have fun."
"No, \~wait\~ sis." Ashe found Punk via her entropic sight and pulled her over, the two wolves now groping both tits and a forming erection through Ari's sirat. "Punk here wants to sleep with you. She wants a huge, *huge* belly to show off to us."
"I never thought I'd have fans of \~that\~. I mean, I can do it but..."
"I'm sure Rhyme would be fine with it. Punk's really good at eating pussy. She even has a tongue ring!"
"Okay, okay. I'll see if Rhy is game." Ari led Punk out of the office and only stopped to duck her head back. "Thanks for looking out for me, sis."
"I know what you like. Night!" Ashe smiled all the way until they were out of sight. "What? I figured her first adventure should be with someone we trust. She's part canine too, so that helps with her heat."
"Oh, I don't disagree there. I just don't think anyone's second pairing should be subject to something with the same size, girth, and liquid volume as a fucking fire hose." Ellie groaned as he fit his cock back into his stained pants. "So should we go to bed as well, beautiful?"
"You'll have to make love to me too."
"I'm sleeping here, thank you."
Prisma giggled at the couple's hijinx. "Don't kill the guy, Ashe. He's only a man."
"Except when he's a woman," Ashe joked.
"Except... not?" Elliot stood and grabbed his girlfriend from behind. "Being around you has made me rethink that. Notice I've gone a while without wearing a dress."
"Ah, you're right. Nothing but itchy guy clothes recently."
"We can improve the itchy part later." Ellie kissed Ashe on the cheek. "I think I just want to be myself, not something I'm not. So yeah, I like girly things. Yeah, I dress in colorful stuff. But I don't need to therefore be a girl. I'm *your man*."
"And you're about to prove it in bed." Ashe smiled and broke away to get the bed warm. "Get Indy for me, would you? Love you, Elliot."
"Love you too, beautiful." Ellie turned around and woke India, the poor old pup taking more and more to excite recently. "Come on, Indy. Time to take you to our dominatrix master."
Pris left the office ahead of Ellie so he could lock up. "She's not that bad. My logic doesn't find too many faults in hers either, though her practices \~are\~ unconventional."
"Yeah, well say that after the day I've had. Nine more months of too much sex and lack of sleep... Ugh."
"Lack of sleep...?" Prisma slammed a fist into a paw. "I knew I forgot something. I came here initially to tell you about Carbon."
"Ah, did the sedatives not help Fleur? She still not sleeping well?"
"No, it's *him*." Prisma stopped Elliot and held his shoulders. "Carbon's still awake. He was supposed to hibernate--"
"Two days ago. I know." Ellie led India to his room and shut the door. "That could kill the guy. We're making a house call, and you're my master key."
"But he's worryingly concerned for Fleur. Maybe--"
"No, I'm going to beat some sense into him." Ellie stopped at a cabinet and pulled out a bottle and a syringe. "Then I'm jamming this up his ass and kissing him goodnight."
"Oh. That works too."
---
"My former Chleek, I thank you for your service to my new kingdom." Enthol took a deep breath and then bowed for Chleek. "It was annoying and tough, but perhaps we did benefit each other. If you ever change you mind, I'm sure we can work out a mutual deal."
Chleek took a step backward into his commandeered passenger shuttle. "No, we won't."
"Are you sure? With my new power I can grant you anything. Hell, I can even give you Yangurra." Enthol forced a smile. "We need not disgrace ourselves with each other's presence for this to benefit us."
"You raped my sister. You can take your useless power and do what you want with it." The perturbed leader signaled to shut the overhead stone slab of a door. "I'm leaving. Don't abuse your new mægika well. I'd hate to see these people lose their city."
"They'd just be dying for the cause in any case, just like their leader."
"Because you needed his ætir. Own your mistakes, Enthol, before they come back to haunt you." Chleek ducked down to speak through the closing hatch. "I feel sorry for a plant with no hope left for himself. May the Great Spirits grant you peace in the next garden."
The hatch shut, allowing Chleek to smirk as he earned a small victory with his final words. His primary guardswoman shook her head with a smile of her own. "He's an idiot, but he still poses a threat. Don't forget that."
"Eiita, you speak without knowing your past fate. I rescued you and Lirou from him while I still had some power." Chleek slipped past his comrade in the small ship and headed for the pilot's chair. "He planned on making all of the female guard into his own harem. Now the three of us at least do have reason to forget that lunatic."
"That... explains things. I wondered why you didn't pick more suitable personal guards."
"You're more than suitable. I think there's value in subtlety, dexterity, and diplomacy." Chleek Linked to the ship with his queoo and charged the engines. "Besides, you're the prettiest bloom of the bunch. I'd rather have myself eyes upon you than see you become Enthol's favorite receptacle for seed."
"You... granted me a great favor, my Chleek." Eiita sat in the seat beside her true leader and laid back, placing her plasma caster in her lap. "If you knew this, why not choose more females for your sister's guard?"
"I chose her guard because... though male, they do not share nature's path. They prefer each other and would never harm Niima. The bonus is that they happen to be well built and smart. They also know how to avoid conflict and be discrete." Chleek looked behind his seat and didn't find Lirou. "Enthol would have had them killed. I find value in those two, even if they won't fertilize another generation. Lirou, are you in the back?"
"Yes, Chleek. I've been guarding your ætir in case Enthol attempted sabotage."
"That's smart thinking. Thank you."
"No, thank you for assigning my brother to your sister's guard."
Eiita grinned as the connection came out. "That's very kind of you, keeping a family together."
"Lirou, I'm launching the ship." Chleek reached over a hand and rested it upon Eiita's over her rifle. "All of what I do, I do for family. You'll come to see how much that matters the more you work with me."
"I see..." Eiita placed her rifle on the floor and moved her hand to rest upon her Chleek's inner thigh. "Then as a distant part of your own family, how much do I matter to you?"
Chleek released the engine thrusters, a stream of explosive crystals rapidly propelling the shuttle upward with the sturdy inhabitants unphased. "I... I have already found someone, Eiita. Though... I suppose my public image may require another partner..."
"Could that child...? Could it be that Niima is this woman? Our family is in desperate times, so I will not judge." Eiita moved Chleek's lower garments to the side and exposed his engorged pistil. "I would be honored to be your mistress, my Chleek. I... always thought you were attractive when we were growing."
"Coincidentally, you have been in my dreams more than once. I thought you were in an arrangement though."
"I was... but he died in battle when we left." Eiita slid down her armor and straddled Chleek, taking advantage of this vessel's lack of hand controls to ride the plant freely. "If you'll allow me, I would be proud to carry your seed now instead."
"If the image will hold true, we must make some fine memories. By all means, I appreciate your enthusiasm." The leader gasped as Eiita's tightness enveloped him completely. The two sat still to grow accustomed to each other as they left orbit, the lack of gravity making things a tad easier. "I think this might be a better definition of 'mutually beneficial' than Enthol's. You'll also see just how much I love to make my family feel their very best."
"I sure hope so. May I?"
"I may be your Chleek, but I am not your master. Do what you desire, dear Eiita."
The warrior plant steadied herself with her own vines and started sliding up and down her leader's manhood. "With pleasure."
"Ah... You're good at this. Your last partner must have been quite thirsty for your dew." Chleek checked out the quartz window in the front and shook his head as he found Enthol's new fleet reaching orbit. "All of this would be wasted should I have left you behind."
"For your knowledge, this is my first time with a man. And in any case I'm glad it is with you, Chleek."
"When we're alone, call me by my old name. After this exchange of power, I do not approve of titles." Chleek sat upright as he noticed his machine was enabled, a mass of dark energy building outside the planet's orbit. "When we find our new home, I wish to be Niishal again. I wish to wash my hands of this effort."
"You wish to focus on love instead of hate." Eiita bucked her hips forward as she pressed down rapidly, almost trying to milk the poor plant below her using her greater strength. "I \~definitely\~ agree with this logic."
"Mm... How can anyone think war is better when love feels like *this*? Any plant that can--" Niishal stopped as his vision clouded with various energies, a moment later dying down to reveal a large explosion on the surface of the planet. "No! You bastard!"
"What?" Eiita spun herself around to urgently check out the corner of the window. "What happened?"
"I told that idiot not to keep so much æti nearby! Those... Those poor people." Niishal stopped the thrusters and prepared to turn around while he still could, but before acting he witnessed something that robbed away all hope for a rescue. "All that energy... No..."
"What's happening here?" Lirou pulled herself into the main cabin, her eyes locked on the various portholes along the hull. "What's that large sphere? I'm no mægician."
"That is our portal to Utopia turning to a hole into hell." Niishal released his queoo and pulled Eiita closer to a porthole to track the event. "We need to flee before Enthol hunts me down. I have another plan, but... I need certain resources and time to fix this."
Eiita slipped off of her new lover as he returned to his controls. "Agreed."
"Wait, where did Tartarus go? Why is there a a black sun here?" Lirou finally focused her vision on the exposed lovers and froze for a moment. "Were you two *pollinating*?"
"Yes, we were. And... Tartarus is lost to that dark abyss." Niishal reformed his Link with the ship and restarted the thrusters. "We cannot risk my sister's safety. Thankfully our vessel is fairly light. Sorry, Lirou, but you will have to hold off on seeing your brother as well."
"Where will we go then?" Eiita aligned herself with Lirou and rubbed her shoulder. "Vauxhaul is our only home now. Where else but our home?"
"Terra." Niishal finished correcting his course and released his Link. "Nowhere else but Terra."
Lirou perked up in concern. "The Forbidden World? No Yangurraa that go there ever return."
"Then we will break that trend. We must." Niishal looked out a rearward porthole and tracked the twinkling dots of his former fleet scattering away from an ever enlarging black hole. "For the sake of the galaxy, we **must** succeed."
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"I'm seriously going to stab you with this. How and where are up to you, plant boy."
"I'm not sleeping until I know she's safe!" Carbon held Elliot back with two vines while bracing the floor with the third, but upon spotting Evelyn was awake he shifted focus. "Eve! Back me up here!"
"Um... Oh, it's--" Eve searched her recent memories and determined how long she was daydreaming. "Seriously? Carbon, you've been up two days since your dormancy cycle started. You could die from this."
"Shit. You're with him too?"
"I'm with my *mate*, Carbon. I don't want you to get hurt."
Prisma poked her head through the hallway dormitory door, not wanting to endanger her new avatar body in the struggle. "Listen to your wife, Carbon. Please don't die inside me over something preventable."
"You don't understand! My baby girl has lost everything before. *Everything.*" Carbon slouched to check his daughter through a solid wall, the light cosmic radiation permeating the ship acting as a basic X-ray system in tandem with his eyesight. "You didn't see her holding Buck's razor, staring at it for an hour. I... I can't lose her. She's what I've been fighting this fucking war for all these decades."
Ellie took the hybrid's lowered guard as a chance to strike with his sedative, but the plant was too quick to react in the end. "Damnit, Carbon. So what, you'll just never sleep? Depression is *long term*."
"Carbon, dear... Think about what she might do if she loses her father--for a second time at that. You don't want to put her through that immediately after losing the love of her life." Eve stepped forward and reached out a hand to caress Carbon's jaw. "I'll look after her, and then when Sydney wakes so will she. And if that fails, the whole crew will take a shift. We all love Fleur and we won't let her harm herself."
"You're just saying that!" Carbon shoved Eve's arm, and to the veile's surprise the super-massive limb actually moved away with his emotional touch. "You'll doze off into another one of your dreams! I can't leave her with you."
Evelyn's arm lost its color and faded pure black, then rebounded directly into the side of Carbon's face. "You've... You've *always* trusted me. I don't know what's driving this change in you, but I'm ***scared*** , Carbon. You need sleep."
"Gods fucking... damned bitch..." Carbon shot out a queo at the door and attempted to pull himself out to flee. "I don't need this. I'm going to watch--"
The otter didn't finish his sentence, instead falling face first into the floor. In the aftermath it became clear Eve had reformed her body ahead of her mate and her extended, balled fist revealed the tool of Carbon's demise. "I forgive you, Carbon. You've got a lot on your mind, and it was for the best of intentions."
"An odd form of forgiveness." Prisma crouched near the hybrid, inspecting his shattered face mask. "I think... he's knocked out."
"And he needs air. I'll take care of him." Eve effortlessly picked up her mate with one arm and carried him over her shoulder. "Get to bed yourself, Ellie. He'll be fine, I swear."
"But you just broke his mask. He might have a concussion." Ellie moved closer and checked the otter, finding only a cut over the top side of his snout. "He needs stitches."
"No he doesn't. I can easily mend this as he sleeps. It's sort of my job, actually; I look after my favorite oddball."
"Then... I'll drop by in the morning for a house call to see how he's doing." Elliot walked out into the hallway and waved his unused syringe back to the group. "And tell him to take two punches and call me in the morning."
"You're a bit silly late at night yourself." Eve smiled and carried her mate to an empty bed. "We'll be right here whenever you're ready. I just need to float over to the barge and grab his spare breather real quick."
"You're gonna fly through space? I thought you needed air too or something."
"Not to breathe. It helps charge the oxydium in me though."
"Damn. Well that's dedication." Ellie smiled as he thought about his own significant other and the changes they were going through. "You must really love the guy, going through all that trouble. He found himself an amazing wife."
"Thanks. I appreciate actually hearing that, I really do." Evelyn followed Elliot out into the hallway, but chose to head down the elevator shaft instead of across it so she could use the lower airlock. "But don't think this is anything special. This is how a good family works, and..." The phantom coasted through the open air of the shaft, dazed as she recalled the events of her latest genetic memory. "Well, Carbon's dad said it best: 'All of what I do, I do for family.'" |
Hekate's favorite tickle toy. Part 2 by Shinnjacob | Our story begins with Hekate, as she is just sitting on her throne, not looking happy. She had a rough day. She had been tickled by one of her slave, and she gave him a black eye, and now she grumbles to herself in anger. She needs someone to calm her down. But she needs a slave to do that. And | [
"Ass",
"Balls",
"Big Boobs",
"Boobs",
"Butt",
"Cock",
"Cum",
"Cumshot",
"Dick",
"Domination/Submission",
"Erection",
"Female",
"Femdom",
"Flirtation",
"Footjob",
"Fox",
"Hekate",
"Love",
"M/F",
"Male",
"Masturbation",
"Naked",
"Naughty",
"Nude",
"Nudity",
"Orgasm",
"Penis",
"Romance",
"SorcererLance",
"Striptease",
"Teasing",
"Tickling",
"Underwear",
"Wolf"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1149449-hekate-s-favorite-tickle-toy-part-2 | Our story begins with Hekate, as she is just sitting on her throne, not looking happy. She had a rough day. She had been tickled by one of her slave, and she gave him a black eye, and now she grumbles to herself in anger. She needs someone to calm her down. But she needs a slave to do that. And so...... ''Don!'' She said. Don Perry came to her as quickly as possible, as he is now still wearing only his underwear. ''Y-Yes mistress?'' He said nervously. ''I'm in a REALLY pissed off mood today. Don, I need you to worship my feet. And you do remember what happens if you tickle it right?'' Don nodded in response, and so he kneels down, ready to give her feet some worship.
''Good.'' She then raises her right foot close to his face. ''Remember, don't forget to worship my toes as well.'' She said sternly. ''Yes mistress.'' He then starts to use his hands and tongue to worship her foot, as Hekate starts to moan and relax a little. ''Mmmm... Yes that's it. Now don't stop unless asked to.'' She said, still in her stern tone. Don closes his eyes, as he continues to worship her foot. Hekate feels his gentle, and comforting tongue and hands. He's really good when it comes to worshiping, and she rested her hand as she smiled. ''Yes... Yes... Good boy. Gooooooooood boy...'' Hekate thinks to herself, feeling tempted at trying to do something, but she tries to shake it off.
Don smiles as his tongue and hands continue to worship and massage her foot for 2 minutes, then she puts her right foot down, and showed him her left foot, giving him a chance to worship that foot as well. Hekate smiles even more, as she continues to feel her foot being filled with pleasurable tongues and hands. Hekate still gets the thought on her head, and it still tempts her to doing she wanted to do, but she shakes it off again, although her mood is getting better from the experience. As Don continues to worship and massage her left foot, and enjoys it, suddenly, her left foot is no longer there, and then he saw Hekate standing on her throne and then jumps to tackle him down, pinning him, and holding his arms, as he sees the evil, teeth bared grinning face of Hekate.
''....Mis....Tress?'' He said in surprise. ''Slave, you just made me in a good mood...... AGAIN!!! And now, it's time for me to put YOU in a good mood...... AGAIN!!!'' She then starts to tickle his armpits with her fingers, as Don laughs and stood still, as he raised his arms to allow more room for her to tickle. ''AAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! OHOHOHOHOHOHOHOH MISTRESS!!! HAHAHAHA THAHAHAHAT TICKLES!!!''
''Hehe, I know. Because I'm happy thanks to you! And like I said, if I'm happy, then YOU get to be happy!'' She said in her naughty tone. Don laughs in delight, as his face went red, and he stood still as best as he can. Her mechanical spider-like legs on her body begins to tickle his his belly and armpits as well, making Don laugh more in delight. Don knows that he had just made his mistress happy, and now the happiness is coming to him. ''AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA OHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO YES MISTRESS!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I LOAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAVE THIS SOHOHOHOHOHOH MUCH!!!'' Hekate continues to grin at him, as it starts to wide more.
''Heh heh, you do huh? Well guess what? I love it when you worship me, and I love your laughter as well. And since I'm in an even better mood, I think it's time for me to worship and massage your feet as well!'' She said as she stops tickling, and then grab his legs, putting them in her lap. Don blushed, as he never experienced worship before. But he was excited by what it might be. ''W-Worship? Y-Y-You mean you're going to do the same thing when I was worshipping your feet, mistress?'' He said. Hekate looks at him with a smirk. ''Yep. This is what happens when you put me in a good mood, slave.'' She then uses her hands to massage his feet, and toes, making Don moan and smile as his eyes closed, and he rested his hands behind his head. ''Ooooooooh.. Ooooooooh mistress.... Oooooooh that feels so good... OOooh...'' Hekate smiles more as she continues. ''Good. Because this is what you made me feel. My feelings transfer to yours, my dear slave.'' She said, still in her naughty tone.
As the worshipping on his feet and toes continue for another 2 minutes, she uses her tongues to worship his feet and toes, while using her hands, making Don moan in bliss even more. ''O-Ooooooooh... Ooooohoho mistress! Oooooooh, you're so..... Oooooh, good at worshipping me.... Ooooh...'' Hekate ignores him as her tongue and hands worship his feet. ''Ooooooh yes mistress. Your tongue, and your hands..... They're so good at worshipping me, maybe better than mine.'' He thought. As the worshipping and massaging continues for 3 minutes, she stops and has a playful grin on her face, as she stares at Don. He looks at her confused. ''Um, mistress? W-What are you going to do?'' She just ignored him, and then starts to use her fingers to tickle his feet, making him laugh harder, and louder in delight. Don's face went redder, as he tries to keep his body, and his feet and toes still, allowing her to tickle his defenseless feet.
''AAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA OHOHOHOHOHOHOHHOHOHOHOHOHOHOHHO MISTRESS!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA YOU'RE MAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAKING ME SOHOHOHOH HAHAHAHAPPY!!!'' Hekate stares at him with her teeth bared grin as she continues. ''That's good, my dear slave. But you do realize that when I'm in a better mood, you get to be happier right? Because the happier you made your mistress, then the happier you become yourself. And now your helpless laughter is making me in a much better mood now!'' She said before she uses her tongue to tickle his feet, and nipple his toes, making Don laugh the hardest, and the loudest, as his face went dark red, and he streams small tears from his eyes. Don never felt so happy in his life, but maybe it's because of how happy he made her. His laughter was the only word that comes out, since he couldn't even form other words.
Her tongues and hands continue to torture his feet for 5 minutes, until she finally stops to give him a breather. Don breathes heavily, as his tongue lolls out, and he smiles as his eyes get dreamy. Hekate looks at her dreamy slave with a naughty grin, as she rested her right hand on the right side of her face, and caresses his chest with her left hand. ''Slave, you have just made your mistress the happiest in the world yet again. I think it's time for me to make you the happiest slave in the world, again.'' She said in a seductive tone. Don blushed and stared at her with a horny face. ''What are you going to do to me? ....\*Panting\*...... Mistress?'' Her response was a wider grin, and her hands slowly removing his underwear, making him blush red, and his heart beat faster. When she removes his underwear completely, she sees her erect dick and balls, as she starts touching, which made the dick more erect.
''Say, Don, have you ever experienced.... Ticklegasm before?'' She whispered seductively. Don blushed even more at her response. ''W-W-Well, I have experienced that um...... several times, mistress.'' He said, grinning nervously. ''Really? Hmm..... Wait here while I go get my feathers.'' She said as Don lays down, and Hekate walks away, leaving Don to think about what Hekate might do to his private parts. When Hekate came back after 20 seconds, she bought two big feathers with her, and she kneels down, and looked at his dick and balls with an naughtier grin. ''Now, where were we?'' Don's face blushed dark red, and his heat beats faster and faster, as the feathers started to get closer and closer and closer to his dick and balls, and then, the feathers slides along them, like the angel playing the harp. Don feels the heavenly tickling and pleasure from his private parts, as it now gets more and more erect.
Hekate grins more naughtier at his erect dick and balls, as she enjoys tickling them. ''Yes.... Who's my good puppy?'' She teased. ''Ohohohohohahahahahahahahahaha.... I am mistress.'' He said, moaning and laughing with a puppy-like face. Hekate wanted to make feel the same way she does, and she does a really good job at that. ''Ohohohohahahahahahahahahahahahahaha ohohohoh mistress. Hahahahahahaha, you made me sohohohohoh hahahahahappy!'' Hekate scoffed at that obvious response. ''No duh, my dear slave! Happiness is contagious, don't you think?'' She teased. As the tickling pleasure continues for a minute, his dick starts to stream pre-cum leak. Hekate grins teeth bared, as she continues. ''Ohohohohohahahahahahahahahhahahaha mistress, ahahahahahahahaha will yohohohohu plehehehehease lehehehahahat me cum plehehehehehease?'' He asked while moaning and laughing. ''Heh heh, that's a really nice thing you asked me, my slave. Then again, you're my willing slave, and since you asked so nicely....'' She then starts to tickle his dick and balls even faster, making Don moan and laugh even more.
''Ohohohohohahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha ohohohohohhoohoho yes mistress! Hahahahahohohohohohhohhahahahaha it tickles sohohohohoho gohohohohohohd!'' Hekate continues to tickle and tease his private parts, as she giggles playfully. ''Oh yes! You want to cum, slave? You want to cum so badly?'' Don moans as he tries to respond. ''Yeahahahaes mistress! Plehehehehehease let me cum.... Hahahahohohohoho plehehehease.'' Hekate grinned wider at his response. ''Another nice request.... Very well, I'll make your dick cum for me!'' And so, her feathers continue to tickle his dick and balls more and more, as Don starts moaning and laughing louder and louder. ''OHOHOHohohohohohahahahahahahahahahahahaha! OHOHOHOHohohohahahahahahahahahahahahaha! OHHOHOHOHOhohohohohoh mistress! OHOHOHohohohohhahahahahahahahahaha! This is awesoahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahame!'' Hekate laughs sinisterly, as his dick builds up more and more for orgasm. ''Oooh yes it does. Now, your dick gets to feel the same way that I do!'' And then Don starts to scream in pleasure, as his dick squirted cum to her face and mouth, as she stops the tickling. Hekate licks, and tastes the cum, as Don lays down to feel the post orgasmic pleasure. Hekate closes her eyes, as she enjoyed his cum.
''Mmmmm...... I got to say, slave, your dick does produce some tasty milk, amirte?'' She teased. Don just kept breathing, and smiling, as Hekate pulls his chin down, making him look at her naughty grinning face. ''My dear slave, you have worshiped me, and entertained me. It's time I get to do the same thing to you in bed.'' She then stands up, and she helps him stand up, as Don looks at her with a dreamy face again. ''Ooooooh mistress..... I..... I don't know what to say. I never felt so happy in my entire life!'' He said, in his excited and aroused state. Hekate grins naughtily again, and she moves her finger, telling him to come closer. Don did so, as his hands hold her left hand as they continue to walk. And so, they arrived at their bedroom, and Don lays down on the bed. ''And now it's time for me to hold you down for some pleasuring torture.....'' She said, as she grabs the fluffy handcuffs, and uses them to restrain his arms, and legs, bonding him in an X-frame position.
Don's face went red, and his heart beats faster again, as he feels the sexual excitement in his body. ''Oooohohoho mistress! Are you going to..... Tickle me again?'' Hekate sits on one of the chair, and move her feet closer to his dick. ''Nope. But, what I am going to do is worship your dick.... And I'll make sure I'll entertain you after this....'' She whispered, as her feet pleasures his dick. Don moans in pure, heavenly pleasure, as her feet does a really good job massaging it, and slide up and down. Hekate continues to grin, as she enjoys his horny face, and his own pleasure as well. ''Oooooooh..... OOOOooooooh..... OOOOOooooooh mistress....... OOOOOoooooh.... I love you so......OOOOoh...... Much.....'' Her grin grew wider again. ''I love you too.... My favorite slave.....'' As her feet continues to pleasure his dick, she begins to whisper seductively. ''So, my dear slave, am I worshiping you greatly?'' Don moans more at that response. ''OOooooh...... OOooooh yes mistress...... OOOOOoooooh...... And it feels awesome.....'' Hekate's grin continue to grew wider and wider, as her feet pleasure his dick even more.
As her feet, and her seductive whispering voice continue to pleasure Don, his dick starts to stream more pre-cum leak. Don moans more and more in pleasure, as his tongues loll out more. Hekate looks at her pre-cumming dick with a teeth bared grin again. ''Heh heh heh..... Well, honey, looks like you want to cum again huh?'' She flirted. ''Ooooooh........ OOOOOOOoooooooh yes mistress....... OOOOOOOOOOOoooooh....... Can you please......OOOOOOOh..... Let me cum please?'' Hekate just giggled at his response. ''Sounds like another nice request...... Very well, if that's what you wanted....'' Her feet continues to pleasure his dick more and more, in a faster rate, making Don moan louder in pleasure. Hekate licks her mouth in lust, as the dick builds up for orgasm. ''Oooooh yes...... Cum for me, my slave! CUM TO ME!! Give me all your seeds!'' She said, as her eyes glow red, and her grin is now teeth bared again. Don moans and moans and moans, wanting to cum so badly. ''OOOOOOOOOOOH!!! OOOOOOOOOOOH!! \*Gasp\*!! OOOOOOOOOOOH MISTRESS!!!'' And then, came another scream of pleasure, as his dick squirted more and more cum to his belly, and then to her face, and mouth for 2 minutes, as she stops to lick the cum, and let Don feel another post-orgasmic pleasure.
After Hekate tasted the cum, and let Don rest, she frees him of his bondage, and now stares at him with the most naughty grin imaginable. Don blushed dark red, and his heart beats really fast. ''OOoooohoho mistress! Hehehe..... What are you going to do now?'' Hekate caresses his chest with her right hand again. ''Oh, I'm about to entertain you, my dear slave. I have worshipped you, but now, I'm going to entertain you......'' She then slowly starts to remove her clothes, making Don's heart beat faster and faster. His smile became dog-like, as he stares at her boobies, and her ass. She then dances seductively, showing off her ass, as she plays with them, squeezing, rubbing, and even spanking them, as Don starts to grab his dick, and stroke it while watching. ''Heh heh heh....... Well, slave, am I entertaining you yet?'' She teased. ''....\*Panting\*...... Oh yes mistress! ....\*Panting\*..... You're entertaining me greatly!'' He said, in his excited state. She moves her ass closer to his face, as he continues to masterbate.
''That's good...... Because I'm going to entertain you for a long time.....'' She whispered seductively. As she continues to play with her own ass to him for 3 minutes, she turns around, and starts to show off her boobies, rubbing them, kissing them, and licking them. Don keeps panting like a horny dog, as his dick grew to be 7 inches tall, and fully erect. ''OOoooohohoho yes mistress! ...\*Panting\*.....This is REALLY entertaining!'' Hekate moans from her self-pleasure, as she looks at him with a playful evil grin. ''Good. My feeling..... Is your feeling.... My happiness, is yours..... And YOU!!! .....Are my favorite toy.....'' She flirted. As Don continues to watch her play with her own boobies for 2 minutes, she turns around, and show off her ass once again. She shakes them, and then shows off her boobies as well, grinning teeth bared at him, and teasing him. Don's dick streamed even more pre-cum leak, as his eyes swirl around, like it's being hypnotized.
Hekate gets on bed, and stares at his erect dick, rubbing her boobies to tease it as well. ''Yes...... You're enjoying this, aren't you?'' She flirted. ''\*Panting\*........Oh yesyesyesyesyesyes mistress! \*Panting\*...... I'm enjoying this a lot!'' Her grin grew wider once again, as she turns around, and show off her ass once again. ''Does your dick love my ass as well?'' She teased. ''OOohohohoho yes mistress! \*Panting\*..... It loves your ass so much!'' She rubs, shakes, and spanks her ass again, as Don is about to cum once again. ''Then how about you cum at my ass? Cum at my asshole if you want to! Cum on honey...... CUM FOR ME!!!'' She commanded, as Don moans louder and louder and louder, then comes the orgasm, squirting his cum to her ass and asshole for 3 minutes, and then he lays down on the pillow, feeling more post-orgasmic pleasure. Hekate looks at her cum-stained ass and asshole, grinning more.
''Well well...... Your dick was quite naughty indeed.'' She teased. ''I should punish it sometime.'' As Don closes his eyes and smiles for 2 minutes, the hand starts to caresses his chest again, and Don opens his eyes, staring at her naughty grin. ''Daaaw hehehe..... Oh mistress! You both worshipped me, and entertained me at the same time!'' He said, blushing and giggling. ''Good. Like I said, you make me happy, I make you happy. And now.....'' She gets her face closer to his, as her nose touches his. ''It's time for some more fun!'' And then her fingers started to tickle his armpits, and belly, as Don laughs in delight, enjoying her sneaky tickling. ''GAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA OHOHOHOHOHOHO MISTRESS!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA YOHOHOHU'RE SUCH A TEHEHEHEHEHEASE!!'' Her grin grew teeth bared once again, as her eyes glow red, and she tickles him even faster.
''Yeessss...... Laugh for me, slave! Laugh for me!'' She commanded. And so, the two continued to have fun with each other in bed, with Hekate dominating in tickling, and sex, as they enjoyed playing with each other for hours and hours. And now, 5 hours later, Hekate sits on her throne, feeling in a great mood. ''Aaaaah..... I feel super happy today! Thanks to my favorite slave! Say..... Maybe I should punish the one who tickled me before. Oh Ben!'' She called. Ben the wolf started to appear before her, grinning sinisterly. ''Yes mistress?'' Hekate moves her left foot to his face. ''I want you to worship my feet. And you better do it good.'' Ben looks at her feet, and he couldn't wait to tickle them again. ''As you wish mistress.'' He grabs her feet, and worships it. Hekate moans, but her eyes remain open, as she saw the feather on his hand. As the feather move closer and closer to her foot, the foot disappears before him.
''Ooooooh no you DON'T!!!'' She grabs the feather from him, and grabs his legs, putting them on her lap, and using the feather to tickle his feet, as she grins teeth bared. ''GAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HEY!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA NO FAHAHAHAHAIR!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA STAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAOP!!!'' Hekate giggles evilly as she continues. ''No fair? You were the one trying to tickle me, slave. And since I'm in a great mood today, I get to have as much fun as I want to!'' Ben is now shocked that his mistress took advantage of him. ''WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAT!?!?! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HEKATE!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I'LL GET YOHOHOHOHU FOHOHOHR THIS!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA YOU'LL SEE!!!'' Hekate scoffed at his response. ''Uh huh. Sure you will...... But I'm not the only one who's being entertained. He is.'' She said as she points to Don behind him. Don is now wearing only his underwear again, and he rested his hands and enjoyed the show. Ben looks at him while laughing angrily.
''DON!?!? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I AM SOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO GOHOHOHOHING TOHOHOHOHOH KILL YOU FOHOHOHOHR THIS!!'' Don just yawn at his threat, as Hekate continues. ''Oh don't worry, slave. Don is not going anywhere. He's going to accept punishment from me. And I just heard you addressed me as, 'Hekate' instead of, 'Mistress'. That extends your punishment, slave.'' She said, as she drops the feather, and uses her hands to tickle his feet, making him squirm and laugh harder. ''GAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA NO PLEHEHEHEHEHEHEASE STAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAOP MISTRESS!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I'M SOAHAHAHAHAHAHAHARRY!!! I'M SOAHAHAHAHAHAHAHARRY!!!'' Hekate just giggles evilly. ''Oh sure. You're sorry, but not sorry enough!'' She then winks at Don, and Don gives her a wink and a thumbs up.
And that's the end of this story, ladies and gentlemen. Feel free to leave your thoughts, suggestions, and criticism in the comment section below. Tune in next time for another part of Hekate's Favorite Tickle Toy. See you next time! |
The Rowans and The Greys Chapter 7: The Uncle by hyenafur | #7 of The Rowans and The Greys - The 10:30 from Zootopia to Bunnyburrow left twenty minutes late, meaning Mike was going to cut the meeting time very close. The high-speed train pulled into the station at 11:50, but it still took a few minutes to get a cab, so by the time the fox managed to get to | [
"Fanfiction",
"Female",
"Fox",
"Male",
"Zootopia"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1153173-the-rowans-and-the-greys-chapter-7-the-uncle | The 10:30 from Zootopia to Bunnyburrow left twenty minutes late, meaning Mike was going to cut the meeting time very close. The high-speed train pulled into the station at 11:50, but it still took a few minutes to get a cab, so by the time the fox managed to get to Gideon Grey's Real Good Baked Stuff, it was 11:59. The tod paid the driver with a twenty, not even waiting for change as he rushed into the restaurant with barely fifteen seconds to spare.
Mike looked around the establishment, unsure of who to look for exactly outside of the fact that he was looking for a fox or at least hoping that he was looking for a fox. The will didn't make mention of his species, so this Kody Grey could have been anyone. The restaurant was packed mostly with bunnies, but there were three foxes there. One of them was behind the counter, and the other two were sitting in a booth eating a pot pie.
Mike had to do a double take at the tod and vixen sitting in the booth. Mike remembered the vixen, it wasn't hard to since they'd been in the same classes together for most of their time at Z.U. Jo had aged gracefully, must like Helen. He was about to say something when his eyes moved over to the tod. Mike's eyes almost popped out of his head.
Whoever this fox was, he looked a great deal like Chris even though there were a few differences. From the way of he was sitting, Mike figured that he was maybe an inch or an inch and a half shorter than Chris had been. The fox had Chris' exact same build, though Chris would never have allowed himself to get chubby. The tod was a slightly different shade of red than Chris. Chris was colored more like a Red Delicious Apple, this tod was more colored like a cocktail cherry. Even though the colors were different, Chris and the fox that Mike was staring at had an eerily similar fur pattern to them.
He couldn't seem to say anything as the tod pulled out a phone to check the time. "He's late," the vulpine said as he put it down on the table. The vixen took another bite of pot pie, "Don't get down, Kody. I'm sure th'train's jist runnin' late'gain."
"Kody," Mike blurted out.
Kody and Jo almost jumped out of their fur as they heard someone say Kody's name. Slowly, the two turned their heads to look at Mike Rowan who was staring at them like he'd seen a specter. The three foxes blinked at one another for a few seconds before Kody scooted over in the booth, making room for him.
Mike was just about to sit next to Kody when Jo intervened by sliding out of her seat. He could see that she was being protective of her son, as any mother would. The tod slid into where the vixen had been sitting, a hand reaching across the table towards Kody, "It's... nice to meet you, Kody. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."
Slowly Kody reached out and took his hand, "It's nice to meet you too. Mr. Rowan."
"Please, call me Mike," he replied, "I'm really here to deliver some good news."
Kody looked at him. "You already did when you told me they would throw out her case."
"They did," Mike said as he looked at Kody, right before Travis slithered up to take the demolished pot pie away. "Can I get you anything," he asked the three foxes.
The older fox turned to look at the ferret for a brief second, "Could I get what they had?"
"Sure, but that's a lot of pie for just one fox. Not even Gideon can finish one by himself."
"You have any smaller ones?"
"Yup. You want anything to drink with that?"
"Just some tea, please."
"Sweet or unsweet?"
"Sweet, I guess."
"I'll bring it right out."
The ferret slithered away and Mike turned his attention to Kody and Jo, "Your father's ex-wife's case was completely dismissed by the Judge yesterday afternoon. From what I understand, her lawyers received a harsh dressing down for even taking the case because of the details she omitted."
Kody nodded as he took a sip of his lemonade, "I figured that would happen, but you didn't travel all the way from Zootopia to give me news you could have sent me on the phone."
Mike blinked a few times. Kody looked at him, "What can you tell me about my father?"
"I didn't know Johan," the tod responded as his mini pot pie and sweet tea were placed in front of him.
The cherry fox shook his head, "No, I mean your brother, Chris."
Mike blinked a few times, not touching his food or drink. For some reason, he had forgotten that the internet existed in the near fourty-eight hours since the last time they spoke. There was only one firm with Rowan in the name in the entire city, and it was easy to look up the Zootopia Gazette's on-line archives for Chris' obituary. There was a long pause as Mike looked down at the steamy pot pie and the cool glass of sweet tea in front of him, a droplet of condensation starting to run down the side of the glass. "My brother... your father... was an ass."
Jo was surprised, and yet also relieved at Mike's response. Hearing it from the tod made her feel better. Kody just nodded, "That's what my mother told me."
Mike looked up at his nephew as he let out a sigh, "She's right, but mom and dad never saw him for what he was. Hell, they still don't see him for what he really was, and it's been almost thirty years."
Kody nodded as his uncle looked him up and down, "You know, you look a lot like your father. A little lighter red, but you do look like him."
The younger tod just kept nodding, "But what can you tell me about him?"
Mike leaned back as he picked up a fork and started to poke at the pot pie, "He was an alpha male. He liked being in charge. He was always a bit bigger than me, slightly taller, but he didn't get his nickname of 'Little Wolf' until High School, when he hit his growth spurt and decided to pick a fight with a wolf Senior Classmammal."
Kody blinked, "What happened?"
"Chris got suspended for a week, but the wolves accepted him into the pack," the older tod replied as he finally scooped a portion of the pot pie up and into his mouth. Mike couldn't help but let out a long churr as the flaky crust, vegetables, and broth seemed to melt into his mouth. "Ohh...wow... this... this is really good," he said with a shudder.
Josephine smiled, "Glad ye likes it. Kody's cousin, Gideon, makes'em." Mike slowly turned his head to see another tod that looked a little like Kody waving at them from behind the register. Everyone at the table waved back before Mike began to munch on the pot pie.
"Do... do your parents know about... my mom? Or me," Kody asked softly as he leaned in over the table. Mike gulped down another bite before taking a long swig of his sweat tea, "Your grandparents don't know about Josephine or what happened. Your grandfather does know about you, though not in the way you're hoping."
Josephine let out a chuff, "Whatcha mean b'that?"
Mike put the glass down, "My dad only knows Kody as Raynard Schaiferhund, Johan and Brenda Schaferhund's heir. He doesn't know that he's Chris' son. He's just a client's son."
Jo snorted, "He never paid attention to what his son was doing?"
The older tod leaned back and crossed his arms, "He didn't, and neither did Kody's grandmother. They were too busy, and Chris was always the model of upper middle class society when they were around. For all his bragging, he was always tight lipped around them. I tried to tell them the truth lots of times, but they won't listen. I'm pretty sure they stopped listening to me a long time ago."
There was another long silence as the three foxes looked at each other. Kody chewed his lower lip as he began to lean back into the chair. Mike let out a sigh as he slowly reached for his tea. "So... uhm... Kody," he started to ask as he looked at his nephew, "What do you do for a living exactly?" He needed to lighten the overall mood and learn more about the younger fox.
Kody smiled as he chuckled, "I'm a pilot. I'm sorry I was a little rough with you when you called me on Thursday. I'd just gotten done with a flight and I was ready to get out of my g-suit."
"G-Suit," Mike's ears and eyebrows quirked in curiosity, "You mean you're a fighter pilot? Like those guys in that one movie?"
The younger man laughed as he shook his head, "No. I'm not like those guys in Top Gun. I fly bombers."
"And you have to wear a g-suit for that," his uncle asked. The only movie he'd ever seen with bomber pilots had been Doctor Strangelove and a few of the ones made about the Great War, so he wasn't sure if his reference point was dated.
"Well, the one I fly, I have to. I fly the Canberra," he replied as he started to lean forward a little.
"Canberra," Mike said, trying to remember anything he could about the aircraft, but nothing was popping out.
"Yeah, it's an older plane. They started out as tactical bombers, but now they're mostly used for weather reconnaissance," Kody didn't, actually couldn't, talk too much about what his real mission was in the aircraft, but he did know that a simple internet search would bring up the ones used down at the Zootopian Aeronautics and Space Administration. A few of the previous model Canberras had been scooped up by them to study weather, and the naked observer wouldn't be able to distinguish the H model from the F model, so he usually used weather as his cover story.
"So you're a storm chaser," Mike asked.
"Something like that, yes."
"I don't think there's ever been a pilot in the family before."
Jo giggled, "We ain't never had one in our famly neither."
Mike nodded, "You must be very proud of your son."
"Ah sure am! M'lil kit dun well fer hisself," the vixen smiled as she put an arm around her son, giving him a one armed hug.
Mike chuckled, "His grandfather might be disappointed he's not a lawyer."
Kody scoffed, "Why would I want to be a lawyer? I love my job."
The older tod gave his nephew an envious smile. He'd wanted to say that for years, he mused as he looked down at his watch, "I hate to cut this short, but if I leave now, I can catch the earlier train back to Zootopia."
The younger fox nodded, "I understand." There was a slight pause as he went through his mind, searching for one last question to ask before he found it. He'd spotted the wedding ring on the older tod's hand, so he might as well ask, "Do I have any cousins on your side of the family?"
"Yes, actually. Victoria and Alexis, they're my daughters. Your grandfather and grandmother were only children, so that's about the extent of the extended family," Mike replied. He figured Kody might ask since he was still learning more and more about the two families he belonged to.
The younger fox seemed to let out a sigh of relief, "Phew. Sorry, Uncle Mike, but I'm glad. My adopted dad had a HUGE family since he was a Shepherd. I had a hard time keeping track of them all. It kinda felt like every other day he'd tell me about a cousin that I had that I never remembered but met when I was a baby or a little kit."
The older tod and vixen chuckled softly, which only made Kody chuckle more. "What? I'm serious? My adopted father had four brothers and two sisters, all of whom had at pups of their own. Honestly, it had to make a flow chart for it."
"Well, you won't have that problem anymore, Kody. It's just your grandparents, me, my wife, and my two daughters," Mike said with a warm laugh as he started to slide out of the booth, but not before reaching his hand out to shake Kody's, "It was nice to meet you, Kody. I'm honestly glad we did this."
Kody nodded, "It was nice to meet you too, Uncle Mike."
Uncle and Nephew shook hands for a few seconds before Mike looked over at Josephine, "And it was nice seeing you again, Jo."
"Whatcha mean, again," the vixen asked curious. Mike chuckled, "You don't remember?"
She shook her head as the tod chuckled, "Professor MacDuck's Freshman English?"
Josephine tried to concentrate on the memory, remembering the class until he finally popped into her head, "I 'memberya now! Ya were that cute lookin' tod who sat in th'front row."
Mike chuckled softly, a little embarrassed by her calling him cute. "Yeah, that was me," he said as he scratched the back of his head, "You... uhm... thought I was cute?"
Jo giggled, "Course I did. All th'vixens I talked t'said yew was, 'specially Helen Zlatan."
The tod chuckled, "Good, cause I married Helena Zlatan."
The vixen and the tod laughed as the youngest one at the table looked a little confused. Jo gave her son a pat on the back, "It wuz b'fore yer time, shoog."
Mike just gave a little chuff as he slipped out of the booth. "We'll have to do this again sometime," he said as he gave them one last smile before turning about to head out the door.
"Yeah," Kody said softly, "We should." |
Ember Tails side story - Firedog the First, pt5 by skynero19 | #23 of Ember Tails And here we have the final chapter in Kyle's high school career, seeing him at graduation - or, rather, the graduation after-party - and as he heads off to college and meets his freshman roommate! Was certainly fun to bring together a few characters in this (and the previous) | [
"Arcanine",
"College",
"Couple",
"Highschool",
"Manectric",
"Party",
"Pokemon",
"Pyroar",
"Relationships",
"Roommates",
"Speedo",
"houndoom"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1151517-ember-tails-side-story-firedog-the-first-pt5 | A banner reading "CONGRADULATIONS!" spanned the main hallway of the community center two doors down from Westside High as over half of the senior class, some of them still sporting their graduation caps, filled the building for the all-nighter.
"Ugh, I can't believe I forgot to pack my swimsuit!" the Manectric bemoaned as their group of eight made their way past one of the gymnasiums, this one apparently being used as the party's main dance hall.
"Don't worry, Shana, both Vanessa and I brought backups!" the Floatzel responded immediately. "I'm sure one of ours should fit you."
"Ah, thanks!"
"I mean, you don't HAVE to wear one," the Houndoom at her side teased.
She laughed, giving him a playful shove. "As if, Nando!"
Most everyone laughed at that interaction before trying to figure out what to do next. Shana and Fernando weren't officially a couple, though they certainly seemed to have a good rapport, and certainly fit well with the other couples in their group - Ryan and Vanessa, Terry and Meghan, and Kyle and Jack.
"I could go for some food and drink to start us off," Terry suggested, to which the group mostly agreed, the four couples soon making their way over to the community center's grand ballroom.
"Too bad none of the drinks here have that little extra..." Ryan mused sadly as they claimed a table with their dinners.
Vanessa ruffled his hair. "Well they aren't going to spike anything at a school-sponsored event, of course!"
"I know! But still."
Dinner passed by easily enough, with Vanessa and Meghan getting the swimsuits out of their bags to let Shana pick one out. The group betted on the idea that most students' first instinct would be to enjoy the dance floor, so they went to the pool first - which, as the night went on, they would find turned out to be an excellent bet. Six of the eight students made their way out of their respective locker rooms and into the lazy river - the missing couple being Kyle and Jack, which caused a couple of jokes to be tossed around among the others before the final couple emerged, the Hitmonchan half-hanging off of the Arcanine's shoulder and both of them looking a little smug.
"Well look what canoodling fools decided to finally show up!" Fernando barked as the other two eased their way into the lazy river.
"You're just jealous y'all can't share the same locker room," Kyle quipped, making the girls giggle a little bit but successfully earned no real retorts from the others.
"I noticed the matching speedos!" Shana complimented with a wink.
Terry added "You look good in Westside Warriors colors, Jack!"
The Hitmonchan just laughed, blushing a bit, before responding "Well, I... ah... Okay yeah, I gotta admit they're kinda nice..." He waved his hand about as if to brush it off, inadvertently showing off the Warriors-colored wristband he had been forced to put on as a "guest" to the all-nighter (everyone else simply had to show their school IDs to get in).
"The question is," Meghan began dramatically, "does he look good in \*A\* Westside Warrior?"
"Meg, boundaries!" Terry chastised, though with a bit of a laugh himself.
"But inquiring minds want to know!" Vanessa egged on.
Kyle headed off further banter by answering, "Well, in MY humble opinion, I think he looks fucking amazing in OR around a Westside Warrior, but I maaaay be biased."
The eight of them continued to shoot the breeze as they flowed loops around the lazy river, all starting to look for what lay ahead of them after tonight. Ryan was off to trade school; Vanessa was going to try her chances in Los Mares and had the backup plan of going to school for either acting or dance; Fernando had landed in one of the big business schools in Smallville; Terry and Kyle were both going to Meritzen University, Terry for engineering and Kyle on a full athletic scholarship for the Meritzen University Thunderbirds battle team.
Most of them eventually moved to the hot tub, though Terry stayed out because "I'll literally wilt if I'm in there for more than a minute or two". Eventually, they left the pool area and got dressed, moving to the community center's game room to enjoy pool, foosball, air hockey, and a particularly energetic and well-matched ping pong match of Shana and Meghan versus Kyle and Jack.
After grabbing desert back in the great hall around two in the morning, they went back in to the dance hall, which had thankfully weathered down to about half of the population it had been when everyone got here, giving the group of eight plenty of breathing room to dance how they wanted. At one point, Ryan insisted that he get a chance to dance with either Kyle or Jack "just to legit see what it's like dancing with another strong guy", which after some discussion prompted two couple shifts over the next fifteen minutes or so, giving Kyle with Ryan first and then Shana, neither of which turned out to be very awkward for him at all, to his pleasant surprise (Shana clearly enjoyed dancing with him, too).
The eight of them filed back out into the hallway around four-thirty in the morning, Shana sitting down on a bench to rest up a bit and causing Fernando and Kyle (and Jack) to hang around while the other two couples split off to go find some quiet corners to go make out, as if the dance floor hadn't been enough.
"Sit next to me, Nando!" she said, patting the bench next to her, to which the Houndoom obliged. Jack then leaned up against the wall on Shana's other side, leaving Kyle to stand in front of the others.
"Did you say you were gonna ship off to Meritzen well before Terry, Kyle?" the Hitmonchan asked, holding out a hand to his boyfriend.
"Yeah, I am," the Arcanine responded, squeezing the proffered hand. "I'm actually already packing, since the battle team apparently practices a lot during the summer. I'll be leaving next week."
"Dang, you're hitting the ground running then, huh?" Fernando asked.
"Yup! It'll be quite a rush, I think."
"No kidding! And you'll be one step away from becoming a pro battler, at that. Moving on up fast!"
"College sports and pro sports are kinda "life in the fast lane", right?" Shana took her turn to ask with a quick glance between Kyle and Jack.
"Yeah, so I've heard a bit..."
"From what I hear occasionally of Enrique's experience at National University out in College City, the athletic department is fantastically hedonistic!" Fernando said with a naughty smile.
"And people are more likely to either be out or at least open to experimenting in college, so I bet you'll get a ton of action!" Jack added.
"And you're okay with that?" Shana asked the fighting-type skeptically.
"Well, we're kinda in a open relationship already..."
"Yeah, you've told me stories!" Kyle said with a laugh, "damn hot stories!"
"I know, right?" the Hitmonchan smiled, glad to hear the Arcanine would say he was okay with Jack's openness in public (Kyle had said as much to Jack in private already, but the Hitmonchan was always at least a little worried about offending his boyfriend, so hearing that repeated in public was reassuring). "And now it's your turn! Just don't forget me, hun, will ya?"
"I won't forget you, Jack," Kyle responded, reaching out to squeeze hands again before pulling his boyfriend into a quick kiss, earning a "d'aww" from Shana.
A moment later, Jack turned and asked her "And what about you two? What with Nando heading off to Smallville. You two ARE a couple, right? Can't say I've really been able to tell."
Shana and Fernando shared a glance. "Well, if it's confused you, I guess that's somewhat expected" the Houndoom answered. "We did go on several actual dates early on, but we eventually sat down and agreed to kinda be Schrödinger's Couple."
"We haven't gone on a one-on-one date ever since, as neither of us really felt the pull we expected for a boyfriend or girlfriend," Shana continued, "but we did still really enjoy hanging out with each other generally speaking."
"We only had a bit more than a year to be together in the first place when we initially got together anyway, so knowing we probably wouldn't have the same post-high-school plans meant we both kinda assumed it wasn't going to last. But it was certainly fun being "together-ish" for that time!"
"I guess though that does mean we'd technically be breaking up our Schrödinger thing now, wouldn't it?" Shana asked.
Fernando thought about it for a moment before shrugging and nodding. "Yeah, I guess so. Fun while it lasted?" he asked, holding out a hand to shake.
"Definitely!" the Manectric responded, rightfully shaking the offered hand, before both of them leaned back in the spots on the bench with a smile, moving the conversation on as if it was no big deal to either of them. It took a couple minutes, but Kyle did come to the conclusion they were both completely truthful and happy about their time together. / One week later, his parents were getting back in their car, having just finished helping Kyle get all his things into his freshman dorm room. They said their goodbyes, his mother tearing up a bit as they wished him fun on the two-week-long retreat that he and the rest of the Thunderbirds battle squad would be leaving for in a couple of days, and then drove away.
He went back up to his dorm room, flopping down on his XL twin bed as the sudden reality of living as a completely independent individual started sinking down on him. He stared up at the ceiling for a while, a bit intimidated but more excited, until he finally got up and updated his Pawbook status as well as his education information.
About half an hour later, his phone went off with a text from his soon-to-be-roommate that he'd been chatting with for the past month and that was a Meritzen local.
\<Hey! Saw your Pawbook status. All moved in, huh? Wanna nab an afternoon snack? There's this awesome café about a block south of the athletic complex.\>
\<Sure! Half an hour?\>
\<Half an hour works for me! See you soon! Excited to meet you.\>
Kyle knew his roommate would be a Pyroar named Sky, but beyond that not much. He guessed Sky probably knew a bit more about him than he knew about Sky simply because of his being as much of a public figure as you can be in high school on top of his status as one of Meritzen's top battle recruits.
The Pyroar greeted him with a hug right off the bat, which was a bit surprising but surprisingly felt welcome. "Nice to meet you, Kyle! I'm Sky, in case you were worried a complete stranger just came up to hug you."
The Arcanine laughed. "I figured! Nice to finally meet you, too!"
"Enjoying Meritzen so far? Here, let's get in line for food, they have eeexcellllent smoothies here."
"Ah awesome. Yeah, I'm enjoying the city and the campus so far."
"How's our room?"
"It's nice enough! We have our own bathroom, which is amazing, especially since I think it's the handicap room on the floor so the shower stall is huuuge."
"Sweet!"
"Yeah. The beds look nice - memory foam, I think - and big enough for me, so definitely for you too since you look a couple inches shorter."
"And not quite as built, either - you look gooood, man!"
"Ah thanks! I try. Anyway, the beds are raised enough that you could fit our desks underneath them, but then you wouldn't actually be able to use the desk surface. The posts actually look like you could turn the two beds into one bunk bed if you really wanted too, there's room."
"Interesting. Ah, looks like we're next to order here."
Kyle quickly decided on the "mango pineapple splash" smoothie since the smoothies had been recommended, which Sky then copied expect for asking for half the yoghurt, no mint, and adding a splash of lemonade; Kyle made a mental note that Sky clearly knew the spots around here well enough to know what kind of custom orders one could ask for.
They sat down and sipped for a while before Sky asked "So is your boyfriend coming up to Meritzen as well, or no?"
Kyle wasn't sure whether to be surprised or not that his freshman roommate already knew he was officially taken, by another guy no less, and just took a sip before deciding no harm in answering honestly. "No, he's staying back home and taking a gap year before deciding what to do next. So we won't be in the same city, but we didn't break up at graduation, we're gonna see how long distance works out. I'm guessing it should work with no major issues, at least in terms of wandering eyes or whatever, since our relationship has kinda been "open" from the start. He's been the only one to really use his "free passes" thus far, though, but I think he's expecting some salacious stories from me now that I'm a college athlete."
"Well, then! That sounds like a nice setup. I wish you two luck, in both aspects!" He raised his smoothie cup as if in toast, and Kyle raised his as well to "clink" the two plastic cups together, both of them then taking a nice, long sip. Sky continued "I hope I have a boyfriend by the time I graduate from Meritzen... Would be nice, but no hurry I guess."
Kyle nodded. "I guess it might be a good idea to come up with a warning system for the chance we have someone over to our room?"
"Yeah, that'd probably - wait, a "system"? the Pyroar asked with a grin, followed by a laugh. "What, are you suggesting one warning for "clear out" and another for "feel free to join" or something?"
Kyle laughed at that too. "NOT what I meant, but if college athletic life lives up to what I've heard, might not be a bad idea... You had a wild life thus far?"
"No, actually very much not," Sky answered, shaking his head. "Most I've done with another guy is kiss; it was a straight guy I'd had a crush on for a while, and it was after I'd had a really bad day. I mean, he was legit my friend already, so it wasn't just a pity kiss, he honestly wanted to help me feel better."
"Well that's nice of him! So you're still a virgin."
"Yeah... I'm sure college will change that. I mean, I DO have a toy I've used once or twice, but that doesn't really count... And I think I'll be more of a top anyway."
"It'll be fun! Just make sure you don't spend your first time on a random hook-up; it should be with a friend who'll be more likely to put effort into making it enjoyable for you and to hang around after."
"Speaking from experience?"
"No, thankfully, at least that it wasn't a random hook-up."
They lapsed into silence for a bit before the conversation picked up with more mundane things, such as what majors they would be pursuing (Kyle didn't know; Sky would be doing art), what both of them knew thus far about what the Thunderbirds season (and preseason summer retreat) would be like, and how Kyle's move went.
"When do you want to move in, by then way?" the Arcanine asked. "I mean, I know you can't register to get in to the room until the official move-in weekend, but I can let you in whenever. Well, except when I'll be out on the retreat, but you know what I mean."
"I guess I could start bringing some things in once you get back from your battle squad retreat. Do you know where you guys will be going?"
"No clue, they just said pack enough for one week in a cabin and one week roughing it in the woods..."
"Ugh, joyous."
"Indeed..." |
Among the Desert sands by Arbon | Just a matter of waiting, I repeated to myself. The harsh sands blowing strong and steady against my striped fur. It was a mantra I had say often, the only way to keep myself centered. Patience before the reward. The bright sun beat down from above, burning into my blue hair and making my pink ears | [
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The winds picked up a small storm and so I felt the tiny little pebbles smack against my side. No? They came from behind. From the front? The sun scorched wind did not deign to make up its mind and let me relax against the sensation, it had to bring heat and pain and stinging burns from all sides. My lips curled into a smile I waited, a smile I had to force. Don't let anyone see it get to you, just keep waiting for that reward. My eyes had to squint lest sand build up around the lashes or collide directly into my pupil. If this were simply traveling I would have closed them, but when one is hunting they must look and smell and listen lest they lose track of their prey.
My thin rags, tattered from age and weather offered no protection from the gale-force sands. Withstanding the heat was a task left entirely to my will and my body, but for this upcoming treat I would brave any hardship. My stomach growled, and I did not have to look down at my bone thin chest or the flat, small belly to remind myself how hungry I was. Was it two suns since my last meal? Maybe it was three. I'd like to hope it's just been one, but with how often I go hungry it's a bit insulting to keep track, ya know?
Eyes still open into the painful sand filled wind, I kept waiting. It's only a matter of patience until my treat arrives. The wind made it awkward to listen and the heat welling from every angle meant it was painful to sit still. My bare thighs against the sands, a mere shirt that almost counts as a dress if not for its heavy disrepair being all that keeps me covered. If I were to think about it in the long hours I waited, the heavy sand clouding the air was liable to block out anything one might see of me. From the white fur, to the blue hair, to the black tigerstripes. My fingers pink and my feet hairless and scaled, my long pink tail stiff and immobile behind me.
If this gambit were to fail and I miss my treat for the day, I'll have to go back into the city. The guards will pester me along the way. Even jail me if they manage to catch hold. That was normal. Simply a matter of slipping in over the walls, or finding my way through one of the tunnels. Easiest is to show up at the front gate and ask if they'd let me in or if they'd come out to catch me, then dangle some shiny rocks and convince the guards it was stolen gold. Sometimes it works. Sometimes I have to run past them or slink around them. If they were blind idiots it'd be far too easy to boast over, but I've had gambits fail as often as they've succeeded.
But what was there in the city? I wasn't the only starved rodent desperate to claw out a meal, even the venders didn't have fresh stocks or plenty to spare. They complain less when I steal the old foods, the rotten fish or the moldy potatoes. Things they couldn't have sold anyway and simply ruined the appetite of any customers seeking to fill their bellies. They complained more, and called for the guards, if I tried taking the fresh foods in plain line of sight. Or if they awoke in the morning to find their stores were pilfered during the night. They became outright hostile, even murderous, if one noticed I'd gone so far as to take gold or gems from their stores or lifted out of their pockets. Never a good idea to take gold from those who are there constantly, always seek the traveler or the high class, the rich merchants and not the street peddlers.
I didn't want to go back.
Not really. The city was drab and enclosed, tightly packed with rats and walls and people on every corner. It had water and for that I must always return, but it never had much. It had food, as little as the city could scrape by when the crops were so rare and hunting was so completely dependent on the seasons. It wasn't home. It wasn't comfortable, and it didn't let me see the sky whenever I pleased.
The wind stabbed into my bare legs, reminding me of other pleasantries regarding the thick walls. It kept the sun out, it kept the heat at bay, it withstood the howling winds and piercing sands.
But so did I! Or so I thought, defiantly sitting still and patient while I wait the oncoming treat. I was as strong as any dumb old rock. If the city walls could hold out, then so could I. And so I sat, in pain and heat and misery, just hoping for ...
A skitter?
My ears twitched at the lovely sound, something crawling through the shifting sands in search of a bit of shade, any rocks it might burry itself under when the sand it had burrowed into was so rudely stripped away. I didn't dare turn lest it startle and notice me. The skittering and clicks of sand brushing against a carapace, I could hear it's eight legs struggling to keep hold. It went up between my legs, finding shelter from the sun and protection from the wind. Just like a great city I stood up proud and tall against the forces of nature, dominating them by body and will. And just like a great city the weak and small cower before me for protection, seeking to share in my power.
My legs sprawled out, my paws swooped down, and in the same instant this insect noticed something was wrong I had already latched my jaws around it. Crunch, and it's tail is sliced off. Crunch-crunch and I have a mouth full of four distinct bits, two claws and the tail. My tongue savors the flavor. Scorpion? It seemed to be this time, and as drool lathered over the desperate little bug I maneuvered it between my teeth. Nibblenibblenibble, and then it's legs were gone. The thing's blood tasted over my palette, it's still living form divided into helpless chunks within my jaws.
I swallowed. The scorpion was gone. My belly was full for another day. And I could stand feeling proud at having waited out another treat.
For just like the city, I craved to have things inside me. And just like the great city, if any unwary travelers came too close they were mere fodder to chew and swallow.
Just like the city. A mote of dust in among the desert sands. |
The Rowans and The Greys Chapter 8: Back Home by hyenafur | #8 of The Rowans and The Greys - Helen hadn't expected Mike to get home so early. She'd spent most of the day sitting on the couch watching television, popping popcorn into her muzzle as she enjoyed a Neville Longbottom movie marathon, so when the door had opened and her husband yelled out, "I'm | [
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The vixen had rolled off the couch after putting the popcorn down to grab her tod and pull him in for a very spicy kiss that took Mike off guard at first only for him to start to melt against her. "Welcome home, honey," Helen said in a warm chur, her fingers still gripping his jacket tightly while her tail flicked and flitted about behind her.
Mike smirked as he dropped his briefcase to grip his wife by the hips, pulling her in nice and tight. "Can I have my dessert early," he said as his nose poked hers.
"Oh, we're DEFINITELY having dessert now," she quipped back to him before giving him a long, deep kiss.
Several hours later, the two foxes were laying by each other in bed, Helen's head resting against Mike's chest as the two idly watched the Neville Longbottom movie marathon. "So, what's he like," the vixen queried as they kept watching the flashing images on the screen.
"Hmm? Oh. You mean Kody? He's a good kit," he said as he gently rubbed his wife's shoulder, "Not like his dad at all, which, was refreshing."
"Oh?"
"Yeah. Smart too. I think he knew who I was before I did," Mike let out a sigh, "He kinda looks like Chris too."
Helen giggled as she rolled over onto her belly beside her husband, the TV completely forgotten. "So he's all muscular and dreamy, like your big brother," she said with at tease that only made Mike laugh.
"No. They've got the same build, but Kody's more husky than Chris was," he replied only for his wife to giggle, "So he has a cute little curly tail?"
"What," the tod said in confusion until he realized his word choice, "No. Not like that. I meant... I mean... he's more tubby than Chris was."
"Ohhhhh," his wife said in a slightly mocking tone as she laughed, "Did you find out what he does for a living?"
"I did, actually. He's a fi... er... bomber pilot in the Air Force," he said. His wife smirked, "Oh, well, we should probably keep him far away from Victoria and Alexis. My sister dated one after college. She said he would hit on everything that was female and had two legs."
Mike rolled his eyes and shook his head, "No. That was Chris, and he hit on anything with two legs. Besides, I doubt Kody would go after his cousins. That's just... bleh." The tod stuck his tongue out at the mere thought.
"I'm just kidding, honey. I'm sure Kody's a nice tod that would never go after his cousins," Helen paused before she started to think, "Would you like to invite him over? Maybe see if your father would like to meet his long-lost nephew?"
Mike let out a sigh. He was going to have to break the news to his father about Kody, but he wasn't sure exactly how to do it. Richard hadn't been to see his son at his home since his grandkits graduated High School, even though Mike had invited him over many times. The only way this was going to work was if they went out for dinner. This was going to get very expensive very fast. |
The Rainbow Patriot - Chapter 6: The Bottom on Top by Tom Rosenburg | #6 of The Rainbow Patriot The sixth chapter of the series. DISCLAIMER: This chapter features an abusive relationship, which victims of real-life domestic violence may find disturbing. Reader discretion is advised. - LAST TIME ON THE RAINBOW PATRIOT: Our hero has met a cursed human who later reverts | [
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The Rainbow Patriot - Chapter 6: The Bottom on Top
In the metropolis of the Rainbow Patriots hometown, there was a central police department that jailed criminals for misdemeanors or criminals awaiting a court date. Inside one of the jail cells, a white, blonde-maned stallion was getting fucked by a hardened criminal. The black bull with a nose ring and gang tattoos pinned the stallion against the concrete wall and slammed his crotch into his big rump. The horse's moans echoed through the jail and thrust his ass further into him.
"Uhhh...uuhhh...ahhhhh...you're so big!" He moaned.
"This'll teach you to arrest me, copper." The inmate growled. "I'm about to cum, pony boy."
"Yes, fill me like a jelly donut!" The stallion cried.
The bull uttered a loud groan and gushed his seed all into the horse's used asshole. The stallion leaned against the wall with a dumb, blissful look on his face; feeling the warm ooze filling him up. But his fun came to an abrupt end when the police chief, a white schnauzer, walked into the afterglow.
"Monty!" He yelled angrily.
The stallion named Monty looked at the chief and blushed. "Uh...heh...hi, Chief..."
"My office! Now!" He yelled again.
Later, Monty was in his uniform; short, tight, navy blue shorts and a navy blue shirt holding his badge that had the bottom tied into a knot to show the horse's midriff. The canine chief glared at him with his arms on his desk and his fingers locked.
"Monty, this is the third time this month I caught you having sex with the inmates. I tried to be forgiving and patient with you, but you're not even trying to have some self-control. Your performance record is also poor; we have reports of you getting fucked by those you were trying to arrest and getting off free for fucking you. Do you want to explain that?"
"But Chief, I can't help that I'm a submissive guy; I like to bottom and I'll take the opportunity whenever I can," Monty said and then moved around the desk to sit on the chief's lap. "Maybe you'll reconsider if I relieve some 'stress'?
The police chief grunted and his face flushed red under his white fur. "Get off of me, dammit! And that's your problem; you're not taking this job seriously and you're too submissive. I know bottoming is your thing, but you can't let criminals take advantage of you. You're supposed to enforce the law. I hired you because you had the muscles and passion of wanting to protect this city, but if you can't even defend yourself, how can you defend the people? I'm sorry, but I can't put up with this anymore; I have to terminate you."
Monty's heart sank, whimpering from hearing that he got fired. He looked down as thoughts raced through his head on hot to handle the situation and what he should do. He forfeited his badge and his uniform, now wearing only a thong with a humongous bulge the size of a soccer ball. As he got up and left with his head down in shame, the chief placed a paw on his shoulder.
"Listen, show me that you can be a great officer and I'll consider having you back. Until then, have some time to think it over. Take care, Monty."
Monty sadly nodded and walked out of the department. He kept his head down and his ears flattened as he walked. Now jobless, he was afraid of what might happen to him if he could not get back on an income soon. He got some catcalls along the way. Normally, he would smile and show off a little, but he was too sad to strut. He soon made it to his house, which was a small, but decent townhouse in an urban area uptown in the metropolis. As he went inside and locked the door, an elderly mare walked to the foyer.
"Hello, Monty." She greeted with a warm smile.
"Hi, Grandma." He greeted back with a monotone voice. He walked past her and went into the kitchen to sit at the table. He covered his face with his hands and groaned.
"What's troubling you, Grandson?" She asked.
"I got fired from my job. The Chief said I let criminals take advantage of me when I should be enforcing the law. He also said he'll bring me back if I grow a spine, but I just can't toughen up."
His grandma patted him on the shoulder. "When your grandfather was your age, he had the same issue; he was the town bicycle, that stallion. But even though he was, he realized that you can still be tough even when you're on the receiving end of things. He, and his father, his father before him, and beyond were symbols of authority; being a police officer or in the military is in our family's blood. Do you remember your father?"
"Yeah...I miss him..." Monty said.
"Your father was the same way too. Being a "bottom" as kids call it these days is also in your blood, but you also have the traits to be a horse of the law. My point, Monty, is that you can be tough as long as you remember that you're protecting the people that depend on you."
"You're right. Thanks, Grandma, I feel a little better." He said with a smile and hugged her. "I'll be making dinner soon; we're having country-fried steak and gravy."
"Oh, my favorite!" She exclaimed.
Monty giggled and left his grandma heading toward his bedroom. As he opened the door, the room was covered in Rainbow Patriot merchandise; posters, action figures, stuffed plushies, and sex toys of his brand. He was an avid fan of the Rainbow Patriot and fantasized about him all the time. A lot of men had similar passions towards their gay patriotic hero, but none came close to Monty. The buff horse plopped onto his pink bed and hugged a stuffed Rainbow Patriot doll tightly. The stuffed inanimate bird was smothered between his pecs.
"I love you so much, Rainbow Patriot." He cooed.
He then moved its head and mimicked his voice. "Gee, Monty, you're so kind and big and sexy, why don't you fight alongside with me?"
"Oh, well of course! After I have some of that big delicious golden cock." He spoke seductively and pressed the doll's face to his lips, kissing him.
He soon went into his closet to pull out a life-size dildo of the Rainbow Patriot's dick and a couple of towels. He set the dildo on the floor and covered the carpet with the towels to avoid having to clean. He squatted down letting the tip penetrate his ebony entrance. He let out a moan and pulled down the front of his jockstrap to free his huge bulge as his fat horse cock grew semi-erect. He quickly got the dildo all the way to the hilt. He used his hands to keep the dildo steady as he rode it. He let out a slutty moan with descent onto the dildo with his tongue hanging out. His cock was now fully hard and throbbing, imagining the real Rainbow Patriot fucking him. His round taught rump smacked and bounced against his hands with each drop as the dildo rubbed against the walls of his used rectum. Each thrust of that dildo sent shivering waves of pleasure through his body and his quads flexed and bulged. With a pleasuring cry, his cock erupted and blasted gallons of cum. He was against a wall so that the cum would land on the towels and not splatter on the walls or his posters or his furniture. After a good ten seconds of cumming, his orgasm subsided and rested on the floor with the dildo fully in his ass. His anus clenched around the dildo from the orgasm, making him grunt. He stood up and slowly pulled the big golden dildo out with a pop, showing a gaping anus that soon shrunk to normal size.
After cleaning the dildo and himself with a quick trip to the shower, the phone in his room rang. With a towel around the back of his neck as he wiped his mane dry, he picked up the phone.
"Hello\~" He greeted.
"Hey bitch, it's me." Said the voice.
Monty's eyes widened as he recognized who it was and his ears flattened. "Hank?! H-hi, honey." He stuttered.
"I'm ready to start the operation. I need you to meet me at the Gaytropolis bank in thirty minutes. Don't you dare be late."
"Y-yeah, I won't. I'll see you soon, baby." He said with a feigned joy in his voice.
"Yeah, whatever." He replied and hung up.
Monty's mind started to fill with anxiety. "Fuck, I forgot about Hank! He'll be really pissed if he knew I got fired." He whined and rubbed the side of his face, remembering the time when Hank hurt him when he got mad. He feared that Hank would look for him if he did not show up for the plan that the hippo concocted and hurt him even more. He quickly got dressed, wearing a black Led Zeppelin t-shirt and a pair of jeans that were cut halfway to make shorts, and later rushed downstairs.
"Grandma, change of plans; I have to go meet my boyfriend in the city. I ordered some pizza for you." He said and set the money on the table for the pizza as well as the tip.
"Are you still dating that aggressive oaf? You know he doesn't treat you well." She said with a frown from concern. "You came home with a swollen cheek the last time you were with him."
"He's a little rough around the edges, but after tonight, I'm sure he'll really love me and treat me better," Monty said and waved goodbye to her before heading out the door. With a heavy sigh of what was about to happen, he stepped down the stoop and rushed to meet Hank as the sun set.
Meanwhile, at the Rainbow Patriot's mansion, Drekhan was now living with the hero. After becoming Lusty Liberty, he has gained newfound respect from the citizens, including the bear security guard that turned him away one time. He and the eagle were on the balcony sitting in long chairs as Wallace poured a glass of red wine for both of them.
"Here you go, sirs," Wallace said as he offered.
"Thanks, Wallace." The eagle said and sipped some wine.
As Drekhan was given his wine, he set it down and groped the buff panther's asscheek; kneading it with his claws. "Thank you, sexy."
Wallace blushed as he flexed his rump for him and cleared his throat. "You're welcome. If you ever need anything, just ring me up."
"Oh, I'll be wanting a lap dance soon, kitty." He chuckled and waved him off before sipping some of his wine. He took a moment to look over the horizon and watched the sky turn to dusk. The little lights from the metropolis appeared as the sky gradually got darker.
"The view is magnificent, isn't it?" The eagle asked.
"Yeah." Drekhan sighed. "Listen, I can't thank you enough for how much you've done for me. I'm free of my curse, my village is free from tyranny, my Dad loves me, and I'm now a superhero worthy of fighting alongside you. If it wasn't for you, I would've been on the brink of killing myself. So again, thank you for everything."
"No problem, buddy. My duty is to help the people of this world who are in dire need. I should also be thanking you; for finding you, I was able to find one worthy of my father's treasures. And now we have two people left to find."
"Right, but finding them could be hard," Drekhan said. "The worthy individuals could be anywhere on this planet."
"Or they could be in this very city as we speak." The Rainbow Patriot added.
"Did you try Wallace?" He asked.
"Yeah, both of them didn't work. He's sadly not worthy, but he's great at keeping the place tidy. That's why I hired him." The Rainbow Patriot finished his wine and stood up from his long chair. "Well, time to do some night-watching."
"Night-watching?" Drekhan asked.
"Yeah. Every night, I do a physical surveillance of the city. Normally I do sky and ground patrol, but now that I have you, you can patrol the city by ground and I'll take the skies."
"But why can't I do sky patrol as Lusty Liberty with you?" He asked.
"Because I can't see everything when I'm in the air. I need someone to check the nooks and crannies hidden from overhead view. And when I do ground patrol, I need to have several bodyguards to protect me from any rabid fans."
"Huh...can't argue with that." Drekhan shrugged.
Meanwhile, Monty whined and gulped as he was intensely nervous, but continued on his way to the bank. He reached the bank and remembered being told to meet him at the back of the bank. The building itself was white with stone columns supporting it. As he acted casual and strolled to the spot, he was greeted by security patrolling the front entrance. He silently tipped his hat to them and continued onward.
As soon as he made it to the back of the bank, he found the huge hippo facing away tapping his foot impatiently. He was a very hefty guy, with a big round gut matching the size of his muscles. He wore a jean vest and black saggy jeans. He turned his head and snorted.
"About fucking time you showed up!" He yelled. "Did you bribe the police so that there wouldn't be any inconveniences?"
Monty flinched when Hank yelled at him and gulped; fearing of lying to him. "Y-yes, I did, honey..."
"Good." He replied and took off a big bag that hung over his back to set it down. He zipped it open to reveal an assault rifle and several magazines full of ammunition. "I'm taking as much as I can, and then flying to the Caribbean."
"Okay...hope you have fun there..." Monty frowned. "It's a shame that our relationship has to end here." Even though he sounded sad, in the back of his mind, he was glad that he would be free of him.
"Oh don't worry about that, because you're coming with me," Hank said. "I don't trust you being left here and have my identity revealed."
"But Hank, I don't want to leave the UGA forever! You can't take me against my will!" He complained. But before he could speak anymore, he was smacked in the face by Hank's backhand and fell to the ground whimpering in pain.
"Don't get uppity with me, bitch. You have no say in this; you're going to be with me and you're going to learn to like it." Hank then grabbed the color of the stallion's shirt and growled at him. "If you dare try to walk out on me, I will find you and beat you to a bloody pulp. Do I make myself clear?"
Monty turned his head away whimpering. "Y...yes..."
"Look at me while saying it, bitch!" He growled louder.
"Yes, I do!" He cried out as he looked straight at him with tears leaking from his eyes.
"Good." He replied and dropped him onto his knees. The hippo grabbed his black face mask and put it over his head to hide his identity. He then grabbed his assault rifle, loaded the magazine, and cocked the weapon. "Stay here and keep watch; I'm going in." He said and barged through the back door. "Get on the fucking ground now!" He screamed.
The security guards flinched and quickly complied to his demands; laying down on the floor.
"One of you; get up and take me to the vault!" He ordered.
The guards looked at each other urging the other to get up. One finally did and urged the hippo to follow him. Hank followed him occasionally jabbing the tip of the assault rifle at his back.
"Hurry up, I don't have all day!" He yelled.
The guard made it to the vault and frantically opened the lock to appease the robber. He turned the giant knob with the handles and opened the vault door, revealing money in several tall stacks. The money was wrapped in bands for every ten-thousand dollars. Hank urged the guard to stand at a spot in the vault where he could not escape while the hippo opened his bag and threw the money into it as fast as he could. But as he did, he could hear police sirens coming from outside. He halted stuffing money in his bag and listened to a voice amplified from the megaphone.
"We've got you surrounded! Come out with your hands up!"
Hank growled and clenched his fist tightly. "That fucking bitch lied to me...he's so dead."
Meanwhile, Monty hid in an alleyway as he watched the police swarm around the bank waiting for the robber. The stallion sat on the ground with his back against the brick wall. "If he dies, then I'll feel responsible for his death, but if he makes it out alive, he'll do who knows what to me. I'm damned either way..." He sobbed and hugged his legs while covering his face. But he soon heard footsteps rushing past the alley and raised his head to see a red scalie running through the street. He held up a walkie-talkie and spoke into it.
"Rainbow Patriot, come in! What's going on over there?"
Monty's interest peaked when he heard him say his idol's name. He was curious as to how he was related to him.
"There seems to be a robbery taking place." The eagle's voice said from the walkie-talkie. "The police said that he's armed and dangerous, so they may need our help. I need you to transform and help me out."
"Right. Over and out." Drekhan replied and put away the walkie-talkie before pulling out the ruby dildo from the special bag that it came in. "RAINBOW, FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA!"
Monty squinted his eyes and shaded over them with his hand as the scalie shone brightly. But he was able to vaguely see him transforming. When the light faded, he saw that he wore some sort of hero attire and grew wings. As Lusty Liberty jumped into the air and away, Monty watched him and was stunned by what he saw.
Hank, with his bag full of money, he barged through the front door of the bank and pulled the trigger of his assault rifle; shooting the police officers. They ducked behind their cars and could hear the frequent clangs of metal and shattered glass.
"Stay the fuck down, unless you want to be Swiss cheese." He threatened. He sidestepped away keeping the gun aimed at the police and attempted to flee from the scene. But Lusty Liberty landed from the air and got in his way. The huge bulge in his jockstrap bounced upon landing.
"This is as far as you go! Drop your weapon or face the consequences!"
"Who the hell are you?" Hank asked.
"I am the fire that makes your desires burn with passion; Lusty Liberty!" He announced and posed.
"You want to play hero, pal? Then let's play." Hank growled and aimed his gun at the dragon superhero. He pulled the trigger and began shooting him.
Lusty Liberty dodged the bullet storm and grabbed his torch. "LUSTY FIREBALLS!" He shouted as fireballs shot from his torch and hit Hank. His weapon got destroyed, but as the smoke cleared, the hippo was completely unaffected. "What?!" He asked in shock.
Hank snickered and showed off his big fat gut. "You may have melted my assault rifle, but it's going to take more than your measly fireballs to beat this big gut." He said and shook it with his hand, making it jiggle and wobble.
The Rainbow Patriot finally appeared and landed next to Lusty Liberty. "I am the wind that makes the rainbow flag of freedom dance; Rainbow Patriot!" He announced. He then took out his rainbow fan. "RAINBOW CYCLONE!" He shouted and with one horizontal whip of his fan, he spawned a colorful vortex around Hank. But the cyclone only made the hippo levitate a couple of feet from the ground. Soon the cyclone faded and Hank landed with a boom. "What?!" He asked in shock.
"Rainbow, our powers aren't working. I tried my fireballs and it had no effect on him." Lusty Liberty said.
"Then let's try the solar wind attack." The eagle suggested.
"No!" The dragon protested. "The last time we did that, I lost so much energy; I almost got killed because I couldn't fight back. It's too early to take that risk and I highly doubt it'll do anything significant to him."
The Rainbow Patriot growled. "Then we'll just have to fight him the old-fashioned way." He launched himself toward Hank threw a series of punches.
Hank attempted to block each punch. Each hit pushed him back a few feet but was able to endure the blows. Before the eagle could land another hit, the hippo groped his feathered asscheeks tightly, fingers digging deep into them, and flung him over his head. Lusty Liberty launched himself as well with a kick, but Hank was able to grab his thick leg before he could land a hit. He grabbed both legs and hugged him upside-down; smothering each other's faces with their big bulges. Hank did a pile driver and bashed his head onto the pavement. Thanks to the powers given to him from the ruby dildo, the move did not severely injure him, but he did get a splitting headache. The dragon stood back up holding his head. The Rainbow Patriot grabbed the hippo's arm from behind and pulled on it while wrapping a buff arm around his neck. The obscene bulge in the rainbow fabric pressed against the hippo's fat rear.
"Are you going to comply?" He asked.
"Not a chance, birdy." Hank rejected and grabbed his arm with his free hand. He used his strength to fling the Rainbow Patriot over him and the eagle hit the ground on his back. He suddenly heard a crash and turned to his side. It was Monty who tipped over a trashcan by accident. "YOU!" He yelled with an intense glare.
Monty shrieked and was grabbed by the collar of his shirt before being dragged into the fight. "No! Let me go! Please!" He pleaded.
The Rainbow Patriot and Lusty Liberty halted as they watched the scene unfold. "Who's this guy?" The dragon asked.
"This is my accomplice," Hank stated. "He was supposed to bribe the police, but apparently didn't do it."
"No! It's not what it looks like! I didn't want to do it!" The horse explained. But yelped when Hank smacked him across the face.
"Shut the fuck up!" Hank growled. "If I'm going to jail, I'm bringing you with me. Now your punishment is to fight these two."
Monty gasped in shock about having to fight his idol and his partner. "No, I don't want to! I can't fight them! I won't fight them! Don't make me do it!" Monty begged.
"Do it or I'll rearrange your face." Hank threatened, gritting his teeth.
Monty whimpered from the threat and looked at the two heroes. They were not sure how it would play out, but they took a fighting stance just to be safe. The stallion was in a difficult predicament; being forced to fight the one he admired for almost all of his life. He alternated looks between Hank and the heroes, unsure of what to do. As each second passed, his whimpers grew louder and tears started to leak from his eyes. He eventually broke down from strong distress; collapsing onto his knees and covering his head with his hands crying.
"I wanna go home!" He sobbed.
Hank grew furious and raised his fist at him. "You asked for it, bitch."
Monty winced expecting to get beaten badly. But as he braced himself, nothing happened. He looked up to see that Lusty Liberty caught Hank's fist and struggled to push it back.
"Leave the guy alone, jerk! He's not your property!" He yelled.
Hank punched the dragon in the stomach, making him grunt in pain and loosen his strength against the hippo's fist. "Yes he is; I own his very life and can manipulate him to do anything I want." He then grabbed Lusty Liberty's arm and swung him over his head; flinging him several feet away.
"Lusty!" The Rainbow Patriot shouted.
Hank continued. "And he just lets me do it; he never resists. And when he does, he immediately backs down. He won't fight back because he's a pussy-ass bitch."
"Fuck you, Hank!" Monty snapped as tears continued to run down his face.
Hank grinned. "Ooh, someone's being uppity again; better fix that." He attempted to beat up the stallion again.
Monty shut his eyes and covered his face with his hands to brace for the beating. But heard a yelp and opened his eyes to see that the Rainbow Patriot got in between them and took the blow instead; getting punched hard in the face. The eagle fell onto the ground groaning in pain. Monty looked at him in shock. His own hero stood up for him and sacrificed his wellbeing for his safety. He then looked at Lusty Liberty still on the ground hurt and how he defended him as well. They helped him and he felt the desire to return the favor. Something inside of him made his blood boil. He clenched his fist and glared intensely at Hank.
"Aww, is the faggot going to fight back? How precious." Hank mocked.
But Monty stopped caring about the hippo's words and wrapped his buff arms around his body. He grunted and groaned loudly as he actually lifted Hank off of the ground and held him over his head. He gritted his teeth struggling to hold him up. He turned around and with a loud roar, he threw the hippo. Hank flew over the Rainbow Patriot and hit face-first against the pavement.
"Don't...ever...hurt my idol...again..." Monty huffed and panted. His rage faded and quickly rushed toward the Rainbow Patriot, climbing on top of him. "Rainbow Patriot, are you okay?" He asked.
"Yeah...I'll be okay." He groaned but widened his eyes when Monty suddenly kissed him.
Monty cuddled close to the eagle and kissed him warmly and tenderly as the bird embraced him back; wrapping his arms around the horse. "I've always wanted to do that since I was a colt." He giggled and helped him back up on his feet. "No one hits my hero like that and gets away with it. I'll be there to protect you like you did for me."
The Rainbow Patriot smiled back at the horse, but then gasped when he saw a rainbow flash run across Monty's eyes; it was the same flash he saw in Drekhan's eyes. "It's you! You're the second worthy individual we're looking for!" He exclaimed.
Monty raised a brow, confused by what he meant. "Worthy of what?"
The eagle opened his bag that contained the treasures and pulled out the glowing diamond anal beads. "Take this. Once you hold it in your hands, you'll instantly know what to do." He then gave it to Monty.
Monty held onto the anal beads and glowed brightly in his hands. The horse did know exactly what to do with holding them. "RAINBOW, FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA!" He shouted and the anal beads flashed along with his body; the clothes that he wore vanished.
The anal beads levitated and were shoved into the stallion's asshole, making him moan in pleasure. A white stream of light emerged from his entrance and encircled his waist, creating a pink speedo with a heart-shaped hole behind that exposed his ass, as well as a big diamond bow with the tails extending down to his hooves. The stream encircled his feet, creating shiny titanium horseshoes, and encircling his arms, forming into sleeves that hugged his muscular arms tightly. Gold male-symbol piercings appeared on his nipples and the stream formed a pink leather strap the wrapped his torso from his left shoulder to the right side of his waist. On the strap, a diamond police badge materialized just above his left nipple. The stream encircled his head, making the rainbow masque that Drekhan got and upon wearing it, his long blonde mane folded into buns, and a pink police hat appeared on his head. Finally, the streams of light collided to form a pink beat stick as a weapon.
"I am the mountains that protect this gay country from the outside evils; Mount Rushmore!" He announced and posed flexing his herculean muscles. He was then shocked as he saw himself in his new hero attire. "Unbelievable!"
Lusty Liberty recovered and returned, surprised to see the new hero with the Rainbow Patriot. "Wait, are you that stud from before?" He asked.
Mount Rushmore nodded and pulled him close to kiss him on the lips as well. The dragon's eyes widened from the surprise kiss and blushed. "Thank you for standing up for me." He said.
Hank eventually got back up and groaned as he rubbed his face. He saw the two heroes and one he did not see before. When he looked into the masked horse's eyes, he knew exactly who it was. "Monty? Nice outfit, bitch. It's even got a hole in the back; big enough for my cock." He snickered and rubbed his bulge. "Now you got me all hot and bothered. After I beat your two friends to death, I'm gonna fuck that hot stallion ass of yours, just like old times."
"Shut the fuck up, Hank." Mount Rushmore retorted, which surprised Hank. "I'm over you now; you can't intimidate me anymore."
"Oh don't worry, I'll just break you into a sub faggot pony again." He threatened and clashed his fists together.
The stallion got on all fours and snorted as he was gearing up for an attack. "MOUNT BULLDOZER!" He shouted as he galloped towards Hank. The asphalt in Mount Rushmore's path started to break apart and formed a block in front of his face. The horse was still able to see where he was going through the block from the powers given to him.
Hank was stunned and could not quickly make a move. He got hit directly by the attack and was sent into the air before hitting the ground hard. He groaned in pain and struggled to stand back up.
The Rainbow Patriot caught up with the horse. "Mount, touch my fan with your stick and combine our powers." He said.
Mount Rushmore nodded and did so. The stick and fan glowed until the rainbow fan turned into metal.
The Rainbow Patriot raised it into the air and uttered the chant for the attack. "With the power of Mount Rushmore, defeat our foe and end this war. RAINBOW METEOR SHOWER!" With a swipe of his fan, hundreds of streaking lights with a rainbow tint fell from the sky, hitting Hank.
The hippo was showered by lights and each hit set off a small explosion. He screamed in pain as smoke formed and grew bigger with each hit. The meteor shower ended and the smoke finally faded. Hank was back on the ground, but now unable to get back up. He grunted as he tried to sit up, but was too fatigued to.
Mount Rushmore walked over to him and saddled on top of him before folding his arms. "It's over, Hank; give up now."
"Never!" Hank answered. "It's not over...until I say it is."
Mount Rushmore suddenly had an idea. He formed a smirk and then lowered his face close to his own. "Do you still want to fuck me?" He asked before groping the hippo's fat bulge.
"What?" He asked in confusion and softly grunted from the stimulation. His cock pitching a tent in his pants.
"I can't pass up a good opportunity to get fucked. It's like you said; just like old times, right?" Mount Rushmore grinned.
Hank snickered. "I knew you couldn't resist..."
The stallion loosened the hippo's pants and tugged them down, revealing his thick cock. With the heart-shaped hole in the back of his speedo, he easily slipped it in as he lowered himself onto it. He gasped and moaned softly as he got all of it in. He tugged the front of his speedo down to reveal his sheath so that he could free his huge stallion cock as it grew semi-erect. Hank groaned more and simply laid there on the ground enjoying being ridden. As the horse cock hardened to full mast, he started to slam his ass against his groin. The impact made the hippo grunt loudly as it felt like twin boulders being dropped on his crotch. Mount Rushmore continued to ride him hard; moaning and slamming his round taught rump down on his cock as hard as he could. Hank's grunts became yelps of pain.
"Ahhh! Go easy, dammit; you're breaking my balls!"
Mount Rushmore gave a mischievous grin. "No way, Hank. I'm in control, now fuck this stud's ass." He continued to ride him roughly without giving the hippo a break. He gripped his massive horse cock and jerked it off as he moved up and down his cock.
Hank screamed with each hard slam of those iron-like glutes against his crotch and balls. If it did not stop soon, he feared that he would never be able to use his cock anymore. "Okay! Okay! I give up! You win! Just please stop!" He cried out.
Mount Rushmore was close to an orgasm. With one more hard slam down on Hank's cock, he whinnied and blast his gallons of hot horse cum all over Hank and the asphalt around them. The stallion's anus clenched hard around the hippo's cock with each spasm from the climax, which pushed him over the edge as well. Hank shot jet after jet of his seed into the stud's asshole; filling him up nicely. Mount Rushmore moaned lowly as he could feel the warm gooey juices inside him. As their orgasms subsided, he lifted himself up from the injured hippo and looked down at him literally and figuratively with his arms folded.
"We're through, Hank. I never want to see you again. And if you ever threaten to hurt me or my heroes ever again, I'll take great joy in breaking your balls again. Do I make myself clear?"
Hank gulped. "Y-yes...crystal..."
Later, the police caught up and arrested Hank. Mount Rushmore reverted back to being Monty and got a new bag to hold his diamond anal beads in. He was with the Rainbow Patriot and Lusty Liberty, who was now Drekhan.
"Holy shit, that felt good!" Monty exclaimed.
"Yeah, you definitely showed him." Drekhan said and smiled.
"Wait a minute." The Rainbow Patriot abruptly stepped into the conversation. "We never formally introduced ourselves, did we? Well naturally, you know who I am."
Drekhan chuckled. "My name's Drekhan Flametongue. I come from a village of dragons on an island south of here. My superhero alias is Lusty Liberty.
Monty giggled. "I'm Montgomery Mustang. But everyone just calls me Monty."
"Mustang...I met someone with a similar name during the colonial era." The eagle pondered.
"He was my ancestor. My family told me stories about how he formed a relationship with "an eagle adorned in rainbow". That's why I'm such a huge fan of you; you played a huge role in my family's history."
The Rainbow Patriot was genuinely surprised. "And to think a descendant of his is worthy of a treasure. Well, Monty Mustang, I officially welcome you to the team."
Monty immediately hugged him and smothered his face between the eagle's big feathery pecs. "If it means I get to be with you all the time, then I wholeheartedly accept." He snickered and teasingly licked on of his thick golden nipples.
The Rainbow Patriot softly grunted in pleasure and held the stallion's face, letting him suck his golden teat. But suddenly, someone clearing their throat was heard and Monty stopped to turn his head to see the police chief and an elderly badger in a suit.
"Chief...and Commissioner Barry!" Monty gasped.
"We'd like to thank you three for apprehending the criminal." The chief acknowledged. "Especially you, Monty; you were the key to their success. You effectively convinced me what you're capable of and Commissioner Barry and I would like you to rejoin the police force."
"Is it possible for me to be a police officer and be on the Rainbow Patriot's team at the same time?" Monty asked.
"I don't see why not." The eagle answered.
"But you won't be coming back as an officer." Commissioner Barry added. "As soon as you're rehired, I'm promoting you as the chief of police."
"What?!" Everyone else said in surprise including the chief. "But what about me?" The chief asked.
"I discussed this with the Rainbow Patriot a while ago and wanted to surprise you; we would like you to be the new commissioner."
"Me as the commissioner? But what about you?" He asked.
"It's time that I retired," Barry said. "I just got grandsons and I want to spend time with them as much as I can. So Monty and newly-appointed Commissioner Cooper, are you two up for the task?"
"Yes, sir!" They both responded and saluted.
Barry smiled and waved off to them before walking away. Cooper looked at Monty and smiled.
"Montgomery Mustang or I should say, Mount Rushmore, welcome back to the force. I trust that you'll lead my men by example?" Cooper asked.
"Yes sir, Commissioner. You can count on me." Monty assured.
"Excellent. Now get a few days of rest; you earned it." He said. "Goodnight, gentlemen."
"Goodnight!" The three greeted back. But something hit Monty in his mind. "Oh crap, I forgot about Grandma! She's probably worried sick about me."
Later, the three arrived at Monty's house and went inside. They found his grandmother eating the pizza he ordered earlier in the kitchen.
"Welcome back, Monty." She greeted. "Are those two friends of yours?"
"Grandma, this is the Rainbow Patriot." He sighed. "You know, the guy that saves everyone?"
"Oh, right. I'm sorry, my memory isn't as good as it used to be." She chuckled. "So how did it go with that hippo fella? He didn't hurt you again, did he?"
"Let's just say that he won't be bothering Monty here anymore." The eagle said.
"You should've seen him, Miss Mustang," Drekhan added. "He gave that jerk a piece of his mind."
"And the best part was that not only did I get my job back, but I've been promoted to chief of police!" Monty exclaimed.
"How wonderful, Monty. I knew you had it in you, just like your father and your grandfather." She complimented, which made Monty blush. "Let's celebrate with some pizza, though I'm not sure if there's enough for everyone."
"I'll handle that." The Rainbow Patriot said and called the pizza place for more orders.
He got them for free as gratitude for what he and the other two have done that night and enjoyed the night together eating pizza. They later went into Monty's bedroom, where the Rainbow Patriot saw his merchandise decorating the whole room. Monty's face flushed red feeling bashful of exposing his fanboy side for the hero, but the eagle thought it was adorable. It was not long until the three were in a sexually hot mess with Monty getting fucked by Drekhan while sucking the Rainbow Patriot off and fingering his golden anus. The stallion's dream of not only being with his idol, but fighting alongside him had become a reality. And being free of Hank allowed him to truly be himself; a powerbottom that protects those that he cares about no matter what.
NEXT TIME ON THE RAINBOW PATRIOT: Our heroes venture to the heart of a sexually-chaotic land for a business trip. But they learn that someone has abducted some of the inhabitants and Lusty Liberty and Mount Rushmore are tasked to solve this mystery. Who's doing the kidnapping and why? Can the dragon and stallion save the day without their mentor's help? Find out in Chapter 7: A Rock and a Lusty Place. |
TLK- Kion's losing it by nicker11600 | I was intending this to be a short story, but after typing for a little bit I realized the plot of the story requires the story to be longer in order for it to work. And so here you go, i hope you guys enjoy the story :^D - It's a windy cloudy evening in the land of the pride lands, as fully grown | [
"Antelope",
"Aroused",
"Ball Fondling",
"Besthe",
"Blowjob",
"Bunga",
"Cheetah",
"Cub",
"Cum",
"Cumshot",
"Death",
"Deep Throat",
"Disney",
"Erection",
"Family",
"Father",
"Feline",
"Female",
"Fuli",
"Gag",
"Giraffe",
"Hybrid",
"Hyena",
"Impregnation",
"Interspecies",
"Kion",
"Kissing",
"Lion",
"Lion King",
"Lioness",
"M/F",
"Male",
"Mate",
"Mating",
"Nala",
"Nipples",
"Oral",
"Orgasm",
"Paw",
"Penis",
"Pregnancy",
"Pregnant",
"Pussy",
"Sex",
"Sheath",
"Simba",
"Son",
"Straight",
"Vagina",
"Vaginal",
"Virgin",
"Zebra"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1147077-tlk-kion-s-losing-it | It's a windy cloudy evening in the land of the pride lands, as fully grown Kion and his lion guard friends patrol the pride lands as for the past few days the hyenas seem to sneak into the pride lands and actually hunting down pride land animals without the guard noticing. Each time the hyenas take one, Kion get more frustrated, giving an order to his team that they're going to double down on their patrols to catchthe hyenas before they take another animal, along with going further beyond the waterhole almost to where pride rock is barely seen. From day in and day out Kion made sure him and his team patrol without stopping allowing some to rest for a short time before continuing.
Kion walks ahead with his focus being all around him, with Fuli walking right behind him and Ono in the sky, as Besthe and Bunga walk together. Bunga begins moaning about the walk as he always does "uuuggghhh, how much longer until we're done?" He complains as Kion looks at him in the corner of his eye, "until the sun goes down" he tells Bunga making him sigh. Kion looks up at Ono "see any hyenas Ono?" He asks, "nothing yet" he responds as Kion looks back ahead.
It didn't take long until they started to hear screaming and growling, "you guys here that too right?" Fuli asks, "yes, Ono where is the scream coming from?" Kion asks as Ono quickly scouts the area. In no time Ono finds three hyenas chasing an antelope and a zebra towards the outlands where more hyenas await for a quick pounce, Ono flies back down "a Antelope and a Zebra are being chased into a death trap, this way" He tells them before flying towards where the animals are.
The guard follows Ono until they see the hyenas chasingthe Zebra and the Antelope. "we got to somehow sweep those three hyenas out of the way so we can stop the Zebra and the Antelope from running into the hyena trap and fast" Kion tells the others, "I'll use my speed, but I'll only be able to get two" Fuli tells him before speeding up to catch up with the hyenas. Fuli quickly trips one hyena successfully sending it tumbling, but the other two hyenas notices her as once she got close to the second one, the hyena growls and attempts to bite her with his sharp teeth. Fuli dodges every bite, she then tackles the hyena making both of them tumble.
Kion and the others run past them as there's little time to help Fuli. Kion then tries to run faster as Ono quickly dives at the last hyena and blocks his vision with his wings, making the hyena run into a tree. By time they got the three hyenas out of the way the zebra and antelopes were further than they were. "Ok good now for th-" Kion was about to say but the sight in front of him made him halt completely as he sees the zebra and the antelope run into the hyena trap as the two get dog piled by a big group of hyenas.
Kion hears the fearful screams of agony by the two animals before getting cut off from their life ending by the carnivorous monsters. Bunga and Besthe stops behind him while Kion watches in horror as the hyenas eat the corpse of the two animals, Bunga jumps down from Besthe and walks to Kion. "it's ok Kion "Bunga tries comforting him but Kion gives out an intimidating growl, "It's not ok!" He growls "Two more innocent animals are dead because of me!" He snaps at Bunga giving him a anger filled scowl making Bunga run back to Besthe. Kion keeps looking at the hyenas in front as Fuli walks up from behind them with bloody scratched all over her body as she see what the others sees and gasps. She then looks at Kion just standing motionless, she looks at the others who don't dare to approach Kion knowing he is upset, "guys, go on back to pride rock and make sure the other hyenas are gone, I'll stay with Kion" she tells them as they nod and begin to walk away leaving the two alone.
Fuli takes a deep breath and slowly approaches Kion. "Kion, you ok?" She softly asks as Kion doesn't respond, Kion eventually sits and looks at the ground with his ears flat on his head, "....I can't save them..." He says before hanging his head in sorrow. Fuli looks at him "I hope I'm not turning into him" he mumbles, "Kion, you're never going to be like Scar, you care about everyone much more than he did" she begins to tell him "I allowed more deaths than I ever had in my life, I don't know if I can do this Lion Guard thing anymore" he replies "Kion, there's going to be times where we're too late, this is just a time where we're beginning to experience a large number of it." she tells him, Kion nods "I don't want to believe it... Those deaths are on my shoulders... you and the others probably don't know how it feels to be so close in saving an innocent animal to only see it die in front of your own eyes" he says in anger.
They then hear another scream coming from nearby. Both of their ears perk as they look around, "that sounded like it came from that gorge" Fuli says as they look to see hyenas chasing someone towards the cliff of the gorge, "who are they after now?!" Kion complains. Both Fuli and Kion quickly run towards the hyenas, as they got closer they seen that it was a baby giraffe begin chased as he corners himself between the cliff and the hyenas. "Fuli you know what to do" Kion tells her who doesn't hesitate to speed up and hope to knock the hyenas away.
But as she approaches the hyenas, they noticed her and both rammed her to a stop while also knocking the wind out of her. She falls on her back trying to breath as the hyenas puts a paw on the helpless cheetah and looks at Kion who stands at a fair distance, "Let them go!" he growls about to step closer, "hold it Kion" warns one of the hyenas "I'll give you a choice, you stay there and let us finish our meal or you make your step and I'll kill both starting with your cheetah friend" he warns softly putting his claws on her throat.
Kion growls angrily as he feels his roar approaching and approaching fast, 'this is my one and only shot of luck, please kings above give me the luck I need' he says in his head. "Let them go..." he scowls as the hyenas doesn't listen as Kion took a step closer in anger, The hyenas seen his step "we seen that Kion, and we warned you" the hyena over Fuli tells him. Kion's ears fall flat and his eyes go wide as the hyena leans down towards Fuli's neck with his sharp teeth "NOOO!" Kion yells as he pounces as far as he can in rage as his powerful very loud roar comes out of nowhere while closing his eyes. His roar makes both the hyenas and the baby giraffe fall into the gorge. Once Kion finished he opens his eyes to only see Fuli just now recovering.
Kion's ears fall flat as the pupils in his eyes grow small realizing what he has done. He quickly goes to the edge and looks down to see the two dead hyenas and a dead baby giraffe, Fuli stands next to him to look. She closes her eyes knowing this is going to hit Kion hard, she opens her eyes to look at Kion to see him gone, shes looks behind her to see him running Fuli sighs and runs after him. With the sun setting and the moon rising. Fuli still chases him until reaching pride rock as Kion runs up the steps and into the cave. Fuli follows him until the cave as she sees Kion go to his father who is laying next to Kion's mother.
Fuli tries to hear what they're saying but is to far to understand but whatever it is both of them are not happy. Fuli flats her ears and walks up the slanted rock waiting for Kionto come back out so she can hopefully talk with him. She waits several minutes before then hearing growls and small roars as she quickly turns around to see Kion and Simba standing by the entrance with angry expressions. "Father I am leaving the lion guard, I don't want to be the responsible of anymore deaths!" Kion yells, "Son you can't leave, those innocent animals needs a group to protect them!" Simba tells back as Kion makes a steps towards the rocky stairs and looks down at the ground.
"The animals don't need me anymore... They have the others... " Kiontells him "what if they don't succeed without you?" Simba asks him "it won't be my problem to deal with... the death won't be on me..." Kion tells him in a tone that his father has never heard before but didn't notices it as Simba scowls in anger. Fuli face is in complete shock in what Kion just said as she sees his father opens his mouth to speak "you are starting to sound like Scar Kion." Simba points out as Kion growls at the statement.
"I'LL NEVER BE HIM" he roars before bringing a paw around and hitting his father hard in the face with the back of his paw. Catching Simba by surprise Kion's hit makes him fall to the ground, Kion looks at his paw then down at his collapsed father with face of regret. He then looks to notice Fuli sitting at the slanted rock with a face of disbelieve, "Kion" she begins saying but before she had a chance to continue Kion begins to run away "Kion wait!" Fuli yells before chasing after him again.
After several minutes of running, Fuli sees him run into a cave as Fuli slows down as she approaches the cave. She peeks into the cave to see Kion facing the opposite way, laying on the ground with his head on his paws. Fuli flats her ears and steps into the cave, "Kion?" she softly calls as his ears twitch hearing her but doesn't look at her instead he sighs, "what do you want Fuli?" He says in a depressed tone, "I want to make sure you're ok" she tells him. Kion sighs "and I'm not..." He says before looking behind him to look at Fuli sitting with her ears flat on her head, "everything I've done this week was get animals killed, even when I thought everything was fine or nothing bad was happening, more animals are killed by me" he tells her as tears fill his eyes.
"Kion, you never meant to hurt anyone, if you meant it you wouldn't feel how you feel now" Fuli tells him, Kion then sits up to face her with his head hanging low in sorrow. "Rafiki said that's how scar felt when he accidently killed one of his lion guard members, before he killed the rest of them beginning his years long rampage" he tells her. "I'm turning into him, I'm turning into Scar" Kion says in defeat "Kion quit saying that, you're not him you're never going to be Scar" Fuli responds getting aggravated at him.
Kion growls "Then why am I doing the exact same thing he done?!" He yells "Coincidence maybe? But Kion your heart is bigger than his, your smarter than him, you care more than him." Fuli explains to him, " Fuli you don't understand how it's like to see innocent lives just vanish in front of your eyes, to then end one yourself" he growls. "Kion, I was there when all of that happened too, I've seen it happen too, those deaths are heavy on me as it is on you!" She says back trying her best not to growl, Kion shuts his eyes hard in anger "But your not the one who are causing those death, how can you not understand!" as he yells in full rage as Kion lifts a paw with claws out getting ready to swipe at Fuli.
Fuli sees his paw lift but instead of backing away to avoid it, Fuli stays where she sits and just closes her eyes awaiting for the swipe to land. After a full two minutes Fuli opens her eyes to see Kion with his paw about halfway to her as she sees deep regret on his face, "I'm sorry Fuli... I don't even know what I'm doing anymore, I'm turning into a monster" he says putting his paw back down as he hangs his head. Fuli steps closer to him, before she puts her head under his chin lifting back up as he looks at her. She then starts to nuzzle into his neck, Kion blushes and blinks in surprise at what she's doing but he returns the nuzzles, with a smile growing on his face. Fuli pulls from nuzzles to look at him in his eyes as he looks back at her into her loving eyes.
Seeing his smile again made her so much happier, "you're not Scar, you're Kion, my best friend, my Kion "Fuli says looking straight into his eyes to see them slowly dilate; before leaning closer to his face with their muzzles just centimeters away from each other. Kion pushes forward to passionately lock muzzles with her, they both close their eyes to enjoy their kiss as Fuli gently pushes him on his back without breaking the kiss. They keep kissing for another couple of minutes until finally separating slowly, Both look at each other with very happy faces, "there's that smile I'd always love to see" she smiles, "I think I realized something" Kion begins " all this time that I thought I've been losing my mind and turning into Scar, I've realized that the answerto my problem was right with me this whole time, from day one to this moment you've never left my side" he continues "I guess I was just out of focus and just needed someone to help me out personally, someone very smart, someone very beautiful" as he continues Fuli smiles wider "someone who cares about me, someone who is patient with me, but most importantly someone who would love me as much as I love them." He adds on
"And Fuli you have been all of that, you are the most amazing friend I could have ever met much more than Bunga, not to mention that your soft yellow and black fur is so beautiful and your green eyes are stunningly beautiful as well" he continues on again " Fuli, I want to tell you that I love you, and I don't think I would be able to make it without you in my life, and I must ask would you please be my mate?" He finally finishes as Fuli is left speechless but eventually speaks "Kion, you have no idea how happy you're making me right now, being your mate was only a dream that I never thought would come true, I'd love to be your mate" she says beginning to nuzzle him with him returning the nuzzles.
An hour goes by as both lay on the cool grass next to each other, looking up at the clear star filled sky. Fuli lays close next to him as she nuzzles into his mane "for a long while Kion, you had me so worried, you weren't acting like your happy jolly self for a while" she tells him, "what were you worried about?" He asks looking down at her "before this week you were, smiling, playful, like you always havebeen, but then it almost seemed like something clicked, and you started to act... different, just thinking about how you acted kept me from eating as much" she says nuzzling his neck.
"it pained to see you like that, seeing such a lovable handsome lion like you with all of the smiles in the world to then turn into a depressed and gloomy mood, I don't want to see that side of you again, I want to see your happy cute smiles, I love you too much to see you like how you was" she tells him as he licks the side of her face, "don't worry, from now on as long as I'm with you, I will never be like that again" he tells her "because you are the one who makes me happy and make my day better" he adds as Fuli nuzzles into his mane.
Kionlooks up at the night sky to see a bright full moon rising higher into the sky with It beaming down at the land below it with the stars around the moon becoming bright as well. He looks back at Fuli and smiles at her, "The moon and the stars reminds me of you" Kiontells her making her chuckle "Why's that?" She smiles at him "because the stars and moon are bright and beautiful, like you and if you blink too fast they'll be go in a second" he explains. Fuli smiles wider and looks at him and moves her head closer to his as they then feel a nice cool breeze.
They then lock muzzles once again but only or a short time, as Fuli lays her head down under his chin before exhaustedly yawning. Kionsmiles hearing her little yawn under his chin "you tired sweetheart?" He asks while gently rubbing his cheek on her head, "maybe a little, but I want to spend as much time with you awake though" she purrs as she gives gentle licks to his neck making him sigh in satisfaction. Fuli heard his sigh and decides to continue licking in different areas as it wasn't long until she felt something poke her rear side.
She's stops licking to see what poked her as she looks around to her rear. She blushes once she sees that it's Kion's feline cock slowly erecting, Kion knows what she sees as he just looks up at her with a smile and seductive eyes. Fuli looks back at to see his face, she smiles "seems like you've gotten happier" she tells him while also giving him a seductive look, "I'm just happy that you're with me and you're going to be with me for the rest of my life" he smiles as Fuli gives Kion's cheek a couple of licks before standing to get off of him.
Kion raises an eyebrow of what she's doing, until her tail slides under his chin while she was getting off. Fuli watches while she was doing that and chuckled at his reaction as she walks a step or two before laying down on her stomach. Kion sits up and looks at Fuli as she looks back at him with the same look before moving her tail to the side to uncover her cheetah scent for Kion. Kion is shocked at what he's seeing as he approaches her while staring at her female hole, Fuli sees him stare directly at it and smiles wider "loving what you see?" She smiles as Kion looks at her with a wider smile.
Kion stands over Fuli as he first nuzzles her Fuli, "I do, I love seeing you" he nuzzles while Fuli begins to purr, "I love you Kion" Fuli responds "I love you more Fuli" he says back as Kion lowers his rear to mount her. Fuli feels her heartbeat increase once he mounted her, as he starts to gently thrust forward poking near her entrance. Kion licks the back of Fuli's neck as he tries again this time entering Fuli's tunnel as normally lions hold the scuff of their mates to hold them in place when mating, as for Kion he instead licks the back of her neck trusting her that she won't resist.
Once Kion entered Fuli, she claws the ground feeling his pointy barbs poke and scrape her vagina walls adding so much pain. She tries her best to ignore the pain and not try to make him get off for him when he pushes more of his cock in her, pleasure floods over the pain making her moan loud to every thrust that Kion makes. "Oh... Yes... Kion you are so big in me... AH.. OH..." She moans as Kion licks the top of her head "and you're so tight, hmm..." He moans himself "I love you Fuli, you are my world" he tells her while still thrusting as he feels her pussy contrast tighter around his lion dick making him pant and moan. Fuli looks up at him to lick his chin as she rolls to her back while Kion is still connected to her.
Kion then leans to lock her muzzle with Fuli's as his thrusts begin to speed up. Their tongues meet inside the kiss as Fuli moans in Kion's mouth from the increased thrust speed as both begin to feel their orgasms approaching fast. The kiss breaks as both Kion and Fuli go into a moaning rampage, "Fuli... I'm.... auh... about to..." he moans "..ah... finish... oh ooohhh... inside" she moans as Kion is too pleasured to realize what she just said.
Kion gives several more deep thrusts before finally giving out a deafening roar as he shoots his cub creating juice deep inside Fuli, filling up her womb and most of her tunnel. Fuli flats her ears when he roared as she then smiles once she can feel her insides fill up with Kion's sperm as they race to her egg. It took Kionseveral minutes to realize what he just did as he blinks and ears go flat while looking down at towards his cock that's still connected to Fuli. Fuli sees his worried face, "what is it Kion?" she asks as he looks at her "did I just... did I finished inside you?" He asks as she nods with a loving smile "Oh no, what have I done?" he says in small panic
Kionbonks his head on the ground next to her head, "I'm such an idiot, I should have pulled out" he says in a worried and defeated tone. Fuli raises an eyebrow while looking at him, "what are you talking about?" She asks "I came inside you, you might get pregnant now" he tells her, "Kion, I told you to finish inside me, I want to be pregnant by you" she smiles as Kion raises his head to look at her. "you did?" He asks in a surprised tone, "yes Kion, I wanted to get pregnant so you and I can have cub" she explains "you did nothing wrong, I wanted this" she adds licking his cheek. Kion looks straight into her eyes "are you sure about this?" He asks, "Yes I'm sure, Kion, I'd never thought in my wildest dreams that you would ask me to be your mate, and I thought why not have a cub." She tells him "I love you Kion, and I never want to leave you" she purrs as she nuzzles his cheek.
Kion nuzzles her back "I love you too" he responds " are you sure about having a family, because I'm just as thrilled to start a family with you as you are but I'm just as happy with it being only us" continued as he licks her in the forehead. Fuli licks back "yes I'm sure, Kion I love you so very much, I want to create a family and extend it as much as we both wish, make proud cubs that would grow into adults and create cubs of their own" she smiles.
"I want to have cubs, but I want to have them with you." She adds as Kion smiles back at her and nuzzles under her chin she nuzzles down at his face. Fuli gives out a soothing purr while they nuzzle, "your purr is music to my ears" Kion compliments as he feels his lion hood slide slowly slide back into his sheathe as he rolls to the side of Fuli. Fuli licks his cheeks a Kion then yawns exhaustedly as he allows his mate to groom him.
Fuli continues to lick as Kion slowly closes his eyes to enjoy the feel of her warm tongue practically bathing him. Kion smiles as he suddenly falls asleep, it took Fuli a little time to realize Kion has fallen asleep to her love filled grooms. She smiles seeing how cute he looks while asleep before continuing to groom him, she went all over his body until reaching his sheathed lion dick and balls. Fuli stopped to look at Kion's package which this being the first time she got close to it, " wow, they're bigger than I thought" she whispers as she can smell the husky scent coming from it.
Fuli takes a big whiff of the scent and smiles "that actually smells wonderful" she purrs as she leans closer to the package. She lays down as she looks at Kion's balls, before softly nuzzling into the soft lumpy sack 'so soft, it's fascinatingthat our cubs came from such a delegate place' she whispers to herself again before giving the sack small licks making them bounce just a little. She hears a small pleasured hum coming from Kion as she looks at his face to see him still asleep but a wide smile grows on his muzzle. Fuli smiles to hear his noises as she looks back down to see his lion cock slowly growing, fascinated by the growing size she watches Kion's penis increase in size before stopping at full erect.
Fuli gets closer to the meat stick to examine it "his dick really is big, it feels massive inside of me" she whispers to herself as she takes a small lick to taste it. The taste is better than what she expected as she continues to lick Kion's penis going from the base to the barbed filled tip, as the barbs rub against Fuli's tongue, giving little tickles on her tongue as she licks. Kion begins to grunt and moan from the licks but still manages to stay asleep while Fuli licks his body's most prized possession. She licks one more time before deciding to take the thick meat into her muzzle.
Once she gets the tip in he mouth is already half full as she tries her best not to poke his cock with her teeth as she takes more of the cub transferrer into her muzzle. 'oh my' Fuli says in her head while going halfway down Kion's cock 'this massive penis is so great' she continues in her head. She then feels something big lands on the back of her head, and pushing her head down which makes her gag from the unexpected force.
She looks up to see Kion awake and smiling down at her with his paw on her head. Fuli smiles as she begins to bob her head up and down on his cock making Kion moan. Kion then pushes Fuli's head deeper into his cock making her deep throat, She lets it happen as she gags at first but gets used to it very quickly. Fuli continues to suck and bob as Kion's moans increase, it wasn't long until Kion pushes Fuli's head all the way back down for another deep throat, but this time Fuli feels his cock throbbing as Kion gives out a small loud roar as Fuli's throat and mouth gets shot with Kion's cub juice.
Fuli closes her eyes as she feels Kion's cum slide down her throat and fill up in her muzzle. Once Kion's orgasm finally stops, he slides his softening cock out of Fuli's mouth as she swallows her muzzle full. Kion sighs, satisfied with Fuli's muzzle job as she crawls to lay next to him, "Fuli, you are absolutely amazing and truly talented with that muzzle" he smiles with Fuli smiling back "anything for the only lion I love" she purrs as she nuzzles him.
Kion returns the loving nuzzles "I'm very lucky to have you Fuli, I can't say how much I'm grateful of having you in my life" he tells her "without you only the kings know where I'll be" he adds as Fuli begins to give more deeper nuzzles with a lick or two. Fuli purrs to his words "same goes for you Kion, with me as your mate with cubs on the way, my life is complete." She purrs "and as long as I still live and breath, you will forever be my Kion, my lion, my best friend, my mate" she finishes before yawning very tiredly. Kion chuckles a wider smile "and you will forever be my sexy beautiful cheetah, my Fuli, my best friend, and my mate" he tells her before giving out a loud yawn.
Fuli softly giggles "we might as well get some sleep, it's been a crazy long day to end in a wonderfulway" she suggests, "yeah, despite the first half of the day, the second part of this day is the greatest day in my life" he smiles. Both adjust to a comfortable position with both laying next to each other, with Fuli laying her head on Kion's soft mane. Kion looks over at Fuli "good night Fuli" he smiles leaning over and giving her a lick to her cheek, "good night Kion" she smiles giving a goodnight lick back as they both lay their heads down and close their eyes for a great night sleep.
After this eventful day, Kion has never been happier to be Fuli's mate, with Fuli feeling happier to be his mate. The following day Kionapologies to his father for his actions, as Simba didn't take a second to accept it with wide smiles, with both of his parents proud that he found love with Fuli along with the news of future cubs making them even more happier. With time down the road Kion and Fuli did eventually stopped doing their lion guard duties because of the time they need to free up for themselves and their up coming family. They let Kiara's friends Tiifu and Zuri takeover leadership as both Kion and Fuli have not heard one issue since their departure from the lion guard.
Kion and Fuli has spent most of their days together, taking time to relax and just enjoy their life while Fuli's pregnancy expands her stomach quite a bit. They've occasionally stopped by pride rock to chat with Kion's parents and some lionesses, but mostly once suns up they're both up and walking around. It was than not long after two weeks when Fuli has finally went into labor, when the cubs are finally born, with Kion by her side, Nala and a few other experienced lionesses help keep her calm, and Rafiki's help, the three cubs came out of Fuli healthy and fine.
Kion and Fuli were then left to look at their cheetah/lion hybrid cubs while they suck on Fuli's milk filled nipples, with two being male and one female and each having some cheetah spots, and some lion cub spots. Two of the cubs has the face of a lion cub like Kion while the other has the face of a cheetah cub like Fuli with the female cub inheriting Fuli's heart spot on her forehead and the other two cubs inheriting some things from his father, grandfather, grandmother, and great grandfather but are they're too young to have it be noticed yet.
Both Fuli and Kion look at their cubs with proud smiles as they look at each other to then lock muzzles for a short kiss. As time would go on and the cubs would grow like their parents and live in peaceful harmony.
The End |
The Dark Masquerade Part #04 by Inkswitch | #2 of Dark Masquerade The final evil is revealed. Can the remaining students survive the horror that attacks them? Part 4 of a 4-part series I wrote a few years ago. Comments/critique welcome - "You're behaviour was completely unacceptable," Master Lao berated his student as they trudged through the | [
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] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1151525-the-dark-masquerade-part-04 | "You're behaviour was completely unacceptable," Master Lao berated his student as they trudged through the darkness. "Not only did you attack poor Nurse Rose when she was clearly injured and distressed, but you then went on to accuse her of having a hand in this terrible mess!" "I'm sorry, Master," said Lee meekly. "I should hope so," was the Master's sharp reply. "I thought I had raised you better than that." Lee said nothing and the two continued their search in silence. It seemed a pointless endeavour, however. Despite the aid of the moonlight, it was still difficult to see clearly in the darkness and besides, thought Lee glumly, Ying could be hiding anywhere. For all they knew, she had run back into the forest and taken up refuge there. This did little to comfort Lee's already troubled mind. Despite everything she'd seen she still couldn't bring herself to believe that Ying was capable of such a crime. Of course, the attack on Nurse Rose was the least of her concerns. Though no one had said it yet, Lee knew exactly what the implications were: if Ying had attacked the nurse and fled, it also meant there was a strong possibility that she was responsible for Bo's death. If only they could find her...
Meanwhile, Kovu was busy tending to Nurse Rose. He'd moved her into an adjacent room and had fetched some water from the kitchen which, much to Kovu's astonishment, she seemed to drink in one breath. She was now sitting on the bed, waiting for Kovu to see to her injuries. He'd managed to find some disinfectant in the supply closet down the hall and began to dab at her cuts with some soaked cotton-wool. He grimaced as he did: the cuts were deeper than they had first thought. He was amazed she was still able to sit up at all, let alone smile like she was. "I just can't believe Ying would do something like this," he said as he put the cotton-wool down and reached for a roll of gauze. "I guess she just wasn't who we thought she was," Nurse Rose replied. "Perhaps she's capable of a lot more than any of us ever expected." "I mean," Kovu continued, not listening. "I mean, we've known Ying all our lives, and she'd never hurt anyone without good reason." He wrapped the gauze tightly around Nurse Rose's chest, causing her to wince as he did so. He apologised but all seemed well. "Well, aren't you just a charming young gentleman?" remarked Nurse Rose as they both stood up. "Oh, it was nothing," said Kovu. "I'm just glad you could help. Is there anything else I can do?" Nurse Rose smiled sweetly and grabbed his shoulder. "Now that you mention it, I'm incredibly thirsty. Would you be a dear and fetch me some water? Oh, and some food would be nice. I feel like I haven't eaten in weeks!" "Of course," Kovu replied. "I'll be right back." As he closed the door behind him, he let out a long sigh. He was glad to be out of that room. There was something off about Nurse Rose. He couldn't figure out what it was, but there was definitely something. Maybe it was the way she seemed to have recovered so quickly. Her wounds, on closer inspection, had been pretty serious and yet she was now acting like they were nothing. And then there was that smile... Nurse Rose's words returned to him as he poured more water into a pitcher. "She'd just drunk an entire pitcher of water in one breath," she had said. Nurse Rose had just done the same thing and yet she still asked for more. She'd also said that Ying had been incredibly hungry before the attack. "I feel like I haven't eaten in weeks!" 'Something is definitely wrong here,' thought Kovu. He'd have to watch Nurse Rose closely.
When he returned, he found Nurse Rose sitting back on the bed, watching the door intently. She smiled at him as he walked in. He put the food and water on the nearby table but she didn't move to eat it. She just kept watching him with a smile. Kovu felt his skin begin to crawl. "Say, Nurse Rose..." He hoped his growing fear was not evident in his voice. "I'm still not exactly sure what happened here. Could you try and explain it again?" For some reason, this seemed to make the nurse's smile grow even bigger. "Why, I'd love to, sweety!" She got up and came closer to Kovu, who started edging closer to the door. "You see, I'd just come back from bringing her dinner when I noticed she was acting rather strange." She kept walking closer to Kovu and he somehow found himself wedged in a corner. He was suddenly very afraid of the nurse. "Of course, I'm surprised I didn't notice sooner, considering what she was doing at the time." "Wha... what was she doing?" stammered Kovu. "Why, she was doing this." As Kovu watched in horror, Nurse Rose dug her fingers into her forehead and began to rip her own head in two, until both halves split and flopped around her shoulders. All that was left was her bloody skull grinning wickedly at him. The skull laughed viciously. "What's the matter, sweety?" it asked in a voice like knives on a chalkboard. "Don't like what you see?" It laughed again. "Well, how about this?" The creature's chest exploded, raining blood and gore all over Kovu. Kovu's screams mixed with the maniacal laughs of the monster as he desperately tried to crawl towards the door. Before he could make it, the beast dug its claws into his shoulder and lifted him up and flung him like a rag doll against the back wall. He felt the cool night air rush against his face as the wall gave way and he continued flying outside. He groaned in pain as his hard landing drove splinters deep into his back. Kovu's entire body went numb and his ears rang like church-bells. "Kovu!" A familiar voice managed to pierce the haze and he turned painfully to see Lee and Master Lao running towards him. Lee fell to her knees next to him and tried to pull him up. He opened his mouth and tried to warn them but all that came out was a hoarse moan. "What happened, my child?" cried Master Lao. "Let me show you," was the chilling reply from inside the building. All three gazed in horror as the figure of Bo stepped out of the gaping hole in the wall. "Bo?" said Lee in disbelief. "Hello, Lee," laughed their former comrade. "Glad to see me?" Then, before their eyes, Bo began to convulse violently. As they watched, his skin began to crawl and deform until he... it... had now taken the form of Ying. "Gods preserve us," whispered Lee. 'Ying' opened her mouth and let out a terrible, shrill laugh and began to move slowly towards them. "Guards!" called Master Lao, his eyes scanning desperately for the now-much-needed soldiers. This just made 'Ying' laugh harder. "Oh, don't worry about them," she hissed gleefully. "I took good care of them already." Once again, the creature morphed violently, this time taking the form of one of the antelope courtesans that Lee and Kovu had seen earlier. "Master," groaned Kovu. "Master, what do we do?" Master Lao hesitated for a second before finally yelling: "Run!" Lee yanked Kovu to his feet and the three of them began running, not caring where they were heading as long as it was far away from whatever it was they had just seen.
After running for what seemed like an eternity, the three of them arrived at the dining hall and decided to take shelter there. Master Lao helped the injured Kovu as Lee shut the door and began dragging the tables to use as a barricade. When she was done, she collapsed next to Kovu while Master Lao began to pace frantically. "Master," gasped Kovu, "what was that thing." "I don't know, my child," sighed the Master, "but I think it's safe to assume that Ying - and Bo - are no longer with us." Lee and Kovu were too worn out to say anything but this realisation hit them hard all the same. "So," said Lee after some time. "What do we do, Master?" Master Lao collapsed on a nearby chair and sighed heavily. "I'm sorry, my child, but once again I must confess I am at a loss. I have never seen anything like this before." He paused. "I think we should focus on staying safe for now. Come sunrise, we can properly assess the situation." He paused again. "We should all take turns keeping watch. I will go first, Lee second. Kovu, you just rest as much as you can. Now then..." Before he could finish, Master Lao was interrupted by the sound of something large crashing into the newly-barricaded door. The whole building seemed to shake but thankfully the barricade seemed to hold. Another blow rocked the dining hall and the three of them were terrified to see their barricade strain against the onslaught. "Hide, my children!" cried Master Lao as blow after blow rained down on the door. Lee grabbed Kovu and the two of them sprinted in the kitchen, slamming the door closed behind them. The pair collapsed, panting heavily, to the floor. "Okay, Master," gasped Lee, "I think we're safe." She glanced around. "Master?"
Master Lao watched grimly as his students made their way to the safety of the kitchen. He knew it was only a matter of time before the beast discovered them. There was no other choice. He had to lead it away from Lee and Kovu. The attacks on the door were becoming more frequent and violent and the entire building shook with each blow. Master Lao sighed and prepared to face his attacker. He had no fear about dying for his students. He just hoped it would be enough. At long last, the door could take no more abuse and splintered at the hands of the beast, scattering the makeshift barricade in all directions. Master Lao was struck by a flying chair and flew back several feet. As he struggled to his feet, he heard the cruel laughter of the creature as it made its way towards him. The creature had abandoned all pretences of disguise and had now taken on a truly horrific form. Pieces of its previous victims sprouted out of its body like cancerous tumours. Arms bent at unnatural angles stretched out in all directions, heads - including, Master Lao was sickened to see, those of Ying and Bo - twisted themselves so that all eyes stared soullessly at him and the body was supported by several pairs of legs. Master Lao nearly retched as he gazed up at the unholy monstrosity. Seeing his terrified expression, the beast's heads opened and let loose a blood-curdling roar. "Master!" cried Kovu as he and Lee rushed to his aid. "No, children, get back!" came Master Lao' desperate reply. The beast turned its gaze to the two students. The heads of Ying and Bo laughed manically. "Hey, guys!" they shrieked in unison. "Why don't you join us? It's so much fun in here!" The beast stepped over Master Lao and angled for Lee and Kovu. Just when it seemed like it would be able to grab both of them in its terrible claws, the pair each sprinted in opposite directions. The beast's many heads couldn't seem to decide which one to follow and for a moment it spun around in confusion. Kovu stuck his fingers in his mouth and let out a shrill whistle. "Hey, over here!" he cried. "No, over here!" Lee shouted back. This only confused the beast even more and the heads strained against each other as they tried to decide which of the two students to focus their attention on. Eventually, they reached a decision and charged at Kovu, who leaped nimbly out the way. The beast failed to dodge in time, crashed head-first into one of the dining hall's support columns and lay stunned on the ground. The building shuddered on the collision but seemed to hold fast. Kovu and Lee ran over to their Master and helped him to his feet. "What are you still doing here, children?" he exclaimed. "You should have escaped when you had the chance!" "We're not leaving you, Master," replied Kovu. Before Master Lao could answer back, they heard the beast crawl sluggishly to its feet. "Master," said Lee hurriedly. "We have a plan: if we can trick it into breaking the supports, we can bring the entire building down on top of it!" "That's a big risk, child," said Master Lao. "It's the only one we've got," The beast turned its heads to them and growled menacingly. "Very well," said Master Lao. "Let's destroy this unholy creature once and for all." With that said, the three of them scattered to different parts of the room and tried to turn the beast's attention to them. The beast roared but didn't move, its many heads fighting each other in an effort to decide on a target. This decision proved too difficult and it chose instead to pick up a bench and hurl it in their general direction. Master Lao - who was closest to the bench's target - stepped quickly to the side and the bench successfully broke another supporting beam. The building shook once more and pieces of tile from the roof broke off and shattered on the floor. The beast roared again and charged at Kovu. Despite his attempt to dodge, the beast was still able to strike him with an outstretched claw and sent him flying off to the side. Thankfully, the wound was only minor and he was able to stagger to his feet. The whole building was shuddering violently now from the activity inside and looked set to crumble at any moment. 'This building's going to fall on all of us,' thought Master Lao grimly as he eyed the beast. 'There's only one way any of us are going to survive this.' "Monster," he called. The beast turned to him, growling. "Children," called Master Lao again. "I want you to run as far away from here as possible." Lee and Kovu began to protest loudly. "I'm not going to ask you again, children," Master Lao cried. With that, he charged straight at the monster, dodging its first swipe and kicking it sharply in one of its knees. The beast cried out in pain and fell down. Master Lao turned to his faithful students for the last time. "Run!" With a final, mournful glance at their Master, Lee and Kovu ran to the door and out the dining hall. As they exited, they heard another roar followed by the sound of splintering wood. As they watched, the dining hall collapsed violently in on itself. The beast cried out once more, and then all was silent.
For a long time Kovu and Lee just stood and watched, unsure of what to do. Eventually, Kovu said: "So is it over?" Lee nodded numbly. "I guess so." Another moment of silence passed. "So what do we do now?" asked Kovu. "I guess we send a letter to the capital," Lee answered quietly. "Someone needs to know what happened here." "Do you think they'll believe us?" Lee paused. "I don't know." Kovu said nothing. Lee reached out and took his hand in his and squeezed it gently. He squeezed back and, hand in hand, they walked slowly back to the main hall. |
The Rowans and The Greys Chapter 9: Richard Rowan by hyenafur | #9 of The Rowans and The Greys - Richard was just about to sit down in front of his most famous client, Scrooge Eclipser, at Gordon Ramsey's 5 Star Restaurant in the famous Oasis Hotel in Sahara Square when his cell phone rang. There were only three times when Richard ever was furious; the first | [
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The todd, who was nearing his seventieth year, had an inherent desire to murder whomever was occupying the receiving end of the line, though he easily realized that making any kind of treacherous threat could drag his slowly greying muzzle into the courts of justice, answered with a renewed temperament. "Hello."
"Dad," the voice said, "I was wondering... wondering if you're available for dinner soon."
"Of course I'm available for dinner, Michael," the tod answered, "the more important question is whether your mother is."
There was a long sigh, "Dad, I know she's busy, but, please, for me, make some dinner reservations for... uhm... six?"
"Six? Why on God's green earth would I make reservations for six," he snarled, even as Scrooge and Darlene Eclipsers sat down in front of him. "Dad, don't pull this shit on me. We barely see one another as it is, just... just make some good promises. Please," the voice on the other line stated.
"I know we don't spend much time together," Richard said, "That's mostly because we both are adults and both have lives."
"Dad. Can you make the reservation for next week? Saturday or Sunday?"
"Michael," Richard said softly into the transmitter as he tried to keep his much wealthier clients from hearing, "Peter could get me a reservation for our entire family if I wanted. What are you asking for?"
Mike practically groaned and snarled at the same time, a grrnarl almost. "For the love of God, dad. All I want is for me, your daughter-in-law, a client, and his MOTHER to have dinner with us next weekend because the client has been a with us for thirty years AND his only interaction has been with Mousekewitz."
The fox's face seemed to light up as if a half a hundred candles had been stuck right to his fur. "Client! Mousekewitz! Money! Next Saturday Night. The Oasis Hotel and Casino. Eight o'clock. My treat."
Mike had half expected his father to keep rambling, but then again, the old todd smelled the scent of money and ran at it. He was certainly a good penny pincher, though not a very good father. Something Mike mused as his wife began to nuzzle against his chest, "You're right. As soon as I mentioned Mousekewitz, he changed his attitude."
Helen giggled as she kissed her husband on the chest, "Mmm... what can I say? Your father has a one track mind. I figured him out about 2 hours after I met him."
Mike leaned in to kiss the top of her head, "Are you sure you've never been married to Richard or one of his clients?"
Helen started off with, "Well...," but then immediately kissed her husband square on the lips. "Just his son," she murred deeply as she lay herself upon her husband. |
Pokemon Love by CrimsonStar | #21 of Adult Commissions A fun and wild story involving Lucario and Zoroark. Two pokemon down to kinky pleasures. - Pokemon love Commissioned by: CrimsonGlaze from SoFurry Written by: CrimsonStar "Goodbye my son." Spoke an older Lucario in their tongue. Waving the younger one goodbye. The Elder was | [
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Commissioned by: CrimsonGlaze from SoFurry
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"Goodbye my son." Spoke an older Lucario in their tongue. Waving the younger one goodbye. The Elder was accompanied by his mate, another Elder and while they both sported a sad look on their bright red eyes, they both were well aware that what they were doing was necessary. Young Lucario was the last of their offspring to leave their nest, he had lived with them for too long already, so long, in fact, that he had evolved from Riolu on that time. So it was time for him to make his own path in life.
The younger Lucario was tall and well built. His ears were perky and sharp, his blue fur, spotless and his dark fur as black as the night skies themselves. Lucario was leaving on a warm morning. The skies above him shone bright blue and the mountain forest around him was an inviting green world to explore. While it was a sad moment like any other parting, it was also a moment of expectation and hope for the future.
Lucario started to walk downwards from his former home. He had always had a particular liking for lowlands and rivers, so he set out to find such a home for himself. The beginning of his trek was rather pleasant, and uneventful. He saw a flock pidgeys dart above him, and a number of kakuna resting peacefully in a nearby tree canopy. The valley where he lived had always been a peaceful place, yet as he continued his journey, looking for the perfect place to settle, the skies began to cloud and darken.
He found a grove that had a small pond in its center, but after resting there for a few minutes, he was chased away by a group of furious mankeys who had already made of the grove their home. Further down he found a small patch of flowers next to a gigantic tree where he could build a shelter, this time again, however, he ended up running away from a swarm of angry ariadoses as they descended down of him as soon as he touched their tree.
He ran for several minutes, as the spider-pokemon seemed to be rather intent on making sure he would never come back, and by the time he felt like he was safe again. He had completely lost track of his way. The trees around him seemed similar to the ones he had seen all along, they were tall and leafy and the trunks were thick and covered in moss. But there weren't any other pokemon in sight and the skies above had turned to a threatening dark gray, even if the sun should still have been up. He didn't take more than ten steps before a storm broke loose. Thunder erupted in the distance and the heavy cracking of the rain showered him and blurred his vision. He started to run looking for cover, but even the heaviest of canopies were trembling under the weight of the water.
His aura sense flared up, he could feel an extremely powerful pokemon flying in the skies above, he looked up to try and see it, but the lighting that surrounded it made it impossible to tell what pokemon it was. He slipped and rolled down a muddy hill. As he landed on his face, the smell of smoke and wave of heat made him cover his face. The thunder had started a fire. His eyes widened and his heart started to race. He ran to a side, trying to find a way back up. His aura sense flared up again, he could feel a second pokemon nearby, not too far away from where he was. He started running that way, crossed a small burning trunk and jumped into a small grove. He found a Zoroark, she was trying desperately to pour water into what must have been her home, a lightning had struck a nearby tree and it had fallen on top it. Another thunder struck, Zoroark receded in fear.
"Run! There is nothing you can do!" Yelled Lucario.
Zoroark turned to him and dashed in his direction. Lucario started running too.
"Over there!" Pointed Zoroark, her voice barely audible under the roaring rain. Lucario followed her finger and he couldn't see anything except for the curtain of rain. He looked back at Zoroark and she nodded at him. He dashed forward, almost charging into the wall of water, but as he ran, he suddenly felt the washing of rain stop. The roar moved behind him and he found himself staring at the mouth of a damp cave. It was cold, but at least it was dry and safe.
He heard hurried footsteps behind him. It was Zoroark. She was panting, soaking wet, but otherwise seemed to be fine. They were both shivering from the cold.
"Nice to meet you." Started Lucario.
"H- Hi." Muttered Zoroark, trembling profusely.
Lucario moved closer to her and hugged her in a warm embrace. She tensed up at first, but upon feeling his warm body, she relaxed and let herself sink into his arms.
They remained huddled for several minutes. Shivering together as the temperature increased. As time passed and they became more comfortable with each other, however, they also became more aware of each other as a member of the opposite sex. Zoroark's body was well defined and firm. As they huddled, Lucario began rubbing her fur, first in an attempt to further warm each other but as they huddled, something else brewed between them. Lucario started to caress Zoroark, at first innocently warming her, but soon turning to a more primal urge. When Zoroark looked up, she had a strange look on her eyes. They gleamed with desire, she was in heat. Without fully knowing why, she moved closer for a kiss and as their snouts touched, what began as a soft brushing, quickly turned into a passionate embrace.
Their tongues mingled and their bodies warmed up. Zoroark was intense and her movements strong. She pressed against him and pushed him against one of the cave's wall. Her hands wandered down his neck and chest until they reached his inner thighs. She caressed him carefully at first, wanting to see his response.
He answered with a low growl, and rose his hand to lift her chin. Their eyes met and they shared a passionate kiss and as they did. Zoroark felt her passion translating in Lucario's body. With every pulse of their lips so did the flesh below Zoroark's hand hardened and bulged until she could easily run her fingers up and down his shaft.
They didn't need to talk, their bodies now in perfect sync moved as one. She closed her fingers in a ring around his cock and he groaned in pleasure. The rain continued to clatter outside, but that was of little importance now. They had found something much more important. Lucario gently pushed her back and as he did, she noticed her rear instinctively perking up as he continued to kiss her. And as she did, Lucario started to wander his hands down her body. Feeling every inch of her fur as he did. Her neck, strong and tense, her shoulders, narrow but well defined and her breasts, full and soft. He stopped there for several seconds, revealing himself in the softness and tenderness of her body, circling one of his fingers around her nupples and pinching them ever so softly. She moaned softly as he did and she let her head fall on his shoulder. He continued, down her belly and in between her legs. He could feel her warmth emanating from there like a spring of pleasure. He let his fingers slide further down until he felt an expected wetness. Zoroark moaned as he touched her and he continued to move even further. Soon his entire hand was burrowed between her legs and his fingers circled the entrance to her body. She was breathing heavily and when their eyes met, she merely nodded her head in indication that he could continue. He pushed one of his fingers into her and made her jump in surprise. But immediately a thunder of pleasure ran through her body, She leaned forward, letting the weight of her hips drive his hand even further. He began to wiggle his finger inside her and her hips started to rock back and forth. He took his finger out, sniffed it and then sucked on it while looking at Zoroark. She turned around and got in all fours.
In that position, she could give Lucario, even in the dim lighting of the storm outside, a magnificent look of her entire rear. Her anus pulsed in an inviting motion and below, covered with a thick string of translucent liquid, her pussy gorged with blood invited Lucario go all the way. Lucario got up on his knees and after giving her rear a quick lick, he aligned his hips with Zoroark's and massaged his outer labia one last time.
He then grabbed his cock and pushed himself in. Zoroark let out a screech of pleasure as he slid in and he took a deep breath as a burning feeling extended from his thighs to the rest of his body. Zoroark began to move his hips while he was still stunned and basking in the sensation. Her body started to rock back and forth and with every swing the delicious smell of her femininity filled his nostrils. As she did, he also began to pick up the pace and started to move his hips to match her rhythm. He placed his hands on her hips and she descended her head down to floor level, while she sneaked one of her hands down to her clitoris.
In that moment they found paradise. He leaned in closer and they both began to move faster. Lucario could feel the pressure building inside of him, matching the speed at which Zoroark smudged her own pleasure point. The began to move faster. Faster. The started to gasp and thunder roared outside, that was the only thing that hid their moaning and their panting. After a few minutes fucking like that, neither could hold back any longer. Lucario turned Zoroark over. Giving his gorging dick just a few seconds of respite before resuming the assault again, but it was already too late. He entered her and she roared in pleasure, after seconds, he joined her loud moaning and a white wave of pleasure and ecstasy washed over them both, filling them like a blinding light. Zoroark could feel her insides being filled with warm thick liquid, and Lucario could feel the muscles around his dick pulsating in unison.
Soon the began to recover their senses. As the urge to mate subsided, they both started to recover. Lucario pulled himself out from her. And laid next to her side. She continued to look towards the ceiling, as her innards leaked Lucario's seed.
"I'm sorry." Lucario apologized. "I don't know what happened."
"No need to apologize." Spoke Zoroark for the first time. "This always happens when I'm in heat, that's why I live alone in my grove..." A pang of sadness changed her expression. "Or used to, at least."
"What do you mean?"
"You saw it, didn't you? My home was destroyed by the storm."
"Ah... I'm sorry to hear that. But... I don't mind this."
"You don't?"
"No. I mean, it was kind of sudden. But I don't see anything wrong with it."
"Thank you, you're so sweet."
"You know... You lost your home, and I'm looking for mine." He sighed. "Do you think we could maybe build a new home together? Arceus knows I could use the help, and I like living in quiet and distant places too."
"That sounds like a good idea." She finished, rising up to sit on her knees. "This cave isn't that bad, you know?"
He chuckled. "I like it too."
Zoroark stood up and walked towards the rain.
"What are you doing?" Asked Lucario.
"I need to wash myself." She informed. "You came a lot."
Lucario smiled. "Sorry."
"It's okay." She smiled too. "I like you."
And as she walked out of the cave, he knew he had found the home he was looking for,
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Chapter 16: Separated by Momchil the dragon slayer | Wow, what a return! That was unexpected, right? - Chapter 16: Separated "Finally! Xenomorphs!" - Weyland said excited. "Now... let's do some tests to see if our new specimen are normal and there isn't something wrong with them." - He said darkly. Xenan was brought to a table and his arms and legs | [
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"Finally! Xenomorphs!" - Weyland said excited. "Now... let's do some tests to see if our new specimen are normal and there isn't something wrong with them." - He said darkly. Xenan was brought to a table and his arms and legs were fastened by some metal things and couldn't move. After that a scientist got out a sergeonic knife and started cutting some of Xenan's flesh which made him screech in pain. Half a hour later his flesh was restored. Sharptail watched scared from her cage and said "Xenan, are you okay?" "No! How can you ask such a stupid question?!" - Xenan said and looked at Weyland and roared at him. "Don't worry. You will be here... until you die!" - Weyland said and smiled evely. "Now, let's move to the next test." - He said, looking at Xenan.
Mercy was sleeping until she was woken up by Erik. "Hey, I think there might be someone in the bushes..." - He said and they both looked at a bush which was moving and Erik got out his knife. Mercy got up and said "Who's there!" "Guess who!" - said a familiar voice. After that they saw a tall, massive figure to get out of the bushes and it was... "Seth!" - Erik shouted , dropped the knife and hugged Seth, who was heavily wounded. Mercy smiled and ran to the predator and said "Come, let's heal those wounds and after that you will tell us how you survived." They lighted fire and all of the other people woke up and were amazed to see Seth alive. Some of them even checked if this was a dream. "Someone give me something metal, now!" - Mercy said and Erik gave her his knife. She placed the blade in the fire and Seth gulped, realising what she was doing. Ten minutes later the blade was hot enough and Mercy got it out and place it on one of the wounds of Seth in which he growled in pain, but stayed until the end and Mercy moved on to the next wound. After she was done doing this with all of the wounds she said "How did you survive the explosion?" "I don't know, it must be luck. And I don't know how the xenos died and I did not..." - He answered, looking at his arm, which was a bit out of his shoulder and after that he said "Would you do me a favor? Would you try to place my arm on it's place?" She saw that it was a bit out and said "I will try. Erik will help me." Erik nodded and both of them placed the arm on it's place and Seth said "Thanks. Now let's sleep. I am tired." They put out the fire and returned to their sleep.
Stanley was checking his gun and every time he heard a roar or a screech he felt sorry for the xenos. He went to check them out and saw how a scientist got out one of the nails of Xenan and the xenomorph roared and screeched. Stanley looked away and felt so sorry for being part of whole of this. He didn't want the xenos to suffer to the end of their lives and would return them to their home planet, which would cost him his life and rank. He saw that noone except him cared about the creatures. He couldn't leave them like that. He must do something.
On the morning Mercy woke up first of all and looked at the rising sun and remembered the moment when she and Xenan were looking at the sunset, which made her sad. Seth woke up and saw Mercy looking at the sunset and realised that Xenan wasn't here. "Good morning, Mercy! Where's Xenan?" In that question Mercy looked at him and he saw a tear going down her face and said "They took him on Weyland's spaceship." - She knew it because once she was in the woods, she heard two soldiers talk about that. "I will kill that Weyland guy! I've heard of him! He has one of my friends on his ship. Well she is probably dead, but he had her and I will kill him for that!" - Seth said and prepared his weapons. "Wait... Weyland has predators too?!" - Mercy said confused. "Yeah, that's why I know him." Mercy woke up the others and everyone went to do their duty in the camp. Some went hunting, some went scouting the area, some gathered materials, which were later used to build tents and useful things. Seth stayed in the camp to heal and to be a guard if something happens.
Sharptail was tormented as Xenan and they both were so angry that they would kill anybody who even lays their finger on them. "I will kill them all, are you with me, Xenan?" - She asked him and he answered "Yes, but we need a plan and I am thinking of one right now." Weyland stood infront of them and said "Now we know that there's nothing special or wrong with you and now we move to the experiments. Have a good time enjoying them!" With the last sentence he smiled and went out of the room.
End Of Chapter 16
Now... we are close to the end of the book. I want to know if you guys want another sequel OR you don't. Please, please, please tell me because that is important to me. Soo as always, review, follow and wait for the next chapter! |
Mares Seeking Stallions: Amethyst by Amethyst Mare | #5 of Mares Seeking Stallions Happy Valentine's Day, Razak! Hey, it's unconventional to some, but so sue me! Love how we fit together and ain't no one ever gonna take that away from us (despite comments). So... This is a series of mini stories with my mare characters that will be posted over the | [
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*Written by Arian Mabe (Amethyst Mare) for Razak*
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*Happy Valentine's Day, sweetheart! \<3*
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**Amethyst**
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"Long time, no see, stud..."
Amethyst grinned and let the bay stallion lay her back on the bed, her bare legs wound around his waist. Snorting, Pulley leaned over her, nosing softly at her neck as the hard bulge of his sheath throbbed through his jeans, grinding into her thigh. Chest heaving, Amethyst arched and squirmed out of her shirt, yanking it over her head and tossing it off the end of the bed to surely be found at a later time by her colt. The stallion groaned as her breasts were revealed, nipples perking up in the cool air through her fiery chestnut coat, and fumbled with his belt, fingers clumsy in his haste. Nostrils flared, he sucked in short, sharp breaths that should have steadied him, but only flooded his mind with the scent of a mare in need.
And she'd been in need for too long - far, far too long. So long, in fact, that she hadn't thought it necessary to even put on trousers when answering the door to him. She smirked. The bottomless look usually went pretty damn well when tempting a stallion, after all.
He didn't bother with his shirt as she let him feel her pussy lips rubbing over his shaft through the thin barrier of their clothing, managing to yank his jeans down with a feral, needy grunt. His underwear came down with them, tangling about his hooves, but he couldn't bring himself to care, dropping to his knees to nuzzle up to the mare's pussy, a large spot of wetness soaking through the thong that may as well have covered nothing at all. The fabric nestled between her pussy lips as he dragged his tongue up the length of her cunt, moulding to the shape of her sex. Pulley nickered, eyes falling lidded as he pushed the thong aside, only to drive his tongue deep into the mare's wetness.
Amethyst rolled her hips out to meet him, lips parted in a groan that would have given the neighbours cause for concern if they had been home to hear her. Twisting her fingers into his forelock, she bucked up to his muzzle, squealing like a filly in her first season as the stallion suckled on her clit, her arousal glistening on her lips. Panting, she twisted her fingers into his mane and held him close, squeezing a breast in her free paw as her need grew. She'd already been wet before he'd answered the door and his muzzle wasn't helping the situation by any means!
"Such a tease," she managed to get out, biting down a gasp. "But I'd rather see a stud-stallion up here mounting me again." She grinned. "It's not as if you or I have the willpower to do otherwise...so get up here and fuck me!"
He didn't need any more invitation than that and was up on the bed and over her before she'd even finished asking. Amethyst giggled as he kicked off his jeans from his hooves, rolling onto all fours and arching back so that her rump was pushed into his muzzle. If Pulley had had any reservations - what stallion, after all, could really have expected to find her half-naked in her flat on a friendly visit? - about mounting her in the slightest, she made sure he would cover her like a true stud should.
He curled his upper lip back from his teeth and grunted, sides trembling as sweat darkened a line down the arch of his neck below the fall of his black mane. His cock spilled out of his soft sheath, lying against her rump, a mottled spire of thick flesh bouncing and twitching. If he'd been an equine of the four-legged variety, it would have been slapping against his belly in his eagerness to cover, to breed.
Licking her lips, Amethyst hefted the weight of his shaft in her paw, running up the length of it as she let the tip rub over her lips. But the stallion pushed over her with an impatient snort, cheek warm as he pressed it to hers, and bucked, trying to sink the flat head of his cock into her sweetness. Pulley grunted and her breath caught, that tip pushing in an inch that spread her wide - far wider than her colt could have ever hoped to manage. She arched her neck, mane spilling down the side, and ground back as he wrapped an arm around her stomach, trusting her to bear his weight as he thrust.
They moaned in unison as he slid in, pushing past the medial ring as he filled her completely. Ducking her head, Amethyst panted softly, tail hiked as she pushed back at him, hips rolling as he tried to grind even deeper, his hips thrust with her rump. He groaned in her ear, arm tightening around her as she tried to squeeze around the thick length stretching her out.
"I've missed this..."
"I've missed you too."
Pulley grunted, rolling his hips as his tail flagged proudly, slamming into the mare. There was a time for sweet, gentle sex, but this was not one of those times. He nipped her shoulder - only hard enough to be playful - as he squeezed the mare against him and drove in like a colt presented with his first mare. Not that it had been a long time since he'd had his own pleasure, but, well - there was a different kind of pleasure with different furs. And it had been a long time indeed since a certain mare had last flipped her tail aside for him and given him that 'look that only meant one thing.
She snorted, arms quivering under their combined weight as the stallion rocked her forward with every thrust, tip pushing up against her cervix every time he rammed in. He couldn't have squeezed another inch into her if he'd tried, but he had plenty more to give. Amethyst squealed and blushed as he fucked her just like she'd fantasised about all those times with her colt, who had never known what she was thinking of when his muzzle was buried between her legs. She spread her knees further apart, underwear kissing the side of his shaft as he thrust; they'd been too rushed to think about removing the slinky garment when their needs burned.
Shooting her a grin, Pulley drew his length out and, without giving her time to voice a whinny of complaint, rolled the mare lightly onto her back. Amethyst wriggled further back on the bed, drawing one knee up to her chest with a coy smile as he leaned over her, shaft in one paw. He pressed the tip to her flushed pussy lips and they both moaned loudly, no longer caring who heard them. Amethyst's lips twitched up on one side, fingers squeezed into the stud's muscles rump as he filled her once again. Let the neighbours complain if they couldn't stand a bit of fun!
Truth was...someone should have been there to hear them. Or might be, very shortly. Pulley panted, lipping her neck as his eyes lifted to meet hers.
"What if he walks in on us?"
He voiced the question they were both thinking and wanting to say, a fresh throb of arousal causing them to bring their bodies together with a greater urgency and need than ever before. The stallion grinned, pressing his lips to hers as if the answer to his question didn't matter regardless of its asking.
"So what?" Her eyes glinted. "Let him watch how a real stud mounts a mare."
"Nnnfff..." Pulley groaned, lipping her breasts wantonly. "He will."
As if taking her words as a challenge, he played his tongue across one of her nipples, circling the pert nub with his broad tongue, and drove in roughly, pushing her back across the back. Amethyst whinnied, raising her hips up from the bed to meet him as he slammed in, each driving thrust coming with a needy grunt from his nostrils. His cheeks warmed and he crushed his lips to hers, sharing their pleasure as her juices squirted down the length of his shaft, forced out from their rough coupling as her lips stretched wide to allow him in.
"Fucking cum in me," she whispered, gripping his shoulder as he sped up, lips quivering with a whinny. "Don't hold back - just fill me!"
Whipping his head back, Pulley neighed loudly and powered into her, hips slapping against her thighs as his balls bounced lightly off her rump, tight with muscle. She whinnied shrilly, twisting beneath him as her head lolled back, losing herself to pleasure as orgasm took her, pussy squeezing and clenching rhythmically around his shaft. It didn't take much more than that for the stallion to follow shortly after, cramming his swelling flare up to her inner barrier as the mare moaned and bucked and shooting the first rope of virile seed into her depths.
He flagged his tail as he came, shoulders pushed back, and ducked his head down under Amethyst's cheek, grunting as his balls pulled up that fraction to release their load. Every spurt of seed brought with it a fresh wave of pleasure until his eyes nearly rolled back into his head, legs suddenly weaker than a colt taking his first steps in the world as he covered the needy mare. Nuzzling her throat, he nickered softly and she returned the sound, running her fingers down his back in line with his spine as he trembled and pushed into her touch. His cock still throbbed, drooling and spurting the last remnants of his load, seemingly unwilling to finish filling her so quickly as it always seemed to have just that little bit more to give. Their combined fluids oozed out her well filled pussy, force out only through the size of him and the volume of their joint climax, his seed leaving a glistening trail on her flushed lips.
The bedroom door opened with a scrape of wood over carpet and Pulley drew in a shuddering breath, muscles trembling as he looked back over his shoulder to where a dappled grey stallion stood with wide eyes and a growing bulge in his work trousers. Trembling as she came down from her high, Amethyst peered around the drafter with a smirk on her lips, locking eyes with her partner across the room as he blushed and tried to hide behind his mane, bag falling to the floor with a dull 'thunk'.
The stud-stallion whickered and bobbed his muzzle.
"Hey...Madoc..." Pulley panted, struggling for words as breath failed him. "Hope you don't mind me mounting your mare, but I kinda had an open invitation here."
Gulping visibly, Madoc seemed to not know what to say at all, that was until Amethyst blew him a kiss, moaning deeply as her partner for the moment started to move again, shaft still hard and throbbing in her well-filled pussy. One round, of course, would not be enough and her colt would simply have to be patient and wait to push his tongue into her cunt, cleaning her of the mess left by the stallion, once he'd driven himself to spilling his seed inside her once again. Or maybe a few more times. Who knew when they'd be satisfied?
She grinned and kissed Pulley warmly as her colt scrambled out of his clothes and dropped to his knees, chin resting on the edge of the bed as he whuffed softly, eyes riveted on the scene before him. Cupping his muzzle, she touched her fingers to her lips and then his as the stud rocked his hips up to her once again, eyes closed as his need to breed swelled with his first release. Amethyst winked at Madoc, managing to get out one last thing before devolving into moans once again.
"Happy Valentine's Day, colt." |
Sing me a Song, Dead Girl by Glycanthrope | #8 of Fall_from_Grace This is the final chapter to "A Fall From Grace." Carter Wolf hears voices and sees things that aren't there. He's been diagnosed with schizophrenia, but during the events in the previous story, Carter transformed into a non-human form. He reluctantly grows to accept that the | [
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**Sing me a Song, Dead Girl.**
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\_The Phantom Cat\_Jazzclub is one of the most popular nightclubs in Oakenford.
I'm not just saying that because I know the owner, but it has a long and proud history under changing ownership. The current owner, Jesse Juliano has kept the tradition going by hiring solid names and predicting who'd play well together. The place seats two hundred guests, but it can pack a hundred more when the fire inspector turns the blind eye. He used to be strict on safety regulations, but Irene had a word with him, and he's been supportive ever since.
Irene joined the Phantom Cat six years ago as the main attraction. Blessed with a great voice and a strange talent for singing people into doing her bidding, the place has seen little trouble.
Until tonight, that was.
Tonight, six years worth of trouble came crashing down, and half past midnight\_the Phantom Cat\_had turned into a slaughter house.
The corpse of Jesse lay in his office, Irene was in her room upstairs with a bullet in her chest and the hitman who was sent to kill her, was on the floor of the nightclub. He too was dead, but unlike his two victims, the hitman had not been shot. He was ripped to death in the arms of a vaguely feline demon from beyond the abyss.
That demon, was me. When I entered the nightclub less than an hour ago, I was a human. That too had changed.
Oscar Peterson played here in 1986. Jesse took a photo of him and hung it on the wall. He's all smiles, wiping his forehead with a linen cloth while he plays. The glass cover mirrored my reflection on the scene; a feline monster, a horned demon with fangs and claws.
*Do I really look like this?*
*Or am I slipping into hopeless insanity?*
My mind was a tug-of-war between two identities struggling to take over. Both were separate and clear, as if my mind was working at two frequencies.
I was the losing part, the human part.
Changing into my demon-half twice today had been a gamble, and now it was impossible to change back.
\_ \_
I was slipping, slipping into the dark void while my demon half clung on to an existence on earth. The abyss is a vast, shapeless void but it crawled with entities that flew, swam and snaked their way through the infinite nothing. Snakelike beings with bodies like mile long intestines, slithered and cackled their way through space, occupying more than three dimensions. One such creature with a flat head and black, expressionless eyes almost collided with me, and would have slammed right into me if it hadn't made a jump into the fourth dimension as it screamed by.
I was a stranger to this world, like my demon half in the human world and I was terrified. No human mind can withstand or comprehend the sights beyond the abyss and remain sane. The hallucinations I was used to from my disease were Saturday morning cartoons compared to the sights beyond the abyss.
*If I ever make it out, I'll greet every hallucination with a big old smooch,* I swore.
\_ \_
Quinn was on his way with a team of paramedics in tow, and I knew I'd get the answer to my doubts within minutes.
If the paramedics screamed and fled I'd assume the transformation into demon was for real. If they laughed and reached for a straightjacket, I was simply delusional. Either way, I was damned.
Outside, the door of a patrol car slammed shut, and hasted footsteps approached the nightclub.
*Holy SHIT! They are here already.*
*This is it*, I pleaded. *If I don't change back now, we'll be locked up or shot. They shoot demons, you know.*
In that moment my demon half let go of its grip. I dived behind the bar in one swooping motion and hid under the counter while my body changed back.
*Never again*, I swore and collapsed, naked and gasping on the wooden floor of the Phantom Cat.*No fucking way I'm turning demon again*.
Seconds later, Quinn burst through the front door."I've got this one covered," he barked at three paramedics who ran upstairs to Irene. He squatted beside me and for the second time that night, he'd brought me a fresh set of clothes. Only, this time it wasn't an\_Armani\_ suit.
"*Sears*?"
Quinn winked at me. "You'd rip it up anyway, next time you shift."
I wasn't in the mood for jokes, so I dressed in silence, while Quinn examined the remains of the hitman.
The guitar case was empty but his rifle was on the floor and in pieces.
*There was never any guitar in that case,* I realized\_.\_ Irene never backed down on her promise to let me into the band. She had left her MP3 player on the upright piano, and when I switched it on the sad notes of\_Song for my Brother\_ poured from the tiny speaker. *She must have recorded herself playing it live*, I thought and pocketed the gadget. *Something to remember her by*.
"Hmm!" was Quinn's only comment when he was done examining the mutilated body.
"I know", I said. "There was more than a little anger involved."
"It's not your methods that bother me," said Quinn. "This is Frederic Samza."
"I trust he's not a friend of yours?"
Quinn got up and examined the wound in my shoulder. In my human form it was nothing more than a bad scratch, but I was bleeding into the Sears shirt.
"You were damn lucky," said Quinn. "Samza's an expert marksman."
"Luck had nothing to do with it."
Quinn fingered the material between two fingers.
"Either you tear up all your clothes, or you bleed into them." He knew the identity of the killer on the floor, but he was reluctant to let me know about it. He finally prodded the corpse on the floor with the toe of his boot.
"Frederic Samza was a killer for the national military intelligence."
"Holy crap, man" I gasped. "What are we up against?"
"If the MI's involved, It's something big," said Quinn.
"Bigger than you, me and Crane together."
---
"Maybe you shouldn't go with me," said Quinn. We were in the patrol car, driving back to Crane's laboratory.
"I've got to," I said. "Besides, I'm done changing - forever."
Quinn gave me a puzzled look. "Forever is a long time, my friend."
We turned off the headlights and parked outside the lab. I knew my way around from earlier that same day, only it felt like a lifetime ago.
"Know if he's packing a piece?" asked Quinn.
"I don't think so, just don't drink his coffee."
The door to the lab was unlocked, and the first thing we saw was seven soldiers in army clothes who sat slumped and motionless in chairs around a table.
*We're too late.*
Two red thermos made slight hissing noises as steam from the hot beverage inside escaped the rubber seal. Crane stood beside one of the soldiers, with a syringe in his hand.
"Another tea-party, Dr. Crane? You know your refreshments have a bad influence on your guests."
Crane spun around and stared at us, cocking his head in disbelief."I didn't expect to see you again." He walked over slowly and reached out as if he wanted to take my pulse, but backed off when he realized I'd sooner tear his arm off.
"But the fact you're here proves my theory, that the effect of ARF is only temporary."
"You don't understand," I said. "Your drug didn't work on me because...I'm different."
"Aren't we all?" asked Crane and stuck a syringe into the arm of another sleeping soldier. "Tell me, how many did you kill?"
"Only one," I said. "Frederic Samza."
Crane froze, and for once his eyes flickered.
"Wait!" he cried. "You don't think I sent him after you?"
"If not you, who else?"
Crane didn't reply, but put the syringe into a leather pouch and closed it with a soft "snap."
"Now we wait."
"Stop right there," barked Quinn. "I'm placing you under arrest for conspiracy to murder Irene Sapere. And when we figure out what this is all about, I'll call down a shitload of additional charges on your ass."
Crane threw his hands in the air in mock obedience and sent Quinn an overbearing smile.
"You don't believe this is a one man project?"
"I believe you're insane and must be stopped."
"Take a look around," said Crane and waved a hand at the expensive equipment around him.
"All of this is National scientific intelligence. The lab, the equipment, the cash, and myself; everything is paid for by the MI-16. We're talking seven figures here."
One of the soldiers made a soft groaning noise and blinked a few times.
"Even my dura-fighters here," said Crane "are volunteers, donated by MI-16."
"Like the soldiers who went berserk two nights ago?"
Crane sighed. "A regrettable necessity. How else could I test the ARF dosage in a time when we're not at war with anyone?"
Quinn reached for the handcuffs hanging from his belt, but hesitated. Several of the soldiers were waking up and looking around, confused.
"Arrest me, and the MI-16 will have me released before morning," laughed Crane. "Kill me and they will see you court marshalled. The feds are not pouring seven figures into this project without wanting returns."
"Screw it!" I whispered to Quinn. "I'll take a chance and shift. Then I'll tear him a new asshole."
"You've done enough shifting for one night," he whispered back. "If we can't play this by the book, I'll be the one to go wolf on him."
Crane turned on a sound generator coupled to an oscilloscope, and a speaker on the wall produced a low humming noise. He turned a dial on the generator and the note rose into a high-pitched shriek.
"17.5 KHz stimulates the lizard part of the brain." said Crane. "Most people can't hear that frequency, only animals."
"-and those in between," groaned Quinn and held his ears.
In my human form I only found the noise slightly annoying, but the dura-fighters opened their eyes wide, their faces grimacing.
One of them tried to get out of his chair, but he couldn't stand on his legs and dropped to the floor and started puking.
"They always do that," said Crane. "Nausea and confusion are common signs that the drug is working."
I remembered the symptoms well, and we had minutes only, before the soldiers went berserk.
"I'm calling for backup," shouted Quinn, trying to drown out the noise and headed for the exit. He looked at the door, puzzled when it wouldn't open.
"Stuck!" He winced from the continuing noise of the sound generator and threw himself at the door. The impact had no effect and the door didn't budge.
Crane patted the pocket of his lab-coat, and an evil smile came over his lips.
"Same technology as used for remote controlling car doors."
"We need that remote," said Quinn through clenched teeth. He was in agony from the supersonic whine.
"And we need to shut that damn generator down. I can't transform while it's on."
"Does the noise hurt your ears?" mocked Crane. "It's pure music to my\_dura-fighters\_. It encourages them into action."
"So, your\_modern day Vera Lynn\_ turned out to be nothing but a tone generator?" I sneered.
"Simple, efficient and portable in the field." Crane smiled. He was eager to share the details of his discoveries; too eager if he was going to let us go.
*We're screwed*, I thought.
All dura-fighters were now awake and looked to Crane as if waiting for an order from their commander.
"The enemy spies have infiltrated our base." Crane now pointed to Quinn and me.
"Kill them!"
The dura-fighters rose from their chairs and staggered towards us. They were as slow as I had been at first when under the influence of ARF, but initial slowness wore off within a minute or two. I was terrified of what would happen if I shifted for the third time that night, but with Quinn incapacitated I saw no other option.
Except one.
Two dura-fighters stood between me and the lab bench at the other side of the lab. I bent my head low and cannonballed directly towards them. They braced themselves, preparing for an impact but instead of charging them, I threw myself at the generator on the lab bench. The two fighters lit up in demented grins when they saw me approaching. They were beyond fear and regarded me only as prey - a toy, soon to be broken. As the lizard part of their brains took over, their memories were fading fast. Their homes, their families, even their loved ones were turning into distant echoes. If I had ever proposed a danger to them, that too would be nothing but a whisper.
The gap between them closed quickly as they reached out for me, but I had to push past them.
*They're too fast*, I realized, and the moment I sprinted between them, two hands grabbed the back of my shirt.
"ohhh, yessss!" giggled a voice behind me in insane anticipation.
I panicked. They had recovered fast and I knew the rage within them all too well.
The survival instinct is one of the most powerful forces within us, and the adrenalin fueled hysteria is our last resort when we are cornered. A trapped fox will gnaw off its own leg to survive; a mother of three will lift a car to rescue her children, breaking her own bones in the process. It's like a bee's stinger; anything to save the species, even if it only grants us a few more minutes. As the two dura-fighters pulled me closer and clawed at my back, I made a split-second decision;
*I'd rather spend eternity among the nameless creatures of the abyss than be torn into pieces by these assholes.*
\_ \_
\_"Here goes, motherfucker!"\_I growled and prepared to shift. The faces of Irene, Quinn, and my sister Kamryn flashed by. All the ones I loved, my best friend.
*I don't want to lose you.*
In that moment my shirt tore at the seams with a satisfying, ripping sound, and the iron grasp of the soldiers loosened.
*It's Odd*, I thought. *I don't feel any different* and I looked at my arms, astonished that I had not changed. I was still in human form and panicking. Only the flimsy fabric of the\_Sears\_shirt had surrendered and set me free. I charged forward with a last, desperate yank sending buttons flying in all directions, and I was free. Like a pole vaulter on broken legs, I somersaulted over the bench, dragging a small fortune worth of equipment and machinery with me. I landed amongst a rain of wood splinters and broken electronics.
*Damn! That hurt*.
The fighter who had clawed at my back kept closing and unclosing his fists, and his lips quivered. The other stared at the piece of bloody fabric in his hand, breathing in my scent.*He**'s going berserk*.
In seconds they would be out of control.
The broken generator emitted a faint crackling noise as a capacitor died and discharged itself into the cracked circuitry. Without it, the fighters were confused about whom to kill first, and looked to Crane for new orders.
*The modern day Vera Lynn has died*, I chuckled. Then I thought of Irene, and the voice that would never sing again.*We need you*.
Then I realized she had been with us all the time. I reached into my coat for the MP3 player I found on her piano. At the press of a button,\_Song for my Brother\_reverberated through the lab, echoed down the halls and faded into the courtyard. The dura-fighters stopped and listened, and all went deadly quiet for a moment, except from the voice of Irene and her solitary piano. Her voice was full of longing and on the verge of breaking; beautiful and fragile, like the touch of a butterfly, or a soap bubble landing on your arm.
*Or a balloon*.
The memory of two brothers helping each other retrieve a stray balloon returned in a flash. The empathy between them had dulled my berserker rage when I was rampant on ARF. The recognition of the fundamental emotion of *caring* had deterred me for long enough to change my target.
The drug had robbed me of fear, but it couldn't kill loving and caring. These feelings were only in hiding until they were awakened by a simple balloon; a fragile dream made from color and air and all brought back by the singing voice of a dead girl.
Crane stared at his now immobilized dura-fighters."Attack them, you fools!" he screamed.
Like the fighters, I'd been under the berserker influence of the ARF myself. Nothing on earth could change that. But I was not of this earth, and I had drained my rage into the infinite depths of the abyss. But these guys had nowhere to vent their rage. Their minds too, were filling up with memories, specific to each of them. Girlfriends, lovers, relatives and things they held dear. With snarls of rage, the fighters turned towards Crane, and his eyes widened in terror as he realized that he was now the unwilling focus of their attention.
"Do something!" he screamed.
Quinn unholstered his service LC9 and pointed into the midst of the dura-fighters advancing on Crane.
"Everybody freeze!" he shouted. "I'm not firing any warning shots," but no one paid him any attention.
"You can't threaten them," I shouted back. "They don't fear you or your gun."
One of the fighters grabbed a laboratory flask and smashed it against a desk. The bottle neck remained in his hand, now razor sharp. With a bloodcurdling growl he charged at Crane, slashing his left arm. Crane watched in disbelief as blood gushed out and soaked his lab-coat.
"I'm not the enemy," he screamed. "THEY are!"
"You can play with their emotions," I said. "But inside, they know you're the one who made them lose everything they love."
"Love?" he whispered.
"The one thing you couldn't synthesize in your lab."
Crane stood motionless for a moment, frowning as the flaw in his theory dawned upon him.
"Oh!" he said.
Then seven figures descended upon him.
---
When the body of Crane hit the floor, the door lock clicked open, and Quinn and I dashed headlong into the corridor without looking back.
"They're trashing the lab," panted Quinn. "They won't stop raging until the ARF wears off."
"Leave them," I said. "I put the MP3 player on repeat. The ARF wears off sooner than the batteries."
I shivered in the cold night air outside. Behind us, we heard the muffled sound of equipment and furniture being destroyed. At distance, it sounded innocent enough, like a building crew remodeling an office to the sound of a radio.
"There's not much point in hanging around, said Quinn. Leave it up to the MI-16 to sort out their own mess."
"And Frederic Samza?"
"He's MI-16 property too. This will become one of the cases that never happened. Loose ends get tied up, details forgotten, people paid off. It's all part of the job."
"Like the Burris case? [\*]"
Quinn shrugged. "They'll throw the blame on Crane, decide he made illegal\_Captagon\_on the side or something, and a local gang busted his lab." Quinn patted my shoulder, "You'll get used to it." His hand came away bloodied.
"You're bleeding pretty bad," he said quietly. He reached into the patrol car and gave me a blanket. "I don't have any spare clothes with me."
"You know," I said. "If it hadn't been for your cheap-ass\_Sears\_ shirt ripping on me, I'd have been dead in there."
"It wasn't the shirt," said Quinn. "You were going demon in there."
"Bullshit!" I snapped. "There IS no demon; never was. I'm a schizo with finely tuned senses. That's all."
Quinn's mobile rang, so I bade him farewell and looked for my car in the dark parking space.
"Wait!" he called, waving the phone over his head. "Get in the patrol car; I'll drive you to the hospital."
"Dude," I objected. "I'm alright. Torn up and exhausted, but I'll be okay."
"Not you, dummy." Laughed Quinn, "Irene's alive."
---
I sat by Irene's hospital bed until dawn, holding her hand and praying she would pull through. The bullet had grazed her heart and it took the surgeon hours to retrieve it.
"There!" said the surgeon and gave Quinn a vial that contained a twisted lump of metal. "We were lucky to get it out." Siobhan was a young Irish doctor who had taken up the vacancy after Dr. Gill.
"I don't get it," she said. "She was almost gone when they brought her in, but she kept going during the operation. Your friend must have an incredibly strong heart."
"The previous doc would probably say she was strong of mind." Quinn winked at me, but I was too tired to laugh.
Siobhan shook her head. "I only know, I've never seen anything like it before."
I was close to fainting from exhaustion and hallucinated rat like creatures scurrying around on the floor and in the wastebasket. An invisible hand painted verses in blood on the wall that made no sense, and could have been dirty limericks for all I cared.
*Bring it on*, I said defiantly. *I'm not impressed*.
"Good job!" replied the male voice in my head.
"Thanks, that's a rare compliment, coming from you."
"You've done us a great service." It was the female voice. "Now, we'll return the favor."
In that moment, Irene opened her eyes.
---
The doors to *The Phantom Cat* were boarded over, and a sign outside read *under reconstruction*. Through a crack in the fence Irene and I could see construction workers painting the walls and moving furniture around. Once they were finished, Frederic Samza would never have sat foot in the place, if The MI-16 even allowed him to have existed.
"Quinn asked me to give you these." I had the keys to the nightclub in my pocket.
Irene flashed a timid smile. "I guess I'm the manager of\_The Cat\_now?"
"That's the way Jesse would have wanted it."
"I'm gonna put a new band together," she said. "Maybe you'd care to play the guitar?"
"You could probably talk me into it."
"I'd also need someone to help me run the place." She took my hand and gave it a gentle squeeze. "Someone trustworthy."
"Listen," I said. "Did you... see me back then? When I shifted."
"I've seen you for what you really are."
"And?"
"I think\_The Phantom Cat\_ will be run by two beautiful freaks."
---
THE END
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Kody nodded as he let out another sigh, "Yeah."
Jo giggled as she gave her son's chest a gentle scratch, "Ya thinkin' bout yer grandsire?"
The tod nodded, "Yeah."
"Well, my daddy'n'mama wud be s'proud'aya if they wus here. I'm sure Chris' daddy'n'mama w'll be too," She replied before giving his chest another scratch that only made her son let out a warm murr. The old vixen giggled before giving one pec a playful tap, "I'm sure y'll get'long wid'm like peas'n'carrots."
Kody chuckled, "I'm sure I will." He leaned up to give his mother a peck on the underside of her long muzzle before he rolled over onto his side.
The two watched another movie as they sat in relative silence, the mother still stroking over her son's head.
Richard slowly walked into his apartment from the meeting with the Eclipsers. It had gone well enough. The old lion had done nothing but talk about how the city and the al-Daube's were screwing him and his business, and how he was going to run for Mayor in the next election. Richard wasn't interested at all in the conversation, but it was something he could write off as a business expense since the lion had talked all night about the real estate he owned around Zootopia.
"I will make sure that goat fucker won't be able to expand outside of Sahara Square," the lion had roared out. The feline's words had made Richard's imagination run a bit wild as he said, "I wonder what it would be like."
"What what would be like," the lion responded with a very confused look on his muzzle. "To fuck a goat," the fox said completely non-chalantly.
Scrooge and his jaguar wife, Darlene, looked at the fox with amazement, the two of them completely stunned by what Richard had just said. The fox didn't really pay any attention to it as he kept eating. The whole irony of Scrooge's rant about how he hated Ali al-Daube, one of the four Emirs that made up the United Mammal Emirates, while sitting in one of the restaurants in the hotel and casino that the Emir owned was not lost on the fox. In fact, it made him chuckle, only making the Eclipsers more nervous.
"You brought the subject up," Richard said between bites, "It was only natural that I look at further discussing the issue. Though, you are wrong about one thing. Ali doesn't fuck goats, you're thinking of his son, Shakir. Though, last time I checked, I don't think gazelles are considered goats. I'll have to google it when I get home."
The lion and jaguar pair gave each other nervous looks, each one wondering if they should leave and find another law firm. The fox just waved his hand, "But I digress. I think you might have a good shot at the mayoral office, though, you've got stiff competition. I hear Shakir al-Daube might even run for it."
The lion snorted, "Hyena's are fit to run anything. He'll just drive it right into the ground."
Richard looked around at the five star restaurant filled with hungry mammals, "It seems reality is quite intent on challenging your last statement."
Scrooge snarled, "Don't you remember what they did in Kitara? Whole damn country fell apart into Civil War."
"You mean the one ruled by lion kings that fell apart because the king's brother murdered him and took over, and attempted to create a socialist utopia by nationalizing all the land and businesses before killing holy mammals causing a mass exodus? And when the nephew showed back up, he tried to blame the whole thing on the hyena population, the same population that ended up killing him in the street on his way to the airport to escape? That one," Richard retorted, "It seems to me that you've got a lion-centric view of history. If it wasn't for those hyenas, the nephew would have never gotten back into power."
Scrooge growled as his wife picked up her purse. "We're leaving," the lion said with a snarl, but Richard looked at him, "And I can assume you no longer wish to do business with me?"
"You're damn right," Scrooge replied.
"That is too bad. I was looking at making a sizeable donation to your campaign, but it looks like that money will be going to Shakir instead."
The lion blinked, "How much are we talking?"
"Oh, I was going to donate around say two million dollars."
It wasn't a bad sum, and the lion never refused money, "Fine. I'll still do business with you."
"Excellent! Are you going to stay for dessert? I hear the chocolate cake is amazing."
"No," Scrooge said as he took his wife's hand, "We're still leaving."
"Suit yourself. It just means more for me."
That's how the business meeting had ended, with Richard stuck with the very pricy bill, but he was going to claim it as a business expense on his tax return. What was $745.28 including tip between friends?
The memory of that slowly began to fade as he looked around the house. He noted his wife was not present in the living room, rather, she was laying face down in bed and sounding like she was clear cutting an acre of rainforest. Richard hadn't married Ruby for the noises she made while sleeping though, he married her because she balanced him out, well, that and he'd managed to put Chris inside her on their third date.
The tod chuckled as he stripped down before crawling into bed with her, something that neither of them had gotten to do much of after they'd entered into their respective career fields. It was a bit of a miracle that they'd managed to produce a second kit at all with how little procreation time they'd shared.
There had been a time in the early days of their marriage when Richard had attempted to convince Ruby to be a stay at home mother, but she would have none of it. She'd gone into heavy debt to get her medical degree and by god she was going to use it, something that ultimately boiled down to them rarely sleeping in the same bed with each other at the same time.
Richard was just about to see if he could get some special time with his wife, when the vixen reached her hand up to grip his muzzle. "Not tonight," she said briskly before letting go. The tod thought about protesting, but the clear cutting sound started anew. Growling, Richard rolled over and started to think about what it would be like to fuck a goat. |
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I was sitting at a big table at some restaurant squished between Juuichi and Kounosuke; who seemed keen on asking me a lot of questions despite me not having many answers. Juuichi got him to stop after awhile and I smiled at him thankfully. Starting to eat I listen quietly to everyone talking to each other. They all seemed quite different, but they were all having fun like the best of friends. They've probably been friends for years and I just felt out of place, like I didn't belong. Watching people pass by outside my ear twitched as I heard a bell. Everything seemed to lose color and everyone stopped moving except a black cat grinning at me as he passed by the window. My fur stood on end and I stood up falling backwards over the bench. Everything must have gone back to normal because when I looked back up everyone had stopped what they were doing and were staring at me.
"Are you okay?" Juuichi turned towards me holding out a paw.
"I.. I have to go" I blush lightly pushing myself up.
I feel everyone watching me as I run out the door turning and running towards where I saw the black cat go. Chasing him to the end of the main street I see him go off towards the forest. Running in after him I stop a bit in looking around and listening. Hearing leaves rustling behind me I turn seeing a black blur dropping from a tree.
"You followed me this time" the black cat says rising up from crouching. "I was getting bored waiting around." he frowned looking me over "You're still not all here. I guess I'll have to do something about that. I'll be seeing you around" he smiles at me turning away.
"Wait. What are you talking about? Who-" I'm cut off as he turns; a knife appearing in his hand as he slashes at me.
Wincing I fall back my cheek stinging. Holding a paw to it as I feel a bit of blood trickling down.
"I am Sh?ry?, and thats all you need to know."
"Yuki" I turn to see Juuichi calling for me at the edge of the forest.
I turn back to where Sh?ry? was only to see that he's vanished.
Sighing I push myself up walking towards Juuichi "You didn't have to follow me.." I scratch my head looking down.
"Leaving you alone how you are wouldn't have been nice." he frowns crossing his arms "You're hurt. Let's go get you cleaned up." he says walking back towards the restaurant.
"Its just a scratch." I follow behind him staring at the ground.
"Why'd you leave like that?" he asks looking back at me.
"I.. saw someone. He was dressed kinda like me and it felt like I knew him somehow. He's gone though so I guess I'll never know."
"I'm sure it'll come back to you." he says as we get back to the restaurant.
"Yeah. Maybe" I say going to the washroom to clean myself off.
Coming back out I hear them discussing plans to meet up again.
Torahiko sees me coming over and puts his arm around my shoulder "You're gonna come too yeah?"
he says giving me a big smile.
"You really want me to go?"
"Of course. We all wanna get to know you and be your friends." he says patting my back.
I blush looking around at everyone and they all smile at me "Okay then. I guess I'll have to figure out somewhere to stay then."
"You can stay with me" Juuichi says "Theres a spare room."
"If it won't be a problem. That would be great" I smile up at him.
"It should be fine" he scratches his cheek looking to the side.
They told me the plan for the first big meet up was to go to the beach. The second was to go camping, but they'd figure out the details for that later. Saying goodbye to everyone as the sky gets dark I leave with Juuichi. Walking along the road quietly I look around at the scenery. Getting to his place he shows me the spare room and tells me where the bathroom is.
Pulling my jacket off I look up at him "Thanks for letting me stay here and everything."
"Its no problem."
"I'll see you in the morning" I smile at him going into the room and closing the door.
Pulling my pants off I lay in the bed. Sighing as I curl up; tired from everything that happened I fall asleep in no time.
Waking up in the middle of the forest I look around confused. Pushing myself up I notice the air feels cold. I see a trail of red through the grass, but I can't see where it goes because of the thick fog all around me. Not seeing an exit or any other trail I follow what I assume is blood. Coming to a clearing I look around tripping over something as the fog starts to clear. Looking down I see Juuichi under my legs. Scrambling off him I see a lot of blood around a hole in the back of his jacket. I reach forward feeling his neck for a pulse. Not finding anything I start to panic looking around. The fog cleared enough to reveal the trees around the clearing and I see the bodies of everyone else propped up against the trees and hanging from them on the branches and from nooses. Just then Sh?ry? walks out from behind the trees with a big grin holding a bloody knife.
"I am going to destroy everything you love" He says stepping towards me.
He disappears for a second appearing right in front of me and kicking me off to the side. I roll feeling myself falling; looking around frantically as I hit the ground. Only seeing darkness I realize I'm on the floor by the bed. I sigh holding my chest feeling my heart beating hard. Getting up shakily I slowly walk out of the room. Going outside to calm down I breathe in the fresh night air and look up at the stars.
A few seconds later I hear Juuichi come out behind me "Hey. You okay? I heard some noises."
"Yeah.. Sorry. I just had a nightmare. It's beautiful out here at night." I smile back at him.
"Yeah I like taking walks at night, but you should come back inside. You might get a cold or something like that" he blushes lightly looking to the side.
Realizing I'm just in my underwear I blush hard "R-right. Sorry I woke you up. I'm okay" I squeeze by him going back inside. "I'll see you later" I go back in the room jumping on the bed hiding my face in the pillow. 'I'm such an idiot' I think slowly falling back asleep. |
Chapter Nine by Raevocrei | #9 of Pieces Continuing on to Chapter Nine! It's been at a lot of fun working on this story, but I'm glad I've been able to get some other stuff out too. ^-^ Please leave some feedback, good or bad! Thanks for reading! :D - Ruari sat alone behind a pine tree, eating the lunch his mother had made for | [
"Clean",
"Dragon",
"Fantasy",
"Female",
"Feral",
"Magic",
"Male",
"No-Yiff",
"Non-Anthro",
"Novel",
"Plot Development",
"SFW",
"Story Progression",
"Story Series"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1145579-chapter-nine | Ruari sat alone behind a pine tree, eating the lunch his mother had made for him before he left. He was out in the courtyard of the school building on break so everyone could eat their fill before continuing class. For everyone else, it was the perfect time to socialize and play together. However, for Ruari it was anything but. He tried his hardest to not be noticed, and for the past two weeks it had been working very well!
No one really wanted to talk to him, anyway. He was too young to really wrestle and play around with the older dragonets, though there were some six-year-olds closer to his size. Still, he'd never dare approach them.
Ruari only knew his classmates, and that was because he was forced to meet them on his first day. With a brief shudder, he remembered how terribly awkward and stressful that had all been, but thankfully that was over now. All he had to do now was just attend school, learn, and then go home.
And so far all of the subjects have been extremely easy. He looked forward to the next couple weeks where he would be able to learn more about magic. On his own, he had been practicing again and gaining more control over his spheres of light. He learned how to change the colors just by focusing on one, solid color in his mind, and he could even move the orbs around and control their size.
Ruari finished his lunch and looked around to make sure no one was watching before he started to practice. He concentrated his energy to his talons and watched as a blue sphere of light blossomed above his palms. With a smile, he moved it around his paw and then let it grow into a brighter light. It hovered over his head for a moment before he sent it higher into the air, keeping it just below the top of the pine tree before bringing it back down in a spiral.
"Wow, that's really cool!" a young voice said to the side of him.
Ruari meeped and lost concentration; the light dispersed and disappeared. He glanced at the ruby-red dragon next to him and gulped. It was one of his classmates, Aidan.
"H-hi... uhm... thank you," he said, baring an awkward smile.
Aidan chuckled and sat across from Ruari in the grass. "Ruari, right? Why are you sitting by yourself?"
Aidan had curious and brazen, golden eyes that looked like he was in need of an adventure. Like Ruari, he had a plated underbelly, but it was painted white. It split apart his deep-red, glimmering scales. A pair of black horns jutted out of his skull with a slight curve to them. Being seven years old, he was a bit taller than Ruari was, and definitely a lot bigger.
Ruari shrugged his wings and started to pick at the ground with his talons. "I-I don't really have anywhere else to sit... I like to eat alone anyway."
"Ah, okay. Is this where you normally sit?"
Ruari nodded.
"Good. Anyway, I was wondering if you understood today's lesson? I could use a little help as I'm not quite sure what 'symbiotic' really means... or 'antibiosis'... or really what we were even talking about." He bared a bright, toothy smile and looked hopefully at Ruari.
It was strange. It was as if Aidan was trying to look dumb, but there were too many thoughts in his mind--intelligent thoughts. Ruari could usually tell when someone was smart, and Aidan looked smart, so he wondered why Aidan was asking him for help like this.
"I can help you," Ruari said and dug into his satchel and took out the notes he jotted down today.
"You take notes?" Aidan asked, surprised.
Ruari nodded. "I always take notes, just in case I want to go back through them later." Even if he understood the lesson fully today, that knowledge may slowly disappear as more and more information fills his mind. He learned that taking notes helps him retain a lot of information, giving himself something to fall back on.
"That's pretty impressive, I guess," Aidan said and started to read through them as Ruari handed them to him. "Although, I can't really make out anything these say!"
"Oh... yeah, sorry. I write really fast so it gets sloppy." He held up his white claws with black marks staining the tips of them.
Aidan giggled and held up his black claws. "I don't have to worry about that."
Ruari laughed too and started to read some of his notes off to Aidan. The red dragonet nodded and listened intently, often making a funny remark that made Ruari giggle. It wasn't long before their lunch break was over, and Ruari had to pack his things back into his satchel.
"Thanks for helping me," Aidan said with a smile. "I get distracted pretty easily in class."
"By what? I usually have nothing else to do but focus on the lesson."
A big, toothy grin replaced his smile. "Ciara. Isn't she the most beautiful thing to ever grace this planet?" he asked with obvious, wishful thinking. He gazed across the courtyard where Ruari saw her sitting, talking to her female friends.
Ciara was a sandy-colored dragonet who was a twin sister to Caden, the first student Ruari had met. He had briefly met her the same day he met everyone else. He admitted she was pretty, but he didn't get distracted very easily.
"I-I guess so," he replied and scratched his forearm.
"Oh, that's right. You still think girls are icky and gross!" he teased and turned away to start walking toward class.
"I do not!" Ruari retorted and walked along beside him.
Aidan chuckled and bumped into Ruari's side playfully, making him yelp and nearly fall over. "Then maybe I'll introduce you to her sometime."
Ruari gulped. It was hard enough to meet new dragons, let alone a very pretty female! "S-sure."
"The trick is to not be shy or at least act like you're confident!" he explained. "That's the best way to make new friends."
Ruari nodded and let his mind wander... Maybe he should make some friends? "W-Well, uhm..." Ruari coughed as if to clear his throat. "I uh..."
"Well, see you tomorrow!" Aidan said and interrupted him. "I need to go see my magic teacher about something really fast." He hurried off, leaving Ruari outside their classroom door with a mouthful of words that never came out. With a sigh, he stepped into the classroom and tried to prepare himself for the next lesson.
The next day, Ruari sat in the same spot behind the tree. He wondered--and hoped--that Aidan would show up again, even if he did feel a little nervous about it. Never once did he think that he'd be looking forward to talking to someone, but the longer he waited, the lonelier he felt. Lunch time was almost over, and he had nearly given up hope.
But Aidan soon appeared next to his side, wearing a big, friendly grin. "Hey, Ruari!" He sat down with his tail crossing his paws next to the black dragonet.
Ruari gulped down his mouthful of food and stammered, "H-hello." Now that Aidan was here in the flesh, Ruari felt like prey caught off-guard! *Why is it so much harder to actually speak than it is to think?*
"I'd like you to meet Desmond! But I call him Des for short," Aidan said indifferently and waved a paw at the air behind Ruari.
Ruari yelped and flailed backwards as he realized a purple dragon was standing right next to him as if he suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
"S-sorry!" Des apologized. "I don't ever mean to frighten anyone, but it happens a lot..."
Aidan was helping Ruari up, giggling. "It's because you walked around the other side of the tree for some odd reason."
Des shrugged his violet wings. "I thought it would be quicker."
"It's okay," Ruari said and gave a friendly smile. He sat back down on his haunches. His heart was racing, but once he started to breath steadily again he felt much calmer. "It's nice to meet you, Desmond."
Des had a violet hide that covered almost the entirety of his body. Painted from his chin and past his cheeks to the middle of the underside of his neck was a deep, sapphire hue. That same color wrapped around his hind paws like socks and blotted the end of his tail.
"It's nice to meet you too," he replied with a toothy smile. Two, crimson spheres stared Ruari back, and they were almost as bright and cheerful as Aidan's but much tamer.
"His family just moved here a couple months ago," Aidan explained. "We met at the park and hung around there a lot. He's a year younger than me, but he's smart and taking one of the advanced classes."
"I'm not that smart," Des said. He pawed and the ground and dug his white claws into the dirt.
"Maybe not as smart as Ruari, but you're pretty smart!"
Ruari's face flushed. "I-I'm not that smart, either..."
"Oh, shush. You both need to learn to take a compliment!" he jested. He received a few awkward chuckles. "Anyway, I think lunch is about over already."
"My class is the other way," Des said. "I'll talk to you tomorrow!" He waved at them with his tail and trotted the other direction.
Ruari gathered his things, put them into his satchel, and walked with Aidan back to their class. The other dragonets around dispersed too. Some of them flew over the building while mostly everyone else went either left or right. Not many dragonets had a class in the back end of the building.
Ruari's mind wandered to the thoughts he had yesterday, and then to the feeling of loneliness that was nagging at him. It'd been in the back of his mind ever since Raegan left, but it made a vicious return when he learned of her death. And that feeling had steadily grown each day while he watched everyone else play together and have fun without him. The only place he belonged was with himself, but he didn't want that. He needed a friend.
He stopped in his tracks and gulped. *I have to be confident. I have to be confident. Confidence...*
Aidan stopped too and looked back at him. "We're going to be late for class if you don't hurry up! Not that I'm really worried, but I'm sure you would be."
"Willyoubemyfriend?" Ruari spouted out. Then his face flushed as he realized how terrible of a job he did at trying to act confident. "I mean..."
Aidan was giggling at him. "I'm sorry, what did you say?"
Ruari took a deep breath and asked all too loudly and clearly, "Will you be my friend?" A few passing dragonets glanced his way and made his face flush even more before he hung his head.
Aidan laughed and nudged Ruari's head back up to look him in the eyes. Again, Ruari saw that blazing, golden fire of energy and jubilance. "That's not something you usually have to ask; but yes, I'll be your friend."
Ruari beamed widely and felt his heart swell with joy. He made a friend!
"Now let's hurry to class!" Aidan said and took off the other direction.
Ruari nodded and tucked his satchel against his flank with a wing as he ran to catch up to Aidan... his new friend!
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Keira brooded in her room, only half-reading through a story she had already read twenty times while the other half of her mind was focused elsewhere. Nearly three months had passed now. She thought she was over it, but...
The pain kept coming back, like a scar that had never been healed. It ached and made her stomach twist.
She had felt hopelessness, grief, misery, agony, and all of the other blackest emotions she could possibly think of, but she still had yet to feel like this. In spite of living with a new family and starting a new life, there was another emptiness inside her that hadn't been filled.
Memories of Keira's friends flashed through her mind. She remembered playing and talking with them--bright, happy memories--but she couldn't remember their faces. Their names and the colors of their scales were about the only things she could remember. Their happy smiles were now forgotten and replaced by dull, blank expressions.
She remembered seeing the slain and torn body of her best-friend lying in the mud, blood pooled around him.
Keira sniffled and pinched her eyes shut, moving the scroll away so she didn't spill any of her tears on it. *I can't even remember my own father's face. All I can remember is that terrified look he gave me before he...*
With a sigh, she released the tension in her claws and opened her eyes. She wiped her tears away and rested her head between her paws, trying to keep her mind from becoming trapped in the darkness. The feeling of loneliness nagged at her thoughts, and she wished she could go outside and talk to someone, even if they hated her guts.
Fallon was out dealing with clan matters, Mara was gone for the week, visiting another clan along with Evelyn, and Ruari was at school again. She wished she could talk to Ruari, but he spent most of his time either at school or avoiding her, and... that really hurt. He was the only one close to her age that she even had the chance to talk to, and he had no interest in seeing her.
Then, she heard someone entering the house, their talons tapping against the wood floor. Was Fallon home already? He said he wouldn't be back until the evening.
Keira sniffled and regained her composure before hopping out of bed. She poked her head around the wall and saw a green tail slinking past into the living area. Her heart skipped a beat as she thought about the possibility of danger, but her head was as hard as stone. Whoever would break into the clan leader's house in the middle of the day had a lot of nerve!
She snuck up to the corner before peeking into the next room, seeing the dragon rummaging through some papers Fallon had left. She felt like she had seen him before. Splotching his verdant scales around his shoulders and haunches were shades of brown.
"What are you doing?" she asked, stepping beneath the doorway.
He turned around and glared at her crossly. "Oh, it's you," he said with distaste and then continued his searching, undeterred.
Keira frowned and walked into the room. "That didn't answer my question. Who are you?"
He growled as she approached and bared his fangs at her. "I don't have to answer to *you*."
Keira backed off but steeled her own glare. "This is Fallon's home, and I don't think he'd appreciate someone rummaging through his belongings! Tell me who you are or leave."
He whirled around and snapped his maw at her intimidatingly, though Keira didn't budge an inch. "Don't threaten me, whelp! If Fallon weren't my brother, I would kill you right now and end this ridiculousness."
Keira stared at him, keeping her mouth shut. This was Fallon's brother? The one who had also *saved* her? He didn't seem like Fallon at all. This dragon was spiteful.
Dorian hissed and grabbed the scroll he was looking for and rolled it up. He stuffed it in the satchel at his side and glared at Keira as he walked past her and left, his tail swishing irately behind him.
Keira exhaled and tried to calm down while her heart raced in her chest. It was almost as if she could feel the intensity of his hatred seeping from him, but she had no idea why he despised her. She shrugged it off and loosened her wings.
Then she heard the door slide open again and immediately braced herself. Did he decide to come back and kill her after all?
But it wasn't green scales that she saw: they were Ruari's black scales that came walking past. He poked his head in and saw her, and then he immediately turned away and padded into the hallway toward his room.
Keira elicited a quiet sigh and dropped down into a bed. *At least it's better to be lonely than it is to be dead.*
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V(e)iny Transformation by damngreedybastards | #2 of Island Adventures Her previous encounter has changed Jane, but definitely for the better. - Not much narrative, mostly hot smut. This is a sequel, FYI. Enjoy :) * * * Jane had originally been worried about being discovered trying to get back into the compound, but to her surprise she made it | [
"Doe",
"Dog",
"F/F",
"M/F",
"Non-Consensual",
"Tentacles",
"Transformation"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1147129-v-e-iny-transformation | Not much narrative, mostly hot smut. This is a sequel, FYI. Enjoy :)
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Jane had originally been worried about being discovered trying to get back into the compound, but to her surprise she made it to her room and then the showers without running into anyone. Now she was worried about making it back to the plant as soon as possible. She had missed some work the day before and she was still tired from her encounter. As a result, even by the end of the day she still had a mountain of work to get done. "At least everyone thinks I was just having fun with one of the other interns," she thought as she lay down that night.
Each bedroom was small, with barely enough room for two cots and a shared dresser and closet. Originally, she had thought the cots would be uncomfortable, but these were wider than military cots and the soft, thin material was much cooler than a full mattress. Something everyone was grateful for given the tropical climate. Even with the cots, most everyone slept in just their underwear without a sheet, and she suspected many of the more familiar roommates slept nude. Her roommate was Rachel, a small greyhound. At first she had been shy, but as time passed they began to open up to each other. Jane had soon realized that Rachel's intelligence was not the only thing they shared. They had spent long nights retelling their most lurid encounters, and Jane had been surprised to discover that Rachel was kinkier than her. They were not against having some fun together, but they had been too busy and tired to actually do anything but talk briefly before sleep set in. And tonight Jane was so tired she felt her eyes begin to close before her head even hit the pillow.
Rachel thought back over the past two weeks as she stepped out of the deliciously cold shower and began to dry her short fur. Like everyone else she had been kept busy and hadn't had much free time to relax. In fact she hadn't had any time at all, she was smart but couldn't seem to finish her work nearly as quickly as the others and so was often stuck working later. This wouldn't have been an issue normally, after all she did enjoy what she was doing, it was just that after swapping stories with Jane most nights, the tension in her loins had continued to grow, and unlike Jane she had yet to experience release. Her body tensed as she toweled between her legs, and she almost began rubbing herself then and there. But with some reluctance she put the towel on its rack, as she imagined how much better some real fun would feel after this long wait.
She hurried back to the room, hoping Jane was still awake. She hadn't seen her much today, but she didn't think she could wait till tomorrow to satisfy her need. Imagining what they might do, she felt her moisture begin soak her panties, and walked even faster. She burst through the door and her excitement turned to disappointment as she saw Jane lying spread on the bed, snoring gently. Conflict raged between her mind and body as each tried to fulfill her desires. Still racked by indecision, she gently closed the door, and stepped into the small room. Taking short steps she quickly walked to her cot. She moved as if she was going to sit down, but stopped. Muscles stood out as it seemed the tension would snap her in half, then she relaxed. A predatory gleam twinkled in her eye as she slowly turned towards the oblivious Jane.
Moving to the foot of the bed, she leaned forward to lay down between Jane's spread legs. Despite being shorter than Jane, she was a bit better endowed and her breasts cushioned her as she leaned towards Jane's crotch. The smell of arousal grew even stronger as she realized Jane's panties were just as wet as her own. Quickly undoing them, she the panties to the side as she moved in for the kill. Her wide tongue lapped powerfully up the length of Jane's pussy. The taste of her sweet nectar was like electricity. With one hand she reached up to caress the supple skin of her belly, while the other sought her own cunny. Giving a few more wet licks, Rachel moved her hand lower to gently brush against Jane's bud. The snoring stopped and Rachel froze, her other hand still gently massaging her own dripping lips. After a moment she heard the snoring resume and she brushed Jane's clit again. This time there was no reaction and so she began to gently knead the clit between her thumb and finger. Panting heavily by now, she straightened her tongue, before thrusting it between Jane's lips as she penetrated her own pussy with her middle finger. She moaned loudly, but not loudly enough to cover Jane's moan as she squirmed underneath her face.
This was enough to snap Rachel out of her daze of lust. Horrified she pulled back, one finger still pressed between her lips. She felt her inner muscles clenching around her digit, even as the rest of her body was held still by indecision. With another moan, she slowly pulled her finger out as she stood up. The feeling of shame at having done something without Jane's express permission warred with another feeling of naughtiness and lust that encouraged her to continue. Moving back to her bed, she laid down slowly, and closed her eyes. The throbbing of her vent at first kept her from sleeping, but even though it did not cease, fatigue eventually caught up with her and she settled into an uneasy sleep.
Time passed, both girls slept uneasily, and despite their open window the smell of their lust filled the room like a dense fog.
Jane was having the most exciting dream. She was lying in her bed and a huge stallion was crouched between her legs. As his tongue flicked out to taste her, she could see his massive erection throbbing between his legs. She was forced to look away as her back arched, the stallion's tongue had pressed slightly between her lips. It was hot and muscular, slimy and hard and it was driving her mad. She squirmed and twisted in his strong grip at the feelings it was starting all through her wet snatch. Then, without warning, his tongue flicked upwards and violently tweaked her clit. With a sharp gasp her eyes flew open, she laid still for a moment as her brain tried to process what had happened. Why had she woken up? She waited a moment more, slowly realizing the stud had been only a dream, when something twitched deep inside her lower belly. She froze at the unexpected sensation, eyes moving down towards her spread legs.
After a second she began to relax, then she felt a gentle pressure against her inner barrier. To her horror, she realized that the pressure was coming from inside her womb. Now the pressure began to increase, and despite her barrier's efforts she felt something begin to worm past. Now she could feel the thin tip of the incredibly strong vine as it began to wriggle past her barrier. A terrified scream turned to a loud moan as the tentacle forced its way forward and rubbed the full length of her G-spot. More and more of the tentacle was forcing its way from her womb, and now it was massaging her insides aggressively as it squirmed forwards, forcing its way towards her outer lips. She moaned again, despite her fear, she felt her hands move down to rub her outer lips. Now her arousal was leaking copiously from her slit and running down to soak her cot. She gasped, as she felt the vine thrust forward again, and this time the tip poked out between her outer lips.
She hesitated for a moment, as the tentacle swayed back and forth, only a half inch was sticking out past her lips, but she could feel more coiling within her. Reaching tentatively toward the tentacle, it leaned away from her hand, before snapping back to touch her thumb. It was as though lightning shot from her lower belly, through her vent, up her arm, to her brain, and then down her spine, back to her lower belly again. She blinked, something was very different. She struggled to place this new sensation, and then, the tentacle within her twitched again and she gasped. Now she could feel the tentacle, not just the feeling of it pressed against her inner walls, or now slowly rubbing her outer lips. No, she could feel the feeling of her inner walls tightening around it, around her. That was it, she could feel as if the tentacle was part of her. She shivered as it coiled then pushed out farther. Now it was six inches long, widening from the fine tip to a two-inch base, it was both hard and soft. It glistened with her fluids in the faint light from outside as it waved slowly back and forth. She reached out, the grabbed tightly around the base. It felt amazing, without hesitation she stroked up its length. Her other hand moved to rub her sensitive bud, pushed out by the tentacle protruding from her lips. The pleasure was unimaginable, better than anything she had ever experienced even with the plant yesterday.
She began to climax, the feeling of her inner walls clamping around her new member served to shoot her far over the edge. Her vision went white, and she stuffed her one hand in her mouth, the other frantically rubbing her member. Even as her back arched, she felt the tentacle begin to twitch and throb in her hand. Moaning and screaming around her hand, she felt the completely alien sensation of liquid shooting from her loins and up and out over her hand. After what felt like several minutes she began to calm slightly, although the tentacle had ceased to squirt it was still rock hard and was now closer to 8 inches. Bringing her hand to her face she tentatively licked at the sticky coating. She could taste her own fluids as well as the sticky plant semen familiar from the day before. However there was also another faint flavor that she didn't recognize. Sitting up on one elbow she reached down and scooped some more fluids puddled around her obscenely stretched lips and still throbbing member. Licking them off her finger, she shivered as the tentacle twitched slightly. Still, that third flavor continued to baffle her pleasure addled brain. Then as she sat fully upright she sniffed the air, she could smell that third taste. Turning slightly the smell got stronger and her eyes fell on Rachel, still sleeping on her side facing towards her. Her brain moved slowly, but as she noticed that Rachel was not wearing any panties, she noticed her own panties lying on the floor.
She wasn't really upset that Rachel had apparently decided to have some fun with her, had she not run into the plant she probably would have been awake to play. Still the realization helped fuel a rather depraved idea that had begun forming in the back of her mind. She looked down to realize she was still absentmindedly rubbing the tentacle, the pleasure now coming in gentle waves. As she stood up she smiled sweetly before stepping over to Rachel's cot. With a gentle push on her shoulder she rolled Rachel onto her back before kneeling over her chest. She felt Rachel's large breasts brush against her legs, as she leaned forward. With one hand on the wall to steady herself, she reached out to caress Rachel's muzzle. Then, shivering with anticipation, she slowly pulled Rachel's muzzle open and pushed forward, the tentacle brushed her chin sending a jolt of pleasure through Jane before flicking upwards and sliding in. Jane let go of the tentacle, which seemed to know exactly what to do, and putting both hands on the wall in front of her before slowly thrusting forward. She had worried about the greyhound's sharp teeth, but against the vine they simply added to the pleasure. Starting slow, she began to pump faster, the tentacle flexing back and forth providing intense and constantly changing stimulation. Rachel shifted beneath her, and hummed around her member. Gently opening and closing her mouth and flicking her tongue before swallowing around the tentacle. Jane sped up, pressing the whole length in. This was an entirely new experience for Jane. Now she knew why guys liked oral so much. Soon she could feel a still unfamiliar tightening in her lower belly, then her member began to throb. She continued thrusting as she felt something shoot up the length of the vine and spew from the tip. Her head pulled back as she moaned and thrust into her friend's mouth, filling it with her fluids. Pulling out, she sprayed over Rachel's breasts and face. Eventually she finished, squatting on her friend's chest, covered in sticky fluids. Looking down she realized that Rachel was looking up at her.
Rachel had slept poorly, repeatedly entering increasingly raunchy dreams, before being woken by her discomfort and falling asleep soon after due to her exhaustion. In her dream she was in the middle of giving head to a massive dragon, when something in her mouth pulled her awake. Her eyes opened to see a strange green thing pressed between her lips, looking up she was startled to see Jane. Hunched over her, eyes closed, grunting as she thrust again into her mouth. The thing felt similar to a cock, but it moved slightly, wrestling with her tongue. It tasted of Jane and herself, looking up she admired Jane's bouncing breasts as she began to speed up her thrusts. She was enjoying the sensation so much, but her pussy had begun to throb even worse than before. She reached a hand down to pleasure herself, but she wished it was the tentacle instead. After a bit, she felt the vine begin to pulse and tense. She sucked gently, and she felt something rush through the vine before spewing into her mouth. It wasn't seed, this was something different. It tasted slightly sweet, but it left a warmth behind where it touched. As it flowed down her throat, she felt the warmth spreading through her whole body. Then Jane pulled out and began to squirt all over her face and breasts. The warmth spread even faster, and she began to moan softly, rubbing herself faster but feeling desperate for that thing to fill her. Looking up she met Jane's gaze.
"I'm so sorry," Jane started to say. "No. Don't be. Keep going." Rachel replied looking up at her. Jane was startled, of all the reaction she had not expected that one. She moved back, allowing Rachel to sit up. The liquid running down her face and chest. "That was amazing, but I need filled. I need it so bad," Rachel moaned as she hugged Jane. Rubbing Jane's fluids over their bodies. Jane felt the warmth now too, spreading through her body, setting fire to her blood. They had both begun to pant, but stopped as the suddenly kissed passionately. Rachel felt the vine teasing her entrance and she moaned into the kiss. Breaking apart, Rachel quickly spun around onto hands and knees. She looked over her shoulder at Jane, pleading with her. Jane hesitated for a moment, before desire took hold and she moved forward. Grabbing Rachel's tail, she rubbed her sticky hand over her pussy. Encouraged by Rachel's moan, she scooped more of her fluids off her member and began rubbing them into Rachel's snatch. Rachel could feel the warmth intensifying in her, "please," she moaned. Now more than happy to oblige Jane moved forward, allowing the vine tip to brush over Rachel's mound before tickling her clit. Rachel moaned again, collapsing onto her chest, one hand massaging her tits while the other began to rub her clit. Feeling she had waited long enough, Jane pressed the tip into Rachel's dripping vent. She felt the slick wetness engulf her tip before thrusting forward violently.
They moaned in unison, Rachel rubbing herself even faster as Jane played with her own breasts. Jane began to thrust, in and out, in and out. Despite the roughness of the initial penetration she had slowed to a gentle thrust, forcing the entire length into Rachel's tight snatch before slowly pulling it out. Rachel began to moan faster as her oversensitive pussy was gently stimulated. After a few more thrusts, she began to moan and clench, she had not climaxed in a while and so this one lasted for a long time. The whole-time Jane continued her slow, methodical pounding.
Jane eventually felt Rachel stop pulsating and she decided it was time to pick up the pace. She began to thrust faster and harder, now her own stimulation was increasing as she could feel her own walls clenched around the vine in addition to Rachel's tight hole. Then she felt the vine ripple and flex, she slowed for a moment before realizing that it had seemed to grow ridges along its length. She decided to keep going, and as she increased the pace she could feel the new heights of pleasure. It was amazing, she wanted to keep going forever, and at least for now it seemed the vine was keeping her from reaching climax. Under her Rachel was being rocked by the rapid thrusts, and even began to push back. Jane felt the vine begin to slide forward, increasing its length. She moaned as her already stretched vent was forced even wider. Then a sharp prick of pressure. She looked down her clit was pushed out absurdly, and had brushed against Rachel. Leaning forward she pressed her own soft breasts against Rachel's back, before reaching around to grab her breasts. They both moaned, and after a moment Jane began to thrust with renewed vigor, every penetration now stimulating her clit. Then another sensation, she felt as her thin tip squished against Rachel's inner barrier. She hesitated, but then Rachel thrust back against her, and she resumed pounding her tight snatch. Now instead of long thrusts, Jane began to jackhammer into her prey. Feeling the tentacle slowly inching forward, gradually weakening the barrier standing in the way of its destination. Rachel was moaning non-stop now, and Jane adjusted to get more leverage as Rachel's barrier tried to resist her advance.
After an eternity, Jane felt something give way, and with a long low moan she finally pushed all the way in. Under her Rachel screamed, and Jane reflexively pinched her nipples which turned the scream into a strangled gasp of pleasure. She felt Rachel's pussy clamp down around her member and thrust as far as she could. She felt her tip bulge as it formed into a plug blocking the entrance to Rachel's womb and then she felt a tightening deep within her own loins. She began to moan, and weakly thrust as much as she could with her tip locked inside Rachel's womb. By this point, Rachel had been orgasming for several minutes straight, and alternated between rapid moans and heavy panting. At long last, Rachel felt a feeling of satisfaction as the first rope of cum blazed against her inner sanctuary. The heat was amazing, and the pressure began to build as the tiny thrusts continued. As Jane continued to squirt deep into her friend, her pussy finally reached its climax, rippling along the intruder wedging it open from the inside. The stimulation from having her own pussy clamping around her member was too much for Jane, and she collapsed on top of her friend as she continued to fill her womb.
After a while the squirts slowed, and then stopped. Rachel felt as though she would burst at the slightest touch, and the end of the vine had remained resolutely bulbous. After giving a weak tug, Jane gave up, and the rolled onto their sides, spooning in a warm embrace. Though they were both exhausted Jane couldn't resist giving Rachel's clit a final tweak. Rachel writhed and the pull brought equal parts pain and pleasure. Having finally sated both their lusts they lay together, each enjoying the remnants of the amazing pleasure they had just experienced. Without realizing it, their eyes began to close and they drifted off to sleep. Rachel's belly bulging with Jane's seed.
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Krris #6 by bluedraggy | #7 of Krris Shit Gets Real "Oops!" Muz-Ra is not the most subtle of seductresses. In fact, she pretty much just shoves it in your face and expects you to take care of matters. Crude, but effective too. As long as the two don't cross the line, this is so crazy it just might work! Problem is, the line | [
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"Why? Are you afraid I will touch myself?" | [](https://68.media.tumblr.com/1d79f33caa8b2821b991c4355ca14c17/tumblr_inline_om3b0oESKd1sn6wro_1280.png) || Her eye's opened a bit as she looked at him. "Are you kidding? That's practically the\_goal\_! No, I'm holding you because I love to hold your cock honestly. But beyond that, you need to get used to sharing yourself with others. If you and Uber are going to be together, you need to come to the realization that your body is hers to enjoy as well as your own. Now try and go to sleep."
Yet it was as if, as soon as he accepted that she was not going to release him, he was finally able accept her touch and actually drifted off to sleep. | [](https://68.media.tumblr.com/c08e0fe79420430cf0f423902dca973e/tumblr_inline_om3b3cOrRG1sn6wro_1280.png) || As the night wore on and both truly slept, their positions changed occasionally, but always Muz-Ra would find and hold him again. She would awaken just enough to find that part of him and then go back to sleep. By the end of the night, Krris had come to find it comforting and would help her to recover it without thinking. | [](https://68.media.tumblr.com/929ed4aa2659817b37d617f4ed80ccf0/tumblr_inline_om3b5alLWu1sn6wro_1280.png) || Early in the morning, Krris awoke to find her still holding him, but he had grown hard. Of course, he had to go to the lavatory. That was surely the reason for his erection, but erect he was, and in the grasp of a another. Even if she was not the woman he wanted to hold him, nor the woman he had longed dreamed of holding him, it was still a first. Muz-Ra felt him stir and awoke as well.
"Nice erection, Krris," she said quietly, her eyes still nearly closed while she stroked him slowly. "Oh yes, nice indeed! You grow a lot. But you'll have to go do your business, I know. Go ahead. But come back to bed when you're done please." | [](https://68.media.tumblr.com/4a884336e02c7be7a808f8c33c859419/tumblr_inline_om3b7mQB6C1sn6wro_1280.png) || "Why, more 'training'?" Krris asked without irony, extricating himself from her as he rose.
"No. You're warm. I like warm."
He did come back and found himself snuggling back against Muz-Ra, happy for her warmth too. She resumed her gentle hold on him and he smiled internally as he went back to sleep, barely concious that he was also touching her breast. | [](https://68.media.tumblr.com/20f0cd341e48aefac57501e9ec83bad3/tumblr_inline_om3ba5yYrP1sn6wro_1280.png) || They both woke properly later, got dressed and went to breakfast. Muz-Ra took cooking duties as usual when she was staying at Castle Kitty. When breakfast was over, they all sat talking with Kitty's new dancing pupil, Illdi taking the seat right of Kitty herself.
"Another excellent breakfast Red," Kitty said. "But I must say the presentation was a bit unusual."
"Oh yes!" their guest spoke up. "Boiled quail eggs and sausage. Excellent! Though it was odd to have the gravy on the plate at the other end of the sausage." | [](https://68.media.tumblr.com/372af4047b258032182b270d8dda7b1e/tumblr_inline_om3bczAXw31sn6wro_1280.png) || "Oh, you know me. Always trying out new arrangements. Well, glad you liked it anyway!"
Udaran snickered along with her lover Cheetah, both of whom had recognized Muz-Ra's joke immediately but had kept it to themselves.
"What?" asked Illdi of the two.
"Tell you later," Cheetah promised, glancing at Udaran with a glint in her eyes. | [](https://68.media.tumblr.com/c491d8fe6269bc064845b4a872b947c3/tumblr_inline_om3bewlntA1sn6wro_1280.png) || "Oops!" Muz-Ra said, having dropped Krris' empty goblet as she was cleaning up and bent to pick it up.
The view from Krris' position at the end of the table was far, far too explicit to be accidental. Slapping his face with her tail to get his attention probably didn't help the subterfuge much either. "Red!" he hissed, but she just turned around and smiled at him innocently before straightening back up. | [](https://68.media.tumblr.com/73aa3aad336d9c02f1a529ddfa6ad0fa/tumblr_inline_om3bhk11vx1sn6wro_1280.png) || Krris was relieved when breakfast was over and he was happily out walking the grounds with Ubergard again.
"I notice you're not wearing your mantle much these days."
Ubergard turned towards him with a worried look. "You don't approve?"
"Oh, it's not my place to approve or disapprove. You're the boss."
"I thought it might... well... I thought you might like it better."
"Uber, the more I see of you, the more I like it!"
"Well good! Then I'll leave the mantle off unless I need it. For you."
The rest of the day passed uneventfully, though it was obvious that Ubergard was a bit troubled. Krris could tell she was actively resisting asking him any questions, which he appreciated as he wasn't sure he wanted to answer them.
However, that night they parted with a strong hug and a nuzzle as he retreated to Muz-Ra's room again and he felt their relationship was growing closer anyway. | [](https://68.media.tumblr.com/f6dd0a6169a9c57a774015e826bab33a/tumblr_inline_om3bk4Nxzu1sn6wro_1280.png) || "Not very subtle this morning Red!"
"No one has *ever* accused me of being too subtle, Krris. Now here's what I think," Muz-Ra explained as he got undressed and climbed into the bed with her.
"Isn't it sort of counterproductive? To explain what you're doing with your patient?"
"Oh, I don't *think* so anyway. Sure, I loved holding you all night last night, but other than my own enjoyment, I think it's good for you to know what I'm doing and why I'm doing it too. See, I think you have really two problems. One is that you've associated Udaran so long with your own sexual pleasure that your brain connects the two and nothing else. But there's another issue. I think you've never properly associated sex as a social act. | [](https://68.media.tumblr.com/be81ca91f5fdeaab060fa75b886d48f3/tumblr_inline_om3bp9U5f21sn6wro_1280.png) || She shifted to lay fully on her back, then continued, "You've been alone so long, you think you're\_supposed\_ to be alone. Well you're not, Krris. And I think you'll find that out. Its tons more fun when someone else shares it with you. Even if we can't engage fully, I want you to learn that. It's not something to be ashamed of, nor something to treat as some mystical thing. It's just something fun to do, and sharing is..."
"Half the fun?"
"Yeah! It's half the fun! So I have an idea. It's going to seem strange to you at first, but I want you to watch me." | [](https://68.media.tumblr.com/3c7c54846a0d94547ca39a67beae408d/tumblr_inline_om3brw0yA11sn6wro_1280.png) | |
The Rowans and The Greys Chapter 11: Cousins by hyenafur | #11 of The Rowans and The Greys - It had become a bit of a tradition for Victoria and her younger sister, Alexis, to do a group call with their parents on Sundays. It was usually a fun time as they were all able to catch up with each other quickly. Victoria had been the first to call into the group | [
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] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1153189-the-rowans-and-the-greys-chapter-11-cousins | It had become a bit of a tradition for Victoria and her younger sister, Alexis, to do a group call with their parents on Sundays. It was usually a fun time as they were all able to catch up with each other quickly. Victoria had been the first to call into the group chat, her parents image popping in on the screen.
"Hey dad! Hey mom," Victoria said to the screen with a smile. The vixen was a nice shade of dark orange, a few tones lighter than her father, but from her proportions, she resembled a younger version of her mother though Victoria was a few inches shorter. She could see her parents smile as they responded with, "Tori! It's good to see you!"
Even though her name was Victoria, the vixen had started calling herself "Tori" in high school since it was quicker to say. The younger red fox smiled, "How've you been?"
Her mother shrugged her shoulders as she sat beside her husband. "Oh, we can't complain," she churred sweetly, but Mike chuckled, "I've been very busy."
"How'd the..." Tori started to ask when Alexis popped in. Alexis was almost a clone of her mom, sharing the silver and black markings, though she was also just an inch or two shorter. For being the younger sister, she was actually an inch taller than Tori. The younger silver fox grinned, "Hey!"
Mike and Helen smiled at their two daughters on the computer screen. "Alexis! Happy you could join in," Mike said as he looked between his daughters, "You're mother and I have been fine, though I've been very busy lately."
"I was just about to ask about that Last Will and Testament case," Tori said before her father injected, "Oh yes. I have some interesting news about that."
The young vixens' ears popped up, "Oh?"
"Yes, it's been thrown out of court, but there's more to it. It seems the defendant," their sire paused for a second, "Do you remember your Uncle Chris?"
Alexis nodded, "Kinda?"
"Didn't Uncle Chris die before we were born," Tori asked.
"He did, but you remember when you were in high school and I told you to be careful around tods?"
The two vixens nodded. "You also told us to never forget about taking our birth control," Tori replied.
"Not until we were ready to have kits," her sister interjected.
"Well. Uncle Chris was the reason why," their sire said as he looked between them, "Grandpa and Grandma don't like to admit it, but Chris had a bit of a reputation for... getting around with girls."
"Ohhhh," the two vixens said in surprise. Now his advice made sense. They knew he didn't like to talk about Uncle Chris much, so hearing their father bring him up meant they were about to learn something new.
"What does Uncle Chris have to do with your case," Alexis curiously inquired. Her father let out a sigh.
"Well, your Uncle Chris... had," the tod paused for a second, realizing that, while he was talking to his little girls, they weren't "little girls" anymore, they were women in their mid-twenties, "Chris got a vixen pregnant during a one night stand, and when she wouldn't abort the child, he refused to marry her."
Tori and Alexis stared at their father. They had never heard this story, then again, why would their father ever tell it? They knew Uncle Chris was a touchy subject, but they were just now realizing how touchy it was. "What... what happened," Tori slowly asked.
Mike looked at his girls, "Well, the last time we saw her pregnant was the end of the semester. Everyone figured she was going to drop out and go home, but when Fall Semester started, she was back. She wouldn't answer anyone's questions about what happened, so everyone just assumed it was a miscarriage."
"Did she," Alexis asked before adding, "Have a miscarriage I mean."
Their father shook his head, "No. She put him up for adoption."
There was a long pause as everyone just stared at each other until Alexis asked, "Dad. What are you trying to say exactly? What does this have to do with that case you were telling us about?"
"The defendant was... er... is your cousin," the older tod finally blurted out. The two vixens blinked several times before Tori spoke, "How long have you known about this? Why haven't we ever met him?"
Mike let out a long sigh, "I didn't know until yesterday. I called him on Thursday to tell him about the case being thrown out, but I wasn't sure if he really was Uncle Chris' son until yesterday when I met him in person."
Alexis, who was a few years younger than her sister, decided to ask, "Well, what does he look like?"
"He looks a lot like his father," he replied, but then realized that they never met Chris so that wasn't a good reference point. Helen chuckled as she pushed away from her husband, disappearing off screen for a few seconds before returning with a family photo of college age Mike standing next to his older brother. Chris wore a huge smile, though his younger brother was scowling a little bit.
"Like the one on the right," the silver vixen said, holding the picture up to the camera.
Tori nodded but Alexis let out a giggle, "He's kinda cute."
Their father chuffed, "Well, not exactly like him. He's a bit heavier than his father, but they look very similar."
"Can we meet him," Tori inquired, "It's only fair since you got to meet him that we do."
"I haven't told him about this, but Grandpa Rick wants to meet him for dinner," their father replied only to say, "Don't... don't tell Grandpa Rick about this though, I... uhm... haven't told him that his client is actually his grandtod."
Tori dragged her paw over her breasts in an ex, "Cross my heart."
Alexis giggled softly, "I won't tell, but what's his name?"
"Kody Grey. He's a fi... er... bomber pilot," their sire replied, "I never asked what his mother does for a living, but they'll be in town on Saturday. I can see if they can come earlier if you'd like to meet them."
"YES," the younger sister said with a smile, though Tori was more collected, "Sure."
"All right. I'll send you a text with a time," Mike said with a smile. |
Hiking Woes: Friends Over For Dinner by Ben332 | #5 of Hiking Woes It's a gloomy, rainy, and noisy morning. Storms cover the sky and roaring thunder distract Evan from his studies. It's a lazy morning with the two off from college, but the day ends up being a bit more than expected when Gregory calls. An evening with his newest companion? Of | [
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"Dude, it's just some weather." Maxwell commented from the kitchen.
"I know, but it's really screwing with my concentration." He flipped to another page.
"Well, as if this food wasn't... It'll be ready in a few, anyways."
The scent of frying meats and eggs and vegetables was still somehow less distracting than the thunder outside. The wolf frowned. The morning was off to a shitty start. One of his laptop batteries finally bit the dust, leaving him with only one. On the plus side, his phone had been replaced, warranty finally coming in handy. This let Gregory and him talk far, far into the evening. Sometimes for good bits of the night, too. It had been a few weeks since he'd last saw the dragon, too. Both of them had been all too busy with life. Evan with the rigors of college and studying for semester finals. And Gregory with his magic. It drove him mad. While theirs was hardly a long-distance relationship, it sure felt like one.
"Y'know, I really don't understand why you're studying when we're supposed to be off from all that." Maxwell padded into the room, two plates in hand.
"Well, I want to make sure I pass with flying colors. Gotta keep that 3.0+ GPA." He flipped the book shut.
"Well, it's rather ineffective right now, what with all the thunder and lightning. Take a break and eat."
While they may have had a kitchen dining set, it never got used, and this wasn't the exception. The low livingroom table served as good as any other. And Maxwell had cooked another lovely meal. For once, though, the timing for the food was appropriate. Breakfast foods, rather early in the morning. Early enough, that neither of them were usually up at this hour. It was barely even seven AM.
"Thanks for cooking." Evan said between mouthfuls of food.
"You know I like to do it. That being said, I wouldn't mind if you loaded and unloaded the dishwasher afterwards."
"Heh, if you cooked it, then that's more than a fair deal."
They both dug into their food with eager gusto. Evan had gotten up earlier to the sound of a roaring thunderclap, and the food was helping to settle his nerves. Maxwell had somehow slept through it, but another pair of the noises woke him up too. It was looking awful outside, rain coming down in sheets against their windows. They could even hear the rain falling on the roof, a deafening roar only barely muted by the two apartments above them.
"Y'know, I'm still surprised they replaced that." Maxwell gestured towards the cell phone.
"It's good business. And, it WAS a rather expensive protection plan. Ended up getting my use out of it." Evan shrugged.
"Bet it's handy for talking to your big, scaly dragon." A smirk crossed his muzzle.
Evan would have choked if the comment had been a few seconds earlier. He decided against stuffing his muzzle as much.
"You really aren't going to keep that up?"
"I only rib you occasionally, y'know. Personally, I'm wondering why you haven't been back over since last time."
"We're both busy, that's all. He's got his magic, and I've got semester finals." He scraped the last bits of egg onto his toast.
Maxwell leaned back, ignoring his food for the moment.
"Man, I would have such a case of blue balls if I waited weeks before seeing anyone..."
"Max!" Evan sputtered.
"What, just saying, is all. I mean, when you're muzzle-deep in studying when you could be seeing your lover, it's a bit strange is all."
"... I guess you do have a point. But, it obviously wouldn't happen today. Too stormy outside." As if to punctuate and confirm his suspicions, a loud thunderclap cracked overhead.
"It could clear up. What then?"
"Then I'd call him, I guess. Why so curious, though?"
"Like I said, it's been a while. And, while I'm sure magic is intensive and all, I'm sure he'd like a break from the grind, too."
"That's his business, and, since he doesn't live in town, he could have a break whenever he liked."
"Speaking of in town... what if he's got some business to see to?"
"I honestly don't know. He might. Too much 20Q right now though." Evan was starting to get irritable with Maxwell asking so many questions.
"Ok, ok." He put his hands up in surrender. "Just really curious is all. And since you two have been talking every other day, was wondering if you'd made any plans."
"No, not yet."
"Ok, then."
The rest of the morning was uneventful. Evan did as Maxwell asked, and dealt with the dishes. The hyena disappeared into his room. No doubt to play some games, or something. The both of them were off from classes for the next two weeks, though. But, when they got back, they had a series of finals. Well, quarterly semester finals, anyway. Maxwell was getting along in his classes just as well as Evan. But, the wolf wanted to cram as much as he could into his brainpan during the break. The hyena wanted a bit more relaxation than that, though. As well as they got along, sometimes they clashed a bit. This time though, the hyena was right.
"\_He's right. Why am I trying to study in all this noisy din? It's a Sisyphean task."\_Evan let his thoughts ramble.
Even with all the noise, he still managed to get through the chapter. But, his brain felt fried from the effort. It was scarcely even nine, and the storm showed no signs of letting up. With the warm meal sitting in his stomach, he felt a bit sleepy. A new red-ray disk caught his attention, though.
"The Rogue Wanderer" was emblazoned on the plastic case.
"Eh, good as any." Evan mumbled to himself.
The VR movie would distract him as well as anything else. It took a few moments to swap out Maxwells' custom lenses for his own. The head-mounted displays' weight felt reassuring on his neck as the movie began to play.
A long time ago... in a galaxy far, far away...
Meanwhile, elsewhere.
"Fuckin' distracting shit storm..." Gregory cursed up a storm to rival the one outside.
His phone was soaked after he'd left it out to charge last night. It was weatherproof, but soaked. It'd take hours to dry to a usable level. A scowl marred his muzzle, and his mood soured even more. The damned storm had ruined his magic training, and he couldn't go out to get food, it was so bad. It was an uncomfortable, irritating morning thus far. And, all he wanted to do was tell Evan all about it. But, he couldn't even do that.
"I was so close, too..." His experiment for the day crumbled in his paws.
It was a small flower, riddled with holes from bugs eating through it. The leaves were brown, dead, and lifeless. But, as his gaze traveled a bit lower, the beginnings of new life traveled through the base of the stem. Right where he'd been focusing on, and closest to his paws. As cliché as it was, it was a green hellebore. A color he'd always liked, but ruined from the bugs eating it. He was trying to restore it to vivid, bright life. A half-hearted smile erased the frown from his muzzle. A half-smile, for a half-success. He set it down, along with the clump of dirt he'd also taken. It wasn't entirely dead, and that was progress. He could try again later.
"What day even is today..." He padded back into his cave.
Since last time Evan had visited, he'd brought in a few more creature comforts. A small bit of furniture, some cooking essentials, and a small battery-powered fridge. Just enough to make it not so spartan anymore. Of course, with the furniture came the dragons' favorite addition. He flopped onto a large stack of soft, fluffy covers.
"Hmm..." Gregory rumbled.
Sleeping without a bed, or even anything to sleep on made it all the nicer now. Cold cave floor had nothing on his pile of assorted covers. As hungry as he was, it only took a while for him to close his eyes and rest a bit. While his body rested, his mind whirled, trying to remember what day it was.
"First was last week, it was December before that, making this month... January?" He talked to himself, reasoning it out.
"And if it's the twelfth, that means... FUCK." His comfort was shattered. Sudden distress made him let out a bestial roar of frustration.
As quickly as he'd scrambled to his feet, he fell back down onto the covers. His paws fell onto his muzzle, not believing the sheer amount of noise that had just emanated out of it. His throat wasn't even sore afterwards.
"*Ugh. I have to go to town, yes, but there's no point in going out in that. A nap first, then I'll deal with that."*
As frustrated as he was that society and its' obligations was encroaching on his solitude, it had to be done. A few people needed to know he was still alive, and he had to check on some things. It wouldn't honestly take that long. But, it'd mean he'd have to deal with people. To temper that though... a plan rumbled inside his head.
A smile crossed his features as his paws slid off onto the stack of fluffy things. Oh yes. That idea would be grand. But first, he had rest to obtain. And maybe a meal afterwards. He'd be flying into town soon enough. And by then, the phone would be dry....
"Oi, Evan, your phone is ringing!" A muffled voice from down the hall startled Evan awake.
The headsets main menu had been playing for a while now. At some point, he must have fallen asleep. Sweat rolled into his eyes as he scrambled to detach the display from his face. The phone kept ringing.
"I'm... awake! Getting it momentarily!" Even his voice sounded groggy. It had been a while since he'd fallen asleep watching a movie.
His phone was in the kitchen, and he stumbled towards it. A familiar number graced the screen. The lack of din from the rain felt odd.
"Hey!" It sounded windy on the other end, but the voice was unmistakable.
"Gregory?" Evan rubbed at his eyes, still trying to wake up.
"Yep! I just got done finishing up some-" the dragon cough-growled "shit in town."
"Wait, you're... in town?" The wolfs' brain was underclocked seemingly to the point of uselessness.
"That's what I said! Care for an evening over?"
Evan bolted awake, the last bits of grogginess falling off of his mind.
"Of course! But isn't it a bit early to call it an evening?" He looked at his phone. "Never mind that. I just saw it was three."
"Hehehe. But yeah, I got fitted for a saddle and everything. Figured I'd bring you over for the evening, maybe a day or two, then shuttle you back. If you're willing of course." The dragon rambled on.
"Yeah, I'm fine with that."
A voice yelling from down the hall distracted him for a moment.
"And I can hear Maxwell saying something or another."
"Yeah, he says hi. I think." Evan meandered over to the blinds, opening them to a bright, if a bit rain-streaked, day.
"Ok, I'll be over in about ten. Obviously I can't come in, so pack what you'd like, there's more than room for it."
"Never thought you'd like a saddle." The wolf smirked.
"Purely functional, I assure you. Bring lube, too."
Evan was drinking day-old coffee, and took a moment to process what the dragon had said.
"O-okay. So an evening rendezvous, huh?"
"Sort-of. Be there in a few. Love ya!"
"Love you too, I'll be ready."
His dreary day just got a lot better with the prospect of getting to hang out with Gregory. And... more than likely a bit more. Evan could barely restrain his happiness. He pumped his fist and softly whispered "Yes!".
"Hey, that Gregory!" Maxwell was still yelling across the apartment. Evan yelled back.
"Yeah! He's coming over in a bit!"
Maxwell canceled the next round, and exited out of the game. If Evans' scaly companion was coming over, he definitely wanted to talk to the drake for a bit. They got along fairly well together, and he was an interesting enough guy. And that was before you factored in the curiosity of him using magic. He stuffed his footpaws into shoes, sans socks. The sooner he was ready, the better. Besides, he didn't have anything else better to do for the day, either.
Evan jumped a bit when the buzzer rang. The familiar scratchy voice of one of the older staff members rang through.
"Ahrm. A Gregory for Evan and Maxwell. Waiting just outside. Seems to have some stuff." The door buzzer ended its' annoying, scratchy sound.
Evan grabbed his half-ruined backpack, now stuffed with all the things he'd need for a short stay. Maxwell opened the door and followed behind him, locking it as well. It took a while for the wolf to realize he was following him. The elevator opened and they both stepped in.
"You got an appointment too, or something?" Evan ribbed Maxwell.
"Actually... I wanted to talk to the guy. If you don't mind, of course." Ding, three floors down.
"Sure. I think I forgot to mention that he wanted to cart me over to his place for a while." The doors opened as the last two floors went by in a flash.
"No, you didn't. Wow, that is adorable." Maxwell pointed and tried to contain his laughter.
Gregorys' muzzle was peering through the glass double doors, watching the both of them. The rest of his body was out of view, so all the two say was a giant pair of eyes and a scaled muzzle. Evan smirked at the amusing sight. All the same, he didn't keep the dragon waiting, hurrying his walk up. He backed up a bit when they passed through the door.
"Gregory!" Evan hugged the dragons muzzle.
"Evan. Hi Maxwell." A smile stuck to his face as the wolf hugged him.
"Hi Greg." The hyena peered around the dragon. Was that a saddle in a bag on his side?
"Hmmm..." He nuzzled against Evan, pushing him back a bit. "I've got the saddle, but I haven't quite put it on yet."
"I can help!" Seeing Gregory again felt like a massive load was taken off of his shoulders. He fished around for the equipment as the dragon kneeled down further.
"A saddle? Y'all are into some kinky stuff." Maxwell flashed the dragon a toothy smile.
Gregory chuckled, and smiled back. "It's only functional-" Evan yanked the bag off of him. "And I opted for the two-seat plus cargo model."
True to his word, it was quite a bit of gear. But, Evan sorted it out quickly. Several straps needed detangling, but that was done in a flash. It was a bit heavy for one person though. Maxwell stepped in.
"Mind if I help, as well?" He asked, mostly for Evans' sake.
"Yeah, it's fairly heavy. Help me haul it up and on." They both took hold of it, and between the two of them, got it onto the dragons' back easily. Straps and bits dangled down on both sides as he laid on his belly.
"Oh, and while I'm at it, and while you two are fiddling with that. Maxwell." Gregory craned his neck over towards the hyena.
"Yeah, big guy?" It was a bit intimidating to have the dragon staring at him, but his curiosity was piqued.
"Well, I should really be asking Evan first, but..." He looked back over at Evan as the wolf was sorting out the equipment. "Would you mind if he came over as well?"
Evan froze for a moment, dropping the buckle he'd been working with. Having Maxwell over, when the both of them planned for... rather carnal pleasures? It was a strange proposal. But, if the dragon trusted him enough to invite him over to his personal abode, and to witness the goings-on as well?
"Can if he wants to, but he's not packed. And-" The wolf whispered into the dragons ear. "Aren't we planning on certain explicit things?"
Gregory nuzzled at the wolf, and whispered as quietly as a dragon could. "Yes, yes we are. Sharing pleasure, remember? If you have any qualms, though..."
"No, I'm fine with it."
Maxwells' ears flicked. It was a side of Evan he hadn't seen often.
"Yeah, I could come over a while. So long as neither of you mind. But, since Evan said yes..."
"We don't mind!" Evan almost squeaked, and Gregory said it at the exact same time.
"One at a time guys, even if you said the same thing. Are you sure, though?" The hyena let the strap down, having wrapped them around to the appropriate places.
"I'm fine with it, yes." Evan affirmed.
"And, so long as he is, I am as well. But, uh..." An uncharacteristic bit of uncertainty crept into Gregorys' voice. "You don't mind sharing a bit of pleasure between males, right?"
Maxwells' ears flicked again, once, then twice again. Did they really just invite him to an evening of that kind with the dragon? And with Evan, too? Previous thoughts of them being exclusive fluttered through his mind. All the same, if they were both willing...
"S-sure." His voice cracked a bit, dropping a bit lower than he'd liked.
"It's settled then!" Gregory sprang to his footpaws. A wide, knowing smile spread onto his muzzle.
Evan grasped at the straps and buckles, following the manual word-for-word. After tightening each, he passed the manual to Maxwell to do the same. After cinching them all tightly, he gave the saddle a firm push and shake. It stayed put, barely moving an inch. Looked a bit uncomfortable, though.
"And you're sure it's not too tight, or cutting off blood flow to any... places?" He glanced back, noting the pair of straps that ran around his hind legs.
"No, it's quite snug, actually. Scales itch a bit under the saddle itself, but that's fine." Gregory walked around a bit, noting how it shifted with his muscles.
"Well, since that's installed and on, mind if I grab some stuff before we go?" Maxwell cracked his knuckles. Even if he wasn't staying as long as Evan, it was best to be prepared.
"Go on, grab what you need. We'll be out here." Gregory waved him off as the hyena disappeared inside. When he looked back though, Evan was standing there with a quizzical look on his face.
"Sure you want to bring him over, too?" Evan had his arms crossed.
Gregory laid back down onto his belly, getting eye-level with his companion.
"Yes. I figured we'd bring him over and see how it goes. If he gets to be annoying, or squicks out, I can just cart him back. It'd only take about fifteen minutes." He stared at Evan.
"If you trust him, then sure. I'm a little unsure, though." The wolf put a furred paw-hand onto the dragons' muzzle, rubbing between his nostrils.
"Remember, Evan. It's only for pleasure. And if you don't want him to, it's your call. Even if we do integrate him into that, know that doesn't make me love you any less." The dragons' large eyes met Evans' own.
Evan looked away, uncomfortable with the staring contest.
"Promise me you'll chuck him out if he gets annoying?"
"Of course. Here he comes. Remember, if you have any qualms, now is the time to say so."
One out of breath hyena burst through the doorway, again.
"Aight, I'm back. Thank you much for waiting. And thank the both of you for letting me come with." He panted.
Evan took a sideways glance at Gregory, only to see the dragon was doing the same. The wolf shrugged.
"Figured an evening of fun would do you good, too. Since you were complaining of blue balls this morning." Evan teased.
"That's not what I said at all!" Maxwell rolled his eyes.
"Oh boy." Gregory laid down once more, feeling the straps get flattened against his scales. "Get on, already."
"WHOOOOOOOOOO getting to ride on a dragon!" The hyena shouted, not bothering to contain his excitement.
Being the taller of the two, he gave Evan a leg up first, then hauled himself up as well. Retrieving the manual from his pocket, he glanced over it, before passing it to Evan.
"Even has seat belts."
The both of them strapped themselves in, and Evan whiteknuckled the grip on his seat. If he knew anything about Gregory...
"AAAAAHHH" Maxwell wasn't expecting the sudden start.
As empty as the street was, Gregory used it to build up some speed before leaping into the air. His wings beat hard, once, twice, then the ground began to get more distant with every flap. With the both of them on his back, his lungs and wings labored. One person was easy, two and cargo was a bit much. He'd be absolutely famished by the time he got there. He glanced back at the hyena, barely able to crane his neck back far enough. The look of shock on his muzzle, and both of his handpaws gripped around the seat grip told him everything. He chuckled between heavy breaths. The first time was always the most exhilarating.
After they'd reached cruising altitude, Evan had settled in. One paw was resting on Gregorys' neck, feeling the muscle there ripple with every beat of his wings. The other was only loosely wrapped around the grip. They'd be safe enough, even if the dragon tried any acrobatics. Maxwell wasn't doing as well, though. Every time he leaned over to look at the ground below, he jerked back. Though, when he noticed Evan looking, he tried to look manly and tough. It didn't work.
"Afraid of heights, Max?"
"N-no!" He was lying through his teeth. Though, those were chattering with the cold air.
"Look at Mianka. Really tiny from up here."
They were just getting past the autofactories on the edges of the city. Small plumes of exhaust and smoke rose into the sky. Gregory kept a wide berth of them. Even with environmental regulations, those emissions were nasty stuff. The dragon tried to make small talk.
"Ever been up this high before, Maxwell?"
"Yes, but it was in a plane! It's cold!" His paws didn't dare move from their grip, though.
"Might help if you put a paw on Gregory. All that exertion has him really, really warm." It was no lie, too, his paws felt toasty just laying them on the dragons' neck.
"Ok..." Maxwell trailed off. His remaining paw tightened its' grip further. Maybe he should have walked.
Sitting between the wings limited his options a bit, but the bit of muscle that attached the wing to the back was rather steady. And watching it flex was almost hypnotizing. His paw drifted towards it, feeling the warmth radiate off it sealed his decision. His paw gripped it like another handle.
"Hmmhrrrrr." Gregory growled, muscles twitching a bit. His flight became a bit erratic.
Maxwells' paw recoiled like it had touched fire.
"Did I hurt you, shit, I am sorry, sorry, sorry." The hyenas words flowed out of his muzzle like a river.
Gregorys' flight returned to normal, but the dragon smirked, and let out a low growl.
"Didn't hurt me. Did quite the opposite actually..."
Evan leaned over a bit, gripping the handle for safety. Heh. Just that little bit of stimulation was enough to get the dragon poking out. It took a while for Maxwell to put two and two together. By the time he had, the mountain Gregory called home was in sight.
"Wait, you mean-"
"Yep." Evan cut him off with a knowing smirk.
"And believe you me... it feels really close to the real thing in terms of pleasure." The dragon sloped into a lazy spiraling descent.
"Good to know." The hyenas paw instead laid on the dragons' shoulder. It was quite warm, though not as much as the wing joints' muscle.
"Almost there, so if you didn't like the take-off, now would be the time to hold on."
"\_Wait, we're a bit low, bu- SHIT"\_Even Evan wasn't expecting the dragon to dive downwards.
He dived, picking up speed, missing the cave mouth. They were both shoved roughly into their seats as the dragon pulled up. Maxwells' muzzle bumped Evans' back as the dragon gave one last pump of those large wings. And then weightlessness again as they fell back downwards. And then, finally, another jolt through the dragons' form as they finally found the ground.
Evan smacked the dragons neck as they padded inside. It stung a bit, but didn't at all stop the smirk on the dragons' muzzle.
"God dammit Greg!" Evan swore.
"I think I might be sick..." Maxwell mumbled, his field of view almost entirely obscured by Evans' back and the saddle.
"What? Just a bit of fun." He padded into his den, and sat down, laying on his belly once more.
"I should leave the saddle on you and make you try to take it off yourself." Evan huffed.
Much to his surprise, Gregory laughed. An uproarious, loud, echoing laugh.
"I could have put this on myself. I just wanted you two to poke and prod at me."
"Dirty dragon..." Maxwell mumbled, finally finding the wherewithal to begin undoing his straps.
"I second the hyena." Evan slid down the short bit of dragon before his footpaws found the ground.
Maxwell slowly slid down, not trusting his legs. Leaning against the dragon, he somehow ended up leaning against one of his hindlegs. His legs barely held themselves as the dragon stood up again. His eyes, though, widened in shock at the sight in front of his muzzle.
"You told me it felt good, but not that good!" He looked away.
"I figured you figured that out. It is a very sensitive area, and feels very good when stroked. Much like wing membranes. It's why a lot of dragons like flying. I just so happen to like it like that as well."
Maxwell reached a paw up, to test that theory, but Gregory was having none of it. He flexed his wings up, and out of the way.
"Let's not, though. The wingjoint is sensitive, but wing membrane even more so. Give me a while to relax first."
"Not to change the subject on dragon anatomy, but you added a lot since last I was here." Evan commented, flopping down onto the covers.
"Yeah, I did. Got a bit tired of living so plainly after you ... visited." Visions of the shattered wolf caused him to shake his head to clear them.
"Really was a mess, wasn't I?"
"It took a lot."
"Sorry, but you mean when you healed him, right?" Maxwell commented.
"Yes. Anyways, make yourselves at home. I need to give an experiment another try, and if it works, perhaps a bit of hunting. If not though, we'll see about some... entertaining."
Evan followed him, and so did Maxwell. They remained quiet, but the dragon noticed them all the same.
"You can watch, but please stay quiet, and don't touch me. I'll warn you if I'm going to use fire." Greg's voice turned a bit harder than usual. A bit more demanding. His practice was not to be interrupted.
"Yes, sir." Maxwell affirmed, whereas Evan just nodded.
"Please, call me Greg or Gregory. No sir. Anyways, quiet for now, please." The dragons' eyes locked onto the plant. It looked a bit better than before, but not by much.
Both of them sat down at the cave mouth, and simply watched. For Maxwell, it was an awe-inspiring sight. Maybe once in a lifetime, even. Whereas it gave Evan a chance to watch him work his magic, and another to study his lover a bit more.
He scooped the plant into his paws again, and focused. The flow of energy started up again, as it always did. It felt tight, restricting, and pulsing. A bit different than when he did it solo, but it only mattered a little. All that mattered was getting it to the right place... He sat down, cradling the flower gently to his chest. Dirt marred his scales, but that hardly mattered. The flow pulsed, individual streams of what could only be described as a tingling, electric sensation pooled in his chest, and both paws. A bit in his jaw as well.
He slowly dispersed the energy in his jaw, breathing out slowly. That wasn't energy he wanted or needed. A slow flow of embers fluttered out into the evening. It was like he was breathing bubbles, but with fire instead. Maxwell began to gasp, but Evan covered his muzzle. His own paw reached up to further block any noise. With the extra energy dispersed, the dragon focused more intently on the pools that mattered. Magic out of the body was easy. Magic into the right places... He hummed a bit as the tingling sensation filled his chest and paws. It was no tune, just random humming. The buzz of energy flowed through him at all points that contacted the plant.
It was slow, so very, very slow. But, he slowly made contact with the plant. Inside, it was much more vibrant than before. He carefully poured little rivulets of energy where the plant didn't have any. The plants' own energy, or magic, fused effortlessly with the dragons' streams. Warmth began to seep into his chest. The flow came even slower, and his own pools felt depleted. The last few mystical drops flowed into the plant, and he severed the connection abruptly. His lungs felt on fire, and he panted. A few small embers shot out again.
"Wow." Evan mouthed, not daring make a sound.
The dead plant was alive again. The holes in the leaves had healed right before their eyes, and the flower had bloomed into vibrant green life. But, the dragon himself was looking a bit worse the wear for it, too.
Gregory broke the silence.
"You can talk now. It felt... different with you two here." His eyes opened, surveying his work. A smile crossed his features.
"Dude. I didn't even notice the plant on the way in. But, when I saw how sad and dead it looked, and you just- Wow." Maxwell poured out praise.
"You've been practicing. Cool trick with the embers, too. But... are you okay?" Evan almost touched the dragon, but he slunk away from the contact.
"Don't touch me just yet. I can feel... everything. But, yes. I am a bit beat from that. I need to eat." The look in his eyes said it all. A growl from his stomach said the rest.
"Sorry, didn't know..." Evan looked down.
"It's alright. You haven't seen me practice." He looked at the plant. "I like these. And, seeing it dead and covered with bugs. I had to." The dragon justified it to himself.
"You don't have to explain it to me. You have your reasonings. But, can we help you recover at all?" He gingerly laid a paw on the dragon. His fur stood up on end, and it felt like static.
Gregory winced a bit, but let him.
"Maxwell. Chest freezer. Bring out the package called 'beef quarter' It'll be heavy. Please." The dragons' command came in staccatto bursts.
"Will do. A small price to pay for a show." Maxwell scrambled to his feet.
Evan was about to do the same, but Gregorys' tail nudged him closer.
"Do you feel the static too?" He asked.
"Yes, bu-" Gregory cut him off.
"It feels like that in my paws, and my mouth, and chest right now. Know where else it feels like that?"
"Where I'm touching you?" He guessed.
"Yes. Stay with me, and tell me if you feel tired or sleepy or hungry. Something is different with you two here, and I want to find out."
Evan leaned on the dragon, feeling the static slowly fade. While he couldn't quite pinpoint where it felt static-y like the dragon could, he did feel static. And, while he didn't feel as tired as the dragon seemed to, he felt slowly drained. Like he could go for a nap at any moment. But, not hungry or tired. Just sleepy.
"Greg."
"Evan." The dragon glanced at him with concern.
"I feel the static stopping, and a bit sleepy." Scales shifted underneath him.
"Ok. As much as I love your warmth and closeness... step away a moment."
It felt like moving through molasses, and like he was magnetized to the dragon, but he managed. One step, then two, then his paws let go. Almost immediately afterwards, he felt as chipper as ever. Like he'd slept for years. The static was gone ,as well.
"You feel better?" Gregory asked, first.
"I was about to ask the same thing."
They both appeared to perk up a bit. It was a strange feeling, and Gregory looked distracted, and his paws felt seemingly random places on his body. He even sat up for a moment, and felt rather... low on his stomach.
"Don't go feeling yourself up, now." Maxwell commented, lugging the heavy bit of food out with him.
"Odd happenings. I think one of you might be a battery. Or maybe even both."
"I'm not going to pretend to understand magic. But, here's your food. It's rather frozen though." The hyena rapped on it with his knuckles. It sounded more like tapping concrete than an edible food item.
"That's fine. You thought the sparks were cool, yeah?" The dragon smirked.
"Yes..." Maxwell held the meat out.
"Set it down at the cave mouth. You're about to get a show." As revitalized as he was, he wouldn't need the cooker for this.
"Now, you'll definitely want to stand by my hind legs for this one." The dragon sat upright, motioning the two back.
"Totally going to breath fire." Evan commented.
"Actually..." A thought crossed Gregorys' mind. "Evan."
"Yes?"
"Touch my side flank. You too, Maxwell."
"It feels all static-y though, but you don't have any fur..." The hyena commented.
"Don't worry about it. Both of you tell me how tired you are afterwards. But, for now, stay quiet once more."
Evan leaned against the dragon, and Maxwell laid a paw gingerly on the dragons' flank. Listening to the dragons' heartbeat was relaxing, but this impromptu experiment was anything but. But, he did trust the dragon, and so, he humored him.
The dragon breathed in deeply, concentrating on the energy once more. Whether they were aware of it or not, their pools felt... close to him. But, no matter how much he drained of them, it only seemed to last as long as they were touching him. This technique was very draining, and if so, they'd know it. But, that was for him to know, and for them to confirm. He cleared his throat, and breathed in deeply. The separate pools once again began to flow. They felt revitalized, propped up by the two. The currents felt a bit thicker, but with a few more blocks in the flow. All the same, it flowed around them.
He breathed. Once. Twice. And again. His mouth felt fuzzy, and far too hot to be comfortable. Embers began to flow, and fall out of it. The energy paired with his breath, but only a bit per breath. Cold, blue embers flowed out of his muzzle. The flow was more like napalm than breath, but he controlled his breath, and brought to bear on the meat. Tongue felt like it was on fire, and that was mostly because it was. But, it would be worth it.
Maxwell and Evan both watched with eager interest. The hyenas' paw felt stuck to the dragon, but he scarcely noticed. Evan leaned on the dragon, letting the larger creatures' bulk prop him up. The longer it took, the more and more sleepy he felt... The cold blue flame and eager, piercing eyes staring at the slowly cooking meat fascinated him. But, he could only hold on so long. Maxwell, on the other side, felt magnetized. But, not towards the dragon. Away from him, instead. It felt like his muscles were rebelling, but he propped himself up against the dragon.
"I know I'm not supposed to talk, but it feels like you're repelling me." Maxwell commented, using his other paw to keep his handpaw on the dragon.
The meat was slowly cooking, juices already leaking off of it. The outside was getting to be a golden brown, and Gregory tapered off the stream of magic. Using the last of it with coughing, slow spurts drained what was left. It was done, and he barely felt as tired! A heavy weight leaned against his side, and it felt like someone was poking his other flank...
"It's done. Max. How do you feel?" He glanced back, seeing the almost comical look of the hyena bracing himself against the dragon.
"Like I'm the same polarity magnet."
"Let go then."
It was an odd sensation, feeling the hyena 'disconnect'. It was like part of his pools went with it, in addition to seemingly the hyenas'. Did they have latent magic? Did everyone?
"Evan." He glanced to his other side. "Evan." He shook his side a little.
Evan slid down the side of the dragon, barely able to speak.
"Max. Get him off of me. NOW!" The dragon growled.
Maxwell panicked. What went wrong? Was there something wrong? He clambered over the dragon, ignoring proper etiquette and decorum. Seeing Evan slumped down was unsettling. But, as he yanked him away from the dragon, he came back to life with a start.
"Sorry, I was really sleepy." The wolf apologized. How long had he slept?
"Evan. Evan. Are you okay?" Even Gregory sounded panicked.
"Yeah, I'm fine? What's the matter?"
Gregorys' scales felt static underneath them. He wasn't nearly as drained, but it had seemingly taken a toll on Evan. But why? He was using his own stores... His muzzle burnt, but that could be fixed later. Right now, he focused on Evan.
"You fell asleep while attached. Not good. Are you sure you're okay?"
"Yes." He found his way to his feet quickly.
"I'm going to make sure. Max, again if he falls asleep." He stared at the hyena. He had no idea how handy he'd been.
"Ok."
Gregory laid his paws on the wolf, one on his back, another on his chest. The too-warm paws came with more static. It was a different static now, one that felt less electric, but static all the same. He let the dragon grope him through his clothes, and relaxed. It felt odd, but he let it happen. Whatever the dragon was concerned about, it was best he let him do his thing and be satisfied with it.
It took a moment or two, and the dragon adjusted his paws several times. But, eventually he withdraw them.
"You're fine, but you gave me a heart attack. Again, you're sure you feel fine?"
"Yeah. Not even sleepy right now. Feel charged and ready to go! And a little... well." If Evan could blush, he would have.
"Horny is the word you're looking for." Maxwell commented, still uncertain and uneasy.
"Hmm..." Gregory rumbled. "I'm still not sure how you recharge so quickly. But, I don't feel like I discharged at all, either..." He trailed off, lost in thought.
"So, can we not do that any more?" Maxwell sounded anxious.
"I'm fine..."
"No, no more tonight. I need to think this over some more. Maxwell."
"Yeah..?"
"You feel fine, right?"
"Yes."
"Okay." The dragon turned his attention to the roasted meat. It was rare, exactly the way he liked it. But, was it worth it to show off?
"At least the food smells good!" Evan commented.
It broke the dragons' uneasy, anxious brooding. He found himself chuckling. And, so did Maxwell. The earlier events did nothing to quell their appetite, even if it was a bit less than he was expecting. The series of tests and experiments gave him a bit to think about though. Was what he was doing safe? Why was Maxwell repelled, and more so, why was Evan attracted? Books were only so helpful with every strain of magic being different. Dammit. It frustrated him as he tore off chunks of meat for all three of them.
"You could totally sell this in a restaurant." Maxwell commented, between large muzzle-fulls of meat.
"It's really tasty. Like, unexpectedly so." Evan threw his two bits in.
"It's just beef..." Gregory refused to believe his taste buds. Even the food tasted different!
More mysteries every time he practiced. He was already sitting on a large pile of them, anyways. Perhaps it would be best to upgrade a bit, though...
"Hey Greg."
"Yes?"
"You weren't expecting stuff to change with people here, right?" Maxwell commented.
"No..."
"Ok, so, maybe get mad at Evan or me later, but... He told me about why you live out here. What if it gets amplified if you have 'more' to draw off of?" He made airquotes around more.
A light bulb went off over the dragons' head. That would explain how he'd been able to completely restore a mashed foot when he stomped it. There were at least fifty people in that room. But, if any of them had reacted like Evan... They didn't though. He was the only one that had been exhausted.
"I see your point. But, I wouldn't get mad at you or Evan for pointing it out. It was an angle I didn't think of, though, so thank you for pointing it out."
"No prob big guy!"
Evan remained quiet, chewing his food thoughtfully. It was odd to see Gregory so worked up over his magic. And, even though he felt fine, the amount of care the dragon had shown when he'd fallen asleep... It was comforting. But, not something he wanted to experience again. Not soon, anyway. A stirring in his sheath reminded him of why he came here though.
"Mmm. Good stuff." Gregory pushed the rest away. A pile of bones grew at the mouth of the cave, the evening sun setting low.
"Didn't you mention before that you could eat a whole deer and still be somewhat peckish afterwards?"
"Yes. It's strange." He glanced at the both of them. "But, this evenings' dalliances with magic have been strange in general."
"Agreed." Maxwell nodded his assent, as well.
"But perhaps we get onto more pleasurable things now?" Evan broached the subject.
"Can if you're feeling up to it. I'm a little anxious, but still up for it, myself."
"I uh... can just hang around somewhere or something..."
Gregory grinned. "Nope. You're going to be involved somehow if you're here."
The hyena gulped. Surely the dragon didn't mean he was going to spear him on... that?
"I call dibs on his lap." Evan piped up.
Maxwell visibly relaxed. That was a close call.
"Aww, you're sure that you don't want the hyena to get a good stretching?"
"Yes. Mine. I'm sure you'll figure something out though."
Gregory rolled over a bit. The food could be put away later. Well, what little was left of it. Bones could be disposed of another time... but now was a time for a different sort of burying his bone. Already, his tip was poking out of his slit. Evan looked as hot as ever, too. His mind recalled last time they were alone... He rumbled deep in his throat. A wet dollop of pre rolled down his shaft, or what little of it was exposed.
"Damn Greg. Been holding out for me or something?" Evan teased, slowly drawing closer. Rubbing his paws all along his dragon.
"Well, I certainly haven't stopped the self-love about once a week... but recently it's been more like once every other day."
"Naughty dragon. And yet you still have so, so much more." His paws brushed the wet mess that was the dragons rod.
A zipper unzipping broke the semi-silence. Evan glanced over his shoulder. Maxwell was already stiff, and had a handpaw wrapped around his rod.
"Enjoying the show already? Well, don't just unzip. Get undressed!" Gregory suggested.
"Maybe I should do a bit of disrobing as well..." Evan tossed off his shirt.
Gregory growled appreciatively as each article of clothing came off. His earlier worries were being replaced by a much more overpowering set of thoughts and instincts. One of his eyes caught the hyena undressing hurriedly. Shedding his clothes as quickly as he could. Evan, on the other hand, teased him with each article. His pants were tossed onto the bridge of his muzzle. They were drenched in the wolfs' scent. And, unmistakable arousal as well. The pants landed at just the right place where the scents fell easily into his nose.
But, the striptease came to an end rather quickly. That just meant that there was more for the dragon to stare at, though. Maxwell had already settled back down, stroking himself slowly to the scene unfolding before him. He'd get his pleasure soon enough, if he didn't pop before the rest of them. Even if he did, Gregory would just have to give him a round two. He brought a forepaw up to his neck, tapping lightly.
"Come up here. Even if you brought lube, I prefer adding my own, too."
"Certainly doesn't hurt!"
It was a bit awkward, but Evan managed to clamber atop the dragons inky black scales. The warmth sitting beneath his pawpads oozed into his flesh. The dragon leaned forward a bit, and Evan had more than a bit of the dragons' rod still within his reach. His muzzle dropped open. It'd be a bit much fitting it all in. But... he did it once. Twice would just be another notch.
"fff-fuck this is hot." Their voyeuristic third commented.
Both of them ignored him for the moment. His tongue lashed out, softly rubbing against the dragons' spire. His reward was immediate, another hefty dollop of pre. The more, the better, because as much of that as possible was getting stuffed inside the wolf. And since he hilted it once.... The dragon let his own tongue unfurl. Thick strands of saliva fell out of his muzzle. It had been so long since he had his wolf over. It took more than a bit of restraint to not bend him over and rut him here there. Or Maxwell. Gregory doubted he'd welcome that sort of advance, though.
He maneuvered his tongue like a muscular tendril. Evan shook as the warm, wet feeling trailed along his legs. The humid air hit him even before the tongue did. The dragon licked at his legs, starting at his calves and drawing that heated, slick appendage all the way up past his tail. It left long, soaked streaks of wet fur. Truth be told, it felt relaxing, and intensely arousing. More of his own rod spilled out of its' sheath. A third lick trailed over that as well, drawing from his belly back toward the dragon. The wolf whined nasally, his sensitive shaft running over the dragons taste buds. It trailed upwards on another stroke, finally hitting his intended target.
More saliva was making his fur a mess, but he didn't care. He was too far lost in the intense arousal of the moment. Glancing over at Maxwell, it seemed he was too. Small bursts of steam floated out of his muzzle every time he panted. Knowing the hyena was watching them was more of a turn-on than he thought it'd be. But, his thoughts were shattered as the dragon applied gentle, yet firm pressure to his backside. The wet saliva on the tongue made it easy as the dragon pried him open with his thick, oral muscle.
It wasn't easy going, but it was intensely pleasurable all the same. Gregory rumbled deep in his throat, and the electric sensation traveled through his tongue ,and into Evan. He panted heavily, basking in the filling, slick sensations inside him. But, he didn't forget about the dragon underneath him. That thick spire popped into his muzzle, eliciting a rumbling groan from the scaled beast. Each inch he managed to work into the wolf was an inch hard-won. The wolf was tense, but he'd fix that soon enough.
Maxwell watched from the sidelines. While he usually wasn't one to just... watch, this was an altogether different experience. Watching Evan let the dragon have at him, and submitting fully... He lightly stroked himself, not eager to finish first. While Evan was getting to be more and more of a mess, Maxwell certainly wasn't any cleaner. Pre made every stroke all the more pleasurable. And hearing the two go at it was... Well. It was hot.
Evans' throat stretched as the dragon gently rolled his body up. The gentle pressure pushed the thick rod deep into his throat. It took a bit of relaxing, but he managed. Of course, the longer it went on, the more of the dragons' pre would help in that regard. And, with the way his tongue was pushing into, and out of him, he had no doubts he'd want the main course, and soon. The wolfs' tail flicked as the dragon found a particularly sensitive spot. A thin shot of pre splattered across his scales. Already, Evans' knot was beginning to form.
The dragon was more than content to sit there and drill Evan with his tongue all year. But, he also wanted a bit more than the wolfs' muzzle. It was nice, and tight, and all sorts of stimulating... but there was something about how the wolf took him that was so much better. One last, deep thrust, and he paused for a moment. Only long enough for the wolf to question what he was doing. But, that was answered as he slowly drew his wet, slick tongue out of that well-eaten backside. His saliva made a mess of his fur, and just as much got deposited inside, if not more.
"Hmmmm... Time to move on?" Gregory suggested, his voice thick and rumbling.
Evan let the meaty rod pop out of his muzzle, his lungs already burning from both exertion, and lust.
"Sure."
"Now would be the time to grab your lube. Even if I rather enjoyed adding my own, a bit more wouldn't hurt."
Maxwell was closest to his pile of clothes and equipment in general. Evan wasn't expecting the off-green pack to be tossed at him. But, he caught it anyway.
"Well, aren't you the handy wingman." The dragon commented.
"Nothing but helpful!" The hyena had a wide, toothy grin, and hadn't missed a beat.
Evan ignored the two for the moment. One unzip later, and the admittedly rather large bottle was in paw. It caught more than a few curious glances from the other two.
"Never thought I'd be using the dragon-sized bottle of lube with a dragon, heh." Evan chuckled.
Even Maxwell chuckled a bit. Gregory just made a bit more room, pushing away the discarded saddle. Things were about to get a little bit messy, and it simply wouldn't do to stain his new equipment just yet. As distracted as he was pushing that away, the cold, slick sensation of lube on his rod made him wince a bit.
"Sorry." Evan apologized.
"It's f-fine..." Gregory shivered at the cold sensation on such a sensitive, hot piece of his body.
Evan spared no expense, adding the messy lube, and working it in with both of his paws. With the mess before, and the added lube, the dragon had a wet sheen on his rod now. Almost looked like a polished statue. Even with all the lube on his rod, he saw Evan work some inside himself as well. Seeing the wince and shiver on his muzzle made the dragon grin a bit. Perhaps next time he'd warm it first.
Maxwell watched the two, both of his hand-paws rather occupied with himself. But, his eyes were quite ready for the feast about to unfold. However, his ears flicked when the dragon growled a bit.
"Well, Maxwell. You didn't want to have a spin... but perhaps I could interest you in something else?" He let his muzzle fall open, showing off his slightly off-white teeth.
"Maybe... "The hyena was shy with the sudden attention.
"Get over here then!" Evan stroke the dragon slowly, noting the slickness.
Maxwells' tail wagged involuntarily. Whatever the dragon had in mind had to be better than just watching the two. Maybe it was his paws? But with the way he showed off his muzzle, the hyena was unsure.
"I see you eying up my paws, but perhaps you'd enjoy my muzzle a bit more?"
"I mean, it's all fine with me." Maxwell shrugged. In all honesty, he'd rather the dragon chose for him.
Evan was too preoccupied with not slipping on the dragons' wet, messy scales. Even so, his paws never left the dragons' hot, thick, and far too slippery rod. The saying 'never can have enough lube' may not have applied to dragons. Especially not with all of the previous lube being applied. All the same, his paws pointed the rock-hard rod right where he wanted it. He lowered himself carefully, and slowly. Initially, it felt like he was sitting on a bar stool with a tiny seat pad, but, eventually, the pressure opened him up.
Maxwell almost stumbled a bit, watching Evan lower himself onto the dragon. Even with the dragon watching the hyena intently, he couldn't help but stroke himself a bit as he walked. It may have only taken a few moments, but it felt like an eternity. It wasn't until he bumped into the dragons still-open muzzle did he even notice how far he'd walked. The impact broke his hypnotic stare, only for him to turn his muzzle and be staring right into the dragons maw.
"Ohmygoddon'teatme." The words ran together as he apologized.
"Only if you wanted me to. But, banish your thoughts of that, I'm too full to even consider it." Gregory rambled on.
"Okaaaay..." The hyena laid his paws on the dragons muzzle, feeling the finer scales there.
"Relax. I'm here to show you and Evan a go- hrrr- A good time." The dragon growled as Evan sunk lower onto him.
Maxwell tentatively grasped his rod, and pointed it into the dragons' muzzle. It looked so incredibly unsafe, but exhilarating all the same. Of course, any thoughts of anything were blotted from his brain when the dragon dragged his tongue along the hyenas' rod. The large jaws slowly hinged shut, sealing him into incredibly hot wetness. The wet sounds of Evan dropping onto the dragon reached his ears, but he was too far distracted to focus on anything but himself.
Evan felt stretched, at first, but with the dragon remaining stone-still, he adjusted quickly. His brain left him with no doubts that Gregory was a LARGE dragon, but still small enough that he could take it. But, with him being large, he scraped, pressed against, and rubbed all the right places inside the wolf. It was ecstasy.
Feeling the wolf stretch around him, and greedily take all he could handle was intense for the dragon. Adding the interesting sensation of Maxwell slowly wriggling back and forth in his maw added texture to the distraction. All the same, he wasn't one to disappoint. He let Evan do as he wished, and remained as still as he could. It wasn't quite time to rut him into the ground, not yet at least. But, what he was getting now was every bit an amazing substitute. His lips pursed a bit as he began gently suckling on the hyena. While the dragon was no bottom, it could be an interesting sort of pleasure from time to time. His muzzle was far more open to these experiences, anyway.
Maxwell was a mess. Watching the wolf with quick glances, only for his eyes to dart back to the dragon. And with the dragon doing his worst on his rod, it was amazing he didn't pop instantly. His knot felt overfilled, begging to be stuffed inside something, or someone. The dragon took it without a single qualm, drawing it into his maw. Inside it, the dragon used his tongue to add even more to the experience. It felt like he was on fire, and shivering at the same time. Electric sensations traveled through the hyena. Mixed arousal, lust, and a tiny sliver of fear flowed through his mind. All of them combined to make a heady cocktail of pleasure.
Evan dipped down as low as he could each and every time. The lube was doing its' job very well. Almost too well, it reduced the textured feeling inside him, but that didn't matter. Less of that feeling, in exchange for even more of a filling, stretched feeling. It drove the wolf mad with determination, and lust. He'd hilt this dragon again. His paws searched for the dragons' forepaws, gripping them firmly. Kneading at the soft flesh on the underside of them, between the pads. The dragon gripped back, gently. A small twinge of pain as his fur finally met scale. But, it subsided quickly. However, the response from the dragon was immediate.
It was all he could do to not rut the wolf right then and there. He felt so close to letting loose inside the wolf. So very, very close. His forepaws gripped the wolfs' own, giving him a pair of handles to work himself downwards those last few inches. The hyena yanked his knot out of the dragons muzzle, and pushed it back inwards. Every fiery moment felt like he was going to explode. The pressure building inside him just confirmed it. But, when the wolf finally took him to the root, his reaction was immediate.
Evan felt the dragon pulse inside him. As deep as the stiff rod was inside him, it was a surprise he didn't see a bulge already. But, with the rhythmic sensations inside him, there may just be one in the next few moments. One of his paws relinquished his death grip on the dragons'. His own knot popped free of its' sheath. Just a little bit more... He got up a bit, feeling the dragons' length stop filling him. Only to drop back down moments later. The wolf fucked himself onto the rod, tugging gently at his own. Every deep stroke brought him closer, and feeling the first spurt of many work its' way up the thick spire of meat embedded inside him... It was more than enough. His legs shook, and so did the dragons' body.
Paws found their way to Evan, gripping his legs in an iron vice. Gregory felt like he was on fire, his orgasm hit him so roughly. It bowled his rational mind over, and drove him to roll his hips into the wolf. With him on his back, there was only so much the dragon could do, but he felt each and every pressurized jet. His seed roped into the wolf, adding to the mess already there. Evan moaned wantonly, more than welcoming it. The wolfs' seed splattered against his chest, but paled in comparison to the dragons' own. Spurt after spurt shot into the wolf, more than a bit of it only coming right back out. Even with his rod plugging his tight entrance.
Maxwell groaned, feeling the dragon almost vibrate in pleasure. His own rod was so close that it took one, maybe two more strokes before he joined the party. With the couple in front of him already in the throes of orgasm, he joined them. Short, sharp thrusts punctuated each of his jets of hyena jizz. The dragon rumbled, whether from taste, appreciation, or distraction he didn't know. What he did know, was that the rest of the world didn't exist. Only the cave, his cock, Evan, and the dragon. Especially the dragon. His eye screwed shut, and his muzzle scowled as he unloaded his pent-up stress and frustration. Just watching the two was an experience in and of itself, but this? This was something altogether better, and even more interesting. And the most satisfying thing he'd shared in, in quite some time.
They were done. Exhausted, and well-satisfied. Even Maxwell had no qualms. Evan was still plugged with the dragon stuck deep inside him. Stomach a little more rounded than usual, too. Warm feelings emanated from his lower stomach. And warmth flowed off of the dragon in spades. Well, they had been enjoying each other for quite some time... His ears flicked, hearing the dragon rumble softly. The drake was as satisfied as he was going to get, too, apparently. Another noise, more muffled reached his ears. Something had triggered his push notifications from his phone. Probably an email. It could wait a while, though.
It beeped again, but all three of them were far too sleepy and tired to bother. Even the hyena was laying down, propped up against the dragon. A bit of mess matted his fur, but he couldn't care less. It had been an enjoyable evening. The last vestiges of light filtered through the cave mouth, adding a warm ambiance to the already comfortable scene.
"*Hey Evan, just dug out my laptop and checked my email! As was plenty obvious by the message, heh. But, anyway, I'm up at a spring a ways out of Mianka, and business has been booming! Also met a new... companion? Friend? Lover-friend? Don't know what to call them. We've been having a lot of fun here. I'm still a bit busy with freelancing, but it's been going better. But, enough about me. How has it been going for you? I know you went on that hiking trip that you told me about beforehand.* *And what with falling down the mountain and all. How'd recovery from that go?*
*Meet anyone new? No rush to reply, though! I know from the college website that you're off from classwork for a week or two, so enjoy it! Anyway, keeping it short and simple since we're enjoying the amenities. Enjoy your week!*
*P.S. Managed to snap a shot of the both of us together. It's attached below. He says it's cute, but I dunno? Yes, it's a he. Weird. Lovely guy though."*
Of course, it wasn't until much later that Evan would get to read it. Besides, with the way the dragon was snoring, he was as wiped as the rest of them. Perhaps round two would happen later. A smile crossed his muzzle as he fell asleep. It went a lot better than he expected. A bit different sort of dinner with friends, but a likable, enjoyable one. He was snoozing far before Maxwell even dozed off. Gregory, being the pile of scales he was, made as good a bed as any for the both of them.
...Fin?
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The Machine Stops by Robert Baird | #1 of Tales of the Dark Horse, Season 2 The Dark Horse encounters a strange planet full of some fantastic technology. Naturally, Maddy wants to get her paws on it. But how the heck does it even work? - _The Dark Horse encounters a strange planet full of some fantastic technology. Naturally, Maddy | [
"Adventure",
"Akita",
"Clean",
"German Shepherd",
"Golden Retriever",
"Humor",
"Leopardess",
"Raccoon",
"Sci-Fi",
"Space",
"Star Patrol",
"Wolfess"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1149535-the-machine-stops | *The Dark Horse encounters a strange planet full of some fantastic technology. Naturally, Maddy wants to get her paws on it. But how the heck does it even work?*
*I know I called "First Impressions" part of the second season of* Madison May of the Star Patrol *serial \_Tales of the Dark Horse*, but I guess it's actually a standalone episode. "The Machine Stops" is actually the first episode of the new season, which has been renewed for five episodes thanks to Viewers Like You. This episode is clean; the next one will not be :P\_
*Released under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license. Share, modify, and redistribute -- as long as it's attributed and noncommercial, anything goes.*
\_Tales of the Dark Horse \_by \*\* Rob Baird\*\* S2E1, "The Machine Stops" Stardate 66432
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*First Officer's Log, Stardate 66432.6* *We have exited hyperspace to investigate a planet that our science officer tells us may very well be inhabited. It remains to be seen what we will find, but after three weeks in transit the crew are looking forward to a change of scenery...*
Lieutenant Commander David Bradley used "change of scenery" in place of what their captain, Madison May, had said: *hyperspace is really fucking boring, Dave*. In point of fact they both believed this, but the retriever didn't require a life of constant excitement in the same way May did.
Commander May wouldn't have used "change of scenery" because it wasn't exactly the problem. The problem, so far as the akita was concerned, was that their mission was one of exploration. All the time in hyperspace was just so much of an obstacle. A change of scenery needed to mean more than pretty pictures: it needed to give them something to *do*.
"What are we looking at?" she asked.
"A rocky planet, slightly larger than Clearwater." Mitch Alexander, the sensor operator, brought an image up on the starship's viewscreen so they could have a look. Strictly speaking "a look" didn't tell them much other than that the planet was rather striking; the real work took more analysis than Madison May cared to hear about until it was finished.
"How big is Clearwater?"
"Roughly 96% Terran mass," Alexander replied.
Madison May took two steps back through the conversation. "So you could've said that it was about the size of Earth?"
"Yes, ma'am." Mitch was from Clearwater, though, and the Abyssinian felt Terrans had a nasty habit of assuming Earth was the only planet anyone cared about. "This planet is approximately 1.002 Earths, if that helps."
May blinked. "So, then, you *really* could've said that it was -- you know what? Actually, it doesn't matter. Anything good?"
"Oxygen, nitrogen, liquid water... it's a solid Type A planet," Mitch said, as the readouts from her sensor suite filtered in. "If there aren't any pathogens, we could breathe pretty happily down there."
Madison stepped closer to the viewscreen, straining her eyes at the cloud-veiled surface of the planet. "What about those green patches? Vegetation? It definitely looks green."
Spaceman Alexander had tried to explain how surface-level visual inspection was enough times that the Abyssinian skipped doing so again. "It's a possibility, yes, ma'am."
At the rear of the bridge, her colleague Barry decided to skip the preamble and jump to conclusions. "Highly likely, in fact. Looking at the thermal emissions and the narrow-band spectral analysis, the chemical and infrared signs would tend to correspond to photosynthetic lifeforms."
Their science officer didn't really notice when people didn't understand him, and May coped by picking out the words and phrases she was most excited by. *Highly likely*, in context, did the trick. "It kind of looks like Earth, too. More green towards the coasts, less at the poles... I mean, just *looking* at it..."
Unfortunately for Alexander's faith in the computer's analytics over the Mark One Eyeball, Commander May had a good point. "Yes," the Abby confirmed. "It does."
"More than that," Barry said.
Commanders May and Bradley turned to the Border Collie at the same time, for the same reasons, and with the same goal in mind. "Ensign, please explain in clear, concise terms what you mean," Dave said. If brevity was the soul of wit, Barry had sold his to the excitable devils of untreated ADHD many years before -- and *more than that* was a worrying phrase.
Their science officer meant well, so he took the advice in stride before ignoring it. "I'm looking at the reflections from sideband laser -- specifically, the interference patterns of --"
"Answers," May interrupted him. "You don't need to show your work."
He licked his muzzle nervously. *I can't win*, he thought. *If I tell them what I'm seeing, they're going to ask why, and then I'm going to have to explain how if you take the sideband lasers and subtract the data from the forward sensor array, what you wind up with...*
"Ensign Schatz?" Dave prompted. "What did you mean by 'more than that'? More than plants?"
*... and* then *they'll want to know* why *the crystals attenuate at -- plants? What?* "Ah -- well -- I mean, yes, sir. But no. But -- well. Dianium!"
"I need more from you. More than one word," May said. Over the course of their mission she'd become less frustrated with the Border Collie, and begun taking her first officer's advice in making concrete suggestions to him. "Two words? Six, maybe? Not more than ten."
"I'm detecting substantial quantities of it."
May counted the words in the sentence on her fingers. "Okay."
"The sensors indicate large amounts of tetradianium and rassurite ore."
May looked at her first officer, who was not a mineralogist and could only shrug. Spaceman Alexander, reviewing the data on her own console, knew a little more. She was also of the opinion that the Border Collie was mistaken. "At this range, it's impossible to see that. Sir."
Barry didn't notice the perfunctory way she added the 'sir,' and even if he *had* noticed he wouldn't have cared. He tapped at his console to show the data on the cruiser's viewscreen. "No, no. Look. See?" The beautiful jewel of a planet had vanished, replaced by scrolling numeric readouts, flashing icons and a set of graphs that appeared to be in a contest for the most spikey.
Realization dawned first on Mitch, whose love of old electronics explained what she was seeing. "You tied the ranging lasers into our main sensor grid. But that's..."
Dave pounced on the Abyssinian as a useful ally. "Spaceman. Explain."
"Yes, sir." Her brain didn't work at Barry's clock speed, and she figured she was only picking up half of it or so. "These old lasers work on the same frequencies as our sensor package. Think of it like... shining a bright flashlight on what we're looking at."
"Reflections," Barry added quickly.
"It looks like it. But for those reflections to show up, there would have to be huge quantities of it -- thousands of tons of dianium. That's just impossible, commander."
Bradley didn't know why, or what any of it meant. "I've never heard of it."
"Dianium is used for all sorts of precision electronics. Tetradianium crystals can be used as a powerful, stable energy amplifier. But the entire output of the Confederation is only a few thousands of kilograms per year, with the best refining processes we have. This is..." Mitch looked up at the viewscreen, and down at her console, looking for any inconsistencies. "If it's true, it's incredible."
May's ears perked up at the last word. "Does it mean intelligent life?"
"I don't know. The atmosphere doesn't reflect industrial activity, and I'm not detecting any radio signals or anything of the sort."
*Well, then! Only one way to find out*. "Take us in closer," the akita ordered, and sat down to wait. New planets were one of the best parts of her job, particularly when they seemed friendly or full of shiny things to look at.
And this one didn't disappoint. The closer they got, the more Mitch Alexander started to feel like she might've underestimated their twitchy science officer. "Mr. Schatz was right. Tetradianium, diamond, rassurite -- this planet is a treasure chest with a breathable atmosphere."
"How breathable?" Madison May asked. "'Scouting party' breathable?"
"Definitely." The Abyssinian had started to clarify when her console lit up with a chipper buzz. "Uh. Uh... hold on." Alexander's tail started to lash at a building apprehension. "Captain, I think we're being hailed."
Although many of their encounters had ended inauspiciously, May herself felt no concern. She relished the chance to meet new people. Irrepressible friendliness was her specialty. The akita tapped her communicator. "Dr. Beltran, report to the bridge."
"Where are we being hailed *from*?" Lieutenant Commander Bradley suggested the practical question, while they waited for their diplomatic specialist to show up. "The planet?"
"A point source on it, yes. Some transmitter on the surface; it dawned a few minutes ago."
"Anything else? Weapons?"
Nothing but the radio transmission. Spaceman Alexander shook her head. "No, sir. The transmission's source is a mountain, roughly six thousand meters above sea level. I don't see anything else about it."
"Well, then. I'd say this just got interesting."
Felicia Beltran knew they'd been planning on investigating a new planet; she also knew the only reason May had to summon her to the bridge was signs of intelligent life. May liked intelligent life, even if it had a tendency to be slightly hostile. Beltran, like many of the crew, understood that her task was in building a protective wall between reality and the akita's instincts.
She took a few deep breaths, and tapped the access panel by the bridge door to gain entry. "What do we have?"
Alexander stepped to the side to make room for the leopard at her station. "This signal. It's a twelve-second burst, repeating every minute or so. It seems to be encoding audio by way of frequency modulation. Shall I play it, doctor?"
The leopard nodded, and the unmistakable sounds of an alien language filled the bridge. *Alien* was as far as it went for most of them. Dr. Beltran listened for any clue in the cadence, and the tone, and the transcription being printed on Spaceman Alexander's computer screen.
"It's the same sequence, but it's not an automated transmission," Beltran decided. "Subtle variations in the sounds. I don't recognize the language, captain, and the translator isn't giving any hints." She added the last part to preempt May's inevitable question.
"None at all?" the akita asked. "Should we answer?"
Obviously the answer May was looking for was *yes, of course*. Both the leopardess and the akita knew she was going to be disappointed. "We should be careful. We do not know if this species is interstellar -- we do not know *anything* about them. The non-interference principle may apply."
"On the other hand, they *did* hail us," Lieutenant Commander Bradley said. "We presume so, at least. And if our science officer is right about those crystals, they have to be technologically advanced. Mr. Schatz, what are the odds?"
Barry shut his eyes, and drifted into a momentary trance to let his impulse for oversharing pass. "Refining tetradianium requires incredible sophistication, sir. We don't seem to be detecting anything in orbit, or any signs of habitation on other planets, but that could mean many things. They could be like the Moya or the Lirrag, both of whom gave up interstellar travel to focus on their homeworlds -- now, certain indications in the biosphere would imply that -- you're going to interrupt me, aren't you? Your mouth is open, commander."
Briefly, the retriever closed his muzzle. "I... was going to, yes. Thank you, Mr. Schatz. Dr. Beltran?"
"He is right. The Confederation delayed contact with the Moya for thirty years -- it was only when we heard about them from Taurans carrying Moyani trade goods that we sent our first diplomatic mission."
"What's your instinct?" May asked. The akita lived by instinct, and naturally assumed everyone else did also. "What does your gut say?"
"They probably want to make contact. I would guess."
"Then do it."
Beltran cued up the standard diplomatic protocol, and hit the 'transmit' key. The alien chatter came back at once, far more intensely. May assumed this meant they were having a conversation.
Really, it was a bad sign. The standard diplomatic protocol included a translation matrix, a simple set of instructions for establishing the building blocks of communication. It began with universal constants that a smart recipient would be able to identify as constants, and used them to set the foundations for phonology, and syntax, and grammar.
The basic idea was so simple that almost all spacefaring civilizations had invented something like it, and it allowed something like a 'universal translator' -- Dr. Beltran had long ago given up fighting *that* semantic battle. "I don't think they understand us, captain."
"Do we understand them?" May, raised with the ubiquity of automatic translation, did not have sufficient respect for how the process worked. So far as the akita was concerned, it simply *did*.
"No. We are going to have to do this the hard way." Dr. Beltran switched the computer over into 'manual' mode. "Greetings. This is the Star Patrol cruiser *Dark Horse*. We come in peace."
A lot of thinking went into what she'd said. Whoever was on the planet had chosen to hail them, which meant they were probably friendly. When they picked up a reply, their voice became more agitated, which meant they probably modulated tone the same way as Terrans did. So Beltran spoke calmly and slowly in turn, and waited to see the answer that came back.
The translation computer was busy processing it, breaking it down into individual sounds and comparing them against ones had had come before. The leopardess repeated herself, and kept herself from looking at Madison May, who was very skeptical of the 'come in peace' phrasing.
Spaceman Alexander was skeptical, too, but she at least knew to trust their diplomatic expert where diplomacy was concerned. Signals, though -- that was different. "Hey, doc? We're getting something."
"Another reply?" Beltran asked.
Ensign Schatz was noticing the same thing as Alexander. "It's a signal on a slightly different frequency, and with a slightly different modulation."
"They're coming from the same area," Alexander went on. "But it's not a voice transmission. At least, it's not the same kind of voice. Right, doc?"
The Abyssinian was clearly right -- it was only a question of what to *do* with it. The new transmission was much weaker, and also far more complex. Felicia locked the 'universal' translator into it and waited.
"Link confirmed. Welcome. Please enter your authentication," the transmission said.
That got everyone's attention. "Authentication? Like a password?" May asked it rhetorically. What she really meant was: *what kind of password could they want from us?*
"Whatever it is, it uses some kind of translation matrix and we have a good sense of the language now. With any luck it might be the same one used in the first transmission. Let me switch back to the other signal."
"-- orbit. If you are peaceful, please reply. We have waited so long..."
Felicia put the bridge microphone on 'mute' before anyone could do anything rash. She wanted to understand what had happened. What was the secondary transmission about? Why did it seem like an automatic system? Who had automated it?
"Open hailing frequencies, Dr. Beltran," May said. She lived in a simpler world, where the answers to questions like that could come later or be ignored altogether. The akita waited a few seconds for Dr. Beltran to resign herself to the inevitability and unmute the transmission. "I am Commander Madison May, of the Star Patrol. To who am I speaking? Er -- wait, that's 'whom,' isn't it?"
"This is Zama, Junior Overseer of the 4th City. Are you... from space, Star Patrol?"
"That's right. The cruiser *Dark Horse* is on a mission of peaceful exploration. We come from the Terran Confederation, many light years from here."
"I detected the entry of your vessel into this system. All of the city alarms went off. We have been waiting for this signal for twelve hundred years. We wish to..." The Junior Overseer's voice crackled, faded, and dropped out altogether.
"What happened? Did we lose the connection?"
Spaceman Alexander checked her computer to see what might've gone wrong. The answer was so surprising that she needed a moment to confirm the report. "Ah. Yes, captain. Their transmitter is out of our line of sight."
"Patch into the orbital network?"
"Ah. That's the thing, captain. They don't *have* one. It's strict LOS."
Lieutenant Commander Bradley, who knew just enough about their communications hardware to be dangerous, called up the logs from the console to the side of his chair. "Good God. She's right. The transmitter was physically moving to track us. That must be why they put it on the mountain..."
"Vintage chic, eh? Helm, put us into a stationary orbit, then."
Their helmsman, Lieutenant Parnell, started plotting numbers for the course correction. From the corner of her eye, the wolfess saw her friend Mitch Alexander raise a paw and shake her head. "There might be a problem there, too, captain. Based on the signal attenuation, that dish won't reach geostationary altitude."
"What the..." It was genuine surprise, and not any sense of decorum, keeping May from actually swearing. "Very well. Keep us above that transmitter at six hundred kilometers."
It was the kind of order that made Eli Parnell happy she didn't have to pay for fuel. The *Dark Horse*, with her powerful sublight thrusters, was more than *capable* of the maneuver, and in the end that was the only thing that really mattered.
"We thought you had left us!" Overseer Zama said, as soon as they were back in transmission range. "It has been so long -- so long since we began listening..."
Two decks down, Ensign Bader watched the planet through the windows of an observation lounge. Objectively, he knew it was a good sign he hadn't been summoned to the bridge. "They must be peaceful."
Sabel Thorsen had become the German Shepherd's best friend. They shared a similar outlook on the world; Leon Bader was a consummate tactical officer, and Sabel was a genetically engineered soldier accidentally awoken from several centuries of deep cryosleep. "You don't know that," Sabel said.
"Our captain must believe so."
"She does not know, either. It's like the foolish Earth proverb says: *the fifth eye of ja'ani beast always looks inward*."
Leon Bader tilted his head. "I'm fairly certain that isn't an Earth proverb, Sabel."
"Not *from* Earth, no," the spitz agreed. "But I thought all such trite sayings were simply called 'foolish Earth proverbs' -- isn't that what you said? You said *the devil finds work for idle hands* and I pointed out there were no actual devils on Terra, and you said it was just a 'foolish Earth proverb.'"
"Well. Terrans do generate a lot of them. Fine: what does it mean, about the ja'ani beasts?"
"I believe that early hunters who slaughtered them discovered a gland in their brain behind the eye sockets and assumed it was a fifth eye. It is not, of course. I believe the proverb implies decisions based on inadequate intelligence might be gravely mistaken, not merely from a xenobiological point of view but also generally from a tactical one."
"And that you should consult a doctor when you're not certain whether something is an eye?"
Sabel nodded. "Always a wise choice. Of course, we don't have a doctor. My enhanced constitution reduces the need for medical attention, fortunately. It does mean I'm at a loss when it comes to questions of anatomy."
"Anatomy? Are you *consulting* a doctor or *playing* doctor, Sabel?" Leon asked, chuckling. He had no reason to assume the spitz knew what he meant.
But Sabel was nothing if not attentive: he believed strongly in situational awareness, no matter the situation. "You're referring to copulation, I imagine. There are many proverbs about that, too. Like ja'ani beasts, I have no direct experience."
"One of these days, I'm sure." Although his personality required some getting used to, the stocky spitz cut a handsome figure; Leon knew he could hardly be the only one to appreciate it. "All you have to do is --"
His communicator chimed, demanding attention. "Ensign Bader, report to the shuttlebay and prepare for an away mission."
It was the captain's voice he was hearing. "Yes, ma'am. On my way."
"Maybe they're not so peaceful, after all," Sabel suggested. "You'll arm yourself, right?"
"Of course," he said. "We have to be prepared."
Madison May had a healthy love of firearms, but she vetoed the heavy weapons Leon brought with him, and in the end the shepherd had to be content with a standard pulse rifle. *We want to give the right impression*, she said. He surmised that he was only going on the away mission at all because David had demanded she go with some kind of escort.
He was right, even if the akita felt she could handle herself. She said as much, dismissing Leon's attempt at a tactical briefing, and went back to focusing on their descent into the planet's atmosphere. Although she remained seated, and harnessed, Madison May looked rather like a child with its nose pressed to the glass of a window. She was taking in every bit of the alien landscape beneath them. "It's beautiful," she said. "Mr. Schatz, have you learned anything more about their technology?"
"No, captain," the Border Collie said. Without Lieutenant Commander Bradley to bail him out, Barry did what he could to constrain himself to 'yes' or 'no' answers lest he incur the akita's frustration.
"What about the people themselves?"
He had no answers for that, either. Eli Parnell guided the shuttle on the path they'd been given, which ended in a deep valley. A clear, swift river cut between two sharp cliffs; the cliffs had obviously been carved out for habitation, and windows looked out on the valley floor like so many keen eyes.
There was no landing pad, as such, so Eli picked an open area near the center of the valley. They touched down gently, and by the time Barry finished his scan of known pathogens in the atmosphere the shuttlecraft's hull had cooled enough for some of the natives to approach.
They stood a little over a meter tall; with their long snouts and the overlapping bony plates that shielded their limbs, the Star Patrol crew's first thought was of armadillos. A group of a dozen had drawn near; their leader was made plainly apparent by an ornate tiara. "Senior Overseer Patal welcomes you to the 4th District. Junior Overseer Zama" -- the creature pointed to someone standing next to him -- "told me he saw your ship far up in the heavens. You've come to talk to us."
"Yes. I'm Commander Madison May, of the Star Patrol -- explorers from a civilization quite far from here. We're always interested in meeting new people. I should introduce the others -- Mr. Schatz is our science officer, and Dr. Felicia Beltran is our diplomat. She'll tell me when I say something offensive. I don't mean to." The noise of the shuttle's engines powering down caught the akita's attention before Patal or Zama could answer. "Right, and that's Lieutenant Eli Parnell and Ensign Leon Bader; they're crew. Eli flies our ship, and Leon keeps people from shooting at me."
One of the other armadillos crept nervously forward. "Your ship," it murmured, pointing tremulously. "It comes from the 9th District? The 15th?"
"No," Patal corrected. "No, Gana. It comes from beyond. It comes from the stars."
"You came from the stars in that?" Gana trod a few steps closer to the shuttle, his head bobbing as he looked all around. "But how..."
"My ship, the cruiser *Dark Horse*, is currently in orbit. It's an interstellar vessel, with a hyperdrive capable of nearly forty megajärvi. That's over three light years every day," Madison May said. She didn't bother to qualify the boast by adding in that the ship was prone to self-destruction at those speeds and, of course, Gana wouldn't have known any better.
"And the tall one," Zama asked, gesturing towards Leon Bader. The shepherd straightened to attention. "He is your hunter?"
"Of sorts? Ensign Bader is our tactical officer. He protects us."
"From the stars?"
"After a fashion, yes."
Zama leaned over, whispering to Patal.
*He's plotting something*, Leon guessed.
*What's he saying?* Madison and Eli wondered.
*So they have ears. The little bony protrusion at the side of their heads must be ears*, Barry Schatz and Felicia Beltran concluded, although Barry went quite a bit further. *I wonder if that means they're related to Zafali -- probably not, because...* His thoughts, in rambling high gear, meant he missed it when Patal spoke up.
"Zama asks if you are a mythical hero. With a... hm. In our language, we refer to it as a *lance*." The universal translator removed some of the mystique from what had likely been, in their language, a term with greater and more honored implications.
"Not really. I mostly use an XR-22 pulse rifle -- the Star Patrol taught us some melee combat, but if you're interested in lances you really ought to talk to Sabel Thorsen. He's our security specialist." Leon remained oblivious to the blank stares that greeted him.
Felicia Beltran did not. "He is not a hero. He is just one of us. Very good at his job, yes, but only one of us."
Patal bobbed his head in an erratic figure-eight pattern. "Yes, yes. You come from the stars. It must be different. Understand that we... we do not have lances. We're a peaceful people. We have no weapons."
"No weapons?" May asked, even before Leon could. "That's rather striking."
"We have heard of them. Maybe we can show you? I would love to show you our city, commander."
The akita nodded. "Of course. Lieutenant Parnell, Ensign Bader -- stay with the ship. Maintain communication with the *Dark Horse*. Dave will be worried about us."
"I should come with you," Leon Bader said. "In case something happens."
Madison May tried not to look too scornful. On the other hand, their guests were diminutive, soft-spoken and, evidently, unarmed. *What would Dave do?* she tried to ask herself. "I need you to complete a tactical scan of the valley," she tried saying. There were too many pauses between the words; it was obvious to both of them she was trying to soften the blow.
Leon was too obedient to protest, though. "Yes, captain."
Patal and Zama led their party to the cliff wall, and up the steep switchback that climbed towards its rim. They stopped halfway, at a metal door that slid to the side with a creak. "This is our office," Patal said. "The administrative building of the 4th District."
It was a nicely furnished office, with high ceilings that gave the *Dark Horse* crew a few centimeters of clearance, although everyone had to duck in order to make their way through the door itself. The floor looked to be of polished sandstone, smoothed over centuries of use. Patal and Zama took the three Terrans in further, leaving the rest of the retinue behind, until they found themselves in a spacious room with a low table surrounded by thick carpet.
Patal and Zama took seats around the table, folding their armored legs under them. Their legs seemed to be double-jointed, which made accurate emulation difficult. The three settled for sitting cross-legged; it put them closer at eye level with the two administrators. "Would you like a drink? Perhaps... water?"
"That would be fine. Right?" May glanced to Barry and Felicia, at either side. They didn't object. "Water, yes, please."
Patal reached his hand out, and placed it on the center of the table. "Five waters," he instructed.
The table hummed and whirred. Ten seconds later, a hatch in the center opened, and a platform arose, bearing five clear cups. Patal and Zama reached out immediately. Madison and Felicia went second. Barry was last, taking the cup in his paw and tilting his head to examine the flawless, turquoise-hued crystal.
"Well?" May asked. Their hosts started to drink without any hesitation, and the akita was thirsty from the walk, anyway. "It's water?"
The Border Collie remembered his place enough to take a handheld scanner from his belt and direct it at the contents of the glass. "Yes, captain. It's water." Water with no impurities whatsoever, as near as the collie could discern. *They must take it very seriously. I guess living in close quarters such as this, they must've learned to be very fastidious with their purification technology*.
"We've been waiting for you for twelve hundred years," Patal began, without ceremony.
"For us?"
"Zama, tell them," Patal said.
"We have never seen anyone from the stars, but you saw we were not surprised in the slightest. Our oldest prophecies say we once traveled amongst them. There are, indeed, those who believe that life *here* began out *there*, far across the universe. We don't go there now, of course, but we feel a deep spiritual connection."
"Why don't you?"
Zama and Patal exchanged a knowing look. "It is quite dangerous for us. The prophecies make that clear as well: if we leave the Districts, we will become ill. And we are happy, in the valleys. Still, we have known you were coming."
"Zama was taught this as a child, the way I was before him."
Felicia Beltran coughed quietly; Commander May nodded, indicating that the leopardess could speak for her. "What does the prophecy say about us?"
"It says you will come in peace. That you will wish to trade with us. That you will be very tall."
"Zama," Patal chided. "He bends the prophecy. It actually says only you will be imposing. 'Imposing' could mean many things."
"We are interested in trade," Commander May said. "It was one of the reasons we stopped by here. It would, of course, depend on what you had to offer. Our sensors seemed to show that you had a lot of... what did you call it, Mr. Schatz?"
"Crystalline tetradianium, as well as quantities of rassurite and szarellian ore."
The two aliens stared at each other, lost even despite the uncharacteristic simplicity of the Border Collie's statement. "We do not know this. I am an administrator. Zama is a historian."
Barry looked at the water glass in his paw. It was every bit as pure as the water itself had been, and since he'd drunk most of the water he could see how light bent and rippled subtly in the blue crystal's curves. *Is it actually*... *but...* "This, sirs. I think this glass is dianium."
"I thought you said it was one of the rarest minerals in the galaxy," his captain recalled. She didn't always recall what Barry said perfectly, and he tended to say a lot, but that seemed familiar. "Right?"
"Yes, but... well." He fiddled with his scanner, and shone a light on the water glass. It fluoresced brilliantly, and they could all see the waves of crimson light flowing through it. "Very few materials behave like that."
"You want... cups?" Patal asked, obviously baffled. "More water?"
"This crystal -- it's called dianium. It's quite valuable, uh... among the stars."
"He is confused," Zama said.
Patal clearly agreed, for his voice took on an indulgent, soothing air. "That is only a glass, sir." He put his hand back on the table. "One sculpture of a macar tree fruit, in glass." The table whirred and opened, presenting a clear, spiky model the size of a lemon. It, too, radiated strongly. "You see? If you do not tell a table otherwise, it always makes things in the fireglass. There is nothing special to it."
Barry, with his mind racing, found the usual word in Patal's phrasing before his colleagues did. "*Makes*? What do you mean?"
"Our table. Please, if you enjoy the glasses so much... keep them, as a token of our friendship."
"But the... the table. It *made* this?"
"Yes, of course. Of course." Once more, Patal placed his hand on it. "Two plates of mixed salad, as I usually order it." Patal took the two plates, and set his own empty glass, and the fruit sculpture, on the platform before it disappeared back inside the table.
The salad looked both real and delicious: a combination of green leaves and neatly diced vegetables, topped by slivers of nuts that seemed to have been recently toasted. "Your table..." Madison May said slowly. "It can make anything? Food? Glasses? Tools?"
"When it is in a good mood." Zama took a plate, and speared one of the green leaves with his claw. He ate it quickly, not out of hunger but to prove to the others that it was precisely what it appeared to be. "Indeed, it is highly versatile."
"How does it work?"
"I don't know," Zama said. "Patal does not know. Some other historians know."
"It must be quite simple," Patal added. "I did not bother to learn. It wasn't really important. Now, as to trade. If you really do love the shiny crystals, we could give them to you. Ordinarily, the tables recycle them, but that isn't necessary. Some children also like the appearance -- not to say that you are children, only that... well. But surely you want something more valuable?"
Enraptured by the table, May was at a loss for words. "Uh..."
Dr. Beltran was a little overwhelmed, too, but her diplomatic training allowed the leopardess to hide much of it. Good negotiation required a good poker face. "Our captain means to say we have never seen any technology like this. What would you be looking for in trade that you could not simply produce yourselves?"
"Knowledge! Stories from the outside world," Patal suggested quickly. "Nonmaterial possessions. Music, dance -- or... or even images! What does our planet look like from where you come from? Is it as beautiful and peaceful as it seems to be within the District?"
"Of course, there is also --"
"Quiet!" Patal cut off the junior man. "Not so quickly."
"But..."
Madison cocked her head over to the side, and tried to look both curious and disarming at the same time. "What is it? If there something we can help you with?"
Although clearly still uncomfortable with how forward his assistant had been, Patal admitted that there was. "I would be failing in my job as an Overseer if I did not ask about one particular trade good. Do any of your worlds traffic in... this?" He removed his tiara, and pointed to the stone set in its immediate center.
It was the shape of an egg and the size of a marble, mottled with milky white crystal and a duller grey material, rendered shiny only by the fineness of the stone's polish. Madison bent over to inspect it, to no avail. "I don't know? What is it?"
"Precious stone," Patal said. "According to the old books it's found in white crystal, like this."
"I don't know what it is. What about you, Barry?"
"I don't know, either, captain. I'd need to take a closer look."
"Can we... borrow it?" Madison asked. "To investigate?"
Zama gasped. "Of course not!"
"This is the most precious item in the whole District, Commander May," Patal explained. "We... I don't think... it has been with the District since its founding."
"If you can't tell me what it is, I can't really help. I didn't mean to... uh... insult you. Dr. Beltran, can you say that more nicely?"
"There's no need," Patal said at once. "I know you meant no insult. Only... according to the prophecy, you *would* know about this..."
"Mr. Schatz? Nothing?"
If the Border Collie had been able to assay minerals just by looking at them, he could've found a far more lucrative career. "We can analyze the material back aboard the ship, captain. I don't want to guess, but if I had to -- I figure you're going to make me, anyway -- I would have to say perhaps platinum. Or maybe iridium... yeah, that makes more sense. The other crystal might be some kind of unworked dianium."
"We do not know these things," the Senior Overseer said. "You use many names that don't make much sense. Maybe they do need to examine it closely, Zama."
"Do you trust them, sir?"
Patal nodded. "We must. Yes, Commander May. I trust you. But please. Please, you *must* return it. Do you promise?"
She promised.
The promise itself made her giddily curious. She turned the tiara over and over in her paws on the shuttle ride back to the *Dark Horse*. "I hope you can find out what this is, Mr. Schatz."
"So do I."
"We could really help these people! If they need help -- they seem to need help? *Why* do they need help. All these questions! This must be what it's like inside your head all the time, eh?" She grinned, to tell the Border Collie she didn't mean it as an insult. "You better come back with answers. And you, Dr. Beltran!"
"Captain?" The leopardess looked up at the sound of her name. "What of me?"
"I want a full report on these guys. You have to have some really fascinating insights!"
She *did*, but even there aboard the shuttle Felicia knew they wouldn't rise to the level of what Madison May wanted. The akita wanted everything boiled down into something simple and bite-sized. *These are a trustworthy people, who will make valuable allies for us* -- or even: *they want something from us, and we can't let them have it*.
Instead, at the briefing May convened six hours later, Felicia Beltran explained that the 4th District was something of an enigma. As expected, May wasn't satisfied. "What do you mean, an enigma? Where did they get their technology from? How are they using it?"
"I do not understand this either. Captain, I know that is not what you wanted to hear, but I am extremely puzzled. Nothing in their demeanor suggests they know how valuable the raw materials they have are. If they joined the Terran Confederation, they would immediately be one of the richest worlds. But they are not spacefaring."
"You and Mr. Schatz both said that isn't necessarily surprising."
"It would not necessarily be surprising. The exploration impulse motivating *you*, Commander May, is not a universal constant. A number of worlds have turned inwards after their early forays into the galaxy. The people we met are clearly aware that intelligent life *might* exist beyond their system, although they professed to have made no contact."
"What about their tables? How does that work?"
Shannon Hazelton, chief engineer of the *Dark Horse*, had seen a number of mysterious things in her day. The raccoon had, in fact, *created* a number of mysterious things in her day. She knew when something was mysterious, and when it was something else entirely. "Magic, Mads."
David Bradley sighed inwardly. Of all his battles, his attempts to get the crew to avoid providing their reports in dramatic single lines had proven to be the most quixotic. "There's no such thing as magic, lieutenant."
"Sufficiently advanced technology, then, commander -- how's that? I can't explain how it works based on the field reports. It's obviously not simple nanotechnology or rapid prototyping. They have to be doing something else entirely, which as far as I'm concerned? Magic."
Bradley considered the additional explanation a small victory. "Maybe we can get them to tell us."
"We'll ask. Or I'll have Dr. Beltran find a way of asking nicely," May decided; she was modestly self-aware of her limited negotiating talents. "Here's a different question, then, lieutenant. What about those crystals? Can you use them?"
*Can you use them?* Hazelton wanted to laugh. She might have laughed, even, but the odds were good the mad-scientist cackle might get a talking-to from the first officer. "Of course. How much can you get me? We could upgrade the hyperdrive field generators, the shield emitters, the particle cannons -- and *that*'s just talking about places where tetradianium would be a drop-in replacement for the solid state hardware we already have. The *experiments*... my God, Mads."
"You're not supposed to be experimenting," Bradley said. Hazelton's experiments were unorthodox, unpredictable, and troublingly volatile. The raccoon did not like taking 'no' for an answer, even when it was coming from a reactor vessel and the question was 'will I hold up under this pressure?'
"But if I *did*..."
"You're not supposed to be," he repeated.
"Yeah, but what if you did?" Madison May had an easily piqued sense of curiosity. "Good stuff?"
"Theoretically, a solid tetradianium intensifier could boost throughput from the motivators by a factor of five or ten. I say *theoretically* because, Mads, nobody's *ever* had a fifty-kilo chunk of crystal to play with."
David Bradley took a deep breath, agonizingly aware of the trouble he was about to get himself into. "Ensign Schatz, is that true? About the tetradianium?"
The Border Collie fidgeted, tugging nervously at the collar of his uniform. "Lieutenant Hazelton is being, uh. Conservative. Sir. We've known for some time they function as energy amplifiers, but recent conjecture suggests that they're essentially flawless -- they don't break down and they don't decrease in efficiency. I'm obviously not a specialist in these matters, but I definitely recall rumors of a report from the Giep Ge College that --"
For once, it was not the ship's commanders that interrupted him. It was Shannon Hazelton, whose eyes were beginning to take on a dangerous light. "That's the study by the New Materials Council you're talking about, right? Mads, they were saying a crystalline interplexer could finally allow for efficient antimatter production using the Kistana stimulation process."
"Conceivably, at or below a La Paz factor of five," Barry said.
"Conceivably, at or below *two*," the raccoon corrected.
Madison May interrupted them before they could go any further. "I don't know what that means. I gather it's valuable. Maybe we could even do something like that? Shannon?"
"We could. If we had enough material, we could. Or at least, we could try."
"So then, what do we possibly have to offer in trade? Other than music and dance, I mean. Not to understate that, Dr. Beltran; I'm sure you're about to tell me about numerous times when cultural exchanges were just as valuable as technology..."
Madison May was puzzled; most of them were puzzled. The planet was a mystery, and one that was about to get substantially worse. "You said they asked for something, though, right, commander? Ensign Schatz, have you had any luck figuring out what it is."
"Yes. Uh. Ahem."
"Did you just... *say* 'ahem'? Like it was a word?"
The Border Collie coughed. "Yes, captain. Uh. It's wolframite."
"Which is? Some kind of rare mineral, I take it -- one we probably don't have any of?"
"It's a tungsten-bearing ore. We don't have any wolframite on board outside of the samples in our lab, but we do have some tungsten. And... Spaceman Alexander has been working on a system survey that strongly suggests there's reasonable quantities in some of the asteroids here."
"Tungsten isn't all *that* rare, is it?"
"No, captain. Total production last year was around twenty million tons. It's used extensively in our systems -- there have been some efforts to replace it, but it works relatively well at what it does -- at least, as I understand it. We're not even major users. The Pictor Empire, for instance, they use tungsten throughout their starship construction and tungsten production was one of the precipitating factors in the Second War. Now..."
"Later, please," Lieutenant Commander Bradley said. "Why do they want it? Maybe they need specifically that composition? Are there isotopes of tungsten?"
"It's the same as everything else in the system, sir. The sample they provided is just wolframite embedded in a quartz matrix. You could buy a stone like this for five or six credits from any exotic merchant on any station in the TC, and they'd feel guilty about ripping you off."
"Then why do they care?"
"That's a good question, Dave. We're going back. Shannon, why don't you come along and we'll see if we can get some actual insights into their technology?"
Everyone understood that her order represented the end of the meeting. Felicia cleared her throat. "Captain?"
"We're going back, Dr. Beltran. If you have misgivings..."
"No, captain. But I would like to accompany you. I am as curious as you are."
May grinned, happy to have awoken some kind of adventuring spirit in the leopardess. "Of course. Meet me in the shuttle bay in half an hour."
Felicia's only objection was to suggest that they should receive permission *before* landing an engineering crew, and May was willing to assent. They had a second shuttlecraft, after all, and Hazelton's assistant engineer TJ Wallace apparently knew how to fly it.
Senior Overseer Patal was overjoyed to hear of their return, and when they landed they found him, beaming, on the other side of the shuttlecraft's ramp. "Welcome. Welcome back to the 4th District. I hope that your day has been pleasant, Commander Madison May."
The akita nodded, and held out the tiara she had been given. "It was. And here's this back -- undamaged, I hope you can see. We had some... questions. Is that alright?"
"Of course!" The overseer said, bobbing his head in the figure-eight pattern that, by then, even Madison recognized as equivalent to the nod she'd just given him. "We can return to the office if you would like."
She said 'yes' just as a low, booming tone reverberated through the valley. The *Dark Horse* crew looked around for the source. This proved to be complicated by abundant echoes from the cliffs; it took Leon Bader, with the tactical scanner on his pulse rifle, to identify a man blowing a horn from near the top of the cliff wall.
"Ah... an argosy..." Patal said. "Visitors are arriving. I don't believe there is anyone on the schedule -- is there, Zama?"
Zama gave a little jerk. "No, I do not think so. There was a transport scheduled from the 3rd District, but they were waiting for supplies, when last I heard."
Leon Bader dropped his tactical visor down over his muzzle. He was looking for threats -- technically speaking, the German Shepherd was *always* looking for threats -- and the visor picked up on movement, a large floating object crossing into the canyon from the east.
The argosy looked like an old Earth galleon, with a hull made of precisely fitted wood. Instead of sails, she had four curving fabric wings; they beat the air gracefully, steering the craft closer and closer to the river bottom. "Captain," the shepherd said. "Contact, 82 degrees, low altitude. An unidentified vessel is approaching. I don't believe it's armed."
"That *would* be where you went first," May observed drily. She didn't *need* to be dry, because Bader wouldn't have picked up on the subtlety, but she fancied herself -- incorrectly -- a wit. "That's the 'argosy' you're talking about, Mr. Patal?"
"Yes. And they're never armed." Zama answered in place of his supervisor. The short little man strained his eyes to the eastern horizon, trying to catch a glimpse of the ship. "How is it possible you can even make it out?"
"Optical magnification. It looks to be around two hundred meters long, captain. I believe it's made of wood. It has wings."
"If I may be... impudent, Mr. Bader... can you see any emblem on its side?"
Bader increased the amplification on his visor. "Two red horizontal stripes extend from the ship's prow to midway along its hull. Between them is a thick bronze band, containing four circles and an isosceles triangle in white with the base perpendicular to the stripes and its point at an angle of approximately one hundred and ten degrees."
Cornered and sworn to secrecy, Leon Bader might've admitted he thought his captain sometimes failed to appreciate his talents. For the most part, he was incorrect: May appreciated them, she just felt they were often unnecessary. She *did*, however, give him insufficient credit for being able to quickly provide detailed information without rambling.
Patal and Zama, at least, understood. "That's the emblem of the 11th District. They don't visit here very often. I wonder what the matter is... four circles, that must be the argosy *Amakaz*. We should be there to greet them."
The *Amakaz* approached the same part of the river bottom Eli Parnell had chosen as a landing site. Silent but for the rush of air through its wings, the airship drifted to a halt, and slowly settled down to earth. May, Schatz and Beltran went with their hosts to meet it, leaving Parnell and Bader behind.
"What do you think?" the wolfess asked.
"I think our captain is very reckless," Ensign Bader answered. "She doesn't know anything about that ship."
"How does it fly? It can't be those wings -- they aren't enough to lift a ship of that size."
"Antigravity?" Everything Leon knew about wooden ships he had learned from stories in which they were generally trying to fill each other with lead shot. "Some kind of propulsion system we don't know about? There's a *lot* about this planet we don't know about, after all; what's one more thing?"
"Yeah," Eli agreed. She looked behind her at the shuttlecraft's instrument panel, checking to make sure there weren't any warning lights in case they needed to leave in a hurry. "Maybe you're right about being reckless..."
Approaching the ship, meanwhile, Madison May was giving little thought to recklessness. "It's impressive," she told Patal and Zama. "How does it fly?"
"We use machines that counteract the effects of the planet's gravity. They're built directly into the hull, and that way... we need only to use these wings. It's relatively efficient, and all we need is for them to be efficient..."
A door in the argosy's belly opened, and a rope dropped out. A moment later, so did one of the natives, collapsing in a heap as Patal and Zama raced forward to render assistance. Barry Schatz followed May's lead in sprinting to the figure's side.
They had rolled onto their back; their breathing was shallow. "It... it is true," they whispered.
"Captain Huvu," Patal murmured. "Why have you come?"
The figure raised its hand weakly, pointing to the gathered trio of Star Patrol crew. "They... they are here..."
"Yes," Patal confirmed urgently. "They're here."
"They will... save... us," Captain Huvu finished, and went limp.
Barry Schatz only had a general-purpose scanner, and not a medical diagnostic tool, but he did what he could. "Their vital signs are weak, but... stable. What happened?"
"We cannot leave the Districts," Patal reminded them. "Or we become gravely ill. Argosy crews know the sacrifice they make for us. It will take her many weeks to recover. She would not have traveled if she did not believe it was important."
Mindful of what they'd seen, the subdued Terrans walked with Patal and Zama to the office overlooking the District; other residents had come along to tend to the crew of the *Amakaz*. "What is it, exactly, that makes you ill?" Barry wondered aloud. "Do you need to remain in the valley specifically? Does it lend you some kind of protection?"
Zama and Patal looked at one another. "We do not know," Zama admitted. "The air is poison. It has been poison for many generations. As long as we have records."
"Is that why she wanted us to save you? That's what she was talking about?" May asked.
"It is not in the prophecy, but the District she hails from watches the stars just as we do. Maybe the situation is more grave than we feared in the 11th District, Patal."
"Don't speculate without knowledge, Zama. That is where fear comes from. Our guests don't need to know of that, anyway. We wanted to talk of trade. You said you had questions, Commander Madison May?"
The akita had even more questions than she'd started the day with -- they all did. "Yes. Mr. Schatz, our scientist, analyzed the gem you provided to us. You said you desired more of the grey material, not the crystal?"
"Yes. Yes, exactly. The precious stone."
Madison May looked to Barry, and nodded. The Border Collie set a carrying case on the table, opened it, and withdrew two solid tungsten rods. "It seems to be composed of iron, manganese and tungsten. The closest to a valuable material would be... uh..." The two aliens were both staring with wide, shocked eyes at the rods. "This tungsten... you see..."
"This is what you're looking for?" May asked. "Mr. Patal! This is what you're looking for?"
"I believe so. How did you ever... how did you ever *find* it? Zama -- Zama, you were right. They did know where more of it might be obtained..."
"It's not... *that* rare, to be honest," the akita explained, choosing short words to account for the pair's continued distraction. "You can have these. My chief engineer doesn't like it when I give things like this away, but I'm sure it's fine in this case..."
Patal's hands shook as he took the two rods from the equally baffled science officer. It was all Zama could do to control his own trembling, but he managed to open the surface of the table up. Patal set the rods on the raised platform; the platform descended, the table closed, and a pleasant chime sounded.
"It worked! You... how did you..."
"As, uh... as I said, it's not that rare of a material..."
"It is rare to us." Patal was stunned, and rapturous. "The tables are hungry for it, and we haven't been able to provide them. They complain, and they stop working. They've been failing -- stop it, Zama, don't give me that look! Our visitors deserve the truth! The tables have been failing for many years. We were losing hope."
"But this can fix them, I guess? We don't how they work, you see, so we're doing the best we can."
"You want to know how they work?" Zama asked. "Yes? We can help you."
Felicia agreed that this was invitation enough for purposes of diplomatic protocol, and May ordered Lieutenant Hazelton and her assistant TJ down from orbit. She tagged along with Zama on their way to what he described as the heart of the 4th District -- though she had a sneaking, if incorrect, suspicion that most of what followed would be boringly technical and fully intended to excuse herself from the proceedings.
The group was met at the door by two guardians, whom Zama approached with a deferential bow to his head. Then he turned to the *Dark Horse* crew. "May I introduce to you Jana and Kuhun, our most accomplished scientists and experts on the functioning of the tables. They have studied for many, many years to know as much as they do. They'll be able to answer all of your questions." Appropriately reverent, Zama took two steps backwards.
The two scientists *looked* to have many, many years of experience: stooped and wizened, their armored plates were chipped and worn with age. The contrast with Shannon Hazelton was marked; the one with TJ Wallace, the young otter whose Star Patrol jacket was open and untucked, was absolutely staggering.
But if they cared for protocol, Jana and Kuhun didn't show it. "These archives are the center of all our knowledge, and where the heart of the tables beat," Jana said. "Outsiders do not often come here. But then, we have never seen such outsiders as you. You are honored guests, and welcome."
Kuhun, who was a little older, stiffened. "Careful. Don't lose your sense of respect for the makers," she rebuked him. "Zama, that goes for you, too."
Zama didn't protest. He stayed behind the door, with Dr. Beltran and Madison May, and disappeared from sight when the door slid wearily shut. The Star Patrol crew looked around, coming to terms with what they were seeing. The archives were carved of sandstone, just like the rest of the District, but crystal pipes ran hither and yon and the room pulsed with a slow, steady glow.
"Your boss said you'd be able to tell us how this whole thing works," Shannon began. "You can, right?"
Kuhun turned on her heel, and walked without another word to a part of the room where many of the pipes joined and the glow was strongest. The pipes entered what seemed to be a stone box, two meters wide and a meter tall, with a window made of more clear crystal. "This is how."
Shannon lifted her head, following the path the pipes took through the complex; there didn't seem to be any particular logic. "Right, but... I don't... I don't know what's going on here."
"Hey, chief." TJ tapped the raccoon on her shoulder, and pointed to an identical stone box behind them -- this one dark. "Maybe we can look at that one? It's not on."
"You see," Jana said. "They know. They knew what to look for."
"That one is *Big Ama*," Kuhun said. "It hasn't been working since I was very young. Only Little Ama has been working. This one here." She pointed to the first box, whose pipes were still lit.
"What's wrong with it?" Shannon asked. The raccoon crouched, and stared through the window; the interior seemed to be smooth, polished, and unremarkable stone. Nothing about it seemed to suggest any sort of problem.
"We need to cast the Spell of Ama on it, but we lack the ingredients," Kuhun explained.
At least, she was attempting an explanation; it proved to be unhelpful for the Star Patrol crew. Shannon looked over her shoulder. "What's that?"
Kuhun seemed uncomfortable, so her assistant Jana spoke up. "When the tables become sick, we need to provide medicine for them. They tell us where and how to apply it. All we need to do is perform the Spell of Ama."
Shannon stood back up. A look at her two companions told the raccoon that neither Barry nor TJ had any better idea of what was going on. "Can you show us?" She was hoping something had been lost in translation -- that the 'spell' actually referred to some sort of technical documentation.
Instead, Kuhun rose, walked over to the working box, and placed her hand on it. "Tell us," she said, "what ails Big Ama. How may we bring him back to life?" The machine hummed, and emitted an unhappy buzz. "You see? Little Ama says it is not able to help, for we lack the right preparations for the spell."
Shannon Hazelton knew she was no diplomat -- certainly no composed, precise figure like Felicia Beltran. She tried to be delicate, anyway: "I thought you knew how this worked?"
"We do," Kuhun insisted.
"But... the actual *details*. What is it doing?"
It emerged, over a period of uncomfortable questioning, that Kuhun and Jana did know precisely how the tables functioned. Someone told the machine what was desired and, a few moments later, the object appeared.
On occasion one of the many tables installed throughout the District ceased to function, and when that occurred someone came to see either Kuhun or Jana, who performed the Spell -- which involved asking the machine what was the matter, whereupon it produced a diagnosis and a replacement part.
"But not always," Jana confirmed, when Barry Schatz asked if the process was sometimes imperfect. "Sometimes it needs some of the precious grey metal."
"Tungsten," Barry suggested. He had a few more samples in a carrying case at his side, and produced one for their investigation. "Something like this?"
"Exactly like that!"
Seeing Kuhun's excitement, Barry handed the tungsten over. Kuhun opened the window in front of Little Ama, and placed the sample inside. "And now that you have it... what happens now?"
*What happened* was the machine flashed, and when they could see again the tungsten had disappeared. Kuhun again asked the machine for assistance: this time, instead of buzzing, it produced a small contraption festooned with little knobs and spikes.
One of the pipes leading to the second box -- Big Ama -- started to flash. Murmuring quiet incantations, the two assistants walked over. They removed a fitting that sat just above the flashing pipe. The fitting appeared to be identical to the gadget Little Ama had just produced -- and when the replacement was installed, the second machine lit up just like its companion.
Kuhun's eyes widened, and she raised her hands in supplication to the array of freshly lit pipes and conduits. "You have done it!" she cried. "At last -- forgive me for my skepticism! Forgive me for doubting you were our saviors... Jana, do you see what they have done?"
Jana caressed the stone edges of the box reverently. "They have resurrected Big Ama, from all his years of slumber. What... what can we possibly do to repay you?"
Shannon knew, even as she asked it, that the one thing she desired was also the one thing they were going to prove least able to provide. "Can you tell us what happened? What these things *are*? That would be payment enough."
"But we already have..."
She regrouped with the two others outside, by themselves in a waning afternoon -- Kuhun and Jana stayed indoors to marvel at the reinvigorated Big Ama. Warm sun caressed the valley, picking out the edges of stone buildings and the sails of the airship *Amakaz* in soft, fuzzy light. "So... they don't know how this works, right? We're agreed on that?"
TJ nodded. "Seems that way. I can't imagine the machines actually work on spells and stuff like that. I mean, it would be pretty wicked if that were true, but... I really don't think so..."
"But then... what's going on?"
It was the first question that Madison May had for them, when everyone met up once more. The akita had enjoyed a long and pleasant lunch with their hosts and Dr. Beltran -- who, for once in her life, didn't seem to be silently judging everything the akita said or did.
This, although May didn't know it, was because Beltran found herself rather baffled. The 4th District looked like it should've been a preindustrial commune, which would ordinarily have meant the Terran Confederation's non-interference principles came into play.
But they had *asked* for interference... after a fashion. It didn't quite seem to Dr. Beltran they knew what they were really asking for. Had Madison May not asked the question, Felicia would've demanded to know what was going on herself.
"These tables..." Barry had taken up the cause of explaining, and should've realized he was in over his head. "I don't even know where to begin. Their exact mechanism of operation is still a mystery. The 4th District has several dozen of them, placed in important offices as well as in public places. They produce everything the residents desire, from food to clothing to entertainment."
"They're controlled from the central room Zama took us to," Shannon went on. "If one of the tables experiences a malfunction, two machines in that room diagnose it and provide a replacement part, if it's needed."
"That seems simple enough. And convenient." May thought of all the times such a device would've come in handy on the *Dark Horse*, and her ears pricked. "Where can we get one?"
"Well, that's the problem, right, boss? Uh. Uh, cap? Captain?" TJ stumbled for what he was supposed to call the akita. He didn't interact with her much -- Shannon was comfortable being called 'Shannon,' or 'chief,' and the otter hadn't been brought up with many formalities. "Commander?"
Madison hadn't been brought up with formalities either, and Dave wasn't around to yell at her for being 'lax.' "Whatever," she said. "What's the problem?"
"Well I was poking around, doing some experiments and stuff. And it seems, like... it's pretty wild, right, but it seems like the whole machine is basically, like, built into the city. Can't be removed. It seems to take in water and silt and stuff from the river as, like, feedstock for whatever it replicates."
This was only part of the system, as Shannon pointed out next. "Including the tetradianium crystals, which is apparently the default material the tables produce things with. When the residents are done using them, they just recycle whatever they made and it gets decomposed. It's almost a closed system."
"Almost?"
"For some reason, the machine can't produce tungsten. Any spare parts that use it..."
"Lieutenant Hazelton and I believe that it *can* work tungsten, but the recycling efficiency is very low -- maybe on the order of five or ten percent. I think this may be because its primary use is in parts that degrade over time, so there's less of it to recycle, but it may also have to do with the density of the material... we don't understand the system well enough, or we could experiment more. I'd like to try replicating some even denser elements, but we don't know the instructions to do that and, uh, and we weren't able to explain to the caretakers of the central machines what we wanted."
May tried to listen carefully to what Barry was saying, and made it successfully most of the way through the Border Collie's explanation. "They ran out, is what you mean?"
"Yeah, cap. We think so. That one dude, he was like... they ran out of the metal for parts, like, decades ago. They've had enough to fix little things, but not when the big machine broke down. They couldn't fix that until we came to help them." TJ shook his head. "It was pretty wild watching how happy they were."
Madison took this back to the two Overseers, with Felicia's blessing. "We can provide you with twenty kilograms of tungsten -- based on what we've learned from your scholars, it should be enough to run your tables for a good, long time. The thing is... it's not *that* rare, you know? You could get it yourselves, if you wanted. There must be some on the planet. We can teach you what it looks like, if that helps."
Patal sighed, his expression turning glum and sorrowful. "Once there was, in the valleys of the 6th and 12th Districts, but they exhausted their mines centuries ago. The expeditions we have sent out to discover new sources have all ended in disaster."
"What kind of disaster?"
"If we leave the valleys, we become very ill. You saw how even brief exposure sickened the captain of the *Amakaz*. Imagine being out of the valleys for *weeks* at a time -- we couldn't possibly endure it!"
Barry Schatz was thinking about their encounter with the *Amakaz*, and some inconsistent information he'd picked up on his scanner. "Uh, about that... I was thinking about it, and, uh. Are you sure? Do you know the pathology of the illness? How it works?"
"Of course! We've studied it for years and years. We begin to have difficulty breathing... then at length we simply waste away, our weakness total and complete."
"But... you've tried?"
"Of course we've tried," Patal said, rather curtly. "We've been doing this for a very long time."
Commander May cleared her throat. "Please, excuse him. He can get a bit... excitable."
"Yes..." Patal seemed to realize that he was, after all, talking to their saviors. "Well, it's no matter. As we were saying..."
Several hundred kilometers above this explanation, the bridge crew of the *Dark Horse* were very nearly as bored as Madison May was swiftly becoming. David Bradley kept watch, along with Leon Bader -- although the shepherd didn't really have much to do.
"You can lock your station and get some rest," Lieutenant Commander Bradley told him. "We'll need someone for the next watch, if the others aren't back. Why don't you get some rack time?"
"The ship is dangerous undermanned as it is, sir. I would be remiss if I left my station."
"We do benefit from a lot of automation, you know," David said, although he knew the German Shepherd had a point. Cruisers like the *Dark Horse* were designed to operate with a crew of hundreds. The Star Patrol had not been able to find 'hundreds' of people willing to serve on her. "And there's not much going on down there right now."
"But if we were to come under attack..."
"They don't have any weapons. What would they attack us *with*?"
'We don't have any weapons' -- *exactly* the sort of thing someone who *did* have weapons and was trying to lure the unwary into a trap would say. Leon didn't know how the rest of them could even stand to be so lax. "They don't have weapons that we can detect, or that we know about."
"They've been extremely friendly so far." Lieutenant Commander Bradley let the rest of the explanation hang; an alert light had started to flash on his console. "We're being hailed. It's... not the captain."
"Is it coming from the city, sir?"
"No. But it's hard to tell. It looks like it's coming from the same transmitter. I'm putting it through."
"Travelers," a slow voice said. "I see your ship above us. It has finally happened. Are you there?"
"We are. You're speaking to Lieutenant Commander David Bradley, aboard the Star Patrol cruiser *Dark Horse*. Who is this?"
"I am Edda. Welcome to our planet. You must not approach the surface."
David looked at Leon Bader, whose expression was the dry *I-told-you-so* of the perpetually paranoid. "It's a bit too late for that. We've already visited the surface. Why are you warning us away?"
"They... do not understand," Edda said, showing no proclivity for helpfulness. "The valley-dwellers. They do not understand. They will, in time, but... but not now. You must not speak with them. You must not help them."
"We need a bit more than that, Edda. Our civilization is a peaceful one; we seek peaceful contact. We've already begun negotiating with the 4th District."
"No. You must stop. You must."
"Can you tell us *why*? Why do we have to stop?"
Silence.
*Why does everyone in the universe speak in riddles?* That was a better question, and one David intended to bring up to Dr. Beltran at the earliest opportunity. "Edda, can you tell me why? What's going on?"
"Apologies. I apologize for what I must do."
"Edda? *Damn* it." Bradley allowed himself to curse, because the communications channel had been closed by the remote party. "Alright, ensign, have it your way. I'm taking the ship to Gold Alert." He tapped the command to do so into the console next to his chair.
Leon's paws worked briskly and eagerly at his controls. "Deflector shields online, sir. Weapons are in active-standby and tactical scanners are operational. Awaiting your orders."
The radio lit up with a chime. "Bridge, this is Lieutenant Parnell."
"This is the bridge. Go ahead."
"Commander, something's happening down here... the ground is beginning to shake. Can you tell what's going on?"
"No. Is the captain with you?"
"She and Ensign Schatz and Dr. Beltran left me to watch the shuttlecraft. They're still talking to the... the ruling people. Mr. Patal. I tried to contact them, but our personal radios seem to be getting interference in the valley. Lieutenant Hazelton, in the other shuttle, can't raise them either. Should I go find them?"
"No. Stay with the shuttle and get it ready to depart -- I'm sure the captain is headed back by now." Mitch Alexander entered the bridge; David stabbed his finger urgently in the direction of her station. "Spaceman, get Hazelton back on course to dock with us -- and find out what's going on down there."
The Abyssinian used the time she took logging in to her computer to make a few guesses at what the golden retriever might've meant. One by one, the sensor logs started filtering onto her display, and she got her first hint at an answer. "Major seismic activity, sir."
"They've weaponized earthquakes," Leon said. "We should've known."
"Stress is building up along a fault line that runs roughly parallel to the river. The computer estimates it will cause catastrophic failure of the cliff walls in approximately two hours."
"Do you know why?"
"No, sir." Computer modeling had been able to predict how long the cliff might hold out against the inevitable, but it certainly didn't provide any pat answers about what had happened to begin with. "This area didn't show previous signs of seismic instability."
"Can we do anything to stop it?" The retriever was, for the most part, only thinking out loud -- and it *had* been an awfully Madison May kind of thought.
Mitch gave him the benefit of the doubt. "No, sir. I don't believe we can stop an earthquake from low orbit. The odds are low."
"A precisely targeted torpedo impact might be able to relieve stress on the fault line before it became critical in the valley, right?"
"I don't know. Sir."
*Oh, hey -- I do!* Leon's happiness was tempered by the realization that he couldn't, in good conscience, act on it. "Sir, you're technically correct, but it would require a yield in the hundreds or thousands of terajoules. The treatment might prove to be worse than the cure."
David drummed his claws for a few seconds. "We were hailed by somebody. They called themselves 'Edda.' Can you localize the source of that transmission, spaceman?"
Localizing the source of the transmission was, of course, very easy; *all* transmissions came from the same radio station. Mitch ran a few more sensor sweeps, trying to pick anything interesting out of the results. "There are some electromagnetic signals coming from a small structure two kilometers below the summit of the mountain where their transmitter's located. They're consistent with a control station. Maybe it came from there?"
"How consistent?"
She went back through the logs until she found the conversation between Edda and the *Dark Horse*. "During your interaction, there *appears* to have an increase in activity. Maybe Edda lives there?"
"Hail them. Target the structure directly."
"No response, sir."
Leon would be wanting to try particle cannons next. David wasn't certain it would help, and he didn't want to jump right to orbital warfare if he could help it. "Open a channel to Lieutenant Parnell and the shuttlecraft."
"Channel open."
"Lieutenant. Any word from the captain?"
"No. Lieutenant Hazelton and Spaceman Wallace just took off. And things are definitely getting worse here. I saw a tall crane tip over... everybody's safe, but there looks to be a lot of panic."
David heard some concern in the wolf's own voice. "You're safe?"
"I'm in an open area. I think I'm safe." Barry, who would've known about liquefaction and the danger of the shuttlecraft being swallowed up by the earth itself, was not around to say it. That was best for everyone's nerves. "You're sure you don't want me to go looking for the captain?"
He didn't want her to leave the shuttle unoccupied. *There*, Leon definitely had a point about their lack of crew. "Stay put for now. I'll be in touch." He tried to go over their options, none of which seemed to be especially friendly.
They probably couldn't stop the earthquake. And even if they managed to rescue May and the others, that left the 4th District at the mercy of its imminent collapse. Edda, who might have had answers, wasn't in the mood to provide them -- and he had no way to compel Edda to talk.
Or did he? "Leon, can you fly a shuttlecraft?"
"Not... really, sir."
"Spaceman Alexander?"
The Abyssinian developed a very keen, hyperfocused interest in her computer. "Had my license suspended, sir. Uh, five times."
And that was all of them. *Unless*... David turned on his communicator. "Sabel Thorsen, it's Bradley. Can you fly shuttles?"
"My programming limits me to extremely old shuttles," the spitz said. "I suspect anything I knew how to fly would probably be long obsolete by now."
He'd picked a very amendable ship to be reanimated on: the *Dark Horse* had been mothballed for two centuries by the time Madison May got her paws on it. "You might just be in luck."
They all were. Sabel met them on the shuttledeck wearing his powered armor -- there was never a bad occasion for powered armor, and he didn't have a regular uniform. David had taken Leon with him, leaving Mitch Alexander in sole command of the ship. *Sure, I'll be fine*, the Abyssinian lied unconvincingly.
The *Dark Horse* had, on her deployment, been given two Mark 4 shuttlepods: sleek, shiny, colorful and new. Eli Parnell liked flying them; it was the closest the lieutenant got to having her paws on modern starships. One of the Mark 4s was currently on the surface; the other was on the way back, but they didn't have time to wait.
Before the Mark 4 came, logically, the Mark 3, 2 and 1. Before that, shuttles had 'types,' the latest being the Type 18 and the earliest (skipping a few unlucky numbers and models) being the Type 1. All of these had been designed by the Sirius Spaceworks, and proudly bore the screaming eagle of that company's emblem.
Such an eagle was conspicuously absent from the machine parked several bays down from the remaining Mark 4. The shuttlecraft had been painted in gunmetal grey. It had a boxy wedge for a canopy, a squat keystone-shaped body, two trapezoidal tails that stood stiffly vertical, and a pair of blunt triangular wings folded up against the fuselage like the shuttle was trying to shield itself from punishment. "They left it behind when they sent us off. They didn't feel like moving it."
"Ah," Sabel said. "I see why."
"Can you fly it?"
"Of course." Sabel strode up to the shuttle and unlocked its canopy, which at least opened smoothly. In addition to space for six passengers, it had room in the cockpit for a pilot, specialist, and flight engineer -- flight engineers were still needed, back in those days. He climbed up the ladder that had folded down, and made himself comfortable. "I can fly a Vostok-class shuttle."
"Vostok?" David asked. He tried to think of where he'd heard the name -- for he was, after all, a space historian. "Those came before the Type 1, didn't they? God... wasn't there a range before that? The Letter shuttles? A, and B, and..."
"F. F was the newest when I was frozen, in 2590." Sabel held in the power switch for the shuttle, and its lights flickered on. One by one, and unhappy about being awoken -- but they came on. "It's still connected to the fuel lines. Let us try the reactor, shall we?"
The reactor, too, still worked. The shuttle had been designed long before the Star Patrol became truly interested in aesthetics. *Function over form*, that was the watchword. David kept a careful eye on Sabel, to see if he could even understand what the spitz was doing. He could not.
The spitz himself couldn't really have explained it. Flying shuttles had been programmed into him, the way language had but metaphor had not. "Everything seems to work," he said. "Bridge, this is Shuttle 4, ready for departure. Open the bay doors."
"You couldn't have put Lieutenant Commander Bradley on for that?" Mitch Alexander teased the oblivious spitz. "Cleared for departure, Shuttle 4. Bay open." They swung open, Sabel flipped the switches to release their docking clamps, and the old shuttlepod darted forward, out into the deep space.
"We don't have artificial gravity, do we?" David Bradley asked.
It was a rhetorical question, since they were all being compressed by the acceleration of the shuttle's thrusters. Sabel didn't do well with rhetoric. "The Vostok was designed before artificial gravity plating became cheap and widely available. Unfortunately there may be some discomfort. Given their age, the engines need to be run within a limited range of power settings."
"Oh? Why?"
Sabel had enough mental resources to fly and talk at the same time, although not enough to judge how his conversation would be received. "The engines use Howland intensifiers rather than toroidal motivators. They are obsolete because of their tendency to explode."
"You don't sound all that worried."
"No, commander. Ulvar units were designed with a life expectancy of only a few weeks."
David coughed. "We weren't, you know?"
"I know. That's why I'm being careful."
Howland intensifiers predated even the *Dark Horse*, which was designed with marginally safer sublight thrusters. David decided it wasn't worth being worried about -- if the engines exploded, they'd be dead before they knew anything was wrong.
On the other hand, it also told him why the shuttlepod had been left behind. Disconnecting the fuel lines alone would've required half a dozen environmental impact statements and a crew of twenty highly paid specialists just to observe the process. Instead they'd just left it in place, and hoped nobody noticed.
*Oh, well. What can you do?* Sabel could fly it, after all; that was a stroke of good luck. "Not the most impressive ship, I guess. But at least it works, right?"
"There's something to be said for older tech, sir," Leon Bader said.
"Bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, eh?"
"Yeah."
Sabel, hearing the German Shepherd's agreement, wanted to do the same. "Because the bird in the hand is of a more valuable species?"
"Well... no," Leon said. "Not necessarily."
"Then why are you holding it?"
Leon tried to consider the best way to explain. "Because you were hunting it. You *have* that bird. The birds in the bush, you don't have."
The shuttlepod began to shudder as it hit atmosphere. "Why would you be hunting a bird unless you knew it was more valuable?" Sabel asked. "I suppose you mean it was a target of opportunity. But now that you have the bird in your hand, you can also hunt the ones that are still free?"
"Er... yes..."
"You're the bird in this scenario," David offered, and then immediately realized this wasn't *quite* true. "Maybe the shuttle is the bird in this scenario. The combination of you *and* the shuttle."
"Two birds would be better than one bird," Leon added. "But you already have the one bird, so it's guaranteed. It's better to have one thing *guaranteed* than two things that *aren't* guaranteed."
"Yes," Sabel said, carefully. He adjusted the shuttle's profile, and the turbulence lessened a bit. "I believe I follow. You would rather have someone who is not me, but they are not available."
David turned to look at Leon. "Is he *always* like this?"
"More or less, sir."
"I don't mind if you would have preferred a better shuttlepod and pilot. We were programmed to be expendable," Sabel reminded them. He liked the *Dark Horse*'s crew, but they had a funny way of forgetting that life was only a temporary obstacle to achieving the lasting glory of heroic sacrifice. "I do not always understand your language, that's all. Leon is trying to help."
"I do what I can."
Sabel Thorsen nodded. "You do. And a bird in the hand..."
"Hey!"
The spitz grinned, happy that he *did*, in fact, seem to be learning. The shuttle dropped below ten thousand meters; he flipped the wings open and set them on a glide towards the mountain range that was their final destination.
David fiddled with the old manual controls on his panel until he found the radio switches. "Bridge, this is Bradley. Are you there?"
"Yes, sir," Mitch said. "Read you five by five, sir."
"Great. Any word from Commander May?"
"They've met up with Lieutenant Parnell and they're getting ready to take off. Shall I have them meet up with you?"
"Yes. What about the seismic activity?"
"Eighty-five minutes until catastrophic failure."
David assumed the Abyssinian was making an educated guess, because it seemed unlikely the ship's computer could accurately predict, down to the minute, when the cliff walls might collapse. Either way, it underscored the need to get answers quickly.
Sabel brought the shuttle in for a landing in front of a stone bungalow; lights from inside suggested it was occupied. David and Leon clipped respirators to their muzzles, to compensate for the low oxygen. Sabel's armored suit took care of that for him. It also took care of his weaponry.
Lieutenant Commander Bradley hoped that weaponry wouldn't be needed. He knocked at the door to the bungalow. A few seconds later, someone answered. "You came," he said. "That's a surprise."
"We wanted answers." The figure looked, for the most part, like any of the other inhabitants of the 4th District. He was taller, though, as tall as any of the Terrans, and three of his limbs had been replaced by mechanical equivalents.
He gestured to the room behind him with his one remaining arm. "Well, I can't stop you. Come in. I'm Edda, but you must know that already."
The building was spartan but, with the door closed, at least it was warm and pressurized. David unhooked his respirator. "What are you doing? Why are you destroying the valley down there?"
"Because," Edda answered. "It's time."
"What do you mean? You have to stop -- there's thousands of people down there. They'll die if you keep going!"
"Perhaps it is time for that, too," Edda replied, betraying no emotion. "You were never supposed to come. I wish you hadn't come. Not to this place."
"But we're here now. Can you at least tell us what's going on?"
"Is that all you want?" Edda ran his fingers along the wall; a hatch opened, and he took a cup of steaming liquid from it, caressing the mug in his spindly mechanical fingers. "I thought you wanted me to stop it, too."
"Well. Yes," David allowed. "We're very confused, Edda."
"I'll tell you the truth," their host said, and pointed languidly to a table and the chairs around it. "But you will not interfere."
"I can't promise that."
Edda gave the retriever a mirthfully aged look. "It wasn't a negotiation. You can't stop what has begun. Only I can. I said I would tell you the truth, and you would not interfere. That is true. Sit."
Leon and David sat; Sabel's armor made that difficult, and the spitz elected to remain standing. Edda understood, and didn't judge. For his part, his legs split into a four-legged stool of sorts, on which he rested.
"You've seen the replicators in use. They can make anything. Food, clothing -- artificial body parts, when the ones biology gave us finally become tired." He pointed to his own, in case they might not have noticed the smooth metal struts and glowing crystalline supports. "Do you know where they came from?"
David felt the question would not have been so leading if the answer was intended to be truly mysterious. "You made them," the retriever guessed. "Originally."
"Yes. We made them, many centuries ago. I knew the couple responsible for inventing the very first replicator. That was the moment everything changed. We could have anything we wanted. Anything we could conceive of was ours at a moment's notice. You can imagine what happened..." He took a slow drink from his mug, looking at the three Terrans and waiting for their reply.
"With that kind of machine to answer your every whim, your civilization stagnated. You never progressed beyond that point." David wasn't quite in the mood for guessing games -- a clock was still ticking -- but he thought that this, too, was obvious. The modern-day inhabitants of the planet were subdued, and diminutive, and unquestioning. "You sabotaged yourselves by removing any sort of... *need*."
Edda took another drink. He stayed silent, but his eyes drifted in Leon's direction. He stared.
*Why is he looking at me?* the shepherd thought. *Does he want* my *guess? He doesn't want to know what I think. He can't want to know what I think -- right?*
"What do you think, warrior?"
Put on the spot, the shepherd splayed his ears. "Uh..."
"Tell me," Edda prompted.
"The opposite. The ones who invented it realized they had unlimited power. Rather than using their invention to usher in a utopia, they used it to become wealthy."
"And why not?" Edda asked. "*They* invented it."
David was as shocked as Leon that the shepherd's guess had been accurate. "But you could've done so much more. You could've turned this planet into a paradise for everyone with that technology..."
"*Why*? The little people, the crawling masses begging for their handouts -- they couldn't have come up with it. And it wasn't our responsibility to feed them just because they were feeble and incompetent. We took advantage of them the way you'd take advantage of your flock, or your herd of cattle."
"The rich grew richer," Leon said. "The poor grew poorer..."
"They were only there to drag us down. And when they could drag us down no further..."
"They rebelled," the shepherd finished.
"There were many of them, and few of us. Even despite our great advantages, they almost won. When it had settled, those of us who remained decided it would never happen again. We indoctrinated them. The replicators became... a religion, more than a technology. We forbid them from leaving their Districts, telling them they would become ill if they did so. When, after the first few times, disaster visited any explorers, they learned their lesson."
"And now, none of them know anything different." David heard himself saying the words, but it was hard to accept they might be true. The scale of what was being described staggered the retriever.
"We still needed them for mining the few resources the replicators can't synthesize. When the stockpiles in the valleys started to run dry, my colleagues attempted to lure the residents out -- but they wouldn't go; the superstition is too strong. In the end they created the expectation that, one day, a savior from the stars would arrive."
"Us." David swallowed.
"Yes. They never did. Our planet is far from anything interesting. Once, I thought we would leave it -- I thought the replicators would give us what we needed. They can make extremely sophisticated parts, as you see. By then it was too late, though."
"Where are the others? Your colleagues?"
"Dead." Edda said the word with chilling finality. "They are dead."
"You killed them."
"After a fashion. What we did was horrible. We thought we were gods, and our hubris destroyed this planet and all the potential it might've had. I have kept the machines running as best I can for five hundred years -- such penance as I may offer. The cryosleep pods my colleagues occupied had many... useful... raw materials. I am the last one."
"Why destroy the city, then, if you've sacrificed so much already?"
"They know that you exist. As long as they know that, they have reason to believe that help will come from elsewhere to save them from themselves. Our *only* hope is to banish that, cruel as it may seem. The machines are running down, Commander Bradley. One day, with or without me, they will stop altogether."
He paused, and waved his fingers in the direction of the building's door. It opened on a surprised Madison May, with Felicia Beltran and Barry Schatz at her side. "Glad to see you made it out," David said. "This is Edda."
"Edda," May echoed.
"I created the machines," Edda explained. "You cannot keep them going."
"'Created'? You said you *knew* the people who created the machines."
As the door closed, Edda turned from it so he could face David again. "My partner was the last person I unplugged. It's time that this ended."
"It is," the golden retriever agreed. "But you can't make that choice."
Madison May felt she was in the dark, and she didn't like that one bit. "What choice? You're creating the earthquakes, too?"
"To remove any trace of your visit. So they can be free, at long last. We lived in that valley. That's where I started all this. It's fitting that it be where I end it, too."
"You can't," David said. "You're absolutely right that they can't go on forever. And you're right they're going to need to learn how to live on their own, without you guiding them. But don't you see that by destroying that city, you're doing exactly what you claim to oppose? Let them choose, Edda. Set them free by *allowing* them to be free."
"The risk is too great. Another ship could come by, and give them another century of respite. I'd hoped this would be the end -- things are already breaking down. They're beginning to trade amongst themselves outside the demands of the calendar. They're learning that other cities can provide what their own machines cannot."
"You said you maintain the replicators, though. You could stop. They'd run down on their own, one at a time... maybe the 4th District lasts a bit longer than the others, now. Maybe it'll be where they begin to rebuild. On their own. Without you."
"Will they? Do you believe that? Do you believe those people you interacted with will ever understand what this really was?"
"I have faith in all people, Edda," David insisted. "All people have potential. Everyone can be redeemed. You've been doing your part -- you called it 'penance.' Maybe the last piece of that is... letting go."
Edda's expression had the weariness of every last year of his existence. His shoulders sagged; the light in his artificial parts dimmed. "Maybe." He flexed the fingers on his biological hand. "Very well. It is stopped. Even they will be able to rebuild anything broken."
"They'll learn. They still have the spark of what you were, once."
"Maybe." The second time he said it, though, Edda sounded far less convinced. "You should go now."
"We just got here," May spoke up. "Why would we --"
"Because this is my house. And you were my guests. I'm saying you should go." Edda raised his hand, if not his voice: the door sprung open, and cold air flooded the room. He didn't say anything else.
Madison May took the copilot's seat in the shuttle, next to Lieutenant Parnell. "What's that other ship? How'd Dave get down here?"
"Must've found it lying around in the shuttlebay," the wolf answered. "It's an old Vostok. A museum piece, ma'am."
"Can you fly it?"
"No. I wouldn't even know where to begin." It lifted off before them, dazzling the two with the glare of its thrusters. "But it still works, huh? That's pretty neat." Parnell brought their own craft aloft more sedately, keeping the building before them in view.
May and Parnell were both staring at it when the bungalow started to crumble. Little sparks flew from the stone, kicked up along with the dust that the mountain winds swept away in an instant. "Are we in danger?"
"No." The wolf backed them away just in case, but whatever was destroying the building did so without any fuss to its surroundings. No more than fifteen seconds later, all that remained lay in a flat, featureless heap. "I don't even know what happened..."
David explained all he could, at a staff meeting in the captain's ready room. The 4th District seemed to be stable, from their orbital observations, but the *Dark Horse* was no longer able to contact them. The radio dish had been destroyed, just like Edda's residence.
"What happens when they run out of tungsten again?" May asked. "They're trapped in that valley. If they leave it, they become fatally ill."
"Edda said it was all part of their mythology, designed to keep them there."
"But we *saw* what happened."
"Well. Not quite, captain." Everyone in the room turned to look at Barry. "I tried to tell you on the planet. The captain of that airship was fine, physically. I couldn't detect anything wrong. I think it was psychosomatic. A learned behavior."
"They *learned* to become ill if they left the comfort of their homes?" When the akita said it out loud, it didn't actually sound as ridiculous as she'd thought at first. "Well, they'd fit in with the Terran Confederation, I guess."
"The more they leave their homes, the more they'll realize they actually *can*," David said. "Like us, if you're continuing the metaphor."
Back on the bridge, after the meeting was over, Madison May leaned over to her first officer. "Do you think we could ever become like that, Dave?"
"Like what?" he asked.
"Complacent. Dependent on machines like that. Happy to stay in some little town until we starve to death because we're afraid of leaving. How's that saying go? Earth is the cradle of mankind, but we can't live forever in a cradle?"
"Did you *ever* stay in your cradle, Maddy?"
The akita smiled, quite guiltlessly. "No."
"I think we'll be fine."
Satisfied for the moment -- but *only* for the moment -- she turned from him to look forward, where their orbit was carrying them into the planet's nightfall. Their course had already been laid in. "Engage the hyperdrive, Lieutenant Parnell. To the stars -- full speed ahead." |
Skater Rat - Pilot by WhimsicalSquirrel | The first "Episode" of my Skater Rat series, which follows the life of an inner-city rat, who, as a result of his species, is distrusted and marginalized by society. His name is Ely (That's pronounced E-Lee) and he lives with his self medicating mother in a dreary apartment. Also, getting just a | [
"Alcohol",
"Drugs",
"Fox",
"Rat",
"Squirrel",
"skateboarding",
"skating"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1151567-skater-rat-pilot | *People walk by and I guess they already know me even though I never seen them before. I almost think I should say hi if they're so sure about it, I'm starting to remember some of their faces, but some of them all look the same. I can't afford nice jeans lady, and if I could I wouldn't waste it on pants, I'd buy a pizza for me and mom. Still I'm not trying to get whatever you have, it can't be much if you're walking past me.*
The black permanent marker twirled skillfully between his fingers while he baked uncaringly beneath the warm, afternoon sun. The only thing to see from the apartment building stoop upon which he sat was the similar building across the street, the main difference being that their building still had a few patches of grass. He kept his fleshy tail raised off of the ground so it wouldn't burn on the cement, but his well-scarred bare-skinned feet were tough enough to handle it by now.
The girl who was always pregnant came out of the door, stepping down the steps, this time managing to avoid pushing the rat over.
"'Scuse me," the female weasel of some sort would say like she always did. And like he always did, Ely didn't respond to her or really even look. She was no doubt heading for the bus stop at the end of the street. She hadn't gotten a ride anywhere since she got knocked up the first time from what Ely could tell but he couldn't offer her a lift either, not that he would if he could. Her infrequent visits to door 102 left them with a faint knowledge of each other's existence when either she or his mother were out of supplies and were friends for that hour. But Ely was usually outside on the stoop.
With a glance to the cement barrier to his right, the grey-patched rat whom many had mistaken as black and white furred noticed a beetle of some kind crawling down the incline. Taking advantage of fleeting and modest forms of entertainment whenever he could, Ely would lay the marker down along the barrier in an attempt to persuade the insect to climb aboard. The bug would decline the invite, making many turns and detours around the writing instrument as Ely repeatedly lifted and placed it in front of the beetles new path. After a time the beetle was finally convinced to give the marker a try, climbing onto the back end of it while the rodent slowly lifted the marker closer to his eyes to study the bug. He spun the marker to keep the tiny creature in view as it tried to scurry out of sight, and this continued until the familiar sound of wheels scratching across the sidewalk penetrated his left, fleshy ear. Ely turned in the corresponding direction to see the red-furred squirrel gliding closer and closer, pumping his leg to propel the skateboard below him forward.
The rat turned his attention back to the marker, expelling a sudden burst of air from his mouth to blow the beetle away before pocketing the instrument. The squirrel skidded to a stop beside the stoop before snatching up the board and peering up at the other rodent.
"Hey Ely," Spencer greeted, blinking. Blinking a lot, like he did.
Ely's eyes, which many thought to be entirely black, merely stared forward as he nodded in acknowledgment.
"Jeez, it's hot today," observed the squirrel as he climbed the first few stairs of the stoop, settling into a lean against the barrier. His head snapped in the direction of all the various, urban sounds, his instinctual side warning him of potential danger while his logical side reminded him that it was noisy yet benign.
"Sorry I'm sorta late."
The skateboard which rested upon Ely's knees bounced around as it absorbed the twitching of his legs.
"Where's the Fox," Ely inquired.
"Oh, yeah, I talked to Casey, he said he didn't know if he was coming today."
"But you did see him."
"Well...yeah, yeah, I got a little bit of stuff, you know...it's no big deal." More blinks.
The rat let out a breath before taking a glance toward Spencer. The small squirrel responded with a large, fleeting grin, a common quirk of his. He would speak again.
"You ready?"
Ely's long fingers wrapped around the center of his board's trucks as he rose from the stoop, stretching just a bit. He trotted down to the sidewalk while Spencer followed, watching as his rat friend dropped the board on the ground and pulled off his tattered t-shirt before tossing it up to the top of the stoop. Remaining were his bluish-grey jeans, cut off just below the knees, and an old belt strapping the truncated pants to the rodent's slender body.
"Uh, don't you want to hold on to that?" asked a confused Spencer, motioning toward the discarded shirt.
"It'll be there when I get back. I don't think nobody wants it."
"Well...what if a bum walks by and takes it?" pondered Spencer as he stepped onto his skateboard.
In a swift single motion, Ely flipped the board upside down onto the top of his fleshy feet before leaping up and flipping the deck back onto its wheels, landing on top of it.
"Then I guess he needs it more than me."
The grating sound of the wheels against the concrete scratched out into the air and the rat took off. From behind him, Spencer quickly followed. The red-furred rodent didn't really know where they'd go, he usually just followed Ely, since the rat knew the area much better. Spencer had taken the bus that stopped a few blocks away, his parents would never drop him off here if he asked for a ride. Hell, he'd never get out of the house if they knew he was headed here. He'd invited Ely to his side of town once but it was short lived. Spencer's neighborhood had a few nice flower islands to grind on but the community itself didn't take kindly to skateboarders, and clearly had no idea how to handle rats. Spencer's mother repeatedly lamented the family's tarnished image after Spencer's infractions alongside Ely.
Upon passing by the corner store, Ely popped up the board, slamming it into the red and brown bricks of the building. The resulting impact flipped the board back under his feet quite nicely. Spencer watched this from behind the rat, always amused at what he had come to think of as a signature trick by his friend. For the time being the squirrel would keep things simple with a shoveit followed by a short but sweet manual. Before they could roll too far beyond the little store, Spencer's board skidded to a powersliding stop.
"Yo, wait up, Ely."
The white and dark grey-furred rodent immediately kicked his skateboard up into his paws, trotting to a stop just over ten feet in front of Spencer. He would turn to look at Spencer, awaiting more information.
"I just want to stop in and grab a soda," explained the squirrel, moving closer to the stoop of the store.
Ely offered a single nod as Spencer yanked his wallet out of his baggy, skating jeans by the chain.
"What kind do you want?" Spencer asked before stepping inside.
"I'm fine."
"Come on, you know I can't just go in there and get myself one and nothing for you, it's rude."
"It's fine," reiterated the soft voice of Ely.
"Look, we argue about this all the time, Ely. I'm not gonna go in there and come out with nothing for you."
The shirtless rodent let out a breath, looking away in his mild frustration. It was true that they struggled with this issue every time. Trouble was, Spencer only did this with Ely. Being destitute was something he could deal with, but being pitied was somewhat annoying. But it would be easier now to just go along with it so they could start skating again.
"You know what I like," conceded Ely with a sigh.
"Alright, cool," confirmed Spencer, as he hopped on into the store.
While the other rodent disappeared into the establishment, Ely took the opportunity to retrieve his portable cassette player from the pocket of his cut-offs. A click of the black button on the far right opened up the deck so that the rat could flip over the tape inside. The ear buds were old but functional. They weren't designed for ears like his but he could make them work, usually by wrapping them around the base of his ears once. With the lid snapped shut again, the play button soundly struck, old school hip-hop filled the listening sense of the young rodent. He didn't mind the warped sound. Honestly, to him it wouldn't sound right without it. A cop car rolled to a stop at the sign of the same designation. The skunk at the wheel gave Ely a look. The car behind him wanted very much to proceed but the cop couldn't help but to stall. Was it just him, or was that rat being sort of...rattish? In time the car lurched ahead slowly before disappearing behind the block.
Inside the store, Spencer stopped in front of the cooler, scanning the shelves for something good. Whatever he would get, it would be diet. On the rare occasion that his mother allowed soda in the house, it was always diet, and full-sugar pop was just too sweet for him, now. He knew that rotting his teeth on the stuff wasn't a great idea...but it wasn't the worst decision he'd make that day. After a short while, the little squirrel opened the case and grabbed two soda bottles before heading to the counter of the dimly lit corner store. The deli items didn't interest Spencer at all but the deli case was a quirky little thing for him to glance at, having no such places in his neighborhood.
Upon arriving at the counter, which came up to about the squirrel's chest, he placed the sodas on the counter, awaiting them to be rung.
"Anything else for you today?" asked the pattern-adorned feline in a foreign accent.
Larger felines had a way of making the small rodent nervous but he'd seen this one enough times before to be used to it. That aside, Spencer glared longingly at the rolling papers beyond the counter. He was tempted to ask about them...but this guy would probably card him. Adulthood escaped the young male by just under a year. It seemed doubtful that Ely would be happy to come in and purchase the items for him. Too bad Casey wasn't here.
Spencer shook his head. "This should do it."
"Alright, alright."
Spencer looked on while the clerk would input the prices into the old register. The squirrel was always amused that this little store didn't even have a price scanner. When the fierce-eyed feline finished, he pointed a long, sharp claw toward the display. Three dollars, sixty-four cents.
The track currently emanating into Ely's ear was one of the better ones so the rat hoped they could get skating again soon. Once again, a cop car rolled to a stop at the corner, and the guy inside looked Ely up and down. Same car. They always look twice.
Spencer offered the clerk a five. Sure, it was more expensive than it would be elsewhere...but he was helping out a local business in a struggling neighborhood...he was helping, doing his part, right?
The register went "ding" and soon the red-furred squirrel was being given his change.
"Thanks much," he said as he pocketed the bills and coins.
"Thank you," responded the clerk.
Spencer scurried toward the door now, pushing it open and re-entering the heat of the outside as a squad car sped away. There he saw his rat friend holding the tail of his board down with his foot, nibbling away at an itch on his upper right arm. Ely was a biter, something Spencer had been taught was improper etiquette. For Ely, however, he had been raised by a biter.
"Here dude," chittered Spencer, offering one of the bottles to Ely.
The rat removed one of the ear buds from his ear, and took the bottle with reluctance. Spencer opened his own and took a large drink. The way the squirrel took in liquid was always worth a second glance, his free arm going completely motionless, his eyes going a little wider, and those fast, repeating gulps that almost made it look as if he was chewing on the lip of the bottle...it's what those twitchy types are prone to. When finished, the squirrel boy nodded toward Ely.
"That's the kind you wanted right?"
"Yeah, it's fine."
He always wanted one of those sodas with a 'Dr.' or 'Mr.' in the name, thought Spencer, which is exactly how he shopped for the rat. Ely had tried many. Today's was a name brand which was okay, but he had learned that some of his favorites were the generic brands. They probably had to try harder, after all. One problem with having a bottle of soda in his possession was that now he had to deal with holding on to it while skating or drink it all now. He probably should have just told that to Spencer, it might have been an easier sell. Cracking the seal, the grey and white rodent decided that it made sense to drink some now so it would be lighter in his pocket. Spencer, despite being a little guy, could drink like a fish, so his bottle was already two-thirds of the way gone.
"Ugh, I wish I could have DROVE over here," lamented Spencer after giving the bottle a break from his mouth. "But mom still won't let me get a license. I've been old enough for over a year but she says 'I think you should wait, when you're more mature you'll be safer.' It's crud. What's immature about me? I haven't done anything dumb...nothing she knows about, at least. She's so annoying sometimes, totally ruining my life."
Ely looked out at the intersection, nodding to confirm he at least heard his friend's familiar complaint.
"It must be great to have an I.D. You can buy whatever you want without them being annoying about it."
Ely shrugged. "I don't buy nothing with it. Except cigarettes for mom a couple times."
"Still, I bet it's cool."
Ely took a few more sips. It was good on a hot day, but he knew he wasn't going to finish the bottle right now. He slipped it into his right pocket before dropping the skateboard under his foot back down to all four wheels.
"You ready to go?" asked Spencer.
Ely responded by taking off down the sidewalk, down the turn of the corner store. Spencer hastily pocketed his soda bottle and pumped after the rat. They would roll about halfway up the block before Ely would make a kickflip off the curb look far too effortless. Spencer followed with a simple ollie into the currently empty street, accented by a pivot to switch his stance. Ely hopped he and his board up onto the sidewalk across the street with ease, while Spencer did the same, but only clearing the curb by inches. He'd need to work on his switched stance.
Up ahead, Ely clutched the tape player in his left paw while he swerved along the sidewalk, easily passing by the occasional pedestrian without a flinch. A quick shoveit into a short tail slide put him back in the street for a short moment before another kickflip placed him back on the sidewalk, all while the warm, aged sound of his music made the homogeneous scenery which surrounded him appear just a little bit more interesting. An upcoming traffic light set to the wrong color would halt his momentum, forcing the rodent to skid to another stop. Within seconds, Spencer would pull up beside him, taking the opportunity to indulge in another swallow of soda.
"So," Spencer began, "how's your mom?"
Ely shrugged and took off again as the light turned green. They would continue going straight for now, until Ely decided what their ultimate destination was, assuming there was one. For the time being he would pull an impressive double kickflip into a manual before snapping out into a 360 flip. Behind him, Spencer performed a series of shoveits, alternating clockwise and counter-clockwise rotations.
Upon reaching the next crossing, Ely turned left, down a large and fast hill, with Spencer following after him. Here, there would be no tricks, just acceleration. The speeds could grow to be rather intense, and maintaining one's control would be a losing effort for most. As the two rodents built higher and higher speeds, Spencer recalled the occasion on which Ely had nearly collided with a moving vehicle. At the hill's base, a car would pass from the left when the rat had no prayer or interest in safely slowing. All the same he was startled to see the vehicle and popped a quick ollie in the final periphery of adequate time. The end result was a quick plant on the hood of the car and a very angry motorist. Ely sped away from the scene, lest a confrontation take place or law enforcement become involved. Spencer had also recounted on how the driver attempted to follow them, but to no avail as the mobile duo swiveled their foot-propelled vehicles in different directions, slipping away from the indignant driver.
"Ely...that was totally awesome," Spencer remembered saying after the fact. Ely, of course, just shrugged.
This time, however, the high-speed drop went off with zero problems and plenty of velocity. Spencer usually slowed himself just a bit every few feet, which was possible for him as he was wearing shoes. They looked sort of dumb as most shoes did, but they kept the flesh on his feet. Ely would skate completely barefoot, and had all the frightening scars and scraps to prove it. Spencer appreciated his friend's toughness but certainly didn't aspire to it.
After significant time of aimless skating, Ely would eventually settle on a destination, and a familiar one. A nearby, rundown playground boasted an impressive stair set with a delectable railing down the middle.
"I love this thing," chittered Spencer with swooning appreciation. "It's way better than the one at the actual skate park, isn't that stupid?"
Ely and Spencer trotted up the stairs, planting and skipping their feet upon the hot cement. The center railing was well scratched from their previous visits, although the paint had been long since scraped away prior to their first stops here. The peak of the stairway featured a long, straight path which stretched into the center of the park, splitting off into several other paths leading toward the jungle gym, picnic tables, baseball diamond, and other once-lovely spots. It was clear that at one time in history, the city had high hopes for this place, but now there was nary a child to be found on many days, although the occasional drug dealer could be present.
At least the path served as a sufficient runway for the two skaters to get a strong, speedy start at the railing, as the rat and squirrel reached the top of the steps. Should the railing ever bore them, the stair set was also surrounded by two very grindable walls at its base, adding to the spot's revisit value. The tough part, though, was hitting the bottom after sliding down the rail, as the sidewalk quickly became a once-grassy boulevard, now turned to mainly soil. With no grass, the patch of dirt sat just below the curb, and rolling into it with the momentum from the rail was notorious for causing the front wheels to clip the slightly elevated concrete, leading to trips and the occasional faceplant.
"I'll go first," insisted the squirrel as he hopped back onto his board and pumped forward. He would roll for about thirty feet before stopping and turning. In this direction he saw the rat trotting into the overgrown grass, clearing the runway for Spencer's attempt.
With no obstacles other than his own potential limitations before him, Spencer would take off, stomping four good pumps into the ground, bending his knees and lowering his body in anticipation for the upcoming ollie. It popped with just the right height and the rodent was now gliding just above the surface of the railing before his back trucks would come to a shaky landing on the rail. Spencer's arms immediate rose into the air to maintain this increasingly delicate balance as he slid down the beam. He had nearly lost it by the time he reached the bottom, but would ultimately find the end of the rail, he and his skateboard landing correctly on the sidewalk below. He just barely managed to break as he reached the dirt boulevard, but found himself still upright. A fist pump would adequately commemorate the accomplishment.
"Yeah!" He'd been working on that spot for a while.
It wasn't a bad grind at all, thought Ely as he prepared for his go at the steel. The clattering of wheels echoed through the empty air, following the board being dropped to the ground before the rat climbed on. Ely waited for Spencer to make his way back up the stairs, watching while the other rodent's knees ruffled the fabric from beneath his oversized shirt on his way up. When Spencer had moved over to one side, Ely began his approach, propelling himself forward with a kind of relaxed focus.
Spencer watched his friend pop off of the concrete with a 180' kickflip, perfectly straddling the rail as the grip tape of his deck scratched its way down the rail amid a beauteous darkslide. Ely looked over his white-furred right shoulder as he slid down backwards, flipping the board back to its standard position as soon as he ran out of grinding surface. Upon hitting the concrete, he stopped dead with is own special blend of powersliding and breaking. Back up the stairs, Spencer just shook his head. As usual, no matter what the squirrel did, it just...didn't matter after the rat took his turn.
"Dude, that was awesome," praised Spencer as Ely trotted back up the steps. The 18-year old just shrugged like he always did in response.
Their little game of alternating slides continued for a time, Spencer doing a grind, Ely doing a better grind. At one point the squirrel boy had hit a crisp kickflip into a boardslide, another combination move he had been practicing for quite a while. Ely, in contrast, didn't try anything too new but had little else to try.
"How 'bout some flatlanding?" suggested Spencer, after witnessing Ely land a double kickflip out of a 50-50 from the wall.
The rat kicked up his board, and scurried up the stairs, silently acceding to the squirrel's request. Spencer followed behind the rat on the other side of the rail, the two rodents heading for the sidewalk above. Ely gave the cassette player a break for the time being, setting it in the nearby grass to avoid breaking it after reaching the top of the steps. He polished off more of his soda before also letting it rest in the grass by the tape player.
In the moments that passed, Ely would be standing on his sideways skateboard, kicking various flips out of the Primo position. With a glance back toward Spencer, he saw the squirrel standing on his own board, crouching down and gripping the sides with his paws. Ely watched while Spencer lifted his lower body slowly into the air, balancing himself on his paws, on the skateboard. Any squirrel could perform a handstand, or any other basic, acrobatic feet. Spencer was no different. But he already knew he could do it motionless, this was just a warm up.
Ely stood on another Primo, flipping into a pivoting manual before setting it down, while Spencer scooped up his wheels and trotted to the far end of the sidewalk. Ely snapped out a few more flips, repeating with pivoting manuals in between. During his revolutions, the white and grey-patched rat noticed his friend scuttling toward the end of the sidewalk. After kicking out one more flip, he moved out of Spencer's path.
After reaching his desired position, Spencer turned to see his runway, thinking hard about what he would attempt. The skateboard clattered onto the ground before the squirrel's foot rested lightly upon the grip tape. Like this he slowly rocked the board back and forth. After a few more moments of mental preparation, he pumped twice, building to a gentle glide. As the wheels rolled along, he once again squatted down low, planting his paws onto the skateboard. From the distance, Ely gazed on as Spencer slowly lifted his legs into the air as the skateboard continued to roll. For a moment, he had it, a moving handstand. Spencer's boisterous tail held its position to aide the squirrel in balance while he inched closer to Ely, but he soon began to lose control of his skateboard's trajectory. Realizing he didn't have much time, Spencer tried to set his feet back down, but before he could get them more than two-thirds of the way down, the deck would flip onto its side, sending the little rodent crashing awkwardly onto the pavement. He landed painfully onto his knuckles and shoulder, the force of the bail causing his board to skid away. Ely bit his lower lip in reaction to the fall.
"Ow," was all the squirrel had to say on the preceding event.
As Spencer began brushing himself off, the fleshy feet of Ely came into his view. The rat offered a paw to the squirrel, helping him off of the hot concrete.
"Thanks...aw, jeez," lamented Spencer, seeing that some blood crept through the fur on his elbow.
Determined perhaps to a fault, the small rodent scooped up his board scurried right back down the sidewalk to try again, having absorbed much more debilitating injuries in the past. He was a tough little squirrel, even if his parents were totally ruining his life.
While Spencer repositioned himself, Ely headed over to his belongings, finally looking to enjoy some more of his soda. It was getting hot out, after all. While taking in the bubbled liquid, Ely scanned the dilapidated playground. As usual, no children. There was a palpable loneliness to a deserted swing set, knowing it was crafted with the intention of a mild joy to fill out the day, now left to rust in the wake of children who wouldn't give it so much faith. Ely had known many homes throughout the eighteen years of his life, and for lack of other options other than skating, had spent time amounting to months at the nearest playgrounds. By far, this one was the more derelict. Chipped paint competed with splintered wood for prevalence. Sand felt nice between the toes but glass unaccounted for kept anybody nearby from knowing. The only thing keeping this one standing was likely that it went forgotten by city officials.
Just as well. Ely wasn't big on crowds.
The sound of Spencer collapsing in on himself again brought Ely back to focus again.
"Crap," spat the foul-mouthed Spencer, slapping the ground in frustration. "I'll never freaking get it."
The reddish-brown rodent mounted a pained effort toward getting to his knees, compulsively brushing himself off again, forgetting that his skating clothes weren't his school clothes. As he did this, a strong, brown-furred paw grabbed the squirrels arm, yanking him up to an upright position, causing the little squirrel to let out a startled chitter. That a much larger being now stood over him did nothing to sooth his preyish nervousness but at least he knew this one.
"Damn Spence, you keep cracking your head like that, pretty soon you'll be one of those retards."
"Oh...hey Casey," greeted Spencer, looking up at the red fox. "I thought you weren't coming?"
"Yeah, I wasn't doing nothing better so figured on rolling over this way, let you guys hang out with me awhile."
After declaring his generosity, the dark plaid-shirted fox thrust Spencer's skateboard back into his arms.
"Heh, cool."
Casey glanced over toward Ely, offering an indifferent stare and a single nod.
"Rat."
The rat in reference offered nothing in return, simply turn to grab his tape player again, knowing which sound would be far superior.
Casey let out a snort of air through his nose, summing up a usual greeting between those particular individuals. Slowly, his dark-bordered eyes listed lazily over toward Spencer again, the more agreeable of the two rodents.
"Where's your board?" Spencer asked, noting the barren nature of Casey's paws.
Casey nodded over his shoulder, toward the stair set. "Over there, kiddo."
The sound of Ely's board snapping into more flips pierced the air again, as the young rodent continued on without the others.
"Yeah, Ely and I are just doing some flat landing, so come on," invited the friendly squirrel.
He earned a raised brow from Casey. "Flatlanding? So you're just...jumpin' up and down, and shit. That's all flat landing is, and what...standin' on two wheels."
After landing primo following a 360-flip, Ely kicked a varial-double kickflip into yet another primo before slipping into a casper.
Casey gestured toward the rat. "...And that."
"Flatland's awesome dude, let's go!"
Spencer scuttled over toward early to rejoin the skate session. The handstands...he'd take a break from those.
"Yeah, I'll catch up," Casey muttered, withdrawing his 100's from his shirt. From the pocket of his frayed jeans came the green lighter and predictably, from the box came the cigarette. One spark, two sparks, three would do it. The bland, stale air of the dead playground was replaced with the flavorful, thick version of oxygen the fox tended to prefer. Not his favorite of course, but it would suffice here.
Casey relaxed with his snack while watching the two rodents go at it on the boards. Yeah, the rat ain't bad. But that's because he's got nothing better to do. Spence was all caught up in kid's stuff...he wasn't bad either, but between school, that wuss neighborhood of his and that obnoxious little girl he was chasing around...kid's stuff.
Casey's always standing around, Spencer thought while attempting quick indy grabs off the ground. He'd seen the fox skate before, but it was like when he first met him at the skate park on Spencer's side of town, Casey had been standing there, in the corner of the fenced area, skateboard kicked up under his foot...but he didn't skate, he smoked, and...watched. Not too many days later, the the red fox had returned to the park, this time with booze in tow, still watching, not hitting a single ramp. It was enough to eventually pique the interest of a few of the skaters, mostly the ones too young to acquire beer and smokes on their own. Of course, it went south pretty quickly when they trusted him with their allowance.
No beer today though, as Casey continued to watch Ely and Spencer do their thing. The 23-year old had only acquired money since Spencer visited him about an hour or so earlier, and had yet to make it over to Beer Mart II (since the first one had burned down). The girl he'd been staying with was out of drinks as well, along with most other things. It was time to find another chick to crash with, probably. Thank god for his looks.
The little plastic bag inside Spencer's pocket crinkled just a bit as he went for a double heelflip, but ultimately landing with only one foot on the board, technically a miss. A glance toward the baseball diamond reminded him of a dumb photo of himself, taken when he played tee-ball, which was currently attached to the stainless steel refrigerator at home, most likely in an attempt to make him hate his life. He had to hold up the little bat and everything...whatever, clearly nobody had played tee-ball at this baseball diamond in years. There was really no reason to call it a 'baseball diamond' at this point, more like...baseball dirt.
After a nice, long drag, Casey blew the smoke from his black nose, before snuffing out the cigarette on the side of his neck. With still half of it left, he dropped it conservatively back into the pack with its remaining peers.
"Alright," he exhaled to himself as he turned and scraped up his old skateboard. He strutted toward the other two rodents, adequately prepared to do some skating.
"Dude, how do you do that?" asked Spencer as Casey approached.
"Hm?"
"That thing, where you burn out the cigarette on your neck...doesn't that hurt?"
Casey smirked a little, having successfully impressed the 17-year old. "Eh, when you grow up you might be able to do it too."
Spencer would blink and try to shrug away the fox's condescension, as he usually did. Casey brushed by the squirrel, tossing his skateboard onto the concrete. He placed an old shoe-clad foot on the board's grip tape, rolling it back and forth a bit. Yes...the wheels definitely spun.
Casey took a few modest pumps along the sidewalk, aimed toward the back of the park. He crouched for...a while, before snapping out an ollie. The height wasn't much but he landed it okay, a decent warm up. A slow pivot back the other way had him facing the two rodents again. Casey spun a shoveit that went most of the way around, enough to keep him upright, but altering his trajectory. He came to a full stop, carefully focusing the positioning of his feet now. An attempted kickflip sent him into the air, but he'd land sideways on the board. The fox stayed on his feet but the board ended up upside down, the kickflip, missed.
"Piece'a shit," the fox muttered, kicking the board upright again. "Hey, this place is crap. Let's hit Bramm's."
Spencer set down a manual and turned to face the red-furred skater. "But there's barely anything there."
"What the hell are you talking about, Squirrel? It's got that ramp. And the lot's wide open, you guys said you wanted to flatland, you can flatland your asses off in that lot."
"Yeah...I guess,"
"Come on, let's go," urged Casey, slapping Spencer's petite shoulder as he trotted past the squirrel.
The passive Spencer glanced toward Ely, whom continued to freestyle, oblivious to the apparent change of plans while heavy beats guided his wheels. Spencer approached the rat who was turned away, and tapped his furry shoulder. As he usually did, Ely snapped his body back toward the source of the touch with skittish abruptness, a common trait among city rats. By now Spencer knew not to be too close. Ely removed one of the ear buds, awaiting whatever news his smaller friend may have had.
"Casey wants to head over to that factory."
Ely blinked.
"So...whaddya think? Is that cool with you?"
The rat glanced over toward the stairs, where Casey waited impatiently.
"Hey, come on, you guys gonna get with it or what? Spence! Get your scrawny ass going!"
After offering his friend a sheepish smile, Spencer picked up his board and scurried toward Casey.
"Yeah sure," conceded the squirrel. Yes, Casey was pushy, and ribbed on the squirrel a lot and was...kind of a jerk, but he seemed like a good guy underneath that. Probably.
Ely just stared at Spencer has he approached Casey. Humoring the fox was something Ely never took a profound interest in. Spencer, well...he was a nice boy. And therefore, easy.
The squirrel glanced back toward Ely, who hadn't moved at all.
"Ely...you coming?"
The earbud nested back into the rat's ear. Whatever. Still had to fill out the day.
There on the couch sat a female rat, wearing a glazed over look on her white face with black patches of fur above her eyes, accented with gold-colored piercings. More black patches could be found elsewhere on her body, but only those who paid to see them knew where, even she didn't look the mirror enough to know for sure or care. That girl with the feel-better liquid was gone but the brown bottles remained so the late afternoon wasn't yet a bad one. There was no sound in here, though plenty of bumps and thumps from the apartment above could be heard, little kids, angry lovers or just impaired people like her who didn't have the sense to be sitting.
Beer in one paw, .45 in the other. In her mind it seemed like a bad idea to put fresh prints on it, but she couldn't help but just...look at it sometimes. A symbolic tool, this aged thing brought a new life, however drab it was, at the cost of another, and that was surreal, given how it just sits there most of the time. A swig. There were only about four more of these bottles but there were also only about four more eggs in the refrigerator. Technically she was no longer bound to motherhood but whatever told her to give the powder a rest nearly two decades ago was also telling her that perhaps she'd best live with just four bottles for now. Of course, she'd started in on the needles about six years ago, but by then the boy was old enough to cook his own eggs. If there were any left.
A couple hours ago, she was certain somebody was going to come break down that door, charge at her, and she'd be unable to stop them from doing whatever they wished with her. She was too small to defend herself, or she was guilty and cornered. Or perhaps both. But that was a couple of hours ago. Several bottles and a shot later...there was nobody there. Anyone close to her was in their apartment, or out at the store, but they couldn't care less about what was happening in here.
Another gulp. The boy's outside. She'd envied him.
Three skaters swerved into the empty parking lot. Ely skidded to a stop and surveyed the barren but familiar area. The windows of the Bramm's factory overlooked many of the shorter, surrounding buildings. Most of them had been busted out by rocks and boredom. The 'ramp,' as described by Casey, was actually a sloped walkway up to the elevated side door, and an extensive landing, adequate for a narrow runway, although it removed any chance of the incline before it making a good kicker ramp. The sides of it could be hit with a grind, at least. After that...nothing, really. Just the parking lot, and assorted glass, trash, and crumbled concrete.
"Check this out," urged Casey, skating toward the ramp with intense speed.
Spencer watched and Ely looked in some other direction while Casey jumped off of his skateboard to climb the incline. When on the landing, he reboarded, and beamed a focus glare toward his target, the adjacent wall. A few pumps got him moving at his usual high speed and the fox crouched, preparing to lift off.
Ely started kicking out some flips while his music continued to play. He knew what Casey would do and didn't need a reminder.
Just as Casey was nearing the edge of the walkway the snap of his board's kicktail rang out as the fox went airborne. The torn knees of his jeans bend and the white wheels of his skateboard flattened against the building wall, as Casey pulled off a gravity-defying wallride, scratching the vertical concrete for an exquisite length, lightly running his fingers against the wall as he went. Nearing the ground, he'd disconnect from the wall and slam his wheels down, landing the trick. He continued to ride forward at a leisurely pace, making several gestures meant to denote success.
"Awesome wallride, Casey," Spencer congratulated.
"Yeah, I know," confirmed a modest Casey. The fox's wallrides were always good, thanks in large part to his superior speed.
Spencer took off toward the wall, although didn't have the courage to try the elevated platform. Facing away from the wall, he'd pull off his own, mini backside wallride about a foot off the ground. The landing was solid, and he'd roll away without a problem. Casey raised a brow at the little wallride.
"Cute."
Spencer blinked and shrugged. "Yeah, well...I'm not as good as you."
"Eh, you're alright...I'm gonna hit another."
As promised, Casey went back at the ramp, climbing up the incline before taking off down the runway. As he was nailing another extensive wallride, Spencer rolled his board over toward Ely, as the rat removed one ear phone, again.
"I guess this spot's pretty cool," reasoned Spencer.
"Yes. Here we can see the Fox do the trick he's good at."
Spencer had to hide his smirk as Casey came riding back toward the two rodents. Without dismounting or stopping his skateboard, the fox withdrew his smokes again, pulling out and lighting up his half-finished cigarette from earlier. A deserved treat for a good trick. After a few puffs he took the stick between his fingers and snapped out a kickflip. With his confidence up, he landed the trick easily, and took another drag.
Spencer scooted himself over toward the walkway to have a go at it himself. His long, salmon-colored skating shirt fluttered as he scurried up the incline. At the landing he set the board flat and took off at a modest speed. One kickflip later, he'd find himself landed in a 5-0 grind along the side of the walkway. With a hard pivot to the left, he dismounted from the concrete and fell to the ground below. The landing was shaky, he almost lost it, but the little guy stayed on.
"Yeah!" he celebrated, with a fist pump.
Though he somewhat hated to actually utilize a spot Casey suggested, Ely went ahead and made his way to the ramp, rolling along the old, blistered asphalt with his music still blaring in his ear. An ollie sent him halfway up the incline before the rat smoothly transitioned to foot-travel, trotting the rest of the way up. At the landing, he dropped the board to the ground where it landed on its side. Before continuing, Ely thought it best to finish the rest of his soda. By now it was warming and more importantly, it was an annoyingly bulky distraction in his pocket. The lid untwisted, the bottle brought to his mouth, the remaining liquid ingested. He twisted the cap back on before nonchalantly chucking the bottle into the empty lot, where the plasticy sound of it clattering rang out into the air. Little Spencer wasted no time in scurrying over to the bottle and picking it up. Trash can...is there a trash anywhere near here? Well then he'd just have to put it in his pocket, can't just leave it here.
A skillful stomp on the kick tail spun his board into an impressive looking flip before Ely jumped on, landing perfectly on the grip tape. He took off for the edge, like Casey had, although he had no interest in trying to mimic the fox's wallride, wouldn't want him thinking he cares. As Ely reached the end of the runway he snapped into the air, and Spencer looked on as the board flipped one time...two times...three times...four times, seriously? A hard but solid landing followed and the skilled rodent rolled away from the ramp in an almost dismissive fashion, forgetting his tricks as soon as he landed them.
"Hey Spence, c'mere," instructed Casey, who marched toward the ramp. He flicked away his cigarette, which Spencer considered collecting from the ground but this time overlooked.
"What's up?" chittered the little rodent as he followed, loyally.
The fox planted his paws onto the concrete of the elevated walkway and vaulted himself up to a sit, turning to face the squirrel. He nodded for the squirrel to join him. Spencer was honored.
"This is your lucky day, Squirrel. Even though I just sold you some, I'm gonna share some of my shit with you."
"Oh...r-really?" went Spencer as he climbed onto the walkway with Casey.
"Yeah dude, I'm nothin' if I'm not generous. Tell your friends."
From the pocket of of the shirt under his plaid button-up, Casey withdrew a small plastic bag, similar to the one that was currently in Spencer's pocket. It looked nice and smelled even nicer.
"Oh wow, um, should we be doing this right here?" a concerned Spencer asked, looking around for witnesses.
"Chill out, nobody out here gives a shit. And I don't see anybody."
In addition to the product inside, the bag held rolling papers which Casey was quick to pull out. There on his knee, he went to work preparing a cigarette, removing stems and seeds as he went. He was an expert in form and speed, as he was soon licking the edge of the paper before rolling it up impeccably.
Ely had his back to the fox and squirrel, busy with more flatlanding. Primos, manuals, the flips in between, more skating to the music than listening while he skated. The nice thing about these old songs was that you could get two or three good runs out of one track.
Casey lit up the roll and immediately took in a cathartic inhalation. He held it for a second before the smoke came billowing out of his nose and mouth. A few big, masculine coughs later and he'd proved his adulthood to Spencer once again, he'd show why his company was the envy of juveniles looking to prove their own coming of age. Spencer was the lucky apprentice, a little guy with a shot at reaching the highest regard when the guys at school heard what he'd been doing and with who.
"Here you go squirt," offered Casey in a strained, post-puff voice, giving the joint to Spencer. The suburban rodent boy cautiously took the cigarette, looking it over in his partially-furred paw, studying it, understanding it, preparing for it.
"Come on Jack, it ain't poison," Casey urged.
"Heh, yeah," Spencer agreed, bringing it to his lips before slowly inhaling. His coughs were less impressive, squeakier, shakier, but no less satisfying.
"Jeez, that's awesome."
"Oh golly, jeez-Louise, it sure is," Casey mocked in a nasal voice before taking the cigarette back. Spencer laughed in response. It's easier just to laugh.
It was during one of his signature pivots when Ely noticed Casey and Spencer's change in activity. He took one foot off of his board and just stared, a small breath leaving his small nose. There goes Spencer, doing that thing again. That was the problem with skating with Casey. The situation would always manage to move away from skating.
"Like I said, I've got harder shit if you ever feel like growing up," Casey offered as he thrust the cigarette back toward Spencer.
"Yeah, I know...this is fine for now. I only get so much allowance."
A snort and a shake of the head from Casey.
"Even if I like, had a job, I couldn't get to it, my stupid parents won't let me have a car or even get a license. It sucks. They're so obnoxious. I'm grown up already! I'm eighteen in less than a year. I bet they'll let Callie drive whenever she wants when she's old enough. Probably just had me first so they'd have a kid to kick around to make themselves feel so...so big, then later they had the kids they really wanted, my life's a living hell but they don't care."
Casey stared forward. "Yeah. That's rough."
"And I bet they wouldn't even let me get a job, they'd say 'Oh Spencer, you're not old enough, you're not mature enough, school's more important.' I get good grades, I'm grown up. It sucks."
"Spence."
"Huh?"
"Smoke."
The squirrel obeyed, inhaling more of the rich, sociable smoke. He and the fox each swung a leg up onto the ramp upon which they sat, getting more comfortable. As Ely looked on it seemed clear that this was going to continue for quite a while, as it usually did. If the rat wanted to watch somebody systematically sabotage their body, he could do it at home. Sounded like a plan.
As Casey took in another puff, the sound of Ely taking off toward the exit of the lot prompted the fox and squirrel to look in his direction, following his quick trajectory toward the gate.
"Hey Ely," Spencer called, "Where're you going?"
"Home."
The two smokers watched as Ely turned onto the sidewalk, soon disappearing beyond the building wall.
"Fuck'm," Casey figured, smoking some more.
Ely shut the apartment door behind him, tossing his skateboard onto its side by the wall. He'd waited out most of the daylight on the steps, kicking out a few flips in front of and behind the building to pass the time, stepping inside the drab apartment only to use the bathroom or grab a quick drink. But it was best not to wait around out there when it got dark, not alone. He didn't have anything to take, but not everyone knew that, even if it seemed obvious.
Once he'd made his way into the main room, he caught site of Danny's shape on the couch. The rat flipped on the light switch, revealing that was slumped over on her left side, breathing slowly for a rat, normally for a non-rodent. It wasn't clear which bottle she had dropped from her paws when she passed out, there were about four possible candidates to choose on the floor, but in her right paw, the gun remained in a limp but sustaining grip.
Flipping the light off again, Ely used the twilight coming in from the main window to make his way over to the couch. He sat softly near her, knowing better than to make any sudden movements. Carefully, the young rat reached for the .45, removing it from his mother's paws, and setting it on the couch beside him. He'd place a paw on her shoulder, giving her a little shake. This was a delicate science. She'd be under deeper than normal, but for a rodent as skittish as she, too much would send her into a violent, hysterical awakening. A little harder, there was no reason to hurry. A little harder...there she goes.
One of Danny's blue eyes opened to the darkness, unknowingly benefiting from Ely's sense to keep the lights low for her inebriated awakening. He'd avoided a violent return to the conscious world but he could never quell that initial wide-eyed realization that somebody sat over her, and the nervous snap of the head in the direction of the potentially predacious figure. But...it was only him.
"Mama, it's time for bed," spoke Ely softly.
Danny's eyes returned to their glazed state as her eyes listed around the apartment, slowly realizing her realness. With the prompting of her son's paws on her shoulder and waist, she worked toward a clumsy rise to a sitting position. He wouldn't make her get up right away, for now she could sit and gather herself, try not to slump back over. For the time being, they'd just sit together on the couch, for whatever that was worth.
This was just a place to sleep and occasionally eat, so there was nothing for either rat to look at. They had a TV at the old place but realized they never used it. It barely came in anyway, so it was worth the twenty bucks to let the guy next door have it. Besides, Danny had her chosen activities and Ely was rarely inside. He spent a few hours a night on this couch, and then made his home on the steps outside whenever he wasn't skating.
"We need to...get some food," mumbled Danny in a rare instance of voicing her thoughts. She leaned forward on the couch to pick up the syringe on the floor, pawing the brownish carpeting a few times before she managed to get a hold of it. For rats, what had already transpired would be considered a lot of conversation, indicative of her altered state. While she was setting the needle on the table in front of them, Ely released the clip in the gun and checked it out. The ammo was still inside. No sense in emptying it, that's why it's here after all. The safety was on at least, so Ely went ahead and slid the clip back in. Danny didn't need it though. He stuffed it back into the couch, where it belonged.
The knees of the male rat straightened to a stand now, and he urged his mother to do the same. With his help she made it to her own fleshy feet (but a little furrier than his) and he slowly led her over toward the ajar bedroom door. As mother and son inched along, Danny continued her uncharacteristically talkative nature.
"Th-that girl was here...here today, a-and she said her...brother...got r-run over, and he got a...set...setta...semint...a lot of money."
Now at the bedroom door, Ely pushed it inward, continuing to walk his mother into the room. With his aide she maintained her footing and could continue musing on their financial planning.
"W-we could...we could do that," the mother rat suggested as they'd made it to the bed in the tiny bedroom. "We...just wait for a...a...a car. It werdn't...have to...to hit us or...me...or you really hard."
At her son's prompting, she crawled into the bed, immediately laying her head on the single pillow while Ely situated the thin sheet over her. She eagerly yet seemingly unknowingly wrapped herself in it, growing more comfortable in the apartment's single bed.
"I could...maybe I could do that...y-you might be better s-since you're...younger, and bigger than me b-but...I wou...wouldn't ask you to. I'd...I'd do it. B-but if you wanted to, you could...."
"Yeah Mama," Ely murmured, as he finished getting her tucked in. In this position, she pretty quickly slipped back toward an unconscious state, her heavy, fatigued eyes narrowing to a close. She was thinking, at least. Of course, gainful employment would be ideal rather than insurance fraud, but she'd been drinking. Couldn't blame her for thinking up ideas though, in about a month Ely would be out of school, and financial dead weight. She'd never say so, but he knew.
Ely quietly sneaked away from the room as his mother once again fell into a heavy, sudden sleep. The couch, his bed, was now clear, although he wasn't yet tired. Still, he came to a recumbent sit, his back to the arm, one leg extended in full, the other bent at the knee. From the pocket of his cut-offs came the black marker, which he again twirled between his fingers. He'd be offering nothing but consumption after graduation, and although he even considered flunking his senior year to give them one more year of sustainability, it was one of so very few things Danny passionately rallied behind. He would finish school; the mother rat knew she'd be garbage for the remainder of her life, and all she'd be able to do was assure that Ely was better than she was. All it took was a mortarboard and a sheet of paper saying so.
Ely glanced over to where a television might be if it weren't just a wall. He'd decided already. The day after school was over, Ely would go out and look for anybody who'd be willing to employ a rat to work near decent people. If his search for work remained relegated to his neighborhood he might be able to avoid the 'decent' qualifier, at least as far as anybody who mattered was concerned. Whatever, he wouldn't stay here and just use up whatever tiny resources remained. True, he had no vises, like Danny, to exhaust what they did have, but he hadn't earned any, either.
Sleep for a rodent never came easy for less than total fatigue, but after almost two decades of eating away at unoccupiable time, the rat had learned to just lay down and suspend himself until the next day. But even so...not yet. He got up, carefully avoided the bottles, thankful his mother had found the needle already. He slipped into the minuscule kitchenette, where one could stub their toe on either the fridge, stove, or sink base when turning recklessly from a single position. The cold water valve was twisted on; the water pressure was alright tonight. He leaned in over the sink, taking a few sips at the stream. He turned the water off, flipping the valve down and...slightly to one side. Only then could you prevent the dripping.
That was just about the end of what could be found in there at this time. The kitchen drained into the narrow space that presumably would be called a front hallway. There the rat scooped up his skateboard, taking it back into the main room. He passed the couch this time, instead setting the main window as his destination. Whatever light remained available out there illuminated his face just a bit as he set the board upside-down, wedged between the sill and his own chest. The black scribbles on the deck were just barely visible in this light. Out the window one could see the west side of the back lot at ground level, including the dumpster, from near which they got their coffee table. He'd been back there earlier, rolling around after leaving Spencer and Casey to smoke at the factory. In hindsight, he probably shouldn't have left Spencer alone with the fox, Casey wouldn't have helped Spencer get home if the squirrel got lost on this side of town. It was probably fine, though...they skated here much more often than Ely went over to his side so Spencer should have known the area by now. And Spencer's mother had taught him well; the bad people come out at night, and everybody over here was bad, so...look out, little squirrel. Surely he hadn't lingered much longer after Ely left.
The young rat spun the heavily scratched and scuffed wheels of his skateboard with his paws. The lot was empty. It usually was. The dangerous part of the day was approaching. If the caution was warranted, perhaps a gang fight or random shooting, or...whatever brought the sirens around would prove amusing enough to close out the night. If not...then he'd just be in here, staring at the cracks in the wall, and the stories of how they got there couldn't be as interesting as the idealized scenario in his head. The parking curbs that weren't crumbled were grindable.
He stared. Stared some more. Most of his life was spent staring at whatever.
His fingers wrapped around the trucks of his skateboard, he pulled it down from the sill and headed across the apartment, for the door. He twisted the old knob and swung open the door. Screw it, bored, dead, it's pretty much the same thing. The door slammed behind his slender, half-bare body.
Spencer was right. Somebody had taken his shirt. |
The Rowans and The Greys Chapter 12: Jo and RJ by hyenafur | #12 of The Rowans and The Greys - Kody Grey was sitting behind a desk typing out an email when his cellphone buzzed, a text message showing up on the screen. "Kody. Rick wants to meet you and your mom Saturday Night," it read, "Can you guys make it?" The tod thought about it for a few seconds before | [
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"Vixen",
"Zootopia"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1153191-the-rowans-and-the-greys-chapter-12-jo-and-rj | Kody Grey was sitting behind a desk typing out an email when his cellphone buzzed, a text message showing up on the screen. "Kody. Rick wants to meet you and your mom Saturday Night," it read, "Can you guys make it?"
The tod thought about it for a few seconds before typing back, "Sure. Where? When," before hitting send.
A few minutes later, his phone vibrated again, "Oasis Hotel and Casino. 8:00 pm." Kody stared at the message. It would mean a very late Saturday night, but on the bright side, he did have a house in Zootopia, the one he'd inherited from his parents. His reply was fairly quick, "Sure."
Another text message came over the phone not long after he replied. "Could show up early? Cousins and wife want to meet you."
Kody chuckled, he figured something like that would happen. "Sure. Meet at my parent's house. 6?"
"6 is fine. See you there," Mike replied.
Kody slowly put the phone down. He was going to meet his paternal family, though, he was curious to see how his mother would react to meeting them. The tod started to figure out all the logistics of the day trip. It might be best to get to Zootopia Friday night if not mid-Saturday morning. He hadn't been back to the house in a while, so he'd need the extra time to clean the house and stock the fridge. The fox was actually happy he hadn't put it on the market.
Kody picked his phone back up, scrolling over to his mother's contact information and pressing the call button. He'd never called her in the middle of the day during the week, so he was curious to know what she was up to.
Jo rarely talked about her work, not that she didn't enjoy it. The vixen was very photogenic, though she'd always been surprised that she was able to stay in front of a camera even though she was now in her late fourties.
It had started in college. To make some extra money, she'd started posing for the art department's drawing classes. That had led to her posing for some of the photography students as well. By the time she'd graduated college, she had a good portfolio to show off.
None the less, she had done some less than savory pictures in her mid-twenties, things she was embarrassed about now, though none of them had been pornographic. Most of her time spent in front of the camera back then had been in skimpy clothing or nude, though because of her pride and what happened with Chris Rowan, she hadn't allowed herself to engage in sexually graphic photography. If she had, she could have easily made a larger name for herself. She had made a more than decent living, though she had made sure to save everything since her parents taught her to be quite frugal.
Jo could have easily afforded to live in Zootopia, not that she hadn't when she was more active as a pin-up girl, but she moved back to Bunnyburrow the first chance she'd gotten, using her savings to buy the house she'd lived in for the past twenty years with a check rather than taking out a mortgage. She liked being close to family, and she liked not having to deal with the hustle and bustle of the city. She also liked being able to pick and choose which shoots she would do, mostly due to her age and her reputation within the industry.
Jo was in the midst of hosting a guest, a younger raccoon girl called RJ, when her son called. The vixen was surprised to get a call in the middle of the day during the week, but she was more than happy to talk to her son.
"Hey shoog," Jo said with a happy smile, "It's not likeya t'call durin' th'week."
"I know mama," Kody replied with just a light hint of the drawl he was starting form, "But Uncle Mike sent me a message. Apparently, he wants us to go to Zootopia on Saturday to meet his family before meeting with Granddad and Grandma."
The vixen giggled as she looked up at RJ, the raccoon girl looking a little perplexed. Jo covered the receiver for a second to say, "It's my boy. Just gimme a minute."
"Oh, that sounds sweet, sugar fox," the vixen smiled, "I'd love t'meet'm. Did they say war?"
"Well, we're meetin' Uncle Mike and his family over at my adopted parent's place at six, then going to the Oasis Hotel and Casino for dinner at eight. I was thinking that we could head to Zootopia Friday night or Saturday morning. I... uhm... I haven't exactly been keeping up with their old house since the accident," her son replied.
"Well, I think we sh'd go Saturday mornin'. I think the first train leaves a might early, but they's got one at seven we c'd take."
"Perfect. I'll see you Friday night?"
"Of course."
"All right. I'll talk to you later, ma."
Jo giggled a little as her son hung up. He'd slowly started to develop the accent from being around her and the rest of his kin. It was cute in a way, a city boy starting to sound country. The raccoon sitting across from her still looked slightly confused.
Rhapsody Journey Drystan, aka RJ Drystan, had grown up over in Todsglen, a predominantly fox town one county over in Sherwood County. Her parents had been music lovers, so much so that they named her after their favorite song, Volehemian Rhapsody, and their favorite band, Journey. The raccon had always hated her name though, so she had insisted on everyone calling her RJ as soon as she'd been able to form coherent sentences. RJ looked like a fairly typical raccoon, her body mostly grey with black gloves and socks and a black mask.
RJ was only about three or four years younger than Kody, and like Jo, she also had managed to get herself involved in being a photography model, though her tastes had run a bit... different to Jo. She hadn't engaged in anything pornographic, but the raccoon woman did have a taste for posing in leather. RJ had met Jo early on in her career and had bonded with her tightly, seeing her like the mother figure that she hadn't gotten a during her tumultuous youth over in Todsglen, primarily due to both parents being engaged in the on and off again logging industry over there.
The raccoon had taken every opportunity to come visit her mentor in Bunnyburrow whenever she had the chance, which had been a great deal since the industry as a whole tended to focus on two major age groups; the 18-25 and then the 35-50 demographics. The two had shared a great deal about one another over their careers, and right now, RJ was more than confused because Jo had never before mentioned her having a son.
"When didja have a kit and why didntcha tell me before," she asked, feeling hurt. The vixen shook her head as she sighed, "I never liked talkin' bout it, RJ. I dun gave him up as a kit, then thrity years later, he cum back lookin' fer me. I'z still tryin' t'get used t'my boy callin' me mama, and it's only been two months since he cum back."
RJ nodded softly. She'd never been a mother, so she didn't know what it was like to lose a child and then have them come back, but somewhere deep down, she understood. "I'm sorry, Jo," she replied, a hand reaching out to gently pat the vixen's knee, "We'z always been truthful with each other, so I guess I'z just a little confuzzled when you said yer boy wuz callin'."
Jo put her hand on the younger woman's, giving her a warm, motherly smile that RJ loved so much, "I know, darlin'. I guess I sh'd tell ya the whole truth."
After the vixen finished her story, the raccon girl was in a bit of shock. I made sense why she never got into the more lewd aspects and why she'd never gotten married. Jo had her pride, and she was a beautiful woman, but what happened with Chris, well, that would change someone to the core. RJ thought about saying something, but she stayed quiet for a few minutes, digesting all the information her mentor told her.
It wasn't like RJ hadn't gone through similar things. Everyone was damaged in their own way. Everyone had their own personal daemons. The raccoon's had been her father. She could vividly picture the old man coming home smelling like saw dust, Pratt's Blue Ribbon, and cheap whisky. Her family had lived paycheck to paycheck, though her father had blown most of it on drowning his sorrow because he'd never attended High School so he couldn't get a better paying job in a town that was becoming more and more urbanized when the mills and logging camps started to fade away.
Her mother had told her that he'd been happy and loving once, but after four children, being unskilled labor, and the dwindling need for large amounts of timber due to an increased reliance on plastics, he'd managed to find himself in a downward spiral that had ended exactly how RJ thought it would.
The raccoon remembered the phone calls, the first one from her mother followed quickly by the County Sheriff. RJ had been eighteen and over at a friend's house "studying", which had really been the two raccoons' secret code for the horizontal mambo. She'd finally gotten to second base with the boar raccoon when her phone went off the first time that night. Her mother had been in tears talking about how her father had come home drunk again, but this time he'd taken his 12-gauge out of the safe to wrap his muzzle around the barrel before pulling the trigger right in front of her.
The Sheriff's call had been nothing more than a formality. RJ never shed a tear for her father, either because of the shock or because she never cared for him or both, not even during the closed casket funeral. Her three brothers all stayed in town afterwards to help their mother. Neal became a plumber and part time Sheriff's Deputy, Ross became an electrician, and Gregg worked as an airframe and power plant mechanic at the local airport. RJ, on the other hand, left town the second she graduated High School.
Her soon ex-boyfriend had been trying to become a photographer, so she'd downloaded all the picture's he'd taken of her off his digital camera and started showing them around to different places until she'd finally managed to get a job at the same place Josephine worked. And the rest, well, the rest was just history.
RJ just stared at Jo for a long minute before finally saying, "Christ. I... Jesus... I... I didn't know. I'm... I'm so sorry."
Jo just waved off her words, "Nothin' t'pologize fer, RJ. Besides, I gots my lil boy back, though, he ain't s'little nor is he a boy no more."
There was a bit of a silver lining to everything it seemed. RJ leaned back in her chair, her eyes still fixed on Jo for a few seconds before she caught sight of a photo she hadn't seen until now. "Is that him," the sow raccoon asked as she looked at the picture of a tod in very formal military attire. RJ couldn't help but think how handsome the fox looked in khaki's, then again, she'd never really thought about tod foxes as handsome before.
"That's him," Jo said before reaching over to take hold of the picture, staring at it for a second before handing it over to the raccoon, "One good lookin' tod, ain't he?"
"Yeah," she replied, staring at her mentor's son, "One good lookin' tod." The words felt odd coming out of her mouth, but they were true. He did look great in that uniform, though RJ started to wonder what he'd look like out of it.
"Is he coming to visit soon," the raccoon asked. The vixen giggled, "He comes home every weekend to spend time with his mama, course, we's going t'Z'topia this weekend t'visit his daddy's kin."
RJ looked down at the photo then back up at Jo, "Mind if I stop bye?"
"Not't all, darlin'." |
The Eastern Lands by AveatsOtter | #2 of Luca: the Mercenary Well I've finally finished the sixth instalment of Luca's adventure. Big thanks goes to Himegoto (http://www.furaffinity.net/user/himegoto123); ideas he and I had come up with for a collaborative story we had worked on together became the basis for the story and setting. | [
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"Violence (Not In Yiff)",
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] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1149627-the-eastern-lands | The battle roared all around me, a familiar sound; the clashing of swords, the thunderous war cries from every man on the field, the spraying of blood and above all else, the dreadful, pitiful screams of the dying. It was a symphony of death; music to my ears. Almost calming in its way, like a babbling brook to some, or a gentle breeze rolling through the trees to others. It always put me in trance of sorts, the sort of trance that puts me in the mood for killing, in the mood for swinging my sword and destroying whatever poor soul gets caught beneath its cold, unyielding edge.
But the orchestra that was the battlefield would be nothing if not for the heavy, intoxicating scent of blood, piss and mud. Not appealing to most I imagined, and certainly not appealing by themselves, somehow with the music of the dying all around me, these smells swirled and mixed and filled my lungs with an amazing vigour. This was the smell of battle, the very essence of the fight. Everything that I heard around me, this so-called symphony of death, I breathed in its heady aroma and roared as it splashed across my face.
No one could stand in my way, and those who tried were obliterated completely, absolutely. I had many nicknames during the Century War, and though that time was long since behind me, on this foreign, bloody field I was earning my nickname, Nosferatu, Death on the Battlefield. Indeed, my sword ripped through flesh and metal like it was nothing, over and over until my arms began to burn. But that burning only drove me on.
Again and again I cut through my enemies. I used to keep count of how many lives I took during a battle, but as I would lose myself in the bloody fray, I always lost track. All I could focus on was staying one step ahead of every person on the battlefield, every foe I encountered, and cutting them down before they got the chance to do the same to me. Eventually my mind would go blank, my pain and injuries and senses all mixing into one massive crimson blur, and all I would see was the next life moments before I took it. It was pointless to keep track. All you could do was just keep fighting until either you die, or the battle was won.
Suddenly I heard the thunderous roar of cannonfire, and screaming more horrific than ever, which somehow snatched me from my blood-soaked daze. They weren't our cannons, we didn't even have cannons. Somewhere a half dozen pandas were being blown to pieces by a single ball of iron. Somewhere, there was a single ball of iron with my name on it. But until it found me, I had to keep on fighting.
At some point, a few furs decided it would be a good idea to team up against me, attack me all at once, but sure as the frosty sunrise, my sword crushed each of their skulls in a single decisive blow. I roared bestially as they fell, their warm blood splattering against my thick armour with an audible pang. I doubted anyone even heard my roar, but those who did knew to stay away from me. And yet there was always another enemy, always another fool ready to meet his end.
A few more shots of cannonfire practically shook the ground beneath me, the deafening explosions ringing through my ears. I often lost track of precisely where I was and where I was headed in the heat of battle, knowing once you're in the midst of it, it ceases to matter. But of course I quickly discovered after a few more cannon blasts, I was getting closer and closer to the enemy battlements, closer finally toward the end.
It was well past midday by the time I heard the cannon shots, and not much later before I finally saw the walls of Xin'an. My pawpads were amazingly sore from swinging my blade almost nonstop since sunrise, my arms were on fire and my legs were extremely exhausted. My lungs burned terribly from inhaling blood and smoke and ash, and I was certain I could no longer feel my tail. Though I had suffered only minor cuts and bruises so far, I could feel my body already starting to weaken. But somehow I knew, I would not let that stop me.
Behind me, suddenly from nowhere, I sensed an enemy attack. Not one to think too much during battle, I followed my instincts and blindly swung my blade behind me, and sure enough I gutted a poor dog who must have thought he'd had me. I just smirked, then gutted another dog, then another, until seconds after another cannon blast, the earth exploded right before me.
I was thrown back at least four body lengths with unbelievable force, a violent ringing in my ears. My sword fell nearby, I somehow saw that through my daze as my body struggled to recover. I managed to roll over, the maddening sound of battle still roaring around me. But just as my paw reached toward my weapon's grip, someone stomped on my poor digits.
It was a fellow feline, dressed in the colours of the enemy, grinning as he pointed his spear at my face. He pulled it back to strike, and just as I thought this may be my end, a black-and-white savour came roaring from behind him.
Realizing what was happening too little too late, a bloody spear burst from my enemy's chest, felling the feline at once. I took the paw of the panda whom I would later buy a drink for, and he pulled me to my feet, grinning.
"Getting a little rusty, hm?" grunted the old panda. He was a seasoned warrior like myself, though he had once been retired.
"Nah," I growled, reclaiming my sword. "This is just my warmup."
The two of us continued our attacks on the enemy forces, both watching the others' backs as we spilled more blood than we cared to consider. Or at least, more than I cared to consider. Enemy after enemy fell by my sword and his spear, until amidst the cries of battle and the roars of cannons, a great banging rang out over the battlefield from the city's gate. The panda forces had made it to the walls, and had begun the final phase: Operation Smash the Gate Open. That's what I called it, anyway.
"Don't let up!" roared the elder panda, swinging his deadly spear around to skewer another poor feline. "We're at the gate!"
A triumphant "Rah!" came from the other pandas, almost energizing them. We had all been fighting hard since the sun came up, and no doubt the panda forces were beginning to tire. Most of them weren't much of fighters, and yet despite the odds, somehow we were winning this fight.
After a few more loud crashes at the main gate, some of the most blood-curdling screams I had heard in recent history came roaring over the heads of the soldiers from at least five horrified pandas. When I managed to get a glance at the main gate, the battering ram had been dropping and only a few dead pandas were left clinging to it. I cut down some enemy dog, then noticed men on the battlements above the gate, readying with more buckets of what I assumed was hot oil.
"Shit," I grunted, finally hearing the orders to reclaim the ram. I cried out to whomever was commanding our forces to stop, but as predicted half of the next group of pandas - ten or so grabbed hold - were bathed in boiling hot oil. The remaining forces backed away from the ram, smartly enough.
"Archers!" I suddenly heard, right after decapitating a fellow tiger, but before the commander could issue his final order, one cannon blast sounded, just barely missing him, then a second far more accurate blast immediately followed, taking him out with extraordinarily gruesome results. Even from twenty feet away, some of his gore smacked against my armour.
And just as it did, an extreme pain struck me in the ribs, just where my chest piece ended on my left side.
I snarled terribly as my sword dropped, then turned to the attacker, which only served to wrench the knife further into my body. With a loud bark, the dog backed away and with a second knife, sliced open my right arm, then stabbed at my chest. Fortunately I was still with it enough to dodge his attack, pain ripping through my ribs, but as I stumbled he managed to kick the knife further into me.
I cried out terribly as I fell to one knee, left paw feeling for the slick, bloody knife caught between my ribs. I was then kicked in the face with an armoured foot, forcing me onto my stomach, but before I could do much else, my head was suddenly forced back and I felt the terrible nip of a blade at my neck.
My life had flashed before me so many times in my life, perhaps now there was nothing left to show. I was just stuck in the moment, the here and now, waiting for death to finally find me. It had come close to snatching me more times than I could count, and while I always figured I would go out in a blaze of bloody glory, somehow I didn't think it would end quite like this.
But it seemed death would yet again have to wait another day, as the biting knife lifted from my throat about as suddenly as it had come. I groaned and tried to lift myself, shaky from the pain of the knife still inside me, but I was helped up once more by that tough old panda.
"Thanks again, old man," I grunted, finally gripping the knife. I ripped it out at once, tossing it at the corpse of the dog who almost killed me. "Woulda been cheaper for you to let him cut me."
The hardened old warrior just grinned at me. "We pandas have more honour than that, despite you mercenaries having so little."
That was a sweeping judgement, but he wasn't exactly wrong either.
"Our commander is dead, our forces are starting to lose focus," he went on, taking out a few more enemies. I quickly reclaimed my sword and despite the pain, managed to take down a few myself. It looked like the old panda had taken a few licks himself, but he was still fighting. Which meant I couldn't back down even for a second either, lest I be bested by an old man.
"This battle is lost."
I growled deeply. Like I said, most of these pandas weren't fighters. While seemingly well-trained, they weren't soldiers, they hadn't the fortitude to be. Most of these men were fueled by victory thus far. But as we were being slowly driven back by more seasoned, far more disciplined warriors and unceasing cannonfire, it was clear we were on the losing side. And if we did lose this battle, it would seem unlikely we would win this war.
Now, as a mercenary, I had no real obligation to these men. I was getting paid to fight, paid to help win battles, and of course if we failed to win the battles, I would not be paid. In fact, I would likely be dead, and as a mercenary - again, with no obligation to these men - no amount of money was worth dying for. So why I did what I did next, still baffles me.
I growled deeply and with as much strength as I could muster, I obliterated a couple canines, a couple felines, and countless more as I worked my way closer to the centre of the panda troops. When I got there, or as close to the cannonballed commander as I could get without stepping in him, I took in a deep breath and recalled my days with the Midland Royal Army.
"Left flanks!" I snarled, holding up my paw. I got little attention from the fighters around me, but as I heard my command shouted back over the death cries of pandas and enemies alike, I continued. "Back in formation!"
Though there seemed to be some hesitation, they did it. I issued a similar command all around, then brought the archers forward.
"Aim for the battlements, take out the men above the gates. Prepare the volley!"
Amazingly, a small group of pandas stepped forward as the flanks kept the enemies at bay.
"Take aim," I growled, holding up a paw. But just as I did, I suddenly heard a very precisely-aimed cannonshot, and before I could react a massive ball of iron nearly blew my head clean off.
Surprised to say the least, I grabbed my sword immediately and lifted it, recalling the fate of our poor commander, not allowing myself the time to think on my ludicrous actions. I held my sword at an angle and stood behind it as if to use it as a shield. And as predicted, a second cannon blast quickly fired, hammering my sword in an instant and deflecting upward.
Now, I'd like to say that wasn't the stupidest thing I had ever done, but as my breath was blown from my lungs and I flew back and rolled over dozens of corpses like an enormous striped ragdoll, I found myself unable to recall any such instances of incredible stupidity. Yet despite the massive crack in my massive sword, somehow I had survived the second shot that had previously obliterated the panda commander. Was it luck, or insanity? Or a bit of both? Either way, I struggled to lift myself, and with a bit of help from a particularly muscular panda, I reclaimed my spot near the gory smear that was once a commander.
I raised my paw once more, most of our forces staring at me in disbelief, no doubt surprised by my recklessness. Naturally I ignored those stares, far too used to them by now. "Take aim!" I snarled as loudly as I could, blood trickling down my face. I think if any of my bones had been cracked, they were thoroughly broken now. Though it was still difficult to breathe, I was somehow able to find my commanding voice. "Release! Second wave...prepare volley!"
It had been too many years since I took command of a battlefield, and though I didn't usually have archers in my company - the Dragonkin Brutes, we were called - I knew enough to be able to competently command them. And so far, they were following orders obediently.
The panda archers released more arrows in three more waves, not only felling some of the oil-dumpers, but some of the cannon operators, too. Though we were far from winning, we were a hell of a lot closer now.
Next, when I was confident our forces could ram through the door largely undisturbed, I ordered more men forward to the ram, and more men to strengthen our flanks to protect the rammers. In just moments they were back on track, battering the door mercilessly.
"Keep up the attack!" I roared, then ordered another squad of archers forward to take aim at any enemies up on the battlements they may have missed.
Two, three, four more rams, and already I could see the doors starting to crack and splinter. With my knife I fended off some nearby attackers, aiming for throats, guts, anything to keep the archers safe. The deep, fiery pain in my ribs was ever-present, but for now I was able to burn through it, fueled by adrenaline.
"Commander!" I suddenly heard, and though I hadn't been called that in many moons, I responded to it all the same. It was a young, frightened panda, pointing toward the battlements. "Th-They're back!"
"Prepare volley!" I shouted, "And loose!"
In a second, the gate tower was bombarded by arrows, striking a few more enemies, though how many were killed was hard to judge. Unfortunately, in all the commotion the bucket of hot oil was jostled around enough to spill at least half of it, though luckily not the whole thing. A couple pandas were splashed and released the ram, despite my roaring at them, but the remaining eight was enough to keep pounding.
I growled desperately, then was forced to sink a blade in the eye of some poor dog. When I retrieved it, I turned to the scared panda. "You!" I demanded. "Watch the battlements and open fire on anyone you see up there, we have to keep the rammers safe. Do you understand?"
Though the panda was afraid, he nodded all the same.
"Good. I'm going down there and we're going to break through that door. You listen to me, and we'll get through this alive. Okay?"
"Y-yes sir!"
I gave the panda a quick nod, then reclaimed my cracked sword and made my way down toward the city gates, toward the bridge upon which our forces were trying to break through. I smashed my way through at least a dozen more enemies on my way down, wearing more blood than armour, until at last I reached the ram.
"Come on, men," I growled, taking hold of the empty spot. "We're almost through, put all your strength into it!" I had hardly any strength left, but I couldn't give in now, I wouldn't.
Just as I said that, we backed up, and my heart jumped when a volley of arrows flew overhead. Wary of spilling oil, we bashed the door one more time, then another, then as more arrows flew, we smashed the doors again, then again. I could feel we were making headway.
I used all the power I had left in my body to force the ram forward, splinters flying everywhere. The doors were starting to give, and I had to ignore the pain in my arms and legs and ribs, focusing that terrible energy into destroying the door.
We rammed forward two more times, and upon the third, at last we broke through. Immediately there was chaos as a flurry of arrows came raining down upon us. I ordered, for all it was worth, our forces forward, while clambering to my enormous sword for some form of protection. My thick armour deflected some arrows, though I got stuck by a couple. I just broke them off, leaving the heads in, and began swinging my sword.
Pandas were all around me now, roaring as they charged the front gates to reclaim the city. I was told beforehand to try to avoid their gardens and temples, to leave them as intact as I could, but I had made no promises. For now I smashed through the soldiers guarding the outer walls of the city. There was another set of walls further in, guarding the palace, but they were apparently not as heavily fortified.
And so late in the afternoon our tired forces fought and bled and died and killed as we made our way through the city and its streets, nearing the palace gates. If any civilians were still left within the outer walls, they had made themselves scarce, and rightly so. By the time I approached the gates, our archers had already lined up and were firing upon the palace's walls, but by the gate itself, something was amiss.
I heard terrible screams, and it looked as if the fighting had come to a halt. It seemed there was a monster guarding the palace gates, and he was slaughtering pandas left, right, and centre. When I got a better look, I saw this monster was nothing more than a fur wrapped in several layers of very thick armour, which covered his entire body. He carried a great axe with him, and anyone who dared to get close he nearly cleaved in two with a single swing. Interestingly, his armour resembled nothing of the enemies', which made me think he was a hired sword just like me. Was this their last line of defence?
Immediately I stepped forward, paw on sword, but I was stopped by the old panda who had twice saved my life today. "He is too mighty," he said, "and swift like the wind."
"None can defeat Tormund the Terrible! Tormund the Terrifying!" Tormund laughed heartily.
"Archers!" I roared, holding up my paw. I ordered them to fire all on Tormund, but the armoured beast was unaffected. He just laughed and mocked our attempts.
I gritted my teeth. He couldn't take us all down...could he? "What if we rush him?" I asked the old panda.
"Three dozen of us now lay dead at his feet. How many more shall die taking this city?"
"As many as it takes!" I barked, but I could see the stubborn old warrior wouldn't budge.
"These men are barely trained," he growled at me, "our numbers are quickly dwindling. Not one of these men can take this monster on."
I just grunted and glared at the armoured beast.
We had come so close to taking Xin'an, only to be defeated by a single soldier? Enemy soldiers had lined up along the battlements of the inner wall, archers ready to attack, yet it seemed they were interested in how this would play out.
I was not impressed by Tormund, but more than that, I was unimpressed with our men. Despite all of my bleeding wounds and exhaustion, I was not ready to give up, not now. I pushed past the old panda, against his advice, and through the crowd until I reached the wide clearing our men had given him. If I was going to die here, fighting Tormund, I would at least have to weaken him enough for the others to take him.
"What's this?" laughed the giant panda-killer. "Another soldier to taste my bloody blade?"
I looked Tormund dead in the eye and continued to pace toward him, gripping my sword firmly. This fool wore inch-thick armour, yet had amazing speed. That told me he had more weakness in his metal suit than it appeared. Either that, or there was no way he could keep that pace for long. But he was strong, no doubt about that, even from thirty feet away I could see it. I had no idea what manner of fur he was, as even his tail had armour, and his ears. I suppose it didn't matter, I would obliterate him all the same. Or die trying.
I stopped just out of reach of his axe's swing, holding my sword with just one paw. I was covered in blood, not all of it from my foes.
"You sure you want to do this, cat?" barked what I was beginning to suspect was a dog of some kind. "You can barely even hold your weapon."
I took my sword, which I hadn't yet named, in both paws and readied for attack. I took a few deep breaths and tried to ignore the pain in my ribs from the deep stab wound. If this was going to be my final battle, if this monster was going to end me here in this foreign land, then I would make it a glorious fight, one these pandas would tell stories of for decades to come.
"Okay, Luca," I told myself, letting out one last, long breath, paws tightening around my sword's grip. "Let's do it." And with that, I charged my enemy, sword lifted above my head and ready to strike.
Our weapons clashed with an agonizing scream, his axe deflecting my blow with incredible force. But through the burning pain I lifted my sword and deflected his attack, then again, each time being pushed back further and further. He roared every time his axe came at me, and I snarled back, our strength damn near equal.
This guy was big, and he was monstrously strong, and his axe was two times too big, much like my own weapon. I could tell he was tiring quickly, but so was I, and I was far more wounded. We both danced amongst the corpses of pandas as gracefully as two monsters could, weapons flying with wild abandon. Sparks flew and steel cried, and each time our weapons deflected off the other, they planted themselves firmly in the ground.
"You smell like piss!" the monster knight roared, swinging his axe down at me.
I just barely managed to swing my sword upward to block it, but I was knocked to the side. Unfortunately, that was the exact moment when my footpaw decided to find a slick pool of blood. Though I faltered for only a second, it was enough of an opening for the beast to strike.
Amazingly, I only suffered an enormous blunt blow to the head, instead of losing it altogether, and though it stunned me and sent me reeling backward, I was somehow still alive. Not one to spend much time pondering miracles, I leapt back without a thought, just before his axe shattered the cobblestone path beneath me. My head was still spinning, which did little to balance me as I struggled to hold onto my sword, trying desperately to reclaim my position.
The armoured beast was relentless in his attacks, and though I was just able to stay one step ahead of him, it wasn't enough to gain any kind of offense. So for now I saved my energy by dancing around both his frightening axe and the dead lying around me.
The monster's weapon smashed through dirt, cobblestone and corpses alike, he swung the bloody thing wildly. Though it was hard to tell, I think he may have been laughing. Was this fun for him? My head was pounding and my body ached horribly, so I could say with a certain measure of confidence, I was not having fun. Is that why he didn't decapitate me?
Suddenly, with just the briefest, shortest of moments I was presented with two options: lose an arm, or drop my sword. In less time than it took me to blink, I yanked my arm away from my blade. I suffered an enormous gash which nearly sliced my forearm clean off, but luckily it was still firmly attached. My sword, however, was now somewhere behind the wild beast, who was still attacking.
I leapt backward, then again, careful not to trip or slip or otherwise falter, diving to his left and to his right, and in any other direction that kept me alive for a second longer. The clever bastard, though still coming at me, kept my sword's position constantly behind him, guarding it carefully. I growled as I at last spied its location - it was stuffed nicely between two dead pandas - just as I nearly lost my left ear.
Warm blood trickling into my ear and down my face told me I had a fine new cut in my ear, but like for most of this battle, I was lucky to still have it. I was snarling and panting like some kind of wild savage, sweat and blood pouring off my face, thick white slaver spilling from my maw. This monster was still going strong, and with each attack I felt his blade getting closer and closer to ending me. I had to think of something fast.
I noticed, in the fractions of seconds I had to notice things, he used a lot of power to swing his axe at me. Though I was exhausted, I would need to drum up at least one good surge of energy if I was to gain any kind of advantage, striking between his attacks. But he left amazingly little space to counter, which meant I'd likely need to distract him somehow.
I glanced for a second at the pandas and enemy army surrounding us. This was just a show for them, they knew the victor would be decided by this battle. Would none of them help? Though there was some good fighters amongst the panda forces, most of them were cowards. Those who weren't had been laid waste by the armoured beast. There was to be no help from them. Perhaps I had to fight dirty.
Though there were few holes in his armour, I knew there was some by his face. That was all I needed. As I artfully dodged yet another attack, ignoring his taunts and cries and terrifying laughs, I managed to grab a pawful of dirt, though that afforded me another fine cut near the tip of my tail. Just as he came in for another strike, I focused just enough to be able to leap back, then tossed the dirt in the fool's face.
He was barely bothered by it, but it took him a moment longer than it had to to pull back his weapon from the ground. That was all I needed. With that sudden burst of energy - perhaps fueled a bit by the cries of the breathless panda army - I unsheathed my knife from my belt and stabbed it in the monster's side, luckily finding one weak point in his armour, just under his arm.
The monster roared and thrashed his arm about, striking a sound blow across my face. Blood spewed from my maw as I fell to my side, with barely enough strength to push myself back up. I heard him snarl as he yanked the knife from his ribs, throwing the blade at me. He missed, but I don't think he was trying to hurt me with it. I realized when I glanced up at him, he had dropped his axe.
"That was pretty good," the monster growled, blood trickling down his armour. "It's nice to finally have an opponent worth fighting."
He laughed again, and though I had managed to get to my paws and knees, however shakily, he took just a few thunderous steps toward me and kicked me square in the ribs. Though my armour protected my ribs, it was still like being struck in the side with a cannonball, or damn near. When I finally stopped rolling, I gasped desperately for breath, clutching my poor side uselessly. I had managed to get one good attack in, but clearly it wasn't enough. Was this really it?
"I had fun with you, little cat," the beast snarled, sounding a bit too much like he actually had had fun with me. "But none can defeat Tormund the Terror!"
Tormund the Twat then bent down and picked up my sword, dragging it toward me.
"Such a small cat, shouldn't use weapons too big for him."
I growled quietly, desperately trying to regain enough strength to find a way out of this, but I was far too weak. Every hair on my body was in pain, or perhaps it was just my broken ribs. Either way, I found it impossible to take a breath, and getting up was out of the question. I had managed to push myself up with one paw, but as soon as I bent my body to get a knee on the ground, a horrifying pain tore through my body. This really was it.
As Tormund the Talkative raised my sword above his head, ready for the final blow, I gave one last effort at getting up. It was a pitiful attempt, full of snarling and swearing and spitting blood, and I think the monster was enjoying the show. He paused, anyway, for all the good it did me, still very much holding my sword to kill me except I heard the beast chuckling. Finally I succumbed to the vicious, unrelenting pain that ran up my body, not yet ready to die but accepting of it.
There was a time, I suddenly recalled, just as the armoured beast took his attacking stance, where I would hear a deep, dark chuckling somewhere within me, a black little monster poking its head out, beckoning me, when I was this close to death. But in that moment, lying before my enemy, I heard no such chuckling, at least not from inside me. There was nothing inside me, nothing screaming, nothing scratching and begging to take over and rip the beast apart. It had once been such a familiar feeling, sometimes I wouldn't even realize I had slipped into my blackened rage. I was a monster then, a real monster, something people feared and for damn good reason. But not now. Now I was just some whimpering, quivering, bleeding piece of shit, perfectly willing to accept my fate when once, I would have fought tooth and nail to avoid it.
But just as Tormund began his attack, I heard a sudden loud growling from afar, a desperate war cry and it was getting closer. When I looked up, I saw that old panda charging the metal beast, spear in paw and a flaming intensity in his eyes. I shook my head and tried to tell him to stop, but it was too late. He had taken Tormund's attention away from me and received a wickedly fast strike across the chest and stomach because of it.
As my weapon slammed into the cobblestone, still coated in blood, that poor old bastard was immediately stopped, blood and guts spilling onto the ground. Falling to his knees, the delirious panda tried futilely to scoop his innards back into his body, until he caught my gaze. That burning passion was there for just a moment, begging me to finish this, screaming at me to stand up and fight, until at last they went dull and dead.
I closed my eyes for a moment, and though there was no dark rumbling deep within my stomach, I did feel some kind of stirring. I opened my eyes again to see Tormund roaring at the pandas, all of whom looked too afraid to attack, and clenched my paws into fists. I growled quietly and gave one last shot at getting up.
Though an amazing pain tore through my body, I just growled deeper and continued to get up, breathing heavily now. I glanced at the corpse of the old panda who had thrice saved my life, and decided there was no way in hell I was going to let his death be in vain. I managed to get onto my paws and knees just as Tormund took notice, and he took up my sword once more. But when I looked into his eyes, he must have seen something far more terrifying than himself, because that moment's hesitation was all I needed.
The metal-clad beast swung my sword quickly above his head and went in for the kill, but I was that much quicker. Despite the tearing pain all throughout my body, I snarled like a Hel Beast and lunged out of the way. I felt the explosion of dirt and rock behind me, but I didn't falter.
Tormund snarled from beneath his metal mask and swung again, and I dodged once more. Several times an intense, violent flood of pain tried to stop me, but it wasn't enough. I just snarled as loudly as the pain, staying one step ahead of the horrible beast but I knew I had to get in close if I stood a chance.
Again and again I jumped and dodged his attacks, until at last I found my opening. Tormund had lifted my sword high above his head, just as my broken ribs forced me down to one knee, and with a heavy breath he swung it downward.
Every instinct in my body told me to push myself out of the way, to back away from the beast to gain some distance. Linked with my broken ribs, it was especially difficult to push myself away from the blade and twist myself to aim toward the monster, yet to both my and his surprise, I had somehow pulled it off.
Just as my weapon smashed apart some more cobblestone, my body fell by Tormund's armoured feet and I had little time to react. Despite the objection from my broken bones, I twisted my body and slammed a foot into the flat side of my sword, knocking it from Tormund's paw.
Surprised, he quickly adapted by slamming a foot down on my chest, which may have broken a couple more ribs, it was difficult to tell at this point. And even if it hadn't, I cried out all the same. He slammed down a second time, but thankfully I had enough wits about me for when he went in for a third, I held up my paws and gripped his armoured foot. Unfortunately that only served to smash my elbows into the stone beneath me, but at least it was something.
Pain surged through my body without remorse, unrelenting in its cruelty. Tormund tried grinding his foot down as if squishing a bug, but I held onto his foot insistently. With eyes closed tight, my muscles burned and strained and ached as I tried to lift the enormously heavy leg off my chest, and for a moment it seemed impossible. And yet that stirring inside me, it grew more intense.
I growled deeply, gritted my teeth and began to push. Though part of my body begged me to stop, I did not. I pushed and pushed, using the pain crashing through my shoulders and arms and ribs and my back and legs as a kind of fuel. This intense, bloody rage was something I hadn't felt in what seemed like an age, and I clung to it. Little by little, I began to lift the beast off me, snarling like a maniac and giving the metal fur pause.
In a final effort, blinded by pain, I gave one last push at Tormund's leg, causing the massive beast to finally falter. As he stumbled back to regain his balance, I rolled over and pushed myself up onto my feet. A second after he recovered and saw I had done the same, the monster roared and attacked.
His first punch struck me square in the jaw, and just as blood spewed from my maw, I was quick to recover. I snarled and glanced at the beast, which again, made him hesitate.
"W-Wait," he growled, but I would not.
I quickly got in close and punched Tormund hard in the stab wound I had given him earlier, and though he tried to counterattack, I dodged and swiftly kneed his injury instead. The beast stumbled back, and though he tried to speak again, I think to get me to yield, it was too late. I was seeing red. Nothing would stop me from ripping this beast apart.
I swung my fists at the metal monster, mostly aiming for his open wound but hitting anything I could. My knuckles quickly became raw and bloody, snarling and growling like some sort of rabid Hel Hound as I kept up my attack. At last I was pushing the beast back, splattering my blood across his armour, yet I was un-phased by any of his attacks.
My horrifying cries rang out above the roars of the audience. My fists were like cannonballs, striking the metal monster without pity. Tormund was afraid, I could sense it. That darkness inside my belly, it snarled and laughed, feeding on my enemy's fear. This is what it lived for, this beast inside me. It was this beast that had earned me so many victories in the past, and had lost me so many loves.
When it became clear pounding on his armour would do me no more good, my claws came out. I scratched at the metal monster as if to rip straight through, but it was futile. I pounded on his chest and kicked at his legs, knocking the monster back, blind to everything around me. It was just Tormund and I, darkness surrounding us both. Again I smeared my own blood against his thick armour, letting out a familiar and yet foreign scream.
"Stop this!" Tormund begged, swatting half of my attacks away. I just gritted my teeth and snarled at him, lunging for his face.
My claws scratched at his armoured mask, then again, I think aiming for his eyes. Blood spewed from my mouth as he countered, and though he landed a few good hits, it was as useless as my attacks were.
Finally, my fingers managed to grasp at something more helpful. Having to reach up, I clasped onto his face mask and with a terrifically wild roar, pulled down hard, using my weight to tear it from his helmet. Though Tormund madly objected, a few good yanks snapped the pivots and I stumbled back, facemask in paw. I roared again at him, the fear clear on what I discovered was his ugly lion face. I just bared my blood-soaked teeth and went at him again.
Though he swatted some of my attacks, I pounded on his armour and clawed at his face relentlessly, lost in my fury. Sweat and blood poured off my body as I twisted and turned, slamming a heel into the side of his knee. It wasn't enough to make him fall, but it was enough to make him stumble.
With a mighty roar, I deftly swung myself around to Tormund's back and gave a hard pull on his armour, though the beast was as sturdy as a mountain. I received a hearty elbow to the face, but I clung on tight, giving another painful yank. My muscles burned and begged me to stop, but I pushed that all aside and listened only to my inner darkness. It was laughing, snarling, forcing me to continue no matter how many attacks I took.
At last his armour waned. Though another elbow finally forced me off his back, I dodged his cannon-like fists and reminded him with my claws where his stab wound was. As he cried out, I took hold of his gorget and gave one mighty pull, weakening the leather keeping the parts together. Tormund put his mighty paws on my shoulders to push me away, but I just pulled again, then once more, tearing off another piece of his impenetrable armour.
"That won't save you!" the monster of a lion roared, taking a few hard swings at me. He missed both times, though just barely, and I hammered my fists once more into his chest plate, snarling as horribly as ever. The confidence with which Tormund attacked was quickly fading, and now it seemed he only fought to survive. Good.
I punched the ugly beast a few more times, the dark monster inside hiding the pain coursing through me and replacing it with pure black vigour. I gripped onto Tormund's armour again and pulled with all my strength, weakening the leather keeping him together. I roared and roared, snapping my teeth at the lion's exposed neck, though there was still a dark matted mane to bite through. Nevertheless, one more pull on his chest plate was enough to rip it off his body, and it fell with an incredible clang.
That was exactly what I needed. As if brought back to life by a dark, evil angel, I clawed at the chainmail containing the lion's massive body with incredible speed and strength. Though I only succeeded in breaking my claws, my attacks were at least effective enough to push the monster back. I snarled and spat up blood, then punched the beast in the face. He stumbled back, and I continued my assault.
As Tormund begged for mercy, begged me to yield, I refused. My useless claws swiped at his exposed neck, and when I got a chance, my teeth sunk into his mane. I could feel his warm flesh so close, managing only a mouthful of dark fur, until he pushed me away. In a surprising turn, Tormund came at me, kneeing my horribly damaged ribs and hammering his armoured fists into my face.
My inner darkness was loving this, as it screamed at me to get up and attack. I avoided a punch and swiftly got in close, moving quicker than the lion thought I could. In a blind flurry, I punched and clawed and snapped at the monster, giving him no time to retaliate. Slaver and blood spilled endlessly from my maw. I was winning this fight, I knew from the moment I breathed in the intoxicating scent of fear.
With one last roar, I punched the lion square in the maw, splitting his lip for a third time, then lunged. Though my teeth were aiming for his neck, they instead sunk into the left side of his lower jaw, clamping down with amazing force. My teeth pierced his flesh and I felt his bones crack and break inside my maw, now swallowing a good amount of his blood.
Tormund howled horrifically and pounded his forearms down on my shoulders, then again, and again until my teeth ripped from his jaw. His blood poured all over my face and I simply roared at him, his flesh still dangling from my teeth. I had to laugh a terrible laugh as the monster cradled his bloody jaw, tears and sweat streaming down his face as he backed away. I had only seen so much fear in a man's eyes before a handful of times, and right now Tormund topped them all.
I approached the monster with a black fire in my eyes. He begged me to yield, even held his paws up to surrender, but I continued my deathstare. He had taken so little damage by comparison, yet he was now reduced to a snivelling coward. Had he someplace to run, I was certain he'd have done so already. And yet despite his twisted, fearful face, for a second he stopped and had some moment of clarity, or perhaps desperation. He was still going to fight.
For the final time in our bloody, terrifying fight, Tormund swung his fist as hard as he could to punch me in the face. I moved my head back to avoid it and as his fist flew past me, I took a firm hold of his wrist and immediately shot the heel of my hand up toward his elbow, snarling as I did. Just as I had suspected, the joints of his armour were far less secure than the rest of his plating, which was evidenced by the satisfyingly loud crack of his bones.
Tormund screamed horrifically as his arm bent in the entirely wrong direction, pulling it back furiously. He attacked with his other paw, but I quickly parried and punched his wounded jaw. He cried and attacked again, blinded by his rage and his pain, fuelled by desperation and despair. I continued to dodge his pathetic attacks until I spied a familiar object, my sword exactly where I had left it. Both my darkness and I grinned wickedly.
In a very swift, fluid motion, I ducked to avoid one of Tormund's attacks, while also pushing myself toward my blade and gripping the handle firmly. Keeping up with that momentum, my body straining to continue my attack, I pulled my giant sword along with me and spun it once around, picking up incredible energy. Upon completing a single revolution, I roared furiously and let my blade loose, smashing down upon Tormund's shoulder.
Much to my amazement, I think because of the thick armour and my sword's large crack, all I had succeeded in doing was lopping off his entire left arm, the one that hadn't been broken at the elbow. His blood sprayed violently into the dirt and cobblestone as his arm fell with a heavy thud, and Tormund himself fell to his knees, I think unable to comprehend exactly what had happened. He just looked up at me with horror and shock, giving into futility. All he could do was clutch the open, gushing wound on his left side.
"Y-You can't," he began, shaking badly enough to make his remaining armour rattle. "Please, I y-yield..."
I just growled at him and held my blade tighter. I didn't say a word, but instead stood above the metal beast, enjoying this moment of victory. My darkness enjoyed it too. There was a time when I might have spared the poor lump of fur and flesh and blood, and from what I had learned of the pandas these past few months, they definitely would have. But my darkness clawed at my stomach, roaring at me to take his life.
Giving in to my hidden monster as I had countless times before, I lifted my sword above my head and just as Tormund opened his maw to speak, I slammed it down, crushing his skull beneath his helm.
The darkness once called Nosferatu just chuckled and receded back into the pit it had crawled out of. As Tormund's blood slowly coated the cobblestone, pain slowly began to refill by body. The deep wound in my ribs was the first to come back, then all my broken bones and in no time, my face was on fire. The pandas surrounding me stood in horror at my blood-soaked visage, having unlikely seen such a thing before.
"Archers," I growled, glancing over at the panda forces. Before issuing the command, they had already snapped into action, shakily readying their bows. I held my arm up, but just as I was about to order the attack, I heard someone crying "surrender," then the word began to echo through the crowd.
Sometime after the great palace gates began to creak open, what remained of the day became something of a blur. A thunderous roar called out to the heavens as the pandas reclaimed their ancient city, banishing those who had forced them out so many moons before. My body was tired and weak, and finally collapsed amongst the dozens of dead pandas surrounding me, my world quickly becoming dark and silent, just as I preferred.
When I regained consciousness, my body was immediately flooded with pain ranging from terrible to mind-numbing, from toes to ear-tips. I cried out into whatever darkness I had found myself in, the plush bed beneath me telling me I was an inn, or a lodging of some kind. Perhaps I was at the palace, being treated unsuccessfully by the royal physicians.
I think my face hurt the most. I had suffered countless blows to my muzzle, mouth, jaw, eyes, anywhere a fist or an elbow or a knee could hit. There was still that deep, twisting pain in my ribs from the stab wound, plus the dozens of cuts I had suffered throughout the day. My breathing was ragged and hoarse, usually the sign of a broken rib or two. All I could do was groan, eyes shut tightly.
I wanted more than anything to celebrate today's victory, to get myself so blindingly drunk I wouldn't feel a thing. But it hurt to move.
"God damn it," I growled, trying to sit up. It was a waste of effort, and I just flopped back down on the bed. Fortunately it felt like I was no longer bleeding, and when I concentrated enough I think I had been stripped down and bandaged up, at least around my torso. With shaky paws I felt up my arms and my legs, which had also been bandaged. I sighed longingly, hearing a slight ruckus amongst the painful ringing in my ears, and past the constant smell of blood I smelled the pungent scent of ale. Fine ale, if such a thing existed.
Most of their alcohol, I discovered, was rice-based, which I was naturally skeptical of at first. But after our first victory I learned very quickly that while their drinks were wildly different from what I was used to - they had a rice mead, which was different but effective - they were just as good, if not better, at getting me drunk. And right now all I wanted was a tall mug of something, anything, that would make me forget today's battle.
I made another futile attempt at getting up, this time managing to get a paw behind me to hoist my body up. My arms were shaking badly and wanted to give out, but I was able to hold on long enough to slide my left foot off the bed, falling to the floor with a loud thud. Luckily I didn't fall back, but instead my body slumped forward, which ended up being the wrong way to go; a sudden shrieking pain tore up my side, likely ripping open my stab wound. Undeterred, I slid my other leg off the bed until both footpaws were firmly planted on the floor, but as I began to stand, I found that task quite impossible. I had barely made it off the bed before my whole body decided to quit and I collapsed onto the floor.
All I could do was groan, but thankfully a door opened and the blazing flame of candlelight came bursting into the room. I groaned again, eyes shut. I couldn't tell who it was, but it was a vaguely familiar voice. He had called someone, and soon a few sets of paws forced me back into bed.
"You have to rest," the voice said as he placed the candle down on the bedside table. When I looked, it was a fat young panda wearing simple farmers clothes, or so it appeared, some long, robe-like tunic and a short pair of pants. I think it was the kid I met during the battle, the one who commanded the archers for me. "That's what the doctor says, anyway. I brought you some food and tea."
"I don't want damn tea," I grunted. When I looked at the kid again, he looked a little nervous. I had to sigh. "I'm not gonna hurt you."
"Yeah, I know. But still, I saw what you did to that guy. I've never seen anything like it. And trust me, I've seen some pretty messed up things. You were like someone else."
I grunted again. "Yeah, I've heard that before. Just don't worry about it, kid, I'm me again. As long as you're on my side, you've got nothing to worry about." Of course that wasn't entirely true, too many times when I had entered that terrifying state, it ceased to matter whether you were friend or foe. All that really mattered was fulfilling my unquenchable bloodlust. But the panda didn't need to know that.
"Well anyway, you're in the palace's infirmary. Most of the officers are in the Great Hall celebrating, most of them are drinking to you, and the ones we lost. I was just told to check up on you."
I closed my eyes and tried to relax. "Thanks, kid."
"My name is Zhang," he said with a smile, holding a nervous paw out to me. I grabbed it firmly, giving a quick shake. "Zhang Chen Tzu."
I wasn't going to remember all of that. "You can call me Luca."
"Luca. Sounds simple enough!"
"So what's it take to get a drink around here?"
Zhang seemed confused, glancing over at the tea for just a second. "Uh..."
"A real drink, kid. Some of that rice stuff you guys are always drinking."
"All I have is this tea. The doctor says it'll help you heal. He said it's brewed from special water up in the mountains, at a secret hot spring few men know about. Like, besides the regular hot springs. Everyone knows about them. I dunno about all that, but it does have lemongrass and ginseng, and a touch of honey."
Defeated, I had to sigh as the panda forced a small cup of steaming tea into my paw. Like any sane tiger, I took a sniff first, finding it wasn't too horrible. I took a delicate sip, then another, then finally enough to get a good taste. It was hardly the worst drink I'd ever had, but it wasn't the best either. It wasn't going to get me drunk, that much was sure, but somehow after finishing the cup, I started to feel a bit better. Of course I'd heard of phoney medicines that trick people into thinking it's curing them - a Holy Knight named Keefe had once told me about them, though I'd long since forgotten their name - and I had no doubt this tea was having a similar effect on me now. Nevertheless...I did feel better, whether it was imaginary or not.
When I finished the cup, I handed it back to the panda and he promptly filled it again.
"More?" he asked, handing it to me with one paw gripping the handle, the other beneath it like a black furry saucer. "The doctor says you should..."
I think Zhang was spending too much time with this doctor.
"I'll have one more cup," I told the panda, giving him a serious gaze. "But then I want you to drag my sorry ass outta this bed and bring me to the sleaziest, roughest, filthiest pub in town, okay?"
"Uh," he said, looking a little nervous. He glanced back at the door several times. I could see from the light outside the shadow of at least one figure standing out there. Was it a guard? I couldn't blame them, these otherwise peaceful people had probably never seen a monster quite like me.
"I dunno about that."
I took the cup at last, taking a quick sip, then a larger one. "I'm leaving this room one way or another, kid, so either you help me out, or I crash through the door and take that asshole out guarding me. Make something up, I don't care. But I ain't staying here any longer, you got it?"
I could see Zhang was very uncomfortable now. His duty told him to keep me in bed, but his fear of me wanted badly to obey. Either that or run for his life. He just sat there shaking, sweating in the candlelight and grasping the fancy teapot tightly in both paws. His mouth opened to speak, but he couldn't form any words, just a bunch of sounds that may have been objections.
I almost felt bad for the kid.
"I uh, I don't um... I don't know this city all that well. I mean, I can help you I guess, but I dunno where any of the pubs or alehouses are. M-Maybe I can ask the doctor to give you some of the palace's wine?"
I sighed deeply, then finished off my tea. I hadn't yet moved, but Zhang was watching me with terrified eyes, as if I would transform right before him and destroy the infirmary and all the injured pandas inside it. When I moved my legs, the poor fat panda yelped and nearly leapt right out of his chair, paw plastered against his chest as if to stop his heart from bursting.
I couldn't help but laugh.
"I-I don't like this!" the frightened panda cried, finally getting up. Any fear he may have had was quickly turning to anger. "I'm just trying to be hospitable and bring you some tea, you don't have to be mean about it! Screw you, get your own damn drink! Not that you'll be drinking all that much anyway, not 'til you get paid, right?"
My ears flicked, despite my stitched-up left one. Again the panda had defeated me. The fact of the matter was, I didn't have a penny to my name, and with my sword broken it would take quite a bit of my earnings just to get it repaired, much less forge a brand new one. How much did that leave left over for drinking? Depended on the drinking hole, I suppose.
I tried my best to wave the kid off. "Someone'll buy me a drink or two, I'm the Hero of Xin'an, after all. Just find me a place where all the pandas hang out and I'm bound to get a free drink or so. "
Zhang just growled quietly, still frowning at me from half way across the room. He gave me a long, hard stare, growing less and less fond of me with every passing second. But finally his resolve weakened and he stopped frowning.
"If I help you...what do I get out of it?"
I shouldn't have been surprised, but somehow I was. "I'll make sure there's always a drink in your paw," I tried, but he didn't look like much of a drinker to me.
The panda just crossed his arms. "No, I don't want that."
I sighed quietly, then shifted myself a bit more in order to try getting up a second time that day, hopefully with better results. "Then what?" I asked, just as my left foot thudded against the wooden floor. There was some kind of straw mat underfoot, too.
"I um... I want you to teach me how to fight."
Now that did surprise me. "Are you serious?"
The panda nodded. "I'm not really much of a fighter, in case you didn't notice."
I hadn't, really.
"It's mostly been luck getting me through these battles. Never really been in much of a fight either, at least before I joined the uprising. I grew up on a farm with my parents, so I didn't get out much."
"So then why join the fight? There are hundreds of other capable fighters, and let me tell you, when we march upon Tao'zhan, the battle will be a thousand times more intense. From what I've heard, Tao'zhan is a city more massive than anything anyone has seen before, and we could be looking at a month-long siege."
I wasn't meaning to scare the poor panda, and perhaps it was just the mercenary in me talking, but putting your life in such amazing danger just seemed so useless to me. He was good for nothing more than target practice for the enemy, though I was amazed he'd made it this far.
"I loved my father very much," Zhang told me, "and though my mother and I had a difficult relationship...I still loved her too, truly I did. I lost both of them because of Emperor Xu, and the farm I grew up on, my home. I'd spent a while travelling after the Exodus, but after...certain events...I decided to stop running and join the fight. I knew I wouldn't be much use as a fighter, but I had to get Emperor Xu back for what he did to us pandas. It's been almost five years since I left my home, two since I joined the resistance. I love my country, and I'll die trying to reclaim it. But I'd feel a lot better about it knowing I helped make a difference."
The kid had conviction, that much was sure. Whether or not I could teach him something was open to debate, but if he managed to get me the hell out of this infirmary and into an inn, I'd give it my best shot. Of course all I could teach him was techniques with a sword, so hopefully he had something to work with.
"Well kid," I managed to grunt as I sat myself up more or less properly, "you've got yourself a deal. You help me get shit-faced, I'll help you swing a sword. You do have one, do you not?"
"Well, yeah, I do. Sorta. I can get one. Used to have one that belonged to my family, but I lost it years ago. I had one with me in battle, but I was pretty useless with it. Used a staff mostly, 'cause that's what most of the others were using. But that didn't do me a whole lotta good either."
Cute kid, but I wasn't terribly interested in his past. All that mattered was his future, and with any luck I could extend his future by at least a few more battles.
When Zhang and I at last shook paws, sealing the deal, he sat on the bed beside me for a second and pulled my arm over his shoulder, and much to my delight he managed to get me onto my feet without incident, despite my shakiness. Though I was at least a head taller than him, he was a good, sturdy crutch to lean on, and as I hobbled along with him past a couple empty beds toward the door, I could tell the kid had a lot more muscle beneath his flabby exterior than I had originally assumed. Perhaps he'd make a more competent fighter after all. After quickly dispelling the curious and anxious guard, in no time at all we left through the palace gates in search of the nearest pub.
The sun was setting when the young panda and I began our search. As we passed by the ornate temples and tranquil gardens, dozens of robed pandas sat a sad and lonely vigil, praying to whatever gods they believed in that their lost loved ones made a safe journey through the afterlife. Some had even stopped in seemingly random spots, next to the cobbled pathway and on stone benches near the gardens. Though I had only one goal in mind, I couldn't help but whisper a silent prayer for the fallen pandas, many of whom had fallen by my side.
The search for a watering hole - with emphasis on "hole" - was surprisingly not easy. Sure, there was pubs and inns, but what I wanted was something I was a bit more used to back in Midland, especially during the Century War. Something without class, something filthy and rowdy, something with stale old beer, or ale, or mead, or whatever they had to offer. I wanted a place that was dark and dangerous, someplace where it wasn't a good night unless a fistfight broke out. I was just a lowlife, mercenary scum, and I wanted a place who served only them.
Unfortunately, most places looked far too respectable for the likes of me, smelling of sweet wine and savoury meals, the gentle sound of their style of music permeating the air. They were dim yet refreshing, and as clean as pubs could get. I also noticed that tonight especially, they were filled with silently grieving pandas, all of whom were praying in their own way. They also looked expensive, and as Zhang couldn't stop reminding me, I had no money.
I have no idea how long the panda and I hobbled through the streets - to be fair, I was doing most of the hobbling - before finally finding an acceptable hole, but once I heard shouting and the soothing sound of a brawl, I knew I was home. No surprises, the fine establishment was located somewhere close to the city's walls, further from the palaces and temples and gardens, closer to the gates that saw a lot of traffic. Merchants and traders mostly, both of honest and ill repute, all of whom could conduct no business until their whistles were thoroughly wetted.
"Are you sure about this place?" asked a nervous panda. He winced at each crash of breaking glass. I had to admit, when my stab wound began throbbing horribly and my legs refused to steady me on their own, I was becoming more and more reluctant to enter. But no, this was the only place for me.
"You're damn right I am," I said as boldly as I could whilst hanging from a fat panda's arm. Whether I sounded confident or not was open to debate, but as Zhang started to lead me in, there was no backing out now.
No surprise, the moment we entered the loud, raucous pub, my nose was immediately greeted with a horribly acrid scent, reeking of stale beer and day-old stew, and about as many sweaty drunken soldiers as you could count. Most of them weren't pandas I noticed, and were far too busy drowning their sorrows in ale to notice me wobble between tables, avoiding elbows and fists and insults from every direction. A battlefield of its own, both luck and skill brought me to a table, which had just been cleared for me by a massive rhino blinded by booze.
"Go get me a drink," I told the young panda, practically out of breath. My stab wound was throbbing something fierce, and clutching it did nothing to relieve the pain.
Unfortunately, Zhang looked as if he had just shit his pants, or was about to. "I-I dunno about this place," he told me, taking a seat. His paws were shaking and his head darted about like a paranoid lord, suspecting assassins all around.
I sighed, but I wasn't without compassion. For now, ignoring the nervous panda, I very carefully got to my feet and held a paw up to the bartender, who didn't come close to noticing me. I shouted at him, my voice still hoarse from the battle. Now I growled, and as I avoided a wayward fist, I tried again. Still nothing, and as anger took over, I slammed my fist down on the table. That gained as much attention as the first attempt, though a few nearby soldiers did glance at me. I tried one more roar at the bartender, but he was busy at the farthest end from me. There seemed to be no servers around either.
I just sighed and sat back down, defeated. I hadn't the energy to get up and demand a drink in the most unruly way I knew how, not like in the old days. The few furs who had noticed my pitiful attempts - all of whom seemed to be together - shared glances with each other before getting up, now approaching my and Zhang's table.
I glanced the trio up and down, determining the soldier in front - a brute of a bull - was something like their leader, and the two scuffy-looking mutts behind him were his filthy henchmen. They looked like they wanted to fight, and as they surrounded the table - the mutts both clasped paws on Zhang's shoulders, making sure he stayed sat - I knew I'd be brawling soon.
"Why you look familiar to me, tiger?" the unfamiliar bull asked with a cocky grin.
"Ugly mug like mine, could be anybody's."
He just laughed quietly through his nose, shaking his head. Though I was injured and still very much feeling it, with a bit more effort than I'd have liked I stood up, standing nearly as tall as the bull. He didn't look even close to intimidated by me.
"Took a beating in the battle today," the bull pointed out, gesturing his head toward me. He guzzled the rest of his drink in no time and loudly slammed the large horn down on the table. The clang and clamour of the other pub-goers was as deafening as ever, and they still paid little attention to us. "Tell me, which side were ya on?"
I glanced at Zhang, who looked both scared and furious at the same time. I could tell he was readying himself for a fight, or at least I hoped he was.
"Pandas. You a merc?"
The bull nodded slowly, crossing his arm against his barrel chest. "Yup. Guess we was on the same side, hm?"
The mutts who had accompanied the bull over here were chuckling. The more we conversed, the more drunk I was beginning to realize the three of them were, and I was still without a drink of my own. When the bull at last uncrossed his arms, he drew a blade and simply fiddled with it for now, picking something from his teeth.
"You want something from me, bull?" I was starting to get agitated, not in the mood for any of this. I was going to get that drink or, as the bull seemed to want it, die trying. "Either put that rusty needle to good use or go sit back down."
That seemed to make the bull laugh, but when I growled and bared my teeth, paws clenched into fists, he was quickly silenced. He gave me a very serious glare, gripping the knife far more aggressively now. If he aimed to use it, I could only hope he would make it as quick and painless as possible.
"How many o' 'em Emperor's men y'kill, little tiger, hm? I counted 'bout thirty or so, kinda lost count after a while. Ain't that right, boys?"
The dogs ardently agreed.
I just scoffed at the old bull. He had his fair share of scars, I could see them crosshatched throughout his short white fur, at least the parts of him that were showing. The brute was wearing only a sleeveless shirt and pants, but I imagined the whole rest of his body was equally as adorned.
"Perhaps you were pissin' your pants somewhere in the back, eh?"
I wasn't sure exactly what had come over me, but rather than let the bovine go on believing that, before I could stop myself I found my fist suddenly flying through the murky air. In seconds, an intense pain crashed through my arm as my knuckles came against the bull's extra-thick skull, knocking him toward the table about an inch or so, meanwhile I stumbled back like a buffoon, clutching what I hoped wasn't a broken paw.
The bull just held his jaw, not a drop of blood on him. He just smiled, glared at me, and before I knew it I was flattened onto the filthy pub's floor, people crying out as I inadvertently shoved them out of the way. Now the pub was spinning and I somehow found myself on my feet again, I think held up by the angry bull. Fortunately I had enough wits about me to heave my body to the left, avoiding a punch, only to spring back up and attack.
I struck the massive bull on the other side of his jaw, barely moving him. When I received my second punch of the evening, I could see he was enjoying this a hell of a lot more than me. After my third punch, which slammed me against the bar - at least I had the bartender's attention now - I grabbed the first thing I found and was luckily able to splash it in the angry bull's face.
As the white-furred beast stumbled, I slammed the heel of my foot into his knee, elbowed him square in the forehead, then for good measure smashed a chair over his stupid horned head. He was down for sure, but hardly out. Before long he was getting back up, but I kicked him clumsily in the shoulder - I was aiming for his face - which forced me back toward the bar again.
Just as I recovered, the wind was forced from my lungs as the bull threw himself against me, chunky shoulder and all. The two of us struggled as the rest of the pub-goers roared and cheered us on. Fists were thrown, feet were kicked, elbows flew and blood was spilling. I could hear Zhang crying out, not because he was in trouble but for my sake, the sweet fat thing that he was.
Finally we were locked together again. The bull was biting at me and I was stuffing my poor fingers in his mouth to live unbitten for a few more seconds. My broken claws were unsheathed and I took as many chances to slice into him as I could, at last finding a weak spot upon his belly, no doubt a wound earned from the last battle.
I scratched him there again, slammed the heels of my forepaws against his ears, kicked him in the gut then shoved him with all my might back toward a table, over which he lost his balance and fell. I gave him one final kick for good measure and let out a bestial roar, letting the rest of these drunken bastards know who'd won.
As predicted, the bull was getting back up, but he made no attempts to attack me. The crowd simply cheered and held up my arms, as if this was some kind of event. I roared again, louder when a drink was forced into my paw and I guzzled it down quickly. I sat back with Zhang who looked horrified.
"You've reopened your wounds," he said indignantly.
"You!" growled the bull, approaching me with his mutts. The rest of the crowd had gone back to what they were doing, and I was ready for another drink.
"Back for more?"
"Nay, I shoulda known better than to brawl with you. Didn't recognize ya without all the blood and armour... You th' one who defeated Tormund, ain'cha?"
"In the flesh and fur," I said proudly, feeling those reopened wounds Zhang had mentioned. Now I really needed that other drink.
"Oi!" the bull suddenly cried, holding up his hand. He yelled it again to get everyone's attention. The maddening thing was, it worked quite well. I even noticed another tiger poke his head out from a door near the bar, the server I presumed. Perhaps this bull was some kind of regular.
"This tiger here," he began telling everyone, pointing directly at me so as to not confuse me with someone else, "is the savior of Xin'an!"
The drunken crowd cheered quite heartily at that, holding their drinks up to us.
"He's just a damn lowly merc like the rest of us, but he fought tooth and nail to defeat one of Xu's toughest soldiers. Boy's a damn hero, givin' all he's got to help these pandas out. But problem is, he ain't drinkin' like a hero should! So why don't you pieces of shit thank the Hero of Xin'an the only good-god-damn way you know how, and get him bloody wasted!"
The crowd roared and took turns slapping their battle-hardened paws against my back, I think trying to knock me across my table, but as promised these pieces of shit thanked me the only good-god-damn way they knew how, and in no time I had a second mug of warm piss-water guzzled down and had already been given a third.
I held up my drink and made them give Zhang one, which he sipped dubiously, and then I roared with the celebrating crowd.
"They call me Nosferatu!" I cried, polishing off my drink, and as another was dutifully placed within my paw, I rumbled, "Death on the Battlefield!" which got them all to repeat it as drunkenly and as loudly as they could. I think if I had arrived earlier, they probably would have lifted me onto their shoulders and paraded me around the filthy dregs of Xin'an, but I think not a single soldier here had the strength nor the coordination to perform such a feat.
Nevertheless, I quickly downed yet another drink, perhaps for fear of tasting it, and that tiger server made another appearance, finally bringing some food around. I wasn't sure, in my ever-increasing stupor, what exactly it was - meat of some kind, and perhaps roasted potatoes - but it went perfectly with my rancid ale, no utensils required.
By the time I finished my fifth drink, the pub was spinning wildly. I think I got in a few more brawls while I was there, but I couldn't remember nor feel a thing. However my nose was bleeding again and I had a black eye, that much I knew. In fact, I didn't even feel any of the wounds I had entered with, a sixth mug saw to that. The tall, sinewy tiger - not usually my type - came around a few more times with food, and my paw couldn't resist feeling his butt. He seemed to like it, and though I could have sworn he was in barmaid's garb, I was hardly one to be picky.
"Another!" I roared, though it may not have come out quite so coherently. Either way, the eager pub-goers did as I commanded, and as with every drink before it, I downed it immediately. Although most of it likely ended up pouring down my face and chest, a good amount did make it into my maw and belly, same with the food still going around.
As the noise and bustle of the pub thundered around me in a chaotic blur, I was steadied as I laid an extremely sloppy kiss on the food-serving tiger, which seemed to excite the crowd. The strangely-dressed tiger - I was suddenly reminded of an old friend who enjoyed similar tastes in fashion - didn't seem to mind, as I was given a hardy slap across the face, followed by another kiss. I had no idea what had happened with Zhang, and I didn't much care either.
Perhaps it was just the alcohol, but I was enormously aroused by the tiger, his stout yet feminine figure, the way he winked at me every time we made eye contact, even his clothes. In fact it had been a long time since I had felt so amazingly turned on by another, and each drink seemed to make these feelings worse. I was already losing control of myself, but as my wandering paws were reciprocated, I knew I couldn't resist the sexy striped beast much longer.
I lost count of the number of drinks I had, and the evening thereafter was very much a confused mess. I remembered stumbling horribly up a set of creaky old stairs with drink in my paw, into one of the fine establishment's rooms, where the striped barmaid and I entered and quickly disrobed. Or maybe just I disrobed. Someone disrobed, I was sure of it, but the important part was, I did remember the tiger's amazing warmth.
I remembered he was very enthusiastic, too, very loud, and oh so warm. His insides wrapped around my member so beautifully, massaging every inch of my desperate shaft, again and again, both of us wanting it so bad. His cries were...higher than expected, but he enjoyed it as much as I did, perhaps even more so. Though the memory was just a haze, I seemed to remember going on for quite some time, sweaty and drooling and growling, animalistic in a way, until I finished up inside him, planting my seed with thunderous results. In fact, he made almost as much noise as I did, as if he had orgasmed too, though it wasn't quite the deep, guttural rumbling that mine was. It was nice and sweet, and extremely satisfied.
I must have fallen asleep not long after finishing up, locked in the tiger's warm embrace. Of course by morning I was only greeted by the sharp, pounding kiss of a nasty hangover, instead of the sweet lips of last night's conquest.
I groaned as I opened my eyes, the crack of light through the nearby window intensifying my headache a thousandfold. When I tried to move my sore, tired body, my stomach only roiled and I nearly lost yesterday's meal. For now I laid back down and covered my face with my arm, discovering quickly I had been the one who'd disrobed. Grateful that mystery had at last been solved, I groaned again, but nothing I did could will this splitting headache away.
"Nosferatu," a voice whispered loudly, startling me.
"Ughh," I managed to say in response, turning my head toward the direction of the voice, though keeping my arm draped over my eyes. The voice was small yet defiant, and very familiar.
"You're pathetic," the voice grunted, his soft footsteps inching closer. I caught a brief whiff of his scent; it was warm and velvety and a little sweet, but with the vaguely sour tang of a weary traveller. However vague, it nearly made me vomit, but somehow I kept it down.
"Fuck off," I decided to say, not entirely sure who this asshole was, but certain I didn't care enough to know. All I really wanted - strange as it may sound - was a hot cup of tea, some nasty, greasy breakfast food, and something to make this horrid pain in my head disappear. Of course most of these Eastern Landers didn't eat like that, at least not in the morning, though they loved their tea. It was a miracle at all that I found this place amongst their tea houses and raw fish huts.
"You made a fool of yourself last night," the voice continued.
My response was barely a grunt. It seemed the slightest sound or the tiniest crack of light either squeezed my head like a vice or twisted my stomach like a damp cloth, or both at once. What I really wanted was another drink, perhaps a dark beer with my breakfast, or anything else that would take the pain away. Of course I knew it was drinking which got me into this mess to begin with, but in my experience, the best cure was more booze. I would even resort to drinking wine if I had to.
"I don't care," I managed to say, turning away from the window and the stranger. I instead pulled the bed sheets up over my head, wishing the whole world would disappear, my pain included. "Go away."
The familiar stranger just sighed. "You have to get up."
"I don't have to do anything."
"You do if you still want to get paid."
I groaned once more, shutting my eyes tightly. The prospect of getting out of bed was not appealing in the slightest, especially since I was still naked. But much more than that, I could feel my body was ready at any moment to throw up, even at the slightest provocation. I laid as still as possible, ignoring the strange presence looming over me. Perhaps I would lie here until the pandas won their war, then collect my reward.
But sadly, I knew the stranger was right. After all, after my fight with Tormund, I'd have to look into repairing, or more likely replacing my sword. And though my fellow revellers took great joy in getting me blackout drunk, they would no doubt draw the line at weapon forging. And so it was with a great sigh that I turned onto my back, tilted my head toward the newcomer and cracked open an eye.
My heart nearly skipped a beat as the white-furred stranger slowly came into focus, recognizing the small arctic fox almost instantly. I had to look twice to see if it really was my old friend Loki, but sure as the sunrise, there he was, standing before my bed with arms crossed and looking about as friendly and happy as he tends to get. However accompanying my surprise was a sudden flash of anger, though my knotted stomach saw to it that I barely reacted, though a fist had most certainly formed.
"What the fuck are you doing here?" I groaned, shielding my eyes from the blinding cracks in the window slats.
"I was looking for you," he stated simply, taking a step back as I struggled to sit up.
Tensing my stomach muscles did nothing to ease the pain, but at least my feet were firmly planted on the floor, though I still sank listlessly forward, eyes closed again. My belly roiled and though I was certain I'd be enjoying a second helping of meat and ale, I managed to keep it down. I groaned pathetically, paw rubbing my head futilely. Luckily the bed sheets still covered my important bits, not that Loki would have minded otherwise.
"It didn't god-damn occur to you that I didn't want to be found?"
Though I wasn't looking, I could tell he frowned at that.
"Just go away. Go back to wherever the hell you came from."
He was probably still frowning. "You know where I came from, and I don't have anywhere else to go."
"Yeah, well far away from me would be a good start."
This time the little arctic fox growled, which got no reaction from me. "I tracked you down because there are some things I wanted to discuss with you, but I see you're hardly in a state to listen."
"And I'm not going to listen, Loki. I don't care what you have to say, whatever it is, it's not important. You know, you may find this hard to believe, but I actually like my life right now. Life is simple, like in the old days. You fight, kill, and die. Simple. So get it through your thick skull: I'm not going back."
"I wasn't going to ask you to come back," the fox snapped from beneath the hood of his dull red cloak. "You selfish asshole."
Finally I glanced up at the arctic fox, who looked about ready to punch me. But I knew he wouldn't. I have to admit, I was curious why he had come to find me, no doubt it was a long journey from Midland. It was for me, at any rate, at least until I found stable employment by the warring pandas.
In fact, when I first arrived in these lands, I had almost enlisted with Emperor Xu and his crazy lot. I would have put my pennies on them winning this war, an army of so-called perfect creatures. But they seemed too comfortable to me, too complacent, too self-assured. It was as if they knew they would win beyond a shadow of a doubt, and so they were ill prepared for the fire and fury of the panda forces. I think that was why I joined up with the pandas, they had a certain intensity of spirit I was strangely attracted to. They had such amazing drive, such incredible will to win, I saw victory in their eyes. And hell, in the end, it was for a good cause.
"All right, Loki, you're right. I'm just feeling like shit, I'm sorry. Tell me what it is you came to say."
Loki paused for a moment before saying, "Fuck you."
I raised a brow. "That's it?"
"No, I just don't want to tell you now."
I sighed with annoyance. "Yeah, that's what I figured. Either get lost, Loki, or help me find my clothes."
After another short pause, the arctic fox took a few steps back and bent down, and before I could react he threw my pants into my face with surprising force.
"You're an asshole," he told me, "and a drunk piece of shit. But...I wasn't lying when I said I have nowhere else to go. The Holy See eventually put a bounty on my head too, and chased me out of Midland."
"They didn't chase me out of Midland--"
"Oh that's right, you ran away. I mistook you for a braver fur."
I sighed angrily. "You'd better be getting to your point, Loki."
"Yes, well as I was saying, somehow the Holy See had discovered my involvement with the Crimson Ki--"
"Don't," I suddenly interrupted, giving the fox a wicked glare, "you dare mention that name to me." I didn't even realize my paws had formed extremely tight, shuddering fists. I let them relax after a moment, but Loki had already noticed.
He gave me a serious stare. "You can't keep running from all your problems, acting like nothing happened."
"Apparently I can," I responded quickly, wanting desperately out of this conversation. "Except somehow I can't seem to escape you. I don't wanna talk about it, Loki."
"You can't keep denying the past. Eventually you're going to have to face it and deal with it."
"But not right fucking now!" My paws were fists again.
"Fine," Loki said begrudgingly. "My point is, Luca, the See chased me out of Midland and I had nowhere else to turn. I followed you as best I could, but I was at least a month behind you. Unimaginably, your trail went cold several times, but all it took was a rumour or two of a 'demon tiger' and I knew where to go."
Oh yeah, did I mention most of the older generation of pandas referred to me as " Yaoguai Hu?" It means demon tiger, and they don't say it in a nice way either, not in some twisted celebratory way after a long battle. They were afraid of me - and rightfully so - convinced I had some deep, dark evil lurking within me, a demon wanting out. They also told me no mortal soul could fight the way I do, with such merciless strength and unyielding power, truly I must be possessed. I told them they were nuts. I don't talk to the older pandas anymore.
I just grumbled at the arctic fox. "Well good for you. And now what will you do, now that you've finally found me?"
The fox just shrugged quietly and paced a little. "I hadn't thought about it. I um..." He turned just enough so I couldn't see his face. "I thought wherever you were, whatever you were doing, we could do it together. If...you're interested."
"And what if I'm not?"
Loki fidgeted with one of the many handmade bracelets tied around his wrist. "I don't know. You're the only person I have left in this world. I suppose I could get by somehow. Of course the option always exists that I dispel the ancient Rune that the Crim..." He had to stop himself for a moment. "...that was cast upon me when I was a child, the Rune of Reversion."
When Loki finally glanced back at me, I just gave him a shrug, knowing nothing of his magic runes.
"When cast correctly, it...well basically stops my physical body from aging, or rather reverses the effects of time at the same rate it flows."
At last I began to put my pants back on, though I still sat upon the bed, only barely comprehending what he was saying. "I think you've told me something about that before. I didn't get it then, and I still don't get it. Sounds like witchcraft to me. I suppose dispelling it would make you age like a normal person, hm? You could just save yourself some trouble and learn to tie a noose."
Loki grunted. "Are you going to let me travel with you or not?"
I let out a big long sigh and leaned back on my paws, remaining topless for now. My stomach was still bothering me and my head pounded, perhaps that explained my weakening resolve. However reluctant, and with a groan, I gave the arctic fox an affirming nod.
"Fine," I told him, "I guess there are worse companions out there. But I don't want to hear any talk about Midland, or..." My heart suddenly thumped heavily against my chest as I tried to push those thoughts aside. "Or anything else like that, got it? I have a new life out here and frankly, I'm very much enjoying it. I suppose what you tracked me down to say involves something of the sort..?"
Loki frowned and nodded. "Another time, then."
"Yeah, or not at all."
The fox grunted again. "So you're enjoying it out here, are you? Are you enjoying the new wounds you've collected, too?"
When he mentioned it, as if on cue, the new wounds I'd collected began to throb more fiercely, though not quite as bad as my head. "A small price to pay for my freedom, I suppose. I've certainly survived worse."
Loki sighed through his nose, staring intently at my reopened wounds, inching closer. "I could help fix these up for you, if you'd like. Just some fresh bandages and a couple runes should see them healed in no time."
It took all my strength not to roll my eyes. "Boy those Runes can do anything, can't they."
Loki frowned. "It's an ancient, forgotten power, a language first spoken by the gods. You've seen what I'm capable of on more than one occasion, so don't act like you don't believe in it. Besides, it wouldn't hurt you to try, the least you'd get out of it is clean bandages."
It was finally my turn to frown. "Just keep your damn Runes away from me. I know you're some sorta...what was it?"
"Runecaster."
"Runecaster, but I still don't trust it. I've gotten by my whole life healing the old-fashioned way, and it hasn't let me down yet."
"Yes, well you had some assistance along the way, even if you didn't know it."
I shot the arctic fox a wicked glance, but it wasn't like he was wrong. My whole life I carried around a Dark Presence inside me, it kept me on my feet when other men would have fallen. It was what had earned me my nickname, Nosferatu, Death on the Battlefield. It was something I scarcely understood growing up in Midland, which was embroiled in a century-long war, but it gave me a certain fierceness rarely seen in battle, which would only seem to trigger when my life was in mortal danger.
It would start as an eerie scratching in my belly, the monster wanting out, a feral breathing down the back of my neck. And when I was on the brink of death, it would rear its black, ugly head and I became an entirely different tiger, a beast of beasts. I'd been told numerous times it was like a transformation; one moment I'm taking a beating, the next I'm pulverizing my enemy with fists, claws, teeth, and anything else I could use to satiate my undying bloodlust. Often I would blackout from my injuries shortly thereafter, when my enemy has fallen. In fact, I can't immediately recall a time where I didn't, though I suppose there may have been some instances.
Loki just sighed through his nose and took a few steps toward me, holding out a paw. I was cautious at first, but relaxed when he simply touched my left ear, which was still incredibly tender, like the rest of me. He rubbed it gently with his thumb, sighing quietly again.
"You've become more reckless in battle," he pointed out, the slightest bit of distress in his voice. When I looked up at him, his eyes glistened with concern. He retrieved his paw and lowered his head a little, looking down at my the rest of my bandaged wounds.
"Maybe I have," I shrugged, turning my head away. When my eyes glanced back, he was fiddling with his bracelets again, and from beneath his hood I noticed a slight reddish hue upon his cheeks. "So what?"
"So...I still care about you, Luca. You shouldn't just throw your life away because of--" Again the arctic fox had to stop himself. "Because of, um..."
"Just say it," I conceded with a sigh.
"Because of what happened at the Black Castle. I know you tried to kill yourself in the McCree's garden not a week after we pulled you out of there. And now under the pretence of mercenary work, you're trying to kill yourself all over again. You think if you aren't doing it yourself, it'll work. But it hasn't yet, Tormund is proof."
I just scoffed at the small fox. "Or maybe I just need to make a living. Sure, if my head happens to get lopped off in the process, well, so be it. That's the mercenary life, Loki, that's what it's all about."
"Every mercenary I have ever known is never willing to die for whatever cause they sign on for. At the first sign of danger, they take whatever money they've earned and flee. Mercenaries are not noble, they aren't honest, they are simply in it for the money. And their lives are worth a hell of a lot more to them than a battle and a pawful of coins, at least they seem to think so. You know this, you lived most your life that way. Luca in the old days, which you seem so fond of this morning, would have taken one look at Tormund and his mountain of corpses and you would have fled, like every other mercenary did. But not this time. You took charge and led the army to victory as if you were a real soldier, with absolutely no regard for your own life."
"And that, Loki, is why those bastards last night kept buying me drink after drink after god-damn drink. Maybe on some subconscious level I'm trying to get myself killed, I don't know. But so what? I have nothing and no one left to live for, so who the hell cares?"
"I do, you thick, stupid tiger!" Loki hissed. He was almost in tears now - at least I think he was, beneath his hood - but there was also immense rage in his voice. He squeezed his paws into fists, face burning red. "I know we haven't been real close in the time we've known each other, but...I've..."
The crazy thing was, I was actually starting to feel a little bad. I glanced down at my left wrist where only one bracelet sat, one that had been made especially for me by Loki. It was kind of his thing, and I really did appreciate it.
"I care a great deal more about you than I've ever said, and it wasn't until your sudden departure from Midland where I began to realize just how much I've come to depend on you. I know you don't want to talk about it, so all I'll say is, I know what it's like to lose everything."
I just huffed and looked away again. My stomach was turning much more than it had been when I woke up, and my heart was pounding against my chest. It took a moment, but I realized my fingers were tapping on the bed, twitching furiously. I stopped them when I noticed, took in and exhaled a deep breath, then looked the other way.
"I'm done with this conversation," I quickly said, growing more and more uncomfortable. Loki was venturing into territory I would have preferred left entirely alone.
The arctic fox grunted but did back away, crossing his arms. "Do you need help?" he said after a moment, bending down to grab my shirt. This time he handed it to me nicely, and with some effort I managed to slip it on.
"I think I'll be fine," I groaned as my body leaned forward, muscles tensing as I prepared to stand. But as my arms helped launch me to my feet, my poor stomach decided it had had enough and decided to give, hurtling me back toward the bed. "Shit."
My legs were still weak as if I had already begun drinking, that coupled with my reopened wounds and my churning stomach made for one immobile tiger. But as I waved Loki away, I was determined to do this on my own, feeling like an old street beggar spying a lord and lady from afar. Upon my second attempt, I groaned as if I had just been stabbed, but with the bedpost as my crutch, as well as a swift arctic fox, I at last managed to stand. My balance left much to be desired, but at least I was upright.
"Ugh, god," I groaned, clutching my poor roiling stomach. "I feel like I'm gonna puke."
Loki took a more wary stance, but he remained by my side, one small but firm paw upon my back. I held an arm around his shoulders and clung to him tightly, though if it came time to kiss the floor I was fairly certain Loki would do little to prevent it. Still, I appreciated his effort and as I took my first real step of the day with increasing balance, I appreciated him all the more.
With some effort, Loki managed to carry my poor drunk body downstairs to the main floor of the pub, where I noticed a female tiger tending to something near the unoccupied bar. There was also a few people eating at a couple tables, but most of the chairs were still up. Loki and I promptly removed a couple chairs from a window side tabletop and sat, myself much more unceremoniously than my white furred companion. I sighed heavily and groaned quietly, then glanced at the curvy tiger as she worked away.
I assumed it was her brother I had bedded last night, or perhaps a cousin, who was likely still sleeping off our raucous evening together. Either way, this one kept glancing over at Loki and I as I begged my headache to leave me, grinning a little but not yet serving us. Perhaps she was the cook or something, though when I scanned the room the others had already eaten. Was it too late for breakfast?
"Something on your mind?" Loki asked me, raising a brow. He had finally pushed his hood down, revealing his bright blue eyes.
"Hm?" I responded, finally focusing on the fox. "What?"
"You seem distracted."
"Nah, it's nothing. That tigress over there though, she keeps glancing over here. At least I think she is, she's not being real obvious about it."
Before I could stop him, Loki turned around in his chair as plain as day and got a good look at her. She of course whipped her head around and nervously retreated into the backroom, or more likely the kitchen.
"So?"
"So," I shrugged, "I dunno. Just seems strange."
Loki scoffed. "Not that strange."
I opened my mouth to ask the fox exactly what the hell that meant, when out from the kitchen came the buxom tigress with two steaming plates of goodness. Well, as good as food got in dives like this. With a happy grin on her face she placed our morning meals down in front of us, but winked as she pushed my plate toward me.
"I gave you a little extra bacon this morning," she told me with an amorous smile, blush smeared across her face. "Stud." If I didn't know any better, I would swear she had purposely pushed her ample breasts into my shoulder as she whispered "stud" directly into my ear, in a very soft and sultry tone. She also gave my thigh a good squeeze with her strong paw as she stood up to walk away.
"Uh...thanks," I managed to spit out, unable to completely comprehend what had just happened. I watched her turn and finally walk away, her tail swishing seductively from side to side before she resumed her work behind the bar. I think she continued with her brief glances in my direction, though by that point I had stopped watching.
Loki was unimpressed.
"I think she's hitting on me," I masterfully deduced.
Loki flicked his head back as if something had flown into it and made a sort of disgusted face, as if I had said the absolute stupidest thing he had ever heard. "Do you have any idea who that is?"
"Uh," I answered, glancing back at her. "Should I?"
The arctic fox just shook his head at me. "No, I suppose not." Being the natural detective that I was, I realized quickly that his response in fact meant, "Yes, you should."
Unfortunately I had no idea who this smitten Eastern Lander was, and I was beginning to suspect I probably should have. But certainly no names came to mind, in fact the only connection I could think I had with her was that whichever relative of hers was working the bar last night, I had had the best sex of my life with. Besides that, I didn't know any other tigers or tigresses, certainly none this far from my homeland.
"That 'guy' you think you fucked last night?" Loki started. "That's 'him.'"
I immediately furrowed my brow, having to process exactly what he'd said. "Wait...what?"
"You really are a drunk old fool."
"So, wait..." My head was really pounding now as I tried to recall last night's conquest. All I could remember was a sweaty mess of orange fur, white fur, and a hell of a lot of stripes all mashing together in total ecstasy. It was warm and loud and crazy, and amazingly fun. But more details than that eluded me. "It was...her?"
Though Loki didn't say anything, his hard frown gave me my answer.
"Shit," I said in astonishment. I took this time of reflection to shove the extra bacon I'd received into my mouth, crunching it a good long while before speaking again. "Really?"
Somehow Loki managed to frown more, a talent of his that never ceased to amaze me.
"Wow..." I ate some more breakfast as I tried my best to remember the darkened room we'd bedded in, but the single burning candle, as well as the countless pints of ale, made finding details difficult. I glanced back at the tigress, then down to my plate, then finally back to Loki. "Really..."
Loki finally touched his food, I think ignoring me now.
I just shrugged with a mouthful of food. "Ah well, you know what?" I started, spitting a bit of meat as I talked. "It was a fun night for us both, so what difference does it really make? I like sex, she likes sex, we both had sex with each other and we're neither the worse for it, so who cares? I needed to stick my cock in a hole and she was there to provide it, and quite happily I might add, so no harm done. Besides, once the panda soldiers move out, I'll go with them and I'll never see her again."
Loki responded with silence.
I just shrugged again, unable to take my mind off the tigress. All I could do was laugh. "I've gotta say, though... it was quite possibly the best sex I've ever had. Who would have thought? Maybe this is a start of something new."
Loki finally glanced up at me, chewing his bacon passive-aggressively. "Somehow I doubt it."
"You're probably right, unless I get blindingly drunk again. But still... I wouldn't have thought it'd be so good. Just like this bacon, so black and crispy. I wouldn't have thought it'd be any good either, yet here I am, eating more and more of it, and loving it."
Loki just rolled his eyes at me. "Very poetic."
I just smiled at the grumpy fox and shrugged a shoulder, taking another glance at the tigress. I had never in my entire life found any attraction to any female I had ever known, sexual or otherwise. Any relationships I had had with them was purely platonic, if even, and I sure as hell never sought those relationships out. There was absolutely nothing about their form that made me want them, hardly anything about their personalities that could possibly sway me. So was I really that drunk last night?
I just sighed and shoved some more food in my face, using my paws of course to cram it all in. I finished my breakfast quickly, already wanting more and eyeing Loki's meal hungrily. But the arctic fox was protective of his meal, only half way to finishing. However, it seemed he took pity on me as he grabbed a small cluster of eggs and bacon a moment later and dumped it on my plate.
"Here," Loki said with mild annoyance.
"You're the best," I told him, but he just grunted.
Just as I finished off round two, I glanced up at the pubs doors swinging open and was surprised to see Zhang sauntering in. He spied me immediately and, as if taking a few cues from Loki, frowned at me. He approached the fox and my table, seeming to get more angry with every padded stomp.
"I was worried about you," he said crossly, taking a seat. "With all your injuries, then that fight... And you just left me there!"
I had almost forgotten the panda had even taken me out to the pub to begin with, however forced it may have been.
"Look, you're already bleeding all over the place."
The panda wasn't wrong, and it made me wonder how much I'd soiled the bed with my fresh wounds. I pushed my ears back. "Sorry, kid, I didn't mean to abandon you like that. But hey, if you'd had more than just that one drink then maybe you could've shared in the revelry. I don't know what you expected to happen. But I haven't forgotten about our deal, so don't worry."
Like looking into a strange, misshapen mirror, the panda grunted, sounding almost exactly like Loki. I was certain neither of them would have appreciated me pointing out their similarities in that moment. Which of course reminded me, these two hadn't officially met yet.
"Uh," I began, "Zhang, this is an old friend, Loki."
The two shared glances, but no surprises, it was the panda who held out his paw. "I'm Zhang Chen Tzu."
Though it took an awkward amount of time, Loki at last shook paws with Zhang. "Loki," he simply responded. I think he would have retreated into his hood had he not put it down to eat.
"So how long have you guys known each other?" Zhang asked, now holding his paw up to get breakfast as well. "Luca and I just met yesterday. Well, technically the day before, during battle, but we weren't formally introduced. He's quite the fighter."
The shy fox had little to say, certainly no words.
"We've known each other for years," I said, not wanting to delve too deeply into our relationship. "In northern Midland we met, and we travelled together for a while."
"You know, I used to be a traveller too, though I was mostly alone. I made it as far west as a country called Essex, years after all pandas were exiled. Of course I wasn't a sellsword like you, but I managed to get by. It was kind of fun, actually, travelling and seeing the world and meeting so many different people and their cultures. Made it to a town called Wayford, have you heard of it?"
I wasn't familiar with the town, though I had been to Essex before.
"Actually, I made it as far as, um...as far as a place called Wyndham Green, but it isn't very big. That's where I got most of these scars."
I hadn't really noticed them, but when he mentioned it, I did see a bunch of scars up his arms and a few on his face. Zhang looked almost ashamed to mention it, shrinking back a little and glancing away. There was a slight hue upon his cheeks, and though I couldn't be certain, just mentioning the town's name seemed to make him anxious. I couldn't help but wonder what had happened there.
"Uh, well anyway, but then I learned there was an uprising going on, and word was spreading quickly. So I decided to join and here I am!"
"What happened at Wyndham Green?" I asked the panda perhaps more candidly than I should have, my small arctic partner glancing over expressionlessly. I was perhaps a bit too forward with Zhang, as my question had taken him aback slightly. He shifted uncomfortably as the tigress brought him his breakfast - I declined her offer for a second helping - but after a healthy amount of eggs, the panda attempted to explain.
"Sorry," he said, finally swallowing his food. "Um, just, uh... There's a guy there is all, a lion."
I used to know a lion.
"C-Copernicus is his name," the panda continued nervously. "He, um..."
"It's okay, kid, you don't need to explain. I was just curious, I didn't meant to make you uncomfortable. I thought maybe you were training there or something."
Zhang was starting to make me uncomfortable. Loki, of course, remained absolutely silent, choosing instead to watch the poor kid sweat, and me try to clumsily comfort him. I wasn't used to taking care of, or even listening to, people's problems. I suppose it was sweet that Zhang thought he could confide in me, it was clearly something he didn't enjoy discussing, but if it made him so damn uneasy, then why bother telling it?
"No, no, you asked. And...well, some of the healers say it's good to discuss past traumas, to help get over it I guess, but...well, since my family's gone, I don't really have anyone to talk to. I guess you're the only person I'm closest to now, and it's really been buggin' me."
"Zhang..." I almost felt guilty letting him go on. We'd only known each other a few days and he considered us close? "There aren't any other pandas you can talk to? I mean...we don't know each other all that well, we've only just met."
The poor panda sunk in his chair a little. "Oh, uh, yeah, I know. I'm not all that close with the other pandas, they're all soldier types, and, well, I'm not. If truth be told, they make fun of me a lot, usually behind my back, but I can still hear 'em. I'm a lousy fighter, sure, but I ain't deaf. Anyway, none of the other soldiers really give me the time of day, and the healers are too busy patching up 'real' wounds, so I'm kinda on my own."
I pushed my ears back, but much to my surprise, it was Loki who decided to say something.
"You can trust us," said the arctic fox seriously, giving Zhang's forearm a squeeze with his little paw. "Life is tough, and it's constantly throwing hurtles at you, one after the other until it seems all but impossible. But what really sets men apart is how they choose to deal with their hardships; they can either embrace it and become stronger, or succumb and fall. Luca and I can help you embrace your difficulties."
Zhang gave Loki a good long stare as if searching for doubt, but if there was any to be had, I couldn't find it. He gave one slow nod and reclaimed his forearm. After eating a bit more, he swallowed, ordered a drink - hopefully for all of us - then began.
"Copernicus," he said with some difficulty. "Some highborn lion, makes his money with several local businesses as well as a trading company. But, um, another successful business he keeps secret involves, well...trading people."
I had to sit back in my chair, as if literally blown away by that. "That's quite a claim," I said, though I didn't sound particularly doubtful. Growing up in wartimes in Midland, I had seen a lot of strange business interactions amongst the mercenary groups, and mine was certainly no stranger to selling their soldiers. Somehow, though, I felt like the trading Zhang was talking about was much more illicit than trading fighters.
"Beneath his home he's got this...dungeon, where he keeps his prisoners. I was held there for gods know how long, and..." Zhang's paws were shaking now, but my warm paw on his shoulder helped calm his nerves.
"Just take deep breaths," I told him, not sure if it really helped. I recalled times back during the Century War, when I fought in the Midland Royal Army, some of the men I commanded reacted just like how the panda was now to previous battles, all the blood and death finally getting to them. I remembered the doctors trying to treat those men, and they said stuff like "take deep breaths," and "relax." They usually had to give them a few doses of poppy milk to calm them, but of course I didn't have any on me now.
"Thanks," he said, and at last three mugs of dark beer was delivered. I drank mine quickly, Zhang only managing to get down half of his before giving in.
"Anyway... This dungeon of his, he...well, he tortures people, turns them into slaves, but I think he really just enjoys doing it. Some of the things he did...it wasn't just for business as he'd tell you, he loved inflicting that pain on us, how could he not? Some of the others were down there for months, some even longer, torturing them day in and day out. You were lucky if you got a day off, and you rarely got two, but if you did you always knew on the third day, your punishment would be twice as harsh, as if he's gotta make up for lost time. And when he's finally tortured you enough, when you're completely beaten and broken and can't even remember your own name, that's when he sells you to the highest bidder."
"That sounds terrible," was all I could think to say. I wasn't intimately familiar with the art of torturing someone, and had certainly been fortunate enough in my life to have avoided such treatment, so it was difficult to imagine what it must have been like for Zhang to endure such pain.
"Like I said, I have no idea how long he'd kept me down there for before I managed to escape, but it felt like it had been at least a few months, probably more! There's no windows, no daylight pouring in, just the everlasting darkness. He did things to me, he took off...pieces of me, and he forced me to...to service him, even while he inflicted terrible pain. I will always bear those scars, but if there's just one thing I know I will never be able to erase from my mind, it's those terrifying black eyes of his."
"Black eyes?"
Zhang shuddered at the thought. "He lures you in with warmth and generosity, no one ever the wiser. He comes off as just a regular highborn, perhaps a little eccentric but no different from any other lord. He offers you food and bed, and even a bath for the more weary travellers. But when he finally has you down in that cold, dark dungeon, something changes. His eyes become blacker than the night sky, darker than the deepest ocean. I...can't explain it, I just know with all his knives and needles and torture devices, nothing frightened me more down there than having to stare into those evil, blackened eyes."
With everything I had seen in my life, I wished I had the luxury of saying that was unbelievable, but I didn't doubt for a second that that lion was some kind of monster. And I'm not talking about the type of monster who skulks around at night praying on lonely prostitutes, I'm talking a real monster, the type mothers tell their children about at bedtime to keep them out of trouble. Maybe not with horns or tentacles or spines running down their backs, but I would bet there was something unnatural about that lion and his cold black eyes.
"I...I've never told anyone that before," said Zhang after downing the rest of his drink, cringing a bit at the taste but glad for it. "Thank you for listening to me, I know I probably sound a bit crazy right now, I know the healers weren't thrilled to hear me tell it. They think I was exaggerating, they refused to believe such a man could exist, I think that's why they told me to get lost... They weren't that mean about it, but they may as well have been. Anyway, thanks again. Luca, you're a good friend. And thank you too, Loki."
"It was no problem," I said calmly, giving the panda a solemn smile. Loki gave Zhang a curt nod, anything more would've been unusual. Together the three of us sat in silence for a good long while, until eventually we had all finished our meals.
"Well kid," I said as I stood up, giving Zhang's shoulder a friendly pat, "I appreciate you checking up on me, but I should really go collect my payment now. Meet me in the, uh...Relaxing Garden, or Thinking Garden, or...Zen-something..? Whatever it is, and we'll see what I can teach you. Bring a sword."
"It's called Serenity Gardens, and I don't think we should train there. It's meant for mediation and self-reflection. People go there to relax and pray. Plus, what about your wounds?"
"I'll take care of it, just meet me there, okay?"
Zhang pushed his ears back a bit. "Yeah, all right."
I gave the kid one final nod before I stumbled into the daylight, Loki in tow, which by the way did nothing to mitigate my pounding head. Fortunately the streets were quiet around the pub, though I could hear the noise and clamour of a busy city all around me. I just groaned and glanced at the hooded fox, who showed little pity for my bruised, battered and bleeding body. Of course it didn't stop me from using him as a short, white-furred crutch, much to his chagrin, but the reluctant canine helped me all the same.
"So what'd you think of his story?" I asked Loki, who had one arm around me as I used his shoulder to keep me up. Together we - or I - hobbled though the backstreets toward the palace, not yet venturing toward the busy thoroughfare.
The arctic fox shrugged. "That sort of thing happens all the time, you just don't hear about it."
"How do you know?"
"I just do."
"Okay, if you say so."
Loki grumbled something to himself, until he finally said, "You can see it in their eyes, a certain loss of innocence, a loss of life. People forced into slavery, they're just husks of their former selves. These slavers, they take everything away from you, every part of who you once were, even your name, it becomes theirs, until they sell you off, at least. You see them a lot more when you lift your head up and actually look."
"War can do the same thing to people," I pointed out. Fortunately I hadn't succumbed to the horrors of war, though I knew plenty of men who had. A lot of them end up going crazy, even during down time they saw enemies everywhere. They would freak out and start attacking city guards or shopkeepers, even regular folk passing by. I don't know what it says about me that I had never been affected like that, but I was damn glad for it.
Loki, of course, didn't respond.
The sun, after the initial shock of it piercing through my eyelids, actually started to feel nice upon my fur, and a gentle breeze kept me nice and cool. There was few clouds in the sky, a perfect day if I had ever seen one, it was enough to almost make you forget a violently bloody battle had occurred not a few days before.
Soon enough, though, Loki and I were forced onto the main road heading toward the palace, and not surprisingly we were stopped by a couple guards, two poor pandas who looked far more interested in praying than in guarding the Royal Palace. It probably had a very elegant name, too, but I didn't know what it was.
"That's far enough," the one on the left said unenthusiastically. He, along with his equally enthused cohort, was holding what I recently discovered was called a guandao, a polearm with a curved blade at one end. "You have business in the Royal Palace?"
I guess it was just called the Royal Palace. "Yeah, I'm here to collect my pay. Both for helping win this city back for you pandas, and for killing Tormund the Assface. I heard at the bar last night there was a pretty hefty bounty on his head."
The younger looking panda on the right snickered to himself while the left panda gave him a disapproving glance, then another one at me. "I had two other tigers tell me the same thing this very morning, and I doubt it'll be the last time. So why should I believe anything you have to say?"
Not only was I being accusing of being a liar and a cheat, but I especially loved how Loki kept his stupid maw shut during the whole transaction.
"Did any of the other tigers look like they'd been beaten half to death? Did any of them still have blood soaking through their clothes from the gaping wounds they'd suffered? How many of those tigers were god-damn foreigners?"
The left panda straightened up a little, shot his eyes at his partner, then back to me. "No need to get upset, sellsword. I can't just let anybody through this gate, especially none that may still be sympathetic to Emperor Xu. You have to understand my caution..."
I growled quietly, loud enough so they may have heard it, but so quiet it could have been something else. "My name is Luca," I told them. "I'm not one of these Eastern tigers, understand? Maybe we all look alike to you, but I come from a land much further west of here, in the northern parts of Midland. I don't give a damn about Emperor Xu or your damn uprising, nor about winning this stupid war. Frankly, I lived most of my life in wartimes, so your fight ain't too much different from anyone else's. All I care about right now is getting paid for services rendered, all right?"
It seemed my ire only served to strengthen the pandas' positions. "I'm sorry, Luca, I'm afraid I'm going to need to verify your identity." He then signaled something to his partner who then ran off through the gate's door, though not in enough of a hurry for my liking.
"I was just behind these walls yesterday," I growled, making sure he heard it this time. I could feel Loki getting a bit agitated, but still he remained silent. "Where the hell do you think I got these bandages, anyway?"
The panda looked as if his resolve was weakening, though still he held fast. I could have bowled him over, and probably quite easily, but I knew better. An angry tiger forcing his way into the Royal Palace would more likely land me in one of their prisons than get me paid.
"Where were you during the battle, anyway? Anyone on the frontlines would have seen it for himself. Did you know Tormund? Sounds like he had a bit of a reputation 'round here, several drinks were bought for me in honour of his untimely demise. Do you know what I did to him and his inch-thick armour? I ripped it off piece by piece with my bare paws, until one final blow cleaved his head in two. He had sliced nearly in half a couple dozen soldiers before I got to him, and trust me, if I hadn't, he would have torn through your army like they were nothing. So just let me through, and this will all be over. You can continue on with your day, turning away tiger after tiger."
This time the panda didn't respond, but instead tightened his grip on his guandao. That said more than enough, anyway.
"God damn you," I growled, getting just a bit too close to punching this panda out.
"Calm down, Luca," Loki finally said. "I'm sure Zhang can help us clear things up."
"Feh," I scoffed. "This halfwit probably wasn't even close to the actual battle. That why you're on guard duty, panda?"
The panda was a statue, barely moving, seeming to ignore everything I was saying now. This of course infuriated me more, probably because if I attacked him now it would look entirely unprovoked. I just sighed angrily and with some adjustment from Loki, turned around and paced away from the main gate leading into the Royal Palace.
"Cheap asshole panda bastards," I growled under my breath. Loki gave me a bit of a squeeze, or as much as he could while being used as a crutch.
"You're just getting this upset because you're in pain," the fox told me.
"You fucking think?" I snapped, admittedly feeling a little bad immediately after I said it. The truth was, aside from my splitting headache and nausea, my stab wound felt like it was being jabbed with a blazing hot knife, my possibly broken bones were throbbing all over, and every other cut and bruise was hammering away without mercy. What I really wanted now was another dozen drinks or so to numb the pain and sleep away the rest of these injuries, but it seemed unlikely to happen any time soon, especially without my money.
"Quit being a baby," a very patient arctic fox said, struggling to keep my worthless body up.
"Excuse me?"
"All I've heard you say this morning is how much pain you're in. The Luca I knew wouldn't go on endlessly about his injuries, he'd be proud and show them off. He'd revel in the pain, he'd act like it's some kind of rite of passage. I don't know if you've just gotten soft, or if you're just purposely rejecting all that you were."
"Fuck you, Loki." Of course just as I said that, the little fox began to push away from me, which made me falter and nearly fall over, but he caught my flailing body just before I fell.
"Yes, thank you," I groaned, I think reopening a few more wounds, "you've proved your point."
"You know, something occurred to me when Zhang was telling us his story."
I just grunted. I could have told him I didn't give two figs what he had to say, but I knew he was going to tell me anyway. So I beat him to it and said, with as little interest as possible, "What's that?"
"Zhang embraced his troubled past despite everything in his head telling him to forget it. I realize his story was much different from yours, but he did it all the same and I think he'll be stronger for it. There's no telling how, perhaps just peace of mind. Either way, it occurred to me that despite his pathetic fighting abilities, he's got a hell of a lot more mettle than you do."
"Uh, actually, I was right the first time: fuck you, Loki."
Thankfully the arctic fox didn't back away again.
"Do you think it was easy for him to talk about that? He'd kept that hidden for at least a few years since it happened, but he came out all right. I could practically see the weight lifting from his shoulders."
"It took all my strength not to hit that panda over there, but if you think I won't hit you, you've got another thing coming. Why is this so god damn important to you, anyway? The past is exactly where it should be: in the past. I don't give a shit if that makes me some kind of coward, I'm not going to discuss it. I told you before, I've got a new life now, so there's no point in going back there."
Loki sighed. "It's unhealthy."
"So is war."
"Is it so crazy...that I care about you, Luca? There was a time when I thought you cared about me too. Is that no longer the case? Was it ever the case?"
Now I sighed. "This is precisely the reason I didn't want to see you."
"So you really have denied your entire past."
I decided to take a cue from the panda still standing guard and not say anything.
"I see. Well maybe coming to find you was a big mistake after all."
The two of us stood on the side of the cobblestone road in total silence for a good awkward while before I finally heard a bit of talking back by the Palace gate. It seemed the young panda had finally returned with a very old panda, who walked with the assistance of an aged wooden cane. This panda was wearing dark red and yellow robes, looking almost like one of their monks, except both shoulders were covered. Then he glanced at me.
"Mercenary!" he shouted in my direction, waving me over. Loki and I approached as quickly as I could manage. "You're looking worse for wear. I thought I ordered the young one to keep you with our physicians. Look at you, you're bleeding again."
"And you are?"
"I am General Yuan Zi. I did not get to witness your battle with the terrible Tormund, but my lieutenants say you fought him like a demon. They call you Yaoguai Hu, but what may I call you?"
"Luca."
"Ah yes, Luca. Now that I think on it, I do believe I have heard your name at least a couple times during our campaign. Come, walk with an old general."
Loki and I followed past the panda guard, and, I might add, with a certain amount satisfaction. Well, I did at least, I think Loki couldn't have cared less. I wanted to give one final jeer as I passed him, but I decided to be the bigger man and give him a smug grin instead.
"So I understand you have not yet been paid for your services," said the general. Thankfully his need for a cane kept him walking at the same brisk pace Loki and I managed. "Most of the payments had been handed out shortly after claiming victory, but you were rushed into our infirmary with very deep wounds. Frankly, son, I'm surprised you're up and about."
I just shrugged, though my shoulder disapproved. "It's nothing I'm not used to."
"Indeed. So tell me, young Luca, where did you learn to fight the way you do? If the stories can be believed, you fought with the intensity and ferocity of a demon. And yet you also commanded the frontline company with precision and strength. Surely you must have a military background."
I had to hand it to the old panda, he was clever. With a slight smile I said, "I once served in a specialized division of Midland's Royal Army, the Dragonkin. I commanded my own company, the Dragonkin Brutes. I was their Captain, but before that, I was just doing what I'm doing now, selling my sword to anyone who'd have me. Served in a few mercenary bands early on, but most my time was spent looking for work."
The old general was nodding, as if he had already guessed as much. "Yes, yes, I see. And the way you swing that massive sword of yours, you have not had much formal training I presume?"
He wasn't wrong. "The first time I swung a sword I was just a kid, not yet a man grown. Raiders attacked our group, and I was given a sword about as big as I was. They told me I either die, or swing the damn sword and pray to god I lived long enough to see sunrise. Guess you could say the rest is history."
I practically heard Loki scoff as he looked away.
"I had a bit of training here and there, but certainly nothing you'd call 'formal.' If you can call any of what I do a technique, it's kept me going for this long, so I guess I'm doing something right."
"Intimidation can go a long way on the battlefield," said the caned panda. I couldn't tell how I was supposed to take that.
After walking past a quaint pond with a couple large willow trees nearby, General Zi led us into a tall red building with a yellow roof - most of the buildings looked like this within the Royal Palace walls - up a set of stairs and into a room with a short table and a few squat bookshelves, plus a dozen candles strewn about. The old panda, who, unlike me, hadn't run out of breath after climbing those stairs, then reached into a small wooden box and pulled out a sack of coins about the size of his fist.
"This ought to cover everything," he said as he turned back to me. "Payment for use of your sword upon victory, as well as for the bounty upon Tormund's head."
The general then threw the coins toward me, which thankfully I was able to catch with one paw. "It's a curious thing, Tormund being here."
I knew better than to ask, and yet some horrible little itch at the back of my neck forced the word, "Oh?" out of me.
"He is one of Xu's top soldiers. Not particularly high-ranking, no, he hadn't the mind for it. But what he lacked in intellect he made up for a hundred fold in brute strength. So why was he sent so far from his home in Tao'zhan, so far from his emperor? Was it to protect Xin'an? Who protects the emperor now?"
"There could be any number of soldiers who would die for the emperor."
"Yes, but none he trusted as much as Tormund."
I shrugged. "Tormund, that's not exactly an Eastern Lander name. From what I heard, all foreigners were exiled and banned from this country, so maybe one of his officers had a bug up his ass about it. Could be any number of reasons."
General Zi nodded a few times, pondering the matter further.
"Anyway, so what? He's dead now; in my books that's one less obstacle in the way of winning this war, whether it was here or in Tao'zhan."
"Your words are not untrue," conceded the panda, though it felt strangely like he was also telling me I was wrong. "What's troublesome, though, is for whatever the reason may be, Xu sent away one who was arguably the strongest soldier in the whole of the Eastern Lands, a man who had been by his side since before his ascension, a man who had halted every attempt at assassination no matter how deceitful or ingenious. Either the emperor has found a new form of protection, or he has taken leave of his senses, or started to at least. One may prove a hindrance, the other a help."
I didn't know what else to tell the panda general, having little experience in planning battles. Even as Captain of the Dragonkin Brutes, did more following of orders than anything. I certainly couldn't give him any advice, knowing neither Emperor Xu nor the giant mess called Tormund, at least not as well as he seemed to. And so I stood there with Loki in the silence of...whatever room this was. Probably a prayer hall, they seemed fond of those.
"But, this is a matter for another day. You have your payment now, spend it wisely."
"Thanks," I nodded, and just as Loki helped me turn, I stopped for a moment. "Uh, there is something else."
General Zi raised a brow as he looked up at me, both paws upon his cane's handle now.
"My sword, it was damaged in battle. Perhaps irreparably, and I'm not sure I'll have enough here to commission a new one."
The old general smiled at me and chuckled quietly, taking a few steps toward me. With a paw on my shoulder, he led me toward the stairs, like he was gently kicking me out. "I will call on you again in the days to come, so I ask if you are to stay with us, that you do not stray far."
"What? Why? What do you need me for?"
"All in good time, Luca the Mercenary. For now I suggest you get some rest, perhaps get those bandages changed. Or you can visit our hot springs in Mount Tai, not a day's hike east from Xin'an. All I will say is, find the Dragon's Tooth, and you will find true healing. As for your sword, I will take care of it, so you needn't worry."
I gave the general a long skeptical gaze, but he seemed genuine. I then nodded and he walked me out of the building, where it was up to me to find my way to Serenity Gardens to fulfill a promise I'd made to another panda.
"What do you think he wants?" I asked Loki as he helped me along the path. The streets within the Royal Palace walls were calm and quiet, completely lacking the loud bustle of the city beneath it. I noticed some birds were chirping nearby, small songbirds likely nesting in one of the many willows. I knew Serenity Gardens was outside the Palace walls, but north of the palace proper.
Loki shrugged at my question. He barely struggled to keep me up, and didn't complain. I had to respect the little guy for that, I really did appreciate him more than I let on. Probably more than he knew. I was feeling a bit better, but still needed a bit of help to keep me going.
"I know the Gardens are closer to the palace, but how do we get there?"
The arctic fox gave me the same response as before. We wandered throughout the Royal Palace streets for a while longer before Loki eventually got frustrated and asked someone, who very kindly pointed us in the right direction. We passed at least a dozen pandas at small makeshift vigils at the sides of the pathway, each one saying a silent prayer. The rest was a mix of canines, felines, and species I wasn't intimately familiar with trying to go about their busy day. Not far off I could hear weeping as another poured buckets of water over the bloodstained cobblestone, trying unsuccessfully to wash it away. Though I recognized their pain and grief, I didn't feel any of it.
Soon enough Loki and I made it to a walled area with a perfectly circular entryway into what was clearly a vast green garden. The streets had quieted toward Serenity Gardens, and inside the walls amongst the sound of noisy critters and a flowing river, as well as the calming wind rustling the canopy of leaves, not a fur could be seen.
"It's nice in here," I said as loudly as I'd say anything, though it sounded like a booming scream in the silence.
Loki agreed with a long grunt. He looked around everywhere, utterly fascinated by the beauty surrounding him. We passed only a few furs along the path, each one meditating or otherwise keeping to themselves, and we were careful not to interrupt. There was clear spots for self-reflection, by trees and ponds and the river, as well as a few stone benches and seats scattered about, each one having collected its fair share of moss.
"Do you think Zhang's here?" I asked the fox quietly, when no one was in sight.
Again he shrugged.
"You all right?"
"Yeah," he sighed. I knew he didn't mean it, but I wasn't sure if I should press it or not. Was it because of the argument we had earlier, before seeing General Zi?
"Y'sure?"
This time Loki frowned. "Yes."
After wandering the Gardens for a while longer, passing by a huge variety of strange and colourful flowers and plants I hadn't ever seen before, eventually Loki and I came to a sort of clearing with a five-storey pagoda at the furthest end. It looked closed. To the left of the clearing ran a river, larger than most we'd crossed, but likely still a branch of something much larger. Just when I began to ask myself where the hell Zhang was, out from a few nearby bushes by the river stumbled the panda.
"You came!" he said nervously, approaching with a couple large wooden swords.
"I think I'm good, Loki," I told my companion, who gave me a nod as he let go. He just turned away and threw up his hood, heading toward the pagoda. Something was definitely up with him, but I didn't have time to inquire now. "Thanks!" I yelled after him anyway, though he didn't respond.
"What's wrong with Loki?" Zhang asked, but I told him I didn't know. When he handed me my sword, I swung it around a few times not only to get a feel for its weight, but to see if I'd even physically be able to do this. Though my muscles were still bruised and sore, everything seemed okay.
"Okay," I began, thinking way back on my own lessons. "Uhh... Well firstly, hold the sword in your dominant paw, like this." I clutched the sword by its grip with my right paw, and Zhang did the same.
When the few memories I had started slowly trickling back, I taught the panda both how to hold his two-handed sword, as well as the proper stance he should take. Of course my current technique lacked many of these points, but I figured it would be good to start him off knowing something at least vaguely useful.
In no time at all, he was pointing his sword toward my head like a pro, arms in front and holding the grip with right hand just beneath the guard, the left below. I told him to stand with his right leg in front, and to make damn sure he had his balance, despite my desperate lack of it. Nevertheless, Zhang showed me he could take the proper stance, but we were just getting started.
"When you go to strike," I told him, doing my best to demonstrate, "push yourself forward with your left leg while raising your blade, sliding your right footpaw forward a bit, then strike downward as you bring your left leg back up, see?" I showed him what someone had once shown me, though they had the benefit of not being injured at the time. Still, Zhang got the idea and he practiced a few times, swinging at air but showing improvement with each attempt.
"Think of the sword as an extension of your arm," I said. "Use your right paw to guide the blade, and your left to strike. Watch." I did this a few times, pulling back on the grip and striking hard, still at the air.
"When you move," I continued, "when you're bringing your left leg up, that's building momentum. The sword is a part of you, use your body's weight and movements to make a strike, you can't rely on your arms alone. When you use your entire body to strike, you'll find suddenly the sword becomes much easier to wield, and your arms will tire less quickly. Now you try."
Though Zhang faltered many times, I could see him trying to copy what I had done. Though I think he was getting frustrated, I could also see determination in his eyes. He continued to strike toward me again and again, but he was still using his arms too much.
"Stop. Let me try something." This lesson I remembered very well. "Stand there for a moment. Okay..." I stood before Zhang and suddenly attacked him with my sword, whacking his arm with the wooden blade using only my arms to strike.
"Ow!" he cried as expected, holding the tender spot. "What on earth was that for?"
"Oh it wasn't that bad. Now this..." And with that, I struck Zhang a second time, this time pushing my body forward and using the momentum to propel the blade faster. This time he cried out very loudly.
"God damn it!" he screamed, I think the first time I heard him curse. This time he jumped around cursing some more, rubbing the bruised spot furiously. He growled and groaned and backed away from me, sword far from where he once stood. "You're an asshole!"
I couldn't help but laugh. Neither he nor Loki looked amused, the latter having been meditating or something by the pagoda until Zhang's uproar.
"You see the difference in the attacks?"
Zhang did not appreciate that lesson, his scornful frown attested to that. When he picked up his wooden blade, I was surprised to see him suddenly rush me, whacking me in the arm in the exact spot I'd whacked him.
"Hey!" I snarled, quickly knocking the sword from his paws. A flash of anger rushed up, but it took only a few steps toward the cowering panda to see tremendous fear in his eyes, which stopped me dead. My claws were protracted but I sheathed them quickly, and I took a few long, deep breaths as my body relaxed.
"I...I'm sorry, Zhang."
"Maybe this was a mistake," he said as he got back to his feet, pushing away from me. Maybe he was right. "I appreciate what you're trying to do, but...I'm not sure you're the right one to teach me." He rubbed his arm some more.
I pushed my ears back. "I really am sorry. If you want to stop now, that's fine, I've shown you the basics. But it won't be enough to save you on the battlefield."
Zhang sighed deeply.
"I don't blame you, kid, really I don't. Anyway, if you want to improve, you need to practice and hone those skills. Go to the barracks, use the training dummies. Or find someone less...dangerous, than me."
He sighed again, I think realizing there was no one else.
"Maybe we can use that tree instead of each other," I suggested, pointing at a particularly large willow.
"Maybe better." Zhang tried a smile, but I can tell I still scared him.
Together he and I practiced for hours, the same techniques over and over until he seemed to have it. He could tell when he was striking the tree harder than others, and though it was a relatively slow process, he was definitely catching on. I even taught him to snarl and yell as he drove his weapon forward, though a few nearby garden-goers didn't approve.
Before long the sun was nearing the top of the pagoda, hanging lower in the sky than I'd realized. Zhang was thoroughly beat, myself even more so, while Loki continued to sit in silence. In fact other than glancing over when I smacked Zhang with my sword, the little fox had hardly moved a muscle.
Still, I felt something that could best be described as pride when I saw Zhang improving throughout the afternoon. Though still a little weak and haphazard, his technique had developed quite well considering he had gone from knowing absolutely nothing about swordplay to, well, weak and haphazard swordplay. But progress was progress! All he needed now was a real battle to test his ability and he'd be set.
"Thank you again, Luca," Zhang said as he bowed very formally at me. I did my best to do it back. "For all you have taught me. I know I'm still far from being a skilled swordsman, but I have between now and the battle to reclaim Tao'zhan to practice and get better."
I gave the kid an affirming nod, and bit of a smile. "You did remarkably well, truly. A lot better than I expected, I'll just say that."
That seemed to make Zhang laugh, and just as the sun scraped the top of the pagoda, Zhang, Loki and I returned to the city proper to find lodgings for the night. Zhang, not surprisingly, took off toward the barracks, and while I was sure I could find a spot somewhere around there to lay down too, part of me craved something with a bit more privacy.
"Where to now?" I asked the little fox, who was no longer helping me move about, though he did stay close by.
Loki shrugged. "Anywhere you wish."
"You gonna tell me what's wrong with you?" I asked him as we simply began to wander, hoping inspiration would strike me in our random meanderings.
The fox shrugged again. "Unlike you," he started, giving me a look when he said it, "I've been thinking about my past. The Serenity Gardens, despite being worlds apart, reminded me of home. I haven't thought about home in a long time, I guess it's just catching up to me."
Loki and I passed a couple praying together, just as we came into the more clustered streets of Xin'an, where most of the homes and inns were, as well as countless shops no doubt owned by the homeowners.
"Oh?" I inquired, though I was fully aware that had the situation been reversed, I'd likely be storming off by now. Or making Loki storm off.
The arctic fox sighed quietly. "Life was so much simpler then. My village was surrounded by forest, much like the Gardens. The flora is far different, but still, it brings back fond memories. Of course they weren't too fond at the time, but I guess age has a funny way of changing one's perspective."
I wasn't sure if Loki was lecturing me again, or if he was genuinely reminiscing.
"My father was cruel to me, but in the end he taught me everything I know, or at least laid the foundation for it. I had never loved so hard as I had back then either. My mother and sister...even my father, I miss them very much. Heimdall, even Jorn..."
I raised a brow. He had told me much about his past before, but I had never heard the name Jorn before. "Jorn?" I asked him.
Loki smiled quietly beneath his hood, cheeks with a subtle hue. "We started off as enemies, I guess you could say. He beat me up a few times, I cut him with a knife. But in the dragon camp, we grew very close. I offered to, um..."
The blushing fox had to stop himself, and I paused to see if he'd continue, but he kept quiet.
"Yeah?" I ventured to say.
"I offered...myself. It was the only thing I was good at in the camp. He'd protected me and fed me and...well, he saved me. And the only thing I could give him in return was my body. He didn't take it, but I was ready to give everything to him. I loved him more than I knew, probably more than he knew. My only regret was not being able to grow up with him, to have at least the rest of my childhood with him. And my father, and my sister, and mother. They must be in Valhalla now with my brother Tyr. One day I hope to join them too."
I rested a paw on Loki's shoulder in an attempt to comfort him, and for a change he let me keep it there. I pulled him in a bit closer, and he let his body press against mine, standing no higher than my chest. I appreciated that he opened up to me, though I couldn't help but think it was also some kind of tactic to make me do the same. I did sense some real pain in his voice, though, a sense that he'd lost something very dear.
"Let's find a place to rest," I finally said, never good at this sort of thing.
The fox nodded and after a bit of fruitless searching, Loki and I settled on a small place not far off the main thoroughfare. It was quiet and respectable and didn't smell of piss and sweat, but most importantly, it offered private rooms. Of course it cost me a few more coins for the night than I would have preferred, but I got a free drink out of it which I enjoyed thoroughly. Naturally Loki abstained, though he did drink some water. After a few long, loud yawns, though, I was ready to admit defeat and head in for the night, arctic fox close behind me.
"There's only one bed," he pointed out, pushing back his hood. There was also one nightstand and one small dresser and one chair and a few candles, which the fox was quick to light.
"Yes," I agreed, removing my shirt with some effort. I noticed Loki turn away just as my top came off, and at last he removed his red cloak. He glanced back at me again, but darted his eyes away seconds later.
"It's okay to look, Loki," I said as I unstrung the fly of my pants. I hadn't yet pulled them down, but they had fallen a little, hanging just above my privates. Loki was blushing furiously.
"I don't know what you're talking about," he grunted as his own shirt came off. "I assume you're taking the bed."
I shrugged. "It's more bed than I need. You don't have to make this so awkward, you know." Strangely, I found myself fiddling with the hempen bracelet Loki had made for me all those years ago, which he noticed immediately.
"I'm surprised you kept that," said the fox, who was wearing about ten times as many spread across both arms.
"Of course I did. It was a really sweet gift. You know, I did think about you from time to time after I left, if you can believe it. Everyone else...they went on with their lives, but you stayed with me. I know I probably should've said something, but...well, you know."
Loki grunted and gave a quick nod. "Yeah. I know."
"I'm curious, though, what, um... What happened to Valo?"
Valo was what was known as an Alpha, bristly, black-furred, wolf-like monsters who walk around on four legs. They live in packs, and after killing the master alpha, I had once earned a pack of my own. These creatures, while fairly basic, were loyal to a fault, and Valo was the only one who had survived a vicious fight against an even larger monster, though he had lost a back leg. He was still able to get around though, and even though he couldn't communicate with me like people, he was my most loyal friend. I missed him a lot since leaving Midland, especially on those cold, lonely nights.
"Uh," Loki started, looking away immediately. Somehow I knew what his answer was going to be before he said it, and my heart sank at the news. "He was killed by some knights of the Holy See. To be fair, Keefe tried to stop them, but they called Valo an evil Hel-beast, and ordered him destroyed. Um...well...he was 'bathed in the cleansing light of God.'"
That means they burned my poor Alpha alive. A quiet growl escaped my maw, but I was more saddened than anything. I knew it was my fault, I should have brought him with me. Maybe Loki was right about me. I sighed heavily, suddenly wanting that second drink.
But just as good as a second drink, Loki rubbed my back with his small, white-furred paw. It was a comforting paw, warm and soft. Even though he flinched and backed away a little, I forced the little guy into a hug anyway, which he reluctantly accepted.
"I'm sorry for running off," I suddenly found myself saying. It made Loki prick his ears. "I...know it was selfish of me. I know I didn't handle things well, and yeah, maybe I am running away. But I was never equipped for such...loss. What man is?"
Loki gave me a tighter squeeze. "I know, Luca. I shouldn't have berated you like I did. I suppose it's been so long, I kind of forgot just how bloody and raw that kind of pain is. You know what I've been through, though, you know what I've experienced in my life, especially in my youth. You never forget that kind of loss, but it does get easier."
I think the fox had to resist telling me that talking it all out also makes it easier, or perhaps that was just my subconscious filling in the blanks. Either way, he stopped there, and I rubbed the poor fox's back. I knew I would have a sympathetic ear with Loki, but I was perfectly satisfied leaving this conversation exactly where it was.
"Thanks," I said, and at last we parted. "Let's get some rest."
Loki nodded, and as I turned toward the bed I finally let my pants drop. Not surprisingly, as Loki pinched out the candle, with only the pale glow of the moon shining through the window to guide him, he turned toward the chair in preparation to sleep.
"You're not seriously sleeping on that chair, are you?" I asked him as I climbed under the sheets. "C'mon, hop in."
I could practically hear the fox blushing, blood pounding through his ears and into his face. But a second later, I heard his pants fall to the floor and a watched his glowing, moonlit form approach the bed, and soon he was under the covers with me.
Of course the fox made the whole process a great deal more awkward than it had to be, but as I draped an arm over him and forced his naked body up against mine - and after a bit of squirming - Loki finally relaxed.
His body was soft and warm, and he fit perfectly in front of me as if he'd been formed out of my white-furred underbelly at birth. As we both got used to being this close to one another, our legs slowly intertwined and I have to admit, I couldn't help but run my paw along his belly. He objected with a quiet growl, and yet I could have sworn I felt his cute bum press eagerly against my sheath, which was getting tingly by that point.
Unfortunately the rest of the night was mostly just a blur, as the events of the day as well as my injuries soon caught up with me. It seemed just as my paw came upon Loki's sheath and balls, and after getting a few good gropes and a long, hefty moan in there, I could hold off sleep no longer and I was out cold at last.
Morning came suddenly with a sharp kick to the knee. I snarled loudly, and Loki had the impudence to act as if I'd woken him up. We argued for a minute about whose fault it was, but neither of us got out of bed. I growled anyway, and as his small pointy ears flicked at me, something compelled me to bite the one on the left.
Loki froze.
I growled again, pulling him back toward me and giving the fox a squeeze.
"L-Luca..." blushed the arctic fox, his ear still in my mouth.
"I've got nowhere to be today," I said with a slight groan, releasing his ear. That familiar tingling was back in my nether regions. "And that general said he'd call on me, so that'll be his problem if he can't find me here."
"We can't."
"Why not? It won't take all day."
"I'm sure," the fox said dryly, and I was certain it was supposed to be a slight. It didn't bother me, it just made me hold onto him tighter. With his ear reclaimed, however, it gave Loki the perfect opportunity to bite down on my forearm, which was enough to let him slip out of bed.
"Go to hell!" the little fox snarled, reaching for his pants.
I just sat up still in the nude, holding my forearm. "Relax, Loki, I wasn't going to do anything if you really didn't want it. Just thought you were being your usual shy self."
He was still frowning, at least until he looked at some of my open wounds, or rather the bloody bandages covering them. The wounds that hadn't been covered, I think the stitches had been torn, though I hadn't felt around yet. I think Loki was doing that for me.
"You really should go get checked out," he said, finally putting his pants on. They were the same old pants he'd always worn, made mostly of some animal hide with a large fur and leather belt to hold them up. They were stitched up in more places than I was, held together with leather cord, while the rest had been patched up numerous times with leather pieces of varying age. Of course the bottoms near his feet were still all frayed and torn, after years of being dragged along the ground. If I had to guess, I'd say the pants didn't belong to him because they were clearly way too big for him.
"I'll be fine," I insisted. "The bleeding's not that bad anyway."
"Still, it's enough to get infected."
Not interested in being jabbed by a needle a hundred times just to get patched up, I decided to ignore Loki's suggestion and get up, stumbling as I did. Thankfully Loki helped me, though he did it with an air of "I told you so." Nevertheless, I managed to slip into my pants easily enough and threw on my loose, woven shirt. It then suddenly occurred to me when I caught my reflection in the window, whatever happened with my armour?
"C'mon," said Loki, now with his top on as well as his long red cloak. Nothing he wore really went with his pants, as if they'd been plucked out of an ancient time.
"Where're we headed?"
"I know you reject the power of the runes, and that's your prerogative, and since you are also rejecting the rebels' physicians, I thought today we'd take a trip into the mountains."
"What, to find those hot springs?" I asked with obvious skepticism. Before we went anywhere, though, we first sat to eat a warm breakfast. It seemed fish was a more favoured dish here, and while not my favourite, it was good enough for my growling stomach. Fried potatoes was also offered, as well as some dark wine.
Loki shrugged, shoving a huge piece of fish in his mouth. "It's not like you've got much else planned. At the very least, it'll offer some relaxation and more time for your body to mend."
"Yeah, that's if I don't tear open more wounds just hiking to the place."
Loki was unresponsive, looking ravenous compared to yesterday. He finished his meal long before I did, and even managed to sneak a few potatoes from me.
"Why're you so interested in these hot springs anyway?"
"I just want to see if they're really as restorative as all these pandas say it is, especially the ones General Zi told us about. He's not the first person I've heard stories from either, though it seems only a few people know where the 'secret springs' are. Apparently the secret springs are the pools with real healing powers, but no one knows where they're hidden. Perhaps it's reserved only for royalty, I don't know. Either way, I'd like to see them for myself."
I couldn't help but smile. "You're an adventurous little fox, aren't you. I wouldn't have figured."
Loki reflected on that for a moment, fiddling with one of the inn's knives. "I guess I haven't really had this much freedom before, at least not since I was a child. And even then, I always had to do what my father told me, or suffer the consequences. Even after being sent here from Hel, I was always on a mission, and after being cast out by the Crims--by my king...my mission was always to find you. And once I did, well, my mission became yours. Now that we have some downtime...I'd like to do something a bit more leisurely. The gods know there aren't many of those these days."
The fox had a point, and I couldn't exactly disagree. I hadn't really thought about it that much, but as I found myself reflecting upon it too, I realized he was right. I literally had nothing to do today, no mission, no journey, no obligations whatsoever. In fact, I had no idea when the rebel army would make their next move, so I really had nowhere to be until then. I'd heard the famous hot springs mentioned quite a few times throughout my time in the Eastern Lands, though they were usually in reference to when Xin'an gets reclaimed. Still, I had no real reason not to go, assuming the hike through the mountains wasn't too rigorous for my poor beaten body.
"Yeah," I said, looking at the excited glint in Loki's eyes, "sure, why the hell not. Let's go."
And with that, Loki and I were off. We left the inn to gather some provisions for the day-long journey, if what General Zi had said could be believed. In a satchel I carried for us a few portions of dried, cured meat and some fruit and nuts, while Loki carried a leather canteen full of water. Together we headed out through the eastern gate, gazing at the ancient Mount Tai off in the distance as the sun just began to look over the highest peak.
"Do you think the water really has healing abilities?" I asked Loki as we passed a group of patrolling soldiers. I recalled the tea Zhang had brought to me when we officially met, he said it was made of the same special spring waters. And I have to admit, it did help liven me up a little, at the very least. Perhaps it wasn't so farfetched. I mean, I'd seen far stranger things in my time.
"I dunno," he said, pushing back his hood. "I suppose it's possible, I'd heard of such things before. In fact, in the snowy mountains north of my village, back when I was a kit, there was said to be a magical spring. My tribe thought that's where our Mountain River flowed from, that it was a gift from the gods, and if you found its source it would grant you any wish. But only if you were pure at heart. I think the parents just made that up so we'd be good."
I laughed quietly through my nose. "Were you a good kid?"
Loki furrowed his brow. "I suppose that depends on who you ask. Father didn't think so, most of the time anyway. He wanted me to be a fierce warrior like my brother was, Tyr. But I wasn't, no matter how hard he tried to train me. He did teach me how to use the Runes though, I mean, how to cast them. I remember his surprise when I cast my first one, nearly burned down our tent."
"And now look at you."
The small fox nodded, with just the faintest hint of a smile. "Yeah. They all said I was a natural, the elders. I knew more runes than anyone else, especially at my age. I don't think father expected me to be able to cast them as quickly as I had."
"Well you're one hell of a fighter now, I can tell you that."
Loki just grunted, giving an affirming nod.
There was little activity on the pathway, which was well-trodden by the looks of it, likely a main road into the city. We passed a few travellers here and there, but after such a bloody battle, I think people weren't eager to go out. Nevertheless, a few farmers and traders passed by, though their wares seemed pretty meagre. I guess in wartimes, embattled cities let few people in.
Close to the path was a relatively large river, a piny forest on the other side. Were it not for the hilly, rocky terrain and ample flora scattered about, you would no doubt see this wide river winded endlessly toward the mountains, or rather, away from the mountains. Numerous bridges lined the river, some covered some more decrepit, many of the ones closest to Xin'an with armed guards on either side. It seemed rather than carve out a path along the river, the sensible Eastern Landers built dozens of bridges to bypass the unforgiving flow, creating a more direct route to wherever this roadway led.
"This really is a beautiful land," I commented, taking in a deep breath of the fresh, sweet air. Amongst the evergreen forests and grassy hills, bright red and purple bushes grew, dotting the land within and without the forest edges. The bottoms of the leaves, an old soldier had shown me, were soft and fuzzy, and were a sight to behold when in bloom. Luckily they were, dozens of clusters of purple and reddish flowers sweetening the air.
Loki agreed with a noise.
"It's too bad so much of it has been ravaged by the war, though at least this area still looks nice. I've gotta hand it to these Eastern Landers, they really appreciate the wilderness here. I've heard some of them talk about forest spirits and wind spirits and whatnot, like if they disrespect a forest they'll be cursed. That's why they always plant two trees for every one they cut down. It's a strange culture, but kinda nice, too. I remember entire forests being torn down during the Century War, used for building their war machines and the like, and those forests were just left to waste away."
"We never took anything for granted when I was a child," said Loki, just as we stepped onto a particularly large bridge. "Like these people, we replaced our resources where we could, and when we couldn't we'd use every piece so nothing went to waste. Perhaps it was because food was so scarce up north, we couldn't afford to."
Though the air was cool by the river, by the time the sun reached high noon, Loki and I were plenty warm. Of course because of my injuries I had slowed down a bit, but Loki was very patient with me. A few times we had to rest by a rock or a tree, or on a bridge when there was a railing, and while nothing was bleeding, that didn't stop the rest of me from being sore.
"You really should have gotten those taken care of," lamented the fox, just as I rested upon a particularly large rock. "There's an inn not far from here, at the crossroads. We'll stop there and see if we can't get you cleaned up a bit."
I was panting by this point. "Ain't necessary," I told him, just before a sudden spasm shot up my ribs. I growled painfully, and Loki looked incredulous.
"You won't make the hike through the mountains like this," he insisted. Perhaps it was just in my nature to disagree. "You've clearly reopened something. We don't have to sew you up again, but at least let me put some clean bandages on those."
I sighed heavily, more from exhaustion than from Loki's persistence. "Fine," I conceded, at last pushing myself off the rock. "How far do you think it is?"
Loki shrugged. "An hour or so, it's hard to say. All these hills and rocks make it difficult to judge time and distance."
That was a fair point, and after taking a long drink of water - which Loki had replenished a couple times already since leaving Xin'an - we were off once more.
Though I wasn't keeping track of time, getting to the inn took long enough. I was thoroughly beat by the time we arrived at the Crossroads Inn.
The inn was a much larger building than I expected - red with a brownish roof - and like most inns along the road, a lantern hung outside the doors with the sign just above. This one - the aptly named Crossroads Inn - had a couple lanterns, both with a wicker mesh covering. That, I'd been told, indicated they served food, though I would have expected that anyway from an inn this size. Despite the fact it wasn't yet suppertime, at least by my estimation, upon entering we saw the place was still quite busy. At least it was big, plenty of room for myself and a small arctic fox.
"Staying the night?" the attractive female wolf asked us shortly after we sat down. I was beginning to realize what these pandas were talking about, about their insane Emperor exiling all the "imperfect" furs from his land. Almost all the landowners and farmers and soldiers and shopkeepers were surprisingly beautiful, both male and female. Yet I hadn't really noticed it until the she-wolf asked us what we wanted. Back in Midland, most inn owners were quite homely, but not one was in the Eastern Lands.
"I don't think so, we're on our way to Mount Tai," I answered.
The wolf nodded, seeming quite uninterested in her job. I noticed she had a sword slung around her hips, unusual for a female, much less an innkeeper. "So just a meal then?"
I nodded back, but Loki quickly interjected. "Do you have any fresh bandages for the tiger? We can pay you for them if we must, but they need dressing either way."
The apathetic wolf just sighed quietly. "Yeah, I can probably find you something. Tell me, which side of this war you folks on?"
"What does that have to do with anything?"
The wolf leaned in closer, though I was certain with all the noise, no one would have heard her anyway. "Answer the question, boys."
If she was trying to be intimidating, it wasn't working. "We're with the pandas," I said with a frown and a bit of annoyance. I didn't like being grilled by an innkeeper. "You gonna kick us out now or what?"
The she-wolf grunted as she pushed herself off the table. "My apologies. While I will serve most men who come through those doors, anyone aiding Emperor Xu will pay full price for our services. Friends of the rebels eat and board for free."
I was genuinely surprised by that, especially since the she-wolf was clearly been exempt from the Emperor's ridiculous laws.
"I don't like to spread that around, as some of Xu's followers will try to take advantage. Because of the war we have only simple fare to offer. Tonight it is a hearty stew with a dark ale. Not the Crossroad's traditional meal, but as I said, our supplies are scarce."
"That'll be fine," I told the wolf. "Do you mind my asking why? I mean...why aid the rebellion when you clearly aren't affected by Xu's law."
The wolfess simply grunted, with just the slightest hint of a growl. "That is so, but this inn was not originally owned by me nor my sisters. Though it was and always has been a family business, my mother and father fell victim to Xu's hideous law. They were taken from us, and I have been running their business for the greater part of six years now. Being a hub for travellers and the like, my parents were some of the first exiled from the Eastern Lands. I was fifteen when I took over, knowing little of the business. My mother was killed by Xu's soldiers, and father savagely beaten. I suspect I will never see him again."
Loki and I could only stare at the poor wolf, whose eyes had been hardened by her burden. Nevertheless, I somehow saw some tears hidden behind her icy gaze.
"I'm sorry," I said. I probably should have known better than to ask, most people had no happy stories to tell.
She just shook her head, wiping a bit of mist from her otherwise stone-cold eyes. "No, I must apologize. These past few years have been especially difficult on us, with more and more of Xu's men coming through these parts to defend Xin'an. I should not have gone on like that. Please, excuse me."
And as quickly as she'd arrived, the she-wolf was gone, disappeared into the back. Loki was just giving me a look as if to say, "Why the hell did you do that?"
"How was I supposed to know?" I said, though I hardly thought I needed to defend myself.
"She offers free room and board to rebels, what kind of story were you expecting?"
"I don't know, I--" Fortunately I was interrupted by the innkeeper, who had brought us our food.
"Again, please forgive me. I have made a habit of staying composed during these trying times. I suppose I needed to get that off my chest."
Both Loki and I gave her a nod, Loki telling her it was okay.
"Thank you. I have laid out supplies to patch your friend up in the recreation room, though it has since been converted into an infirmary. Travel safely, friends."
At last I got to fill my empty stomach with real food, finding cured meats and nuts not nearly filling enough. The stew was quite tasty, though clearly a mix of a dozen different leftover meals thrown into a large cauldron. The meat and vegetables was very tender, so it had likely been cooking all week, while also being added to every night. Still, all in all, it was a thick, delicious meal made all the better with bread and ale.
"That was pretty good," I commented, patting my stomach as I shoved a final piece of bread into my maw. "Just what I needed to continue on this trip of ours."
Loki was still working away at his meal, the slow eater that he was. Or perhaps I just always made a pig of myself and ate too quickly. But before long he finished up - I may have helped him along a little - and though I tried to gather my things to leave, Loki was intent on re-bandaging me.
Guided into the recreation room-turned-emergency infirmary by the young she-wolf, Loki sat me down and made me take off my shirt.
"These bandages are disgusting," he told me, peeling some off, along with some of my fur. I had to growl as the dried blood clung to both my fur and the cloth wrap, either ripping it straight out or coming damn near. The process took much longer than I'd have liked, especially since it felt like it was doing more harm than good. But once Loki had removed everything, I was at last able to relax.
"You look terrible," Loki added, getting up to fetch a basin of water. He dragged over a large metal washbasin that was only half filled with water, and looked clean enough to me. "With all this dried blood, it'd be much easier with hot water, but this'll have to do."
I sighed as the fox took a cloth and squeezed the cold water onto my wounds, causing me to growl once again. He then called me a baby, then told me tigers are supposed to love water, but I disagreed. At least not in this form.
Though Loki started off delicate around my wounds, his reddening washcloth scraped progressively harder into my fur, causing me even more distress. And yet I sat there taking it, I guess knowing deep down it had to be done. He scrubbed and scrubbed, feeling like he was ripping every one of my wounds open again, and by the time the washcloth was about the same hue as the bloody water, the fox finally announced he was done.
"Finally," I grunted, putting my arms down. The worst wound, I was told, was by far the stab wound in my ribs, and I was inclined to agree. "Could have done without the grindstone, however."
"Oh hush, you big baby. Now lift your arms again."
I sighed, but did as I was told. Slowly the arctic fox wrapped the new bandages around my torso, up and over my shoulder and around my ribs as well as around my midriff, where a few nasty cuts were. He then did my arms, and fixed up a few spots on my back. Next I was forced to remove my pants, but the fox seemed very uninterested in my nether regions as he re-bandaged a few of the minor, yet still significant wounds along both legs. When he was done, and my pants were back on, Loki rubbed my back softly and sighed.
"I wish you'd be more careful," he said with a hint of genuine concern.
"Well I haven't died yet."
Unsatisfied with that response, Loki and I collected all our things, thanked the wolf for her hospitality and continued toward Mount Tai all the same. Not much conversation was left to be had between the fox and I after leaving the Crossroads Inn, and our short sojourn ensured nightfall came just as we arrived at the base of the mountain.
Fortunately there was a small village-like establishment before the path opened up to the mountains, and we had a place to stay before travelling to the hot springs. They were modest lodgings, but more than enough for a tiger and a fox. Our room had only a bed and a small table, though to be fair I wasn't sure these rooms were meant for prolonged visits.
"You know," I grumbled, "when General Zi said the hot springs weren't a day's walk from Xin'an, I didn't think he meant it'd actually take more than a day."
"Yeah, well he probably didn't take into account the slow and the injured," my companion pointed out. As usual getting ready for bed was a horribly awkward affair, and this time there was no place else for Loki to sleep except on the floor. Or in bed with me.
"I really wish we'd made it to the hot springs," my aching body said, using my mouth to speak for it. "When we got to that inn I thought for sure we were almost there, but it was like the mountains kept moving further and further away."
Loki smiled for just a second at the thought. "They can be deceptive sometimes, especially when you haven't seen them up close."
I groaned as I got myself into bed, careful not to ruin my new bandages. Sitting nude, Loki was careful not to glance at me, despite the fact he had already gotten himself topless. His body was small and sinuous, with delicate curves in just the right places. In fact if I didn't know any better, it would look almost as if he was still just a child, showing some musculature, but not nearly as much as a grown man. He was cute though, even when he was being horrible about it. I ran my knuckles down the centre of his back, which made the poor fox freeze.
"What're you doing?" he asked, turning his head slightly to look at me.
"I'm tired," I told him, "and that candle won't last forever. Let's go to sleep, then we can spend all day at the secret hot springs."
"If we can find them." Loki finally turned around, pushing me back onto the other side of the bed as he blew out the candle and slipped out of his pants. "And no touching."
I just smiled and welcomed the fox into bed with me. Though I made no verbal promises, I decided to be a good tiger and keep my paws to myself for tonight, despite the fact our tails kept brushing together, particularly with his being so thick and fluffy.
Morning came much quicker than I'd have preferred, but I really just wanted to stay in bed all day. I argued with Loki about the benefits of bed over hot springs, but the fox seemed insistent. It almost seemed like he was more interested in finding them than I was, but then again I mostly came because I had nothing else to do.
Loki and I had a modest breakfast of salted meat and fruit, plus a pawful of nuts. There was about one serving of each left for both of us, which would hopefully last us until we could make it back to the Crossroads Inn. Thankfully the small village had a well to refill the canteen, and when we were good and ready, the fox and I were off once more.
It was hard to tell when we were in the mountains proper, as much of the terrain closer to the mountain base was rocky and hilly, we could have already technically entered them. With plenty of trees around, we followed the clearly marked path through the pines and rocks, until the trees thinned and it was mostly just rock and shrubs. I think we were on the mountain now.
The path winded up which from my perspective, seemed more like an enormous hill than a real mountain, but my experience with mountain climbing was severely limited. Nevertheless, the way up seemed relatively easy, only getting steep in a few parts, but the path was clearly well-used. In a few instances wooden steps had been constructed, but they were in poor condition. Still, my battered body appreciated it, as many of the rocks looked jagged and slippery from the morning dew.
The sun glistened beautifully off the rocks, as well as the shrubs and grass that had been dewed by the morning mist, and while the workout kept my body warm, I could see my breath the higher we climbed. Still, as we came out of the mist, the view below was spectacular, a vast field of mountains, many of which were greater than the one we were on. The valleys were green and rocky, with coloured shrubs speckling the land.
I took in a deep breath, and not just because I was running out of it, and sighed loudly. Loud enough, anyway, to make Loki turn around, who was panting as well.
"Doing all right?" he asked me.
"Yeah," I said, out of breath. "Surprisingly. Think it's much further?"
Loki shrugged. "We just have to keep following the main path, that's what we were told. It didn't split off very often, and this one looks like it's been used the most. I'm sure we'll get there soon enough."
"Not soon enough," I remarked, which Loki didn't care for. "My pads are getting sore."
"You know," he said, turning around and continuing along, "you've gotten a lot more whiny since leaving Midland too."
I ignored that, instead focusing on my footing as we continued along the well-trodden, yet still difficult pathway.
Luckily, though, after a bit more of a hike and another long twist, we at last came between Mount Tai and another mountain, though for all I knew the other mountain, whose peak was likely much higher than Tai's, was a part of this one. Either way, the pathway opened up slightly between the two large rocky structures, and when we came out of the large crevice, before us was at least a dozen steamy pools of water, pathways leading to each.
Each pool was on its own short elevation or platform, leading down like enormous steps to the final pool, which looked to be just behind a sudden drop-off, though a short rocky wall separated the two. And each pool had a small set of stone steps leading to the next, rocks lining every one. It was nice to see grass growing here, aside the cobbled pathways, and small shrubs in their own natural rock planters. Beyond the steamy springs was an awesome backdrop of snow-capped mountains, the land leading on endlessly behind a curtain of everlasting clouds and mist.
"Finally, we made it," I said between breaths. There was only a few people in the hot springs, who must have left much earlier than Loki and I to have gotten here before us. Still, it would be nice and quiet, even more so if we knew where to start looking for the fabled secret springs.
"The general said something about a dragon's tooth," Loki reminded me, glancing up as if I knew something more. "See anything like that?"
I looked around. "Nope."
Loki sighed.
"Is it gonna look weird if we just wander around?"
"Maybe not if we look like we're looking for a good spot."
And so Loki and I pretended to look for an ideal spot, gaining absolutely no notice from the two pandas sitting together in the third tier pool, nor the lone lioness in the fifth tier. To me all the pools looked the same, but if these three got here this early, one can only assume those are favoured spots. The lioness was in the smallest of the twelve pools, perhaps she wanted it all to herself. It looked like she was naked, along with the pandas, though the water was too cloudy to see. They did have a small pile of clothes behind them, folded nicely, so it was difficult to say what all had been removed.
Of course I probably should have been paying more attention to finding the so-called dragon's tooth rather than playing "are they naked," but a tiger has to have priorities. I imagined they were, even in smallclothes I didn't imagine you could easily relax with them on and submerged.
By the time we got to the final pool, I glanced past the rocky, jagged wall only to see a sheer cliff below, which made my stomach turn until I looked back up. "It ain't down there," I pointed out, which Loki didn't appreciate.
"General Zi could've been more specific," Loki grumbled.
"What's the big deal, anyway? I doubt it's got secret powers like everyone seems to think. Besides, how could it really be different? It probably all comes from the same source, so we might as well just pick one of these pools and relax while we still can."
I was sorry to see Loki so disappointed, so I rubbed his back to console him. It did little good, but I think he was finally conceding.
Of course, just as that thought came to me Loki pricked up his ears and looked back at the entrance, flicking his tail as he took off. I followed him dutifully, but not without an annoyed sigh. Maybe there was a secret hot spring just meant for important people, maybe not, either way I didn't care. I was sore and tired and I wanted to relax, but Loki insisted on continuing the hunt.
Naturally as we passed the pool-goers, I looked as discreetly as I could to see how naked they were, but found no answers upon the second pass.
"The entrance to the secret springs can't be where the regular springs are, or everyone would see the officers going in. It's gotta be elsewhere, somewhere people won't notice."
"God damn it, Loki," I said, finding it difficult to follow him closely. He sped through the crevice and back out toward the main path, glancing around carefully. By the time I caught up, he'd already looked around and continued along the path further. Now irritated, I simply took in the scenery rather than helping Loki find his stupid secret hot spring. Nothing cried out "dragon tooth" to me, most of the rock formations could have resembled teeth.
"I have half a mind to leave you here," I grumbled to myself. For all we knew, it could have been one of those paths that diverged and continued on through the mountains. Frustrated, I turned back toward the regular hot springs - the real hot springs so far as I could tell - until about half way through the dark crevice Loki called out to me.
"Did you find it?" I asked him, leaning against a rock.
"No," he said. "Are you giving up?"
"This is stupid, the general probably just said that to get you going, he probably tells everyone that, especially foreigners. It's probably some big joke amongst the Eastern Landers. I mean, do you really think the nobles here are any different than anywhere else? They love playing shitty little jokes on commoners no matter what country you're in. They're probably laughing about it right now, those people down there are probably having a good chuckle."
Loki frowned, grumbling silently to himself until suddenly his head snapped toward the wall behind me, and the rock I was leaning on. He stared at it for long enough to make me look over.
"What?"
Now he furrowed his brow, as if trying to figure the wall out.
"Loki, what?" I got up and looked now, just as the fox took a few steps toward the wall. He then held his paws in front of him, feeling up and down the stone surface, as if looking for a secret switch or a panel. With a mischievous grin, he looked back at me and knocked his knuckles against the stone, which echoed as if it was hollow.
Needless to say, I was taken aback. "What the hell..?" I said, now gazing at the wall about as intently as Loki. "What is that, some sorta door?"
The arctic fox shrugged, but glanced around. I realized the rock I'd been leaning against looked somewhat like a dragon's tooth, though many of the rock formations looked like that. Loki then began looking around for a switch, or so I assumed, until he saw a smaller, somewhat out-of-place rock looking far more dragon toothy than what I'd been leaning on, sticking out of the wall. About the size of my fist, the little fox grabbed hold and jiggled it, turned it, pulled it, until realizing pushing it down released some hatch on the fake wall.
A small crack soon appeared, and much to my surprise, a hidden panel in the wall opened up, revealing something of a corridor behind it. Loki immediately pushed it open, and when I looked back at the other bathers, I saw the large rock I'd been leaning on completely obscured the view.
"Holy shit," I commented as I followed Loki into the hidden passage, seeing the door behind us was simply made of wood, with the outside only built to fool regular folk. "That's crazy. How'd you know?"
"I couldn't be sure," said the fox, "but the colour of the rock just somehow looked...off. Very slightly, but off all the same. It's a very convincing camouflage though."
When at last we came around the corner, the hidden pathway opened up to a cave with steamy vents along the sides, and beyond the maw of the cave I saw dozens of trees clearly not part of the natural mountain flora, as well as a few stone benches and a couple long, padded tables, each with some colourful plants nearby.
The trees here were tall and skinny, with long leaves that draped downward and danced in even the slightest wind, as well as some colourful shrubs also not part of this rocky environment. In fact, I'd guess other than the large pool, nothing here seemed natural, like it had all been planted. Still, it looked nice.
The large pool, as it turns out, was accompanied but a few other smaller pools scattered throughout, but unlike the regular springs it was all on a single tier. It was styled in the same way as the others, though the trees provided some extra elegance, and even the stone pathway looked more nicely groomed. All along the edges of what looked like a sheer drop was some tall, wispy grass blowing delicately in the mountain air, as well as a short wall so the Eastern Land nobles wouldn't fall to their deaths.
"They could put these trees in the other one too," I pointed out, "but then I guess that would make this one less special."
Loki frowned at me, unimpressed by my cynicism.
"And you know," I continued, peering into the largest pool, "this water looks exactly the same as the other springs. It's nice that there's a hidden hot spring and all, and that hidden door is a nice touch, but other than all these trees and stuff, it ain't that special."
"Luca," said Loki as he approached me, apparently ignoring my comments. "Let me help you remove those bandages."
"What? Again?" I sighed.
"Even if these waters aren't any more rejuvenating than the others, you still shouldn't get your bandages all wet, especially since we don't have any extra. Just take off your clothes and I'll help."
I couldn't remember a time since meeting Loki where he had ever been so forthcoming with what he wanted, it was a little strange and yet kind of nice too. His desires always seemed clear, but he was too shy or too upset to ever act upon them. Most times he needed some amount of coercion from me, and even then it was difficult. But he was so much more open now. I guess he really did miss me a lot more since I left Midland.
In just a few minutes the fully clothed fox had me naked and un-bandaged, and he just stood in front of me for a moment blushing. He glanced up at me, then suddenly away, reminding me instantly of the old Loki I knew and loved. Guess it was just a one-time thing.
"It was your idea," I pointed out. "C'mon, you gonna get undressed too?"
Loki nodded, then turned away. He unhooked his cloak then removed his sleeveless top, folding them nicely beside mine. Soon his pants were off and joined the others, and Loki walked ahead of me to dip a toe in the steaming water.
"How is it?" I asked him, approaching the large pool.
"Not bad," he said. I never noticed how full of scars his white-furred body was, most of them difficult to see beneath his fur. But with the warm weather his coat was thinner and though darker in a few areas, I could see a lot more. There was more on his back than anywhere, at least so far as I could see.
"Well here goes nothing," I said at last, climbing awkwardly over the stone edge. But as I touched down my feet suddenly slipped out from under me and my ass hit the bottom harder than I would have liked. I was sure there was a more noble way of doing this, but I was never even close to being a noble, so I figured that gave me a pass.
Finally Loki joined me with little concern for my sore ass, slipping in with barely a splash and sitting with the water right up to his neck. It only came up to my chest, but just barely.
"I guess this isn't bad," I said, spreading out my arms and letting my body sink into the hot, murky water. I wasn't sure if it was just my imagination, but it almost seemed as if my body was tingling all over, very subtly, but definitely there. Nevertheless, I found the longer I sat in the water, the looser I seemed to become, and I couldn't help but close my eyes. I let out a long, satisfied sigh as my body turned into butter. I was ready to melt away.
"Mm," Loki managed to say in response.
For now I just sat, relaxed, and watched the small arctic fox wade around in the pool, looking for a good place to sit. I told him to just find a spot, but he ignored me. He almost seemed child-like, face full of wonder and excitement, I had never seen him like this before. It was almost cute. He had probably never seen a hot spring before, much less been in one, but then again neither had I. Perhaps he was thinking of the hot springs in the mountains near where he grew up, regretting having never been. I smiled at the fox, leaning back on the rocks behind me and watching him.
"It really does feel nice," Loki commented, glancing back at me for a second before continuing.
As I watched the fox climb out of the large pool, staring at his adorable naked bum, I caught briefest flash of the back of his balls, then a sudden tingling rushed into my nethers. Surprised by this, my eyes were affixed to Loki's agile little body as he stretched himself toward the wispy green canopy, tail swishing back and forth. He was nicely toned, but his features were smooth and elegant. It was hard to believe this was the same fox who I had fought with nearly to the death so many years before.
Of course when Loki turned back toward me I had to look away immediately, creating a small splash when I did. I shifted awkwardly where I sat, unable to look up at the fox for fear of having been caught. But still, I couldn't get that image of his perfect bum out of my mind, and I was definitely feeling it down below.
"Fuck," I gasped silently under my breath, glancing quickly at the fox. He was looking around at the trees now, apparently perfectly comfortable to be naked here. Perhaps he hadn't seen me. Even still, that didn't stop my paw from floating toward my sheath, rubbing my hard member within.
He was a lot sexier than I ever remembered. I mean, I always thought he had a cute little body, but somehow now it seemed so much nicer. I closed my eyes and sank a bit deeper, picturing Loki's ass in my mind's eye, a quiet moan escaping my throat as I poked from my sheath. I bit my lip, then cracked my eyes open to see if I was being watched. When the coast was clear, I began to stroke, slowly and sensually.
"Ahh," I sighed happily, trying to remain as still as possible so I wouldn't let on. I imagined my paws all over him, running them up his hips and his sweet curvy waist, all up his chest and down to his bum. I cursed again, remembering his warmth at night. I imagined the warmth of his body, burying myself deep inside there, slick and hot and...
"Luca!" I suddenly heard, shaking me violently from my dream. I created a big splash, my heart pounding as I looked about.
"What? Yeah..?" Shit, he'd caught me.
"I'm glad we came here," said the fox on the opposite side of the pool, as he climbed gracefully back in. He waded about for just a moment before finding a seat, at least five body lengths away. I just watched him relax as my heartrate slowed down and I was able to catch my breath, face totally flushed.
"Yeah," I called back. "Me too."
I let out a big sigh. Tiger barmaid notwithstanding, it had been a long time since I'd been intimate with another, and I found myself suddenly wanting Loki bad. Though my shaft had retreated back into its sheath, my tail still flicked and my groin still ached. I couldn't stop imagining his naked body, covered in scars and as sinewy as I'd ever seen it. He was one sexy little fox, and I was only now starting to have a real appreciation for it.
In no time, I found myself hard once again. Head leaning back, I glanced at the fox, who was melting into the pool like I had, naughty thoughts flooding my mind. I always knew he liked me, wanted me in ways he could never express... Was that still the case?
I sighed heavily, letting myself completely unwind once again, arms floating out by my sides now. The water had some strange way of penetrating my fur and my skin, seeming almost to reach right into my muscles and soak up all the pain. My body was a sculptor's clay, so soft and malleable, whether or not it was healing my wounds, it didn't matter. It was an amazing feeling, nothing in the world seemed to matter. All the stresses and problems I'd left behind, they melted away just like me, everything was just so perfect.
Loki looked as if he was experiencing the same thing.
"C'mere," I called to him, waving my paw at the arctic fox, totally relaxed if not still a little bothered. My head was leaned back against the rocks and I found it difficult to move my body. Though I still ached a little, it felt like nothing compared to when we'd arrived. Of course I'd have to wait until I got out to see if there was any real changes, but so far the secret springs seemed to be working. "Come sit beside me."
Loki just groaned, another reminder of his former, horribly shy self. He turned away.
"God damn, Loki," I started, not sounding nearly as annoyed as I wanted to, "how many times do we have to do this? Just...come here. You want to, I want you to...so just do it. Why do you have to sit so far away anyway?"
"Because... I was doing just fine on my own, you know," he grumbled, just his head now poking up from under the water. "And don't tell me what I want."
"I'm sorry, I just... Just come here, Loki. Come keep me company. Please?"
The fox grumbled something incoherently, but ultimately decided to come over. He had to sigh first though, eventually wading toward me and taking a seat an arm's length away, until finally he shifted his adorable little butt closer to mine. It was then I noticed he had kept all of his bracelets on, and he likely kept the couple around both ankles on too, which I saw him wearing earlier when he first got in.
I put an arm around the fox as he got in closer, not pulling him into me but simply resting it behind his head. I think if the water wasn't so relaxing he'd have frozen up as usual.
"That wasn't so bad, hm?"
"I guess not." Loki's grunted, ears flat against his head. Sometimes I wondered if he just pretended to hate this, or if it really was as torturous as he made it look.
We sat side by side for a good long while, nary a word spoken between us. We both became much more comfortable with each other, especially Loki, as the water worked its magic on our tired bodies. That familiar presence had once again entered my nether regions, but I tried not to think about it.
"So tell me about all those scars," I asked Loki, trying to break the ice a little. "I noticed a lot of them on your back. And don't tell me they're from one of our fights, because I've seen you reattach an arm."
Loki shifted a bit more uncomfortably now, as if everything the tepid spring had done was quickly unravelling. But he stayed by my side, which was good. "Uh," he started, "no, they're not from you. They're from...before. Before I knew the runes, I mean. From when I was a kit, my father did not make my childhood an easy one."
"He hit you?"
Loki shrugged. "Not exactly. Sort of. Like I told you before, he was trying to train me to be a warrior and a hunter, and many of his lessons were...aggressive. He meant well, he just...didn't accept my other interests. He punished me a lot, especially for my poor weapon skills. He always said I needed to learn, that my enemies would do worse and more, but I never understood, not truly. My mother defended me as best she could, but father always managed to find a reason for my lashings."
"They must have been some lashings to leave permanent marks."
"Indeed. But...most of those are not from father. They are from the head slaves in the black dragon camp, if you recall."
I nodded, though I only remembered a few stories. He hadn't gone into great detail about his time there, but I knew enough to know it sounded horrible, and that he had a profound hatred for black dragons. I couldn't imagine the kinds of tortures he had to endure at such a young age.
"Do you remember how you got all of your scars?" the small fox asked me, lifting a paw to my chest. He ran a finger down an old scar, which I remembered was a deep one. When he ran his pad over the whole thing, he simply rested his paw on my chest as if to covet the scar. He glanced up at me curiously, leaving his paw there.
"Yeah," I said, giving the fox a smile. "Well, not all of them, but most of the big ones. That one you're touching, that I got during the Century War, before I joined the Dragonkin Army. Me and a couple of other mercs were paid to guard Lord Winkler's manor for an indeterminable amount of time, easy money, really. Of course he failed to mention that we were hired to protect his wealth from a band of rogue Kushan bandits who had already hit a bunch of nearby estates. If you don't already know, they're masters at stealth and often employ poisoned knives. The knife that'd gotten me was luckily untainted, but damn was that bandit fast. I barely made it out alive, but after killing the final bandit, and consequently trashing the manor, my, uh, services were 'no longer needed.'"
Loki just smiled silently and rubbed the scar a little more, his fingers soft and delicate. An arousing shiver ran up my spine as his claws scraped carefully at the sensitive flesh, until his paw slid up my chest and toward my right shoulder. He turned himself toward me a bit more so he could touch the large scar running from there and down my shoulder blade, another quick shiver. He fingered the scar gently, using that grip to pull himself in front of me a little more. He was blushing like crazy and couldn't make eye contact. I just let him continue, feeling the same pressure down below that I think he did.
"How about this one?" he asked, now on his knees beside me, paw still on my shoulder, though to be fair I couldn't see much of his body beneath the cloudy water and steam. His leg was definitely brushing up against mine though. "If you remember."
I smiled and nodded, letting my paw fall upon Loki's left leg. It made him blush of course, but he let me keep it there. "That's an axe wound I suffered on the battlefield against the Knoxx Stronghold," I told him, "back when I was Captain of the Brutes. I led my men to the back gates of the stronghold while they were distracted in front. We got through and reclaimed it, but there was a real bastard waiting for us inside, him and is gigantic battle axe. It was after that when the men started calling me Nosferatu...out loud."
Loki was still blushing. "I see."
"Any others?"
Loki let his small paw run slowly down my right arm, softly caressing one of my newer wounds, but ultimately let his right paw wander down over my soft belly, which had a few substantial scars running across it. His fingers were so sensual and soft, almost tickling the old scars as his digits slid across the raw tissue. Each time he did, another shiver ran through me.
It was nice, surprisingly arousing, not quite enough to drive me crazy. It was just enough to make my heart beat faster, for blush to creep onto my face. Despite being soaked in steaming hot water, I felt almost flushed, Loki's magical fingers doing wonders to turn me on. He eventually found a nice big scar that ran under my left nipple, which he stroked soothingly. The shy vulpine came very close to touching my nipple, but managed to just barely avoid it.
"This one?" he asked, still caressing the scar.
I nodded again, just as Loki rested his paw against my left pectoral as if to cradle it, though I think he gave a slight squeeze while he was there. The fox squirmed ever so slightly, cheeks burning red. I met his gaze, finding myself with just as much hue upon my cheeks as him. My heart was beating faster now.
"That one," I said with a deep breath, "unfortunately, is not nearly as glamourous as the others. When I was new to the Dragonkin, I was ordered to fetch weapons, despite there being plenty of squires and stewards around, I guess some sorta lesson in humility. Whichever the case, I tried carrying too many at one time, before long I tripped on something and one of the weapons was just unsheathed enough to slash into me."
Loki couldn't help but laugh, leaning back in sheer delight. I had to admit, I couldn't help but laugh, too. Perhaps because I so rarely heard the fox express such joviality, it became refreshingly contagious. I gave his leg a squeeze.
"Not one of my more shining moments."
Loki just continued to smile and run his fingers along more scars, though he had found most of my biggest ones already. For now we sat together silently whilst he searched more of my body for places to touch, regrettably neglecting the most sensitive and wanting of areas. But I still loved this moment we shared together, smelling the sweet air and relaxing in the hot bath.
I gave Loki's leg a heartier squeeze and asked, "Any more you'd like to know about?"
The fox shook his head, letting his right paw float down to mine to hold onto it, while the other gently ran up my forearm, up from my wrist. Like before, his fingers were soft and made me tingle, an almost inaudible moan rumbling from my throat. I couldn't tell if the fox was feeling what I was feeling, but I was willing to bet my last remaining coins he was. I caressed his leg now, more toward his inner thigh this time, which elicited an equally small gasp from the fox.
"Tell me," he started after a moment, breathing a bit more heavily now, "why don't you like the Runes? You've seen what they can do, what miracles they can perform... And you know I know them. So what's the problem?"
I sighed, moving my paw away from his thigh for now, though kept it upon his leg. "I don't know, Loki, it's just...strange. I mean, I've seen some pretty messed up things in my time, things they'd probably lock you away for if you tried to explain them. Stuff you could call magic, or energy, or whatever, it's just...too fucked up for me. I'm not selling my sword here in the Eastern Lands because I want that shit surrounding me, you understand? I just want to heal the way I used to, before I met--" I had to stop myself. "Before everything went to hell."
"I understand," said Loki, bowing his head. Though it could have been the steamy pool we were bathing in, I could have sworn the fox was shaking a little, like he was nervous. His face was redder than mine at this point, and when he finally released my paw, his little fingers ventured to stroke idly at my sheath.
Now I was really blushing, squirming as if I'd switched roles with Loki for a moment. He wasn't quite stroking, but rather ran his finger tips up and down my sheath, only fingering the bottom part of my shaft that had been exposed. He was yet to grip anything. The fox's heart was beating heavily, or was it just mine? My cheeks were burning as hot as the springs now, and all I could do was stare at the little fox, who still avoided my gaze.
"I'm sorry I was so short with you before," he said softly, still running his fingers up and down my extremely hard member, "back in Xin'an. I was angry, confused... I didn't know what I wanted exactly." Now he gripped my full shaft, gripping it firmly. "I mean, I knew what I wanted, I just wasn't sure...if that was when I wanted it. Luca, I was so lost when you left, I didn't know what to do. I was so glad to find you, and you...rejected me. I just...I dunno..."
The little fox just trailed off, paw remaining where it was but he looked further away from me.
Feeling a sudden pang of guilt, I lifted my left paw to turn the fox's head toward me. I gently stroked his cheek to comfort him, running the backs of my fingers through his soft fur. "I know I was harsh with you before...but I'm really glad you're here with me, Loki. I'm glad you were stubborn enough to stick around, and even more glad we could be here together. I'm, uh...sorry. For being so shitty."
Loki smiled and closed his eyes for a moment, and when he opened them he gripped my length even tighter. He looked at me as he began to stroke, agonizingly slow. He then released his grip, deciding instead to tease me with his fingertips, running his claws up and down relentlessly.
Needless to say, the little fox knew how to make me moan. I leaned my head back and closed my eyes, arms propped up on the edge of the pool now, totally taking it all in. I was so hard and my loins ached badly, but it was such an amazingly good pain I let the fox continue. He knew what he was doing, knew precisely how to get me going, and it took all my strength to not take him right now. All I could do was moan, the only form of release Loki would allow me for now.
The arctic fox was beaming, smiling as he focused on teasing my cock. He fondled my large, full, heavy balls, juggling them between his fingers and giving them a tug, but giving them a wonderful massage as well. All while his other paw kept stroking my shaft so softly, so gently it was like he was barely touching it at all.
Normally by this time I'd have been leaking precum like crazy, but beneath the steamy water it was impossible to tell. Still, I couldn't help but squirm as the fox continued to make me moan, though I tried my best to keep still. The water was halfway up my chest now, almost at my neck, and like the minerals in the water, I soaked it all in.
"God damn it, Loki," I panted, face burning red, "have you always been so good at this?"
The arctic fox nodded slowly, now with a full grip of my shaft and pawing slowly. He would stroke a half dozen times or so before tickling my balls again with his claws, which I think he loved fondling most of all. He seemed to covet them like a precious treasure, an ancient artifact that could only be handled by the most delicate of paws. In fact, he seemed to love doing this about as much as I loved receiving it.
I groaned softly as I relaxed even further, but as the immense aching in my nethers grew, it was getting that much harder to resist taking control. Still, I couldn't deny how unbelievably intense his paws were, considering how gently he was touching me. But I could tell Loki wanted to take things a little further himself, the way he bit his lip and let out the quietest of moans. He had sufficiently turned me on, tenfold, but we both wanted more.
"Should we get out of the pool?" I huffed, finally lowering my arms.
Loki nodded, giving my shaft one last good squeeze before reluctantly letting go. "Yeah," he said with heavy breath. He gazed at my rock-hard shaft for a moment more before shifting away from me, clear longing in his eyes.
He stood up quickly, which put his sheath and balls right there in my face. He was at least as hard as I was, poking out almost entirely, save his knot still hiding beneath his sheath. Despite water pouring from his fur, I was certain Loki was dripping precum from his tip, clearly finding as much - if not more - pleasure in touching my nethers as I did. When I glanced up at him, he held out a paw to help me up.
I groaned as I stood up. Though the water had helped with my injuries, I was still in quite a bit of pain, though most of it had melted away in the magical waters. Perhaps there really was some strange healing qualities to them. Nevertheless, together with the fox we got out of the hot pool and shook ourselves as dry as possible. We sauntered excitedly down the stony pathway - I limped a fair bit more than Loki did - until we ended up beneath a large cherry blossom blooming its bright sweet flowers in the sun, which I promptly leaned against.
"Are you okay?" Loki asked, running his paws up over my belly, somehow managing to pull his gaze away from my still fully-erect cock to look me in the eyes. His face was still beet-red, but it was wonderful being able to be this naked and this comfortable with the arctic fox. Neither of us had anything to hide at this point, nothing to be embarrassed by, which made the red-faced fox all the more adorable.
"Yeah," I answered, "I'm fine. Still a bit sore, but I'm doing better."
"Mm, good," he said, paws finally trailing down to my nether region. For now he simply held onto my shaft while his other paw pulled and massaged at my ample balls, which altogether were at least the size of his fist. They were hot and heavy, and he seemed to love holding them, weighing them as if to see how much was in there.
"You have such a perfect package," said Loki hotly. He licked his lips, eyes now totally affixed to my cock and balls, yet he still continued to tease me.
All I could do was lean my head back and moan. I put a paw on his head for what little good it did me, basking in all of Loki's attention. I was definitely dripping precum now, which the fox delighted in spreading down my shaft, making it slick and easier to handle. That made me moan even more, long, drawn-out sighs of total bliss. Even now it still amazed me how skilled Loki was with his paws, and I was sure he did everything in his power to make this as excruciating as possible.
Still significantly wet, Loki at last knelt down in front of me, on the green grass at the base of the tree, with paws firmly attached to my tiger-parts. I kept my paw on his head, rubbing gently between his ears until he looked up at me. It seemed as if he was asking permission, which was silly by this point, but I nodded at him all the same.
Loki nodded back, cheeks ablaze and smiling from ear to ear. He just stared at my nethers as if not knowing quite where to start. He was breathing heavily, finally deciding first to nuzzle my balls, getting his nose right under them and inhaling deeply. This made the fox moan loudly, breathing his hot breath between my legs. He took in another, gripping my shaft and stroking it slowly.
With eyes closed, Loki groaned like he was in pain, taking in one final breath of my scent before pulling back, letting my full balls melt off his muzzle. He opened his maw and gave the left one a good lick before kissing it, now letting the ball slip into his mouth. An odd yet very satisfying sensation, he carefully pushed it around his maw with his tongue, suckling upon it until trading it quickly for the other. I wasn't sure if he'd gotten both in at once, but either way it was enough to make me moan.
Loki absolutely loved teasing me like that. He shuddered and groaned as he brought me pleasure, caressing me more lovingly than I ever would have thought possible from him. It was like he lived for this, like he wanted nothing more than to gratify me, which he did with the utmost care. I rubbed the fox's head again, letting him know I very much approved.
The little fox continued to worship my tiger-bits like they were holy relics, paw idly stroking my length while he busied himself with my sagging, sweaty balls. He seemed to love having them draped over his muzzle, where he would enjoy licking me in behind and, perhaps even more so, taking in long, deep breaths of my scent. It was becoming difficult once more to not take control, which resulted in my claws digging into the tree behind me.
"Ahhh," I sighed happily. The pleasure Loki brought me was not terribly overpowering, but instead was a subtler, softer rumbling that pumped through my nether regions at a very long, constant rate. I hadn't experienced anything like this before; it had always been a very hot yet relatively quick affair, never this everlasting, drawn-out pleasure Loki managed. I think I liked this more.
Very much enjoying my soft cries, eventually Loki could resist all the precum he'd coerced out of me no longer. He ran his strong tongue up my entire length, agonizingly slow so as to lap up every bit, knowing it would make me cry out. My legs suddenly felt weak as he finished up, an unexpected rush of pleasure striking from out of nowhere. I groaned in pure delight, inching down the tree a little as the fox licked my shaft again.
I swear that made Loki chuckle a little, but it sure as hell didn't stop him. Though he'd already licked me a few times, for now the arctic fox simply nuzzled my cock, groaning as my tiger-meat ran across his face. He caressed it so lovingly, nuzzled my entire package with such incredible reverence, just being able to touch it seemed like it was enough for him.
With eyes closed, the horny little fox stroked me a few more times, then kissed the underside all the way down to my sheath. He ran his tongue beneath my sheath, all while one paw massaged my spiny tiger-tip. I moaned much louder now, claws digging into the poor cheery blossom once more. Just when it seemed Loki had no more tricks up his sleeve, he went and did something like that...
As the fox focused his paw's attention on my cock's tip, while his other paw focused on my sweaty orbs, I knew he was done with the slow steady pleasure he'd been giving me before. Each slick grip of his paw on my tip sent loud spikes of pleasure coursing through my nethers, each one making me sharply moan. I cursed a few times, knees about to give out. I slid down the tree some more, until at last I fell - much to both our surprise - straight onto my bum.
Loki chuckled, yet looked at me with concern. When I told him I was fine, the arctic fox continued, now just stroking me slowly and steadily.
"I dreamed of this so many times," Loki said tenderly, glancing up at me. I think he had a permanent blush upon his face now. "I spent countless nights imagining what we'd do together... It figures I've forgotten all of it now."
I smiled lovingly at the little fox, still as hard as ever. "This has been amazing so far."
Loki smiled widely and looked away. "R-Really..?"
"Yeah," I nodded, bringing a paw down to his. Though he seemed surprised by this, when I began to stroke his paw just a little faster, he somehow blushed even more. Or again, it could have just been me. Either way, when I removed my paw he kept up that pace, and I rubbed his warm cheek with my knuckles immediately after.
"This is perfect," murmured the overjoyed fox, looking up at me for just a second. Our eyes locked for a long moment, until the same thought was transmitted between us, and Loki slowly began to lower his head. I removed my paw and just as his eyes closed, the little fox wrapped his lips around the tip of my shaft.
Wasting little time, on his knees in front of me, Loki held onto the base of my shaft and lowered his head, taking in almost my entire shaft on his first go. Moaning quietly almost the entire time, I didn't really start to make noise until the fox pulled back. I had no idea how he did it, but by the gods, he sent an extraordinary wave of pleasure coursing through my nethers with just one motion, ending by licking my oozing tip.
When he went for a second round, I made about as much noise as the first, claws now digging into the grass instead of the tree. I couldn't help but squirm as the fox continued, not any faster or anything, but I was sure he was working up to something. Or perhaps he just liked hearing my cries of ecstasy. Whichever the case, I loved what the fox was able to do with his tongue and maw, things I wasn't even sure were possible, yet somehow he did it. My hips thrusted unconsciously as he worked my shaft, using his paw to enhance the sensations.
"Ooh, fuck," I groaned, panting a little more heavily now. "This is too much," I huffed, but it hardly slowed Loki down. In fact, I think he actually sped up, though it hardly diminished the incredible sensations. I was in heaven, and at this point I didn't care who heard me.
In order to give me a break, Loki pulled his head away but continued stroking my slick shaft at a steady pace. I could feel deep inside me, buried within my nether regions my orgasm was starting to approach. I wouldn't last long, which was a damn shame. He could have finished me off whenever he wanted, at that point it would have taken simply touching me in just the right spot and that would be that. Yet he just stroked me at that unbearable pace; enough to keep me extremely horny, but not quite enough to make me cum.
And boy did I ever want to cum. I mean, I loved sharing this moment with Loki, he was so soft and sweet and loving, I wanted to keep going until the sunset, but my body ached fiercely for that sweet release. I hadn't even realized how slow this buildup had been, but now I was close to bursting. I wanted it badly, needed it more than anything, and I knew Loki would aim to keep it from me for as long as he could. And I think I liked that.
"You're so full," rasped the little fox, tilting my cock in such a way that he could nuzzle my balls again, his wet nose nudging them onto his snout. Amazingly he continued stroking, however slowly, basking now in my damp tigerhood, taking all of it in. "Such a virile tiger, so eager, so ready for more. I want your seed Luca, more than anything I want it... If you'll allow me the honour."
I was surprised he had to ask at this point, but I was in no position to deny him. A happier Loki, I had never seen. His head must have been swimming, surrounded almost entirely by my sweaty bits, precum smearing into his cheek as he nuzzled my shaft and lapped up the mess he caused me to make. The little fox seemed to revel in playing with my balls, rivaled only by having my cock all over his face.
But eventually, Loki couldn't help but take in my shaft again, swallowing it whole as he very enthusiastically continued along, pulling back and making me howl. He bobbed his head much faster now, now using both paws to massage by balls. I could hear - and most definitely feel - the little fox gagging on the tip of my shaft, but he took it like a champ and didn't falter even once. I was so close once again, so close to the edge I was sure at several points I would go right over, but Loki wouldn't have it, not yet.
"K-Keep going!" I cried, paw on his head again. I pushed him down now, muscles tensing as my orgasm poked around the corner, but never showed itself. I was growling now, body almost in pain the further on we went.
But eventually my primal needs began to take over. Though Loki so badly wanted to swallow my cum, I wasn't sure I wanted to finish up there. And while I was enjoying Loki's blowjob immensely - far more than I'd ever enjoyed one before - I was ready to take matters into my own hands, which shocked the fox as I forced his head back.
"L-Luca..?" the fox asked with surprise. "What's wrong?"
But he instantly recognized the passionate fire in my eyes. Our eyes were locked for just few seconds, but it was enough. Loki nodded quietly and backed away, turning around immediately and assuming a submissive position, on his elbows and knees with back arched, ready to receive me.
"That was amazing, Loki," I puffed hotly, "but now it's my turn."
"Yes, my King," he said softly, almost inaudibly. "My body is yours."
Choosing to ignore that for now, I pushed his bushy tail to the side - which was still pretty damp, by the way - and let my tiger-meat slap down upon his rump. Loki twitched at that, realizing instantly what it was. When he looked back, he seemed to look in awe of me, that reddish hue still emblazoned upon his cheeks as he awaited my cock eagerly. He smiled when I moved, and closed his eyes when I poked open his hole. And when I finally pushed my saliva-slicked cock forward, he let out the longest, most horny cry I'd ever heard him make.
The little arctic fox was in pure bliss as I slowly spread open his tailhole, pushing inside him with relative ease, though he was still satisfyingly tight. It took little time to hilt the fox, and with one paw on his hip and the other gripping his tail, I made damn sure he felt every inch.
"Ahh," moaned Loki, squirming and pushing his perfect little rump back into me. I could have ended everything right then and there and Loki would have been perfectly content having had me inside him, but I wanted to give him more. I wanted to give him everything he desired, and I would hold out for as long as I possibly could, if only to extend the fox's ecstasy for as much as he could bear.
But eventually, I began to pump my hips into Loki's rear, pushing myself into his body over and over, very slowly at first, just to hear his sweet little cries echoing off the cavernous walls. He made far more noise than I did, he was completely uninhibited, and I loved hearing it.
Gradually I increased my speed, panting heavily now as I worked his poor little body, though he cherished every second of it. My heart was pounding, but there was no way I could slow down now. Our bodies worked together like perfectly oiled machines, myself pushing in while he pushed back, the fox yelping every time I hilted him. It was amazing how well our bodies worked together, moving so perfectly, so fluidly as we pleasured one another.
And Loki was impressively tight. His slick insides enveloped my cock firmly, his body was so warm and inviting, I wasn't sure I ever wanted to end this, despite my body throbbing painfully for it. My orgasm was, once again, right around the corner, but I would try to hold out as long as I could. Although as I began to groan while panting, sweating profusely now, I was sure it wouldn't last very much longer.
Five, six more pumps, my orgasm was right there. Loki howled in ecstasy, and I just had to concentrate on holding it back. I slowed down now, opting instead to give heavier thrusts at longer intervals, but after a couple dozen of those, I was back on the edge. And I think Loki knew it.
"More..!" he barked, grinding into me. "Don't stop..."
I responded with a few growls and moans, eyes closed tight. I didn't stop, either. He wanted it badly, and at this point, it was becoming impossible to hold it back. And so with two, three more thrusts, I abandoned my attempts at longevity, finally allowing myself release.
Four, five more, Loki was practically whining, begging, he would have done anything to feel my seed inside him. I gripped his hips on both sides now and after a few more thrusts, I could hold back no longer.
My claws dug into Loki's sides as with my final thrust, letting out a thundering roar, pushing as deep inside the arctic fox as I could as my hot tiger-seed came bursting out. Loki cried out as well, as my body twitched and I hammered his rear several more times, wave after wave of immense, almost painful pleasure shooting the rest of my load deep into Loki's bowels. When at last my orgasm started to fade, we were both panting heavily, my seed thoroughly planted with the arctic fox.
Loki's tail flicked with excitement, moaning softly as he caught his breath. "Th-Thank you," he panted, face glowing red. He wore a constant smile as we basked in the soft afterglow, my musky seed starting to permeate the air.
"Can you lean back?" I asked him tenderly, pulling back on Loki's hips.
Loki nodded, and we shifted ourselves so I was sitting back upon my knees and Loki's back pressed against my chest. I wrapped my arms around the little fox and gave him a good squeeze, my cock still inside him acting as some sort of hot, fleshy plug.
"Aah, Luca... That was amazing. Better than that... I'm never going to forget this momen--"
Loki was suddenly interrupted when my paw fell upon his hot red shaft. Amazingly his knot was still beneath his white-furred sheath, but I aimed to change that.
"Wh-What're you..?"
"Shh," I told him, stroking him slowly, fondly. He let out a few soft moans, leaning his head back into me.
"You don't have to..."
I shushed him again, nuzzling his cheek as I gave his fox-meat a squeeze.
Loki absolutely loved that. He yelped and barked and moaned quietly as I slowly exposed his entire shaft, pulling down his sheath and rubbing his thick knot a few times, which made him really groan. I knew a little about canine anatomy, and had learned through the years that their knots were particularly sensitive, though they generally enjoyed the entire thing being caressed. Which is precisely what I did, whilst my other paw held onto Loki's chest firmly.
Incredibly well-lubed by Loki's substantial amounts of slick precum, I stroked the poor fox slowly, concentrating - like he'd done to me - around the tip of his shaft until it seemed he could no longer stand it. The little fox squirmed, despite still being pegged by my shaft, making as many pleasured cries as he had before.
Eventually his paws rested on my left forearm, which I left still pressed against his chest, gripping it as if he was about to fall. And so I stroked the little fox faster, and faster still until it seemed he would cum, where I promptly slowed down. Loki figured out very quickly what I was up to, and begged me to stop.
"Please, Luca..."
I nipped Loki's ear playfully, edging him once more, payback for earlier. And though he pretended to hate it, I knew that couldn't be further from the truth. And so we played that little game for a while, until Loki began getting desperate.
"Let me cum," he begged me. "Hnghh... Please, allow your loyal servant this one thing."
I chuckled quietly, nipping at Loki's ear once more. With a tug, I decided to show the fox mercy and give him what he wanted. And so I stroked him faster, and faster still, which made him squirm and writhe desperately, moaning near-constantly until at last, I used my other paw to squeeze on his knot.
And just as I gave his knot that perfect squeeze, Loki immediately seized up and began to howl. His paws reached back behind his head to grip the back of my neck, braced for the fountain of cum that fired out. I could feel him trembling as several waves of cum squirted from his throbbing tip, running down my knuckles and dripping onto the grass. He was panting even heavier now than before, though a bit more whiny now. Loki thanked me several times, eyes closed as he leaned back on me.
"Thank you, Luca..." Loki said softly as he released the back of my neck, one paw patting his full belly. "That was far more than I deserved. I will cherish this time we've spent together until my final breath."
I smiled and gave the little arctic fox a long, tight squeeze against his chest, holding him in a warm embrace for a good long while. He had surprised me so much today, but they were all wonderful surprises, unforgettable. I had only been this close to a few other furs throughout my life, and I was damn glad Loki and I were able to share this moment together. My heart was racing, which could only be calmed by giving my fox another squeeze.
Unfortunately, as much as I wanted to remain this close to Loki, my poor legs were starting to burn. I groaned softly, however pleasurably, as I began to move my stiff, sore legs, so unused to keeping them bent beneath me for as long as I had. Though Loki shifted awkwardly, he got the hint and slowly, reluctantly, reclaimed his own tailhole, clenching tightly as he pulled away, only losing a few drops of tiger-seed as my cock finally slid away and flopped listlessly against my balls. As it retired into the warmth and safety of my white-furred sheath, I gave Loki's bum a playful smack and a kiss between his ears.
"That was incredible," I told him with a smile, still feeling a bit of residual pleasure from my almost painful orgasm. My body ached and creaked as I shakily got to my feet, still sore from yesterday. Luckily it seemed I hadn't reopened any wounds, at least none that I could see, which despite the magical hot spring, were still tender and raw. Still, considering they were only a few days old, they had already healed remarkably well. Perhaps there really was more to this hot spring than I'd originally suspected.
Loki was already back on his feet, gazing at me to see if I needed help. I got to my feet just fine, though was still a little stiff. He approached me casually, his small ears just reaching above my nipples, running a couple fingers along my stomach, where one of my many fresh wounds were.
"Yeah, it was," he smiled, nuzzling me a little. "So, do you still think this water is a myth?"
I had to smile, always somehow forgetting just how short the arctic fox was. I answered him with a shrug. "I'm still dubious, but I guess I do feel better. C'mon, let's relax a little longer before we head back, okay?"
With a quiet smile, Loki nodded and headed toward the edge of the secret springs, to the furthest pool from the entrance, the pool completely bathed in sunlight. He and I slipped in, myself far more elegantly than the first time - though it took me a while - and together we sat along the furthest wall, faces aimed toward the warm, life-giving sun.
For once Loki was able to sit next to me, and I mean right next to me, without making a fuss. He held a paw on his belly and simply let himself relax, eyes closed. I did the same, draping an arm around him and pulling the little guy close to me. Moments like these were too few and far between for mercenaries, especially during wartimes.
I have no idea how long we'd sat there for in the silence of the mountain air, soaking in as much of the healing water as we could, though I still wasn't completely sold on it. Either way, the sun was well past midday and my skin was no doubt getting wrinkly and soft. It had been a long, long time since I'd last had a proper bath, so I suppose I wanted to enjoy it as best I could. Plus the warmth of the sun hugged every strand of my fur, coating it in its rejuvenating light, while the cool mountain air nipped at my nose, but was never uncomfortable. I could do nothing else but sigh in content.
By the time other well-to-do Eastern Landers showed up to have a warm bath of their own, a couple of them pandas, my stomach began to rumble and I could bear their accusing stares no longer. They made it silently clear that the pool Loki and I inhabited was a prime location, and they wanted us out of it.
"Wanna get outta here?" I whispered to Loki, just after noticing one of them shaking his head at our tidy pile of filthy clothes. Despite the fact they'd piled their clothes next to the pool as well, in piles at least as tidy as ours, I suppose it was because neither Loki or I wore gold-lined silk and fine-woven cotton that they took exception to it.
Loki opened his eyes and glanced up at me as if in a daze, like he'd just come out of a dream. "Huh..? Oh, uh, yeah, I guess. I must've dozed off... How long have we been in here for?" Then he noticed the noblemen. "How long have they been here for?"
I frowned at the noble Eastern Landers, who were doing their best at ignoring the two degenerates. It seemed odd that not one of them said anything to us, so either they were expecting a couple lowlifes to be here, or they were all cowards. "Long enough for those fancy lords to show up. They just got here, though. It's well past noon anyway, and I'm hungry."
Loki rubbed his belly again. "Yeah," he agreed, "I could eat. We just have a bit of fruit and nuts left, and two portions of meat. Should take us to the Crossroads Inn, at least."
And so at last Loki and I climbed our sorry asses out of the best pool in the mountains and gathered our things. I was still limping a little, but required little assistance from Loki, though my body was still very sore all over. The nobles continued to ignore us as Loki helped dry my fur and re-bandage my wounds. There was a few spots of blood, but for the most part I was doing okay. Then at last we left the secret hot springs behind, making our way back down the mountain.
I couldn't decide whether or not the journey down the mountain was any easier than the journey up. I was in better condition now, to be sure, but as the terrain became more unsteady and challenging, whatever soreness and pain I thought had been washed away by the hot springs was slowly coming back. By the time we reached a crossroads in the mountain pathways, a sort of waypoint with an old, vine-covered wooden pergola, Loki and I sat to eat what meagre food we had left.
With only a few hours of daylight left, I made the decision to rest at the mountainside village for the evening. Loki objected, but when offered to make it to the Crossroads Inn by himself, he was quick to refuse. Luckily the arctic fox and I found lodgings once again. Loki and I slept very comfortably together, me holding onto the fox as closely as possible, and by daybreak we were off.
It was around noon when we reached the Inn, though our meal was not free a second time. Discounted, but the wolfess insisted - as politely as she could - that we pay. I was more than happy to oblige.
The Crossroads Inn wasn't bustling, not like it once had, according to the she-wolf, but there was still quite a few travellers and soldiers here eating and talking and resting their weary bones. Well, that was what I was doing, at any rate, alongside the more able-bodied Loki.
Our meal, unsurprisingly, was freshly-baked bread with that old stew that had been brewing away all week, plus some dark ale to wash it down. It was as delicious as expected, pretty standard fare for roadside inns, though it seemed somehow the wolfess was able to afford at least a little bit of salt to help improve the taste. I decided I had best savour the meal, as I couldn't be sure when I'd eat so heartily again.
"How is it?" I asked Loki.
Loki, with mouth full, grunted and nodded, I think trying to say he liked it. I just smiled at him, rubbing his leg with my foot. As expected, Loki started to blush, though he had to frown at me first.
Unfortunately, my meal was interrupted when I felt a sudden tickling in my gut. Now, I had had food poisoning before, and though it was always a horrible experience, it had never started out like this. The tickling was faint, but noticeable enough to make me stop just before putting another spoonful of brown slop into my mouth. I looked over at Loki, who was gnawing away on a heel of bread, but as the tickling grew into a more subtle scratching, he glanced up at me.
"All the way out here..?" I said quietly, putting down my spoon. I concentrated on the scratching, now with a quiet chuckling in the back of my head. My paws were trembling slightly, which I tried futilely to hide by clenching them into fists, and my face paled. "How?"
Loki didn't look nearly as concerned as I expected him to be, nor as surprised. He just gave me a long, serious look as if trying to communicate something to me, but all I got was his silence. Perhaps he knew what was up. Perhaps they'd followed him, or he brought them along. But why? And why keep it a secret?
"Loki..?"
The fox sighed through his nose and looked away. "That's mostly what I wanted to discuss with you before, when I found you in that filthy cesspool of an inn. But you weren't exactly in the listening mood."
"Well I'm listening now. Are they here to kill me?"
Loki shook his head and turned back toward me. "With the Cr-" The fox paused cautiously.
I had to sigh. "Go on."
Loki nodded. "With the Crimson King dead, his Disciples are left to wander, searching for their new King. Most of them just continued on with their lives, others went mad. But with the Holy See hunting them down and offering bounties, many set out to find...you."
I growled. "I've told you before, I reject the old prophecies and legends, all of that shit. I don't care if the Old Gods really exist out there, I don't care about fate or destiny. It's all bullshit, Loki, I create my own destiny. Man creates his own destiny, carves out his own path, and I intend to do the same. Fuck fate, fuck the Holy See, and fuck the Crimson King."
Loki grunted, though somehow I knew we'd be discussing this again in the future.
"I just remembered why I didn't want you around, Loki. I've lost everything, can't I just god-damn move on?"
"This isn't moving on," he insisted, "it's running away. You still haven't accepted what happened to...during your battle with the Crimson King. There was a service for him, you know. For both of them."
"Stop! Stop, god damn it, just stop..." Along with the insatiable scratching in my gut, my heart was also pounding heavily in my chest. My breathing was deep, hard painful breaths. "I can't, Loki, I can't... It's too much, too fucking much."
"You haven't allowed yourself to grieve, but you must if you ever want to move past this."
I didn't want to move past this. Why did I have to move past this? As long as I wasn't in Midland, time was frozen there. I wanted to live my new life in the Eastern Lands, away from the darkness and the turmoil and the growing strength of the Holy See. Away from every reminder of who I once was, a life I now rejected. That old Luca was a dying husk, left back in the decaying ruins of Midland, while the new Luca made coin by selling his sword in a foreign land. This new Luca was far more agreeable to me, free from monsters and demons and magic. Just me and my sword.
Loki threw up his hood. "You know you can't deny your fate forever."
I huffed at the fox, turning my gaze away from him as I finished off my meal. Now we were both frowning, though unlike Loki, I had no hood to sink beneath. When at last I finished, I downed the rest of my dark ale, desperately wanting another. Despite a look from the fox, I got another one and finished it almost as quickly.
As the alcohol began tickling my head, the terrible scratching at my belly wavered, sinking back into the depths of my bowels once again, though that strange, chuckling darkness still remained, more like that feeling you get when you know someone's watching you. It was present, but...I could barely feel it.
"There was another matter I wanted to discuss with you."
I just grunted, clearly not in the mood for another discussion.
"Much has changed in Midland since your departure."
Just as the wolfess gave me my third lunchtime ale, all of which I had to pay for, I turned away from the fox. "I don't care about what's happening in Midland. You've already told me enough, I know far more than I wanted to. My home is here now, so it really makes no difference to me how things have changed. So those Disciples have found me, good for them. I'll rip them apart all the same, and continue to destroy them until they leave me alone. I want no part of Midland or its affairs, or its monsters, or anything else. Why can't you just accept that?"
As Loki considered his answer, I downed my third ale, chugging it quickly. I badly wanted another, but I knew a long day was still ahead of me, a long hike back to Xin'an.
But it seemed the small arctic fox was finally conceding. He sighed heavily, now looking at me slightly apologetically. "You're right, Luca. It seems your mind is made up, and it would be unfair of me to force the issue. Though I do care deeply about you and want to see you finally start to heal, if you will it, I will follow you to the ends of the earth. Whether you reject the Norns or not, I will remain your loyal subject until the day I die."
Loki was always a strange little fox. Since being spurned by the Crimson King all those years ago, the fox had grown more and more attached to me. We had once been such bitter enemies, having nearly killed one another on several occasions, but he now clung to me as if I was the only thing connecting him to this world. Then again, my attachment to Loki had also grown immensely, far more than I ever would've imagined. Especially since yesterday's soak in the hot spring, the fox had become more than just a friend to me now, and it was so undeniably great being able to feel that once again.
And yet despite our deep, mutual feelings for one another, Loki had never treated me with such intense devotion before, at least not like this. It was unusual, though not altogether surprising. I had my suspicions why he felt this way, but I pushed those suspicions aside the moment they began to surface, opting instead to accept Loki's undying loyalty, regardless of his reasons. A strange part of me suddenly wanted to kiss the arctic fox, but he was too far away.
"I think this calls for another drink," I said, but Loki reached across the table to pull my arm down seconds after I raised it.
"You've had enough," he said, not seeming so loyal now. "I'm not dragging you back to Xin'an. Besides, that Disciple you're trying desperately to ignore? He's--"
Amazed by the fox's uncanny timing, the front door of the inn suddenly burst open, a blinding light touching every bit of grime and filth that had been hidden by the darkness and dank. I stood up immediately, knocking back my seat and instinctively reaching for my sword. Unfortunately I'd left my broken sword behind, never imagining for a second I would have to fight one of the late Crimson King's demon soldiers, not this far from Midland. I felt its darkness and it felt mine, this feeling all too familiar. I hated this feeling, rejected this feeling, I wanted no part of it.
Yet a sudden rage flared up inside me, nothing could hold me back. Before anyone could firmly grasp exactly what was happening, with clenched fists I approached the twisted bird-like monster, tall and thin with snow-white feathers. It had a long neck, its face sharp, just a pale barren skull. It simply smiled at me as if it knew me, and though the smallest part of me told me to wait, told me something wasn't quite right, the larger, darker part of me struck the beast in the face with my scarred, damaged fist.
The monster fell back immediately, screeching horribly and startling most of the inn's patrons. My fist was bleeding again. I heard someone crying out to me. It was Loki, but I could hardly listen. This dark rage that had taken over, it had been so god-damn long since I'd felt this, even battling Tormund my rage was never quite so strong.
I grabbed the snow-white beast and with a mighty roar, slammed its head against the adjacent table, ruining someone's lunch, then threw him across to the other side of the dining hall. The owner was yelling at me, sword drawn, and a couple other she-wolves appeared. They had their swords drawn too, but made no moves against me. Good, I could deal with them later.
For now, I was entirely focused on the Disciple. Though not in its true, horrifying demon form, the shape it had taken was not quite of this world, a disgusting mix of some strange avian and a wicked Hel Beast. This one even wore clothes like furs do, flowing white robes it seemed. An odd choice, but I had little time to ponder that as I kicked the monster back into the wall.
It wasn't until I picked up the pathetic beast, roaring fiercely as I did, and punching it hard in the face again when I began to realize, it still wasn't fighting back. I snarled and punched it once more, now earning a second bloody knuckle, then again, finally letting it fall to the floor.
That tiny part of me telling me to wait was finally gaining some traction over the black beast inside me. I was breathing heavily, and as I stared down at the whimpering Disciple, its talons long and sharp and deadly, I noticed a few strange trinkets dangling from its twisted form.
I knelt down in front of it, spying a gold chain around its neck and pulled it up and out from the elaborate robes. And in that instant, my darkness was as shocked as I was to see hanging from the chain, the sacred symbol of the Holy See.
Luckily for the she-wolf who owned the inn, my inner darkness had receded enough so when she touched her blade to my neck, I did not immediately retaliate. I was breathing heavily, though, paws still shaking from the sudden flash of rage. I released the Disciple's chain and stood up when prompted by the sword. It was a rusty old thing, looked like it hadn't been used in an age, but I was not about to argue.
"Slowly," the wolfess barked. Her sisters were ready to strike at any moment, though one of them was helping the beaten monster to its feet, however cautiously.
I had always had this darkness inside me, a little monster that always kept me on my feet. And it always knew when there was another monster nearby, it sensed it even when I didn't. It would creep forth slowly, a shadow lightly tapping on my shoulder, pointing me in the direction of the Hel Beast, craving its blood. Even now as it slithered back into the depths of my mind, I could hear it hissing and chuckling, almost begging me to kill the white-feathered beast. I wanted nothing more than to oblige, but for now I would have to be patient.
"I don't know what your problem is, tiger, but you're quickly wearing out your welcome. We accept all kinds here, I thought you understood that. But I guess not. I thank you for your patronage, but you best leave now, and take the arctic fox with you."
"Wait," the feathered Disciple hissed, holding an arm out to me. "I forgive this one, he has not yet seen the light of the Holy Spirit. Do what you will with him, but it is he whom I have been searching for."
The she-wolf just growled quietly, clearly confused by the commotion, and no doubt flustered with so many prying eyes upon us. At least she managed to sheathe her sword. "All three of you: out. We don't need any more trouble here."
Not interested in anything the Crimson King's Disciple had to say, nor this pious show it was putting on, I just huffed and made for the exit, Loki in tow. He had remained silent the whole time, save for when I punched the beast in its bony jaw, and said nothing even as we left, heading toward the roadway.
"You aren't the least bit curious what he has to say?" asked the fox at last, after reaching the crossroads.
Admittedly, there was a small part of me that wondered why the hell one of these monsters came searching for me from so far away, and wearing the robes of the Holy See... But ultimately, I wanted the beast dead. I had lost count of the number of Disciples I'd killed on my journey to slay the Crimson King, they were nothing more than giant, grotesque obstacles on a long, painful path. But it seemed the life I'd left behind in Midland was intent of finding me again. I would have cursed the gods if I had thought it would do me any good.
"No," I finally said, huffing again. That sudden flash of rage had not yet left me entirely, and my own dark beast was still lingering. I stopped by one of the crossroads' three tall signposts, taking a few deep breaths. I needed desperately to calm down.
"Well that was the other thing I wanted to tell you. There have been great changes in the Holy See, including a new Holy Father. They have grown extraordinarily in strength and influence in a very short amount of time, using the Crimson King's dark reign to bolster their position."
I sighed heavily. If there was anything I cared about less than Midland's affairs, it was the affairs of the Holy See.
"Your point?"
Just as Loki opened his mouth, however, a loud shriek sounded from toward the Crossroads Inn, though I was certain it was some horrid voice.
"Luca the Mercenary," the voice cried, and I felt that rage quickly returning. It was the Disciple, and had I been in better physical condition, I would have likely ripped its head off right then and there. Instead I turned and with some assistance from Loki, began toward Xin'an once more.
The monster quickly caught up. Its hollow eyes pierced through the back of my skull, much as I tried to ignore it, its face some twisted, spiked bird's skull. My knuckles were still bleeding, and I was certain with a sharp pain I my ribs, I'd reopened at least one more of my wounds.
"Please hear me out, I have not come to harm you."
I stopped and glanced at the robed monster. "Maybe not, but that won't stop me from harming you."
The Disciple nodded. It was almost surreal having a conversation like this with one of my most hated enemies. Disciples had made my life extremely difficult during my journey to stop the Crimson King, there seemed to be at least one around every corner, in every town I visited. And anyone could have been one, from a simple farmer to a highborn lord; they inhabited the bodies of regular furs, even those you were close with. This one looked as if it had stopped midway between its disguise and monstrous form.
"I have been sent to find you, Mercenary, with a message from the Holy See."
"You know, I probably would have knocked you out even if you weren't some sickening Hel Beast. I've been around long enough to see all sorts of freaks and their crazy beliefs, and I don't give two shits about any of them. The Holy See means about as much to me as some lowly street urchin worshipping a rock. So save your breath. In fact, just stop breathing altogether."
And still the Disciple smiled at me, not quite amused, but certainly not upset by my words. It was impossible to believe it could be such a devout follower of the Holy See.
"I am not on a Mission, my child. I have come as but a messenger."
"You ain't showing me the difference. Just spit it out or I'll send you back to Hel faster than you came from it."
That did amuse the beast. "It is true, I am a spawn of Hel and the Devil King, but I have been bathed in the cleansing light of the Holy Spirit. I am no longer bound by the shackles of the Devil King nor his blasphemous world from whence I came. I see the true light of God now, and serve a greater purpose."
I glanced down at Loki, who had a sickened frown upon his face, hidden partially beneath his hood.
"Who sent you, Disciple?" I finally asked, growing weary of the damnable beast.
The monster shook his head, and despite not having any physical eyes, somehow could tell it'd closed them. "Not Disciple, child, no longer. For I have been bathed in the Holy Waters of the Promised Land, and given my true name. I am Matthias, reborn as an Apostle of the Holy See, and serve as Messenger to the Holy Father."
It took all my strength to not knock his head right off. "Answer the damn question, Hel Beast."
The so-called Apostle was unmoved. "I have been sent by the Commander of the Order of the Holy White Iron Knights, Paladin Keefe McCree. He has told me you two are acquainted. The Commander has requested your presence to discuss a potential contract. He has instructed me to tell you it is a high-paying, job, very low-risk, back in Midland."
I couldn't say how long my brows had been raised for, surprised by several things the monster had just said. "Hold on..." I didn't know where to start. "Keefe commands that ridiculous order of Knights? I thought he left the Holy See." And what the hell was a Paladin?
"Alas, this one has not the information you seek. You must speak to the Commander himself for greater details. What message shall I pass along to the Commander McCree?"
I was still trying to wrap my head around all of this. "High-paying, low-risk? What's the hell's the contract for? Why is he reaching out to me? And how the fuck did he know where to find me?"
The Apostle just shook its head. "Sadly, I know not the contents of the contract. And the Commander knew not where to find you, not exactly. Our past...link...has allowed me to follow your trail, albeit not easily."
"Useless Hel Beast," I spat. "You go tell Keefe to shove it up his ass, I'm done with Midland. Know what? I don't give a shit what the contract is for, he can give it to one of his Holy Iron...whatever-the-fuck Knights. And tell him if he sends another god-damn Disciple after me, I'll rip it apart just like every monster before it, then I'll come after him."
The beast nodded, sliding his deadly left talons into his robe. "The Commander suspected you would say as much, and has ordered me to give you this no matter your response."
I took a small letter from the Apostle. It had a wax seal on the back, the Holy See's coat of arms. I could hardly believe Keefe had gone back to them. Moreover, he was made a commander? I had so many questions for my old friend, but every part of me wanted nothing to do with him and the Holy See. It was possible Loki knew something, but it sounded like he hadn't lasted much longer living in Midland than I had.
"Anything else, Luca the Mercenary?"
I growled, then spit on its cloak. The Apostle was unmoved, but Loki glanced up at me, I think a little surprised. He shouldn't have been. Before the Hel Beast could wipe it off, I finally turned and walked away. Though I could still hear a bit of movement, a sudden gust of wind, followed immediately by another as well as a cloud of dust, told me the bird-like monster was taking flight. I continued along without taking a single glance back, uninterested in the direction it was headed.
"As diplomatic as always," commented the silent arctic fox, after the dust had settled. "Are you going to read the note?"
I just scoffed, looking at the seal again. Has he really gone back to them?
"Maybe," I grunted, pocketing it. "You know anything about this?"
"About which?"
"Any of it. Keefe, the so-called Apostle, take your pick."
The fox shrugged beneath his hood. "I don't know much. I left Midland not long after Keefe departed for the Holy City, after I discovered a bounty had been put out on us... Rin included. I think the dog went to reason with the See, at least for Rin's life. As for that Holy Messenger... Well, the Holy See clearly has a means of rooting out Disciples and...converting them, for lack of a better word. I don't know how, perhaps some form of ancient magic I had never seen before. Perhaps something newer. If they are harnessing the power of the Runes, I don't know which ones they're using. I can think of some runes they could apply, but...none that would cause such a profound change."
"Who knows, the Holy See has always been fucked. I remember back in the army days, there was always a priest around in our camps, but back at Castle Midgard there was a bunch of them. Bishops and archbishops and priests... I remember one in particular, Archbishop Martin. He did not like me, I can tell you that. Stupid old rat. It's funny, none of the other men saw me for what I was, not one. Sure, they knew I was some sort of beast on the battlefield, but they just figured I was one of those one-in-a-million fighters, you know? It only seemed to be Archbishop Martin who saw past that, saw the darkness I held within me, sensed it even when I didn't at the time. He called me Devilspawn, but thankfully Commander August wouldn't hear any of it. I think he had his suspicions too, that there was something different about me, but August had about as much patience for the Holy See as I did. The Archbishop tried to take it further up the chain, tried speaking to the Holy Father himself, but he was not concerned about some dirty, filthy soldier. I almost died when I was told the Holy Father had absolved me of my sins anyway, Archbishop Martin really hated me then. Well, hated me as much as a man of the cloth can hate someone."
Loki remained silent, and I became deathly aware that I was rambling. The little fox glanced up at me though, and with somewhat of a hopeful smile, he gave my right arm a gentle rub. He was likely blushing beneath his dark red hood, but seemed fine with the extended contact. I risked giving his back a rub in return, which he also accepted. I smiled down at the fox.
"Do you miss those days?" Loki asked me.
I nodded. "Midland was full of chaos, desolated by war, its people suffering, but gods forsake it, it was much simpler times. The only worry I had was whether or not I'd get paid, and what asshole was looking to steal my coin. I just wish I'd known at the time that those were the 'good old days.' Now it seems the whole world is going to shit; Disciples everywhere, the Holy See employing monsters..."
"It isn't your fault, you know."
I sighed heavily.
"The Norns decided your destiny long before you knew of it, long before either of us were born. The events that unfolded that night, after the fall of Midgard, nothing could have stopped his Disciples from coming through. Sure, maybe it could have been stopped that night, but it was going to happen. I realize most men reject the idea of fate, and I don't blame you for doing the same, it's not an easy thing to accept that your life is not in your own hands. It took a long time for me to realize I was never going back to my old life with my father and Jorn, that the Norns had brought me to Hel for a purpose."
"Yeah? And what purpose is that?"
"To serve the ruler of Hel."
I grunted.
"I was adept at casting the Runes at a very young age, which I don't believe was by chance. Though everything had been taken away from me, I accepted that my command of the Runes and my being Carried to Hel, it was all part of my destiny. Once I realized I had little control over it, it was like a weight had lifted off my shoulders."
I just scoffed and shook my head. "Well that's great for you, Loki. I still think it's a load of shit."
The arctic fox nodded. "I know you do."
"Look, can we just not discuss this anymore? And I don't mean for today, I mean ever. I don't want to hear any more about the Norns, or destiny, or the fucking Crimson King. We can talk about anything else, I don't care, just...enough with the destiny bullshit. Please?"
"As you wish."
I sighed again. "Good. So tell me what you know about Keefe. He really went back to the Holy See?"
The fox stayed silent for a short time, which I didn't know how to take. "It seems so," he finally said, though it sounded like there was slightly more to it than that. "He took care of his mother back home for as long as I had stuck around, but I'd overheard him talking with his mother about returning to the Holy See. She didn't want him to, but he said he felt lost. The only spiritual guidance he'd ever had was with the See, and while he wasn't sure where his beliefs laid, he knew he wasn't going to find many answers with her. When the See had put bounties out on all of our heads, he knew he had to return. When I finally left the manor, he had already packed what little he had and left for the City. That, and I had to accept...that you wouldn't be returning."
"I guess it's too late to apologize, huh?" I said, pushing my ears back.
"A little," the fox said with the slightest grin. He gave my arm a gentle rub to let me know it was all right. "This might be unrelated," the fox continued, "but Keefe spent a long time grieving the death of his father, I'm not sure he had ever truly gotten past it. He was finding it difficult to forgive you for what you'd done, as was his mother. He never told her his father was a Disciple, though."
Somehow I felt that letter burning a hole in my chest. What did Keefe want now? Was it really about a job? Or had he found the answers he was looking for with the Holy See? They were all about forgiveness, perhaps he wanted to tell me he'd forgiven me. Or perhaps he wanted to sink a knife into my chest. But the See frowns upon murder, and Commanders of the Holy Knights wouldn't murder a poor mercenary...would they?
All I could do was sigh. Loki tried to comfort me, but my heart was strangely heavy. These were the kinds of things I was trying to forget, the many reasons I had left Midland. Nothing but sorrow and pain was left there, and the damned arctic fox had to bring some along. Of course I had asked about Keefe, I couldn't blame him. As always there was only myself to blame. Every terrible thing that had happened to me and people around me, I was solely to blame. So much loss, so much grief, all caused by me.
I needed a damn drink.
The sun was past midday by the time Xin'an finally came into view. My feet were sore and my wounds itched. Though not limping, I was definitely not walking at my usual brisk pace, using Loki as a crutch again. He didn't seem to mind, or at least didn't complain about it. He told me my bandages needed to be changed again, and I didn't relish the idea.
When I thought of it, I had spent a great deal of my life wrapped in bandages. I'd only had an infection once, though it nearly killed me. It was during my army days, so thankfully there was medicine aplenty, but I was still in nasty shape.
I remembered when August, the great white lion commander of the Dragonkin Army, came to me and told me to get the burning, swollen wound looked at, just days before we were to march on the aptly-named Hoary Keep, a stronghold blocking an important trading route in Midland's western province. I told August I was fine, despite the profuse sweating, dizziness, and hallucinations, but he insisted with no room for argument. The Brutes ended up being led into battle by my second-in-command, an old skunk named Blade, while the Army's doctor sewed up my crusty, fetid wound.
Of course it only got worse from there, and his medicine didn't seem to work. I was told I'd likely have to lose the arm, lest the infection reach my heart. In fact, it had already climbed up almost my entire left arm, I was told I wouldn't last much longer. And if I remembered correctly, I had even been strapped down during one of my blackouts for the doctor to do just that, but I woke up just as the sawblade bit into my flesh. To hear the stories, it was like I was possessed by a demon.
The doctor even resorted to brining in a priest, but August knew it would do little good, not for the demon I had within me. I thrashed about in my restraints, far too violent for anyone to get near. I had moments of rest, where I would apparently talk incoherently, likely hallucinations. But the second the doctor, or anyone else for that matter, came near, I would suddenly lash out in a vicious, uncontrollable rage. The doc said he'd never seen anything like it, and August concurred. They barely even recognized me, or so they'd said.
The priest ended up sticking around to read me my last rites, certain I would die. Yet despite massive dehydration and loss of blood, as well as various other fluids, the infection never got the better of me. It left a nasty scar on the inside of my left forearm, but after a few days of being in my "demonic state," as the priest had called it, the infection eventually cleared and within a week I was back to normal. The doctor couldn't believe it, and though August was unsure, he kept me on as the Brutes' Captain.
I sighed quietly, glancing down at the scar. Those hardly seemed like good days back then, but gods how I missed them now.
"As soon as we get back," I told the fox, who was dutifully carrying me along, "first thing we're doing before we do anything, is getting a god-damn drink in me."
"You had enough at lunchtime," Loki commented, to which I replied with a grunt.
"Then at least a meal. I think I'd prefer to avoid the inn with the tigress, however."
Loki agreed wholeheartedly. Together we approached the city, getting through the gates easily enough. Many of the pandas were still praying, and I noticed dozens of new mounds had been raised since our departure to Mount Tai. Though the air smelled sweet, mourning and loss still lingered, thick like a muggy haze.
Finding an inn was easy enough, but finding a cheap one with enough room for a fox and a tiger was a whole other story. And as the sun dipped lower and lower toward the horizon, our options were quickly thinning.
Luckily we found the one establishment that was almost dead inside, a ramshackle little place in the poorest part of town. It was dark and dank, and reeked of stale beer and rotting onions, but the price was right and the room was practically free. Dinner was questionable meat in questionable gravy, spiced with questionable peppers and salt. The ale, while effective, could strip paint, though fortunately I required fewer of them to get as drunk as I wanted to get.
Soon enough we headed to bed, together we shared a smaller bed than anticipated, but it was at least, as the innkeeper put it, cozy. Loki and I squirmed around for a while, myself far too tired and drunk to do anything even remotely fun, so instead we laid together completely nude, myself holding the small fox close to my body. He made absolutely no attempts to escape, in fact if I didn't know any better, I would have sworn he'd drifted off to sleep with a smile on his face.
Morning came faster than I'd have liked, and with a wicked hangover to boot. I groaned painfully as light split my eyelids apart, and I gave the warm naked arctic fox a tight squeeze. It was usually at that point when I would realize the fox had left, but I was pleased to see he was right where I left him. Unfortunately my squeeze also woke him up, and while not hungover, he appreciated it just the same.
"You're warm," I commented, I think still a little buzzed. My head was killing me, though.
Loki grunted, no doubt accompanied by a frown. But he didn't move, instead he surprised me a second time by snuggling back into me. "So are you," he said quickly, as if he had to say it. "You still reek of that rancid booze, though."
I was certain that was no exaggeration. I just squeezed the fox a little tighter and nibbled on his adorable little ear, which made them flick. However once they sprang back into place, he let me continue. I felt Loki relax in my arms as I nibbled away.
"If we stay in here too long," he said, pretending to ignore me, "they'll charge us an extra night. We should go."
"We're fine," I insisted, rolling a paw down to Loki's crotch. As expected, behind his warm, soft sheath, he was as hard as a rock. I gave his sheath a good squeeze, and the little fox moaned.
"We shouldn't," he gasped, "th-these walls are falling apart, everyone will hear us..."
I couldn't help but laugh. "Loki, there's no one else here, and the dirtbags who are probably aren't even conscious yet. C'mon, you got way harder before I did."
Loki grumbled something incoherently, then very subtly at first, began to pump his sheathed cock into my paw, trying hard not to make much noise. He was clearly trying to force my paw to pull his sheath back, but just to be a tease I loosened my grip just enough so he couldn't. That just made the fox try harder, grinding his hips into my paw as best he could, while at the same time stifling his moans.
Though I desperately wanted to continue, myself good and ready to go, my hangover was still pounding mercilessly away at my skull, and nothing was alleviating it. I tried to ignore it by pushing my sheath into Loki's cute little bum, which was very well-received, but it seemed the more I wanted it to go away, the worse it got. I needed some of that damn tea, and I needed it now.
"God damn it," I growled, stopping everything. I left my paw on Loki's sheath. "My head's killin' me, Loki."
Now Loki groaned with frustration. "Are you kidding me? Then why did you get me going?" He growled loudly as he elbowed me in the ribs, missing the deep stab wound. The area was still incredibly tender, though, and my sharp snarl reminded him.
"Oh shit, I'm sorry!" he suddenly said, changing tones immediately. The worried fox leapt up onto his knees and spun around on the straw-filled bed, examining my wound. I wanted to smack him pretty damn hard, but the concern on his face seemed genuine. I just groaned, lifting my left arm to let him look at it. His fingers were delicate, and despite still being bandaged, he felt around anyway, I think to see if I was bleeding again. His gentle sigh of relief suggested I wasn't.
"Don't worry about it," I said, growling as I strained to sit up. With some effort I did, and Loki was right there with me. Neither of us were clothed yet.
"I didn't mean to hurt you," the fox insisted. "It was more playful, I swear."
I nuzzled the fox lovingly. "Really, Loki, it's fine. If it ain't bleeding, then no harm done. Even if it was bleeding, it'd be fine. What you should be sorry for is letting me drink so much last night."
Now Loki frowned. I think I was about to earn another elbow to the ribs, but fortunately I was spared. He nuzzled back instead. "Mm, I couldn't stop you if I tried. You know, you shouldn't drink so much."
My headache concurred.
"Firstly," he continued, and I knew I was in for a lecture, "you can't control yourself when you drink, and you act like a buffoon. Secondly, you always end up having way too much, then having mornings like this. Plus you can't get it up, plus...it just isn't healthy. This city has enough drunk bastards staggering around its streets, it doesn't need another. Plus it makes you...less attractive. And smell bad. I just don't like it, Luca."
The fox had a bad habit of turning simple things into an issue, but I still loved him all the same. "I like drinking, Loki, and I'm sorry if you don't like it. But I'm going to keep drinking, particularly after battles, and there's nothing you can do to stop me."
Loki sighed forlornly.
"I guess I could try not drinking as much,' I conceded. I was sure my pounding skull would agree wholeheartedly.
That perked the fox up at least a little bit.
"I was pretty damn drunk when we first had sex, remember, so the booze must be doing something right. Right?"
That earned me a frown, and thankfully nothing more. Well, nothing more than Loki's blushing cheeks. He turned his head away, and for now I simply rubbed his back. I noticed him glance down at my sheath for a couple seconds longer than if he was just looking around, but neither of us made a move.
As we sat upon the cheap bed, a sudden chill ran up my spine. I looked around, but no one was there and no noises could be heard. Well, I could hear some noise from outside, and some patrons downstairs, but otherwise all was quiet. Loki noticed immediately.
"What is it?" he asked, running a paw up my leg. His fingers tickled at my sides as he felt me up, still on his knees in front of me. His eyes scanned my white-furred belly as his claws drew trails through my fur, his pads running carefully across my abs. Then he finally looked up at me for a response.
I just shrugged, leaning back on both paws, legs spread out to create a black-and-orange-striped inlet for the fox to sit in. "Not sure, probably just this creepy place. I swear the roof is going to come down on us."
Loki just smiled and ran his paws up my stomach and over my chest, blushing as much as ever. We could have done this a thousand times and I think the arctic fox would still be blushing. Then he ran his paws over my shoulders and up the back of my neck, leaning in for a kiss.
With a smile, I leaned forward to kiss the shy little fox, a paw upon his back. We shared a long kiss, our tongues only touching together for a moment before pulling away.
"Sorry," he said softly, head pointed downward. I couldn't help but laugh a little.
"You are like two different people, Loki."
I think he didn't know how to take that. "There have been so many times I've wanted to do that with you, and I've always been too afraid to do it. It's such an odd thing, really, that something as simple as a kiss could make me act like this. So timid... Not that I'm not a naturally timid person. I was the bane of my father's existence, so unlike him in every way. Sometimes I wonder what life would have been like if I never learned the runes. He and I would likely be together now in Valhalla."
I pulled the fox in close and he put his arms around me. Loki didn't find himself in this position very damn often, with me or with anyone else. It sounded like this was a rare moment for him, and it meant a lot to him, especially being the initiator. I had to smile, giving Loki an extra squeeze.
"I like all sides of you, Loki. You can be damn terrifying when you want to be, and so soft and sweet too."
"I could say the same about you."
With little warning, I tilted my head and gave Loki a kiss, eyes closed and pushing into him. He embraced it fully, and I could feel a particular warmth around my stomach, emanating from his crotch. I was certain he had been hard the whole time, and though my headache was reminding me once more why I shouldn't have drank so much, it was a nice kiss all the same. When at last we parted, I gave the naughty fox's bum a good squeeze, adding just a bit more hue to his cheeks. I think he wanted to smack me again, but sometimes my paws acted for themselves.
"Stop," Loki insisted, trying very hard not to groan audibly. He put a paw on my wrist for good measure. "Or I'll whip these curtains open and make as much noise as I can. I'm...horny enough as it is, I don't need your useless, ale-soaked paws making it worse. I'm going to get dressed now." He then kissed me again, quickly on the nose.
Now I groaned, leaving the fox alone. He climbed off the bed with a full, hard sheath, which I delighted in watching as he scrounged around for his clothes.
The arctic fox grabbed the same old pair of pants he'd always worn since the day we'd met, with the leather stitching and patchwork. I think he had told me they once belonged to his older brother Tyr, which was why they fit him way too big. Still, he was adorable inside them.
Luckily for me, Loki put his pants aside for now and found his sleeveless top first, made of soft leather that fit quite snugly against his body, but always left his sexy stomach exposed. That was fine with me, of course, he had a cute slim body that he either liked to show off, or he simply got too hot in anything longer. Nevertheless, the little devil remained hard the entire time as he slid into his top, leaving his pants for last so as to give me something to watch.
In no time the fox pulled his pants on, covering himself completely from the waist down. The pants were all tattered where they scraped along the ground, but apparently he was fine with that. Lastly, Loki loosely wrapped a long red scarf around his neck and shoulders, leaving more than enough to make a hood for when he wanted to frown at me.
"You know they make newer pants," I commented as I stood up.
The fox frowned, but opted not to hide it beneath his hood. "It's the only thing I have left from my childhood, and they perform their function adequately, so shut up."
I just laughed and tussled Loki's headfur. That prompted the fox to suddenly whip open the holey curtain, which made me growl like an injured monster.
"Aah, god damn it!" I snarled, turning away from the light. My head was caught in a vice, squeezing viciously as the light poured in. It also made my poor stomach roil horribly, and I nearly puked then and there. "What the hell was that for?"
"Because despite our...closeness, you're still a drunk bastard who needs to learn a lesson."
I could have hit the fox, but in my current state I would have likely missed and fallen over, worsening my condition and my injuries. So instead I opted for another growl, stumbling around our modest room looking for my clothes.
My clothes weren't anything special, nor did they hold any sentimental value. I wore a short, light-brown tunic that, unlike Loki's top, fell past my waist and covered my crotch. It was light and loose, perfectly contrasting the leather top I often wore beneath my armour. Though similar to Loki, it was breezy enough to keep me cool and covered. My top, unfortunately, was old and dirty and full of rips and holes, and no longer had a string to hold the collar together, as it was the only normal top I'd brought with me after leaving Midland.
The next thing I tripped over was my pants, a normal pair of dark linen trousers that fortunately still had the string, which laced up over my crotch and around the waist. Like my shirt, they were nothing special. They weren't particularly loose nor particularly tight, and ran just down to my footpaws. They had cuffs around the ankles that had been worn through enough to make them uncuff-like, but it was the only pair I had. If I wore boots it wouldn't make a difference, but I usually preferred having something to dig my claws into, especially during battle. Most often, I simply wore some kind of protection around my lower legs, for all the good it did me.
Lastly I put on my belt, tightening it over my tunic around my waist. Like everything else I owned, it was pretty standard, certainly nothing special. It had a few notches for small pouches or knife sheaths, the latter of which was already attached. I didn't often use knives, and they were certainly not my go-to weapon, but I thought without my sword, it was better to at least have something. Anyway, I strung my coin purse onto my belt and at last turned to Loki, who was all ready to go.
"We still need to change your bandages," he said as he opened the door, and together we - or I - stumbled down the stairs for our complimentary breakfast.
Breakfast, like the rest of this place, was cheap. It was a typical meal of tea, eggs, and bacon and sausage. I managed to shove it all down, trying desperately to taste as little of it as I could. It didn't help my stomach problems unfortunately, and only time would tell if it would make them worse. The tea helped a little, but Loki suggested I stick with plain water. I wasn't sure I'd trust the water in this place though.
Nevertheless, Loki and I finished up quickly enough and went in search of fresh bandages. We tried the Royal Palace, since they'd made it their duty to patch me up to begin with, and luckily I wasn't turned away. Perhaps General Zi had spread the word that the Hero of Xin'an would need to gather his things before we marched on Tao'zhan.
Loki changed my bandages easily enough, though that didn't stop me from complaining about how much it hurt. He helped wash my wounds and clean off any crusty old blood, though he said they had healed remarkably well, at least compared to when he'd last changed them. But they were still tender and fresh, and could easily be reopened if I wasn't careful. I told him I'd be fine for the billionth time, but that didn't stop him from warning me.
We asked around afterwards to see if General Zi had been asking for me, but no one seemed to know anything. In fact, half the people in the Royal Palace avoided me, the other half looked at the Yaoguai Hu with suspicion. The ones who did talk to me still reacted in either of those two manners, but I'd simply caught them before they could get away.
I did find out, however, that my gear had been moved from the infirmary to the guards' barracks. I was getting the distinct impression that with every day passing since the victory, I was being treated more and more like some common sellsword.
Now, I was a fairly modest tiger, I certainly took no great pride in bringing down Tormund the Moron. As a mercenary, I suppose it can be said I'd gone far beyond what was expected of me, but I was never one to back down from a challenge. So I wasn't sure why it bothered me so much that my stuff had been moved. I mean, logically, they likely had the proper equipment for storing my armour in the barracks, so perhaps it was as simple as that. After all, it wasn't as if they tossed it all out into the camps outside the city, which was where all the other hired swords were forced to live. Most of the panda army camped out there, too, as there wasn't much room for such a large mass of people, as well as the friendly armies to the pandas, who came from other countries to aid them.
Not that I needed my armour, though it was good to know where I could find my stuff when I needed it. Did they not want me wandering around the Royal Palace anymore? If that was the case, then why did I get in so easily? I wouldn't blame them for not trusting me, no one trusts a sellsword. But surely I'd proven myself.
I sighed, only slightly perturbed. Loki assured me everything was fine and to stop reading into it so much. He said I should focus on resting up and healing before the army eventually moved out. They were likely still planning their attack on the giant city of Tao'zhan, which I'd heard was almost like several small cities within a city.
"So what now?" I asked Loki, now freshly bandaged and with nothing to do. The people inside Xin'an were hard at work, repairing the surprisingly little damage caused by the battle. There was still some people, mostly pandas, praying at the various temples and shrines, both big and small. I had to wonder if they were still praying for their loved ones, or if it was something they practiced every day.
Loki just shrugged, and together he and I wandered the streets aimlessly. It seemed, however, that we were gravitating toward the Serenity Gardens, toward the main entrance outside the Royal Palace walls.
The fox remained mostly silent throughout our journey through the city streets. I never knew if something was on his mind, or he simply had nothing to say. I glanced down at him several times and his face gave nothing away. As we entered the gardens, he sighed quietly through his nose and I gave his back a gentle pat. He gave me a small, gentle smile and - perhaps one of the strangest things he'd done to date - held onto my paw.
Throughout my entire life, I had held paws with very few people, much less outside of the bedroom. But the little fox held on firmly, saying nothing more as we meandered slowly through the exotic garden, listening to the gentle stream trickling beside the path, rippling over stones and small statues. The air smelled sweet, and you'd never know a bloody battle had once raged outside these walls.
"You okay, Loki?"
The fox nodded, reclaiming his paw slowly. "I'm fine. It's been an extraordinarily long time since I've felt this close to someone, and those I have were few and far between. We've had our differences of course, but I'm glad to be with you now. You... I'm able to feel some semblance of happiness when we're together."
I smiled a bit wider. "I must admit, when I first saw you in the Eastern Lands, I wasn't too excited. I wanted nothing to do with my old life, nor with anyone I'd known from it. But after spending some time with you, out of everyone to track me down, I'm not sorry it was you. So, I guess thanks. You know...for being here, keeping me company and all that."
Loki nodded again, fiddling with one of his dozen bracelets. He was blushing, just the slightest smile on his face. He looked like he was thinking something, like he wanted to speak but was too embarrassed to say it. This wasn't unusual behaviour for Loki, so for now I decided to leave it alone. I could have forced it out of him, but oft times he ended up telling me anyway.
So for now we continued to walk together, nary a word spoken. Loki marvelled at the trees and shrubs and flowers around him, no doubt thinking about home again. Myself, I was not nearly as awestruck as I was when I first came here, but it was amazing all the same. I felt my mind beginning to wander, not thinking about anything specific but instead realizing the absence of thought. My mind seemed to empty, and I felt incredibly relaxed. Was this the purpose of these gardens?
Soon enough my mind snapped back to reality as I heard a faint shouting from somewhere in the gardens. It sounded like there was a fight, and a distinct knocking on the trees. Over and over I heard these noises, and they grew louder the further along the path Loki and I travelled, until at last we came to a clearing with a familiar five-storey pagoda at the far end. In no time, I spied a young panda practicing his sword techniques, and from what I saw before he stopped, he had improved quite well.
"Luca!" cried Zhang, running over to Loki and I, carrying his wooden sword with him. "I've been practicing just like you said. I think I'm getting better, but I've only been attacking that tree. Are you here to help me train some more?"
"Uh," I managed to say, having not anticipated this.
"Oh, it's okay if you can't. I just got excited to see you, thought maybe you heard I was looking for you. I heard you went to the hot springs though. Did you enjoy it?"
"Yeah, kid, as a matter of fact I did." Of course all I could recall was getting intimate with Loki, but I wasn't about to tell Zhang about it. "Not sure it was as miraculous and healing as they said it is, but it was good to relax all the same. Have you been practicing that whole time?"
Zhang nodded enthusiastically. "People have been giving me looks, but I don't care. It's nicer doing it here than with the other soldiers, most of them just yell at you. This is much more peaceful."
"You know, it might benefit you to train with the others, even if you don't like it. Ultimately they want to see you improve, see you become a better soldier."
Zhang drew his ears back a little. "Yeah I guess... Didn't really think of it like that. Not that I want to be a soldier at all."
"Half of the rebellion don't want to be soldiers, but they do it because they have to."
"Yeah, I know... So what're you doing here?"
"Killing time, mostly. General Zi said he wanted to talk with me later, but I haven't seen him. Any idea when we'll be moving out?"
Zhang shrugged. "Not sure, no one's really talking about it. I think they're pretty scared, I know I am. Everyone just keeps talking about how impossible it'll be to storm Tao'zhan. I heard the outer walls are ten metres thick, battlements all along the way and towers every hundred metres or so. And we don't have much in the way of siege engines. We've got some catapults and stuff, but not much else. What we need is to bring some of these cannons with us, but then Xin'an won't be as well defended, in case there's a counter-attack. At least, that's what the others are saying."
"I'm sure they're planning something, Zhang, they want to take Tao'zhan with as few casualties as possible. Storming the city obviously isn't the best option, though you also have to consider, will the Emperor have enough men to effectively defend every entrance into the city? If Tao'zhan is as big as I've heard it is, they'll have greater defences at the most likely points of entrance, which means others will be more vulnerable. Perhaps they're deciding which sides to storm."
Zhang sighed heavily. If he wasn't nervous about the battle before, he certainly was now.
"But who knows? During the Century War between Midland and Maldad, there have been countless times where either side essentially starved out the enemy castle. Now, those battles can take months, even a year depending on the size. They stop all forms of commerce and trade from entering the castle until the enemy starves and surrenders. That's usually the safest option, minimal loss of life, but it takes much longer. Some battles can be won in a day. I've never really been a part of war planning, so I'm not sure what strategies they're considering. But you pandas would know a hell of a lot more about Tao'zhan than anyone."
"That's not making me feel better."
I smiled at the scared panda. "Let's just practice some more, and leave the planning to the generals."
Zhang nodded. "All right."
For the rest of the afternoon, Zhang and I practiced his swordsmanship, disturbing as many people as we could who came here just to relax. A few of them asked us kindly to stop, but we didn't. Loki, expectedly, sat by himself near the pagoda, either watching us or meditating, I couldn't be sure. He had his hood down, so perhaps it was a bit of both.
"That's good," I told Zhang after receiving a surprisingly painful welt on my arm, later in the afternoon. I had taken off my shirt with the warmer it got, not that it provided that much protection from wooden swords anyway. "You seem to have your technique down, but I want to show you how to chain some of these attacks together. Thing is, your enemies know at least as much about fighting as you do, they're going to be anticipating your moves as much as you are theirs."
Zhang nodded, ready for anything by this point. I showed him how, after taking his first swing, to shift the weight of his body to the other foot and keep up the momentum he'd already built into a second attack. That was tough enough for him at first, and different for me because I was using such a small sword compared to my usual weapon. But he seemed to be a quick learner, though I hit him a lot more than he hit me. We practiced this for at least an hour or so, both of us receiving our fair share of welts and bruises.
"Check your blind spots!" I reminded the panda as I struck him in the ribs. He cried out, but at least he didn't stop. We practiced closer to the trees, too, and after banging into every second tree, Zhang began to realize the importance of "be aware of your surroundings."
"It just takes just the smallest slip to give your enemy an opening, then that's it."
After another hour or so of straight fighting, Zhang was starting to get tired, and his performance was getting noticeably worse as the day wore on. I had to admire his perseverance, though, but eventually I had to make him stop. He wasn't doing himself any favours at this point, though I was surprised he'd lasted as long as he had, roughly five hours of training.
The panda was panting, and amazingly so was I. It was more of a workout than I'd anticipated, but was glad for it. Hopefully I didn't reopen any wounds.
"That's a lot to remember," Zhang told me, sitting beneath a tree by the river.
"It'll eventually become second nature, it's just a matter of practicing. That's really all there is to it. That, and proper armour."
Zhang nodded, resting his head back against the tree. He had lost his shirt at some point too.
"If you're back here tomorrow, I'll help you with your defence. That can be equally as important as a strong offence, any soldier will tell you that. But I seriously think you should ask some of the others for help. They might be rougher than me, but they know their stuff. Believe me, the others might talk like they don't care about you, and maybe they don't, but they know losing even one soldier in battle will make it that much harder to claim victory."
"I guess that's true."
"If you have their backs, they'll have yours. No one's alone on the battlefield."
Zhang nodded again. "Thanks Luca."
Together we sat by the stream for a good long while, Loki remaining by the pagoda. I kind of felt bad, but if he wanted to join us he could have easily gotten up and done so. Perhaps he was waiting to be invited.
Before long, though, Zhang eventually got up and reclaimed his shirt. He thanked me for all the lessons and bowed, off to find himself some dinner, likely in the barracks, or perhaps out in the soldiers' camp outside the city. Myself, I rejoined Loki, who had finally gotten up.
Loki was glancing up at me with barely moving his head, with just the slightest hue upon his cheeks. I couldn't imagine what he was embarrassed by now, so I pretended not to notice. What worried me was the small smile on his face, and a fiery look in his eyes that was never a good thing. What was the little fox thinking?
"Did he hurt you too badly?" Loki asked, though I sensed a certain level of sarcasm with it. His small paws then reached up toward my waist and rolled up along my bandaged ribs, then down over my stomach.
"I'll live," I grinned, for now watching the blushing arctic fox. "Something, uh, on your mind, Loki?"
"What do you think is on my mind?" answered the fox cryptically.
"I never know what's on your mind."
He glanced up at me again, that familiar fire still in his eyes, then suddenly shoved a paw down my pants. Loki groped my sheath immediately, then moved down to grip my balls. "Clear enough?"
Loki's advance had caught me off guard. "Woah, uh, yeah... Yeah, I got it. Loki, what's this all about?"
He said nothing, but instead gave my balls a tighter squeeze. Once I became hard enough, he moved back up to my sheath and stroked it slowly, urging my spiny cock out from its protective fuzzy home.
"Loki, for god's sake, there's people around."
The fox removed his paw and took me by the wrist, leading me to the back of the pagoda where I was promptly pushed against it. His paw was back down my pants again, and I couldn't help but let out a long moan. Eventually my butt slid down the side of the red pagoda and onto the ledge at its base, sitting back against it now.
"What's gotten into you?" I gasped, just as the fox removed his paw. I couldn't help but smile, breathing more heavily now.
Still not answering me, Loki pushed his paws against my chest and rolled them up, over my shoulders and down to my biceps, groping them mercilessly. He rolled his fingers around to my triceps, then back around and over my chest again, giving my nipples a pinch.
I suppose if I wanted an answer that badly, I could have just stopped him, but as he pinched and twisted my poor nipples again, a loud groan ensured I did nothing. I had no idea what had prompted this, but I certainly loved it.
"You made me so damn horny this morning," the fox growled, twisting my nipples again, except holding them there. "Do you have any idea what it's like to go on an entire day like this? Thinking about you, wanting you, but unable to get it?"
Now I didn't respond.
Loki felt up my chest again, slower this time, running his paws over every muscular bump on my body, back over my shoulders and down my arms. I wouldn't have thought Loki would go for the muscular type, but when I thought about it I was never too sure what his type was. He was always such a mystery, frustratingly so sometimes, but he'd made his desires poignantly clear now.
When Loki's paws ran over my chest again, I flexed them for him, which for some reason surprised Loki, as if he didn't think I'd figure it out. But a second later, after flexing them again, the fox groped me even harder, groaning as he explored more of my body and all the hard ridges I had to offer.
"Gods forsake you," the blushing arctic fox breathed. Though it was impossible to see beneath the thick leather and fur around his waist, I was certain he was as rock hard as I was.
Loki reached his paw down my pants again, and as he did he leaned forward and put his lips around my left nipple, flicking the tip with his tongue. That got a bunch of strange noises out of me, louder ones when he bit down. He then worked my other nipple in much the same way, eliciting plenty of groans, growls and moans from me.
Eventually, though, the fox could no longer stand the foreplay. Despite his pants still being up, I grabbed his rear and squeezed both his cheeks, which made him yelp. Soon he had my pants half way down my thighs and I had his down around his ankles. Loki kicked them aside quickly, grabbing my paw without a second thought and thrusting it into his crotch.
I gave the fox a good, hearty squeeze, pulling back his sheath immediately. Knot and all, he was completely exposed and dripping copiously. I had never seen Loki as horny as this. I gave his adorable little bum another good squeeze, prompting him onto my lap.
Almost instantly, the fox straddled me and using one paw to guide my shaft, lowered himself and opened his hole to me. He slid down my cock quickly and easily, moaning the whole way. Seconds after I put my paws on his hips, his paws on my shoulders, he began to push his hips onto my lap, squeezing his hole as he did.
I couldn't help but moan. I guess he'd had this on his mind all day, it was no surprise we got into it so quickly. Almost every thrust into his body squeezed precum from his shaft, Loki dripping constantly. He moaned loudly and sped up, pumping my cock ceaselessly.
I gripped Loki's hips tightly and thrust up into him as best I could, still sitting on the pagoda's edge. He twisted my nipples as he rode my cock, then copped another good feel of my chest. I was panting at this point, head leaning back in the structure behind me, head abuzz. This had all come on so fast, it was barely enough time to comprehend. He was so tight around my shaft, and I was throbbing terribly. I knew wasn't going to last long, and I think Loki didn't care.
"Aaah!" the little fox cried, a large spurt of precum shooting against my chest. With his cock bouncing around uncontrollably, long strings of precum made interesting designs over my white-furred stomach.
"Aah-hah," I panted, feeling my orgasm was close. I growled deeply, gripping the fox tighter. With claws out, I groaned loudly, pushing him down onto me. He just squeezed his tailhole against me, wanting me to cum as badly as I did.
After a few more thrusts, I was right there on the edge. A few more times, I was so damn close. A couple more, the fox squeezed particularly tight and just at the right moment, I pulled him down onto my cock as far as he'd go, suddenly letting out a roar.
My nether regions exploded with extreme pleasure, a loud, crashing wave pumping my seed into the fox's hole. Loki bit down on my shoulder just as I began to roar, my paws shaking as my orgasm let out a few more powerful waves, until at last it began to fade. I was left panting, resting back against the pagoda.
"Shit," I huffed, head swimming. "That was such a rush."
Loki was blushing big time, and after a moment's rest, grabbed my paw and pushed it against his beaming red cock, which at this point was incredibly slick. The fox had always been so shy, this was an odd yet refreshing change for him.
But as I stroked him, an idea suddenly came to me. I stopped for a moment, wanting to pay the fox back with more than just a handjob. I pushed him off me, despite his objections, and got to my knees in front of him. Loki was stunned beyond words.
"Wha..?" was all he managed. Despite that, his tail was wagging and he held his paws on my head, cradling my ears with his thumbs.
I smiled at the fox and glanced at his red-hot cock, licking my lips a little before opening up. He was so surprised, it was almost funny. With absolutely no prompting from Loki, I wrapped my lips around his cocktip and much like he'd done with my nipples, flicked my tongue at his tip.
Loki could do nothing else but moan. As I began to take more of his shaft, his paws gripped tighter against my head, but I think more out of pleasure than from trying to take control. In no time I took the whole thing, down to the start of his knot at least, bobbing slowly at first. It had been many years since I'd last done this, but I found it easy to get used to.
Short, shallow thrusts at first, with more confidence I began to push faster and take in more of Loki's cock. His precum was nice and sweet, making this even easier for me. I held my paws on Loki's bum for now, swallowing greater lengths, even taking some of his knot into my maw. Loki, of course, could barely contain himself, even more so as I sucked hard upon pulling back, only to push in once again, working into a steady, smooth rhythm.
I had no idea how long I'd continued this for until my paw got involved. I held it around his knot as I bobbed my head more quickly, enjoying this a lot more than I usually did. I had played the bottom many times before in my life, but never for Loki, rarely for anyone smaller than me. Especially that much smaller than me, but strangely I found myself loving this.
"Ooh, gods," moaned the fox, now starting to push my face into his hips. He was pushing his knot further into my maw, which was uncomfortable at first, but I soon adapted. I wasn't sure if he was doing it on purpose or not, but went with it all the same, taking as much as I could.
"I'm so close," he groaned, grippng my head tighter. He was thrusting into my maw now, as well as pushing me back. I wasn't all that comfortable losing control like this, but I trusted Loki and of course accepted the role I'd put myself into.
We were working together very quickly now, and with a wider jaw I was taking in almost his entire knot. I sucked and licked and worked his shaft to the best of my ability, and in no time, after a few final thrusts, my nose was pushed deep into Loki's sweaty hips, forced to breathe in his sweet, intoxicating musk as suddenly, knotted with my mouth, his orgasm struck.
It was difficult at first to choke down his seed, especially with his cock already so far down my throat, but amazingly I managed, barely able to catch a breath as his knot filled the end of my maw. He was moaning very loudly, pushing in as if he hadn't yet gone deep enough, until at last his orgasm faded. Just to be cruel he held his cock inside my maw for a few moments longer, until eventually he released my head.
His cum made a long trail between my tongue and his tip, which he teasingly wiped against my muzzle. I frowned at him, but Loki bent forward and licked it clean off my face before I could say anything. His seed was warm, and like his precum tasted quite sweet, but salty as well, a taste that would likely stay on my tongue for the rest of the evening.
"Thank you," Loki said, getting down to his knees with me. He gave me a long, deep kiss, and I was happy to kiss him back. Our tongues mashed together fervently as I shared the flavour of his fox-seed with him, which he seemed to enjoy as much as I did. When the kiss finally broke, Loki nuzzled me and I held him tightly, nuzzling back.
"We should go find something to eat," I quietly suggested, giving his cheek a gentle kiss. "And maybe get dressed too."
Loki smiled and laughed softly, pushing his head into my chest for a moment as if trying desperately to not let go, but with some reluctance he did. I just watched his cute bum disappear beneath his large leather pants, blushing the entire time.
When he finished, I was quick to pull up my pants and reclaim my shirt from the other side of the pagoda where I'd left it. We then left the Serenity Gardens with quiet smiles on our faces, caught in the soft afterglow, certain everyone we passed by knew exactly what we'd done.
Eventually Loki and I made our way outside the city walls and into the camps, finding the mercenary camp easily enough. As expected, the sellswords who had actually stayed had set up a modest camp, though they had enough food to share with Loki and I. We set up our own tent, realizing quickly that my coin would be gone before we disembarked if I continued to rent rooms every night. Potentially, at least, depending on when the rebel forces decided to move out.
The following week passed by slowly, the latter half seeing near constant rainfall. Despite that, I stayed out in the camps with the rest of the soldiers, doing my best to keep busy but finding it difficult. I played different card games for the most part, winning (and losing) myself plenty of food and coin. I also gambled on various tabletop games I hadn't yet played before, many of which were simply variants on games I used to play back in the old days with Midland's army, and even before in the few mercenary bands I'd joined. They had chess, of course, and strange form of checkers, plus an interesting tile game I didn't understand at first. Some of the men were getting restless, and passed the time brawling. Despite the numerous rain-soaked fights that broke out, and the dozens of eager eyes upon me, they knew better than to pick a fight with the Yaoguai Hu.
Eventually, after wandering around a bit, Loki and I found Zhang in the camps, wading through a sea of pandas before finding him. Zhang and I trained more, this time with actual training dummies and other soldiers. While not great, he was improving significantly. I showed him how to use his enemy's momentum and movements against them in order to deflect attacks and strike back. That was especially difficult for him, as he wasn't particularly nimble on his feet, but at least I had the enjoyment of hitting him dozens of times with my practice sword.
What amazed me most was his perseverance. Nothing like the panda I'd first met, he was always eager to learn new techniques or practice old ones, and didn't even mind taking a dozen blows if it meant improving. We trained for hours in the rain, both of us absolutely coated in mud by the end. Loki, of course, stayed out of it, remaining inside Zhang's tent in favour of warmth and comfort. Regardless, Zhang and I, stripped of most of our clothes, continued on in the mud and the rain, fortunately getting cleaned by the downpour though we got covered from head to toe.
By the time the rain stopped, it had already been three days into the following week, and still no word from the General. I'd reclaimed my armour and gear, and my broken sword, from the guards barracks and moved them into Zhang's tent, who was kind enough to let Loki and I stay there. A few times, with the lack of privacy, Loki and I had to sneak off to have some alone time, for a bit of fun in the woods, or sometimes the Serenity Gardens.
Loki and I had quickly become very comfortable with each other, and often found ourselves craving the other at the strangest times. Loki, for instance, seemed to almost always want it after watching me train, and I definitely got him going a few times during lunch or dinner, usually by touching him inappropriately with my footpaw from beneath the table. We usually didn't stop everything we were doing to go have sex, but it was hard to think about anything else until we got it. A few times, I even let the fox try a couple runes on me, such as the rune to create greater amounts of seed; that one was mostly for his benefit.
By the time the second week passed since moving out into the camps, sleeping with the arctic fox didn't feel even remotely strange. We both wanted it and both loved it, and we could even be passionate about it when we wanted to be. Even the thought of growing that close to Loki no longer seemed like such a foreign thing, it almost seemed natural now. It usually started off with just some harmless flirting, but sure as the sunrise, it almost always ended with one of us howling.
"C'mere," I said, holding onto Loki's thick tail. He simply smiled and turned around, his tail slipping from my paw as he did.
Loki was nude, standing in the middle of Zhang's tent attaching a new bracelet around his left wrist, which made a total of seven on that arm. I was lying as comfortably as I could on an old bedroll, though the sleeping furs made it more bearable. With a smile, Loki followed my prompt and climbed under the soft hide and fur blankets, snuggling as close to me as possible.
I put my arms around the fox and gave him a good squeeze, his little body exceptionally warm. I had just been freshly bandaged the night before, so I wasn't totally naked as the fox's fur entangled with mine. But I was as close as I was going to get, and Loki loved it all the same. He nuzzled into my chest as his paws groped at my muscular body, and I simply rubbed his back.
"You're going to have to get up eventually," noted the fox, curling up into an adorable white-furred ball.
I just groaned, loathing the idea. Zhang had already gotten up to seek out breakfast, while Loki was about to do the same before I pulled him back in.
"Do you think he heard us last night?" I asked Loki as I ran my claws through the fur on his back. He seemed to especially like that.
"Who knows," shivered the fox. "I know I was trying to be as quiet as possible, you made a few noises though. We could have left the tent, you know, I wouldn't have minded."
I shrugged. "I didn't think a blowjob would be that noisy."
"Well if he heard us, he didn't say anything. We probably shouldn't do it again, though, I mean...he didn't have to invite us to stay here. It wouldn't be very courteous."
I sighed quietly, knowing the fox was right. "Yeah, I guess. But maybe you shouldn't be such a tease."
Loki frowned. "I didn't even do anything, you're the one who had idle paws. I was just trying to sleep."
"You were touching my balls."
The fox started to blush. "I didn't do it on purpose. Besides, even if I did, we don't always have to do something if one of us so much as touches the other. Sometimes just touching can be fun too."
With a paw I forced the fox out from his nicely-formed ball of white fuzz, Loki facing me again. "You mean like this?" I said, then pulled Loki in close to me, my paw gripping his right butt-cheek as our sheathes mashed together.
Loki gasped at first, then louder as he realized what I was doing, holding his paws against my chest as if to push away. But ultimately he stayed put, blushing harder as he felt my stiffening sheath against his, holding back a moan.
"Y-Yeah," he exhaled. "Like that." He then closed his eyes and relaxed, melting into me. Soon Loki was fully erect, but refused to react even as I groped his bum. I wasn't even sure he was still awake, yet I continued trying to get a rise out of him, but to no avail. Finally I sighed and stopped, and in no time my cock had softened and sunk back into my sheath.
"You're no fun," I grunted, and the fox just nipped me.
"Let's get something to eat."
And so at last I threw off my warm, comfortable bed sheets and greeted the chill of the morning's misty air. I begrudgingly threw on my smallclothes and pants, this time going for my sleeveless leather top, the snugger, thicker material more likely to keep my body warm than the loose, light fabric of the tunic. Loki, who wore his typical attire of ratty ancient pants and soft, snug leather half-top, approved of my decision by blushing and looking away.
As we left the tent in search of food, I glanced at the arctic fox and said, "Don't you think we're past this whole blushing thing?"
That didn't help the fox's situation.
"I mean, I don't blush every time you put on your top. Are you really that embarrassed?"
Loki grumbled to himself. "No, I just...like what I see, is all. I can't help it. Is it really such a big deal?"
"No," I laughed, "It's not. I think it's kinda cute."
The sun was just starting to rise above the distant trees by the time the scent of cooking meat found my nose, and I followed it carefully through the dozens of groggy soldiers and their identical-looking tents, only distinguished by a banner or a post. Luckily the food tent was easy enough to find, it was the biggest and had the largest crowd surrounding it. Plus the smoke billowing from it looked much different from the numerous burning fire pits scattered throughout the camp.
Luckily by this point the cooks knew me by name, so getting some food from them wasn't the arduous task it had been. Most of the other sellswords had to fend for themselves when it came to finding food, unless they were being sponsored by one of the rebels, so I guess it was lucky they wanted to feed me. One of the few moments, I suppose, where being the Hero of Xin'an actually got me something useful.
Breakfast was a modest serving of dumplings and rice balls, served with a couple helpings of glazed tofu and a pawful of dried fruit. It was nothing like the breakfasts I was so used to in Midland, and nothing like what I could pay good coin for here, but it satisfied me well enough to last me until lunch, and the price was certainly right.
Loki and I sat close together by a small campfire with a few other soldiers I didn't know. They were talking amongst themselves, discussing their families and children, everyone they'd left behind in order to join this uprising. Although no one said it, you could tell by the sorrowful longing in their voices, no one expected to return home after attacking Tao'zhan.
Loki and I shared a glance while we ate. I had no idea what he was thinking, but I was suddenly reminded of his lecture he'd given me shortly after finding me here, about my recklessness in battle. He wasn't wrong. I no longer had anyone to live for back home, in fact I had no home at all, nothing to return to when the war was finally over, regardless of the victor.
And I knew I'd live to see the end of this war.
I had always persevered, and for the greater part of my life I had no idea that I never had a choice in the matter. My inner darkness, Nosferatu, my black shadow, it had always kept me alive no matter how dire the circumstances. It had sent me on many a dark journey I thought I would never return from, but I had always found the light again. And yet despite all of that, the inevitability of life, in that moment as I gazed into Loki's icy blue eyes, I found myself wanting to persevere, and afraid to fail at doing so.
Such a strange feeling this was, I hadn't felt this necessity for life since...before. Before, when I had someone I cared for, someone I lived for. He was the only someone I lived for. He was someone I would have gone through hell and back for, someone I would have laid down my sword for. He was someone who fueled my inner darkness, who fueled my and its need for life. Then in an instant, that need was gone, taken from me, as well as the fear.
"You all right?" a concerned arctic fox asked, rubbing my arm supportively.
"Yeah," I answered softly, stifling a tear. I had tried for so long to forget these things, yet bit by bit it seemed to be coming back to me, just as Loki had said it would. I sighed and turned away, barely able to finish my last ball of rice.
"What is it?"
"Nothing, Loki, just...forget it."
When I felt his sweet paw upon my back, that quiet, creeping fear sunk into me, digging its claws into my heart. I had nearly forgotten how unpleasant this fear was, this fear of death, this fear of my myself, and of Nosferatu. There was no danger around me, not yet, but like my inner darkness it was there, hiding but definitely, unquestionably there, waiting to rear its ugly black head at the worst possible time.
I had to sigh, clenching my paws into fists for just a moment, then releasing them as if it would take the stress with it. It didn't. Why did this have to happen now? Or at all, for that matter.
"You sure?"
"Yes," I said more angrily than I meant to. It made the fox back away for a second. "Yes," I repeated, a bit more calmly that time. "Let's just get out of here."
With that, I shoved the last rice ball in my maw and got up, hoping my brisk walk back to Zhang's tent would take everything off my mind. As expected, Loki was not far behind.
"I wish you'd tell me what's wrong. I've known you long enough to see when something's bothering you. Is it about that messenger?"
I shook my head, just six tents or so away from Zhang's. "No, it's not that. Just...something on my mind. I don't want to talk about it and I don't want you to worry. Please?"
Loki stared at me for a long while, then finally nodded. "I can't promise I won't worry, but I'll do as you wish."
"Good. Now let's find Zhang."
Surprisingly, the young panda wasn't in his tent, which was where he usually went to eat his breakfast. There wasn't even the lingering scent of savoury dumplings, so he had to have taken it elsewhere. But I hadn't seen him back at the food tent, nor anywhere between there and his tent. Perhaps he'd gone straight to the training grounds.
The training grounds wasn't far from Zhang's tent. It was a large area close to the edge of the camp, though still surrounded by soldiers' tents. The grounds themselves was separated by an eight-sided wall, ruins, I'd been told, from a once towering temple. All that remained was the crumbling stone-and-mortar foundation, but at least now it saw more practical use.
There was five practice dummies set up, as well as a pawful of different types of wooden weapons, plus some cheap armour made just for training. Most people I saw trained with the practice swords, some wooden, some very dull steel. Others practiced with their various polearms, and a few targets for the archers. When Loki and I arrived after breakfast, there was but one lonely soldier training, as well as a familiar young panda finishing up his meal.
"Oh," Zhang said with his mouth full, spitting a some half-chewed rice at me, "hey, Luca. Hi Loki."
Loki, as always, remained silent, and I gave the panda a curt nod.
"You're here early," I pointed out.
Finally Zhang swallowed. "Yeah, I know. I wanted to get finished early today because, um..." The panda started to blush and looked away, turning toward the steel training swords.
I couldn't help but smile, being instantly reminded of my white-furred companion. "Go on," I chuckled, already forgetting about my own problems.
"Oh, it's just that... Well, I met another panda the other day, I mean, one who's...more like me. Or us, I guess. He grew up on a farm, just like me, except his farm grew more than just rice. His name is Tengfei, and he used to live in the north but he said Xu's soldiers burned down all their crops and his home, slaughtered all the animals, salted the land... Anyway, he's a pretty good fighter, said his father used to fight in the Imperial Jade Army before the Exile, so he's had lots of training. What I'm saying is, I'm gonna meet up with him tonight, maybe make a trip to Mount Tai..."
"Aah," I said with a cheeky grin, glancing down at Loki. He was unmoved. "Well good for you, kid, it's nice to see you're making some friends around here. Someone to watch your back out there, in case I ain't around to help you."
Zhang just shrugged as a response, still blushing as he reached for the steel swords. "Are you going to train with me again today?" he asked, pulling a couple out of the stand they were stored in. It was as if he already knew my answer.
I nodded, taking the sword from him. We both threw on a set of stiff, bamboo training armour, which covered my chest, shoulders, upper arms and fell just below my waist, to protect my hips and crotch. It had a few parts strung to it to protect the sides of my ribs, though unfortunately on Zhang, it couldn't quite cover the whole area, though I tried not to hit him too hard.
After the rain had finally stopped a few days ago, Zhang and I tried practicing for the first time with the steel swords. I told him he'd have to get used to the weight of a proper sword, and while he groaned about it and wasn't all that keen on the idea, he was still just as eager to try it out. Luckily for him the training blades were so dull you couldn't even cut paper. Of course they still hurt like a bitch when you got hit by one, but better a bruise than a lost limb.
"So what're we gonna practice today?" asked the eager panda, swinging his dull blade around in elegant circles. The ground was still damp from all the rain.
"Same thing as always, Zhang." Most of our training at this point involved perfecting his technique, and mine as well since I rarely used a sword this small. Nevertheless, he had improved immensely since we'd first started training, even when I was trying to hit him. Though he wasn't so good at dodging my attacks, he'd certainly managed to parry a few and even snuck in a few counters. The panda was slow on his feet, but amazingly deft with his hands. With more practice, he could probably start using a larger sword and plough through his enemies like I did. But that would have to come later.
"Good!" I growled as he blocked a few more of my attacks. I was going a little rougher on Zhang today, attacking more openings than I tended to. He needed to learn where he left himself vulnerable, which as we were discovering, was in even more places than he realized. Still, the resilient panda kept at it, though I could tell he was going to have at least a dozen new bruises by the end of the day.
"You might want to invest in heavier armour," I told Zhang as I struck his sword, meant mostly as a gibe but also as a serious suggestion. If he was going to be this slow on the battlefield, then a few more pieces of armour would go a long way in helping him survive. Still, it was enough to provoke him into attacking me, all of which either missed or were otherwise blocked.
As the sun began to rise and break up the morning's mist, it took little time for me to start heating up in the training armour. Soon my shirt was damp with sweat and I was panting like an animal, Zhang even more so. After a short break my top was off and though I was tempted to go on without the armour, a few tender spots convinced me otherwise.
I couldn't tell how long we'd been sparing for before Zhang finally had to call it quits. I nodded at the poor, no doubt hungry panda and put our training gear away. There was a dozen more soldiers practicing by this point, so it was just as well we stopped since it was getting a bit too crowded for my taste. Zhang sat to my left on the ruined stone wall, still panting and having a long drink of fresh water, which he graciously offered me.
"You're improving every day," I pointed out, wiping a few drops from my chin. When I glanced down at Loki, I had to smile as he suddenly looked away blushing. "And I was serious about the armour. I don't know when we're going to be moving out, but you ain't exactly quick on your feet. A bit more protection would do you some good."
Zhang reclaimed his waterskin and nodded, taking another large swig. "I'll have to see what the quartermaster says. Any word on your sword yet? Hope they didn't forget about it."
I had to shrug, taking another gulp of water. "Not yet. I'm tempted to just burst into the Royal Palace and start making demands."
The sweaty young panda just laughed. When he finished the last of his water, he furrowed his brow and shook the empty skin, obviously not satisfied. "There's a river nearby where I've been filling this up, you can come with me if you'd like? Maybe I'll freshen up a bit, too, especially before I meet Tengfei."
That probably wasn't a bad idea. I couldn't recall the last time I'd cleaned myself, which usually meant it was a good time to do it. "Loki?"
He still couldn't look at me, but as he readjusted a couple of his bracelets, the arctic fox finally nodded. And so Loki, Zhang and I left the training grounds in search of more water, grabbing my shirt before taking off away from the camp.
Flowing from Mount Tai, the river's water was amazingly clear and icy cold, even as the air slowly warmed up. There was still a fair number of corpses in the torn up field outside of Xin'an, further away from the city and from us, thankfully, people still burying their dead. Though I had grown used to this sight long ago, I could tell it still made Zhang uncomfortable, and he did his best to ignore it. When at last we stopped, it was by a small group of trees that had miraculously survived the bloody battle.
"I've been coming out here to meditate," said Zhang as he knelt by the gently flowing river, "when the smell isn't too bad, anyway. I like the Serenity Gardens and all, but sometimes it helps to remind myself of the price we pay for war. It's kinda humbling, you know?"
There was probably a time when I did know, I would have been just a child then. And even still, I'm not sure I ever really sat down and thought about the all the death and destruction I and the other mercenaries had wrought. Perhaps I was too young to fully comprehend the weight of taking another man's life. Before long it had just become commonplace, something we all did, something we had to do in order to survive to see another day. Then we would do it all over again.
When I glanced back at the camp and all the busy soldiers, then back out into the bloody field, I began to realize just how little I cared about these pandas. I mean really cared. I wanted them to live to the extent that living, and winning, would mean more coin in my purse and food in my mouth, but nothing more. What did that say about me? Is that what made me the Yaoguai Hu?
With a quiet sigh, I watched Zhang fill his waterskin and guzzle most of it down a second later. Having learned much about etiquette from my time in Midgard - Midland's capitol - I knelt down next to the river and simply stuck my face in, taking in substantial gulps of water until I needed a breath. Water sprayed all over the place as I leaned back up, flowing out of my fur and onto my pants, soaking them quickly. I heard Zhang snort, but he decided to stick with his waterskin, filling it once more.
"It's actually pretty refreshing," I said to Loki, who seemed unimpressed. Zhang, his thirst amply quenched, began to remove his clothes with little hesitation. "See?" I gestured toward the panda, as if to encourage the arctic fox over, but he seemed uninterested in all things river-related.
I just shook my head and removed my pants, which got a tiny reaction from Loki but nothing else. When I tossed them back toward my shirt, back toward the rock Loki was leaning against, I turned back and nearly gasped out loud to see Zhang's shaft dangling from his hips, scars where his sheath would be.
I knew Loki noticed it too, and I tried desperately not to stare, and so I busied myself with removing my smallclothes, tossing them aside but unable to get that image out of my head. Even as Zhang waded into the river to about his waist, I found his crotch difficult to look at, but impossible to turn away.
"This is always the worst part," yelped the plump panda, water lapping at his balls. But at last, with a high-pitched howl he sunk his nethers below the frigid water and up to his chest, just as I began to step in.
"Christ that's cold," I growled, glancing once again back at Loki. "Come on in!"
Loki grumbled something incoherently to himself, just like the same old Loki I'd always known. He did stand up straight, though, scratching his exposed belly, annoyingly unsure.
Ignoring the fox now, I stepped further into the river just as Zhang resurfaced, having dived down to wash himself. I pretended not to notice him check me out as he wiped the water from his eyes, though he may have also been glancing at my scars. Of course he had already seen most of them, but perhaps there was still some he'd missed.
Once I managed to get my sheath and balls below the icy water - I didn't yelp like Zhang, but I could see why he did now - the panda and I splashed about, probably having more fun than we should have. Loki, predictably, stayed close to the shore but remained dry. He seemed annoyed by something, quite possibly the fact most of my bandages had come off in the river, and the ones still attached would need to be replaced.
"Come on," I laughed, splashing water toward the fox, who easily stepped out of the way. "This is how you used to play, isn't it? And wash yourself."
Loki nodded, seeming distant. "Yeah," he eventually said, his gaze finally coming down to Zhang and I. "Yeah, I did. It would've been colder than this river, I'm sure of it. But that was a long time ago."
"You can still enjoy it," I told him, working my way back toward the shoreline. My fur was three times heavier as it carried the river water with it, pouring off me like some kind of walking striped waterfall. Without any warning, I suddenly lunged at the distant fox and wrapped my arms around him.
Loki squealed and howled and thrashed about angrily as I got him and his clothes all wet, but all I could do was laugh. I picked him up off his feet - easy to do when I was two heads taller than him - and growled and I dragged him back toward the river. All his noise had gained the attention of some of our fellow soldiers further upstream, most of whom got a good chuckle.
Despite his raucous objections, when I got back in up to my waist, I simply dropped Loki where I stood, creating an amazing splash. Zhang had been laughing the entire time, frankly I was starting to worry he wouldn't be able to breathe, but he seemed all right. Loki just splashed about furiously as he corrected himself, and when he was able to properly stand he attacked me.
"You son of a bitch!" he snarled, punching me in the stomach. It didn't hurt, but I could see he wanted it to. He punched me a few more times then pushed me back. "I could god-damn drown you right now if I wanted to," he went on, "you have no idea what my runes are capable of!"
I just smiled at the angry arctic fox and gave him a little splash. His eyes flared with rage, and upon splashing him again, he ran at me. I received another few punches, this time with his claws out. I couldn't help but laugh, well aware he could probably kill me where I stood if he really wanted to, but I knew he wouldn't, and I think deep down he knew I knew. And so Loki and I wrestled in the mountain's river for a good long while until I managed once again to pick him up and plunge him into the river.
When Loki surfaced, he threw a dozen profanities at me before I knelt down and shut him up with a kiss. It was a soft kiss, eyes closed as the river flowed around us both, and Loki embraced it quickly. Though it was hard to tell, I thought a couple tears rolled down his cheeks as I pulled away, the arctic fox perfectly calm now.
"Gods forsake you," he muttered, slowly getting up. Begrudgingly, the fox removed his pants and his top and threw the heavy balls of clothes toward the shore, and together Loki, Zhang and I splashed about in the water, bathing and having fun, forgetting for a moment this country was still locked in a bloody civil war.
Zhang had left before the sunset to meet Tengfei, his potential mate and fellow soldier, while Loki and I retired to the panda camp to dry off and get some rest. It was a quiet evening, and we both sat by a communal campfire the other pandas had started, some of them singing traditional Eastern Lander songs. Though I didn't understand the words, I somehow got the sense they were very spiritual songs, songs about their old ways of life and what they were striving to regain.
When our fur was thoroughly dry, Loki and I at last made our way back to Zhang's tent where we nestled down for the night, forgoing the fresh bandages as the wounds seemed to have mostly healed, or at least enough where they weren't splitting open again. I held the small fox close to me, and it was wonderful to feel his warm, white fur against mine, no longer shielded by the bandages. We snuggled as close as ever, myself giving the arctic fox a few good squeezes until we both relaxed.
"Um," Loki started, breaking a long silence, "I'm sorry for getting so mad before."
I smiled, kissing the fox between his ears. "I understand, Loki, maybe I went a bit far."
The fox shook his head, burrowing back further into my chest and stomach. "It's not that... Well, that was part of it, it's just...I was lost in thought, was all. All these pandas, they fight because they long for the past, for the way things used to be, and they're so close to achieving it. When we were at the river, I suddenly remembered how things used to be when I was a child, my village and the Mountain River. I'll never get those days back, no matter how badly I want it. You two splashing in the river...it reminded me of an innocence I never got a chance to appreciate."
I gave Loki another good squeeze. "Well I, for one, am glad for the way things turned out. I mean, I know life's been pretty shitty for you, but uh...I dunno, I like where we are now. You were right when you said I was being careless in battle, because I didn't give two fucks if I lived or died. But now, I guess...I'm glad I'm still alive. And I'm going to keep on living. You know...for you."
Loki remained as motionless as he was silent. Only the slightest, quietest sniffle gave him away. He said nothing for a good long while, as if still trying to process the information. His little paws then gripped around my forearm and he nuzzled back into me some more, sniffling again. I could feel his heart beating quickly now, a rapid, heavy thumping against his chest. He was breathing deeply through his nose, then let out a long, almost painful sigh.
"You all right?" I asked him.
Loki just nodded. "Yeah, Luca. I'm fine. I just... There's no place I'd rather be than here with you. I know you probably think I'm strange or something, but I really will follow you to the ends of the earth, I mean that. Even if you had continued to reject me, that was how I felt and that will never change. I was...more happy than I knew how to express when you decided to keep me around, and now...I guess I still don't know how to express it. I will do anything for you, Luca, know that. I'm yours, I was always yours, even when neither of us knew it. Luca, I..."
The arctic fox quietly groaned as he trailed off, unable to finish his thoughts. But I think I knew what he was trying to say.
"I know, Loki. Me too."
The fox sighed again and I gently rubbed his soft belly, which made his bushy tail flick. I gave him another soft kiss and in no time the fox was asleep. I had to smile as I felt myself dozing off, so cozy and warm beneath the soft hide blankets, holding onto my old nemesis as closely as possible.
When morning broke, amazingly I was the first one awake. Loki was still curled up beside me, snoring softly, Zhang nowhere to be found. I could only assume the panda hadn't come back last night, which made me smirk.
After a big long stretch, Loki still curled beneath the blankets, I gave his smooth hips a gentle rub, but ultimately decided to get up. The sun was just beginning to rise when I stepped out of the tent, the air cool against my fur. With just a ratty pair of pants on, I went in search of food, gathering two portions for myself and my faithful arctic companion. When I got back, the scent of hot food stirred the canine awake.
"You got food already?" he said groggily, wiping the crusty sleep from his eyes, sitting up and leaning on one paw. "Some of that had better be for me."
I held a plate out to Loki, and he took it slowly, clearly still waking up. "How long have you been awake for?" he asked me.
I shrugged, mouth already stuffed full of rice and meat. "'Bout a half hour, maybe?" I said before waiting to swallow. Loki did not appreciate the extra rice I spat at him. "You slept a lot longer than usual."
"Guess I was more tired than usual. Plus uh..." As expected, Loki began to blush. "I was pretty comfortable..."
I simply winked at the little fox and we finished our healthy, albeit a little bland, breakfast and curled up in bed again, myself quickly getting nude again. I always enjoyed downtime between battles, but it had already been a few weeks and I was starting to get restless and bored. Though I didn't mind snuggling with Loki, amongst other activities, I was getting a little anxious and needed something to do.
"So what was up with Zhang's sheath?" I suddenly blurted out, which surprised the relaxed fox.
"Uh... What?"
"You noticed it, didn't you? At the river. I mean...he didn't have one. Is that normal? All the other pandas I saw had a sheath, do you think it's some weird tradition or something?"
"If it was a tradition, don't you think you'd see more like that?"
"I dunno, but it creeped me out a little. His cock was just flopping about freely, it was weird."
"Why the hell are we even discussing this? Maybe something was wrong with it at birth and it needed to be removed, I don't know. I'm really not interested in Zhang's sheath or his cock. I'm much more interested in--"
My ears immediately perked. "Yes?" I said with a wide grin. "Finish what you were saying."
Loki was blushing again, a much deeper red this time. "Never mind."
I had to laugh. "No, no, not 'never mind.' You can't just say something like that, stop mid-sentence then just say 'never mind.' Tell me what you were gonna say!"
Loki grumbled incoherently. "You know what I was going to say."
"Maybe, maybe not. You're much more interested in what? I wanna hear you say it."
Loki sighed. "I'm much more interested in...yours. Your sheath. Happy now?"
I squeezed the arctic fox. "I have been sated. And also good to know."
The poor embarrassed fox just frowned, trying to hide his face. I shook my head and ran my paw through his fur, over his chest and belly and his hips. He could be as cute as he was devilish sometimes. After all we'd done together, for some reason discussing personal matters still made Loki squirm. I suppose some people would never be comfortable talking about that sort of thing, no matter how often they'd done it.
"So any plans for the day?" I asked the fox, idly stroking his curvy left side.
"No," he said, still pointed away from me. With very little effort, I turned Loki onto his back, and at last he glanced up at me. As always, his face gave nothing away. I just smiled and rubbed his soft belly, which made the fox close his eyes. I continued doing this for a good long while until the fox opened his eyes again, cold and icy blue.
"I think Zhang had his sheath cut off by that lion he'd mentioned before, the one who trains and sells slaves."
My head flicked back at the sudden change in subject. I guess this was how Loki felt when I first brought it up. "I thought you weren't interested."
"I'm not, really. But it makes sense, I suppose, though I don't know what the point would be. I guess it makes them more submissive, but there's hundreds of ways to make people submit. Maybe the guy has a collection or something."
"So, were you thinking this the entire time I was petting you?"
Loki made a face that said I was being ridiculous. "No, it just sorta popped into my head."
"Ah, okay," I said skeptically, sticking my forefinger into my mouth immediately after. Loki glanced at me curiously, and once it was thorough moistened, I lowered it toward Loki's nether regions and told him, "Well I can certainly be thankful for having my sheath, and I'm definitely thankful for yours."
And with that, I slid my slimy digit across the small opening atop Loki's sheath, which somehow surprised him, but not nearly as much as when my finger suddenly slithered inside. I felt around the warm, wet inside of his protective sheath, pulling my finger out just enough so I could slide in another, spreading open his hole just a little more.
Predictably, Loki let out a good long moan, soft and quiet. My wet fingers slid in and out of his sheath with the utmost care, poking and prodding as delicately as I could. Loki seemed to love it, the white-furred fox squirming helplessly beneath me. I think he was even humping a little into my fingers, which was a welcomed surprise.
When I pulled both fingers all the way out, his hot red tip poked out immediately and continued to grow, though most of his cock remained inside. Vaguely sticky, but mostly slick, I rubbed Loki's tip with my wet fingers, purposely slow. Loki was almost panting now, ears flat and blush splashed across his face. His left paw gripped my forearm desperately, but I knew if he really wanted me to stop, he'd do more than hold my arm there.
When he opened his eyes, Loki smiled at me. I stopped for now, but kept my fingers upon the tip of his throbbing cock. "No one's ever cared this much about pleasuring me before," he said softly. "I was always the one who had to please others, but you seem to enjoy doing this to me as much as I enjoy receiving it. It doesn't feel right, my instincts tell me to stop you, that I'm being selfish. But you really, truly enjoy doing this to me, don't you."
I smiled down at the little fox. "Yes I do, Loki, very much so. You know this whole sex thing, it's a two-way street. We can't have just one of us doing the pleasing, we both have to work together, please each other, and everything will turn out great!"
His icy eyes suddenly had a devilish glint to them, and before I could figure out what he was thinking, Loki had already pushed his paw down my ratty old pants and located my sheath, sliding his finger right inside. Except once he had his finger in, he gave it a good tug - which I admit made me yelp pretty loudly - guiding me atop him. My nethers lit up as his finger explored the inside of my sheath, forcing the slightest moan out of my maw.
He moved his fingers around as if to churn up the slick insides, which of course made me instantly hard. Even the fox groaned a little as he pushed his fingers as far inside as he could, until at last retrieving them and giving his fingers a deep, long whiff.
"I've wanted to do that for so long," Loki groaned, blushing but hardly embarrassed. He gave his fingers a lick, then another good sniff, definitely savouring the aroma. "This...is the very essence of your scent, that smell I love so much. It's thick, it's strong, warm and heady... I'd smelled it before, sure, but never like this, never so purely. You must think I'm a freak..."
I laughed warmly at the arctic fox, nuzzling our cheeks together. He was incredibly warm. "I don't think you're a freak, Loki, don't be silly. It's different, I'll admit, but you must know by now that I'm pretty easy-going when it comes to stuff like this. I even tried some of your runes out, remember?"
Loki nodded. "Of course I remember."
I gave the fox a little kiss, then another one, until at some point our tongues met and we were kissing each other much more deeply, for more passionately. As I became harder, Loki snuck a couple fingers down my shaft and beneath my sheath, then a couple more until it seemed he was stroking my shaft with his fingers caught under my soft, protective flesh. I moaned softly into the kiss, amazed at how sensitive I was. Perhaps we would have to do it like this all the time.
It was funny, no matter how much I thought I knew the little arctic fox, somehow he always managed to throw something new my way. I had heard of people having strange obsessions with various specific body parts, sheathes included, but had never been with one. And for as long as I'd known Loki, I'd never known him to be particularly kinky, much less with such an unusual fetish. Yet here we were, the fox getting so much more out of it than I was, and believe me, I was loving every moment.
"L-Luca," moaned the fox, no longer stroking me but I was plenty wet. "I want you inside me," he said in a hard, horny voice. "I mean...here." Loki then gestured toward his own sheath, plump and full of fox-cock.
I wasn't all that surprised, at least not as much as I would've been had he just suggested it out of the blue. This was definitely a new experience for me, this sheath play, and this, this was something entirely different. I mean, I suppose the principle was the same as what I'd done to him with my fingers, but would there be enough room? I guess there was only one way to know for sure...
"How should we..?" I began, up on my paws and knees now, moving toward the fox.
Loki shifted around a bit, blushing heavily and I think trying to figure out the logistics of it as well. "Uh," he said as he shifted again, and I tried moving too but it was incredibly awkward.
"Wait," I grunted, then began to turn around. But the fox moved about a bit more which made me second-guess myself, so now I really had no idea what the hell was going on. This was becoming more effort that it was worth.
"Keep turning," Loki growled, and soon my butt was pointing toward his face, nearly right in it. But the fox pushed himself back so our crotches were close together, and I could see now what he was trying to do. With my dripping cock pointed toward his sheath, which was pointed toward mine, I lowered myself as best I could, prodding the opening of his sheath with my barbed tip.
Loki groaned quietly, I think anticipating this immensely. He was grinding his hips into me as if I couldn't enter fast enough, and I had to use my paw to calm him down so I could aim.
"Just like that," he huffed, finally following my lead.
But before I could fully enter, having gotten just a finger's length in, a sudden dark chill ran up my spine. I froze immediately, my dark presence stirring awake, scraping its nasty claws against my stomach. It chuckled quietly, sensing the darkness of another, a Disciple of the Crimson King.
"L-Luca?" whimpered Loki, trying desperately to hold my cock in place, but soon he sensed what I was sensing. He was panting a little, but didn't let go. "It...could just be that messenger," he suggested, squirming a bit and still wanting more.
"I don't think so," I growled softly, soon letting out a big sigh. I felt anxious now, definitely not something that helped a horny tiger out. Though I tried to keep going for Loki's sake, he and I both knew this was over.
"I'm sorry," I exhaled, moving toward Loki's side and sitting next to him, no longer hard. Nosferatu, my dark presence, it was groaning and scratching constantly at my poor guts, twisting them and laughing at my pain. It wanted to meet this other and no doubt tear it apart. I silently cursed myself, though happily Loki tried to reassure me with a warm paw on my leg.
"I understand," Loki sighed, rubbing my leg. Unlike me, he was still hard. "We can continue this later, anyway. What're you going to do?"
"Not sure," I shrugged. This was one of the many reasons I left Midland to begin with, to rid myself of my past life and all the figurative and literal demons that had once plagued me. Now it seemed one of those literal demons had found me once more, perhaps I needed to take it out before it caused any serious harm. "Could it just be passing by?"
"Could be. I don't know exactly how far the Crimson King's influence had reached, perhaps some of his Disciples had made it as far as the Eastern Lands. Maybe even further. But if one of them was part of this army, surely you'd have found it by now, or it would have found you. Either way, it would have made its presence known."
"So what the hell are they doing here now? The Crimson King is dead, they don't need to hunt me anymore. Could it be they don't know? Maybe they still think they're following his orders."
Loki didn't look convinced. "Do you want me to find them for you, see what they're after? If they're that clueless, then maybe they won't know he had disowned me."
"How easily do you think you can find them?"
"Not sure. My sense isn't quite as acute as yours, but I can usually feel something. I mean, when it's not physically obvious. But the fact they managed to follow you here tells me they'll find you eventually, whether you stay here or not. But I can try to find them first, for what it's worth."
I nodded. "Thanks, Loki."
Loki nodded back, leaving soon after dressing himself. I just sighed heavily and leaned back against the wall of the tent, doing my best to ignore the relentless aching in my stomach. But of course, it was constantly there, which made sitting around all the more torturous. I tried for some more sleep, but that was impossible. It was almost enough to make me throw up, except by that point I was more or less used to the feeling.
In fact, it was well-nigh a nightly occurrence back in Midland, when being hunted by the Crimson King. Lurking in every shadow there was always a monster, every damn night. Some of them would attack, while others just liked to torture me with their veiled presence. Some nights were better than others, some I even slept throughout the night, but it was never without my own little demon raking its talons through my guts, chuckling, sensing they were near.
It took less than a week to realize just how much of a relief it was to finally be rid of those nights after finally leaving Midland. I hadn't appreciated a peaceful sleep beneath the stars more so than when I finally left, like all my worries and troubles had suddenly lifted off my shoulders. I almost felt like a new tiger, like I could actually start over and no longer be tortured by my past. Things had really started looking up, despite not having a job nor a single coin to my name.
But I should have known it wouldn't last. Though it had been years since I'd left Midland behind - years not even thinking about these Disciples, much less encountering any - it seemed that like Loki, they were catching up with me.
I let out a short growl, suddenly becoming acutely aware of my broken sword. I still hadn't received word on that, nor anything from General Zi. I was already starting to get used to the idea that whatever plans he thought he might have had for me, were now thrown aside like the rest of the sellsword rabble. To be fair, they hadn't literally been thrown aside, but they certainly weren't treated with much respect by just about everyone.
Perhaps I would have to be more proactive, assuming the guards outside the Royal Palace would even let me near the palace walls. If it was the same geniuses I'd encountered before, at least they would recognize me.
Suddenly, the tent flaps burst open and Zhang appeared, looking about as surprised as I was.
"Oh!" he cried, paw immediately flying to his chest as his entire body convulsed. "Luca, I didn't expect to see you here. What's going on? Why're you naked? Is Loki finding you some more bandages? Because I had six rolls before you guys moved in here, you couldn't have gone through them all already..."
I just shook my head, pretending not to notice the panda's shirt was on backwards. "He's just out doing me a favour, no need to worry. My wounds have healed pretty nicely by this point, so we're forgoing the bandages for now."
"Okay, and...why're you still naked?" The panda moved uncomfortably to the other side of the tent where he took a seat near his gear.
"I simply haven't gotten up yet. I mean, not up, up." I neglected to mention I'd gone out to get breakfast, and what transpired afterwards. All my important bits were covered anyway, so I wasn't sure why he assumed I was naked beneath the warm bedsheets in the first place. "So how'd things go with Tengfei?"
Zhang immediately began to blush. "Well surely you noticed I didn't come back last night..."
I gave the panda a grin and nodded knowingly. "I did, as a matter of fact."
"Mhm, so about that well. I could die in battle tomorrow and be a happy panda."
A quiet chuckle escaped my maw. "So are you going to see him again?"
"Oh, definitely. We've kinda gotta keep it secret though. I know a lot of us exiles are pretty tolerant, but a lot more of us aren't. Maybe after we win this war and place a better Emperor on the throne, things like that won't matter as much, but for now..."
I nodded. "I understand, kid. I guess I've been lucky, usually being the toughest guy in a crowd, most people who knew didn't have a choice but to accept. Didn't mean they liked it, believe me, but they knew better than to confront me about it. Knew they'd get their teeth knocked in if they started feeding me some of their pious bullshit, or whatever reasons they had for hating me. It ain't easy, though fortunately that was always the least of my problems."
"You're a good friend, Luca, I'm glad I met you. Even though you were kind of an ass when we first met."
"You're all right too," I said with a laugh. Despite the distraction, Nosferatu was still grinding away at my guts, twisting them while laughing at me. I couldn't tell if it'd gotten any worse or not, which I suppose was a good thing. "You wanna do any more training today? I'm starting to go a little stir-crazy hanging out in the camp so much. Any idea what's taking so long yet?"
Zhang shook his head. "Not really. All I was told was to keep an eye on you and to give you your medicine, which I did a pretty pitiful job at anyway. The others seem to think they're still drawing up plans. Tao'zhan's a pretty big city, you know. It's got half a dozen entrances into the lower city alone, plus another half dozen leading into the Upper City. As far as I know, the main gateway into Tao'zhan is through the Heaven's Gate, which leads into the Lower City. The Eastern Land's largest temple resides there, as well as a great deal of the city's agriculture, plus much of the poorer residences in the northern section."
"Sounds like you know the city pretty well."
Zhang shrugged. "My father used to talk about it all the time, said he grew up in the Lower City growing rice at the Temple of Agriculture. He was an orphan, he told me, living on the streets for most of his childhood. I guess he tried to rob the temple, but the monks there took pity on him and sort of adopted him, taught him how to grow crops, setting him to work in the rice fields in particular. That's what we grew on our farm, if I hadn't mentioned that before."
"You may have..." I honestly couldn't remember.
"Yeah, well anyway, from what I remember of my father's stories, the Emperor lives in the Palace of Supreme Enlightenment, which is surrounded by other great halls, all in the centre of the Forbidden City. My father told me he had only ever been there once, having accompanied the head monk from the Temple of Agriculture, but he didn't get to see much. He said it was the most magnificent part of Tao'zhan he had ever seen, everything was made of marble and gold, and the air was sweet and the streets impossibly clean. But um, the Forbidden City, the Emperor's home, it's very well fortified, that's what I'm trying to get at... High walls, a wide moat, sentries everywhere, only four entrances leading into it, great Halls that surround the Emperor's palace... Oh, and on top of that, the Forbidden City resides within another city - the Royal City - which has its own set of fortifications within the Upper City. It's mostly shrines and temples and gardens and stuff, but still, it's a lot of area to cover between the Upper City and the Forbidden City."
"Jesus," was all I could think to say. It sounded like besieging Tao'zhan was out of the question, so what options were left? I suppose that was what the General and his men were trying to come up with. From what I'd overheard around camp, Tao'zhan had never once been overtaken in all its years standing, so no doubt they would have to think pretty far outside the box. "It could be months before they devise a plan..."
Zhang shrugged again. "Yeah, I dunno. Maybe, maybe not. I mean, they must have known it would eventually come to this, if it came to this. They must at least have some idea on how to take the city."
"These other sellswords are gonna take one look at Tao'zhan and take off, I can promise you that."
Zhang suddenly looked extremely worried. "You don't really think they will, do you?"
"I'm certain of it. They don't do this for glory, they do it to get paid. And they don't get paid to fight battles they don't think they can win."
"So why did you stick around?"
"Because I ain't got anything else to live for." Of course that had changed now, perhaps I'd have to consider taking some cues from my fellow mercenaries and just count my losses and move on, let the pandas decide their own fate. I knew I wouldn't, but it was awfully tempting at this point.
"You've got Loki," Zhang pointed out needlessly, though it made me sigh anyway.
"Yeah I know. Look, let's stop worrying about this for now and do something to take our minds off it. What do you say?"
Zhang nodded. "Sounds good to me. I wouldn't mind some more training, if you're up to it."
"Yeah," I said, stretching my arms above my head, bones cracking at the joints. Though it took a bit of digging, I at last found my tattered linen pants and equally dishevelled shirt, and joined Zhang back at the training grounds, where for now we were the only ones. I hadn't seen Loki along the way, and the feeling that Disciples were around wasn't fading.
Zhang and I practiced in the hot late morning sun until some time after noon, where we both sat to eat some lunch and before long, Loki had eventually found us. He just shook his head at me when I asked without words how his search went. I just sighed and offered the little fox half the sandwich Zhang had made me, which seemed to make him smile.
As he ate, my gaze was suddenly transfixed by the thirteen bracelets he wore around his wrists - seven on the left, six on the right. It amazed me how he could do so many different things with them, each one was unique. Most of them were made out of dyed hemp, many of them with wooden beads of varying sizes and quantities. A few were made out of leather, likely scraps, and probably my favourite of the bunch was the one with several small stone beads woven into the braided leather, runes carved into each one. In the centre of that particular bracelet was one large rune, the one he told me was denoted to his namesake, the old trickster god.
"What're you staring at?" Loki frowned, after swallowing his food.
I smiled at him and leaned down, and much to my surprise the surly white fox let me kiss him right between his short little ears. He pretended to not like it, but I knew how he would react if he really didn't like it.
Loki just grunted with red on his cheeks, taking another bite of the sandwich.
After a few more minutes of rest, Zhang and I were at last ready to get back at it, practicing the same old moves we'd been doing the last couple weeks. Despite still being slow on his feet, he was showing signs of improvement, and I could tell many of his movements was out of reflex rather than consciously thinking about it.
But not long after starting again, I felt a particularly hard twist in my guts, hard enough to make me stop. Zhang slashed my arm with his dull metal practice blade, which stung but his celebration was short-lived. Soon he was apologizing, but turned as white as a ghost when he saw what had caught my attention.
Walking toward me along the edge of the camp, toward the training grounds, was a tall, well-dressed lion and two gruff old bears, one much older than the other. The bears must have been servants of some kind, both dressed poorly and looked unclean. The lion on the other hand, he was clearly highborn: his mane was dark and well-groomed, his clothes immaculate and fancy. None of them were clearly from around here, as they drew looks from just about everyone they passed.
But of course, their most distinguishing features was the dark secret they hid within, one no one else could see or feel, all except Nosferatu. My inner darkness saw them, wanted them, craved them, just like it always had. It had been a long time since I felt my darkness get this excited, its dark claws stretching out to investigate the newcomers, knowing who they really were, alerting me with sheer delight.
Zhang was petrified. "Th-That's... That's him, Luca. That's the one, that's the lion," he managed to spit out, backing away. I stepped between the lion and Zhang, finally gazing into his dark, evil eyes.
It was him all right, I sensed his demon even before I saw those eyes. They were darker than the night sky, two small voids hungry for light. He continued to approach, seeming un-phased by my death stare, grinning like a confident fool, until at last he stopped only a few body lengths away from me, two bears behind him on either side. It wasn't until they stopped when I realized a few more had arrived with them, though I hadn't the time to check them out.
The lion glanced past me toward Zhang, still grinning that evil smile. "Panda," he said as if greeting a friend, "it truly is good to see you again. Pity we never got to finish our sessions together."
"Kill him, Luca!" Zhang snarled, though still wasn't brave enough to step forward. "Kill that monster."
A glance back from me silenced the poor, frightened panda. He was even too afraid to run.
"Unfortunately," the lion continued, "I haven't come for you, panda. To say so would suggest I cared enough about your pitiful life to make retrieving you even the slightest bit worthwhile. You will die soon anyway, all your kind will, that I have no doubt."
My anxious little demon was reacting to his, and I could feel his reacting back. But why was he not attacking?
"Why have you come here?" I growled, showing the posh lion my teeth. "Your king is dead, you have no reason to hunt me now. But if it is a fight you're after, know I will rip you apart, that much is certain."
The lion was appalled. "N-No, Your Grace!" he said apologetically, holding out his paws. Much to my surprise, and Zhang's, the lion suddenly bent his knee, bowing before me. "I would never dream of such a thing," he said, arm crossed against his chest and head still bowed. He wouldn't even look up at me, much less make eye contact. "Unless you wished it, of course."
"What...the fuck..?" was all I could think to say, looking at his small entourage. Each one of them had bent the knee, bowing their heads dutifully. This was way too weird, and Zhang was as speechless as I was. My twisted death-stare quickly began to crumble, turning more into a face of utter confusion. "What the hell is all this?"
But when I turned to Loki, the little god-damn arctic fox had bent the knee as well, arm across his chest, and was doing it with about as much fervor as the others. I took a step back, wrinkling my nose at this disgusting display, face scrunched up as I struggled to understand.
"You...are the Crimson King, my liege," the lion explained. "We are all bound to you for eternity, here to serve in both the mortal world and in Hel.
"...What?"
"You are the new ruler of Hel, Your Grace, surely you must--"
"No..."
"Your...Grace?
"No!" I snarled, shaking my head; I'd heard enough. My fists immediately balled into fists and I stomped just once toward the lion, managing to hold myself back for now. But my teeth were bared and nothing could suppress my enraged growling. "You're a damn fool, a monster, every single one of you. I tore your king apart, and I'll do the same to you, just like every Disciple before you."
My head then snapped to Loki with a quieter growl. "Get up," I barked, holding a paw toward him. Without a word, the fox stood up and handed me his knife, head still lowered. Gripping the knife hard enough to crack my knuckles, I took a few long strides toward the lion and grabbed him by the mane, forcing his head back as I pointed the knife's tip toward his eye.
The lion trembled only slightly, but made no attempts to resist nor get up. He was breathing heavily, he must have sensed his impending death. But the son of a bitch just knelt there and took it, like it was an honour. "M-My King..."
I just shook my head. "I ain't your damn king," I told the black-eyed beast, "I ain't nobody's king. I'm just a piece of shit mercenary, no more, no less. I spent years of my life killing you Disciples, you think I won't do it again?"
"I - we - are only here to serve you. We can help you in this war, should you wish it. The panda will not be harmed."
I gripped the knife tighter, getting my teeth right up in the lion's face. "I don't need your god damn help," I growled. "And for the record, I ain't doing this for me. This is for Zhang." And with that, I pushed the knife straight into Copernicus's eye, slowly sliding it forward. He let out a loud, terrible cry, drawing the attention of dozens of panda soldiers. As he howled, his left paw clung my forearm while the other pushed on my hip, but the monster still made no attempts to escape the pain. I just rumbled deeper as I sunk the knife in right to its hilt, twisting it, my paw soaked in his blood. When at last the lion went limp, I let him fall to the ground, knife stuck inside his skull. That wasn't nearly as satisfying as it should have been.
I turned away immediately, Zhang no less horrified, though I was sure the blood covering half my face didn't help. I was still seething, but I couldn't stay here. I had to get away, the whole situation was still insanity. As I took my leave of the training grounds, I stopped to say one thing to Loki: "Kill the rest."
Loki could do nothing else but nod. The last thing I heard that day was the sound of Loki yanking the knife from the lion's face, and the quiet pleas of the small group of Disciples wanting nothing more than to serve.
The following week was a tremulous one to say the least. Although Zhang hadn't kicked me out of his tent, it was clear my presence made him incredibly uncomfortable. He had barely said a word to me, and I knew it wasn't because he was training with Tengfei now. He feared me, saw something different in my eyes, something new and terrifying. He saw me, my inner darkness. He saw why the elders called me Yaoguai Hu. It was no doubt the same thing he saw in the lion's eyes.
Even Loki hadn't said much. He certainly hadn't mentioned the Disciples, but I could tell he wanted to. I think he didn't know whether or not I had calmed down. The truth was, I wasn't even sure myself if I had. I wasn't seeing red, that much I knew, but I still couldn't get that lion out of my mind. I did everything I could to not think about it, but it was useless. He was mad, anyway.
"Everything okay?" Loki asked, snapping me out of my trance. At his behest, I had been giving meditation a try. He said it would help me find my inner peace and offer some serenity. Naturally I doubted its effects, but most of the Eastern Landers practiced meditation in some form, so I thought there could be some merit to it. Loki's interruption didn't help.
"Yes," I frowned.
Loki was dubious. "Your face said otherwise."
I had to sigh. "And what exactly did my face say?"
The fox paused for a moment as he searched for the right words. "That you're still angry. Did you practice the mantra I taught you?"
"Yeah, Loki, but it doesn't help," I grumbled as I stood up. "This is stupid, I'm not gonna find inner peace this way."
Loki got up with me. "It couldn't hurt to clear your mind once in a while. All you do is try to forget your problems, until suddenly you snap and go ballistic and freak out about two dozen soldiers. You know word's spread around, they think you're some sort of psychopath now."
"Have they already forgotten I won this city back for them?"
"Yeah, well you didn't do much for your image in that final fight either."
"Feh," I scoffed. "Who cares what they think, anyway? When I start killing their army, then they should be concerned. But until then, they should just be glad I'm fighting for them. Most of the other mercenaries have left, all of the independents have, anyway. You know Zhang told me Tao'zhan is nigh impenetrable. And even if we do break through the outer walls, there's still a couple more we'd have to break through to reach the Emperor."
Loki nodded and together we made for the Serenity Gardens' exit, where we'd been meditating for hours. "I've heard much the same. I imagine it will take some time for them to prepare a strategy. No doubt they're greatly outnumbered, and frankly, outmatched. It was a miracle at all that they managed to take Xin'an."
I smiled proudly for a moment. "Do you think they'll be able to do it?"
"Not sure, " the arctic fox shrugged. "I suppose with the right strategy it's possible. You've experienced more war than I have, what do you think?"
"I think their best plan would be to starve the city out. Might take months for their food stores to dry up, but it's the safest option. And with so few men, they can more easily stop caravans than breach those walls. Plus if they can set up a barricade out along the edge of the Bonai Sea, then nothing's getting in."
"But they grow their own crops within the Lower City, they don't rely that heavily on trade. It's mostly fishermen and exports."
"How the hell do you know that?"
"I've heard the other men talking, it's about all they can talk about. Most of them don't expect to come back from this."
I couldn't say I blamed them. The odds were greatly stacked against them. Even if they wanted to starve Tao'zhan out, they would at least have to take the Lower City first, but by the sounds of things, even that would be an unlikely task. Still, to me it seemed like their only chance.
During the Century War in Midland, during my brief tenure with a mercenary group called the Lost Sons, my unit and I were charged with blockading the major roads leading into a fairly large town known as Yorktown, where many of the enemy's soldiers were trained. It was an easy job to say the least, and for once I was always fed. Of course most of our food had been stolen from the caravans, but I wasn't the one calling the shots, I was simply a lowly fighter reaping the rewards. Regardless, it took just over a month for the town to surrender, so I couldn't imagine how long it would take a sprawling city like Tao'zhan to fall.
"So then why the hell is it taking them so long to move out? The Emperor must know this is the pandas' best chance at winning, they must be stockpiling like crazy. Not to mention, their front gates must be far more fortified than usual, especially now."
"Perhaps that's the point, leave the gates to the Upper City less guarded."
"Do you really think they can risk a frontal assault like that? There's still the Royal and Forbidden Cities inside."
Loki just shook his head with a quiet sigh. "Who knows. I'm sure they'll come up with something, whether or not it works is for the Gods to decide."
I just scoffed. "Yeah, and which Gods are those? The old ones, I suppose."
Loki frowned at me, just as we left the Gardens. "You know they exist, the Crimson King was proof of that."
"You know, I'm not so convinced they do. I mean sure, the Crimson King existed, but that doesn't prove they do. I've never seen them, I've never felt their presence. And if they're so kind and benevolent and watch over us, then why is this world as shitty as it is? All the Crimson King proved is that people are terrible and they get what they deserve in the end. That doesn't mean there's an opposite realm where the souls of the just go to celebrate and feast and whatever else you've said. It just means they don't have to continue being monsters in the afterlife."
Loki was unamused by my theistic theory. "That's absurd."
"Yeah, that's absurd."
Having come to an impasse on the subject of gods, Loki and I continued toward the camps surrounding the outer walls of Xin'an in silence, wading through a sea of pandas and other imperfect beasts until at last we reached Zhang's tent, which was feeling much less like his since killing Copernicus. While most of the soldiers already kept to themselves and avoided eye contact with me, now it seemed all the more poignant as some of them physically avoided me as well. I tried not to let it bother me, but admittedly it annoyed me a little.
"These people are farmers, labourers, commonfolk," said Loki almost immediately after entering the tent, "they've never seen a fighter like you before. Don't take it so personally."
"I'm fine," I insisted, sitting down in our sleeping area. Was the fox reading my mind, or just my face? Either way, it was a warm summer's day today, so the sleeping hides and furs weren't necessary, but were still nicer to sit on than the hard ground. "Though with so little to do now, it'd be nice if I could get in a few games of dice or cards or something, but no one will play."
"We could play."
I shook my head. "You can't play dice or cards with just two people, that's--" By the time I realized just what Loki was talking about, he had already removed his shirt, tossing it aside. And as he started his sexy little dance, slowly but surely his pants and everything else was removed, and he stood before me totally nude, shaking his hips seductively, waving his tail back and forth as if to draw me in. All he wore was a devilish grin, eyes full of want.
I looked Loki's body up and down carefully with a dopey grin on my face, relaxing into the fur and hide. As he drew closer, I had to consciously close my mouth for fear of drooling all over myself. I held a paw out when he was within reach, and with my claws I gently scraped the back and underside of his fuzzy balls, just for a moment.
But it was enough to make Loki gasp sharply, deciding now would be a good time to start blushing. He kept up his little dance, though found it more and more difficult each time I touched him, which I did at every opportunity. Eventually I had no choice but to grab him by his wrist and pull him down into the bed furs with me, pushing him onto his stomach and growling ferociously.
Just as Loki joined me on the ground, I pinned the poor fox down and bit him right on the back of the neck, eliciting a sharp, loud yelp from him. I felt up his arms as he squirmed and struggled like a helpless beast, breathing heavily now and biting him again, a little harder.
This made Loki stop struggling and he simply let out a long, pleasured groan, then a softer moan when I bit down a third time. I was rock hard now, and I could tell so was he. I flipped the fox onto his back and again slid my paws up his forearms, but rather than pin his wrists down, my pads continued up toward his and very quickly we linked our paws together. Though his paws were much smaller than mine, somehow they fit perfectly together.
"You sexy fox," I growled, nipping the front side of his neck now. Though he yipped fairly loud at each little bite, it wasn't nearly as loud as when I first did it. The fox melted beneath me and my powerful teeth, loving every little pinch, our paws clasped tightly together. I wanted to take him right then and there, just rip off my clothes and ravage the little fox, but it was always so much sweeter when I tortured him like this, for both of us.
"Ooooaaah..." he managed to say, writhing uncontrollably beneath me. My lips brushed against his collarbone and down toward his chest, giving his nipples a rough lick, then a gentle bite, then a soft kiss for good measure. I then pecked slowly up his neck until his lips met mine, and we shared a deep, passionate kiss.
"Mmm," groaned Loki, paws gripping mine even tighter. I could feel his body's heat wafting up through my fur, particularly from his nether regions. Soon the temptation became too much, and with a short growl I pushed myself off him, practically ripping my shirt off. I fumbled helplessly with my belt, but once I remembered how to work the damned thing, my pants were off in a matter of seconds.
My sheath was full, tip poking out, and when I glanced I saw Loki was in much the same state. I mrowled with desire, hovering over the fox as our paws reconnected. I gave his little paws a loving squeeze, to which he reciprocated immediately with a happy (and horny) smile on his face.
And so I gave the little white fox another long, deep kiss, loving how he squeezed my paws extra hard depending on what I did to him. The kiss, for instance, got a very tight squeeze, where as the gentle peck on the cheek hardly warranted anything. It was still adorable, though, my lips now kissing him down his neck again, giving a few deep, rumbling growls while I was at it. Of course I couldn't help but nip him a few times, but his little yelps made it impossible to resist.
I chuckled quietly when Loki let out a very loud yelp, after I had bit his right nipple. Yet for as much as he cried out in pain, it was almost always followed immediately by a warm and gentle moan, and often a hot exhale of breath.
With another deep growl, my paws suddenly disconnected from Loki's and I rolled them behind his back, pulling the fox up into my chest. My teeth bit down on his shoulder as his fur mashed into mine, nibbling insatiably up his neck while he clung onto me tightly, moaning and twisting his face into my shoulder. I growled again as I nipped playfully, my hips instinctively grinding into him, fruitlessly for now.
Much to my surprise, as I was humping into the air between the fox and I, suddenly Loki wrapped his legs around mine and lifted his bum off the ground, our hot, sweaty sheaths pushing together. I let out a long, horny gasp, the fox doing the same, using his legs to mash our rock-hard parts even harder together. Loki whined terribly, ears drawn back, and I simply nipped at him again, growling twice as loud as before.
But suddenly, just when it seemed neither of us could resist the other any more, I heard a loud commotion outside, which I tried desperately to ignore. But it kept getting louder, and louder still as the fox and I made love. And before either of us had even the remotest chance of getting decent, a burst of bright light illuminated our tent from the wide open flap, with only the shadow of an unknown soldier to block it out.
"Oh god!" cried the startled beast, and his sudden intrusion unfortunately making me lose my grip on the fox, though luckily Loki landed quite softly upon our hides and furs. "L-Luca? The, um, uh, m-mercenary?"
I growled angrily now, but still refused to turn. Loki was trying to hide himself beneath me, though he left his paws on my sides, fingers brushing gently over my ribs.
"What?" I asked sharply. The intruder had to know what Loki and I were doing, so why was he still standing there?
"A-A message for you. Uh, it's from General Zi. Oh, and um, p-pardon the interruption..."
I sighed heavily.
"The General requests your presence as soon as you're able," the messenger told me. "And...I am to escort you to him. Wh-When you're decent...I suppose."
"Does it look like I'm able to now?"
The intruder didn't respond, besides his embarrassed, stuttering noises. Fortunately he had the courtesy to step outside, offering Loki and I the chance to finish up, though any and all hardness had been taken away. I sighed forlornly.
"I'm not really in the mood now," admitted Loki, shrinking a little beneath me.
I growled quietly. "Me neither... How long should we make that bastard wait for us?"
Loki smiled softly, running his paws up my arms and over my shoulders. "All day, I suppose. Not sure how patient he'll be with us, though. Besides, weren't you the one who said you were getting stir crazy?"
"Yeah, but that was before I had found something to do. Now I just feel like being a jerk to get him back."
The little fox chuckled.
I sighed for a third time, finally lifting myself from atop Loki's warm and petite form. "Let's just go see what he wants. Maybe we'll have time later to finish up, when we know there won't be any intrusions."
Loki nodded, and soon we were both fully clothed and being escorted to the Royal Palace. I felt enormously underdressed as I walked through the gates in my dirty old shirt and equally ragged pants, at least Loki had the smarts to don less shabby clothing. Though neither of us had much variety, Loki had gone with his close-fitting hide half-top and his ratty old pants, opting to leave the hooded cloak behind. As it was mid-afternoon and quiet hot out in the blazing sun, neither of us felt inclined to dress too heavily.
Naturally the fox and I got looks from everyone within the Palace walls, and even outside them, I had to wonder what they thought of us. Did they think we were criminals, or prisoners perhaps? Though the bottoms of Loki's pants were incredibly frayed, the rest seemed in relatively good order, if you ignored all the stitching and patchwork. Still, a couple scruffy furs like us - myself in particular - had to send some odd signals to Xin'an's citizens and lords.
Loki and I were taken to a building not unlike the one General Zi had paid me in all those weeks ago, though this one wasn't nearly as tall. The messenger stopped outside the front door and spun around, joining a similarly-garbed soldier on the other side, standing vigil.
"You may enter now," he proclaimed, I think still to embarrassed to make eye contact with me.
We entered the building and were immediately greeted by at least eleven other men, as well as General Zi and a couple others. The old panda gave Loki and I a curt nod as we entered, a large table in the centre of the room with maps and papers strewn about. This was undoubtedly their war room, it seemed the next step in their attacks was close at hand.
"Thank you for joining us, Luca. Your companion may stay, he too may fill a critical role in our claiming victory," the General started, and the eleven other soldiers looked back at him, away from me. "Beside me is Captain Lee. A brilliant tactician in his own right, he helped us plan our vital next moves."
"Thank you, General. As most of you surely know by now, Tao'zhan is nigh impregnable, and claiming her will be next to impossible. I'm sure you all have your own ideas and theories, and have heard dozens of rumours on what we have been planning, but what we have devised is the closest we have come to creating a battle plan."
"Obviously a full-frontal assault will result in our utter destruction," General Zi continued, "which leaves very few options. The City is far too big and we are far too few to block the trade routes, and even if we did they still have their vast gardens within the city, so we cannot simply starve them out. I realize many of you and your fellow soldiers have already reached this conclusion, so the question on everyone's mind is, how do we take the city? That is precisely why we have brought you thirteen here."
"Indeed," said the General's younger cohort. "Each of you have shown to be quite skilled on the battlefield, with the exception of Luca's young companion, but we have been assured the fox is capable. Having said that, you thirteen will serve an extremely important role in recapturing the city. I must insist now, not a word can be spoken of our plan outside these walls. Secrecy is of the utmost importance, and vital if we are to win this war once and for all."
We all nodded. It was amazing the amount of trust these pandas put into these soldiers, more so the amount of trust they put into a poor sellsword like me, not to mention his poor companion they knew even less. How did they know I wouldn't take one look at the city and run away? How did they know the others wouldn't? I suppose they had little choice.
"For our plan to work," continued the young captain, "we must infiltrate Tao'zhan with a covert unit of our own men. That is where you thirteen come in. We have procured enough sets of the Imperial Army's armour to outfit you all, from our captured prisoners. Unfortunately we were unable to obtain armour worn by Tao'zhan's Jade Army, but they will be altered by our most skilled artisans to resemble their armour as flawlessly as possible. Having inspected the armour myself, I can assure you all they will pass as the genuine article."
Like myself, the other men looked unsure of the plan so far. No doubt they had an even better idea than I did how difficult it would be to sneak into Tao'zhan masquerading as one of their own. Still, no one objected.
"Even with the armour," said a clouded leopard, who was shorter than me but looked pretty tough, "do you really think they'll open their gates to just anyone? Besides that, we're a pretty ragtag team - no offence to you others - will we even be able pass their ridiculous Model Citizen Inspection? Each of us are covered in scars," he said as he gestured toward a large one across his cheek, "they might just kill us on sight! That's assuming a group of Jade Soldiers walking up to their gates wouldn't cause enough suspicion as it is."
"The situation is not ideal," said Captain Lee, "and we know the risks are considerable. We cannot force you into this mission, but know you have each been chosen for your exceptional skills, and frankly of our rebel forces, you are most likely to pass the Emperor's dreadful Inspection. Let it be said now, if any of you wish to back out, do so now."
Though some of the others shuffled uncertainly, no one dared exit.
"Excellent," General Zi nodded. "We do know the risks, do not doubt that. But we have confidence in your abilities, and are enormously grateful to you all for putting your lives on the line for such a dangerous mission."
"Indeed," said Lee, now glancing at me. "Mercenary, I know your kind all too well, and I can ensure you, you will receive a substantial bonus should this covert mission be a success. The General has promised me you are unlike the other cowards who have already fled our cause, but my trust in you is not so easily won. Do you accept our offer?"
I was a little offended by his distrust in me, but I understood it well. I nodded. "How substantial?"
The Captain scoffed, shaking his head at the General. "That will be discussed later. For now, I must have your word you will fight only for us, and will do so with as much loyalty as any of our own soldiers."
I frowned at Lee as he frowned back. "Yeah, Captain, you have my word. Are you gonna tell us the plan now, or what?"
The Captain disapproved of my response, though accepted it, and General Zi seemed unmoved, perhaps more unsurprised.
"Yes, continuing on... As discussed, each of you will be given a full suit of Imperial Armour which you will need to get into Tao'zhan. But you will not infiltrate the city through the front gates, instead you will breach her walls through their vast system of sewers."
The tension in the room suddenly rose tenfold. The soldiers were not keen on that idea.
"Again, I know the plan is not ideal, but we have obtained the city's blueprints as well as a detailed map of their underground sewer system, and we feel it will be the safest and easiest way into Tao'zhan undetected. The tunnels handle both the city's refuse and street runoff, so points of entry are numerous. As you can see, there are several points of entry," Lee continued as he leaned over the table and pointed at one of the maps, highlighting a number of openings into the city's harbour. "Six teams of two - the Mercenary's team will include a third - will enter through six different openings at different times throughout the night, once every half-hour after nightfall, making your way to these positions."
The Captain then pointed out six circled points on the map which appeared close to the walls, right near each of the Lower City's gates. The Captain then divided us up into our teams, pointing out precisely which entrances to take and when to take them, and which corresponding manhole to enter out of. Their sewer system was indeed complex.
"Memorize the path you will take, timing is extremely important. They change the guards at precisely the crack of dawn. You must strike just as the new guards arrive, they will be at their most vulnerable."
"Won't there also be twice the numbers?" the clouded leopard asked.
"Indeed," replied Captain Lee, "but those beginning their shift will not only still be waking up, but they will be distracted by their exhausted nighttime fellows. Our scouts have reported the men patrolling the walls are all too lax in their duties. They do not take their jobs as seriously as they should, and so they will pay for their arrogance. The more of them we can eliminate along the walls, the greater our chances of success. That is why I have assigned two men per team, you must watch each others backs to ensure victory."
"So we secure the Lower City's walls. Then what? Surely someone will notice, then the rest of Tao'zhan will be alerted. Those are too many bodies to hide."
"After securing and raising the gates," Lee nodded, "teams must regroup at the Heaven's Gate, take out any enemies along the way. Only when you regroup, Sun Shen will light a firework to signal our army. That is when we will strike, taking out all opposition within and without the Lower City. With those gates open, we can easily flank the enemy within the walls and attack them from behind. Timing is essential. It will be a difficult battle to be sure, and the Jade Army is indeed formidable, but with the gates open and the walls secured, our chances of overtaking them will increase greatly. And once we secure the Temple of Agriculture and get a strong foothold on the Lower City, then we can focus on blocking trade routes in the sea and on land. The Forbidden City will have large stores of food to be sure, but they cannot hold out forever."
General Zi stepped forward. "Once we claim the Lower City, we can then begin work on taking the Upper City, securing the walls first. As well, Tao'zhan's narrow streets will make it difficult for the Jade Army to mount a counter attack on the Lower City, as the streets will force them into a bottleneck position."
"We will be, too," I pointed out, carefully looking at the old map.
"Indeed," Lee commented. "But we will lock down as many of the streets leading into the fields as we can, totally sealing up the ones we cannot defend. As long as we can avoid fighting near the Upper City's walls, the Lower City should fall with few casualties."
I grunted. It seemed like a solid plan, not too far off from what I had come up with. Infiltrating the city through the sewers was a fine twist, though I didn't relish the idea of sloshing through their refuse.
"Our army will move out in five days, but you thirteen will travel through the mountains so you can arrive early to scout out your positions and await our signal. Our army will have to take the long way to Tao'zhan, as the mountains can be unforgiving to large transports. Once we are in position, the Emperor will no doubt send a messenger to negotiate, and it will be on the following nightfall you will make your move. In the unlikely event they refuse to negotiate, we will find a way to signal you covertly."
The room was silent as we pored over the maps and plans, though I think most of us were still just running the information through our heads. When I glanced at Loki, his brow was furrowed as if concentrating heavily. A pat on his back shook him from his thoughts, and he gave me a gentle smile.
"Get some rest," General Zi suggested. "It will be a long hike east through the mountains, but I have faith in you, and in our men. If we fail to take the Lower City, victory will no doubt be lost to us."
We stuck around for a short while longer, going over the plans a few more times until we knew precisely what we had to do. Loki, myself, and the clouded leopard - whose name I discovered was Sun Shen - were to take the second tunnel into the sewers, the three of us heading toward the main gate. There would be more men guarding the gate there, so we would have to strike swiftly and decisively. I had never been on a mission like this before, it was both exciting and extremely nerve-wracking, but I was confident in my and Loki's abilities, I just wish I knew a little more about Sun Shen. Perhaps I would have to make a point of that in the days leading up to our departure.
The following day, having stayed up late drinking after our meeting in the war room, I woke up with an arctic fox curled up in front of me and a panda interrupting my sleep. I thought for a moment it was Zhang coming in to grab something, but this panda was formally dressed, or rather, dressed in soldier's garb. Of course I discovered quickly it was the same bastard who'd walked in on Loki and I not a day before, though at least he was more cautious this time.
When I made eye contact with him at last - ignoring him didn't help - he tied open the tent flap and told me my presence was requested in the Royal Palace's armoury.
Having neither eaten nor drank my morning tea yet, I was slow to get up. Loki did the same and at about the same speed, though he was dressed and ready to go before I was. When at last I was decent enough to leave, very groggily I made my way out of the tent and was for the second time escorted to the Royal Palace.
When we arrived, only half of the special unit had shown up, though after entering the barracks, the rest slowly trickled in. I had to wonder how suspicious it was that we had all been escorted to the Royal Palace by armed soldiers two days in a row. Or was I the only one? Looking around, I noticed that as usual, I was the most poorly dressed of the lot, the rest looking like they at least put some effort into dressing themselves.
Finally, Captain Lee walked in, looking as respectable as ever. The tall, thick panda looked all of us up and down, and the incredulous look he gave me and my dishevelled clothes - and fur, for that matter - nearly earned him a smack. But I refrained.
"Thank you for joining me," said Lee. He looked toward a dark-furred monster of a dog, bringing the long-haired beast forward. "This is Zhaolei, our quartermaster. He will help outfit you all with the Imperial Armour, show you how to equip it, and so forth. Most of you should have some idea on how to assemble the parts, most of you already wear armour similar to this." Lee looked directly at me when he said that. "For those of you who don't, Zhaolei will find you the proper size and get you set up accordingly."
Captain Lee gave the brutish dog a quick nod then said, addressing us, "We have faith in every one of you, and cannot sufficiently thank you for your service to the rebellion. May the gods - whomever they may be - bless you on your journey and on your mission, and grant you the wisdom and courage to achieve victory. Be swift, be silent, and be strong." He then gave us a curt nod and promptly exited the barracks, leaving us in the monstrous hands of his quartermaster.
"Right," said Zhaolei, slapping his paws together. "So which one of you fine gentlemen are going to demonstrate for the rest of you how to strap into this armour, hm?"
No one was quick to volunteer, but soon a voice behind me said he'd do it, and when I turned, the clouded leopard named Sun Shen stepped forward. "I've got experience in this type of armour."
Zhaolei nodded, but before starting the dog glanced at me. He stared for just a moment, enough to realize I wasn't from the Eastern Lands, despite an abundance of other tigers. "You," he said, pointing at me with a grin on his face. "You look like you have no experience wearing our armour, no?"
I sighed silently through my nose. "Not really, no. How hard could it be, it's just armour?"
Apparently Zhaolei thought that was funny, and laughed heartily. "A fair point, tiger. Nevertheless, it couldn't hurt to have you put it all on before heading out onto whatever fool's errand the General has you on."
I ignored that comment and stepped forward. "I'm not going to have to get naked, am I?"
Zhaolei chuckled and looked toward the tables full of gear, all neatly organized. Though most of the various pieces looked the about the same, they varied more in size than anything. Though I didn't know much about Eastern Lander armour, I had seen enough to recognize the shoulder pieces, as well as the longer plated garments that covered from your chest down to your knees. While I had seen some plate armour like I was used to, most soldiers wore the outfits made up of dozens of small steel plates, or sometimes steel triangular scales, woven into thick fabric and leather. Their armour certainly looked a hell of a lot fancier than mine, though I questioned how well it'd protect me.
"First step," thundered the enormous black dog, "is your underclothes," he said, sifting through a pile of clothes of various colours and patterns, though most appeared to be red. "Now, usually these are more fitted, but we have little time and resources to perfectly outfit each of you, though our craftsmen will do their best to get your sizes down."
Zhaolei then handed me what looked like a long red robe, and when I slid my arms into it and tightened it around my waist - I had opted to leave my ratty clothes on, for now - I saw it flowed down just above my knees, cut in the back and front so I could easily move my legs.
"As you can see, the sleeves are still very loose, but you will be equipped with reinforced leather bracers, which will keep that under control." The quartermaster then busied himself at one of the tables, forcing one of the bracers around my forearm, but having to try two more times until he got a pair that fit me properly. "You will also have a matching pair of leather greaves, all of which should be secured before moving on to the scale armour."
Zhaolei then assisted in tying the greaves around my lower legs, which went up to cover my knees and down over the tops of my feet, tying off behind my calves. So far so good, this armour, while much lighter than I was accustomed to, was surprisingly comfortable. Of course, I hadn't yet moved onto the metal armour yet.
"Next is the biggest part, which I know most of you are already familiar with, but a reminder could never hurt. As you can see," he said as he picked up one of the long pieces of woven armour, now approaching me from behind, "you put it on like a coat and use the hook-and-laces to keep it closed. The shoulder straps are adjustable, so it should fit most of you just fine. Notice how the Imperial Army - and indeed, the Jade Army - uses mountain pattern scales, which is pretty rare throughout most of the country, so consider yourselves lucky we got ourselves some."
After just a moment, I felt the weight of the metal and cloth upon my shoulders, draping almost halfway down my shins, save an inch or two. A cloth strap around the waist secured it snugly, and fortunately my knot-tying skills were adequate enough to keep it fastened nicely. Next came the shoulder bits, which - as Zhaolei explained - included extra protection over my chest and back, which was uncommon with most Eastern Lander armour, again made with the same "mountain" scales as the other piece. The shoulder bits covered most of my upper arms, and again, cloth straps and laces kept the whole thing tightly tied and secured to my body.
Much to my amazement, I had greater range of motion than in my usual armour, almost as much as if I wasn't wearing it at all. The last component was something the quartermaster called a "belly cushion," despite the fact it only covered my hips and waist and in this case, my lower back as well. It was secured with a leather belt, which altogether made the full suit of armour quite snug and very comfortable. I moved around a bit, feeling almost as if I was just wearing some fancy clothes, rather than full armour. I was impressed, though I still wondered how much protection it would really provide.
"And that's about it," said Zhaolei, giving me a heavy clap on the shoulder. "You will all be outfitted in Imperial Armour before the week is out, if you can find some that fits you well now, that would be perfect and save us some time. I gathered up what we took from the prisoners, gathering what sizes I thought would fit your lot best. I can only hope we have enough pieces to adequately disguise each of you. Are there any questions?"
"I have one," I said, turning to face the canine. "Do you have any armour that's going to fit Loki? He's not exactly a big guy..."
Loki's face turned a thousand shades of red.
Zhaolei just laughed, noticing Loki's embarrassment. Actually, I was pretty sure everyone noticed Loki's embarrassment. I felt bad, but I was legitimately concerned.
"We should be able to find something, I'm sure of it. If not, we'll have to make do with what we have. So tell me, Luca, how does it feel?"
"Surprisingly good," I said, rolling my paws over my scaled chest. "Lighter than what I'm used to, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. I'm a lot more flexible in it, too, which is good. I think I like it. What about our weapons?"
Zhaolei smirked. "The Jade Army is always armed with a guandao, usually with a dragon head holding a sharp jade blade. Unfortunately we don't have access to the authentic weapons, so our artisans will have to craft something similar. It will no doubt involve the clever use of paint... Luckily, most men in the Jade Army are allowed to carry another weapon of their own choice, the guandao is mostly just for show, though I can assure you they cut just as easily as steel."
"How do you know all this?" asked one of the others, a tall, skinny panther checking out some of the armour. The others by this point were already sifting through the various pieces, trying to find a perfect fit.
The brute of a dog chuckled quietly, though had a serious look in his eyes. "All of you have been effected by Xu's Law in some way or another, and I am no exception. As most of you have likely already guessed, I was quartermaster for the Jade Army during Emperor Xinlang's reign, may he find peace. When Emperor Xu took over, I was almost immediately expelled. He exiled some of his greatest thinkers, planners and generals, replacing them with what he considers 'attractive' fools, and ultimately it will mean his downfall. Had he the experience of his elders, we never would have made it so far in this war."
The other men nodded, I think beginning to realize just how lucky they were.
"As for weapons you can get any real use of," Zhaolei continued, "your own weapons will suffice. Perhaps a few cosmetic changes here and there, but it is hardly anything you will need to worry about. If this operation goes exactly as planned, you will barely be noticed, much less called out. But we must take every precaution we can afford, which means these disguises are necessary."
I winked at Loki, who had hardly moved amongst the other soldiers, giving his shoulder a gentle rub. "What do you think?" I asked him, taking a step back.
Loki looked me up and down, giving me a quick nod. "Looks fine. Doesn't really suit you, but it will do. At least it's not falling apart like your current armour."
I had to laugh; the fox had a point. He and I then glanced toward the weapon racks and looked them over, most of the swords looking far too small for my taste. There was a dozen polearms to choose from, and twice as many swords, and even a few strange weapons in between, but nothing called out to me. But with my sword in disrepair, I had little choice. Besides that, my old sword would have likely stood out anyway, looking nothing like the weapons used by the Eastern Landers.
"Luca the Mercenary," called Zhaolei, taking a few heavy steps toward me, "you disapprove of the weapons selection, hm?"
I shrugged. "Not exactly what I'm used to, though I can effectively wield these swords."
Zhaolei nodded, arms crossed against his enormous, hairy chest, the black fur sticking out from his long, robe-like tunic. "I saw you on the battlefield, you doubtlessly know. Many of us did, in fact, including most of your fellows here, both outside of Xin'an's walls and within. We saw you take on that monster Tormund, probably one of the only non-natives to have been allowed to stay in the Eastern Lands. Having said that, I think I have a weapon better suited to your abilities than these toothpicks. Hold on."
Zhaolei exited into another room and before I could say anything, he had come back with a sheathed two-handed weapon in a long scabbard. The scabbard itself was relatively fancy, with woven leather and rope all the way up, and the handle was leather-wrapped as well, with a few pieces of jade woven in. The quartermaster unsheathed the single-edged sword, placing the scabbard down on a table to present the weapon to me, holding it delicately toward me.
"It's called a zhanmadao, used mostly for cutting through infantry. It is not like your old sword, that much is sure, but both General Zi and myself agree, you will finding it to your liking."
Much like my old sword, in total it was almost as tall as I was, though this blade was much thinner, lighter. And unlike my rusty old sword, it had a slight curve to the last third of it, and had a single edge. I took the sword and when Zhaolei and Loki backed away, took a few careful swings. I was so unused to such a delicate - and frankly, attractive - weapon, but as I began swinging it faster, I had a growing appreciation for it.
"This will do just nicely," I said, taking another swing. My technique was never particularly refined, but with this sword I somehow felt incredibly skilled, like I could slice through anything with ease, and do it with grace.
"This is that, uh, 'extra payment' you'd been told about earlier. Should we win this war, both the armour and the sword are yours. The blade, I should mention, is of the highest quality and created by our master bladesmith, Qi Long, folded twenty times over for optimal strength and hardness. You will not find a better blade in all the Eastern Lands, master Qi Long assures me."
Not exactly the payment I was expecting, but it was a nice surprise. Surely when this was all over, my reward would be enough to find passage across the Bonai Sea anyway, helping another poor country out in whatever war they found themselves in.
"Thank you," I said as Zhaolei handed me the blade's scabbard. There was a long rope around it, to be worn across my back. I equipped it immediately to get a feel for its weight, and like the armour it was as light as could be. "I will no doubt make great use of it."
The black dog nodded. "And what will you name your new blade?"
It was always interesting to see, out of the vast field of differences, what similarities these foreign countries had to my homeland. Even in Midland, every great sword, they said, had to have a name. And like all my weapons past, I could never come up with anything good.
"Uhh," I managed to say.
Zhaolei just laughed, clapping my shoulder once again. "I'm confident you will come up with something," he said as he turned away, going to assist the others now, most of whom had already picked out their armour. There was only a few remaining - Loki included - who hadn't found anything reasonable. Though to be fair, I wasn't sure how hard Loki even tried.
"Not going to get outfitted?" I asked the little fox.
Loki grunted. Perhaps he hadn't gotten enough sleep. "I prefer lighter armour than what they have, easier to move in."
"You'll stick out like a sore thumb, you've gotta pick something."
Loki frowned. "We won't even need them if we do everything right. Under cover of the night, who's even going to notice?"
I shrugged. "Just find something, okay? If we just follow the plan, everything will go smoothly and we'll have nothing to worry about."
"Are you worried?"
"It's a pretty important operation, Loki."
"You realize you're not one of them, right? If everything goes south, you have no obligation to these men. Once this is all said and done, what do you imagine will happen? You'll just be another sellsword out on your ass, they'll quickly forget you. So why're you so worried?"
I sighed. "I don't know, Loki. I mean, in all the time you've known me, have I ever backed down? I made a promise to the rebels, and I ain't turning my back on them now. Especially after they made me this weapon, gave me this armour. I realize I have no real obligation, but I gave them my word. So deal with it."
Loki grunted, and I grunted back.
"Just find some damn armour."
After a long pause, Loki finally conceded. "Yes, Your Grace," he muttered, just loud enough so I'd hear it. I growled quietly, but chose to let it slide.
By the end of the day, both Loki and I had been given our armour, and myself my new sword. It still needed a name, but I felt like the usual route I went with naming swords - Bruiser, Crusher, and so forth - wouldn't work so well with such an elegant weapon. It needed something equally as elegant, like...
Before I could think of something, Loki nudged me with his elbow, as someone walked into the bar we'd found ourselves in. Sun Shen, the clouded leopard, had just walked in, looking about as serious and stern as he had this morning. Once he spotted Loki and I, he took a seat at our table with barely a word.
"Luca," he said as he sat. "Loki. So it seems we are to be partners in this operation."
"Seems so."
"What are your thoughts on the plan? I was dubious at first, but it seems about as sound as anything I could come up with. I think it's our best chance, if I'm being honest. If what Zhaolei said can be believed, their armies are being run by amateurs, for the most part anyway."
I nodded as I took a long swig of my Eastern Lander ale, which was pretty good stuff. Amazingly, it got better with every pint I ordered. "So what's your story?" I asked the leopard, who seemed taken aback by my forwardness.
He just scoffed. "I could ask you the same thing. Mercenaries aren't exactly trusted in these parts, especially in such dire circumstances. Most of our hired swords have already left, hearing stories of how impenetrable Tao'zhan's walls are. Most of them probably went to fight for the Emperor, the traitorous scum. I have never met a sellsword who would bet against the odds, with the exception of you. Frankly, that makes a lot of us very nervous."
"Why should it?" I frowned. "A sword's a sword."
"Indeed, but the fact you're sticking with us suggests you either think we'll win - which no sane man would think - or you have a far more devious plan in mind."
"Since you don't know me one god damn bit, I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and not knock your teeth out, and assure you I'm not nearly smart enough to come up with some super secret plot to profit off the rebels' destruction on my own. Sure, maybe Loki is the brains to my brawn, but I promise you, I want to see the end of this war as much as anyone. You know, it might surprise you to learn I actually made a few friends within the panda army, and I would hate it if something bad happened to them."
It was actually just one friend, and since killing Copernicus in front of him, I was beginning to wonder if we were even that anymore.
Sun Shen leaned back in his chair just as his drink arrived, eyeing me suspiciously. But when he finally took his drink and had a generous sip, he seemed at least a little satisfied with my response.
"You know, you bastards could have just asked me right then and there, without any of this whispering behind my back bullshit. I'm a big tiger, I can handle it."
Sun Shen grunted. "We don't trust you, but we do trust General Zi. Even Captain Lee seems to have some faith in you, which is good enough for me. But this is a very important mission, we have to know you won't abandon us at the slightest sign of trouble."
That caused me to slam my empty cup down on the table. "Excuse me?"
The clouded leopard shrugged. "You join our rebellion three years after it started, most mercenaries who'd been hired before you have already left, and all that have joined since you did have also left. It makes me wonder, why are you still here? Or better yet, when are you going to abandon us?"
I had to hold back a growl, Loki's paw on my shoulder assisting in that. "Listen, asshole. I didn't get myself beaten half to hell by Tormund the Fucking Moron because I like it, or because I have a death wish. I got the shit kicked out of me because I want to see these pathetic rebels win this damn war, because the Emperor sounds like a lunatic who needs to be taken down. You think I squared off against Tormund because I wanted to? He would have slaughtered the lot of you if I hadn't stepped in, and he'd have slaughtered me too if I wasn't that much quicker. So fuck you and your 'abandon us at the slightest sign of trouble.' I'm here for the long haul, and I've got dozens of fresh scars to prove it."
Sun Shen maintained his stern stoicism. He was serious to say the least, it made me wonder what his rank was within the rebel army. In fact, it made me wonder even more why he'd been exiled from the Eastern Lands; he seemed like an attractive enough leopard. He did have a scar on his cheek, but I assumed it was from the war.
The clouded leopard took a much longer drink of his ale, still staring at me as if searching for weakness in my story. But he found none, and at last gave me a nod. "My apologies, Luca. As I said, and as I'm sure you understand, this is an extremely important operation, and we cannot afford any mistakes. Not to suggest you will make any, but...well, it is good to know you are on our side."
I grunted, finishing off my second glass of ale. "I've been doing this for a long time, I know loyalty is hard to find, even amongst your fellow soldiers. But, if you haven't already figured it out, I once served in Midland's Royal Army, a country far to the west from here. I know what loyalty is, and what it means. I commanded a small unit, did it for quite a few years until the war ended. I even commanded my own little mercenary band before joining the Royal Army, though we didn't last long."
"Oh?"
Even Loki looked at me curiously.
I laughed quietly as my third drink arrived. "Well, after the last group of mercenaries I'd ran with had disbanded, me and a few of the others decided to form our own little group, doing odd jobs at first until our numbers grew a little, then we started taking on bigger jobs. There was twenty of us in total, and I was their leader. I wasn't appointed or anything, but it was my idea to form and they just sorta followed me. Anyway, to make a long story short, we were stationed at Fort Ahlstrom, one of the big trade towns in northern Midland - they were right on the river, so many of their goods flowed downstream to the rest of the country. The enemy army was quickly upon us, but before I could even draw my sword, one of my men had stabbed me in the ribs and all but three had abandoned the fort. Needless to say, we surrendered within the hour, myself captured along with the Fort's nobles and commanders. I think had I not taken twenty of them out before surrendering, they'd have killed me on the spot."
"How did you escape?" asked the leopard.
"That's a far less interesting tale. A small company of men from Midland's Royal Army had come from neighboring Neustadt to reclaim Fort Ahlstrom within a fortnight, while I was still on the mend. It wasn't long after that when I would join the Dragonkin, the last mercenary group I served in before they were absorbed into Midland's regular army."
"Impressive," said Sun Shen with a slight grin on his face. I don't think he was expecting my story to be quite so involved. No doubt, he and the others thought I was just some common sellsword with no real story to tell, going from one job to the next. "I suppose I shouldn't be too surprised, in retrospect. Your command of the battlefield was a welcomed one, and much needed."
The rest of the night was spent telling stories of our past failures and victories, Sun Shen having served in many battles throughout his life. He was a bit younger than me, and had served in the Imperial Army for about as long as I'd served in Midland's. Before that, he revealed, he was simply a guard along the walls of his hometown of Qi'wan, the largest city in the Eastern Lands' northern provinces. Apparently he was over-qualified for the position, and while his family and friends urged the young feline to aim toward the Imperial Army, he had no such desire. It wasn't until a neighboring northern state, a warring state apparently, attacked Qi'wan and killed his little brother that he would finally join the army in order to strike back at the Eastern Lands' enemies.
By that point in the story telling, both Sun Shen and I were thoroughly drunk, most of our stories sounding like total nonsense. But we persisted for a while longer until neither of us could keep our eyes open, and so with some assistance from an irritated Loki, Sun Shen and I stumbled helplessly back to Zhang's tent where he and I fell asleep, myself with a warm arctic fox to comfort me.
When dawn broke, Sun Shen was gone but at least Loki was still with me. I had a killer headache and my mouth was dryer than the Shathar Desert to the far west. Loki chastised me for drinking so much by fetching me water in the loudest way possible, which brought him some pleasure. I would have killed him if I didn't feel so weak, but at least I got what I craved. I also filled my belly with fried meat and rice, though my stomach was still upset. Luckily the small fox took pity and curled up next to me, happily nuzzling close.
Loki and I continued to do that until I was hungry again, and with my headache faded slightly, we went in search of lunch. That was when we bumped into Zhang, who I hadn't seen in days.
"Zhang," I said as I stood behind him, awaiting food. "How's your training going?"
The young panda was surprised to see me. "Oh! Luca, hello. Um, it's going well. Tengfei has taught me a lot, though I would have been totally lost if you hadn't helped."
"Glad to know all our hard work is paying off."
Zhang smiled and nodded, shifting forward a little. "Yeah. So um, I guess you've heard by now... We're moving out in a few days. General Zi came out to the camps to tell us, and some of his men. Guess this is really it, huh?"
I nodded. "Seems so. You gonna be all right?"
"Well I'm not going to run," he frowned, "if that's what you mean."
"Nah, I know you won't, Zhang. Look, uh...about before..."
"It's fine, Luca, really. I shouldn't have been surprised, really, after your fight with Tormund and all. I guess...I never really had any idea just how brutal you could be. I mean, I saw you fighting Tormund, but...I didn't know you then. After I got to know you, seeing you like that kinda freaked me out."
"I know it did," I said regretfully. "I suppose I didn't exactly handle myself in the greatest way. But the stuff he was saying, it was craziness. He was... Well, he was trying to remind me of something I have tried very hard not to think about it, maybe made me angrier than I should have been. Anyway, I'm sorry you had to see that, Zhang. I hope when this is all over, we can still be friends."
Zhang smiled. "Won't you be moving on?"
I just shrugged. "I dunno, kid. I'm starting to like it here. I could be persuaded to stay, perhaps. Who knows."
Together we gathered our food and sat along a ruined wall not far from the training grounds to eat, Loki to my right and Zhang to my left.
"I wanted to tell you something, kid, that, um...I'm not really supposed to tell."
Both his and Loki's ears perked.
"Well, I can't give you many details, but me and a bunch of other soldiers are going on ahead to Tao'zhan, travelling through the mountains so we arrive before the rebel army does. We're on a special mission to get... Well, look, my point is, I won't be able to fight next to you when the battle starts. Maybe I'll find you during the melee, but I'll already be inside the city. It's...well, I can't say much more than that."
Zhang nodded with a mouthful of rice. "I understand," he said before swallowing. "And it's okay. Tengfei said he'd be with me, and he's a pretty good fighter too, so I'm not too scared... Well, I'm pretty scared, but, well, you know what I mean."
"Yeah, I know. You'll do fine, kid, I'm sure of it. So I should tell you, the General actually came through for me and commissioned me a new sword. Doesn't have a name yet, though. Actually, come to think of it, my last sword didn't have a name either, but there was nothing special about that one."
Zhang shrugged. "Oh I dunno, it was the sword that helped defeat Tormund, sounds pretty special to me. Why don't you name it now, then name your new one?"
"Sure," I laughed, popping my last rice ball in my mouth. "Well, the old one's pretty much dead now, but what if we called it... Tormundsbane?"
"Sounds good," Zhang snorted. "As for this new one? Hmm... Well, it'll be used in the battle to defeat the Emperor. So why not call it something like that?"
"Like Xusbane?"
Zhang laughed. "Naw, something more...menacing."
"More menacing than Xusbane?"
The young panda chuckled and shook his head. He gave it some serious thought until finally saying, "Zhong Kui."
"Zhong Kui?" I repeated. I had heard so many names since travelling into the Eastern Lands, it was hard to tell the difference them and their normal words. But this one sounded like a name.
"Yeah. He was an ancient demon hunter long before the Eastern Lands were formed, a time when monsters and angles roamed the earth. He's a mythological figure more than anything, but I assume you'll be using it to take down the Emperor's army, right? Many of us think he's a demon incarnate, and that's why he's so insane. I'm not really sure I believe that myself, but even still, he's pretty awful."
"Hm," I said. There was one time when that wouldn't have been too far off.
"Apparently Zhong Kui once commanded an army of eighty-thousand demons, the ones he vanquished in battle. I know it probably sounds pretty crazy to you, but he's a fairly well-known figure in Eastern Land folklore, so thought it might be a good name for your sword. It is an Eastern Lander weapon, after all."
The kid made a good point, though I didn't care much for Zhong Kui's backstory. Still, it was a good name and more fitting than I wanted to admit.
"I think it's a perfect name," Loki chimed in with a devilish little grin on his face. I would have snapped my teeth at him if it wasn't for Zhang sitting right beside me.
"Yeah, see? What do you think?"
I grumbled silently to myself. Though I didn't slay monsters and demons anymore, I certainly couldn't deny that that had been a big - if unfortunate - part of my life, and with all these Disciples popping up recently, perhaps the name would become all the more appropriate. Though I didn't rule an army of eighty-thousand demons, the slaying of them held far more appeal.
"Yeah, I think it's pretty good, kid. Zhong Kui."
Zhang smiled happily. "So can I see it? What kinda sword is it?"
"Uh... Well I'm not sure how Zhaolei pronounced it. Zhan...something."
"Zhanmadao," said Loki, which sounded right.
"Ah," smiled the panda, "that makes sense. That'd be way too much sword for me to handle, but it definitely suits you."
When we all finished eating, I went and brought Zhang my new sword - Zhong Kui - which he seemed thoroughly impressed by. For most of the afternoon he and I did some light training, and he showed me some techniques Tengfei had showed him. The kid had improved a lot, far more than I would have expected when we first started. Though there was still much room left for improvement, he had grown so much in just a month's time, it really was remarkable. Thinking about the battle to come, I realized I didn't really want any of the pandas or rebels to die in the upcoming battle, but I wanted Zhang to die least of all.
Into the evening Zhang finally introduced me to his boyfriend Tengfei, who was a much slimmer panda than Zhang and looking very much the warrior my friend had talked him up to be. Tengfei had cool blue eyes, a hard look in them that even I didn't want to mess with. But after a couple drinks he loosened up a little, showing me just how much he cared about Zhang and how serious he was about the battle to come. If Zhang had been searching for my approval - which surely he hadn't - I would have given it wholeheartedly.
The next day I spent mostly with Loki, training for a little while with my new sword to get used to the weight and feel of it, knowing I would have little time to do it on my way to Tao'zhan. Loki helped a little, though he wasn't as proficient with a sword as he was with his staff, but it was enough to practice with. Loki mostly used his staff to not only create, but to control his cast runes. It would be interesting to see some of his moves on the battlefield.
That night Loki and I made love beneath the stars and an bright, eerie full moon, out in the field by the small group of trees by the river we had bathed in before. Loki was so soft and warm, and I pleasured him in the most tender way I could, nipping and stroking his fur, keeping the little fox as close as possible. I loved his small pleasured cries as our bodies connected, penetrated, both of us locked in total ecstasy. Though I couldn't say how long we'd spent together, I finished up inside him and he grumbled happily pressed against my chest, clinging on as if to never let me go. I held on to him lovingly, a low, pleasured growl sounding as we fell asleep, knowing the next morning we'd be heading out.
And sure as the sunrise, the arctic fox and I had made it back to camp just in time to meet up with the others at the guards' barracks, to gather our gear and head out before sunrise. We found our armour easily enough, and luckily got some help fully strapping in as this armour was so new to me. But once Loki and I were fully equipped, we and the other eleven men took off with best wishes from General Zi and Captain Lee.
The camp was busy that morning, even before the sun peaked over the mountains the soldiers were getting ready to move on to Tao'zhan. Inside Xin'an, too, was abuzz, soldiers and guards and civilians all preparing for the rebels' departure, but the thirteen of us with our special mission slipped out unnoticed.
Little was said between us as we left Xin'an, the early morning mist thick before sunrise. But after a couple hours of walking the dirtroad highway, the sun rose over the mountains and cleared the fog away. The air was cool as the mist parted, and despite the stench of war wafting through the breeze, somehow the freshness of dawn managed to poke through. Perhaps I was just all too used to war to even notice the awful stench.
We reached the mountains just before sunset, finding simple lodgings at the basecamp. Unfortunately Loki and I were forced to share a room with two others, and even though we slept very close together, it wasn't nearly as close as we had hoped to get. Still, it was nice sharing my warmth with the fox, even if the others disapproved. No one said anything of course, but somehow I could tell some of the other soldiers weren't too fond of our relationship.
As we entered into the mountains, which was easy going at first, still very little conversation was to be had. I talked a bit with Sun Shen, learning a little more about him, but for the most part we followed along the makeshift path in silence, concentrating more on not slipping, which had faded and crumbled from years of disuse.
Sun Shen, I'd discovered, was part of a large family in Qi'wan, and the only one of his siblings to follow in his father's footsteps, despite at first refusing to join the Imperial Army. He was the eldest of twelve children - eight boys and four girls. The youngest, he told me, was Fei, his little brother, who had been killed in a fire during the raid on his city. Apparently the death of Fei drove his mother insane, leaving a tired and distraught father to take care of the family while Sun Shen went to Tao'zhan to enlist.
The clouded leopard's voice was full of remorse as he told the story, regret clear on his face. He sent money as often as he could to his family, and when he'd last gone to see them, before the great exile, his father had left with the second oldest son in charge. The family, Sun Shen said, would have been broken up further had they not all left together in exile, only some of them meeting the Emperor's insane standards. It was then I discovered, Sun Shen hadn't been exiled himself, but had abandoned the Imperial Army to take care of his family during the exodus.
Night fell quickly in the rocky mountains, and though we had bedrolls and small portable tents, it was still a rough night. The ground, unsurprisingly, was mostly rock and the air was cold and the wind blowing hard, which made sleep almost impossible. Luckily I had brought enough food with me, enough I was told, to last me for our entire journey through the mountain range, though I was skeptical on that. It had all been portioned for us before leaving, and while it was good enough, I was still hungry afterwards.
The next morning was almost as rough as the night, but once I put on every layer of armour and gathered all my things, my body quickly warmed up with the rising sun. The day was mostly spent walking, as predicted, though the others talked a bit about what they'd do when this was all over, and talked about their loved ones and their families, and a few opened up about when and why they were exiled.
It took nearly a week to travel through the mountains, my body sore and tired, but I was glad to see a town that actually served alcohol. We had passed through a small community within the mountains on the fourth day, and while they were very generous and hospitable, all I found myself wanting was a drink or two. Or five. But since traders rarely travelled that path through the mountains anymore, they had only their natural resources to rely on for food, and nothing to make their own alcohol with.
When we reached town, we quickly discovered the armour would come in handy far more than I realized they would. Everyone in town was very attractive, as one would expect in the Northern Lands, but sadly most of the town was loyal to the Emperor. At least, that's how they acted. Perhaps it was our Jade Armour that made them act that way, but if they secretly hated us, they hid it well.
It would be another week and two days of travelling the side roads before reaching Tao'zhan Province, the governing city of which of course was Tao'zhan itself. We encountered few people along the way, and most of who we had passed were simple farmers or traders, not bound for the nation's capitol. We took the path less travelled, wanting very much to avoid the second largest city in Tao'zhan Province, Shihuang, since a good portion of Xu's armies would be stationed there. Apparently the rebels would be avoiding it, too, since it held little value to the war efforts and was just out of the way enough where they could go around the landlocked city.
On the seventeenth day of travelling, we hunkered down in a small village south of Tao'zhan, bound for the capitol in the morning, which was not a day's walk from here. I found myself a little nervous for the next day, having never performed a secret operation like this before. I'd charged into battle hundreds of times without the slightest bit of fear, yet this mission, it had me worried. Perhaps because there was so much more at stake than just simply killing until you're ordered to stop.
Loki and I snuggled close together by a blazing fireplace in the village's inn, a small establishment but a cozy one. There was enough rooms for all thirteen of us, though as usual we were divided between three rooms. Still, their common area was nice, a good place to relax and enjoy a drink before finding sleep, if there was any to find anyway.
"You okay?" asked Loki, whose paw was under my shirt and stroking gently at my belly. He rested his head on my shoulder and snugged close, my arm wrapped around him. "You seem tense."
I sighed quietly. "I am a little. Usually my missions are simply 'swing your sword until the battle's won, or you die.' Never this undercover secret stuff. I know the plan's real simple and all that, but still, there's a lot riding on our success. In regular battles, dying doesn't even necessarily mean you've failed, both sides lose dozens of soldiers but only one can win. We have to win this."
Loki just smiled warmly at me, his paw travelling up toward my chest. "It'll be fine, Luca. I know it seems different from any other battle you've been in, but when you break it all down, you're really just killing people in a different location."
"Yeah, but on the battlefield, you just kill until you can't anymore. It doesn't matter who, you just keep going until it's done. With this, we've got to eliminate everyone, no one can escape. If they manage to alert the Upper City, we're all screwed. Never had to worry about that sorta thing before."
"You won't fail, Luca, it's not in you to fail." The fox said that right before his fingers brushed over my nipple, and the blush on his face told me he did it on purpose.
In the entire seventeen days our team had been travelling, Loki and I had unfortunately had absolutely no time to ourselves, and I could tell he was getting frisky. In the last week alone he teased me at every chance he got, especially at night, which I think he enjoyed doing even more than the act itself. We both knew we couldn't do anything to satiate our lust, but at least he had a way to vent his frustration, by tormenting me relentlessly. I had nothing I could do about it.
"Don't," I gasped, the fox now pinching my right nipple. He giggled quietly, not wanting to draw any more attention than we were already getting from the others. Sometimes I thought the fox was far less subtle than he imagined he was. "God help you if I suddenly snap."
That made Loki laugh quite loudly. "You won't do anything," he said softly, "you've been saying that for days. I wonder what it'll take to make you snap, anyway?"
I groaned silently, resting my head back on the large, comfortable two-seated chair, which we were currently hogging. "Don't test me, Loki."
The little devil pinched my other nipple, then began rubbing it sensually, all beneath my loose shirt. He was trying to get me to moan even louder, to embarrass me in front of the five soldiers who hadn't yet gone to sleep, Sun Shen included. The serious leopard was just staring into the fire as if searching for answers to questions he didn't yet know.
"God damn it, Loki," I huffed, starting to feel even warmer by the gently blazing hearth. "I'll get you for this, I hope you realize that."
"No you won't," he said, finally leaving my poor nipples alone and for now, continued running his fingers through the white fur on my stomach, relaxing once more. I just grumbled at him, rock hard beneath my pants and wanting so badly to take him then and there, but alas I was unable. When eventually I calmed down enough to stand up, and after a couple more drinks, the hellish fox and I at last got into bed, cozying up together before the march on Tao'zhan.
Morning came again all to suddenly, with Loki and Sun Shen jostling me awake. They were in a panic, practically tossing my things at me.
"We have to go quickly," Sun Shen whispered loudly. "I don't know if they're on to us, or what, but a small unit of the Jade Army is here, we have to get out of town before they see us."
"Fuck," I growled, my heart immediately pounding. Loki shoved my armour and my underclothes at me, already half dressed himself. Though some breakfast would have been nice, I whipped off my bed sheets and hurriedly began to dress myself, fumbling in my rush.
"Calm down," Loki suggested. "There's no need to panic, they arrived just before dawn. Apparently they're travelling with an inspection officer, which is pretty routine. Not so much in towns like this, so their appearance seems odd, but it just means we have to get out quickly."
I nodded, my clothes already on. With some help from Loki, I got into the rest of my faux-Jade Armour and quickly the rest of the men assembled on the ground floor of the inn, inside the common room. My eyes were still heavy but I was sure I had all my gear. While a panda named Tzu looked out the window, he soon directed us toward the back of the inn, after ensuring us the coast was clear.
The streets of the small village were still cool and dark in the dawn's early light. Though the sun had not yet risen, its light was already peaking over the horizon, the town just now starting to wake up. Unfortunately, the twenty or so men had already woken up, and were already canvasing the town, no doubt enforcing Xu's Law. I had to wonder if this was a regular occurrence, or if they arrived today for a particular reason.
"We'll split up," Tzu said as we all exited the inn, "into four groups, it'll be harder to track us. I have no doubt they're here searching for us, which means someone tipped them off. We can't worry about that now, the plan is still the same. You three," he pointed at me, Sun Shen and Loki, then himself "we'll head north for three miles, while you three go east for the same distance, then head toward our meeting place. You three will head south-east, and you three north-east. There are plenty of roads and side roads, but remain vigilant. We cannot afford getting captured. Do you all understand?"
Everyone nodded, and when Tzu gave the order, we separated. It was just myself, Loki, Sun Shen and Tzu, making our way to the northern part of the village, which happened to be the longest route through the village in order to leave it. With a paw on my sword, ready for a fight, the four of us cautiously made our way between buildings, trying to act as casually, yet as carefully, as we could, trying not to draw too much attention to ourselves.
The village was quickly getting brighter with every step, more people gathering and wandering about, tension higher than usual with Xu's men milling about. I had a feeling when the Jade Army was sent out to investigate a town, they were usually tasked with finding people to exile, whether they broke the strict law or not.
Suddenly, a voice called out behind us. "Hey, stop!" the voice cried, and before anyone could say anything, I had already drawn my sword and slashed it down the soldier's chest, slicing through his armour easily as the heavy blade cleaved through his flesh. He screamed loudly as he fell, but a quick stab through his heart silenced him quickly. I was surprised at the efficiency of my blade, my only regret was not getting my paws on one sooner.
"You fool!" snapped Tzu, pulling me away from the Jade Soldier. "They'll burn the whole village down searching for us!"
"We have to move," Sun Shen said in a panic. The soldier's cries had undoubtedly been heard at least by some of the villagers, who would do anything to gain the approval of their beloved Emperor.
Tzu growled, but agreed. I sheathed my sword - after wiping as much of the blood of as I could - and we continued toward the northern end of town. When we heard the town's bell tolling noisily through the streets, as well as a bit of an uproar, I knew the soldier's corpse had been found. The four of us - and hopefully the other groups- were running by this point.
I'm not sure how long we had run for, but once we were reasonably sure we hadn't been followed, we took a short rest beneath a large willow tree beside a well-used side path, which ran almost parallel to the main highway.
"You're a damn fool," Tzu said breathlessly, continuing our conversation from earlier. "I told Captain Lee it'd be a bad idea to bring you in on this, but General Zi was so confident in you. Your foolhardy actions could have ruined this entire operation. Tao'zhan will likely be on high alert now, if they weren't already."
"What the hell did you want me to do? The guy was shouting at us, and I silenced him. No one saw it, they don't know it was us."
Tzu growled again. "They were there searching for us."
"You don't know that. They do those checks all the time, it could have been anyone in that village, so far as they know."
"The rebel army is on Tao'zhan's doorstep, do you really imagine the Emperor will be sending out his men to perform inspections?"
"The Emperor is insane, who knows what he wants. I mean, he changed the laws of the entire country in order to banish every 'imperfect' person. Someone that obsessed, sure, why the hell wouldn't he send his men out? He's sitting so pretty in his Forbidden City, probably doesn't think he'll ever be touched."
"We can't stay here much longer," Loki interjected, pointing southward, back toward the town. It seemed off in the distance, we had some followers. They were just insects on the horizon, impossible to differentiate between soldiers or farmers. Either way, none of us wanted to stick around long enough to find out.
"Let's move out," Tzu ordered. "And hope your little stunt didn't cause any of the other teams to be captured. So help you if this mission fails because of your recklessness."
I had to frown at the panda, but followed his orders all the same. Fortunately Loki was quick to place a reassuring paw on my arm, sliding his pads down until our paws linked. The two of us trailed behind Sun Shen a little, Tzu in front.
"I wouldn't have done any differently," the fox noted. "Though I'm not sure I would have been quite as efficient with it. Runecasters are not known for their subtlety."
I smiled at the little fox, giving his paw a squeeze. "Thanks, Loki. I'm sure once we reach the overlook, I'll get to hear more about it. How the hell was I supposed to know what would happen, anyway?"
"To be fair, he could have just thought we were part of his team."
I scoffed. "He'd know right away we weren't part of his team because for one, we're all sneaking around together, and two he wouldn't have recognized us."
"Not that you gave him a chance to notice."
"Yeah, well I think I made the right call. Anything could've happened, and I chose the safest way."
A few hours passed and we were finally making our way toward the meeting site, and those insects on the horizon hadn't stopped following us. It was difficult to judge distance, especially since the surrounding area was made up mostly of rolling hills and rocky formations, but I was certain they were a bit closer now, though it was still unknown exactly who they were.
"Think Tzu would be mad if we attacked those guys back there?" I jested with Loki, who, like Sun Shen, was unamused.
"Don't push him," cautioned Loki. "You know, for someone who was so concerned about this mission being a failure, you don't seem to be taking this very seriously."
"I'm taking it seriously, Loki, if I wasn't I'd have just gone and done it. But still, we can't let them follow us to the lookout. We should at least find out if they're Jade Army or not."
Tzu suddenly stopped, having likely heard everything I said. "I hate to admit it," he grunted, turning his head toward me, "but I think the tiger's right. Luca and Shen, when we pass this next bend around the hill, I want you to hide behind that tor there and see who they are. Traders and farmers don't often come this way, the terrain is too rough for their caravans. If they're Xu's men...well, I pray you'll show at least some discretion when approaching them."
"Aye aye," I said facetiously, and after giving Loki a wink, Sun Shen and I broke our pursuer's line of sight behind a hill, then continued up behind a tall formation of rocks until we reached the tor Tzu had pointed to, looking down on the pathway easily. I watched as Loki and Tzu continued along the road, until they disappeared behind another hill.
"You have a problem with authority," the clouded leopard stated. "And while I don't disagree we had few options back at the village, Tzu is not wrong in calling you reckless. When those men draw near, do not rush in headlong, even if they are the Emperor's soldiers."
"And if they are, then what? We just stand here and let them walk by?"
"No, we assess the situation and then act."
"You know, I'm not a complete moron. In case you've forgotten, I've led men into battle before, I know what to look for. But until they get here, what I say and do ain't gonna make a difference. So relax a little, at least until they're in sight."
Sun Shen disapproved my cavalier attitude, but ultimately knew I was right. At least, that's what I assumed when he frowned and turned away from me, ducking down to look over the corner of the rock. For now I sat with my back against the rocks while the leopard observed, sighing quietly as the sun ducked behind some clouds.
In no time at all, both Sun Shen and I simultaneously heard the crunching footsteps of our faithful followers, which propelled me into a crouching state, ready to move. But just to be sure, Sun Shen held his paw out toward me, signalling for me not to move. It wasn't necessary, but I obeyed all the same. Then as they moved closer along the path, the leopard glanced back at me and nodded, I think trying to tell me they were Xu's men.
He then signaled there was three of them, then pointed northward as the trio passed by our rock formation. I glanced over the edge of the rock to see three Jade Soldiers marching along the path in a bit of a hurry, looking very serious and not speaking a word.
"Well?" I asked the leopard.
He thought for a moment, then said quietly, "We'll follow them along this ridge, keeping out of sight. We'll attack them when we get closer."
"Sounds good to me. Let's go."
And with that, and with as much dexterity as I could manage, Sun Shen and I took off behind the smooth yet rocky hills, following along the trail for a good long while until the sound of their footsteps seemed very near, though I knew sometimes sounds could be deceiving in such uneven terrain. Amazingly, even at our brisk pace, Eastern Lander armour was surprisingly silent, especially compared to my old steel plates.
"On the count of three, we attack, okay?"
I nodded.
Sun Shen drew his blade and took a few deep breaths, quietly saying, "One... Two..." Then after a few more, finally he said, "Three."
Quickly I bolted from my position with a paw still on my sword's handle. As I came up over the peak of the hill, snarling wickedly and surprising the Emperor's men, I unsheathed my heavy blade, leaping deftly off the rocks and just as the closest soldier to me could draw his weapon, I cleaved him nearly in two, slicing straight into his chest from his shoulder.
I kicked the soldier off my blade, but had to duck back to avoid losing my head. Luckily Sun Shen put that soldier down, using one of his two small blades to cut his enemy's throat. When his blood stopped spraying, I reclaimed my sword and realized the third soldier was gone.
"A runner!" cried Sun Shen, pointing toward the hills.
I growled fiercely and took off toward the nimble scout, dropping my sword as I bolted up the hill. My legs burned and I was panting heavily by the time I climbed over the peak, only to find yet another hill before me, my quarry nearly over the top. Much to my surprise, however, as I began up the second hill, from behind me Sun Shen bounded forward, disappearing quickly behind the peak.
By the time I reached the top, Sun Shen had stood up from the dead scout beneath him, blood still dripping off his blade. He glanced back at me with a ferocious look in his eyes, panting. Of course I was panting much more heavily than he was, my body already aching from the sudden upward sprint. I gave him an affirming nod and after checking the bodies for anything useful - I took a bit of coin for myself, which Sun Shen didn't like - we continued along the path toward the meeting place.
"I hope this won't become an issue later," said the clouded leopard rather cryptically.
"What?"
"You're not a young tiger, very few mercenaries live as long as you have. It's only a matter of time before your age catches up with you."
I probably should have been more offended than I was. "Yes, well until it does I'm going to keep fighting. I'm quite good at it, you know, and as long as we can avoid battles where I have to run up a steep hill, I think I'll be fine." Sun Shen just grunted, and the rest of our journey was spent mostly in silence.
By the time Sun Shen and I made it to the lookout, Loki and Tzu had already arrived, as well as two of the other groups. It was getting dark now, the sun fading to the west. Tzu didn't seem too worried about the missing party, however, though he did stare stone-faced toward Tao'zhan, which sat stolidly on the horizon.
Even in the twilight, I could still see the unimaginable size of the city, all its high, thick walls, and the great port on its eastern side. It looked amazingly fortified, and was enormous beyond belief. I had never seen a city quite so large, thousands of buildings crammed together, both short and tall, not even the capitol of Midland had seemed so massive. I could see the Forbidden City - or I think I did - within the centre of the Upper City, glowing like some sort of heavenly beacon, it was no doubt filled with temples and halls of gold and jade, even more wondrous than I'd been told. I was starting to see now why it took so long for the pandas to concoct an infiltration plan.
"Any word from General Zi?" one of the others asked Tzu. The experienced panda shook his head.
"We'll hunker down here for the night, scout out the city and its port, make sure everything is running smoothly. We still have to be very careful, we cannot afford to get caught. If they catch wind of us or our plan, entering the city will be nigh impossible." Tzu then turned to Sun Shen. "Shen, tell me about our pursuers. Emperor's men?"
The leopard nodded, resting down his gear. "Aye, Luca and I took care of them. We were not followed."
"Good. Let's set up for the night then. Absolutely no fires, it will draw too much attention to ourselves. Remember, men, we aren't here, understood?"
The rest agreed, I simply smiled at Loki and he gave me a hug. "Come on," the fox said, pulling me by the paw, "our tent is already set up. You look tired."
Without a fire, Loki and I were forced to sleep extra close together to share our warmth, which of course neither of us minded. He fit so perfectly in front of me while we slept, somehow it was even more comfortable with him there than without. Though we couldn't get into any trouble, it didn't stop me from running my knuckles over Loki's sheath, figuring he had teased me enough the previous nights, it was time I got him back.
At some point between rubbing his filled, hard sheath and biting his little ear, he and I had fallen asleep. My body wasn't too sore from the day, but when morning came I started to feel it more. Was this what it was like to get old? I hadn't ever considered myself an elderly tiger, though after chasing that scout, it started to make me wonder.
After eating breakfast and cleaning my blade, most of us sat around waiting for the final group to arrive. Tzu had hoped they'd appear in the dead of night, but unfortunately they weren't with us. I told the panda it was too soon to assume they'd be captured, but he sent out a couple men to scout the horizon for our missing soldiers. Meanwhile, he'd sent out a couple others to get a better look at the city, to try to track the guards' movements and change times, as well as when they took a break.
I was beginning to suspect Tzu didn't trust me, nor Loki all that much, since it was he, myself and the arctic fox left behind. I suppose I didn't mind being lazy, though I was slightly offended Tzu thought so little of my abilities.
Instead I was sent with Loki to another small village on the coast, south-east of our location and out of sight of the great city. The village was made up mostly of fish merchants and traders, a quiet little town overshadowed by Tao'zhan's grand port, but still bustling. He said we were running low on food and water, and didn't know how long it would take for the rebels to arrive, so it would be prudent to secure some more in the meantime. We left our armour behind to avoid raising suspicion, but were told several times to be extremely careful who we interacted with.
By mid-afternoon Loki and I arrived at the fishing village, the smell alone helping guide us through the forest and to its grassy border. With a purse full of coins, the fox and I received our dried and cured foods with little incident, having just enough left over for a few pints of ale.
"I don't think you should," warned Loki. "Tzu's pretty meticulous, you think he won't count that up?"
"Fuck Tzu, if he was so meticulous, he shouldn't have given me so much. He's a big pain in the ass anyway, I don't remember him getting put in charge."
"Well someone has to run things. Besides, Captain Lee said Tzu knows these lands better than any of us, you just weren't paying attention. Let's just get the food and get back, we can't afford to stay here any longer than we should. If any one of these people have even the slightest suspicion, they'll run straight to the village marshal and we'll be arrested."
"God damn, Loki, you're no fun. All right, let's get out of here. Buzzkill."
Loki ignored that, and though I was feeling quite thirsty, I ignored my baser instincts and left without any alcohol in my tired old belly.
"You know, I think he just sent us on this task because he doesn't trust me with anything really important. Maybe he wanted me to get arrested so I wouldn't be part of the plan. I guess you're just guilty by association."
The little fox shrugged. "Not much you can do about it, so stop worrying. And yeah, maybe he doesn't trust you - and that stunt back at the other village sure didn't help his opinion - but I don't think he wants you captured, because if you get captured, you're even more likely than the other men to reveal the plan for your freedom. At least, that's how he sees it. You're just a common sellsword, he doesn't care that you were part of Midland's army, nor that you commanded the rebels in the battle for Xin'an. You're just a mercenary."
I grunted. "I was right, fuck Tzu. I can god damn scout as well as anyone."
"You know that, but he doesn't. All he knows is that you swing your sword first, then ask questions. He thinks you're too out of control, that you'll do something stupid and ruin 'the entire operation,' as he keeps saying. You might as well just relax while you can, save your energy for when we infiltrate the city."
"I guess you're right," I sighed. It still annoyed me though. "Maybe we should make out in front of him or something, I can tell he doesn't like our relationship. Just to get under his skin, and because there ain't a damn thing he can do about it."
Loki was blushing, a small grin on his face. "I don't think that's a good idea. I mean, doing it in front of him..."
If he was implying what I thought he was implying... Despite a sack full of dried fruit and fish, which I carried over my shoulder, I ran my claws up Loki's back, the bottom portion of which was uncovered due to his soft hide half-top. It made the fox flick his tail, at any rate, and he glanced up at me with rosy cheeks.
He placed his paw on my crotch just as we entered into the forest, a pathway cutting through the trees. It was a little awkward, but once he started to touch my rear, I knew I could do nothing else before heading back.
"You asked for it," I growled happily, ducking off the path and further into the woods, Loki following excitedly. Once we found a good clearing near a large mossy rock, I placed down our food and immediately faced the fox, who had already removed his top.
In just moments he and I were both naked, the fox pressed up against me with a paw gripping my hot, full sheath, leaking precum already. I noticed he, too, was dripping, both of us having wanted this for weeks but unable to express it. Like ravenous beasts, he ground his body up against mine and I couldn't help but do the same. I then very quickly took him and pushed him against the soft, mossy rock and pushed my hot member between his cheeks, not yet entering but letting him feel exactly how horny I was.
"Take me now," Loki exhaled, pushing his rear into me. Though I always loved some foreplay, my balls were aching horribly at this point, ready to explode from days upon days of terrible neglect. Sufficiently slicked, I slid my spiny shaft into Loki's hole with amazing ease, and the fox let out a long, undulating appreciation for it.
In what was some of the fastest sex of my life, I pounded the fox's rear quickly, hammering hard much to his delight, despite my hazy head telling me to slow down and enjoy it. But my body was in complete control now, claws digging into Loki's shoulders as we worked our bodies together as if the end of the world was right before us.
Though I couldn't keep track of time, I felt like just mere moments before I felt that agonizing orgasm on the brink, just a few hard pushes until it arrived. I roared fiercely and bit Loki's ear, which made him howl, giving it a good hard pull until at last, after a few extra thrusts, my legs shook and my orgasm hit me like a cannonball.
I had never roared more loudly in my life, feeling more like being punched in the balls and gut when I finally unloaded my weeks worth of seed, dumping it all inside the fox relentlessly. Even Loki felt it, howling with pure delight as my warmth filled his bowels, again and again until at last I was dry. I felt so tired and weak, my whole body aching terribly when I finally settled down, still feeling the incredible pressure within my nether regions.
Both of us were panting, myself harder than the fox, heart racing. When I began to pull out, Loki's paw shot back to my hip to hold me there.
"Not yet," he gasped. "Please."
I nodded, thrusting once more to get as deep inside him as I could, my semi-hard cock plugging his hole adequately. He pushed back into me, groaning almost non stop, a paw rubbing his full belly.
"That was crazy," he said, blushing madly. Leaning forward a bit, he very dextrously guided me down onto the forest's floor, still locked with my crotch, moving very carefully so as to not lose a drop. Once I was down, he very expertly, and very slowly, turned himself around. I could feel a few small globs running down over my balls, but I think the fox was okay with that.
When at last he finished moving, I looked up to see his hot red cock aiming toward my face. Loki bit his lip a little, wiggling his bum as if to remind himself I was still there, then took my paw and placed it upon his shaft. I just smiled at the fox, stroking it slowly at first.
Loki moaned quietly as if this was the most incredible thing he'd ever felt. I was absolutely certain it was not the most incredible thing he'd ever felt, but at this point, he was horny enough where just looking at him would be enough to make him cum.
Unsure of how flexible I still was, I leaned up anyway which seemed to surprise the small fox. Once he realized what I was attempting to do, however, he held both paws on my head and assisted me. He even moved himself somewhat closer, at the loss of a couple more globs of tiger-seed, until much to my own amazement, my lips touched his cock tip.
Using my arms as support, I flicked my tongue at his tip mercilessly, which if you'd heard Loki you would assume he was in pain. He pushed my head down further, though, I think about as impatient as I was earlier, and astoundingly I managed to get all but his knot in my mouth, sucking as best I could from my awkward angle. Hopefully I wouldn't be too sore after this.
I could feel the fox shaking on top of me, particularly his paws on my head as I sent him to great places. At least, that's how he made it sound. Either way, I did my best to pleasure the horny fox, even making a few pleasured noises myself as I took every inch in, suckling hard upon his tip each time I pulled back.
"Ooh, gods," Loki moaned. "L-Luca, I'm s-so close..!"
I was unrelenting in my ecstatic assault, and I could feel just how close Loki was. His paws and legs shook, and though he was trying to hold off, inevitably his orgasm struck, and it struck him about as hard as mine had struck me.
The fox howled thunderously, pushing my face into his crotch and pulling on my ears as he bucked into my maw, his hot seed shooting down my throat. I bobbed my head a couple times to torture the poor fox, and to get a taste of him, and when all was said and done, he finally let me rest, a long string of cum leading from my mouth to the tip of his cock.
"Mm, Luca... I could go again. Let's go again!"
I just laughed. "Maybe you can, but I'm pretty much spent."
"You tired old cat," the fox groaned, pushing his bum down into my crotch again and letting out a long, happy sigh. "I've never been so horny before in my life."
"It's your own fault, really. You couldn't keep your paws to yourself every night."
"Hush," he barked, leaning forward and giving me a long, deep kiss, which caused my tiger-pride to pop out of his rear, spilling a good amount of seed on my lower belly, but amazingly he'd kept most of it in.
"Mm," I said as we kissed, his mouth tasting so sweet after so long. The fox kissed me a couple more times, then simply let himself collapse onto my chest and stomach, wrapping his arms around me as I did the same to him. I rubbed his back with delight and gave him one final kiss, then we just simply nuzzled one another, basking in the soft afterglow of some of the fastest, most painful sex I'd ever had.
We remained like that for a good long while, until we started to notice the darkening sky. There was still at least an hour of so of daylight left, but it would take us about that long to get back to the lookout. And so reluctantly, Loki and I clothed ourselves, gathered our things and left, a smile on both our faces.
As predicted, twilight was fading as we reached the lookout, a very impatient Tzu waiting for us with arms crossed. I didn't suspect he knew what we'd done, but he knew something held us up. Since neither of us had brought weapons, nor did we return with any cuts or bruises, I could only imagine what he thought.
"Mission accomplished," I said as I held the sack full of food out, placing it down by his feet. Tzu retained his unimpressed look while he took the bag, peering in to make sure we hadn't screwed up.
That night we all sat around what would have been a fire were we allowed to build one, eating the newly acquired food. The missing team hadn't yet returned, and I could tell it was weighing heavily on Tzu's mind. The scouts he'd sent out revealed nothing, but Sun Shen assured him, that team had the longest route to take, and any number of reasons could have slowed their journey.
The next few days passed with no word from the missing party, nor the rebels. Tzu assured us the rebels would arrive, but he couldn't figure out what was taking so long. He went on a few missions himself I think to get his mind off the missing men, worried this would all be for naught.
The following day, I was sent with Sun Shen to look for the missing team, retracing our steps back to the village, though not taking the exact path we'd taken initially. We found the path the missing team would have likely taken, though we couldn't be sure of anything. We searched until nightfall, finding nothing, until late afternoon the next day when we found a small iron dagger one of the men had been carrying, which featured an etched dragon on the blade. Sun Shen recognized it, and thanked whatever gods he believed in that we'd found it.
Of course, where did we go from here?
We scouted out the area some more, seeing nothing amongst the hills, but looked around until nightfall. In the morning we headed back to the lookout to report to Tzu. He was troubled to say the least, but until we found the bodies, couldn't be sure of anything.
"They were most likely overtaken by marauders," the grizzled panda growled. "But we cannot know anything for certain. We must find them. Loki, you go with them, plus you three. If they're alive, we must rescue them. If not...may their souls rest in peace."
And by dusk, the six of us arrived back in the foothills, camping out for the night. Loki, Sun Shen and I lit a fire upon a hill, not just to keep ourselves warm but in hopes of attracting whomever had attacked the three men. The other three hid nearby, figuring a group of six armed men would be too intimidating for most marauders, but the three of us could make for easy targets. It was when my eyes started to feel heavy that we heard an unusual birdcall, no doubt our shadowed enemies communicating.
The next few minutes were tense as we waited for the ambush. I was breathing as quietly as possible, but it seemed the only thing I could hear beyond the crackling of our fire was the sound of blood gushing through my ears. I could almost feel their hungry gazes upon us, unable to determine just how many there were, but they were there, that much I knew.
Suddenly, a loud cry rang out from one of our hidden men. The three of us leapt up with just enough time to see a glaive coming toward me. Amazingly I dodged it, unsheathing my sword immediately and swinging at the first dark shadow I found. The blade sliced cleanly through the marauder's stomach, spilling his guts next to the fire. With a loud cry, I swung my sword behind me, lopping off the head and an arm of another attacker. I then bolted down the hill and toward our men, sinking Zhong Kui into the chest of another, just before one of our soldiers suffered the same fate.
From out of nowhere, I saw a sudden flash of light and a frightening crack, I think Loki casting a Lightning Rune. The ground then burst and a couple men went flying, shaking terribly when they landed. Then a second flash, a wooden stave suddenly felling someone before they could even grasp what was happening. In much the same devastating fashion, another enemy fell, and soon all was quiet, save the panicked footsteps of a fleeing bandit.
Loki, whose eyes seemed to be glowing a little, suddenly and swiftly took off with a powerful yet graceful leap, bounding away as if riding the wind. I think he was following that last remaining soldier, who after witnessing his fellow marauders being slaughtered was hopefully making his way back to the main camp. The rest of us quickly followed.
Trailing Loki wasn't easy, not only because it was so damn dark out, but because he was moving almost silently through the air, touching down on a hill's peak only to fly away again, seeming as light as air. The five of us moved as silently as we could, wanting to stay close but not wanting to alert the coward to our presence. We had to assume if he knew we were following him, he wouldn't lead us back to the camp, though I had seen dumber bandits before.
Before long, the marauder disappeared, and Loki along with him. Panting, we looked around for a light, or some sign of where they went, unsure of how far we'd travelled. But within moments, the fox landed elegantly on a rock peak above us, crouched as he looked down at us. This was a lot more like the Loki I once knew and hated: small but powerful.
"I saw him enter a small cave," said the fox. "Between two rocks. I suspect it opens up, though he could just be hiding. It's not far east from here."
The fox then climbed down effortlessly, waving for us to follow. Well off the main path now, we travelled between hills until at last he pointed between two large rocks, grass creeping up all around them. Sure enough, further in was a fair-sized opening, dark and deep. Most people would have missed it even during the day, the hole very well hidden. How these bastards had stumbled upon it, I would never know.
"It'll be dark," Loki said, "but I recommend forgoing torches. I doubt they'd expect us. Any objections?"
"Let's just try to get our men back," growled Sun Shen, looking eager for a fight. I would have thought the last short battle would be enough, but the determined scowl on his face said otherwise.
And so one by one, the six of us ducked into the cave's entrance, discovering quickly that without the quarter-moon's pale blue light to guide us, the cave was, indeed, dark. But with Loki ahead, he helped guide us through the dank, mossy cave in the pitch black until soon I noticed a slight glistening on the rocks I slid my paw along, torchlight somewhere ahead.
"I've heard stories of vast tunnels beneath the foothills," whispered one of the other men, though Sun Shen quickly silenced him. It made me wonder just how vast these tunnels were, and hoped they opened up into larger chambers somewhere along the line. As much as I enjoyed walking crouched down - Loki, lucky for him, was able to traverse the tunnels standing completely upright - my neck was getting increasingly more sore.
"We're coming up to a chamber," Loki informed us, though I wasn't sure how he knew. Perhaps one of his Earth Runes let him see things normal furs could only hope to see.
But whether it was through his magic runes or just intuition, sure enough we came upon a dimly lit chamber, up on a ledge with a rather precarious pathway leading down to the floor of the chamber, where men were hurriedly rushing around, arming themselves. I could see in the distance a small, winded canine reporting to a much larger fur, feline I guessed by the look of his tail. The other men - about twenty or so, though it was difficult to say how many were hiding in the many crevasses throughout the large open chamber - looked as if they were preparing for a battle.
"Do you see our men?" asked Sun Shen, who was slowly inching closer toward the edge, to get a better look.
I shook my head, scanning the cave for any signs of rebels. Unfortunately, most of the marauders also did not observe Xu's Law, so looking for "undesirables" didn't help here. But after a few more once-overs, I did notice a particularly well-lit tunnel in behind where the scout and who I could only assume was the marauder's leader was standing.
"What should we do?" I whispered to Sun Shen.
He thought about it. "They aren't like the Emperor's men, they could be far better trained. For all we know, they could be ex-soldiers. Attacking them head-on might not be wise, but if we use the shadows to our advantage, we can take them out one by one, until one of them tells us what happened to our men."
"They're cowards," I growled. "They attack in the night, how much skill could they possibly have?"
"It doesn't matter, we have to act soon," said the leopard, most of the men armed at this point. Though I could only glance quickly, it looked like there was at least twenty-five now, likely more. "They're clearly expecting us, or at least someone. We should attack now."
"Loki?" I said to the fox.
"I'll do whatever you command me to do," he said, which made me want to hit him. I knew it to be true, but I still didn't like hearing it.
"You men okay with that?" Sun Shen asked, looking back at the three others. They nodded, paws on their weapons. Each one looked determined, I think wanting to get their fellow rebels back as badly as anyone.
"Good. We'll go in quietly, try to surround them. When I give the signal, we attack. If you encounter any of them when getting into position, take them out silently, or as silently as you can. Understood?"
They nodded again, then as silently as we could, the six of us descended the rocky slope down into the large chamber.
Fortunately I wasn't afraid of heights, especially after my foot slipped a couple times on the way down, though luckily it didn't draw any attention to us. I had no idea how visible we were to our enemies, had they the mind to look, but once we reached the main floor, we spread out amongst the shadows.
With knife drawn, I saw an ugly marauder straight ahead. He was holding onto a lantern, but set it down to further inspect his blade, a form of guandao with a shorter handle, but much longer, more sword-like blade. From behind, I managed to get close enough to the poor bandit to sink my knife into the back of his neck, felling him instantly. I left the lamp where it was, continuing on behind a rock, then to another one, ears perked to their fullest and eyes wide as saucers.
The marauder leader - a large, tough snow leopard - was barking orders to his men, telling them we'd likely be by soon, though from the sounds of it he didn't realize we were trained soldiers. He told his men not to believe the scout's story of a demon fox, the one who fights like a bolt of lightning, but instead told them to remain focused. He insisted the returned scout was simply hysterical, traumatised by the fight.
When I stood behind a large rock formation, I felt Loki's small, sweet paw brush past my tail as he crept into his position ahead of me, giving me a devilish glance as he snuck by. I frowned at him, though more because I couldn't do anything back without giving my position away. I wasn't sure what sort of signal Sun Shen planned on using, but I stood patiently awaiting it.
After a short time, though it felt like an eternity, for just a couple seconds I heard a strange hissing sound, unsure of what it was until the very last moment, when suddenly from out of nowhere a small flash burst with an ear-splitting bang echoing painfully through the entire chamber. Though disorienting at first, I quickly slipped out from my hiding place and drew my sword, swinging it downward at the first enemy I saw.
While he was distracted, my heavy sword smashed through the plated armour of one marauder, down into his shoulder and half his chest, blood spraying out as I kicked him off my blade. Snarling loudly, I swung myself around and with great force, obliterated a second marauder's hip, nearly slicing him in two. The other men were roaring as fiercely as I was, though I couldn't tell which of them were our men, and which were our enemies.
I could, however, hear the booming, commanding voice of the marauders' leader, the snow leopard, shouting orders fruitlessly. I wanted him for myself, though with so much chaos clashing all around me, I wasn't sure I'd make it to him. I suppose it didn't matter anyway, as the fifth bandit fell beneath my mighty blade, we would easily win this battle.
I roared viciously as I took out another enemy, driving my blade into his gut, then sliced off the head of another, saving one of my own men from being killed. Unfortunately, saving him meant a fresh new gash in my ribs, but my painful cry alerted Loki, who crushed him beneath a rune-controlled rock.
"Are you okay?" Loki asked breathlessly, fending off another attacker.
"Yeah," I groaned, picking up my sword and killing the offending attacker. Using that fresh wound to fuel my rage, I gripped my new weapon tightly and charged a group of three men, stabbing one in the throat - which seemed to surprise them, by the way - then pulled it out to deliver two fatal wounds to the other two, though they would likely not die instantly.
I roared again as the two fell, swinging my blade upward to open up a soldier's chest, then around behind me to behead another. I didn't know how many were left, but despite my bleeding cut, I could have gone on for hours.
Needless to say, hours had not passed before receiving a second deep wound, this one across my back. I killed him immediately after, starting to feel a little more weak now, though I was far from giving in. I charged another marauder who was harassing one of my fellows, stabbing him in the heart from behind, or damn near enough to kill him instantly. Then I noticed another lose his footing on the damp, rocky ground, falling backwards and seconds away from losing his head.
In an act of desperation, I raised my sword above my head and heaved it toward the marauder, and though I didn't manage to stab him, I had at least inflicted a wound bad enough to stop him.
The bandit cried out and held his gushing wound, which gave my fellow soldier enough time to thrust his blade into his enemy's gut, twisting it to ensure a quick death. When I went to retrieve my blade, however, I received my third wound of the evening.
This time, unfortunately, it was a stab wound in my chest, a spear that had come from out of nowhere. I stumbled back as pain shot through my entire midriff, the handle of the spear causing the blade to rip at my flesh. But when I grabbed hold to tear it out, a snow leopard suddenly appeared to keep it there. It was their leader, and it looked like he was eyeing me about as much as I was eyeing him.
The snow leopard growled as he twisted the blade and pushed his spear forward, and I held onto the shaft helplessly. But that didn't stop me from growling back, trying to pull it out but with two other large wounds, found the task impossible.
"Your men told us everything, old tiger," he growled, twisting the spear again. "We'll get quite the reward, I suspect, for bringing even more of you in, hm?"
All I could do was snarl. I tried calling out to Loki, but blood starting to gush from my maw, gargling my words. I was then pushed onto a large stalagmite, the blade forced deeper into my flesh and into my lung. Breathing was difficult, each time I tried I coughed up more blood. I called out to Loki again, but nothing except that warm, carmine red came out. But before that deep, dark voice inside me could creep up and take over my mind, the frightening, enraged face of Sun Shen appeared moments before he stabbed his duel blades through the snow leopard's back.
Relief came almost instantly as I slid down the stalagmite with the spear still stuck in me. Sun Shen said something smart like, "Just stay here," before bounding away to attack more marauders. Maybe I blacked out or maybe the bandits just fled, either way the clouded leopard reappeared soon after with Loki, the fox crouched in front of me.
"Did you find our men?" I asked, the steely taste of blood thick on my tongue.
"The others are searching," Loki said. "I'm going to pull the spear out, then apply a healing rune, understand?"
I groaned horribly as the spear shifted about in my body. "No," I growled, "none of your damn runes."
Ignoring me, Loki removed a neckless he'd been wearing and tied it around my neck, which fit quite snugly against my throat. Despite that, he cast a few runes into the stone hanging in its centre, then quickly ripped the spear from my chest.
I cried out in terrible pain, more blood spurting from my maw, as well as spilling from the fresh wound. The fox tore off my shirt immediately and stuffed a good chunk of it into the spear wound, ordering Sun Shen to hold it there. While the leopard did that, Loki wrapped my other two wounds, though he said they would be okay.
"You reckless fool," Loki growled, taking over for Sun Shen. He continued to put pressure onto my wound, which hurt immensely but it was better than bleeding out.
"We've got 'em!" I heard someone shout, which drew Sun Shen's attention away. "They were being held captive, one of them is really badly beaten."
"Do these runes really work?" Sun Shen asked as calmly as he could, though I could sense a great deal of stress and urgency in his voice. "Can you use them on our men?"
Loki nodded. "I'll need some sort of talisman, but it should be easy enough to put one together. Keep pressure on Luca's wound, I'll tend to them." And with that, my faithful arctic fox hurried to the next chamber, Sun Shen replacing him quickly.
"I hope you don't plan on fighting like this in Tao'zhan," the clouded leopard sighed. "If you're even able to."
I would have told the leopard off if it didn't hurt so much.
"I saw you during the battle for Xin'an, you were unstoppable. You fought like a demon. So what happened to the Yaoguai Hu? Or is it that your luck is just starting to run out? Or maybe it's time you hang up your sword, leave the fighting for the younger furs."
I growled angrily, shaking as I tried to lean forward to punch the leopard, but the pain was too much. Instead I said "fuck you," though I spat more blood out than anything. Still, I think he got the idea. He just shook his head at me, using one paw to wipe my blood off his face while the other kept my torn shirt pressed firmly against my fresh wound.
After some time, Loki remerged with two badly beaten soldiers, both of them completely naked, while the other - an otter - was carried out on the shoulders of a rabbit and a wolf, our men. The arctic fox came back to me and with a sigh, kissed me on my forehead. "He'll live," said Loki, "And the others will be fine. How're you holding up?"
"Just great," I managed to say, spitting out more blood. Amazingly, I think Loki's runes were actually helping, though the deep wounds still hurt. Both the fox and Sun Shen then began to help me up, and when I got a good look at the otter, suddenly my wounds seemed superficial by comparison.
It was a long, agonizing hike back to our camp, having not only to carry injured men with us, but all of their gear as well. In the pitch blackness of the night, sleep didn't come to any of us easily. The journey back to the lookout was even worse, all of us constantly looking over our shoulders not only for more marauders and bandits, but for the Emperor's men as well. Fortunately we encountered very few people along the way, and those we did encounter said nothing as we passed them. A few offered aid, but we refused, wanting to get back as soon as possible.
It was getting dark by the time the nine of us made it back to Tzu and the others. Sun Shen explained as best he could what had happened, and those wounded were put into a tent to heal, myself included. Loki had to explain the runes to Tzu, and even carved a bunch onto the ground around the tent, encircling it, to denote it was a place of healing. Tzu didn't entirely trust Loki's runes, but allowed it anyway, figuring they would either work, or do nothing at all.
No word had arrived yet from the rebel army, and Tzu was getting anxious. Nevertheless, the next day the panda sent out his men to scout the city anyway, trying to learn as much about the guards' patrols and habits as he could. By lunch time I was already feeling well enough to walk around, which was Sun Shen's cue to do some training with me.
"I did tons of training back at Xin'an," I told him, getting only a stick to fight with.
"Yes, but where you were the master, now you are the student."
"Give me a break," I scoffed. "What could you possibl--" A sharp pain suddenly slapped me in the face, and Sun Shen was grinning at me with his stick ready to strike again. "You fucker!"
Sun Shen dodged all of my attacks easily, then struck me in the ribs, then the leg, then my arm several times. I attacked him more and more furiously, yet he was just that much faster, hitting me each time I missed. Loki was quite amused by all of this, not at all concerned about my gaping wounds, at least not as much as he had been after suffering my first batch, after Xin'an.
"Just hit me!" snarled Sun Shen, leaping out of the way once more. I was panting heavily by this point, yet the leopard seemed more than ready for more. I didn't let that stop me, of course, but it seemed as if it was becoming more and more futile. Finally when he came in to attack once more, a tiny voice alerted me, the smallest bit of darkness that didn't want to get hit again.
I blocked Sun Shen's stick with my forearm then knocked it away with a snarl, my other paw already thrusting forward to grip at the leopard's throat. Though he batted my arm away, I growled deeply and kicked him in the leg, then knocked him to the ground. Were it not for Loki interjecting, I would have likely attempted to kill the leopard.
"Calm down," growled Loki, pushing me back. "You're just training, there's no danger here. Save Nosferatu for Tao'zhan."
I was breathing heavily, filled with more rage than I should have been. My wounds were burning, making everything that much worse. But somehow I managed to focus on Loki, on his icy blue eyes, and I felt myself calming down. Sun Shen was already getting back up, I think a little surprised by my outburst.
"Now where was that Luca in the cave yesterday?" he growled, rubbing the side of his knee. "The point I was trying to teach you was that you can't keep attacking everything at full force like that. I realize that's worked for you in the past, but clearly you're going to have to adapt else you'll fall before long. When your enemies have more space to move, unlike on most battlefields, they can dodge your attacks so much easier. That's where you need to hone your abilities, learn to fight a foe who will be able to fight back."
I just growled. "Says the one who nearly had his throat ripped out."
Sun Shen scoffed at me. "Your backside was completely vulnerable, if this was a real battle you would have been stuck through the moment you dropped your sword."
"You mean my stick."
"Yeah," frowned the leopard. "On top of that, giving into your anger like that is another perfect way to get yourself killed. I know that when you're completely surrounded by enemies it makes little difference, but when you're not it makes you sloppy and slow, and you put even more energy into each of your attacks, which brings us back to my first point."
Deep down, I knew Sun Shen wasn't wrong, at least not entirely. Having collected myself by this point, he and I continued our training well into the evening, and while my instincts told me to attack him with everything I had, I did manage to pace myself at least a little.
For the next few days we continued our training, my wounds now almost entirely healed. The others, I had learned, were also doing well, and the otter was able to move around by himself now. The group of us injured folk trained together, which Sun Shen believed would help in the healing, even if it didn't feel like it. Both he and Tzu agreed, it was best to keep our abilities honed, rather than let them get dull whilst mending.
By mid-afternoon the next day, five days after rescuing our men, a rebel messenger at last approached our small camp in the foothills, emerging through the trees swiftly to meet with Tzu. The two talked for a good long while, until at last he was sent back to General Zi. In the evening while we ate our dinner, the panda filled us in.
"Tomorrow the rebels will approach Tao'zhan, spreading themselves out as much as possible to appear larger, until an envoy from both sides meet halfway to discuss terms. In all likelihood, it will end in a stalemate. It will be on that night we will finally make our move into the city. I realize many of you still carry fresh wounds, and while Loki has done his best to speed up your healing, you must remember to stay focused. So much is riding on our success, though I scarcely need to remind you. Get some rest tonight, and prepare as best you can tomorrow. It will be a very long night for all of us."
There wasn't much said between any of us that evening, I think most of us lost in our own thoughts. Though the plan was simple enough, no one ever went into battle thinking they'd come out alive, unless they were a damn fool. I could hear the others saying their prayers before attempting to sleep, myself opting instead to get as close to the little arctic fox as I could before getting some rest.
I was up early the next morning, the first one awake before Tzu. The sun was just beginning to rise over the Bonai Sea, shimmering brightly in deep reds and yellows and oranges, casting its refreshing glow upon Tao'zhan far in the distance. It wouldn't be long before the rebel army approached the city from the south, a mere six-thousand men to the Emperor's fifty-thousand.
"Mercenary," Tzu said as a greeting. "You're up early. Having second thoughts?"
I ignored that. "The odds aren't exactly in our favour."
"Securing those walls will aid us greatly. When our forces attack and the Heaven's Gate is open, all chaos will break out, that much is certain. But with the other gates unguarded, two units will flank the Lower City and attack the Jade Army from behind. If we move quickly enough, our forces will enter the Lower City before their generals can even realize what's happening."
"Sounds about perfect."
Tzu nodded. "But we must always remember, there are no constant conditions in war. Like water flowing over the land, it retains no constant shape. Therefore, we must always be prepared for the inevitable change in battle."
I grunted. "What kind of changes?"
Tzu laughed quietly. "If we knew that, this battle would already be won."
I sighed quietly, watching the sun rise higher over the distant hills and forests. This really was a beautiful country, I could even imagine retiring here. Of course, the moment that thought crept into my mind, I realized, when would I retire? Did mercenaries even retire, or did they simply die before getting the chance? Perhaps that was their retirement. Injuries were getting harder and harder to recover from, I was beginning to notice, I suppose it was only a matter of time before my head was lopped clean off. And as Sun Shen seemed to enjoy pointing out, I was getting slower, tired quicker.
"Are you concerned with tomorrow's battle? Or tonight's operation?" asked the panda, for once not seeming angry with me.
I just shrugged, feeling slightly less confident in myself than I usually did. "I've been in enough battles to know nothing ever goes as planned. Then again, I've been in battles where claiming victory was almost a work of art, absolute perfection. Experience has taught me, however, the former is far more likely."
Tzu seemed amused by that. "How many wars have you fought in, mercenary?"
"Wars? Just two, really. This one, and the Century War between Midland and Maldad. Not sure if news of that ever reached the Eastern Lands. But I've been selling my sword since I was fifteen years old, give or take, and I've been in more battles than I can count, if that's what you're getting at. Won most of them, lost a fair share, too."
"This country has seen its fair share of wars, usually with the Warring States up north. I was just a soldier, like you, never a sellsword however. And like you, I've seen many victories and many loses. Yet no matter how many battles I've been in, and will continue to be in, I will never get a good night's sleep beforehand. I think that must be normal, surely. How can a man truly prepare himself to take the life of another? I would not trust a man who sleeps soundly before heading off to war."
I hadn't ever given it all that much thought before. Sometimes I did, sometimes I didn't. Most times I didn't. Did that make me normal?
"To be fair, though, the battle won't really start until tomorrow morning."
Tzu looked unimpressed. "Yes, well while the rebel army sleeps, we will be performing our task. I wonder, will you survive the battle to come? After we claim the Lower City's walls, will you be able to then carry your enormous blade into the fray and live to tell the tale?"
I furrowed my brow, not entirely certain what Tzu was actually asking.
"Sun Shen has informed me, since your fight against Tormund, you have slowed down significantly. Whereas before you seemed unstoppable, one of the Emperor's scouts would have escaped were it not for Shen's swiftness. Even in the short battle against the marauders, you were struck down far easier than he would have thought possible. I suggested it was merely the injuries you had suffered, but he is convinced you are...starting to show your age. So I wonder, are you up to the task?"
I was getting god damn tired of hearing people say that. "I'm up to the task," I insisted angrily. "I know how it looks, but I assure you, I won't be a problem."
Tzu just grunted. "Good."
Already annoyed at the crack of dawn, with a frown I turned back to our small camp and sat next to Loki, who was just getting up. He rubbed the sleep from his eyes and groaned slightly, rubbing his footpaw over my tail.
"You're up early," he said groggily, still lying down. "What's up?"
I grumbled incoherently to myself, but finally broke down and said, "Loki, am I too old for this?"
The fox buried his head in his pillow, turning around with grunt. "For what?"
"For this, for selling my sword, battles and war. Am I too old?"
Loki sighed. "Well...you do have a lot more white fur than you used to," he said cautiously, turning to look at me. "Why? Is this because of the marauders?"
I grumbled again. "Not exactly. Sun Shen's been telling everyone I'm too old to keep fighting. Do you think I've slowed down?"
Now the fox shifted uncomfortably, effectively answering my question. Though I still wanted to hear what he had to say. "Luca... What do you want me to say? Yeah, I've noticed a difference since the battle for Xin'an. I can't explain it, perhaps your injuries that time were just too great. Maybe if you'd accepted my healing runes, you would've mended properly."
I just shook my head. "I don't feel any worse than I did then."
Finally Loki sat up, nuzzling into me. "I don't exactly have a lot of experience in this, but from what I remember as a child, it can take years for elders to realize exactly how old they are. All it takes sometimes is one incident to suddenly make you feel your age. Usually in those days, it was an elder slipping on a patch of ice or getting up out of bed too quickly and hurting themselves. So far you've been able to get out of bed perfectly fine, so I wouldn't worry too much."
"Do you think I'm old?"
The arctic fox shifted into my lap, back pressed against my chest, holding my paws as they gripped his soft belly. "You're as old as you are, Luca. My opinion won't change your age."
"You know what I mean..."
With a bit of blush on his cheeks, Loki said, "Well you're still just as virile as you've ever been...so there's that."
I nipped Loki's ear and gave it a playful tug, rubbing his belly and chest. He had avoided my question expertly, and for that he'd have to pay. I would have given anything to show the fox my virility right there in the tent, but unfortunately it wasn't possible, at least not without getting caught. Perhaps we could sneak off later...
Before getting the chance to consider that further, our tent flap opened and the serious face of Sun Shen appeared. "Are you two going to stay in here all day?"
I could've punched him, especially as he gave Loki and I his disapproving glare, the two of us as close as ever, wrestling a bit moments before the intrusion. Ignoring the leopard, I nuzzled the top of Loki's head and bit his other ear, giving it a tug as well, though the fox was far less comfortable with this than I was. He struggled and pushed himself away, growling instead of groaning, which left just me receiving that wicked glare.
"We won't move until tonight, so what difference does it make?"
Somehow Sun Shen managed to glare harder. "Get up. We're going to do some more training today. You've barely improved."
"Will a single day's lesson really help that much?"
I didn't trust the sly grin and shrug I received as a response. But like a good tiger, I got up with little ease, feeling more and more like an old man the more it was mentioned. I grumbled at the stupid clouded leopard and grumbled at my sore body, and grumbled at his lessons and Sun Shen's face, and just about anything else I could think of before finally getting to my feet. I noticed Loki had a semi poking out of his sheath, and I grumbled at not being able to do anything with it.
"You wouldn't have gotten away with it anyway," said the blushing fox, seeming to read my mind. And for embarrassing him earlier, the fox groaned quietly as he rubbed his crotch and exposed more red shaft, biting his lip. It was my turn now to glare at him, though that only seemed to make the fox laugh. "Go on."
I threw on my shirt - which I had to borrow from one of the others, since mine was torn and covered in blood - with a frown and finally exited the tent, greeted almost immediately by three men holding onto sticks: Sun Shen; a tiger named Jian; and a big black bear named Lao. Each of them looked eager to train, and when the leopard threw me my stick, I had a feeling they weren't going to be training with one another.
"I'm not going to like this, am I," I said unenthusiastically. Unfortunately the area we trained in wasn't far from where my tent had been set up, so I couldn't even stall.
"I realized yesterday during our training that in battle, you're not often in a one-on-one fight with your enemies, that you must always be cautious of others around you."
"Yeah," I sighed, "I've been in a few battles before too."
The other tiger - Jian - smirked at my sarcastic remark, though I couldn't tell if the young, thin cat was itching to hit me, or if he simply thought I was amusing. Either way, I didn't like it.
"Having said that," continued Sun Shen, "today's lesson won't be too different from what it has been, except now..."
"I get it. Let's just get the beating done and over with, okay?"
"Steel yourself," growled the leopard, then came at me.
I blocked his first three attacks easily, but before I could block his fourth, the tiger came at me. I managed to block his stick, but unfortunately that meant a hearty blow to the face by Sun Shen. I tried to remain calm as we went again, this time Jian attacking me first. I blocked, dodged the bear, blocked Sun Shen and leapt back, my old instincts starting to kick in. That helped especially when Lao - the white-chested bear - came at me with a stick a bit larger than mine.
My stick met his with thunderous results, my wooden weapon nearly vibrating right out of my paws. Of course, just as our sticks struck, I was whacked on the back of my leg. I snarled, but swung my fraying weapon around to strike Jian, but he was quick to avoid me. I swung again, then again, missing him each time until I was hit on the back. I continued to swing, until I realized no one was attacking me now. I just growled at the others.
"This isn't the point of the lesson," growled Sun Shen. "You tell me you're not too old, yet you cling to your old habits like a mad dog. You have to block our incoming strikes, at least the first ten. Then I will start to consider you a success."
"You know what your problem is?" I growled. "You talk too much. That'll get you killed on the battlefield, and if not that..."
With a sudden burst, I attacked the clouded leopard, who was surprised by my attack. I swung my stick at him three times, each one either blocked or dodged, but I could tell I was getting close. I thrusted my wooden blade toward him, but he knocked it away. I spun to work up some unneeded momentum, coming down hard on Sun Shen. I was unrelenting, but he was always just one step ahead of me. Finally I kicked up some dirt, blinding him for just long enough to ram him with my shoulder, knocking him to the ground. Fortunately I was in control enough to stop my attacks.
Sun Shen snarled at me as he got up, wiping the dirt from his eyes. That was when I sensed an attack from behind me. It was the tiger, and I was just swift enough knock his stick aside, then block the bear's attack, taking a step back. I blocked a few more of his attacks, parrying away in order to avoid Jian. Both were coming at me, and though somehow I was evading them, I was already panting heavily.
Seeming to sense my exhaustion, Sun Shen came at me. I blocked his attack, pushing back with enough force to make him falter for just a second. It was enough of a gap to block Jian's stick, then again, then the bear, then Sun Shen again. My muscles were burning as I swung my light stick around, making me wonder how I was supposed to swing my sword.
Of course it was that moment of introspection that earned me a nice new welt on the side of my head. I snarled fiercely, holding the bump as I staggered to the side, swinging at whoever was approaching me. I was still panting, and wanted more than anything to just lie down, though luckily the bump on my head was caused by a stick and not a real practice sword.
"You did well," Sun Shen panted. The others were breathing heavily too, but I seemed worse for wear. "It seems you can be swift when you want to be."
I wasn't sure what he was implying, if anything at all, but I growled at him just to be sure. "So I can still go on this mission, huh?"
Sun Shen grunted. "Indeed. You may rest now, Luca, we'll practice more later."
All I could think to say was another growl, then I sat in the small clearing in the forest we were using as a training area, tossing my barkless stick aside. Loki's appearance put a smile on my face, which got wider when he sat between my legs and pressed his back up against my chest, looking up at me.
I kissed his little wet nose then held the fox close. "Well I passed," I said with little enthusiasm. "Though it seems they want to beat the shit out of me later, too. I don't know why they're wasting their time, it's not like I'm sticking around after the battle."
"Oh? Where are you headed?"
Just before I could answer, I suddenly realized, I had no idea. I had no plan, frankly, I didn't imagine I'd even live to see the end of this war. I could have travelled further east, or try my luck heading south. With the Emperor dethroned, I didn't imagine there'd be much use left for a mercenary like me, or any mercenary, really. I suppose there was always private jobs, like protection or escorts, those were usually pretty easy money.
"I'm not sure," I told the fox, sinking a bit deeper into thought. Perhaps the pandas could direct me to another war-torn country, or maybe--
My thoughts were suddenly interrupted when Loki pushed my paw down his pants, pressing my pads into his hot, full sheath. He was still as hard as when I'd left him, and judging by how eagerly he was rubbing my fingers over his sheath, he wanted it just as badly as I did.
"L-Loki..." I managed to spit out, immediately becoming hard. In a strange twist, I found myself blushing, surprised by his advance. It was amazing to imagine how he had once been so reserved, and was now forcing my paw down his pants. It was almost becoming too much as I felt his hot flesh in my paw, grabbing it, making him squirm. I could see the others from afar, close enough to see what we were doing if they looked hard enough, but far enough where they wouldn't notice anything right away.
"C'mon," I huffed, aching as I stood up. Giving the fox little room to argue - not that he would have - I pulled him along as I made my way deeper into the forest, until I found a clearing far enough away from my fellow soldiers where I couldn't see them moving between the trees.
In a sudden fit of passion, my pants were pushed down to my ankles and after doing the same to Loki, I took him right then and there. Though I thought I saw some movement in the distance, I ignored it as my pushed myself into the warmth of Loki's body. The whole affair lasted only a short while, Loki howling as if we were all alone out here, pushing into me about as hard as I pushed forward.
I almost couldn't believe how quickly we'd done it, the intense rush coming over me and the violent wave of pleasure crashing over us, even as I finished Loki off as well. We were both panting heavily by the end, both of us blushing and simply relaxing amongst the trees. Despite finishing, Loki got to his knees and with his tongue, cleaned my half-hard cock up, and my sheath and balls as well. It was almost enough to make me want to go again, but I knew this was it for me, at least for a little while. The young fox no doubt wanted more, but it would have to wait.
"Thank you for that," said Loki as we made our way back, straightening ourselves out as the small camp came into view. Neither of us could stop smiling, more especially Loki. "I always love it when you finish inside me," he said softly as he rubbed his belly.
"Of course," I said as I ran my fingers up Loki's back. "I'm surprised you still want it from such an old man."
Loki just rolled his eyes then smacked my bum. "I'm older than you are."
I laughed. "Right, of course." Though technically true, the fox had long ago halted his body's natural aging, effectively making him immortal, a rune cast upon him millennia ago by the Crimson King. Though the fox - so far as I knew - could still be killed, age would never be the cause.
By the time we made it back, it seemed the rebel army was just starting to form outside, and we got a few dirty looks from our cohorts either because we were late showing up, or they suspected what we were doing. I wasn't sure what the point of us watching the two parties speak was, it wasn't like we could hear them, much less see what was going on. They were just insects from so far away, but Tzu insisted.
"Sorry we're late," I said insincerely. Tzu barely glanced over.
"This is it," said the panda warrior. "This is the final moment before we can finally reclaim our land. It's been over a decade since Emperor Xu ascended to the throne, enacting his insane laws. How that fool thought he could exile thousands of his own people and get away with it, we may never know. The Emperor is a fool, a monster in his own right, and tomorrow he will see the price he pays for perfection."
Some of the other men agreed heartily, but I just kept my mouth shut for fear of insulting someone. It seemed everything I did was some sort of slight on them or their people. Even my profession insulted them, like every aspect of myself was an affront to their way of life. Perhaps I just wasn't spiritual enough.
The meeting between the Emperor's man and the rebels' didn't last as long as I thought it would. There was no violence, which I suppose was good, but it looked like, as everyone had predicted, it had ended in a stalemate. Both parties, joined by a few footmen, talked for maybe a half hour tops, then swiftly rejoined their respective sides. Despite that, the tension around our camp was high, more particularly from Tzu. He had a quiet intensity in his eyes, as if he thought it could have ended any other way.
"So what now?" I asked, and Tzu just sighed.
"We await word from their messenger. We will likely move on Tao'zhan tonight."
The others continued to watch the well-formed rebel lines for a short while, as if still waiting for something to happen. The rebels were far from the city's walls, far enough to avoid cannonfire at any rate. I had no idea what sort of weapons they would employ within the walls, if they would even have any at all. I got the impression the fields close to the Heaven's Gate was mostly all crops and farmland, and they would likely try to avoid destroying it if they could. Catapults and mortars would do significant damage to their crops, though with the rebels knocking on their front gates, it could be unavoidable.
"We took all their major cities, all their major castles and holds, even their armouries," Tzu growled furiously, fists clenched. "The Eastern Lands is ours, yet that fool still resists? Such an arrogant bastard Xu is, he will die trying to keep this country free of us 'imperfects.' Pandas have ruled this land for millennia, and he thinks he can just cast us out so easily? I hope to drive my spear straight through his heart myself."
The rest stood solemnly for a moment, and though I was hardly stirred by Tzu's short speech, I could appreciate the sentiment. Perhaps it was because I had exiled myself voluntarily that his ire was lost on me, having never felt a particular attachment to Midland, the closest thing I had to a "homeland." And even then, I was not loyal to Midland, I had simply chosen a side in the war, and got paid accordingly. I was born on the border between Midland and her enemy Maldad, no real home besides the small trade town known as Concord, in the seediest of seedy pubs.
But of course, with the scorned rebels saying a silent prayer to their gods, it would be far too awkward for me to escape now, so I sighed quietly and stared out toward the horizon, gazing upon the massive city of Tao'zhan, and the small army of rebels hoping to conquer it. The outlook seemed grim, but this plan was the only hope they had at regaining what was once stolen from them from a mad Emperor.
Later in the afternoon, after a somber lunch of cured fish, rice and dried fruit, Sun Shen and his companions enjoyed a few hours of beating me senseless, though admittedly I was getting better at dodging or blocking their attacks, even when all three came at me at once. Loki simply watched as their sticks struck me again and again, though he may have also just been watching because at some point I had lost my shirt.
Whilst we trained, the messenger from the rebel encampment arrived searching for Tzu. He seemed slightly concerned at the sweaty and bruised tiger he happened upon, but fortunately Sun Shen pointed him in the right direction. I wasn't sure how long we'd continued on for after the messenger left, but Tzu had decided I needed to rest before our mission, that my skill could only truly be tested on the battlefield. I wholeheartedly agreed and after sneaking off a second time that day to make love to an extremely horny Loki, I took a short nap until I was startled awake by a clouded leopard.
"Get up, you fool!" he snarled, pushing my gear toward me. "Old man, you could sleep through anything."
"It's your fault," I growled, slowly getting up. Loki had already risen and was getting into his armour. "You tired me out with your pointless training."
Sun Shen just grunted, exiting the tent. With Loki's help, despite still being half asleep, I slipped into the armour with relative ease, and when I at last emerged from the tent, sword and sheath still in my paw, I saw everyone was already ready to go. I pushed my ears back as they all glowered at me, as if I had done this on purpose.
But in no time at all, we disassembled our camp, made one final check to make sure all weapons and armour were equipped - and more importantly, that we fit the part of Jade Army soldiers - and carefully made our way down the ridge, toward Tao'zhan.
In the twilight we travelled through the forest and eventually through flowing fields of long grass, the wind brushing it gently into our faces as we snuck across the countryside. Having to stay off any main paths, we travelled quickly across the well-worn thoroughfares as we came to them, but mostly cut through fields and forests, making our way to the banks of the Bonai Sea.
I was becoming more and more nervous the closer we got to Tao'zhan. I was a competent fighter, that much I knew, but with Sun Shen's "old man" bullshit added onto the fact I had never walked into a battle so cautiously before, it was more unknowns than I was used to dealing with. But Loki would be there with me, and even though we didn't get along, I knew Sun Shen would have my back. I had his, at any rate, I had to if we had any hope of winning this.
It was a new moon tonight, guided only by the vast blanket of stars above us. This had to have been planned, I never realized it until we were in the final stretch of our journey through a small, thin forest and I was nearly tripping over everything. We were almost at the edge of the Bonai Sea, where our boats would be waiting for us. I then began to think, who would have put the boats there? Would it not seem odd, a pawful of small boats on the shore of the Sea?
I could hear the Sea's gentle waves lapping quietly against the shore, a sign we were getting close. Not a word was spoken between us as we traversed the woods carefully, ever-cautious of mysterious lights in the distance. Unfortunately the total darkness caused me to suddenly snarl noisily as my armoured shin smacked the edge of something hard and hollow, causing me to nearly fall forward. Everyone froze as I held perfectly still, waiting to hear signs of detection. Luckily we heard none.
I heard Sun Shen growl, or maybe it was Tzu...or one of the others, I could barely see them, just vague reflections off the faux-jade pieces of their armour. Either way, one of them approached me and though I could barely see his face, I could tell it was full of anger. This one grabbed my shoulder, and it took every bit of strength I had not to knock him out right then and there.
"Foolish tiger!" Sun Shen snarled quietly. "You're bound to get us all killed."
"Enough," said Tzu. "Jain, how close are we to the shoreline?"
The young tiger crept up gingerly. "We are not far. The boats should be hidden nearby. Perhaps that is what struck the mercenary so callously."
I couldn't tell if he was mocking me or not. Nevertheless, the tiger skulked around the forest a bit, until he found a particular tree and a set of shrubs covering what I realized was a boat. And when I looked at what I had smacked my shin on, behind a bit of camouflage was another damned boat.
"Good," grunted Tzu. "Uncover them quickly and start dragging them out. We'll start toward the city when the Red Star is directly above Dragonridge Mountain's peak."
We immediately made ourselves busy pulling shrubs and sticks off the boats, and Sun Shen and I - with little Loki carrying our oars for us - held the boat above our heads as we guided it carefully out of the woods. Fortunately the clouded leopard took the lead, which meant if we bumped into anything, I could scoff at him for a change.
"Hey Shen," I said quietly, though the wooden dome covering our heads intensified the sound, much to my surprise, "where did these boats even come from? I ain't exactly a great swimmer, especially not in armour. If these things--"
"They'll be fine," growled Sun Shen. "They weren't tampered with, if that's what you mean."
I was getting annoyed by Sun Shen's impatience with me, perhaps after the battle I'd get the pleasure of knocking his head off. "So who put them here?"
"We did," the leopard sighed. "Our men built them shortly after we arrived. What did you think they were doing out here the entire time?"
"Tzu said they were out scouting."
Sun Shen just scoffed. He was being exceptionally jerky to me tonight, I couldn't figure out why. I knew he wasn't all that impressed with the fact I was here to begin with, but I hadn't done anything to offend him personally, at least nothing I could think of. I was sure he'd have let me know by now if I'd done something terrible to him. Perhaps it was because I'd slept in a little.
Soon enough we made it out of the forest with little incident, neither of us tripping or bumping into anything. A few times our boat had brushed up against a couple trees and branches, but nothing too devastating. Warily we placed the boat down on the sandy shore, next to the water, careful not to drop it too heavily. Loki placed the oars inside the boat and pushed it out a bit, preparing for the launch. The briny waves slapped against the boat softly, the Bonai Sea quite calm tonight despite the breeze rolling off it.
Tao'zhan was very close now, though still quite a distance away. The walls were dark and immense, the city itself even more so, but the harbour's lights on the horizon showed its distance. A lonely lighthouse sat upon a rocky jetty on the distant shore, opposite to our small beachfront. There were few boats milling about in the sea, the lighthouse only highlighting a few of the anchored ships.
In just a few minutes all wooden rafts were placed along the shore, and after Loki and Sun Shen boarded ours, I launched our boat off the sand and hopped in. Immediately my stomach began to churn as the boat rocked horrendously back and forth, finding it impossible to find my balance. I tried my best not to panic as each terrifying rock made me think we were about to capsize. But fortunately Loki and Sun Shen managed to control the boat long enough for me to grab onto the oars and get them into the water.
"I don't think I was the right choice for this," I said at my normal volume, the waves and the wind covering the sound of my voice.
"You're the strongest out of all of us," Sun Shen said, giving me a serious stare from the front of the boat. I doubted he'd ever admit that again unless it would somehow benefit him.
"Aren't you afraid an old tiger like me will tire out too quickly?" I growled, paddling the boat alongside the others. We made our way out to the middle of the inky Sea, my stomach becoming far more used to the small, rocking vessel.
"Yes I am, but it wasn't my decision, was it."
"Quiet down, you two," barked Tzu angrily, probably having had about as much of our bickering as he could handle. "If you two continue on like this we'll all be doomed. You all need to focus. The time to strike is nigh, we must wait until the Red Star is positioned above the mountain, so prepare yourselves."
Being the boat's paddler, I could do little else but sit there to prepare myself, but I did take few deep breaths and recounted the path we were supposed to take. I wasn't great at memorization, but Loki was usually pretty good with that stuff, and Sun Shen was just serious enough to remember that in particular. I sighed quietly, which made little Loki glance up at me. He shifted closer - which made my stomach churn from the boat's movements - and rubbed the back of my calf.
"Doing okay?" he asked quietly, giving my muscles a squeeze.
I nodded, keeping a firm grip on the oars, paranoid I might drop one. "I've never exactly been the sneaky sort. I hope it all goes okay."
Loki smiled at me, giving my calf muscles a bigger squeeze, then groped my inner thigh a little. "It'll be fine, just another battle like every other. Afterwards, well...we can spend some more time together, just us two. So you can't just die out there, you've got plans."
I smiled back at the fox, which turned all the more sinister when I realized Sun Shen was doing his best to ignore us, arms crossed over his chest. I'd never done it in a boat before, much less with a third person present, so that would have been interesting. Though less interesting would be the ten other men able to watch, including an irate panda.
For now I kept my thoughts to myself, though thanks to Loki - who had now shifted back to the front of the boat - his naked little body was all I could think about. His sweet curves, his cute butt, the way he always wanted it so badly, you'd swear it would be his last time ever. His sheath and balls, always so warm, his smooth belly, I wanted all of it right now, but alas there was a battle to win. I sighed again, thoroughly hard beneath my fake Jade Armour.
Soon enough - I kept looking back at the Red Star, though to me they all looked the same - Tzu ordered us to move, and after the first couple boats departed, it was finally our turn. I paddled hard against the waves, being guided by Sun Shen toward Tao'zhan. There were very few people out in the docks, and those who were appeared just to be civilians. As we drew closer to the incredible walls of the great city, I could see guards up on the ramparts milling about, seeming surprisingly calm considering the rebel army on their doorstep. Perhaps General Zi was right about them being over-confident.
My heart stopped as I swore a couple men on the docks had spotted us, pointing exactly in our direction. I could see Loki was ready to strike, but Sun Shen calmed him down. They didn't seem alarmed, though, and just before I could react, I realized they were admiring the starry sky, one pointing the Red Star out to the other.
"Fuck," I said under my breath, keeping the oars steady until they walked away. I then paddled toward the docks, managing to squeeze the boat through the thick supports and toward the walls further in. Sun Shen helped guide the boat to the tunnel we needed, and one by one the three of us disembarked.
There was a small, steady stream of filthy water running through our tunnel, which was large enough to accommodate us, but I had to crouch down to traverse it. The smell was extraordinary, and I was certain I had already stepped in something horrible several times before all light had left us.
I was never all that great in the dark, as a child it always made me anxious. It still did, but after some of the things I'd seen and experienced - including, but not limited to, monsters and demons, and more blood and guts than a normal fur could stand - the dark didn't seem so bad. But of course, coupled with the extremely close-quarters, that fear was starting to come back to me.
"I can't do this," I suddenly said in a panic, immediately stopping. I couldn't see my own paw in front of me, but I heard the other two stop moving. A warm, comforting paw rested upon my right paw, which was pressed against the round wall of the tunnel. "I have to go back."
Though I couldn't see him, I could tell Sun Shen was pissed.
"What's wrong?" asked Loki, the concern clear in his voice.
"I just..." I was breathing heavily, heart racing. I knew I had to keep going, but some part of me screamed, begged me to turn back. I felt so weak, pathetic, I hated it, I hadn't felt like this in so long. Sweat was now pouring down my face. "It's too much, I need to get out!"
Just as I turned, a small light suddenly appeared, a soft, fiery glow. It was Loki's staff, the end of it producing a wisp-like fire, like he'd captured the essence of the blaze's light. It was almost hypnotizing, a great relief coming over me like the waves of the Bonai Sea. Sun Shen looked furious, but quickly softened up and allowed it, at least for now.
"Most children grow out of that," said the leopard as he turned. "Just don't keep it on for long, that...whatever it is."
Loki nodded. "You can hold onto my tail if you need to," the fox suggested, without the slightest hint of sarcasm or cruelty. I was surprised Sun Shen was so accepting, though I had to figure he'd gone through the same when he was younger.
"Maybe when you turn it off," I said, humiliated by the whole affair but thankful Loki was there for me. Had he not been, this could have ended very differently.
And with Loki's little wisp of light guiding us, we continued through the tunnels without delay, finding holding onto the fox's fluffy tail amazingly comforting when there was absolutely no light to be had. But soon, after being ordered to keep the wisp away, a few lights could be seen in the distance, likely our exit. It was difficult to gauge its distance, however, all my senses severely thrown off. Besides my sense of smell.
Truly, I had not smelled something quite so foul in a very long time. Sure, I'd smelled the putrid stench of death before, numerous times in fact, but this one...was entirely different. You get used to most smells - like blood and piss and shit, even the smell of rotting flesh - but with all of the worst smells imaginable - like blood and piss and shit, and yes, even the smell of rotting flesh - blending together in a single tight space, it was amazing we'd even made it this far. I think the only thing keeping me from passing out was the idea of passing out in whatever rancid mess was creating such a smell.
At last we reached our destination, faint torchlight pouring through the metal grate above us. I had only a vague idea of where we were, but if the city's blueprints could be believed, we should exit just inside the city's main Gatehouse. This was where the guards slept and ate, and where many of them would congregate during shift changes. I had no idea how the hell we were supposed to take out so many guards without being caught.
"We have to wait down here for a while longer," Sun Shen said quietly, the three of us huddled close together. "At least until it's closer to their shift change. I have no idea what to expect up there. Captain Lee seemed to suggest many of them will talk amongst themselves before heading back to the gatehouse to rest. We have to move swiftly, try to block the exit onto the street if we can..."
"Why don't we attack now? While they're asleep, then get a drop on the others. It'll be easy."
"That's not part of the plan."
"Yeah, well I don't think Zi's plan involved the three of us being overwhelmed by the enemies and alerting the entire city to our presence."
Sun Shen shook his head. "You don't know that will happen. Our generals spent months coming up with this plan, it has to work. We have to trust them."
"I've been in dozens of battles where the mission didn't go as planned, and have always come on top. If we eliminate the men in bed, we can take the wall more easily. Your generals won't know anyway, all they're looking for is an open gate when dawn breaks. Loki, what do you think?"
Loki seemed surprised I'd asked him. "Uh," he managed to say. "I'd follow you wherever you go, Luca."
I growled. "That's not an answer. Whose plan is better?"
Loki sighed. "I've never been much of a planner, Luca, I usually just do. Both strategies have merit, but...Luca's is more sensible. I know you Eastern Landers prefer to fight with honour, but in war we're often left with few options. And especially in an operation so delicate, the fewer men who see us, the better."
Sun Shen exhaled a frustrated breath. "And what if your plan fails? Then what? This entire mission could crumble because of your impetuousness."
"Or it could run perfectly, perhaps even better than Zi's plan."
"General Zi said explicitly that the plan relies on timing. And you said yourself you weren't much of a strategist, perhaps you should just trust what our generals came up with."
The leopard had me there, though I still thought the plan was stupid. I mean, we were going to exit right into the barracks, or at least the guards' mess hall. Either way, when the guards would be changing, that seemed like the most chaotic time to mount an attack. But perhaps that was the point? We could more easily blend in - smell notwithstanding - and attack at the best moment. But what would be the best moment? Would we be discovered before finding it?
"I dunno," I growled. "I don't like it. It's too risky. I'm going to go up now, at least see what we're dealing with."
"No!" shouted Sun Shen angrily, though careful to keep his voice quiet. "We must follow the plan."
"Screw the plan, those guys haven't been inside Tao'zhan in years, and I doubt they've visited the guards' barracks even before the exodus. No one knows what we're walking into. I'm going, you can stay here and wait until dawn if you really want to."
Ignoring Sun Shen's furious growls, I started to climb the ladder, up to the gatehouse. The leopard pulled on the bottom of my pants to coax me down, but I kicked his paw away. Loki, as predicted, joined me up toward the metal grate.
My heart was pounding as I neared the tunnel's exit. Most gatehouses I'd seen had various rooms and chambers to it, most of them used as lodgings, but since this one was particularly large I wasn't sure what exactly to expect. There could be a smoke kitchen on the lower levels, or even holding cells, though situated so far from residences, it seemed unlikely. Even still, it was not knowing what I was getting myself into that made me nervous. Each rung of the ladder made me think perhaps waiting was the better idea.
But before I could reconsider and start going back down, my paw had already lifted the rusty metal gate, peering carefully inside as I carefully shoved it away. Unsurprisingly, the room was dark and dank, and smelled not quite as bad as the sewer tunnel, but was far from pleasant. When I poked my head up higher, I realized the General's plans had sent Loki, Sun Shen and I to the gatehouse's latrines, which somehow felt like a bit of a slight. The torchlight, I realized, was coming from outside the heavy door, which was just slightly ajar. The small barred window on the door let the light come through.
Very quietly, Loki and I exited the sewer tunnels and piled into the latrines, careful not to drop anything or make any loud noises. Much to my surprise, following Loki up the pipe was Sun Shen, looking none too pleased to be joining us.
"You reckless old fool," the leopard hissed, making sure he had his twin blades with him. "Your plan isn't without its advantages, I will admit. But it is still foolhardy. If something goes wrong, only you can be blamed for our downfall."
"A lowly mercenary like me? No one will remember I even existed."
Sun Shen growled. "I don't like the idea of slitting men's throats while they sleep, but I suppose we have little choice. Here, take my blade, you'll have a much easier time at it."
I nodded, and just as I took Sun Shen's second blade, a noise suddenly came from outside the latrines. Immediately the three of us plastered ourselves against the door's wall with weapons drawn. Sun Shen's small sword had a very slight curve to it at the end, and where it began to curve the blade became heavier, like it could cleave a had clean off and yet was still light and delicate. I had to wonder where the leopard had these weapons crafted, and if I could procure one too.
The door then began to open, and as I held my breath a drunken wolf came stumbling in, only half in uniform. He was mumbling something to himself before dropping the bottle he'd been carrying. Needless to say, it made the fool turn around, and just as he jumped at seeing three people in there with him, Sun Shen cut his throat.
"Well that's one down," I grunted as the young leopard pushed the body down the hole we'd come out of. "How many more to go?"
My partners ignored that, and very carefully we glanced out the open door, Sun Shen leading the way, and cautiously made our way up the stone stairs.
The smell of the latrines quickly faded, but there was still the incredible stink infused with our Jade Armour, at least from the knee down. Nevertheless, it was nice to get away from the stench, and as we made our way up the short spiral staircase, the smell of stale beer and liquor filled our lungs instead.
"Have they been celebrating?" I asked very quietly. "They should all be asleep..."
Sun Shen scoffed, stopping close to another partially opened door, listening carefully. "These arrogant fools think they're indestructible behind their walls," he said, turning his head toward me. "They've seen our army, they know we're no real threat. Their generals are too inexperienced to consider anything other than a direct attack. Xu's Law will be the Emperor's downfall."
There was not much noise coming from behind the door, though there was some to be sure. Whatever celebrations had been happening tonight, it was clearly coming to a close. I could hear a few voices still talking - all of it drunken nonsense - a bit of groaning, which was followed by some puking, and some quiet whispers of the soldiers talking to themselves. No doubt it was the mess hall outside the door, which was, by my estimation, half filled with half-conscious drunks.
Sun Shen had to think for a moment. "Hide your weapons and follow my lead," he said, peering again out the doorway. "But keep them at the ready."
Loki and I nodded, and as casually as we could, the three of us made our way into the mess hall. As predicted, there was at least a dozen men strewn about the room in no condition to fight, half of them asleep, the others far too out of it to even notice us. One of them grunted as Sun Shen neared, but fell out of his chair and into a pile of his own vomit instead. The pair talking amongst themselves noticed us, but paid us no mind.
Sun Shen looked disgusted. I almost felt bad taking these pathetic excuses for soldiers out, but it had to be done. The three of us drew our blades, which got the attention of the two most conscious soldiers, but Loki and Sun Shen had ended them before they could do anything about it. Unfortunately, the noise awoke the others - well, some of them, anyway - who had jumped out of their seats in an intoxicated daze, searching hopelessly for their weapons.
Of the ones who found them, I cut open the throat of one, then sunk my borrowed blade into the chest of another. When I retrieved my blade, it was in just enough time to deflect the attack of a border collie, but he was far too unbalanced to block my next attack, which opened up his gut. When I turned around, Loki and Sun Shen had taken care of the others.
"Nice blade," I said to the clouded leopard, getting a good feel for the balance.
Sun Shen nodded. "Indeed. They were a gift from my family. Now, secure that door and we'll continue on."
As ordered, I dragged one of the heavy wooden tables over to the door, unsure of where it led but it would help in leaving the bodies undiscovered. Had we the time, we would drag the corpses all downstairs, but that would be too risky.
"The barracks will be in the other gatehouse, we must move quickly."
I nodded, and with Loki, Sun Shen and I made our way into a second chamber attached to the mess hall, which looked more like some sort of lounge or living room, and we disposed of the few sleeping soldiers inside. We then made our way up to the second level where several guards stood patrol. They stared at us three filthy animals for a moment, but that was a moment too long.
I snarled loudly as I ran one of the guards through, watching from the corner of my eye as Loki very swiftly slashed open another's throat. The remaining guards drew their weapons, but I managed to block a spear once, then twice, and just after the third attack, Loki had already slipped behind him and cut a hole in his back.
In the commotion, I barely had time to notice one of the guards attempting to escape. I roared at Loki to stop him, and he did so easily, and when I turned to Sun Shen, he looked like he was having a bit of trouble.
Pinned against a stone pillar, and having knocked over a couple large quivers of arrows, Sun Shen snarled and reached for a small knife at his hip. I ordered Loki to take out another fleeing enemy, just before taking a swing at the leopard's attacker. Much to my surprise, the blade sliced cleanly through the soldier's helmet and his skull, dropping him immediately. Wasting no time at all, I took out one last soldier, who was too frightened to move. I felt a bit bad about that one, realizing most of these men, despite having had first-class training, had never seen a real battle before.
I clapped a paw on Sun Shen's shoulder as he gasped for air, recovering easily. "Here," I said to him, handing him back his blade. No doubt he was not used to handling just one single-handed weapon. "Take it. It's a damn fine blade, but you'll need it more than me."
Sun Shen, who had been cut on the forehead, nodded, and reequipped himself. "This is pitiful," he said. "If our generals knew just how easily the walls could be taken..." The serious leopard almost laughed.
"Yeah, well there's still plenty of fortifications left. Let's move, the sooner we get the gates open, the better." And with that, I drew Zhong Kui and we headed up another set of stairs, to the top floor. Inside, once again, a unit of a dozen men, all of them peering out the small windows, or arrow slits.
With a mighty roar, the three of us charged forward, frightening the group. It felt incredible swinging my new blade, it seemed as if it was slicing up the air itself. It was heavy and strong, yet so easy to handle, and obliterated my enemies as easily as any of my old swords. I took out two men in as many strokes, then a third, leaving me just enough time to admire the deftness and skill with which Sun Shen and Loki took out their own targets.
Wasting no time, we entered into another chamber, taking out another series of guards along the inside of the wall, across the pathway bridging the two gatehouses. It was amazing how easily we took out the guards, one by one, clearing each chamber systematically. The three of us worked together so perfectly, we seemed indestructible.
Several times I saved Sun Shen from being killed, and both he and Loki had done the same for me. I tried to keep track of how many times I'd saved his skin, if for no other reason than to rub it in his face when this was all over, assuming we'd survive dawn's attack.
It took little time to work our way down to the barracks, encountering almost no trouble with the sleeping soldiers. Most of them had made their way back from the mess hall - I had to wonder where they'd gotten the booze from, as all the servants seemed to have left - while those who hadn't celebrated that night were either sleeping, or too tired to effectively fight back.
I had no idea what time it was when we cleared out the gatehouse, but after doing a couple more sweeps and barricading several doors, the three of us took a moment to savour our victory, in the uppermost chamber on the eastern side.
"We still have to take the men out on the battlements," the buzzkill leopard told us. "They do make their rounds, so we should act quickly. Of course if we'd bothered to stick to General Zi's plan, we wouldn't have to worry about the men on the walls..."
I wish Sun Shen had mentioned that earlier, or if he had that I had listened. We couldn't barricade the entrances, though, because then our men wouldn't be able to enter the gatehouse at the proper time, but if we left them open, the dead bodies would eventually be noticed by the men on the walls. I was beginning to see why planning battles was never my forte...
For now I left the planning to Sun Shen, who by this point was feverishly trying to come up with something, so I took this moment to glance out one of the arrow slits to get a good look at the city below.
Of course with the sun still down, most of Tao'zhan was still covered in darkness, but in the distance I could see the lights and fires of the farmers and residences closer to the Upper City's walls. I had never seen a city quite so grand before, especially one that contained its own farms and fields within its curtain walls. With the limited view of the arrow slit, I wouldn't have even thought the Lower City down below was enclosed within the walls, but was instead a small farmers town outside the city proper.
Within the farmers fields, however, I noticed an immense camp, men ready to attack the rebel army the a moment's notice. I could barely make out the tents, much less the men inside them, but small lanterns strewn across the fields gave a brief glimpse, showing small, glowing outlines. This was quite possibly the first time in an extremely long time that I'd felt real dread before entering a battle.
Needless to say, the army camped out in the Lower City - which I didn't believe for one second was their full force - dwarfed the rebels in numbers alone. Perhaps our men had more skill, but skill could only take us so far when we're facing off against an army over eight times our own size.
"I think we should wait," said Sun Shen suddenly, pulling my gaze away from the Lower City. "We've cleared the gatehouse, we can handle any patrols who come our way. We'll wait in ambush until dawn, simple as that."
It was as good a plan as any, though the Emperor's army camping so close to the Heaven's Gate still made me nervous. When I glanced back out at the fields, my heart sank as I noticed more and more lanterns lighting up, and saw more movement than I felt comfortable with. What were they doing?
"Uh, Shen..?" I said tensely, but before he even had a chance to glance toward me, an ear-splitting alarm bell rang out across the fields. Had we been noticed? Was it one of the others? I couldn't be sure, but...no, it was us. Several small formations of men were already heading toward the Heaven's Gate. Had someone escaped? Did we miss a soldier? I quickly recounted all the men I cut down, I recalled no survivors. Now my heart was racing.
"H-How did they know?" Sun Shen panicked, unsheathing both his blades. "God damn you, Luca, we should have stuck with the plan!"
"I didn't ask you to come along!" I snarled, Zhong Kui already drawn. "Loki and I could have done this ourselves."
"You arrogant, old fool," growled the leopard. He looked about ready to attack me.
"Stop," barked Loki. "They aren't sending all of their men yet, they're investigating. Their army will be ready, but we still have time. The Heaven's Gate has two portcullises, we'll open them first, worry about the doors later. Sun Shen and I will open the first gate, it's the heaviest. Luca, you'll be on your own for the second. Sun Shen, you will need to light the firework, you'll need to signal the rebels."
"But..."
"We don't have a choice! Luca and I will defend the gatehouse as long as possible, but you need to signal the army. Hopefully the other teams are in place, and they'll assault the other gates when the firework explodes, and the rebels will assault the Lower City as planned."
"That's a lot of ifs," Sun Shen argued.
"Or we can stay here, wait for them to discover the dead bodies, and promptly die after they corner us."
The leopard took a long, deep breath. "Fine. Let's go."
And with that, we three snapped into action. Luckily, the Emperor's army was stationed on the farther side of the farmers fields, which gave us a bit of time to open the gates before they stormed the gatehouse, though it wouldn't be long before they signaled a much larger unit to move in.
I ran through the gatehouse as quickly as I could, panting as I flew down the tower's stairs toward the portcullis's controls. This was normally a two-man job, I suppose Loki was counting on me to lift this one by myself. Nearly out of breath by the time I reached wheel to open the gate, I held on tight and pulled it down with all my strength.
Though I could hear the metal grinding against stone, the metal gate barely budged. I pulled on the wheel harder and harder, muscles burning and threatening to break the wooden wheel, and still it barely moved. I took a short break and tried again, growling viciously as I tried my best to open the gate, but to no avail. I could already hear the first gate grinding open, though it was slow-going. All my best efforts did nothing to open the second gate, my heart thumping painfully against my chest. I snarled and growled and made all sorts of horrible noises, but nothing would open this gate.
My arms were on fire, it felt like every blood vessel in my body was close to bursting. My pads were raw, but still I tried. I could hear the gate opening in the smallest increments, tiny bursts of screeching metal as it opened, but it was too slow. The enemy would be on me long before I even opened the gate halfway, instantly I began to regret this decision to strike early.
Perhaps Sun Shen was right all along. I was too reckless, I had barely given this plan a second thought before I decided to enter the gatehouse myself. I cursed myself endlessly, wanting nothing more than to follow the other mercenaries and get the hell out before I was killed. But it was too late for that now, I was going to die trying to open this gate, it seemed certain now.
Just as I began to give in, I heard a loud whistle carry off into the sky, and an incredible burst afterward. A strange red light poured through the tiny windows for just a moment until it faded, no doubt the clouded leopard's firework. In despair, I at last dropped the gate with a loud bang.
With sword on my back, I decided I wasn't going to stay here and die. The rebels would have to find another way to open this gate, that task was beyond me now. The Emperor's army would be arriving in full force, and I intended to slow those bastards down for as long as possible.
I left the control room in a hurry, paw on Zhong Kui's hilt, gripping it tightly. Though my arms were tired, I had more than enough in me to take on a dozen soldiers, more when they arrived. With determination, I cleared the tables and chairs from one of our barricades and exited the Heaven's Gate with only one goal in mind: kill the enemy.
I turned away from the closed gate and took a long, deep breath, watching the small unit of men charge toward me. They were shouting, and I saw another split off, no doubt to inform his superiors. I could handle this small unit, but the other fifty-thousand men? Well, I'd at least try to put a dent in their forces, no matter how large.
I took in one final breath and began my attack. At full force, I charged the small unit of Jade Soldiers, and as they approached I let out a terrifying roar as I unleashed my blade, tearing down the first soldier with ease. I kept up that momentum and swung my blade again, butchering a second soldier, snarling terribly as his blood sprayed against me. The others began to howl, alerting the army the attack had begun, though no one had split off. They thought they could take me.
Two more attacked. I readied myself and with one powerful swing, deflected their attacks then swung again to split open their bowels. As their guts poured into the street, I ran through another soldier, letting him fall as I swung my blade around to lop off the head of sixth man. It was enough to give the other six soldiers pause.
"Who are you?" one of them growled, looking a little more decorated that the other fools. Certainly more than his dead comrades. "You aren't one of us."
He was stalling, but I was more than happy to oblige.
"Just a mercenary," I grumbled, pulling my blade back and taking a defensive stance. "A mercenary who's gettin' paid a lotta coin to see your emperor dethroned."
The handsome dog in charge just laughed. "You plan on taking on the entire army yourself?"
I nodded, grinning confidently. "If that's what it takes."
The commander scoffed. "Arrogant old fool. Men, attack him all at once."
I held my heavy blade up by my ear, pointing it straight toward them. They hesitated, but when one finally had the guts to attack, I cut him down. As my blade sunk into his bloody corpse - perhaps I'd used a bit too much power on that one - three others came at me. Though I suffered a nasty cut on my left arm, I retrieved my weapon and managed to swing it around hard enough to cut through one of their faces, then as I charged two more I sliced open one's belly, lopped off another's arm.
I was snarling fiercely by this point, ignoring their horrified screams as I silenced yet another, then as the commander was backing off, begging me to join the Emperor, practically tossing his money straight at me, I sunk Zhong Kui into his chest. Unfortunately when I looked up again, a much larger unit was coming after me now.
I backed myself toward the unopened gate as at least a hundred men marched toward me. This was it, Luca, only two options now: fight, or die. I took in a few deep breaths while I could - I was panting quite heavily by this point - and stared down my enemy.
Surprisingly, when the hundred or so men reached the gate, many of them horrified by the mess I'd created, their commander stepped forward and held his arm up to stop the others. They obeyed, but I could tell they all wanted a piece of me. Most of the young ones, however, looked terrified.
"Surrender now," said the commander, "and we may make your death a quick one."
I could only hope Sun Shen and Loki were making their way to the inner portcullis's gate controls, which meant if I stalled long enough, I could perhaps survive this battle after all. For now, I scoffed at the commander.
"You insolent fool," he barked. "You mean to face my hundred-man unit alone, much less the Emperor's entire army? No mortal man can perform such a feat, not even the Yaoguai Hu himself. Don't think I haven't heard of you, the poor mercenary who took down Tormund. The Mighty Emperor resented that brute, the ugly monster that he was. Sure, he had his uses, but thanks to you, you finally put the lion out of his misery. Now, lay down your arms and come with us, lest you feel the wrath of the Emperor's Royal Dragon Army."
I wasn't surprised there was yet another army with a ridiculous name that fell beneath the massive umbrella that was the Emperor's Royal Army. It made me wonder what company Sun Shen had once belonged to. Perhaps the Royal Jerk Knights.
When I raised my sword in defiance of the arrogant commander, like the one before him, he ordered his men to attack. And like before, I cut each attacker down easily, startling the others. Though a few more came at me, I took them out as effortlessly as ever.
"I can go all day," I mocked the commander, which only enraged him more. Perhaps that wasn't the best move, as he commanded his archers to prepare.
Nevertheless, I readied myself. When they loosed their arrows, I leapt back and to the side, but inevitably could not avoid the two arrows striking my right arm and the left side of my ribs. I snarled as I snapped the arrows, leaving the heads inside in an attempt to prevent myself from bleeding out.
"An additional month's salary and a week's worth of rations to any man who can slay this foul beast," barked the commander. "Honestly, he is just a man with an absurd nickname, nothing more."
One of the young soldiers scoffed, far too tempted by the money. He and two others attacked, and though they were quick - perhaps Sun Shen's lessons had paid off after all - I was able to dodge and block them, until I found my opening.
I swung my sword upward to slice open the knee of a screaming dog, then as I gripped my blade close to the hand-guard, I shifted my weight and pulled it down hard by the pommel, cutting clean through one's armour. The third fool faltered for just long enough for me to slice open his throat, coating my fur in his blood.
I roared at the commander, and I could feel the fear in the others, but he was unimpressed.
"H-He is the Yaoguai Hu!" cried one of the archers. He was shaking, most of them were. These cowards had never seen battle before, had never seen their own comrades bloody and dying. They were green, every one of them. From what I had seen of the rebel army, I had no doubt if they could get through that gate, they could easily overtake this pathetic army.
"Enough!" the commander cried. He was furious, disgusted by the cowardice of his men. "There are a hundred of us versus one tired, old tiger. In the name of the Emperor, attack him at once or so help me, I will have you all executed for treason!"
Though it took them a moment to gather themselves, they finally did get into formation and at last the first wave attacked. I barely heard the commander tell the archers to ready a second volley over the cries of the men as they charged toward me. When the first of at least twenty Jade Soldiers approached, he fell immediately. Unfortunately, the others continued their attack.
I swung my sword as hard as I could, finding the blade swung so much faster than my old sword, yet still had great length. After cutting open one soldier's face, I was easily able to shift my momentum and attack again, and again, cutting through one enemy after the other. But despite being much lighter than my old blade, Zhong Kui was still very heavy, and took far more strength than I had to swing it, at least considering all my newest wounds. For now I would attack any fool who dared approach me, swinging my sword without remorse until either I collapsed, or the Emperor's army was completely wiped out.
When at last I heard the commander order the archers to release, I ran through some poor ocelot and used his lifeless body as a shield. Because of my weapon's remarkable sharpness, the kid slid off cleanly and I continued my assault. This time, I charged toward them.
My thirsty blade once again lapped at the soldiers' blood, each mighty swing hitting every target, though it wasn't always fatal. The commander finally ordered his men to surround me, but that only meant more of them would fall before dawn.
I snarled wickedly as I beheaded a soldier, ran another through, crushed the skull of another. My arms were burning, paw pads cracked and raw from the new material of my blade's grip, legs tired from dancing around the battlefield. With so many dead or dying already around me, I was sure I'd trip soon enough, then that would be the end of me. But for now I kept breathing, panting heavily and hoarsely, swinging that terrible blade of mine almost blindly now.
How many more men had joined the fray? I could barely hear the alarms over the roars of the men. A screaming pain tore through my ribs as I was struck by an arrow, or perhaps a crossbow bolt, but with so much adrenaline pumping through my veins, I hardly even noticed. A few more appeared - two on my legs and one in my shoulder - but I was unrelenting. Half a dozen more men fell, my Jade Armour now soaked in my enemy's warm crimson, or what was left of it.
Though I was fighting with wild abandon, I had taken a few more hits than a normal fighter should have. In my blind rage, I left myself far too vulnerable, which mostly involved attacks on my ribs, chest and shoulders. Fortunately I was moving with enough agility to avoid certain death, or loss of limbs, but I ended up with some nasty bruises and possibly some broken bones, which resulted in pieces of my fake Jade Armour coming apart. I think both shoulder pieces had already been detached, as well as half the guard covering my left leg, and my chest armour was looser than I would have preferred. Nevertheless, I let nothing deter me.
"He's just one man!" I heard their commander scream desperately, fear clear in his voice.
I was an unstoppable force. I had lost count of the number of men I'd killed, surrounded by my enemy. I had no idea how long I'd been swinging my sword for, but in the brief second it took to notice, the sun had still not yet risen. It felt like I'd been fighting for hours, barely a spot on me not covered in blood. All I could smell now was shit, piss and gore, that nauseating aroma which marked every battlefield. I had no idea how much I had left in me, and as I took a few more hits - I think one of them sliced through my armour and incised the right side of my waist - I could feel my attacks starting to weaken.
"Don't let up!" a voice somewhere thundered. That empowered the men, and they came at me even more fiercely. I took a nasty cut across my muzzle as I stumbled back, blocking the next attack. Though I tried to regain the offensive, for now I had to step back and defend myself against a fury of blades and spears. I took a few more hits before I finally struck down the bastard who'd sliced my face open, but there was still hundreds more where he came from.
My blood mixed with theirs, the stench intoxicating. I took a few more hits and doled out even more. The black monster sleeping within me began to stir, and as more pieces of my armour flew off, and I incurred further injuries, my darkness started stretching its wings. It began to take hold, and I did nothing to hold it back. Its terrifying roar came thundering from my maw as I obliterated a young soldier, tasting his blood in my mouth.
But stronger than that, I tasted the enemy's fear. Though they didn't let up, they saw me as their terrible Yaoguai Hu, a true demon tearing through them with ease. I had taken more damage than they thought possible, not one of them imagined I could still be standing. Yet I was, and not only that, I had completely soaked the ground in their blood, the grass and mud slick and warm. Much of it was on me, absorbed into my fur. I roared again, taking a few more hits before mowing down at least a dozen more men. Nosferatu's thirst was slowly being satiated.
I had lost myself in the fierce melee. All I could see was blood and enemies, lives my darkness wanted to take, needed to take. And it would stop at nothing to do so. As well as my sword rending flesh and bone in two, I used my claws and teeth as the gods had once intended, ripping through flesh like a wild beast. This sent terror through the Jade Army, the unstoppable Yaoguai Hu was upon them. Their reckoning had come.
Unfortunately, as I had proven time and time again, even demons could be slain. I was practically blind as I fought, seeing my enemies for only seconds before I cut them down, which meant I had made myself far too vulnerable far too often. After sustaining a few more generous blows, despite all my roaring and snarling and blood-soaked craze, it seemed the enemy was finally starting to gain the upper hand, much to their commander's glee. Well, at least I had taken a good chunk of them down first, though I had lost track of how many.
But a moment of reprieve at last came when the battle paused for just a second, when all eyes turned away from me and toward the Heaven's Gate. The second portcullis was finally opening, and like a shining beacon from above, the mighty roar of the rebel army came flooding through.
It was utter chaos as pandas and other exiles exploded onto my bloody battlefield, and again the chaos resumed. I swung my sword ruthlessly, reenergized by the sight of friendly forces. Most of the Jade Army was distracted by this new threat, but I would not let up, not now, not until the battle was won.
And we fought well into the morning, myself nearly a walking corpse before the last enemy fell, and yet I never gave in. Nowhere had I seen Zhang, nor Loki or Sun Shen, but as the afternoon sun brought the flies and the rot into the decimated farmer fields, the pair found me in the one patch of land unsoiled by the battle.
"I spoke with Tzu," Sun Shen said wearily, half covered in blood. There was likely more ire behind his voice than the exhausted clouded leopard let on. "He said we captured the Lower City, took over a thousand prisoners, but with higher casualties than expected. We were lucky the other teams had gotten the hint and opened the gates, else it would have been a vastly different outcome." His tired eyes laid all the blame on me.
"General Zi is going to want answers," he continued, sitting next to me. Loki sat with us as well, eyeing all of my newest wounds. He seemed exhausted too.
"I didn't see you during the battle," I said to Loki, ignoring the leopard for now.
Loki just grunted. "After we opened the gate, I was with you the entire time. You were...lost during the fight, but I remained with you, though I was wary of your sword. And Sun Shen is right, they want to why we didn't follow the plan."
"I don't give a shit. We won, didn't we?"
"It would have been a far different result had we not managed to open the front gate," Sun Shen told me. "Though our rebels flanked the Emperor's men, our main forces were still stuck behind the second portcullis. I'm not sure what you did to it, tiger, but it took five of us to open it."
I didn't have the energy to argue with Sun Shen, so I continued to ignore him. "How're you holding up, Loki?"
Loki stared at me as if surprised by my question. "I'm...okay," he said, a slight hue to his cheeks. "I took a few hits, but otherwise escaped unharmed. You look worse for wear, as usual."
I shrugged, though it hurt to do so; I think I had taken one too many crossbow bolts to the shoulder. "Yet here I am."
Loki nodded, then knelt in front of me to examine my body closer. Most of my armour was gone now, so I had taken more wounds than I should have. Nevertheless, I came out alive, which was about as much as I could have asked for.
"You were pretty wild out there," commented the arctic fox. "Seemed you were swinging at anything that moved, though the rebels knew to give you a wide berth. Even still, you had slowed down quite a bit near the battle's end."
"Almost as if I was exhausted," I said annoyed. "And injured." I knew what the fox was trying to imply, at least I thought I did. I think he was starting to agree with Sun Shen, that I was getting too old to be a mercenary, or rather, a mercenary who fought in war.
Sun Shen just grunted.
"I took a lot of hits, in case you didn't notice," I argued. There could have been any number of reasons why I'd slow down in battle.
"Which isn't typical for you, Luca. You're usually much swifter than that. At the very least, you don't let it slow you down."
I just scoffed, uninterested in having this conversation. "As if I have anything else to do, anyway. I'm still alive, so at least there's that."
Loki didn't exactly share my perspective, and Sun Shen rolled his eyes and got up. "I must go for now, Luca. I will admit, were it not for the second gate getting stuck, your reckless plan would have gone off without a hitch. And you fought well, if not carelessly, and I am surprised you are still able to stand. A normal man would have fallen long before you, and in some way I admire that about you, your perseverance, especially for a sellsword. I cannot say more, but I will tell you, in the morning the General will want words with you, whether you want to or not. His elite soldiers will make sure of it. It might be best to make yourself scarce before sunrise. Oh, and if I see you on the on the other side of the battlefield...I will not hesitate for one moment to sink my blades into your chest."
"Right," I scoffed. "Take care, Shen."
The leopard nodded and took off. Did he really think I would turn cloaks so easily? I suppose history has always proven otherwise, often enough, anyway, so it wasn't unreasonable to assume I would do the same.
There was still much planning and preparation to be done before invading the rest of the Tao'zhan, but the most difficult hurdle had been cleared. Perhaps the pandas were no longer in need of my services, they could undoubtedly handle the rest of the city's capture without me; so many of them had proven themselves capable warriors. I think it was about time to start considering Sun Shen's advice, though I wasn't exactly in a state to make a hasty getaway, nor would I make it too far if I did.
"We need to get you to the healers," Loki suggested, though if I was wanted by the rebel army, perhaps being incapacitated by their healers wasn't such a wise idea. Maybe it was time to reconsider Loki's healing runes, though it sounded like it could take just as long to recover as regular medicine.
"Yeah," I said to the fox. "Yeah, all right."
And so reluctantly he and I got up, the small fox acting as my crutch once more as we stumbled through the destroyed farmers fields where hundreds of slain soldiers still laid. The cleanup was going to be a long, arduous process, and no doubt a whole new graveyard would have to be built in order to adequately support the number of fresh corpses.
No matter how many battles I'd been in, there was always something so unsettling about the aftermath that I could never get used to: all those piles of corpses. It brought it all into perspective, the frailty of man. It showed just how very similar we all are, yet despite that we are always willing to tear each other apart for religious ideals, or for more land, or gold, or for whatever other reasons people needed to shed blood. And yet I made a living off the turmoil of war, and the greed and destruction of man. What sort of monster did that make me?
We arrived at the healer's tent quickly enough, a makeshift thing built in one of the few clearings the farmer fields had to offer. It was already busy, most of the wounded the Emperor's men. They were no doubt prisoners, but had to be healed as if they were one of their own. It didn't look like there was much room for Loki and I, and there were many worse off than me who were still waiting to be attended to. The healers wouldn't even glance at me, so busy bandaging up the other poor fools who were fortunate enough not to fall beneath my mighty blade.
"This is a waste of time," I grumbled, wincing from my open wounds. Most of them were still bleeding, plus some of my older wounds had reopened, though amazingly most of them had already healed before the battle. While it had been just a short, albeit painful walk to the tent, I had no idea where Loki and I would go now.
"We'll go to the river," the fox suggested as if reading my mind, pulling me along. I didn't have a whole lot of choice since the fox also acted as a crutch, though if I wanted to walk on my own, I probably could have managed, however slowly.
Fortunately the sun had long since peaked today, and while it was still a few hours or so until it would set, it wasn't as hot now as it had been during the battle, which had ended some time after noon. The river wasn't as busy as I had expected, nor as bloody, though dozens of pandas and many others were knelt by the side praying, at least that's what it looked like. Some where cleaning themselves and their equipment off, but most remained solemn and silent.
"Kneel here," sighed Loki, who also seemed solemn and silent. I was sure something was bothering him, but I knew by now that if I asked, he wouldn't tell me. Nevertheless, I felt compelled to anyway.
"How're you doing?" I asked him cautiously, despite my injuries. Most of my exposed fur was matted with blood and mud as well.
"I'm fine. Take off your clothes, we need to clean your wounds."
Deciding not to argue, I did as I was told, removing my broken and filthy armour, as well as the torn and bloody underclothes. I'd have to find my old armour before long, hoping someone had hung onto it for me. If not, and it was left back at Xin'an, I would likely have to abandon it. But one way or the other, I would need fresh clothes before departing.
After kneeling in the cool water of Tao'zhan's stream, the water splashing up around my hips as I let myself relax, Loki began to splash water through the fur on my back, which was pointed toward the river. When I glanced over, dark clouds of bloody red flowed away from my body, yet there was far more stuck within my fur and even more pouring from my wounds.
With Loki's own armour mostly removed, now just wearing the loose robes beneath, I was startled to suddenly hear tearing as he removed strips off his sleeves, one big one at first that he used as a washcloth.
"Loki..?" I began, but he silenced me quickly. And seconds later, he pushed the cloth into my back and began to scrub, right over a particularly nasty - and crusted - axe wound.
I snarled loudly at first, claws scraping at the soft, dirty sand beneath me, gripping even harder as he scrubbed my flesh raw. But having had to do this many times before, I knew it had to be done. Having only had infected wounds once before in my life - and having seen many others succumb to it after weeks of torment - I was not eager to experience that again. And so I endured Loki's treatment, the little fox doing his best to work as much of the blood out of my fur as he could.
Glancing again at the water flowing around me, dark, almost black globs of thick blood washed away, and still the little fox scraped away at my fur, as if tearing every hair off my body. He scrubbed harder and harder, as if intentionally causing me pain, growling as he worked his paws and the red cloth through my fur.
He was breathing heavily, seeming almost exasperated until I heard a quiet sniffle. Then it became louder, until I realized the poor fox was crying. His paws trembled as he ground the makeshift washcloth into my back, working every inch of dried blood out as he could, but soon was unable to make any progress through his tears.
"Loki?" I said, turning toward him. I wasn't sure I'd even seen him like this, eyes red and tears coursing down his face. Ears drawn back, the fox turned away as I tried to get a closer look, his teeth bared a little and face stuck in a snarl. His lips were quivering yet he kept his paws on my back, shaking, then let out another short yelp.
"Loki, what's the matter?" I asked with my own ears drawn back, ignoring his insistence I stay sitting still, turning around to hold my paws on his shoulders. "Come here," I said, pulling the fox toward me. And it seemed that made the little fox break down completely as he began to weep in my arms. This was so strange, I had so little experience with such things, but I comforted Loki as best I could, rubbing his back with my dirty, damaged paws.
"How many times are we going to have to do this?" the arctic fox wept, digging his head into my chest, reddening his fur. "I can't...I can't keep doing this."
"We can find someone else to clean me up, Loki," I told him, as clueless as ever.
Loki growled angrily, digging his claws into my ribs. "I don't mean that," he barked, trying hard to compose himself, though I was sure he was still crying. "I mean...worrying about you. You fight like you want to die, and I can't..." The fox took a few long, deep breaths, then continued, "I can't lose more people I care about. Everyone I'd ever...loved...has been taken away from me. And you're the only one I have left."
A sudden pang of guilt struck me like a war hammer, and all I could do was hold the arctic fox closer. I knew he cared about me, and of course I cared very much about him too, I knew this. I didn't want to see any harm come to Loki, and I would protect the little fox no matter the cost, but I was far too dense to realize just how much pain he would be in if ever I fell in battle, especially from my reckless behaviour. I sighed deeply, giving Loki a squeeze.
"I'm not going anywhere, Loki."
The fox sniffled a few more times, wiping his eyes and his nose but keeping his face covered. "You survived that battle, but only because I was able to protect you. What will happen in the next battle, or the next one, what if I'm not close enough to save you?"
There was no reasonable answer, so I kept my maw closed for now.
"Maybe you think I'm just being selfish, but...I've lost so much, Luca. My entire family was taken from me, you know that already, as well as Heimdall, Jorn. The only comfort I ever had was with the Crimson King, and even he eventually rejected me. He tossed me aside so easily, so carelessly, like I was nothing. I was some simple amusement to him, for the millennia I'd spent with him in Hel. He never cared about me, I was just an instrument that'd outlived it usefulness. And yet...he had meant everything to me. And I can't lose another one...that I love, Luca. I need you."
I sighed heavily. I was willing to protect Loki with my life, yet somehow in my ignorance, I failed to consider the consequences were I to die on the battlefield. To me, it didn't matter what happened after death, that would simply be the end. Life would go on without me, the world would carry on. Like so many others, my life was insignificant. And while I cared for Loki a great deal, it was only in this moment that I was beginning to realize the impact my insignificant death would have on the poor arctic fox.
"Loki...I know it seems like I don't care if I live for die, but..." I sighed, never good in these types of situations. "Look, it was true when I said I didn't have anything left to live for, and I really believed that. I was acting more recklessly because I genuinely didn't care. But having spent so much time with you...well, you've come to mean so much to me. You're not only the only friend I have left, but...well, I really care about you, Loki, and I love everything you've given me. I, um... Ah, fuck... I love you, Loki, okay? So I ain't goin' anywhere, I promise."
Loki started crying again, burying his head once more in my chest. But as he held onto me with trembling paws, somehow I could tell these were different tears. He then growled a little, then chuckled, then nodded slightly. "I'm going to do my utmost to protect you, Luca, no matter what. You're my king, my love, my saviour. You're everything to me, and for as long as I live, I will serve you."
I nodded in response, nuzzling Loki's tear-soaked cheek. I gave the little guy a kiss, heart pounding heavily against my chest. It had been far, far too long since I'd felt this way, it was almost foreign to me. It felt new and exciting, but damn terrifying at the same time. What if I failed to hold up my end of the bargain?
Eventually the fox had composed himself enough to continue scrubbing the mess from my fur, and had my wounds all cleaned up and most of the blood washed from my fur in no time. Though it took a bit of sneaking, he also managed to procure a couple rolls of bandages, all of which we needed. My body was still in pain, but at least I would stave off infection for at least a little while. Loki remained still slightly somber after finishing up, just staring at my body half-wrapped in bandages, a troubled look on his face.
"Try not to worry," I told Loki, stroking his cheek lovingly with the back of my paw. "I was thinking of taking Sun Shen up on his advice, anyway. There's no point in sticking around when I've clearly overstayed my welcome. They'll likely imprison me come sunrise, and I don't plan on staying here long enough to see if it's true."
"What do you plan on doing about our gear?" Loki asked, glancing up at me. "Even if they took it with them during their march, they'll no doubt be holding it hostage. You don't even have any clean clothes to change into, and I don't plan on leaving without my stuff."
"Well they'll be keeping an eye out for me. Maybe you could try to find it while I lay low?"
Loki frowned at the proposition. "Where will you hide?"
I looked around, vast fields of ruined crops all around us. However there were some farmhouses littered throughout the massive open fields, as well as barns and a few silos. I pointed to the closest field, which had an old barn nearby. "I'll hole up in that barn until you return. Sound good?"
Loki nodded. After helping me across the river and the field, and after checking out the property to see if we were alone - we were, for now - the arctic fox gave my good shoulder a concerned squeeze, then took off. Hopefully he wouldn't be long.
At some point in waiting amongst the bales of hay, I must have fallen asleep. I recalled vague dreams of the battle, blood and guts everywhere, coating me, and myself stepping from that blood to crush my enemies. I awoke with a terrible twist in my gut, enough to make me throw up. There was as much blood as there was digested food amongst the mess, so I moved to a different part of the barn. Loki had just returned, though without any of his old gear.
"Are you okay?" he asked, coming to my side immediately.
"Yeah," I nodded, aware of how horrible my breath likely was. I could see through the cracks in the barn, and through the loft window, the sky was just starting to redden, sundown just a few hours away. I must have slept for just as long. "Did you find our stuff?"
Loki gave a short shrug, still wearing his Eastern Lander robes. "I asked around a little, did a bit of espionage. I think they have it with them, at the command tent, or at least near enough to make retrieving it next to impossible. Not without a fight, at least."
I grunted. "We'll have to leave it, then. I know it's all the stuff you have but...I'm not going back there. It sounds like they aren't too interested in hearing my side of the story."
The little fox did not like that idea.
"If you think you can get in and out with your gear without getting caught...then I suppose I can't stop you. But you heard what Sun Shen said, they'll be coming for me at the crack of dawn, and I'm sure they'll be looking for you, too. I dunno much about your Runes, so I dunno, maybe you have one that can help? Like...an invisibility rune, or something?"
"That's nonsense," grunted Loki, as if I should have known better. "You can put up wards to protect you from others' senses, but to truly become invisible? It isn't possible, not so far as I know."
"Well we can't wait all night. Maybe that would be the best time to make a move, anyway, when the sun goes down. They'll probably be protecting it, though, just in case we go for it. But...they're also assuming we know it's there. What do you think?"
"I won't be able to grab everything. But I can grab my stuff and nab whatever I can for you, then I'll meet you back here and we can make our way to the Heaven's Gate, then hopefully away from Tao-zhan. How does that sound?"
"Good," I nodded, taking a few deep breaths. "I didn't think I'd be leaving the Eastern Lands like this, but I guess there isn't much choice. It's too bad there wasn't more time, I would've liked to say farewell to Zhang, at least."
Loki shrugged. "There's still a bit of daylight left. You might be able to find him before nightfall."
"Yeah, well I think it'd just be best to lay low. For all I know, they're gonna use him to try to get to me. Honestly, they won the battle. What's the big deal?"
The arctic fox stood up, rubbing my good shoulder. "You spent a long time in Midland's army, surely you can understand the rebels' ire. Imagine how August would have reacted if you deviated from his plans."
The fact was, on more than one occasion I'd deviated from his plans, usually charging into battle before everyone else. He didn't like it, but I was never punished too severely. We'd always achieve victory, anyway, which was all that mattered to August. My second-in-command, however, it infuriated him to no end. Either way, I saw Loki's point. Perhaps they wouldn't be as rough on me as I assumed, but I couldn't exactly afford to take that chance. And if I could leave without any violence, all the better.
"I guess you're right," I conceded. "Let's just...try to get outta here before they come looking for me, okay?"
Loki nodded, and for now he gave me another once-over to make sure my wounds were all wrapped. He took another scrap of his Eastern Lander tunic and tied it around my left forearm, which had only a few shallow scratches, and asked if I wanted a couple healing runes inscribed. I would have ordinarily declined, but since my wounds were especially painful, I accepted.
The fox inscribed his soft, green glowing runes, which amazingly began to work instantly. Perhaps one of them just dulled the pain, but like some kind of stream, the healing numbness spread out from my arm to affect my entire body, my poor footpaws the last to feel it. I had no idea if any of these runes were actually healing my wounds, but they at least helped take some of the pain away. When I stood up, however, much of the pain came flooding back to me.
"Be careful," cautioned the fox, by my side instantly. "I know you're feeling the effects, but your wounds are still fresh. You can still cause more damage. Just take it easy."
I sighed. For all the miracles Loki's runes could perform, they sure didn't act very quickly.
"Let's just wait until nightfall," he continued, "we should be fine here. I'm going to go scout out the command tent a little more, and I'll return before the sun goes down with our stuff. Will you be okay?"
I sat back down with another heavy sigh, my filthy and bloody clothes beside me. At least I still had my sword, in case the pandas decided to get violent. I nodded at the fox. "Go on, it's not like I'll be going anywhere anyway. Not very quickly, at least."
"If I don't return after the sun sets, leave without me. I'll find my way to you." Loki then gave me a quick peck on the cheek, a short bow and took off, bounding swiftly over the water like a gentle breeze.
It amazed me some of the things he could do, and he owed it all to his Runes. I rarely ever saw him cast them, but as he's told me before, he's become so adept at it, it takes only a moment to cast a few. And sometimes the results of those hastily drawn runes could be fantastically destructive. With just the right set of runes - again, his words - he could create incredible catastrophes that will level entire cities. It was a wonder how people eventually came to stop using them.
Nightfall came quickly enough - though constantly looking over my shoulder made it drag that much longer - with yet no sign of Loki. I wanted to keep waiting, but knew they'd be scouring the Lower City looking for me at the crack of dawn. I had to leave now, but...I couldn't abandon Loki like that. I wouldn't. Deep down I knew better, I knew the fox could handle himself, I knew what he was capable of. It took him years, but he'd found me after I'd left Midland, he could find me again. But...I had to try. My mind was telling me to run, but my body refused.
Shakily I stood up, took what was left of my baggy, dirty pants and threw them on, the torn and bloody top portion haphazardly hanging around my waist. Topless, I slung my large sword over my back and took off up the riverbank in search of my loyal arctic fox.
Not surprisingly, soldiers were everywhere. Most of them were fast asleep in their tents, the rest were awake by their campfires, staring morosely into the flames. They had no doubt lost some good friends in today's battle. Was that because of me?
I gave myself little time to consider the consequences of my actions today as I searched feverishly for Loki. I listened carefully for his voice, but heard only quiet murmurs of broken pandas, and the soft sobs of the grieving. I could see the command tent not far off, the most brightly lit. It wasn't until the warm light began shining upon my face when I realized how insane this was.
If they had, indeed, captured Loki, would they even hold him here? If that was the case, they had to be expecting me. Most of the city's exits would no doubt be guarded, perhaps...that was why Sun Shen had warned me, so I would make my escape and be captured. But they couldn't predict my actions, they would know I could cut through a few guards without a second thought. But there was no way they would let me leave. Not only would they want justice for my disobedience, but there was no way they could risk me crossing into enemy lines. I knew they didn't trust sellswords, in fact many had probably already crossed.
Suddenly, a quiet chuckle from my hidden darkness. It felt fear, smelled the sweat. It was too late. I'd already walked into their ambush. My paw had already gripped Zhong Kui before my mind even realized it. I didn't want to fight the rebel pandas, but I couldn't surrender either.
A silent snarling within my dark belly, Nosferatu sensed danger was near. It was excited, it wanted blood. Had it not been thoroughly quenched during the battle for the Lower City? But as my allies crept forward, waiting to strike, I felt its dark claws scraping slowly against my gut.
Soldiers began to slowly step out from behind their tents, holding their guandaos toward me, taking a defensive stance. They were fully armoured, perhaps more so than usual, but their paws were shaking. As they emerged, one of them called out to me.
"Don't move," he said as commandingly as possible, though was clearly afraid. "We have you surrounded. Don't...make this more difficult than it has to be."
My paw tightly clenched my sword, arm twitching. With just a few swings I could get away, but I truly held no ill will toward these pandas. I didn't want to kill them, but if backed into a corner, I would have little choice.
"Put your weapon down," the another said. It was Sun Shen. I should have guessed. "This doesn't have to get bloody."
"You son of a bitch," I spat, glancing to my right. The clouded leopard held his paws on his swords, but kept them sheathed.
"The General only wishes to speak. He does not want violence."
"Says the man leading a war?"
Sun Shen grunted.
"If the man wants to talk, he should have come to me himself. Instead he sends a bunch of low-level goons after me? It's no wonder this rebellion needed help from the likes of me when you have cowards running the show."
"Luca," a grizzled old voice said, General Zi stepping from the commanders tent. Of course he had to make his presence known after I called him a coward. "At ease."
I just growled. "What's this all about, Zi? We achieved victory, I see no problem here."
"This was supposed to be a clean victory, Luca, minimal lives lost. Instead we lost hundreds. And you are the cause of it."
I just scoffed. "You cannot predict the outcome of a battle any more than you can predict next week's weather. Your plan was faulty, it was clear the moment we stepped out into the barracks."
General Zi almost laughed. "You are soldier, sellsword, nothing more. You march into battle and you swing your sword, that was your job. That is what we were paying you for. You do not get to change battle plans because you don't like them. We paid you to follow orders, which you failed to do! Had you waited until dawn, as we had discussed, the other teams would have had a chance to open the gates at the proper time. Instead we suffered heavy casualties in what should have been a fairly painless process. But then you decided you could plan battles better than seasoned generals? How do you account for that?"
Naturally I had nothing to say.
"You are an arrogant, reckless, tired old mercenary who has clearly outlived his usefulness on the battlefield. Though your skills are impressive, I will admit that, your inability to follow orders - orders, need I remind you, that you are being paid to follow - has rendered your services useless. Now if you will, please step into the war room, Luca, so we can discuss your future within the rebellion."
Sun Shen looked far more satisfied than I would have liked.
I grunted again, finally releasing my sword. My paws were clenched, however, as I followed General Zi into the command tent, as well as Sun Shen behind me.
"Is he really necessary?" I asked. "And tell me where Loki is."
"Your friend is fine, he's with us."
When I entered the large tent, I saw Loki with arms folded, sitting in the corner with two guards next to him. He looked about as impressed as I was, though his eyes lit up a little as our gazes met. While I had qualms about killing these soldiers I'd fought beside for so long, I had no reason to believe their lives mattered enough to Loki to stop him from escaping without bloodshed.
"The others want to imprison you," said General Zi, standing on the opposite side of a large, map-covered table. "Some of them want to see you hanged, despite we pandas not believing in such punishments. But despite your actions last night, there is no denying you have been of great service to our cause. We could not have made it this far without you, I fear. So we reached a compromise."
"I can hardly wait," I growled, though when I glanced back at Loki, he didn't seem upset or worried. Perhaps they'd already explained it to him, or perhaps he'd even helped negotiate the compromise.
"Because we cannot allow you to leave Tao'zhan - many fear you will turn to the Emperor for employment - you must remain within its walls, but because of your tremendous service to our cause, you will not be imprisoned. You may roam freely within the Lower City, however you will be guarded at all times. You may not, under any circumstances, carry a weapon with you, nor will you be invited to fight alongside the rebels when we move to take the Upper City, nor, subsequently, the Royal City and the Forbidden City. Your sword and your gear will be returned to you when the battle is over."
"Assuming you rebels can finish the war."
"Such arrogance," scoffed the General. "As I said, we owe you a great deal. But we have the rest of this battle planned out, your services will no longer be required."
Somehow I doubted that, but it seemed the rebels had everything under control. All I had to do, then, was wait until they came crawling back to me, begging me to defeat another wall of an enemy. But perhaps I was being big-headed, and they truly could finish the rest of the campaign without me. It was nearly over, after all, the biggest hurdles had been cleared.
"What about my pay?"
General Zi laughed loudly, shaking his head. "You disobey your superiors, then ask to be paid? The sword we gave you is worth nearly double your regular payment, consider that your compensation. Now get out of my sight before I have you thrown into prison anyway."
I had expected such a response, but thought I'd ask just in case. True to his word, two armoured soldiers followed Loki and I away from the commanders tent, though we had no place to sleep. We settled for a spot beneath a tree, away from the regular camps - only half of the rebels' camp had been set up inside, the rest were still behind the hill outside of Tao'zhan. Though the soldiers were unimpressed, they had little choice.
The following few days - after Loki got his clothes back and I got something clean to wear - I made myself useful by helping clear the fields of corpses, a job I wouldn't wish on anybody. It wasn't my idea, of course, but at least I would get fed this way without having to venture toward the residential part of the city. As the rest of the rebels slowly rebuilt their camp within the walls, an increasing sense of resentment grew within every soldier who entered the Heaven's Gate. I could tell word had spread all across the rebel army that I was the one to blame for the deadly change in plans, their wicked glances had said as much.
But even still, I tried to make myself as useful as possible, despite knowing I couldn't make it up to them. Of course, there are always losses in war, but it seemed every death was now entirely by my hand. I had to admit, I did have some moments of guilt, but like the rest of my past, I pushed it aside and focused on keeping myself busy.
Nearly a month had passed since the battle for the Lower City, and the rebels had already captured Tao'Zhan's outer walls. The Upper City was essentially now theirs, though not truly taken yet, as the Jade Army had only the streets to fight in, a poor battlefield for both sides. But having claimed the walls, the rebels had a great advantage over the Emperor's army. Both sides wanted to avoid as much collateral damage as possible - despite the destroyed farmers fields - which meant both had to be careful where they aimed their weapons. In fact, siege weapons would almost entirely be out of the question, and it was clear the rebels had more fighting ability than the Jade Army. The pressure was on, and still the Emperor refused to surrender. He had to know how dire the situation was, yet he clung on to his fancy palace of gold and jade within the Forbidden City, tucked away nicely within the extravagant city around it, the Royal City.
The Royal City, whose walls did not attach to Tao'zhan's main fortifications, would be no easy task. But like the rest of the Eastern Lands' capitol, it had its weak points and its strong points, and had one too many gates to defend. Though its walls were high, it was clear defense was not their primary function, but rather to keep the lower- and upper-middle classes out, the residents of the Upper City. The Royal City, from what I'd heard, was indeed beautiful, only the most wealthy and powerful living within its walls, living that much closer to the Emperor, yet they seemed to pay for that luxury with poorer defenses.
The Forbidden City itself would no doubt be the toughest battle for the rebels. It's walls were thick and its battlements high, however compared to the outer walls of Tao'zhan, they might as well have been made of paper. Unfortunately, with a wide moat completely surrounding it, and temples and houses so close to the city's walls, any number of siege weapons would be next to impossible to employ. The main gate leading from the Royal City into the Forbidden City was small compared to the rest of Tao'zhan, though still needlessly lavish and colourful. The battlements stretched outward from the gates to bottleneck any incoming enemies, and though the structures on top were impressive and beautiful, they helped guard the archers and artillery, of which there would no doubt be aplenty.
The walls of the Forbidden City, from what I'd heard, were some of the greatest fortifications in the entire country, however if the pandas managed to breach them, victory would almost be assured. While there was far more space within the Forbidden City between all their expensive gardens and temples and palaces for the Emperor to mount a proper attack, if the Emperor's personal guard fought as poorly as his Jade Army, he would undoubtedly fall quickly. But it was breaking through those gates that would prove exceptionally difficult.
All of that, anyway, was according the rebels still left defending the Lower City, who had been talking to my personal guards.
My personal guards were two pandas, Zhong - who I continuously called Zhang by accident - and Min - one of the few female warriors I'd encountered. The duo did a very good job at tailing Loki and I, rarely more than ten feet away. They were amazingly vigilant, and seemed only slightly bothered by the fact they were stuck guarding me instead of on the walls fighting the Emperor. I think that made them resent me even more, though I think they were slowly warming up to me.
Though it took another week, the rebels at last moved into the Upper City, sweeping through with surprising ease. I had to admit, I was surprised they managed to take so many parts of the city with as much skill as they had. Of course that only gave me more time to consider my disobedience, always reminded of my mistake. Perhaps that was another reason for keeping me out of prison, so I could see with my own eyes exactly how my actions had affected the other soldiers. After all, I had grown close to most of them, perhaps not on a personal level, but they had treated me with such reverence and pride, now all I saw was disappointment and fear.
Part of me wanted so badly to make it up to them, to show them I was still on their side, but I knew if I charged into battle now, they would never forgive me. I had to be patient and trust they would not need me before the war's end, and if they did, that they would come find me themselves.
Fortunately for the panda army, my services were not required in the battle to take the Upper City. They had claimed victory once more, ensuring nothing was coming in or out of the Royal City now, no doubt preferring to starve the Emperor out than risk yet another attack. All exits of the Royal City were guarded, though a few mortar rounds proved the Emperor was not as concerned with damaging homes outside the City as was originally assumed. Even still, the rebels gave the Royal Walls wide enough berth to avoid the artillery, yet remained vigilant of Zu's movements.
It took only a couple weeks for the rebels to at last take the Royal City. Much to my surprise, they had used the Emperor's own cannons against him, obliterating the weak, thin walls. Though many of the nearby buildings had suffered broken windows, it was a small price to pay for overtaking the wealthy city surrounding the Forbidden City. As predicted, the Jade Army fought poorly, their young, good looks doing nothing to help fend off the fierce, battle-worn rebels, and within a day the Royal City fell.
Despite victory being almost certain for the rebels, still they insisted on keeping me captured. Perhaps it was some sort of test, they had to know I could easily escape at this point. Perhaps they were counting on the fact I didn't want to fight them, and were simply testing my loyalty at this point. With the war so close to being over, I hardly saw how it made a difference. Still, at least they let me into the Royal City, which after the dust of battle had settled, I was allowed to wander freely.
Surprisingly - or perhaps not so much, given the Emperor's clear insanity - the Royal City had not been evacuated before the rebels had attacked. Most of the homes, while having suffered minimal damage, still housed the families of the Eastern Lands' wealthiest. Even a few days after the battle, most of them were still extremely shaken, and despite their wealth, they were left with little food. I assisted the rebels and some of the Lower and Upper City civilians in spreading around as much food as possible, though the Royal City was still extraordinarily large - at least as large as Midland's capitol - so it would no doubt take weeks to reach all the families.
Ultimately, it was probably a good thing I had avoided the last few battles since my recovery was incredibly slow. By the end of each day, even if I wasn't moving around much, I was usually exhausted and in pain, and my bandages needed changing every few days. I had only been given the one set of clothes - a long, sleeveless tunic and pants with handy strings at the bottoms so I could pull them up around my knees - and since receiving them, they already had a dozen bloodstains.
"Luca, are you okay?" Loki asked me as we sat to eat lunch. The midday heat was unbearable, and hazy and humid as hell. It made my bandages itch and my wounds itch even worse, though at least with my loose farmers garb, the slight breeze today's weather had to offer cooled me down the slightest bit. I was beginning to see why Loki, with his thick white fur, preferred tops without sleeves, and quite often, without a midsection.
"Yeah," I huffed, taking a bite out of a rice ball. At least I had a bit of sauce to go with it, as well as with my dumplings and fish. The city folk were much kinder to me than the rebels were, though perhaps it was because I volunteered to help clean up the city. Zhong and Min, who had resigned themselves to their duties, accompanied me with much lighter armour on now. They said they had tried to negotiate letting me continue on unescorted, but General Zi wouldn't have it. At least they sometimes shared their rations with me.
"You look like you're going to be sick."
The fact was, my stomach had been bothering me all day. I tried my best to deny that it was the dark claws of Nosferatu scratching at my belly, that it was only yesterday's fish, but this pain was all too familiar to deny. So I continued eating, not wanting to raise alarm. But the way Loki stared at me, I think he knew. He always seemed to know.
"I'm fine," I insisted unconvincingly. There was only ever two situations that made Nosferatu rear its ugly head: certain death, or the presence of a Disciple. Those damnable Hel Beasts, soldiers in the Crimson King's demon army, the little monster inside me always knew when they were around. And it always tempted me, urged me to fight them, to kill them, as if it could only be satiated by spilling their blood. I hated it, and as often as not, it brought me to the brink of death. Perhaps that was what drove my inner darkness; the weaker I became, the stronger its grip on my mind. It changed me into a beast, into a Yaoguai Hu, and that often didn't end well for somebody. Of course that somebody was usually me.
Zhong and Min were sitting nearby, curious what Loki and I were talking about, almost suspicious, but they had no idea. As Loki continued eating, he glared at me as if he'd read my mind. For all I knew, he had read my mind.
Finally he huffed and turned away. "I'll take care of them if they approach us," he said sassily. No doubt he thought there could be another small band of Disciples coming to find me, but...it seemed like more than that.
When we finally finished eating - I was the last one to finish up, which wasn't usual - the pain in my gut hadn't gotten any better. With the rebels now marching upon the Forbidden City, prepared for tomorrow's final battle for control of Tao'zhan, there was something undeniably off in the air. I couldn't quite place it, but as the rest of the day wore on, the tension was palpable. Was I the only one sensing this?
Later that night, when we were at last able to rest in the fancy inn we'd helped clean up, Loki asked me what was wrong.
Both of us naked, I held the arctic fox close, his body warm and soothing. Finally I admitted, "Nosferatu's been bothering me all day. Nothing major, just...always present, like an itch I can't scratch. On top of that, I can't seem to shake this constant feeling of dread, like something terrible is going to happen real soon. Do you think it's connected?"
"Well," Loki began, pushing himself back into me, "let's look at what we know. 'Nosferatu,' as you call it, only seems to bother you when a Disciple is near. But you've never felt this dread before, have you?"
I shook my head. That insatiable scratching at my gut, it was never a good feeling, but it had never been like this.
"The rebels are about to make their final assault on Tao'zhan, so maybe you're just anxious about how the battle will go. After all, if they lose, then all of your fights, all of these injuries, will have been for nothing."
"Not nothing... I did get paid for most of them, after all."
Loki rolled his eyes, or at least, I think he did; the room was dark, and he was facing away from me. But it was likely. "You're more emotionally invested in the rebels' quest than you let on, just admit it. You want them to win, because even though you try very hard to remain partial, you don't like the Emperor any more than the pandas do."
I sighed. "You're not wrong, but...ah, I dunno. I still don't get why they're even going to assault the Forbidden City. I know it's still huge, but why risk it? Are they that sure of victory? Even Min and Zhong don't know. But...maybe you're right, maybe I'm just nervous for them. I'm just not convinced that's all this feeling is."
"What else could it be?"
"I don't know, Loki. I'm sure it's nothing, it's just...I can't shake it. Something's not right."
Loki was starting to nod off, and was yawning every ten seconds or so. It seemed he didn't feel it, so maybe it was just me. Victory was almost assured for the rebels, so there was little to worry about there. Although the Forbidden City was small compared to the other Cities, it was still a substantial size and could hold a fair number of soldiers, including those who had managed to retreat behind its walls. It would still be a tough battle, but the rebels had at least as much skill, and even more men. Plus they had the city almost completely surrounded.
I had hardly slept all night. I'd been tossing and turning, evidenced by Loki sleeping farther away from me, barely within arm's reach. When I held a paw out to him, he opened his eyes tiredly and met his with mine. Within moments I'd pulled him in and we shared a warm, close embrace. I had no idea how long we'd cuddled for, but it wasn't long before Zhong and Min came to get us up.
"They're preparing for the assault," Min said, dressed in full armour. Zhong looked ready for battle, too. "They're evacuating this section of the city now, I think you should go."
My first instinct was to say, "What if they need me?" but I knew they had everything well in hand. Except there was still that nagging feeling in my gut again, that creeping dread. I felt even more compelled to stay.
"Come on, Luca," said Loki as he stood, holding onto his pants. "Leave the rebels to it, you'll only enrage them further."
I didn't like this, but what choice did I have? I got up and clothed myself quickly, and just as Loki and I exited the fancy inn, I was met by a familiar face.
"They told me I'd find you here," said Zhang, wearing full armour. He looked different somehow, more like a seasoned warrior than the baby-faced panda who barely knew how to fight. The sword he carried was just slightly too large, but I was sure he handled it well.
"Zhang," I said in surprise. "I haven't seen you since we departed Xin'an. What're you doing here?"
"This is it," he told me, apparently ignoring my question.
I nodded, having to step aside for evacuating richfolk. "Yeah..? Are you feeling all right?"
Zhang sighed mournfully. "I just wanted to see you before we took on the Emperor. I know you'll probably be gone after all of this, and...I just wanted to tell you something."
I stood silently, waiting for him to spill it.
He sighed again. "You've taught me a lot about fighting in a pretty short amount of time. It's helped keep me alive, I think." The young panda was fiddling with something by his side, as if he was nervous. "So...it's true you broke rank, huh? Started the assault before the others were ready?"
Something horrible twisted in my gut. "Yeah... Yeah, Zhang. I ain't real proud of it, but what you've heard is true."
"Just tell me why... Did you at least have a good reason?"
"No," I admitted. "No, I didn't. I thought an early assault would be better, but the army was alerted."
Zhang lowered his head. He was trembling, even as more people rushed by. Zhong and Min were getting impatient, and Loki seemed on edge. When he glanced back up at me, I saw nothing but rage in the young pandas eyes. Then suddenly, he lunged at me.
With a surprising roar, Zhang swiped a small dagger at me, catching me off guard enough to slice into my chest. Fortunately, I was that much faster. I jumped back, and before I could retaliate, Loki had already disarmed the panda and knocked him down, pushing his face into the dirty cobblestone with his paw, knife held firmly against Zhang's neck.
Zhang struggled, tears streaming down his face as he roared for the fox to get off, but Loki was firm. I was surprised again to see the fox overpower the panda so easily, but perhaps it was the dagger at Zhang's throat that kept him down. I had to stop the fox from killing him right then and there.
"You bastard!" screamed Zhang. "Arrogant son of a bitch! You're just like him! Yaoguai Hu!"
The twist in my gut only became worse.
"Tengfei was one of the first to be slaughtered in the early attack!" the panda howled, eyes closed tight. "I'll never forgive you, Luca. Arrogant bastard..."
Finally Loki got up off the grieving panda. I had no words for Zhang. It seemed too late to say sorry, but I said it anyway. The panda didn't react, but instead let his rage and tears flow out. Finally I had to leave the panda, though I couldn't get his eyes out of my head. Only a few times in my life had I seen so much fury, so much hate, in one man's eyes. And nothing I could possibly do would ease his pain, a pain I knew all too well.
It was almost noon before the rebels were in formation, and Loki and I had just reached the Faithful's Pass, one of the two main gates connecting the Upper and Lower city. Zhong and Min had already left us, left to join the assault.
For years the Eastern Lands had been ravaged by war, by this rebellion. Homes were destroyed, villages leveled, fields torn apart. The land itself had suffered greatly, both had suffered heavy losses, soldiers and innocents alike, and both sides were equally to blame. It would be a long road to recovery, but to the pandas, it would be all worth it to get their country back. And today would at last determine, after so many years of turmoil, who would rule the Eastern Lands.
And yet the Upper City was deathly quiet, when the assault should have already started. Loki and I were some of the last to leave, but I couldn't exit into the Lower City, despite Loki pulling my arm.
"Let's just go, Luca, there's nothing left for you here. We can talk about Zhang later, okay?"
"Something's not right," I said thoughtfully. The grumbling in my gut hadn't yet subsided. Something terrible hung in the air. The city was too quiet. Was the Emperor surrendering? No...from what I had learned of Xu, especially at this point, he stood unquestionably opposed to surrendering. The fool would die on his throne, I was sure of it. So...why hadn't the battle started? "We have to go back."
Loki sighed. "Are you serious? The pandas can handle it. Maybe they're negotiating? You can't even see the Royal City from here, much less hear it. Are you really so surprised it's so quiet?"
I shook my head. Of course either of those was just as likely as anything, but...something told me otherwise. Nosferatu was agitated, I could feel its dark wings unfolding, stretching outward. "Don't you feel that?"
Loki growled. "The air is always thick before any battle, you know that."
I huffed obstinately, but Loki was right. With no armour - and especially with no weapon - I would do little good in a battle I was far from welcome in. Although I doubted the rebels would turn away help, somehow I thought my presence would not inspire as much morale as it would have in earlier battles. Still, something didn't quite sit right with me.
As the last of the fleeing citizens exited the Upper City, I finally surrendered and followed the arctic fox and the rest of the bystanders into the poorer, residential area of Tao'zhan. Before long, everyone - the rich, the poor, and the farmers, all huddled around the small buildings as if lost - turned their heads toward the Forbidden City as massive warhorns blew, and finally the battle commenced.
Though the cries of the soldiers was as faint as the hot, summer wind, the deafening sound of the Emperor's artillery boomed clearly through the air, one after the other. The people around me - having never even pondered war before, much less witnessed it - shook in fear with every crash and devastating roar, the artillery ripping through buildings and pandas alike. Though the outcome of the battle would have little effect on them, the innocents of Tao'zhan quivered as if this day could be their last. After all, could the battle not spill into the Lower City?
Though some monks and farmers - who had survived the first assault on the city - tried to reassure the frightened, telling them the walls would protect them, it was a waste of effort. Loki and I simply wandered the narrow streets, the flat dirt roads leading us throughout the city to reveal more of the same: cowering citizens praying to their gods. It was the same everywhere we went, and there was no escaping the sounds of the bloody battle north of the centre wall.
It was mid-afternoon before Loki and I decided to rest. However with the battle raging on - at least the artillery had settled down significantly - and the hot, sticky wind blowing through the streets, it was no easy task. We had found some shade, yet somehow the sun still managed to pierce the leaves of the large willow tree we'd found by a surprisingly peaceful pond and garden. It seemed Tao'zhan was amidst a terrible heatwave, and the citizens thought it was punishment from their gods for desecrating their temples with war.
Though rest was nearly impossible to find, Loki and I were at least able to soak our feet in the cool pond, the fox leaning up against me. There were others nearby doing the same, paying Loki and I no mind. I suppose it was nice, and I always enjoyed these moments with the arctic fox, but with the battle so close - the gates that gave direct passage into the Royal City were only a dozen blocks away - I couldn't sit easy.
Soon the noises of battle stopped, and an overwhelming calm came over Tao'zhan. It was enough to give me pause, and I could tell the others had much the same reaction. It wasn't the eerie peace of a battle won, nor the devastating silence of defeat. It was something else, like an invisible shadow had spread its leathery wings over the entire city. It sent a chill down my spine, even on such a hot day. Loki gave my arm a squeeze, feeling it too. He seemed anxious too.
"Do you believe me now?" I asked him.
Loki just grunted. As the air slowly became thicker, almost stifling, a hot breeze rolled in quickly, becoming stronger every second. The clouds grew noticeably darker, blowing in from the west. Something ominous was raging within the impending summer storm, something I'd felt many, many moons ago at Castle Midgard, before it was ravaged by the devastating winds.
"We have to go check it out."
The arctic fox finally agreed with me, but just as we both got up, a sudden crack of lightning crashed into the Forbidden City, the painful, ear-splitting thunder shaking the ground beneath us. It lasted a good ten seconds, and both Loki and I had to cover our ears. The winds became more powerful, the clouds nearly as black as night. Where had this storm come from? Then, an incredible, impossible roar echoed across Tao'zhan, bellowing through the city streets.
Panicked, heart racing, my head snapped toward Loki. "My sword... I need it now, and as much armour as you can carry. Do you know where it is?"
Loki nodded.
"Retrieve them for me, I'm going to make my way to the Royal City. Use your runes, or whatever you have to; you'll make it there and back faster than I will. Okay?"
The arctic fox trembled at the sound of another lightning strike, but he confirmed with as confident a nod as he could. After a moment's hesitation he was off like the wind, riding the powerful gale like some magical nymph, as light as the air.
More thunder crashed through the streets, citizens screaming and scrambling as if their gods' fury was raining down upon them. I made my way toward the closest city gate - the Healer's Gate - pushing past the panicked mob, though most of them were seeking shelter. A few drops of rain fell, then soon began an incredible downpour, the howling wind blowing it sideways.
In almost no time at all, the streets were flooded and muddy, and my vision was blurred. I fought my way toward the Healer's Gate through both terrified people and the weather itself, barely able to hear another mighty roar from the Forbidden City. As loud as the thunder itself, the inhuman roar shook the ground and the houses, and almost moved the rain with its volume alone. No man could produce a noise like that, and if he could, for it to be so deafeningly loud? Impossible.
Though the Healer's Gate was closed, the gatehouse - which had almost a constant flow of terrified rebels and enemies alike pouring through - was open. I pushed my way through, drenched to the core by this point, snarling as I shoved past the fleeing soldiers. Luckily the Healer's Gate opened into a thoroughfare that led straight through the Upper City and to the Royal City's main gate, though with all my half-healed injuries and the heavy rain, it was still a long way off.
Undeterred, I ran across the stone street - if you could even call it running - which was flanked by tall, impressive temples and pillared structures, for what seemed like an eternity until I reached the magnificent and glorious Gate of Divine Harmony. Thunder struck almost every five seconds now, and the snarling and roaring from the Forbidden City had intensified. Cannons still fired, though it was difficult to make out through the lashing winds and rain.
I was exhausted already, as if I'd been swinging my sword the entire way there. My legs burned, injuries even worse, and my lungs felt as if they would explode. Tao'zhan seemed even more massive than it had before, its streets stretching even longer with every heavy breath I took. As a stroke of luck, the dark and golden Gate of Divine Harmony was open, at least enough to let me through. Stepping over a surprising number of burnt corpses, I looked up at the impressive Forbidden City in the distance, suddenly horrified to see a massive, grotesque monster roar even more fiercely than before, seeming to grow out of the well-fortified Meridian Gate.
It was a Disciple to be sure, but I had never seen one so large, nor so grotesque. The massive Hel Beast stood taller than the Forbidden City's walls, crushing the glorious and expensive buildings atop the Meridian Gate - the main gate leading into the Emperor's city - the walls beginning to crumble beneath it. Its arms stretched at least the length of its body, colossal towers with stony, clawed hands at either end, incredible horns and spikes running up the lengths of the limbs.
The monster slammed a fist down onto a crowd of resisting pandas, then again, until a few cannons fired and did little damage to its thick, scaly flesh. What looked like eyes and tooth-filled mouths ran down either side of its softer belly, but that, too, had incredible maws with what looked like squirming tentacles that pulled people in. Down past its long torso - which had an extra, smaller set of arms by the way - was its lower body and appendages, equally as deadly and tough as its arms, at least four on either side. The horrifying Disciple had a lashing tail that crushed homes and buildings within and without the Forbidden City, as well as the Emperor's army and rebels alike, caring little for whom it flattened.
Though it was difficult to make out through the pouring rain and nearby lightning strikes, it appeared that atop the monster's immense, jagged shoulders, and above a massive, gnarl-toothed maw where its chest was supposed to be, sat what looked like the remnants of its former self: a peacock whose lower half had been transformed, bright torn rags hanging off its body and snapping wildly in the whipping winds. Its left arm - from what I could see - was fused to the monster's body, and while it had one free, feathered arm, it's torso and neck were so horribly distended and elongated, it barely represented its former self. Its eyes were glowing, however, which I saw past the dozen or so dangling tentacles, nasty growths protruding from its otherwise unaffected face.
Nosferatu was howling. This had to be the thing it'd sensed, this Disciple to end all Disciples. Even to me it was a horror, so much so I was reminded of my first encounter with one, back in Castle Midgard. I refused to believe a monster like that could possibly exist, and I found myself doing the same now.
I had battled and destroyed dozens of Disciples in my life - particularly after the fall of Castle Midgard - all of them hulking beasts in their own right, but none had ever looked so hideous, so ancient and gargantuan. Its legs and arms, and even its shoulders looked tough and sturdy, yet other parts - particularly around its horns and spines, all along its back - appeared to be decaying, twisted masses of rotting flesh and iridescent feathers. The terrifying monster roared again, shaking the ground beneath me. Lightning split the sky, and as the walls began to collapse and crumble into the moat surrounding the city, I knew I had to step in.
I ran forward, trying my best to clear my head. It was just a stupid, ugly monster like the rest, its size made no difference. I would destroy this one just like all the others. Though it stood as tall as the tallest tower, I could never rest knowing this beast existed in our world, a reminder of the Crimson King.
As I approached the slaughtered armies, I could hear the commanders of the battlefield ordering a full retreat, though the scene was utter chaos. The winds whipped so violently, it was almost impossible to hear their commands. Most of the rebels and soldiers just stared in pure horror of the monster before them, no amount of training could have prepared them for such a beast. Not even the fierce lightning strikes or hammering rain could snap them out of it, and before long they were crushed by the enemy. I growled deeply, grabbing a soldier's guandao, but paused when an immense stream of fire blew from one of the Disciple's many orifices, charring the dead and living alike.
"Fuck," I grunted, watching as the blackened soldiers were retrieved by the old Disciple, scooped up by one of its enormous hands and devoured by some of the many twisted maws covering the monster's body.
"Luca!" I suddenly heard someone hiss. It was Sun Shen, leading a group of soldiers away from the Forbidden City with General Zi. They had all lost the life in their eyes. They had seen far more than any normal man was meant to see.
"I just got here," I snarled over the sound of the wind and rain.
"This isn't possible," muttered the General, stopping with Sun Shen. The clouded leopard urged the others to continue their retreat, though the long-reaching streams of fire made it a difficult task. Fortunately the rain diffused the stream, and we were far enough away to avoid direct contact with the beast.
"Keep going, General," said Sun Shen, then glanced back at me with a wicked glare.
"I knew the Emperor," said Zi, his gaze a thousand miles away, "when he was but a child. Such a sweet boy he was... How...could he be..?"
"The General's delirious," the leopard reported. "Most...men are. Most lost all control of their faculties, many think this is the rapture. I have guided as many as I could out of the Royal City, but many accept this as the End Days, they accept their fate. There is little to be done for them."
Suddenly, like the blowing gales Loki arrived with arms full of amour and gear. Fully armed and armoured himself, he was panting upon getting here, cautious of Sun Shen and the General. Shortly after his arrival, another hot stream of flames blasted toward us, though I didn't think it was directly at us. Nevertheless, we ducked behind the marble walls of a half-ruined temple, Sun Shen all the while hurrying soldiers down the Royal City's main thoroughfare, away from the Forbidden City.
"His father was a noble ruler...such kindness in his heart," the General went on. "The boy...called me Uncle."
Loki looked up at Sun Shen curiously, just as I took my stuff. Fortunately the fox had grabbed my sword, and the chest piece of my armour, though the right spaulder had gone missing. As Loki helped me strap in - he had brought only my left gauntlet as well, plus some protection for my belly and groin - Sun Shen explained.
"It's the Emperor," the leopard sighed, resting against the wall for but a moment. "General Zi was close to his family, he had hoped to reason with Xu when he appeared above the Meridian Gate. We ceased fire, thinking it was a surrender, but... The Emperor, he sounded like a madman. He talked of the betterment of our people, and our place in his New World. He talked of not just dominating the Eastern Lands, but of the rest of the continent as well, even as far as your Midland."
"So wait... That's..?"
Sun Shen nodded, as the General continued muttering to himself. "We refused to give in, yet General Zi begged the Emperor to stand down. He would not, and just as we commenced our attack, when no words were left to be spoken, the skies quickly darkened and Emperor Xu began to...change. That monster you see now, it will tear this entire city apart. I have never seen such a demon before, not even in my grandmother's old tales. Such a thing cannot exist, and yet..."
I growled deeply. "You just keep working on evacuating as many people as you can, I can only pray others have begun to do the same. I'll take care of Xu."
Sun Shen's eyes went as wide as saucers. "You...can't be serious. He is as large as Tao'zhan's greatest temple, how can you hope to fight him?"
With Loki by my side, I was sure we would find a way. The fox had such extraordinary abilities, and I...could never let a Disciple defeat me. For better or for worse, I was going to stop the mad beast, I had to.
"I'll figure it out," I grunted, at last equipping my long, heavy blade.
"It is suicide. I will fight with you, Mercenary. I must defend my home, and the home of thousands of innocents."
"What about him?" I said, gesturing toward General Zi. He was still muttering to himself, all fire gone from his eyes and quivering like an old man. I doubted anyone had ever seen such a beast before, much less this ancient monster, far more grotesque than any Disciple I'd ever encountered.
I could still hear the massive Hel Beast roaring in the distance, shaking the walls around us. It sounded as if it was trying to speak, but its words came out as deep, muddled snarls. Its long streams of fire warmed the air as it spewed toward fleeing soldiers, and as it crawled over the walls of the Imperial City, we could hear the wood and stone walls snapping and crumbling apart. Few cannons continued to fire, as most men had already begun to retreat. Lightning filled the air constantly now, and the rain was cool and heavy. I glanced down and Loki, and he seemed about as eager as he was gonna get.
"I will bring him to safety," determined Sun Shen, "then return to assist you in destroying the demon emperor."
"Fine," I huffed, though I think Sun Shen was at least as concerned about me getting killed as I was about him. Still, if the foolish clouded leopard wanted to throw his life away like that, who was I to stop him?
After taking a few long, deep breaths, both Loki and I as armed and armoured as we were going to get - Loki always wore very little armour, just a single spaulder on his right arm and his red cloak draped around his neck, plus his usual leather attire - we shared a glance with Sun Shen, then with each other, and together we left Sun Shen and the General and headed toward the mad, monstrous emperor.
The monster looked enormous even in the distance, through the rain and mist and stormy clouds. It had already moved from its perch upon the Meridian Gate and was currently smashing through buildings and temples in an attempt to crush the resistance. I wasn't sure what soldiers were left to attempt resisting, but regardless it seemed about as bent on killing enemies as it was on wanton destruction.
It apparently didn't notice us as we approached it, walking past dozens of dead bodies - half of which were burnt to a crisp, the other half slashed open or smashed against the cobblestone - as well as an endless amount of rubble and broken glass. However, with one particularly loud crash of lightning, the monster at last looked over.
It let out an intimidating roar, and I was surprised by the speed with which it clambered toward us, over a now demolished building, slamming its giant hands down beside Loki and I. The monster stared at us, its many mouths agape and ready for its next meal, breathing heavily as the rain poured over its scaly body. Its breath was hot and smelled of a thousand rotting corpses, but it seemed intrigued by Loki and I.
"Yooouuuu," it said in a deep, gnarled voice, its many eyes upon me. They then flicked to Loki, then back to me. "Slayer of Disciples," the beast hissed, using the impossibly large maw upon its chest to speak, despite the dozen other sharp-toothed mouths hissing down its stomach. The other mouths, it seemed, had long tentacles lashing from within, a few still holding onto the gnawed limbs of soldiers. The monster Disciple took a step back as if about to strike, but made no moves yet.
"Stand down!" commanded Loki suddenly, holding his staff out in front of him. There was a new hempen braid around the end, red with black and red beads dangling off the ends; the colours of the Crimson King.
The monster just laughed, a long, raspy chortle. "Little fox," it continued, "The Crimson King's little pet... I thought you dead long ago, when you failed our Master. I shall be Hel's new ruler. You will bend your knee to me!"
This monster was out of its mind, or what was left of it.
Loki just scoffed. "Luca is the rightful heir to Hel's dark throne, all Hel Beasts know it. And you know it, deep down in your black bones. You will kneel before my Master, and your new King, or suffer for your folly!"
"This broken cub?" cried the beast, slamming its two main hands down into the ground, shattering the cobblestone and nearly knocking me over. It could have crushed us easily by now, but it so far held off. I was looking for an opening, or at least some vulnerability, but the beast seemed to have none. "I was the Crimson King's oldest, most loyal soldier! I fought for him from before the time of the Great Exile, I was his brother in arms! I deserve to rule, the throne belongs to me, the eldest of all His Disciples! Not some long-forgotten whelp, the one and only mistake my Dark Lord had ever committed."
"You mean besides getting cut to pieces by the long-forgotten whelp?" I said, paw constantly gripping my sword. Nosferatu snarled and screamed, intimidated and frightened by the monster - or maybe that was just me - but it wanted nothing more than to bathe in its hot blood.
The monster roared once again, accented by another lightning strike. "You jest at the loss of the Great King, but you have only served to enthrone his fiercest follower. Now kneel, or face my wrath!"
"I don't even want the damn throne," I roared right back, getting sick of this delusional Disciple. I had dealt with dozens of these Hel Beasts in my time, countless numbers of them, but every one of them always knew their place. "Take the god-forsaken thing, it's yours! I ain't the Crimson King, nor will I ever be! But I sure as shit ain't bendin' my knee to some grotesque, repulsive Disciple, not in this lifetime or the next. So go ahead and call yourself the Crimson King, 'cause it won't do you any damn good when I'm cuttin' off your head."
That only served to enrage the beast further. It slammed its fists down into the ruined streets, let out an agonizing roar and aimed its foot-long orifices toward Loki and I. When I saw a faint glow appear, we both began to move. I dove away from Loki as a sudden stream of fire shot out behind me, singeing the fur on my tail. When I looked back, Loki had already recovered and made his way toward me. Helping me up, we retreated slightly so as to avoid a slamming fist, and all the while the monster hissed and screamed at us.
Nosferatu was excited.
I had no idea how the hell I was supposed to take down such a demented, tower of a beast. While it roared furiously at Loki and I, I took that time to slash at its enormous wrist, and while I had managed to cut it, it was a pitiful attempt. Luckily the monster was slow enough so I could dodge its incredible fists, shattering the ground beneath me. This fight may have been a mistake.
Ultimately deciding against a frontal assault, Loki and I took to the streets of Tao'zhan, deciding instead to disappear in the narrow streets to try to confuse the thing. Though fully aware it would undoubtedly demolish everything in its path, attacking it head-on would do little good as well.
That, of course, became all the more evident when I heard and felt the ground trembling beneath me as the monster clambered over a golden temple to chase after us. Trying to be at least a little tactical, I waited until the Hel Beast seemed distracted before dashing across the street to another set of buildings, trying to get enough distance to surprise it. Soon enough, I heard the sound of splintering wood and crumbling stone, the deafening sound of the Disciple flattening homes behind us.
"I'm going to distract it," said Loki as he cast a series of runes. His fur, I noticed, became darker, almost black, and thicker and harder like tree bark. It was a two-fold defense, using it as a natural armour as well as camouflage against the dark. "I'll be able to get close enough, you can attack its vulnerable spots."
The monster roared furiously and crashed through a second building, getting closer. I could feel the heat from its flames as it attempted to scorch everything around it, in hopes of finding us. "You cannot escape me!" it cried, its voice booming through the stormy streets.
"What vulnerable spots?" I growled as Loki and I moved between buildings, now heading back toward the Forbidden City. It was difficult to concentrate with the near-constant thunder rumbling above us, and the deafening sound of destruction everywhere. I had never seen a monster so immense, it was still difficult to believe it truly existed.
"Its eyes," he said, almost entirely covered in bark now. Only part of his face remained white-furred. "Any of its orifices, especially those firespitters."
I nodded, gripping my sword tightly. I had to remember what the monster looked like, where its crazy orifices were, where I had to attack. With the heavy rain and pitch-black skies, visibility was low, they would be difficult to find. But I had to. After a few deep breaths, I was off. I watched out of the corner of my eye Loki bounding up the side of a building as light as air, using his staff to control the elements. I had no idea what kind of height he could achieve with such amazing abilities, but as long a he could distract the Disciple long enough for me to get in close, we might actually stand a chance.
The streets were scattered with blood, bodies and rubble, but as I ran through the streets, by some miracle I tripped over none of it. I tried my best to clear my head, to focus on the task at hand, and though for the most part I was able to, part of me couldn't help but think how most of this was my fault. I hated these Hel Beasts with a passion, I couldn't stand the thought of letting one live, yet would any of this be happening now had I left sooner? No doubt the towering Disciple had sensed my presence, how couldn't it have? Had it only transformed because it knew I was here, because I was more of a challenge to it than any of these rebels? Or was this inevitable? So many homes were ruined now, so many lives lost because of one ancient Disciple. I had to end this thing, and I had to do it quickly. Would that be enough to be forgiven?
Soon the monster was in sight, but even as it swung its massive arms at Loki, as if trying to swat a fly, the eyes running down its belly focused on me. Its giant maws opened and tentacles extended. How many men had this thing devoured already? From the corner of my eye, flames and lightning erupted above me, Loki creating a brilliant distraction. Yet as the thin, whip-like tentacles branched toward me, I knew it wasn't distracted nearly well enough.
I swung my sword in front of me, slicing a few tendrils in half and the body-sized mouth let out a terrifying shriek. Its black, vine-like arms recoiled and teeth clamped down, which made my next attack practically useless. At least four eyes were on me, and though the Hel Beast was still clearly distracted by Loki, its firespitters still took aim. I managed to dodge the white-hot stream, but soon the maw-tentacles latched onto my right arm. I managed to haphazardly push my sword away, but it got caught up in the tentacles before my left paw could grab it. I was then attacked by the other arms, now losing use of both paws. Soon I was entangled, its slimy, razor brown teeth glaring at me.
I roared and snarled and struggled to free myself, but it had lifted me off the ground. There was enough of them where ripping a tentacle apart was impossible, yet it still hadn't devoured me, as if it wanted to savour the moment. The monster continued to swing and spit fire at a majestically aerobatic Loki, roaring all the while. Perhaps it was distracting the fox, knowing Loki could free me easily otherwise.
I kicked at the monster's maw, pushing back on my feet in a futile attempt to resist. The maws could chomp down to bite at me, else it would sever its own tentacles, which seemed to be the only thing saving me right now. But when I noticed its long firespitters suddenly aim toward me, I knew then it would soon be over.
Before I could totally grasp what was going on, a long stream of fire blasted outward. I managed to kick the beast hard enough to throw off its aim, but my right arm was engulfed in flames. I let out a frightening scream, the smell of burnt fur and flesh wafting profoundly up my nose. Most of my forearm and upper arm remained alight, as if covered in liquid flames, like something kept it there even after my flesh had burned up. The fire spread toward my neck and down my ribs a little, and toward my chest, the pain overwhelming. My arm felt bloody and crisp and raw, all at the same time, and I struggled to free myself even harder.
Nosferatu screamed about as loudly as me. It was elated, it wanted blood, any blood, even mine. Its dark wings unfolded, stretched, digging its claws deep into me. Though the fire remained, the pain was quickly disappearing, my years of fighting telling me severe nerve damage had occurred. My arm was charred, my mostly-unscathed, paw trembling, and I started to feel my darkness take over. I'd felt this hundreds of times, I had always resisted, but perhaps now...I didn't need to.
Why resist? I could lose myself to the darkness, but unlike before I could lose myself permanently. Was that even possible? Somehow I knew it was, but what would happen? Loki had told me stories of my ancestors who had lost themselves to their darkness, they were eventually taken down. Was that the only solution? Would Loki be the one? Or the remaining soldiers of Tao'zhan. Perhaps that so-called Apostle of the Holy See would, that would be a fitting end. Or perhaps Loki knew a way. I wasn't even sure how to give in to it, my resistance was always involuntary.
But before I could ponder it any further, before losing a foot to one of the Disciple's many mouths, a blinding flash boomed beside me, Loki appearing from nowhere. With an intense growl, the fox took up my sword and though somewhat awkwardly, sliced through each of the monster's tentacles, grabbing me as I fell. He let me drop carefully, then with an adorable snarl, used my sword to stab one of the monster's eyes.
The Disciple withdrew as it howled in pain, its many feet stomping violently around us. It slammed its fists down as if blind, stomping everywhere having no idea where we were. Nevertheless, with the ground shattering and shaking, Loki scraped the flames off my arm with his staff then cast a few runes. He then grabbed onto me and helped me to my feet, handed me my sword and together, he and I very ungracefully bounded away, back toward where we had met up with Sun Shen.
"You said you'd distract it!" I snarled after he put me down, leaning me against the wall. I was clutching my burnt arm, soaked and stinging from the rain, though at least the cool drops brought some relief.
"I did," he barked, shaking the flames from the end of his staff, the end without the beads. It was like some sort of fire sludge, thick and sticky and impossible to extinguish, even in the rain.
"Cowards!" cried the Disciple, stomping around and continuing to burn its surroundings. "Come back here and fight me!"
"I think it's its eyes, they seem to almost work separately from its main body. No doubt that is how it can control so many moving limbs at once, performing different tasks. If we can take out its eyes, we will have at least some advantage."
I growled horribly, not because the plan was insane, but because with one arm down - and in extreme, blistering pain, by the way - it put us at an even greater disadvantage. But still, we would need as much help as we could get, that much was clear now. My left leg was stinging too, I think I'd cut it on the monster's lowest maw, the one that'd captured me. At least it was still intact.
"I'll strike at its eyes," Loki suggested, still completely covered in his bark-like armour. It had grown somewhat, now with jagged spikes running along his back, and some bulked up around his shoulders, elbows and knees to protect his joints. Even his normal armour and his top was covered now, though his pants and hood remained untouched. The fox's eyes glowed an eerie green, as if he had communed with nature itself. "You stay here."
I simply growled.
Ignoring me, the fox cast a few runes, ending with one on the shoulder. "This will help with the pain, and begin to heal you. You're badly burned, I cannot guarantee all your fur will grow back, but it's the best I can do right now. We will take this fool down, I promise you."
With that, Loki put up his hood and took off. Despite his plea, I got up anyway, barely feeling anything in my right arm. That was my good arm, too, which meant I'd be swinging my sword with my left paw. I could still grip it, at least somewhat, with my right paw, though it was more like a stiff claw now than any useful extremity.
Over the thunder and the pouring rain, I heard the Disciple cry out, its tail lashing at anything it could, which resulted in more broken buildings. It was thrashing about - or that's what it sounded like - the booming crash of demolished structures echoing through the black, stormy gales. I gripped my sword tightly, the pain still immense. I had always used such pain to my advantage, and that would be the only good it would serve right now.
"Mercenary!" I suddenly heard, Sun Shen returning from the Lower City. He ran up to me, just noticing my injury. "You are lucky to be alive."
I just grunted.
"The Emperor has gone insane," said the leopard, soaked down to his core like me. "He is just demolishing everything, he will destroy the entire city at this rate."
"Loki's there, he's taking out its eyes. It will be more vulnerable."
Several odd, bright flashes came from the Disciple's direction, perhaps Loki casting lightning runes. Again the monster cried out. I could only assume Loki's attack was successful, at least until I heard a sudden bang through the rain, and the deformed emperor began laughing.
A sudden dread came over me. "L-Loki?" I rasped, standing more rigidly. I started toward the edge of my hiding place, but Sun Shen held me back. I shook him off, fearing the worst for the only friend I had left. I had to believe his armour would protect him, but the fox was far from indestructible. I had made a vow to keep Loki safe, to protect him with my life, and I was doing little good standing around.
"Pathetic creature," the Emperor said, twisting its towering body around as if to scan the area for anyone else, or me in particular. "I have no rival, I cannot be bested by a mortal..." It rumbled and growled as it stomped around, half blind by Loki's attack. It let out a screech and blew fire, perhaps a vain attempt at scorching anyone surrounding it. I could feel the heat as the fire blew past the half-ruined structure I was standing behind, Loki's runes working wonders on my bloody, blistering wounds.
I gripped my sword tightly. I had had enough of this Disciple. It was not only a disgusting perversion of whatever form it had once been, but it had taken down the only thing I had left to live for. Injury or no, I was going to take this damned beast down, whatever it took.
"We need a plan, you fool," snarled Sun Shen, but I pushed him off.
"I need to help Loki," I said, desperate to see the little fox alive. "There's no time for that."
"You can't help him if you're dead."
I snapped my teeth at the leopard, who kept pulling back on my shoulder. I'd have done much worse if he'd pulled back on my burned shoulder. "Any suggestions?"
As I suspected, the clouded leopard was silent.
"I've done this before, Shen, they ain't that much different from one another. Doesn't matter their size, not one of them has been able to survive a beheading."
"You're a damn fool."
"At least I'm doing something! I don't give a shit what you do now, but if you feel like helpin' in the slightest, you'll distract the thing while I climb up there. Use the cannons lying around, or go find Loki. If he's still breathing, he'll help. We have two advantages: it's slow, and half blind."
Sun Shen was shaking his head, breathing heavily. But I think he was on board. "I'll climb it," he suggested. "You're injured, and it's as tall as the Great Temple. My chances are greater."
I growled, but knew the leopard was right. He had a certain flame in his eyes, wanting badly to save his city. With my burned arm, climbing would be one of the last things I'd be doing. I could only hope the clouded leopard could make it far enough before being shaken off. Finally I nodded.
"I'll distract it for as long as possible, but you have to move quickly. If it realizes what you're doing, I doubt you'll live long enough to get a second chance."
Sun Shen nodded, clenching and unclenching his fists. He was breathing heavily, wincing only slightly as the monster roared. "I will do my utmost. Good luck, mercenary."
"You too, Shen."
And with that, we took off.
The rain was heavy and black smoke somehow wafted through downpour, no doubt several buildings ablaze from the monster's devastating streams of fire. Patches of flames still burned amongst the ruined cobblestone, the flames seeming to stick to everything it touched.
Of course the Disciple noticed me first as I dashed forward, lashing its tail as I ran toward it, nearly tripping me. By some miracle I managed to stay on my feet as I scurried away from it, toward where I thought some cannons had been. I was keeping an eye out for Loki, but it was too dark and raining too heavily for me to get a clear view of anything. All I could do was concentrate on not getting flattened.
The Disciple enjoyed this. It lashed its tail at me, I think missing me on purpose, wanting to see me fall more than anything. It thundered toward me, throwing its tower of a fist down just as I rolled away, booming loudly in my ears as chunks of stone and dirt flew everywhere. The monster made it extremely difficult for me to get on my feet, toying with me more than anything. It would pay for its arrogance.
When at last I was able to stand, I was quick to at last draw my sword, with just enough time to slash upward as it came in to attack again. My sword bit into its hard flesh with surprising ease, cutting deep and raining hot blood down on me. The monster cried out and recoiled, and I could only hope Sun Shen was still okay. While it was momentarily distracted, I took off toward the edge of the Royal City, toward where I thought they'd set up artillery.
Amongst the ruined temples and gardens, and the heavy rain, I saw little that would help me. Coupled with the massive monster coming after me, I had little time to search around. And before I knew it, it was attacking me again.
It pounded the ground once to unbalance me, then swept its arm toward me, hitting me hard and sending me skidding across the gravel roadway. I rolled around like a ragdoll until at last I was stopped by a fallen...something, no doubt a part of a nearby temple. My burnt arm, despite Loki's runes, was now horribly cut and bleeding, firing great amounts of pain all up my body. I snarled and rolled, barely able to breathe, certain a rib or two were broken. You would think I'd get used to that by now, yet each time was as terrible as the last.
I managed to pick myself back up again, against all odds, though my sword was nowhere to be found. I had no time to think, so I hobbled as quickly as I could toward the ruins, past a large puddle of that burning goo, grabbing a long stick half ablaze.
The end, though charred, looked sharp, which served me well when the Hel Beast came at me. Inexplicably, I managed to jump forward to avoid its attack, turning around with just enough time to stab the sharpened wood into the monster's wrist. Though not nearly as effective as a sword or a spear, I had managed to puncture its thick skin and burn the wound. The monster howled, and I made yet another mad dash.
Through all the pain trying to bring me down, I found refuge within a half-broken temple, though the Disciple was quick to demolish it. I had to stumble over dozens of dead soldiers who had stood their ground within these walls to escape into another building, which with many of its eyes severed, was easier than anticipated.
Somewhere in these ruins Loki was lying, either dead or just hanging on. I looked feverishly for him, or anything else that could help me, but when it wasn't rain in my eyes it was smoke or dust, or rubble flying past me as the mad Disciple desperately searched for me. But as I made my way between shelters, I noticed, like some brilliant ray of hope, a cannon thus untouched by the battle.
But as the monster swept its hand across the open field - or perhaps it was some garden, I couldn't be sure - it knocked both me and my ray of hope away.
As I struggled to pick myself up again, the beast laughed and held an enormous piece of rubble above me, enjoying this game far too much. It felt no threat whatsoever, wanting instead to lord its size and superiority over me rather than end it now. Perhaps it thought because I was the next supposed ruler of Hel, it would make me suffer for defying it claim to Hel's throne. I didn't even want the damn throne.
"I could crush you so easily," it said, no doubt with a smile. The beast threw the piece of rubble - which was at least the size of me, if not bigger - past me, letting it crash just a body's length away. The sound of grinding, shattering stone and marble was deafening, accented by the lightning above.
The monster then picked me up by the leg with its lowest set of arms - I guess I wasn't dragging my sorry ass away quickly enough - and passed me up to its middle arms, both sets smaller than its main set, which were more like gigantic towers. While still enormous, he was more easily able to manipulate me with the smaller hands, but for now he held me by both arms, threatening to pluck them off. My left arm was in the most pain, his grip just slightly greater than the length of my arm, squeezing it tightly.
"Swear fealty to me, and I may consider letting you live," the monster chuckled. I looked for Sun Shen, but I could barely see anything. Water was pouring down its rough, leathery hide, myself somehow even wetter than before, if that was even possible. The beast squeezed me even harder, bending the armour covering my left arm, amused by my pitiful growls. He made sure to pull, too, any more and my arms would dislocate.
My mind was beginning to weaken, the world somehow going darker. Nothing but pain and misery enshrouded me. Loki was nowhere to be found, he had likely been killed, and I was sure by this point, I had more broken bones than just my ribs. Hell, I wasn't doing all that great when I started this battle. Nosferatu was growling along with me. Could it be my body was even too weak for my darkness to take over?
"Answer me!" the Disciple boomed, squeezing my arms tighter. I heard and felt definite cracks, and when all I could do was scream, two audible pops sent my mind reeling. With a deep growl, the beast tossed me back into the street from at least fifteen feet in the air, back into the Royal City. I hit the ground with a loud thud, rolling quite a ways before I stopped. The air was gone from my lungs and my vision darkening. I struggled and gasped for breath, but my body was too broken to inhale. I should have run away when I had the chance...
But then, a sudden cry in the darkness perked my ears, and Nosferatu was intrigued. It was loud, angry, and there was at least a dozen of them. They were familiar roars, vengeful, ear-splitting. Some rumbling around me opened my eyes, Nosferatu now spreading its broken wings, coveting me, keeping me awake. It sunk its claws into me, forcing my burnt paw down onto a small bed of flowers, but it was more of a pathetic, excruciating flop than anything. The rumbling became louder, the roars almost deafening. The Emperor seemed surprised.
"We will protect you, your grace," a gentle yet terrifying voice said next to me, an enormous presence looming over me. Its paws or claws or hands, whatever they were, attempted to scoop me up, but I snarled violently, agonizing pain clutching my shoulders. It was enough of a roar to make the monster release me.
"Find Loki," I hissed. I could only hope he could help me.
"It is your shoulders," the white-furred beast pointed out, its large, eagle-like face leaning in close. "I will assist."
Before I could tell the monster off, its twisted talons took hold of my right wrist and after a moment of blinding pain, popped my shoulder back into its spot. I writhed and rolled around, at least until the Disciple forced the other back into place, surprisingly gentle on my charred skin. Though I was shaking and cold, my arms felt infinitely better, though still extremely sore. Plus I still had the broken bones to deal with. I still growled at the presumptuous monster.
"Don't touch me again," I rumbled, pushing myself away from the helpful beast. I got myself back up to my feet, breathing heavily. The rain stung my burnt, bleeding arm, but at least I could move now. They were still incredibly sore, but it was a pain I could easily push aside whilst Nosferatu had its claws sunk into me.
"We have come to assist. We sensed your plight..."
I growled angrily. I despised Disciples, but with all of my fresh wounds - particularly my arms - it would not be advantageous to turn them away now. Especially as they had already begun attacking the Emperor.
"There's a leopard," I told the horned, eagle-like monster standing next to me, voice broken and gravelly. "You have to find him, help him. He's climbing the Disciple's back, you need to sever its head."
The Disciple nodded at me, and with a couple flaps of its enormous wings, took off. Standing alone now, I limped back toward the battlefield. Growling the entire way, I searched for another cannon to use, relieved to find one close by.
Lightning exploded in the sky as the friendly Disciples attacked the Emperor. They roared and screamed horrendously, clawing and biting each other, caring little for the remaining structures they destroyed. Fortunately, the massive beasts - who I could barely make out due to the constant downpour and extraordinarily dark skies - were directing the Emperor away from me, which gave me plenty of time to set up my attack.
With some amount of effort, I set a single cannon up, then nearby set up another. My body was sore, but with Nosferatu snarling and clinging tightly, it managed to keep me on my feet and focus on defeating the mad Emperor. When all was said and done, I managed to gather five cannons beneath the marble roof of a less ruined building, though they were hardly set up professionally. But it would have to do.
Not far off was one of dozens of patches of fire, which was easily gathered on a long piece of broken lumber. When I glanced at the fighting Disciples, I saw mine were taking a greater pounding than I'd hoped.
Though it was difficult to make out, I saw the Emperor smash its arms down continuously, managing to hit the biggest of my allies. It roared and swung its tail around, wrapped the end around the neck of another and slashing it open, spilling a lake of blood into the streets. I could see the eagle-like Disciple flying around, clawing and biting at the distracted Emperor, but he was smacked away. It got up quickly, screaming loudly as it to intimidate the tower of a monster. But when I waved my burning lumber at it, the beast flew toward me.
It made sure to do a quick bow when it approached. "Your leopard is well on his way, I have been watching him carefully. You needed something, my liege?"
"I have some cannons set up. Draw the Emperor closer and we can attack its vulnerable spots, blow him apart."
The Disciple bowed its head. "Its carapace is unusually tough, cannons may not be enough, and those are extremely inaccurate weapons. But I will do as you command."
"Good. And keep an eye out for Loki. And find my sword!"
It bowed its head again and flew off. It was then I realized my paws were trembling. There was still no sign of Loki, and I still had no damn idea what the hell I was doing. I had to resist the undying urge to give in entirely to my Inner Darkness and attack the Emperor head-on. Breathing heavily, I watched as the monsters fought barbarously, but true to its word, the white Disciple helped drag the Emperor closer.
Though the noise and rumbling was unbearable, worsening with the closer the Emperor got, I at last saw my first opening. I readjusted and ignited the first cannon, but unsurprisingly it didn't fire. I cursed, and tried the next. After an ear-piercing boom, I hit the towering beast square in the chest. Though it faltered, I only made it angrier. Fortunately, rather than being attacked immediately, the others kept the Emperor busy while I set up my next shot. It fired, which amazingly managed to stun the Emperor long enough for an ally to slash at its damaged belly.
The next cannon was another dud, and when I checked back to the fight, the Emperor was swinging all of his arms furiously. He smacked my allies away, at least for long enough for it to come thundering toward me.
Howling madly, it smashed its fist down onto the roof, caving it in with ease. I was able to dodge enough to get myself close to the cannon, but the massive beast cleared the rubble away quickly and reached down to grab me. I think it regretted not killing me faster.
"I have tired of this game," the Emperor shrieked, grabbing hold of me. I held onto the cannon for dear life, but it ended up coming with me instead.
I roared and growled as I was lifted off the ground, pawpads tearing apart as I held onto the cannon, pulling it with me. Nosferatu took a tighter hold of me, which was the only thing getting me through the pain ripping through my body. Eventually I was passed up to its largest of hands, the monster I think wanting to look me in the eyes before it ended my life. It squeezed me and the cannon tightly, which caused even more of my bones to crack. All I could to was scream, beginning to black out.
It was at that moment when Nosferatu took over entirely. The Emperor held me up, but I was far too gone to hear whatever pathetic speech it was spewing. A long blaze of fire blew past my head, a sudden pain piercing my already burnt arm. But with my left arm I held onto that cannon like a vice, pulling it up as the monster drew me closer to its uppermost maw, those damned tentacles worming their way out to drag me in.
Then I - or Nosferatu - began to laugh. With both arms free, I hauled the cannon as close to my body as I could, using the small flames on my burned arm to ignite the cannon. A second later, the cannon fired. What happened next was just a blur, but I saw the monstrous beast falter and recoil, screeching terribly, and the cannon flying back with enough force to rip my arm clean off, had I not let it go. Though it wasn't a deadly amount of damage, it was enough to make it howl and drop me.
But no sooner had I been dropped, the white Disciple - and so far as I could tell, the only one that could fly - grabbed me midair with its front talons and placed me on the ground gently. The others continued to distract the Emperor, and the eagle-like monster held out a talon to me. It was carrying my sword.
"Take that to Sun Shen," I commanded, "the clouded leopard. Tell the others to continue their distraction, you need to get there unnoticed. Get Shen to the Emperor's head and end this immediately."
Sensing the urgency in my voice, the Disciple nodded and took off. I watched as the Disciple flew around and when it found a perfect opening, it scooped up Sun Shen - at least, I think it did, it was too far to clearly see - and hovered around the Emperor's head. Sun Shen leapt off the white Disciple's back an onto the Emperor, successfully catching it by surprise.
"No!" the Emperor cried, "I am your rightful King! Stand down immediately!"
But before any of my allies could comply, Sun Shen began to hack at the Emperor's body. The monster screamed a most terrible scream, flailing about madly. From what I could tell, it had shaken Sun Shen free as blood rained down on the city. But the flying Disciple managed to catch Sun Shen, and together the two flew back around and took one final slash at the Emperor's misshapen body. Like a falling tower in the largest castle stronghold, the Emperor's massive body slowly began to collapse, falling across the wide moat protecting the Forbidden City and crushing part of its walls, and likely some temples within. As for the Emperor's top portion, it fell not far from where I'd been placed.
I approached the monster with a severe limp, grabbing the guandao of one of the hundreds of fallen soldiers nearby, though most of them were flattened messes of blood and flesh now.
The emperor writhed about helplessly, its arms flailing about madly as if to fly away. It looked up at me and hissed. It was trembling horribly, dragging itself toward me. I held the end of the polearm to the Emperor's deformed face, and though it looked hesitant, it bowed its head at me.
"I...yield. Please f-forgive me...my King. I have erred most...grievously. I want...nothing more than to...serve in your glorious army. Please... Spare this wretched life..."
I wanted to enjoy this, I wanted so badly to lord this moment over the delusional monster, but instead my stomach just churned. My paws were still shaking as the battle winded down, and the pain was starting to creep back into my body.
And it was that moment's hesitation that gave the dying Emperor its opening. Its left arm swung at me, the long feathers on its wing like razors. First it cut my cheek, then sliced into my belly, its attacks blindingly fast. It howled as it lumbered toward me, despite the lack of legs, giving me another deep gash in the right side of my ribs. I fell down to one knee, but just as another flash of lightning struck, the Emperor stopped.
When I looked up, Loki stood above the Emperor with sword in paw, piercing the monster's head from behind. His face was half covered in blood and I noticed a terrible wound in his right side, blood running down his leg. I had no idea what had happened to him, but a smile crept onto my face as the world became dark. I could hear commotion around me, but it was the little fox I saw and felt last before blacking out entirely.
My eyes opened to complete darkness. I barely felt a thing besides the cold chill running up my spine. A figure began to appear before me. It was a dark figure, barely recognizable, barely visible. But its dark laughter gave it away instantly. The Crimson King.
I tried to move, tried to attack, but it was impossible. I was disembodied, stuck in place, forced to watch his bloody, mutilated visage become clearer. I growled.
"Taken another beating, have we?" he said with a smarmy grin, despite his face still being smashed in. "Indeed, but your trials have only just begun," he smirked before flashing his long teeth, then vanished.
I woke up suddenly, faint noise - voices, perhaps - coming from beyond my dark confines. Where was I? It hurt to move, but a quick glance revealed wooden surroundings, a table, some boxes for storage, perhaps. It seemed I was in a storeroom, or a closet or something. Light peered through cracks in the old wooden door, flickering like candlelight. There was a candle in my room, but it had long since gone out.
The door then opened, blinding me. I could still barely move, but I was sure I still had my body. It was just covered in pain. And hunger.
"He's awake!" cried a young girl, no older than ten. She was a young tiger, then a clouded leopard appeared - Sun Shen - keeping the girl away.
"Go tend to the others," he told her. She seemed disappointed, but obeyed gladly. He walked in, kneeling beside my small bed, which was more like a straw mattress on the floor. It looked like he'd broken his left arm, or injured it at least, enough to need it in a sling.
Loki appeared behind him soon after, wearing only a borrowed pair of pants - someone at least twice his size had clearly once owned them - while his midriff was tightly bandaged. There was a light stain of blood at least the size of his fist on the right side of his belly, no doubt an injury from our fight with the Emperor. The fox approached me slowly, and I moved to embrace him.
He was quick to push me down, however, telling me to rest. The arctic fox did, at least, lean forward on his knees to give me a long kiss, paws on either side of my face. He was trembling a little, even when he nuzzled me after. Sun Shen raised a brow, perhaps a little bit surprised by Loki's forwardness.
"I wasn't sure you were going to wake up this time," said Loki softly, placing a small paw on my chest.
It hurt to smile, but I tried anyway. "Where are we? How long was I gone?"
"We're in a small village not far from Tao'zhan," answered the clouded leopard, "a farming town. Many are being treated for injuries, and much of the city has evacuated to here. You have been resting for nearly three days now."
I was tired and weak, and needed food badly. I needed water even more.
"The Emperor..?"
"Dead," said Loki, as Sun Shen lit a candle. The room I was in was barely spacious, but fit the three of us comfortably. A third onlooker crept into the room, a white-feathered avian of some kind, almost an eagle, but with long black horns and strange, lion-like body. Its eyes seemed to glow a deep red, and wore mostly red robes with black detailing it.
"Get that thing out of here," I growled, turning away from the Disciple, who had donned its smaller form.
"The feathered beast was invaluable in defeating the mad Emperor," Sun Shen explained, "and was quite concerned for your well being when the battle concluded. I do not know how one comes to command such frightening beasts, nor do I want to know, but it is loyal to a fault, and deserves many thanks for its aid."
I grunted, but managed to relax. My entire left arm was bandaged and in pain, and it wasn't until I noticed Loki fidgeting with a paper charm that I realized he had cast some sort of healing runes - or so I assumed - which likely helped at least somewhat. I had at least a dozen new cuts and injuries, probably more, and had fresh bandages on those, too. In fact, when I took a glance, it seemed most of my body had been bandaged up, but especially my arm. I groaned quietly.
How much longer could I keep going on like this? Not wanting to admit Sun Shen may have been right, I couldn't deny that each battle I entered, I fared more and more poorly, or rather, sustained more and greater injuries. It wouldn't be long before I would simply fail to recover, and that would be the end of it. Perhaps that was what worried Loki the most. He knew more than anyone what I was capable of when Nosferatu took over my mind and body; I could take more injuries than any normal man could, my inner demon would always keep me on my feet. In fact, the splint on my left leg told me it had been broken, yet I was able to stand on it whilst my darkness had taken the reigns.
I groaned again. I knew no other life. I had been fighting and killing, selling my sword since I was just a child. Could I settle down if I wanted to? There was always private contracts, guard duty, but those...had never appealed to me. But with my body almost entirely wrapped in bandages, perhaps it was time to consider alternatives to my otherwise exciting lifestyle.
That thought alone was incredibly depressing. Where would I go, anyway? What would I do? Even if I hung up my sword - one of my closest friends had done it, after all - then what? I didn't know how to farm, I knew no trade, had no real skill besides fighting. Perhaps I could help train young fighters? Or become a blacksmith's apprentice, though I was probably too old for that now. I wasn't exactly young, as Sun Shen delighted in reminding me, what was an old tiger to do?
Eventually Sun Shen, who had wished me well and a swift recovery, left Loki and I alone, though the overbearing presence of my most loyal Disciple remained. Apparently most of the credit for defeating the monster Emperor went to Sun Shen, though he didn't enjoy the praise. He gave credit where credit was due, but most Eastern Landers were far more comfortable with praising one of their own as a hero than some outsider sellsword and his fox companion. And I was okay with that...so long as I got paid.
Unsure of what I was to do next, I took this time instead to rest and heal, and help rebuild the city. I didn't know where my journey would take me next, though I couldn't help but recall that Apostle who had delivered my old friend's message. That seemed like ages ago. Even with Loki's runes, my injuries were slow to heal, and as the days wore on, that job offer was looking sweeter and sweeter. Perhaps it was time to put away my sword and armour once and for all, and start considering those jobs for tired old mercenaries like me. Perhaps it was time for something new. |
A Stranger in Suburbia (An Interactive Story) - Prologue (3) by Patcher | #3 of A Stranger in Suburbia A revelation with no name... - **[PREVIOUS PAGE](https://www.sofurry.com/view/1145331) | [START AT THE BEGINNING](https://www.sofurry.com/view/1145263) |** [**NEXT PAGE**](https://www.sofurry.com/view/1145857) **Revelation!** You're a... A... You expected | [
"Interactive story",
"Prologue",
"Strangeness"
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**Revelation!**
You're a...
A...
You expected something\_hideous\_ to be hidden underneath those bandages, not... not *this.*
You don't know how to word it. You're exactly not enough Corgi to be a Corgi? Nor are you enough weasel to be a weasel?
Whatever is looking back at you through the mirror is certainly fluffy. Your fur is bright orange and creamy white, with a hint of sienna. Your left eye is blue; your right eye brown.
You don't think you looked like this before...
**Carefully examine face.**
No stitches. No cuts that suggest surgery. However, your fur is only 50% fluffy, You don't know why - or how - you quantified that, but it might be an idea to deal with that eventually...
**Return to the living room and check the envelope.**
The envelope is not sealed. Within the envelope, you find a short letter, which reads...
*To \_\_\_\_*
*Welcome to your new home, and CONGRATULATIONS on this rare opportunity to chase your dreams! You'll find useful tools in the drawers, and some appropriate clothes in the box by the door.*
\_Yours truly, \_
*Benevolence.*
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**HOW TO PLAY**
Comment below with suggested actions for our hitherto unknown protagonist. I will then advance the story with said suggestions. |
Giantess Lammy X Parappa: Big-Step-Sisterly Fuckery by xandermartin98 | #1 of Giantess Lammy X Parappa In what can only be described as the Parappa The Rapper equivalent to the infamous Giantess Toriel X Asriel: Motherly Fuckery from the Undertale fandom, Parappa finds out in an urgent phone call from Chop Chop Master Onion that Katy and Lammy have passed out together | [
"Abuse",
"Age Difference",
"Balls",
"Bestiality",
"Blood",
"Blowjob",
"Blush",
"Bondage",
"Boobs",
"Brain fucking",
"Brainfucking",
"Bukkake",
"Canine",
"Cat",
"Chains",
"Creampie",
"Crossover",
"Cuddling",
"Diarrhea",
"Dog",
"Doggystyle",
"Drowning",
"Drunken Fun",
"Ear Fetish",
"Earwax",
"Endosomatophilia",
"Erection",
"F/F",
"Fanfiction",
"Fear",
"Feline",
"Fellatio",
"Foot Fetish",
"Footjob",
"Foreskin",
"Foursome",
"Fucking",
"Genital Vore",
"Gore",
"Guitar",
"Handjob",
"Hentai",
"Hermaphrodite",
"Humiliation",
"Incest",
"Insanity",
"Interspecies",
"Lamb",
"Lesbian",
"M/F",
"MILF",
"Macro",
"Magic",
"Male/Female",
"Masturbation",
"Mature",
"Medical Procedures",
"Micro",
"Mind Control",
"Mucus",
"Muscle",
"NSFW",
"Naked",
"Naughty",
"Orgy",
"Penetration",
"Penis",
"Possession",
"Punishment",
"Pussy",
"Rape",
"Romance",
"Rule 34",
"S&M",
"Scalie",
"Seduction",
"Series",
"Shrinking",
"Size Difference",
"Teasing",
"Tentacles",
"Tit Fuck",
"Tongue",
"Torture",
"Trouble",
"Um jammer lammy",
"Unbirthing",
"Unconsciousness",
"Underage",
"Undertail",
"Undertale",
"Vagina",
"Video Games",
"Violence",
"Virgin",
"Voyeurism",
"WTF",
"caught",
"chainsaw",
"deepthroating",
"furry",
"giantess",
"gross",
"murder",
"nose",
"parappa the rapper",
"surgery",
"vore"
] | https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1147163-giantess-lammy-x-parappa-big-step-sisterly-fuckery | GIANTESS LAMMY X PARAPPA
One fateful night at around 11:00 PM in the grand urban metropolis of Tokyo- err, I mean Parappa Town, Parappa the Rapper (who had just recently done some serious housekeeping) was just minding his own adorable-puppy-rapper business lying down and taking a nice, relaxing snooze in the master bedroom of his lovely and adorably shy (and annoyingly twice as tall and lean as him) big stepsister Lammy Lamb's normally quite messy and cluttered apartment without a care in the world; much to his relief, the poor neurotic uncomfortably-hot mess of a surprisingly-not-entirely-stereotypical college-girl rockstar had gone out on a super-duper-huge lesbian date with her almost equally adorable girlfriend Katy Kat...which had presumably ended up with the two of them drunkenly passing out on the floor of the local Milkcan concert stage together, or at the very least, the master bedroom of Katy's apartment.
For once in what felt like almost a lifetime after spending only a mere week living with Lammy, there had thankfully been (almost) no completely crazy/random stuff happening whatsoever all throughout that whole entire day...no ridiculous LSD-induced visual effects...no constantly being teased about his rather vertically-challenged height...no constant over-the-top rapping challenges required just to complete menial and mundane everyday tasks...and best of all, no "LEAVE IT TO LAMMMYYYYYY" or "MY GUITAR IS IN MY MINNND" or "SHE'S ON THE BORDER NOOOOOOWWWWWW" or "HIYYYATATAT-CHAAAHHHH" or even anything of the sort.
"Ah, peace and quiet...ironically the one specific thing that the average rapper apparently craves in life above all else according to my martial-arts teacher, and I can definitely see why!" Parappa suddenly woke up and yawned relievedly, sitting up in the bed, stretching his arms and scratching his armpits as he hopped down onto the smooth and lustrous wooden floor and began walking over to the kitchen pantry to get some peanut butter and crackers to snack on...when all of a sudden, at just about the least expected moment possible, his cell phone (which he had set on Lammy's bedside table, naturally) broke out into a manic fit of ringing!
"Well, what do you know? If I have to take a wild guess here, I'm going to have to assume that this means at least something along the lines of YUP, SO MUCH FOR ME SAYING THAT NOTHING FREAKING CRAZY WAS GOING TO END UP HAPPENING TO ME TONIGHT..." Parappa sighed irritatedly as he slyly strolled right back over into the bedroom, picked up his cell phone and checked to see who was calling him THIS time...even though he was honestly pretty sure that he already basically knew the answer to that question for a fact.
Sure enough, as he immediately found out (and again, pretty much already knew to begin with, since he was just about the only person that actually called him on the phone this late at night), the person that was trying to call him was, in fact, none other than the legendary (but mostly just weird, stinky and homeless) karate master known as Chop Chop Master Onion.
"Sigh...what do you want THIS time?" Parappa rolled his eyes and groaned exasperatedly, his eyes beginning to droop and sag a little as he reluctantly accepted the call request, sassily placing his left hand on his hip and tapping his right foot on the ground impatiently while he eagerly waited at least ten full seconds for Chop Chop to finally say something besides random goofy karate noises.
TEN SECONDS LATER...
"Greetings, stalwart young apprentice! Your master bring VERY important news to you this fateful night!" Chop Chop explained from halfway across town in his self-proclaimedly majestic Fruites Dojo (that he had somehow literally rebuilt with his mind), sitting criss-crossed in midair just above his gross sweaty training mat (surrounded by a classic Chinese ritual circle of candles, of course, just to completely eliminate basically any sense of subtlety he could have even possibly had) and telekinetically levitating the phone next to his ear with his eyes firmly shut in a state of profoundly deep meditation, his arms pointed out downward to his sides and his outstretched index and middle fingers pressed firmly against each other as he eagerly (but patiently) awaited Parappa's response.
"Oh boy, what is it THIS time?" Parappa shrugged his shoulders, groaned and sighed exhaustedly while Chop Chop repeatedly (and annoyingly) chanted OMM to himself over the phone.
"As you perhaps already know by this point in time, your lambent big sis and her feline girlfriend went on a rather overzealous bonding journey all over town with each other and drank only-the-divine-beings-themselves-know-how-much alcohol, to the point where they both literally fell unconscious in defeat before they were ever even able to strip each other's clothes off; therefore, they are now defenselessly sprawled out on the floor." Chop Chop reluctantly explained as Parappa twitched and squirmed with excitement, panting and drooling like...well, a dog...and also developing a rather noticeably large protrusion in the crotch area of his saggy blue pajama jeans; a protrusion that his right hand found itself immediately, almost involuntarily gravitating itself directly to and digging its way into his underwear as his entire face suddenly broke out into only the most utterly malicious, downright despicable and absolutely grinchy of evil, evil grins from the mere thought of the types of vile, sickening and downright nasty things that Chop Chop quite-a-bit-more-than-subtly seemed to be implying that His Ruffness would be able to do with the poor girls' bodies while they were busy being all comatose and adorably helpless and whatnot.
"Parappa, I've been telepathically reading your mind for quite some time now, and let me tell you something right here, right now; your mind is an appalling dump heap overflowing with only the most disgraceful assortment of deplorable fetish fantasies imaginable, mangled-up in TANGLED-UP KNOTS!" Chop Chop suddenly gritted his teeth in frustration, opened his eyes super-duper-wide with an anime-esque flash of light and yelled furiously at Parappa at the tops of his ever-loving lungs through the phone, causing Parappa to dizzily stumble sideways in confusion before finally shaking his head back into focus and retorting offendedly at him.
"Oh come on, it so totally is NOT; I mean, come on man, haven't you ever seen my-" Parappa stammered frantically, struggling desperately to come up with a properly suitable comeback while Chop Chop (despite being an onion himself) ironically began roasting his almost-painfully-stereotypically white and 16-year-old rapping apprentice even harder.
"SILENCE! Need I remind you, dear friend, of that one time when I sat you down in my judgment chair, took some good long looks into your mind with my telepathic powers and found not one, not two, but rather SEVERAL images of you VERY tightly ball-gagging poor, poor Lammy, chaining her limbs to the floor and ceiling, pouring huge buckets of melted ice cream all over her and then licking it right off of her naked body as if it was some sort of demonic sex ritual?! For shame, you revolting little skank, for absolute SHAME! Why, hell, I would even go as far as to say that they oughta call you Parappa the RAPIST, for crying out loud!" Chop Chop ranted angrily at Parappa, causing the poor kid's increasingly diamond-hard erection to stick all the way up out of his pajama pants in response while his tail began fervently wagging with delight.
"Jeeze Lawheeze, man, STOP it! You're giving me a freaking RAGING stiffie just from IMAGINING all of the crazy-ass things that you're making me think of doing right now!" Parappa whispered nervously through the phone, glancing frantically to the left and right of himself before finally plopping himself down face-up onto Lammy's perfume-scented bed and moaning gently with relief.
"Exactly! And THAT'S why I'm going to be very shortly summoning my bodyguards to go over there and make sure you don't try to...ahem...SPIRITUALLY INTEGRATE YOURSELF WITH their comatose bodies!" Chop Chop boasted self-righteously with great pride and confidence, boiling with pent-up infuriation at the mere disgusting thought of what Parappa was more-than-likely planning to do with Lammy and Katy if and when he reached the concert hall.
Little did he know, however, that the reality of what Parappa was TRULY planning to do with his new soon-to-be sex dolls was actually, believe it or not, somehow even WORSE than he ever could have imagined!
"Oh, TRUST me, I would absolutely NEVER do ANYTHING of the sort! Uh...b-BYE now, heh heh!" Parappa stammered and chuckled nervously, glancing back and forth in a fit of extreme paranoia as he tried as hard as he possibly could to not sound insultingly sarcastic (and, of course, naturally failed miserably) before finally hanging up, slamming the cell phone shut with extreme prejudice and setting it down on the bedside table while Chop Chop merely shook his fist at him with intensely stinking and pungent feelings of anger, loathing and disgust.
"Hmph! I'll show HIM!" Chop Chop laughed arrogantly like the arrogant kung-fu man that he was, getting back down onto his feet, carefully stepping out of his obligatory ritual ring of candles and dialing up Prince Fleaswallow's number (followed by Paul Chuck's, of course) while Parappa went over to Lammy's dresser and changed himself right back into his iconic (and admittedly cloyingly cheesy and stereotypical, just like how his overall rapping style in general pretty much was) signature outfit of orange winter hat with big-ass frog emblem, light blue tank-top, blue jeans baggier than most actual bags themselves, and big red clown sneakers.
(NOTE: Parappa had exactly fifteen minutes' worth of time before Chop Chop's cronies were scheduled to arrive at the future crime scene in the Milkcan concert auditorium. Oh, and just in case you're wondering, Parappa wasn't on crack and LSD mixed together like Lammy seemingly was throughout most of the events of Um Jammer Lammy; he actually DID have only fifteen minutes to get the job this time...and believe me, it was JUST the type of repugnantly nauseating work to make even the leading producers of the Dirty Jobs television series blush.)
"Alright, now where did I leave that shrink ray...oh, wait, HERE IT IS, DURR!" Parappa groaned and facepalmed himself as he briefly searched around the room before finally, disappointedly discovering that Lammy, being scatterbrained and honestly kind of completely batshit-insane as always, had gone and just foolishly left the shrink ray that her Undertale counterpart, Alphys, had specifically designed and invented just for her...well, basically just sitting RIGHT THERE on top of her dresser, shortly after the events depicted in Um Jammer Alphys.
(NOTE: The Undertale characters have now finally returned to their home universe, thankfully.)
"Hmm? What's that you say, audience? Ooh, THE ABSOLUTE MOST REVOLTING AND DISGUSTING THING THAT I'M EVER GOING TO PERSONALLY FIND MYSELF DOING IN MY ENTIRE LIFE, you say? WELL, then...don't mind if I fricking DO, if I do say so myself!" Parappa laughed derangedly as he snatched the shrink ray right off the dresser-top, stuffed it into his pocket, then began frantically, cartoonishly rummaging through Lammy's bedroom closet (which was rather unsettlingly and notoriously loaded to the brim with hallucinogenic drugs and sex toys) until he finally found her emergency tranquilizer gun and stuffed it into his other pocket.
"Alright, nearly every single sick and disgusting fetish I can possibly think of; HERE I CUM!" Parappa continued laughing maniacally, grinning from ear to floppy ear as he hastily bolted straight out the door, running straight down the staircase and sprinting right out the front door of the apartment building's lobby room as fast as his legs were able to carry him.
ONE QUICK TWO-MINUTE TAXI RIDE LATER...
"Yo, thanks for the ride, Fleaswallow!" Parappa happily hopped, skipped and waved goodbye to the taxi driver (who then promptly waved back with an incredibly smarmy and drug-induced smile in response) as he jumped out of the taxi, immediately bolted straight up the entrance staircase, pulled out a lockpick from his pockets, picked the front door right open and walked inside while Fleaswallow not-so-mysteriously drove and parked his taxi (of which the other passenger just so happened to be Paul Chuck, predictably enough) into a back alley right next to the concert hall.
"Hey Einstein, how come we didn't just flat-out ARREST that creepy little joker right then and there, hmm? Don't you know how to freaking tell someone who DOESN'T have good intentions from someone who DOES just by simply taking a nice little second to...oh, I dunno, freaking LOOK at them?!" Paul Chuck threw his arms up in the air and began ranting exasperatedly, actually making a really good point.
"Oh, for the love of freaking Kwanzaa and marijuana, man, how many goddamned times do I have to freaking TELL you this shit?! FOR GOD'S SAKE, MAN, WE DON'T EVEN FREAKING KNOW WHAT TYPE OF SHIT HE'S GOING TO PULL NEXT! And BESIDES, it's not even how the damned Supreme Court justice system WORKS! You can't just fucking go around BLINDLY FUCKING ASSUMING EVERYONE YOU MEET OF BEING MURDEROUS STONERS AND SERIAL KILLERS! Especially when you freaking act like one YOURSELF, ya big crazy doofus!" Fleaswallow explained angrily and impatiently to Paul, tapping his sexy sandal-clad feet to his own spiritual beat while Paul angrily revved up his chainsaw and threatened to bloodily cut down the entire humanoid population of the general vicinity with it.
"But I thought you said we didn't have TIME for jokers!" Paul stuffed his chainsaw back into his pocket and frustratedly pointed out as the two of them opened up their corresponding doors (driver's-seat door for Fleaswallow, right passenger-seat door for Paul, walked out into the back alley and indignantly slammed them shut.
"Well, needless to say, we really DON'T at the moment, at least as far as my lazy opiate-ridden ass can tell; however, what we DO have time for is some good old-fashioned INCEST PORN! You know what I'm SAYING, man?" Fleaswallow began laughing uproariously, patting Paul on the back triumphantly as the two of them eagerly walked their way around the concert-hall building to the front door together, internally screaming at themselves all the way.
Meanwhile in the Milkcan concert auditorium, Parappa was busy smarmily tiptoeing his way up onto the stage, where Lammy's and Katy's deeply unconscious, surprisingly fully clothed bodies were both sprawled out on the floor together, ripe for the raping...err, I mean, tender affection and mutual loving. (Oh, who in the hell am I kidding? If you've ever read the Undertale Giantess series, then you basically already know EXACTLY what's about to start happening, don't you? Come on, don't lie; you know it to be true.)
"Okay, so first things first, let's just make sure that Lammy and Katy aren't going to be waking up anytime soon..." Parappa whispered nervously to himself, glancing back and forth fearfully as he sneakily pulled out the tranquilizer gun from his pocket and shot both girls sound asleep with it, removing the darts and disposing of them in a nearby trash can before finally returning back to the stage so that he could...AHEM...do his business with their bodies, so to speak.
"Alright, girls; it's about TIME you showed me your true colors, if I do say so myself!" Parappa cackled evilly, rubbing his hands together like a fly as he silently, ominously creeped his way toward the girls, with his hands clenched and facing directly toward them in a profoundly rapist-esque fashion as he maliciously wiggled his fingers and began grinning from ear to ear yet again.
"GAH! They're so freaking hot that I can almost feel my FORESKIN burning right off from the mere SIGHT of them!" Parappa panted and drooled and moaned with delight, blushing and sweating intensely and acquiring a massive bump in the crotch area of his pants as he gently pulled off Lammy's and Katy's goofy shirts, comically oversized sneakers, polka-dotted socks, succulent bikinis and splendiferous panties, rendering both of them completely naked.
"Hmm...which one should I do the honors for? Gee, the choice sure is SO incredibly difficult to decide for me!" Parappa laughed sarcastically as he gently rolled Lammy's and Katy's gorgeous naked bodies back and forth on the ground to make extra-sure that they weren't going to wake up...while Chuck and Fleaswallow intently stood just outside the auditorium's front door with a pair of binoculars, peeking in at Parappa's antics and already becoming increasingly aroused by them.
"Wow, do you actually think this kid is seriously willing to stoop himself THIS goddamned low? I mean seriously, this shit right here is just outright PATHETIC!" Chuck laughed uproariously while Fleaswallow pulled one of Alphys' invisible ghost drones (whose camera just so happened to be linked to the auditorium's massive digital display screen, mind you) out of his pocket, shrunk it to microscopic size with a mere snap of his fingers, commanded it to follow Parappa with a mere clap of his hands and deployed it into the room with a devious grin on his face.
"Chuck, man, I'm as a high as a fucking horse right now, and even I already know EXACTLY what this self-entitled, Lammy-overshadowing little shit is planning to do right now!" Fleaswallow hissed frustratedly at Chuck while Parappa pulled out the shrink ray from his pocket, laid Lammy face-down on the ground and shrunk himself to ant size, completely forgetting how very little time Chop Chop had given him to get this so-called "business" over with.
"OHH, COME STRAIGHT TO PAPA, YOU DELICIOUS LITTLE TOOTSIE ROLLS!" Parappa laughed overexcitedly as he hyperactively hopped and skipped his way over to the left one of Lammy's wrinkly crinkly pinkly bare soles and began gleefully cleaning them from top to bottom...with his tongue, no less.
"OHH, WHY HAS CHOP CHOP ABANDONED US, LAMMY'S FEET SMELL SO ORGASMICALLY WONDERFUL AND GLORIOUS!" Parappa moaned loudly with arousal as he pressed his nose deeply into Lammy's silky-smooth, wonderfully pungent arch (her feet in general stank like rotten deer carcasses, just so you know) and inhaled so deeply that it caused his brain to shrivel up like a rotten prune as his nose violently sprayed blood all over the place, which he then proceeded to lovingly smear all over her arch before finally licking it right off of said arch.
"Um...excuse me, what in the actual tarnation FUCK does that little twerp think he's doing right now? And more importantly, WHO in the hell does the plucky little bastard think he IS?!" Paul growled angrily, gritting his teeth as a stunningly high-quality live close-up feed of Parappa's disgustingly incestual foot-worship antics suddenly appeared on the background display screen.
"Oh believe me, man; what you're seeing right now is undoubtedly just the mere TIP of the LSD iceberg...if you don't want to see the Titanic sink while we're at it, dude, I would VERY strongly advise packing your bags and hauling your ass out of here right now." Fleaswallow warned him, flicking his tongue into the poor badger's ear as a not-so-subtle hint of where Parappa's Asriel-inspired antics were very clearly soon to be...please excuse the incredibly obvious pun...HEADED.
"AHHH...TASTES LIKE MOLDY YELLOW COTTAGE CHEESE ON THE BACK OF A DEAD GOAT'S PENIS...SO UTTERLY DELICIOUS..." Parappa moaned and blushed intensely with delight as he eagerly licked and felt all over the entirety of Lammy's beauteous sole from toes to heel and everything in between.
"I HAVE CRIPPLING DEPRESSION! WHEEEEEE!" Parappa sang with excitement and giggled like a little kid as he climbed up onto the very tippy-top-bottom of Lammy's heel and slid all the way down her pungently putrid, wetly soaked and lustrously glistening sole from top to bottom, once again using his own saliva as lubricant while Chuck and Fleaswallow merely stood behind the auditorium's entrance door and gawked in utter confusion, with their jaws firmly agape in wonderment.
"And now for the tantalizingly delicious coup-de-grace!" Parappa laughed maniacally as he systematically crawled and squeezed his way into each of the cozy, warm and smelly little gaps in between Lammy's outspread toes and stuffed his face with all of the scrumptiously slimy, sweaty, reeking, lint-dripping toe jam that he could stomach (in other words, every last drop of it).
"Geez, I never thought that this kid could actually make me feel THIS atrociously sick to my goddamned stomach!" Paul gagged, covering his mouth and clutching his rumbling chest.
"Man, you can definitely say that again!" Fleaswallow covered his own mouth and nearly retched, readjusting his campily gangsta-feathered pimp hat and smoothing out his incredibly cheesy Hawaii vacation shirt in disgust while Parappa began worshipping her other sole in the exact same fashion.
ABOUT TWO MINUTES LATER, AFTER PARAPPA HAD GROWN HIMSELF BACK TO NORMAL...
"OHH, Lammy, how I absolutely ADORE you..." Parappa threw his head back and moaned orgasmically, hugging Lammy's adorably unconscious body from the back as his incredibly erect penis filled her vagina with its love while he just drooled arousedly, blushed intensely and smiled awkwardly with shameful embarrassment at what he had just done to his own stepsister.
"Eh, I'm totally used to having those types of relationships with MY family members!" Paul chuckled embarrassedly, causing Fleaswallow to awkwardly cock an eyelid at him in profound confusion and (un)surprise while Parappa gently laid Lammy's body face-up on the floor, shrunk himself back down to ant size again and began clambering his way up onto her lovely bright-red-painted toes (NOTE: Katy's were also painted the exact same color...by Lammy, of course).
"Just look at the adorable little babe, lying here ASLEEP! Already becoming the idol of MILLIONS..." Parappa whispered to himself, drooling rabidly at the mouth as he climbed his way up the tops of her feet and then proceeded to frantically scamper his way up her beautifully long and slender legs like the dirty little rat that he was very clearly being at the moment.
"She's a WUSS! Shy, silly little wuss..." Parappa began dementedly monologuing to himself as he scooped the hairy, slimy, unwashed lint out of Lammy's bellybutton with a great big tentacle-spoon that had apparently somehow managed to fit into just one of his pants pockets (along with god-knows-how-much other stuff) and ate it, licking his lips and rubbing his belly with satisfaction.
"How easily I could stroke my cock...with THESE hands...THESE...NASTY...HANDS!" Parappa laughed disgustedly to himself as he carefully poised himself atop the very edgemost portion of Lammy's pelvis and used that exact same tentacle-spoon to fish out all of the oozing, dripping, tantalizingly creamy and gooey excess ejaculatory fluid from the dank, cavernous depths of her stinky unwashed cloaca, licking his lips and slurping it down with pure joy.
"They think she's a god...BUT SHE'S AS MORTAL AS WE..." Parappa began traditionally monologuing in the creepiest and melodramatic fashion possible as he climbed his way back down onto the tops of Lammy's feet, poured a bottle of paint thinner all over his tongue and began lovingly licking the pulsating bright-red paint right off of her pretty little toenails.
"JUST...ONE...QUICK...SLIP...into her precious little ear canal while she isn't looking...and it's over...JUST...ONE..." Parappa began laughing and crying hysterically as he frantically, desperately scrambled his way straight up Lammy's torso until he finally reached her lovely, bulbous little breasts.
"I can almost feel myself mentally deteriorating from the inside out, and it is a feeling that is simply nothing short of MARVELOUS!" Parappa moaned with pleasure as he scurried and clambered his way up onto the very tip-top of Lammy's boob and began passionately, lovingly and adorably meekly sucking on her lovely, rosy-pink nipple with his fluffy little puppy lips until her warm and succulent lamb milk finally came squirting right out of it and into his ravenous, eagerly awaiting mouth!
"AHHH...the refreshing taste of victory be SUGARY-sweet today!" Parappa moaned with pleasure, licking his breastmilk-dripping lips with delight as he moved on to Lammy's other boob and repeated the exact same process once more, then wormed his way in-between her wonderfully fluffy little lamb titties and took a brief two-minute nap in her oh-so-warm-and-cozy cleavage.
APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES LATER...
"You know, as much as this goddamned kid clearly has absolutely NO freaking sense of time whatsoever, I gotta say...I have the weirdest of boners right now..." Paul whispered nervously into Fleaswallow's ear, blushing and covering up his crotch embarrassedly with his hands while Fleaswallow briefly removed one of his sandals and slyly, teasingly wiggled his sexy Jamaican toes at him while Parappa suddenly woke up and began climbing his way up onto Lammy's face.
"Alright, almost there...just gotta get past her mouth, nose and eyes and then the ears woll be next..." Parappa cackled and grinned maliciously, rubbing his hands together like the dirty little fly he was as he slyly tiptoed right over Lammy's hot-pink lips and pulled out his tentacle-spoon yet again as he reached her beady little nose and immediately began staring intently into it!
"OH YEAH, I'VE HIT A GOLD MINE ALL RIGHT..." Parappa moaned and drooled derangedly as he stood atop Lammy's nose and stuck his spoon deep into her nostrils, fishing out several of her dirty, slimy and nastily dicolored boogers, lovingly eating them and loudly slurping the gooey liquid snot residue right out of the spoon itself as he continued digging his way in even deeper...when suddenly, for reasons that it took him all of about literally five seconds to figure out, he was electrocuted into a cartoonish living crisp, presumably as karma for being such an utterly despicable and repugnant little shit.
"Wow, that tranquilizer REALLY worked wonders on the poor thing, didn't it?" Parappa shrugged and sighed with an ever-so-slight tinge of regret, realizing that even literally poking her right in what was presumably the frontal lobe of her brain with a blunt metal object somehow STILL hadn't been enough to wake poor Lammy up as he violently shook the ashes and soot right off of himself just like how any normal real-life dog would, prompting Lammy to then immediately, involuntarily inhale it right into her poor little nose while Parappa eagerly shoved his tentacle-spoon right back into his pocket and readied himself to jump right into her left nostril right as she was just about ready to blow (and by blow, I mean sneeze, of course)!
"AAH...AAAAH...AAAAAAH..." Lammy began cringing and shaking in her sleep; right after the third AAH, Parappa valiantly shouted GERONIMO and did a cannonball dive right into her nose!
"AAAH-CHOOOOOO!" Lammy sneezed violently in her sleep, effectively blowing Parappa (who was now covered from head to toe with gooey, sticky, disgustingly dripping mucus) right out of her nose and onto her chest as he promptly began cleaning himself...with his tongue.
"Mucus here, mucus there, mucus in my HAIR!" Parappa sang happily as he fervently picked and licked what to him must've been at least half a solid gallon's worth of snot off of his surprisingly (and rather unfortunately) still fully-clothed body, scooped it right up into his dirty, nasty and grimy little hands, and unhesitatingly engorged himself on it like a fat kid engorges himself on chocolate, licking the snot off of his lips and patting his belly in just such a way that it caused the raw semi-liquid essence of Lammy's putrid, slimy and oh-so-wonderfully-viscous mucus to smear all over his signature shirt in such an incredibly distasteful and just-plain-sickeningly-gross fashion that even Filthy Frank himself would quite frankly be almost-unspeakably disgusted by it. And believe me, things are only going to get nastier from here...
GIANTESS LAMMY X PARAPPA: PART 2
"Alright, who am I kidding? Looks like it's about time for the real fun to finally begin, judging by the fact that those stupid bodyguards Chop Chop sent after me have evidently already been waiting at least something like TEN FREAKING MINUTES for me by now!" Parappa sighed nervously as a result of suddenly noticing himself being broadcast onto the auditorium's ginormous digital display screen, blushing embarrassedly and ever-so-slightly dying inside as he hopped right back up onto Lammy's adorably pretty little face, tickled her incredibly long eyelashes to once AGAIN make sure that she wouldn't wake up, and then finally made his way over to her gorgeously combed and styled red hair, which of course was like a forest to him.
"Hmm...well, I must say, this looks like yet another job for personal utilities! LEAVE IT TO...SUCTION CUPPPS!" Parappa chuckled excitedly to himself as he pulled out a pair of suction-cup attachments for his sneakers and attached them right on, blissfully unaware that the tranquilizer that he had shot both Lammy and Katy with just a few measly little minutes ago was literally RIGHT about to wear off on him.
"Wow, Lammy's hair really IS incredibly mesmerizing...and also incredibly freaking FILTHY! Seriously, when in the actual hell was the last time she actually WASHED this shit?!" Parappa winced and regretfully shook his head in disgust (despite the fact that he had just recently purposefully coated himself from top-to-bottom in someone else's nose-mucus and then gluttonously gobbled it right off of himself, while gratuitously smearing it all over his clothes all the while) as he reluctantly, stickily trudged his way through Lammy's shockingly flaky, oily and dandruff-ridden jungle of hair until he finally reached her left ear, taking a nice, long and deep breath and gulping nervously as he eagerly, anxiously readied himself to do the unthinkable...and also the inevitable, now that I THINK about it! (Readers, I have a very important and urgent request for you right about now; please, PLEASE kill me before this gets any more creepy and disturbing...)
"Well, HEAR goes nothing..." Parappa shrugged and sighed, trying not to think too hard about the painfully obvious implications of what he was currently doing at the moment as he loudly, resounding swallowed what very little pride he already had left, shivering in both fear and immense self-disgust as he reluctantly walked onto the external flap of the adorably unaware Lammy's left ear and briefly admiring her cute little earrings before finally crawling straight inside.
"Alright, baby steps, baby steps, baby st- WAAAUGGGH!" Parappa screamed in terror as he (yes, even with the power of suction cups at his disposal) accidentally, violently slipped on one of numerous great big patches of dirty, sticky, hairy earwax dotting the internal surface of Lammy's ear canal, sending him tumbling all the way down said ear canal (getting almost completely covered from head to toe in her earwax along the way, naturally) and finally crashing right into her incredibly sensitive (and also disgustingly slimy and earwax-covered) eardrum!
"Hmm?" Lammy suddenly grunted in her rapidly-weakening sleep, turning straight over onto her right side and causing Parappa to fall right onto her eardrum, causing her sleep to weaken even further while Parappa, being the sick and nasty little fuck that he apparently was, reached into his pockets and pulled out a nice big jar of weapons-grade laxatives for his violently, painfully rumbling and gurgling stomach!
"Well, I never thought I'd end up saying this in THIS sort of utterly revolting context, but...WHEN NATURE FREAKING CALLS, am I right?!" Parappa whispered and chuckled to himself with a truly, quite literally shit-eating grin on his face, picking and eating several gross little globs of earwax right off of himself as he ecstatically took a nice big handful of laxative pills from the jar, crammed them right down his throat with the help of the remaining half of a certain water bottle that he had evidently been keeping in his pocket for quite some time, and then proceeded to pull his pants and underwear right down and take a nice big heaping diarrhea shit all over Lammy's precious little eardrum, causing it to mix with the earwax that was already covering said eardrum in only the most absolutely lovely and totally pleasing-to-the-eyes of fashions.
"OH MY GOD, YOU WERE RIGHT, PAUL, I THINK I'M LITERALLY GOING TO BE FUCKING SICK!" Fleaswallow screamed in absolute horror, with him and Paul just absentmindedly standing behind the auditorium entrance door with their jaws firmly agape and their eyes opened almost incomparably widely as Parappa began fervently, hyperactively licking and eating (and forcefully smearing) his own waxy, dirty shit right off of (and also all over) Lammy's poor, poor little eardrum while panting and moaning orgasmically in the process, making the audience nearly throw up and also causing Lammy herself to actually fully wake up for real this time!
"WHAT THE- W-WHO SAID THAT?! WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW?!" Lammy woke up in a fit of panic, pulling out her cell phone and sitting straight up with a start...and causing Parappa to fall right back down onto the floor of her ear canal while the leftover diarrhea that he just left all over her eardrum began oozing and dripping disgustingly down the surface of said (otherwise) beautifully pearly and shiny tympanic membrane while she was busy frantically speed-dialing Parappa's number, hoping that perhaps he would know something about her current situation. (She really didn't know why she was now trusting Parappa of all people all of a sudden, but somehow, her maternal instincts just naturally told her that he was the one to trust.)
"Oh hey there, Lammy, how's it going? Just wanted you to know that I'm currently busy MAKING MY WAY INTO YOUR BRAIN AS WE SPEAK! After all, that IS what truly loving, caring and supporting friends like ME are for, am I right?" Parappa crossed his legs and smarmily teased Lammy over the phone while using his weapons-grade laser pointer to slowly but surely (and excruciatingly painfully) carve an almost-perfectly round hole right through her eardrum.
"OH GOD, I ONLY HAVE ABOUT THIRTY SECONDS AT MOST TO FIND MY FUCKING TWEEZERS BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!" Lammy screamed and cried, doubling over onto her knees, clutching her left ear and shrieking in pain as she immediately began frantically, desperately rummaging through her pockets in a rather profoundly pathetic (but still admirable) attempt to save herself from certain doom, pulling out dildos, ball gags, bondage chains, magic rope, LSD, cocaine and various other types of sex toys while her girlfriend Katy woke up, crossed her arms over her chest, cocked an eyebrow and glared disgustedly at her in response.
"NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG, MOVE ALONG!" Lammy stammered and blushed embarrassedly with adorably watering eyes, whistling innocently and trying her hardest not to double over and scream in pain yet again as she briefly pulled a magic broom out of her pocket and swept all of her sex toys right off the stage and into the front-row within a time span of about five seconds...which, of course, still wasn't fast enough, as Parappa was already nearly done!
"OH, DEAR GOD, HELP ME, PLEASE, I LEFT MY TWEEZERS AT HO-HO-HO-HOOOME!" Lammy buried her head in her hands and screamed and cried hopelessly, clutching her hair and trying desperately not to yank it right out in frustration while Parappa began counting down her last ten remaining seconds of sanity...well, if you could even call Lammy remotely sane in the first place after playing her game, that is.
"TEN...NINE...EIGHT...SEVEN...SIX...FIVE...FOUR...THREE...TWO...ONE..." Parappa began ominously counting down, causing Lammy's knees to quiver and buckle in raw fear and helplessness while the rest of her body basically did the same; meanwhile, just behind the auditorium's main entrance door, there Paul and Fleaswallow were, their penises suddenly becoming overwhelmingly erect as they began maliciously grinning from ear to ear.
"ZERO! AH HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH! YAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAAAH!" Parappa rolled on the floor of Lammy's ear canal laughing his ever-loving, lop-eared, adorably short and fluffy, earwax-coated puppy ass off, almost-regretfully wiping the tears from his eyes as he sprung right back up onto his feet, jump-kicked his newly-carved hole right through the poor girl's eardrum and then stylishly dived right into her inner ear as if it were a water slide!
"WHOOOA, EVERYBODY, LIKE, SERIOUSLY, RUN FOR YOUR LIVES AND STUFF!" Lammy dizzily stumbled back and forth and drunkenly slurred in a miserably failed attempt to warn everyone as Parappa went right through her vestibular canals and wound up right in the very center of her poor little head, where her extremely fragile and defenseless brain was housed!
"Wow, this is an incredibly nice, soft and delicate little BRAIN you've got in here! It sure would be an awful crying shame if anything were to HAPPEN to it, am I right?" Parappa pulled out his phone and snickered just as snarkily as ever in response to yet another sudden phone call from Lammy as he underagedly stripped every last bit of his clothing off (yes, THIS was STILL being broadcast on the automatically-footage-recording drone's live feed on the auditorium's gigantic display screen, just to make DOUBLY sure that Parappa immediately got arrested as soon as this whole utterly ridiculous fetishistic escapade was finally over) and began eagerly approaching her literally steaming-hot, vigorously pulsating brain...much to Lammy's imminent revolted horror as she turned around and saw him doing so on the big screen!
"Well, I suppose this is what I get for calling him an arrogant KNOW-IT-ALL nearly every single day..." Lammy disgustedly covered her mouth with her hands and thought to herself, causing Parappa to laugh uproariously as he nakedly leapt onto her already-intimidatingly-towering brain stem and eagerly began scaling its fleshy, veiny, firmly erected surface, using the biomagnetic electrical current given off by her central nervous system (combined with the way that his warm and fuzzy fur statically conducted said current, of course) to stick to her brain like Spider-Man!
"MAN, this is satisfying! I'm FINALLY getting back at the little bitch for calling me a stupid little know-it-all attention whore! Honestly, if it didn't make me feel so utterly sick to my stomach, I'd probably say that this is just about the greatest form of payback EVER!" Parappa thought to himself (with the drone even going as far as to read his internal thoughts) as he frantically crawled about and scurried all over the admittedly deliciously spongy and wrinkly external surface of Lammy's brain, biting it and licking it and massaging it and fucking it and sucking it ALL over from top to bottom while the poor girl pulled out a barf bag from her pocket and violently threw up into it, wiping her mouth exhaustedly, blushing intensely and twitching her eyelids in a highly unpleasant mixture of confusion, (possibly public) humiliation and profound disgust.
"And now for the official SECOND-greatest moment of my entire life! Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready? Because Lammy's brain, here I CUM!" Parappa laughed arrogantly as he clambered and scrambled his way up onto the very tip-top of Lammy's brain, right at the conveniently centered little gap in-between its left and right hemispheres, admiring the lovely view of her interior skull, nostrils, horn roots and eyeballs as he teasingly wiggled his pudgy, fluffy little toes (and shook his plump, juicy little butt) at the audience before finally delivering the coup-de-grace...which was literally only the BEGINNING of what was immediately to come, MIND you!
"OH, how I yearn for bleach's sweet embrace..." Lammy sighed, sitting criss-crossed on the floor and resting her cheeks on her hands depressedly as Parappa began rigorously, forcefully thrusting his pulsating, throbbing erection into her equally pulsating and throbbing brain tissue.
"BRAIN BLAAAAAAST!" Parappa shrieked orgasmically and briefly flailed his arms and legs straight up into the air as his penis blew at least half a cup's worth of load into his (supposedly) dearly beloved stepsister's central nervous system, violently electrocuting him and frying him into a cute little crisp as he just speechlessly laid there face-down atop Lammy's brain and blinked his eyes to make sure that he actually was still alive, with his jaw firmly agape and his arms and legs sprawled out absentmindedly beside him (as if he was a real-life, four-legged, non-anthropomorphic dog that had just been run over by an automotive) in absolute disbelief.
"Goddamnit, I KNEW he was a fucking zombie all along!" Paul roared angrily, pulling out his chainsaw, revving it right up and maniacally charging out onto the stage...with Fleaswallow luckily stopping him just in time before he could put graphically and violently put Lammy out of her misery!
"Paul, for the love of God, dude, have you SERIOUSLY already forgotten what we really CAME here for?" Fleaswallow hissed angrily at Paul, grabbing him by the shoulders while Paul regretfully shrugged said shoulders and reluctantly shut his chainsaw off in response.
"Um...if I'm not mistaken, you two were SUPPOSED to make sure that...whatever in the unholy name of Lucifer I just saw...WASN'T going to happen, CORRECT?!" Katy slyly, sexily slunk her way over to the two of them and hissed angrily at them, placing her hands on her finely-toned hips and glaring sternly at them as her tail wagged, waved and curled all about seductively in response; meanwhile, Lammy was curled up in a helpless, weeping, head-clutching, violently-shaking-in-helpless-terror, arms-wrapped-tightly-around-knees, eyes-wide-open little ball on the floor while Parappa began searching intently for the secret entrance to her poor, poor brain.
"W-Well, you see, the t-thing is...t-that's what our master, like, T-TOLD us to do, y-yes, b-but our actual intentions w-were m-more like the exact o-opposite, you s-see...heh heh...heh..." Fleaswallow stammered nervously, blushing and sweating intensely and biting his lip and glancing all about and twiddling his fingers together as he reluctantly explained himself.
"Oh, that's just fucking fantastic, now we're ALL completely fucked to hell and back! LITERALLY fucked, in fact, judging from the rate that this has already currently been going...AAAAAAAH!" Katy rolled her eyes, scowled and sneered bitterly at Lammy's so-called bodyguards-for-hire...then suddenly screamed like a little girl as she looked down at herself and saw that she herself actually WAS, in fact, completely and utterly buck-naked from head to toe!
"Eenie-meenie-minie-moe; Lammy can suck a lumberjack's CHODE!" Parappa laughed sadistically as he finally found the secret door on the bottom-left corner of the very top of Lammy's brain, swung it right open and hopped right in without a care in the world!
"PLEASE, I'LL DO ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING FOR YOU TO PLEASE JUST CUT MY STUPID LITTLE HEAD RIGHT OPEN AND KILL ME RIGHT ON THE SPOT BEFORE THIS GETS ANY WORSE! PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, I'M FREAKING BEGGING YOU!" Lammy screamed and wailed in a fit of panicked desperation, springing right up onto her feet, lunging frantically at Paul and clinging submissively to his left ankle while he and Fleaswallow both snickered evilly to themselves and began removing their shirts suggestively, revealing their firmly-toned, handsomely muscular chests as well as their beautifully firm, plump and masculine nipples.
"ANYTHING, you say?" Paul and Fleaswallow asked her teasingly, causing her to nervously let go of the former's ankle and meekly squat down onto her hands and knees in a sudden feeling of unrelentingly extreme deja-vu from nearly every single visit that she had previously made to the former's guitar store (which was luckily only one, thank god) as the underground-rapist duo began pulling their pants and underwear down and throwing THEM right off as well, revealing their sexy muscular legs, firmly-toned ass and intensely erect, veiny and glistening penises.
"MMM-HMM?" Lammy embarrassedly replied, blushing intensely and nodding her head with only the most adorably sad and helpless of sparkles in her eyes in an attempt to garner sympathy from Paul and Fleaswallow...but alas, the only thing SHE was able to garner out of those two in a situation as wonderfully opportunistic as THIS one was a hysterical fit of rolling-on-the-floor laughter while Parappa made his way deeper and deeper into the internal nerve structures of her brain, to the point where she could actually rather acutely FEEL him in there.
"You said (heh, heh) ANYTHING, (hee hee) didn't cha?" Paul and Fleaswallow wiped the laughter-induced tears from their eyes, got back up onto their feet and chuckled maliciously, biting their lips and trying hard not to laugh at poor Lammy's expense as they promptly yanked their footwear right off, rendering them both completely naked from head to toe and filling the air with the disgusting, reeking stench of both of their putrid, unwashed pairs of feet combined as Fleaswallow removed his hat, struck a handsome, cross-legged and crotch-covering bow with it, then smugly tossed it right across the seating area while Lammy and Katy cowered against one of the stage's side walls, squinted their helplessly crying eyes as tightly shut as they could feasibly manage, and lovingly, nervously huddled up against each other in terror.
"Lammy, if I don't make it through this alive, please tell my mother I love you!" Katy desperately begged Lammy with sorrowful tears leaking from her eyes as she regretfully smooched Lammy right on the cheek, causing her to blush shamefully while Parappa finally finished hacking his way into the main-control supercomputer of her central nervous system (lodged deeply into the internal front wall of her frontal lobe, of course) and took (almost) total control over her body!
"YOUR MOTHER SUCKS COCKS IN HELL!" Lammy suddenly yelled and laughed spitefully at Katy, causing Katy to furiously slap her right across her now-swirly-eyed face in response.
"NO! KATY, PLEASE UNDERSTAND! HE'S TAKEN CONTROL OVER MY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM! I'M LITERALLY NO LONGER IN CONTROL OF MY OWN FREAKING ACTIONS RIGHT NOW! SERIOUSLY, YOU HAVE TO FREAKING HELP ME RIGHT NOW!" Lammy grabbed (and violently shook) Katy by the shoulders, kneeling down and lovingly burying her gently weeping face into Katy's boobs while Fleaswallow and Paul drew ever nearer, their dicks gradually lengthening and stiffening more and more with each and every footstep they took.
"ME? But what in the hell am I supposed to do that doesn't involve brain surgery and/or shrinking myself, neither of which I even have ACCESS to right now for fuck's sake?!" Katy yelled back at Lammy, lovingly stroking her hair while Parappa suddenly retook control over her body and turned her L/R (Lammy/Rammy) personality switch all the way over to the R end!
"EXACTLY! NOTHING, YOU LITTLE BITCH! NOW COME ON, LET'S JUST SUCK THESE FAGGOTS' DICKS AND GET THIS SHIT OVER WITH ALREADY, SHALL WE?!" Lammy began laughing and sobbing dementedly as she excitedly lunged onto Paul and began passionately, dirtily, exceptionally kinkily making out with him while Katy reluctantly did the same to Fleaswallow.
"Oh geez, it really HAS been one of those days, hasn't it?" Paul, Fleaswallow and Parappa all exhaustedly scratched their heads and thought to themselves, already beginning to wonder exactly WHAT in the fuck was currently happening.
GIANTESS LAMMY X PARAPPA: PART 3
"Hmm, I sure do wonder what THIS button does?" Parappa smirked maliciously and sarcastically thought to himself as he smugly flicked his left hand over to the CONTEXT-SENSITIVE CATCHPHRASE button on Lammy's control panel and pressed it with his middled finger while Lammy was busy fervently, lovingly sucking on Paul's muscular, juicy man-tits right on the stage of the main auditorium of a very well-known public concert building...with the former drunkenly, nakedly sprawled out atop the latter's equally drunken and naked body, of course. (Meanwhile, Katy was also doing the exact same thing to Fleaswallow, FYI.)
"Well, I suppose it's all well and good that you're pleasuring my glorious supple mounds right now, but I simply cannot help but imagine how incredibly NICE and convenient it would be if you had yourself a payniss...wait, what are you doing?!" Paul blushingly moaned in pleasured embarrassment as Lammy teasingly bit his soft, plump, rosy-pink nipples with her teeth...then suddenly, entirely without warning, jumped down into the front-row seating area to go and grab herself a strap-on...which, by the way, was something that Katy was already wearing, as you could very clearly see from the way that the currently submissively-bent-over-on-his-hands-and-knees Fleaswallow was ecstatically moaning and yelling "OH YEAH, COME ON MAN, DEAR LORD THAT FEELS SO ORGASMICALLY GOOD" and various related phrases in pleasure as the cat lady rammed her impressively long and erect yet incredibly rubbery and floppy fake penis into the tightly clenched depths of his asshole while he violently, ass-tearingly pooped and farted all over it with glee, with Katy lovingly and cattishly allowing him to slavishly lick up the digusting blood-cum-and-shit mixture that was now being splattered and smeared all over her dildo all the while.
"DOJO! CASINO! IT IS ALL IN THE MIND!" Parappa chanted melodramatically into Lammy's subconscious through her voice-recording microphone while the poor already-batshit-insane nervous wreck of a girl got down on all fours and began frantically digging through a multitude of strap-ons before finally locating the distinctly guitar-shaped one that she wanted.
"Yeah, THAT'S right; my guitar's in my MINNND!" Lammy laughed psychotically as she eagerly, already-rather-overexcitedly fastened her strap-on right on, causing her clinically-insane mind to somehow perceptionally transform it into a literal guitar as she hopped right back up onto the stage and (much to her immense sadistic delight) found Paul eagerly squatted down on his hands and knees with brightly blushing ass cheeks and an even more brightly blushing face!
"Um...I beg your pardon, young lass, but I thought this was supposed to be about making me orgasm like a rented mule, if I'm not mistaken..." Paul humiliatedly, nervously reminded her.
"Oh...well, in that case, LEAVE IT TO...LAMMMYYYYYY!" Lammy yelled obnoxiously high-pitchedly and amazingly effeminately at the tops of her ever-loving lungs, performing a massive joyful backflip into the air and posing dramatically (and by dramatically, I mean masturbatorially) as she eagerly readied herself to violently drill Paul's asshole a new one!
"OHH, sweet face-fucking Lucifer, I ain't been drilled this hard since the last time I went to Vietnam...and yes, I DO, in fact, mean that both ways!" Paul moaned and cried with pleasure as Lammy excitedly positioned herself right in-between his deliciously plump and juicy butt cheeks (squeezing and massaging them with her lovely little hands just to provide added erotic pleasure) and ramming her massive strap-on so deeply and so flesh-tearing forcefully into his arse that for once in about the past week or so of his sad and miserable joke of an existence, it actually caused him to loudly scream and cry like a demonically tortured little baby...and he loved it.
"Oh, and by the way, BIG BOY...did I forget to mention that these babies also have SYNTHETIC EJACULATION FEATURES?" Lammy teasingly reminded Paul with her eyes erotically half-shut as she continued thrusting her fake-but-incredibly-massive schlong into his asshole.
"Uh...what does THAT me- OHHHHHH, YEAHHH, that REALLY hits my G-spot if I do say so myself!" Paul moaned orgasmically with delight as Lammy shredded a lovely power-metal solo into his lower intestine with her phallic guitar, then immediately pulled it out to show him.
"GET TO FUCKING WORK, DOUCHENOZZLE! ALSO, NEED I MENTION, THIS SHIT RIGHT HERE IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU FUCKING GET FOR TRYING TO VIOLENTLY RAPE ME IN A PUBLIC STORE, JUST SO YOU KNOW!" Lammy dominantly laughed, pulling a spare whip out of her pocket and abusively whipping Paul (who, of course, was still on his hands and knees) with it while the poor bastard began lovingly, humiliatedly sucking her moist, slimy, dripping, twelve-inch-long, completely-soaked-in-pure-concentrated-love-juice-from-top-to-bottom dildo.
"AHH...what's next, master?" Paul finally retracted his still-passionately-drooling-and-cum-dripping mouth from Lammy's delicious rubber schlong and began panting like a desperately starving dog (and even squatting down on all fours like one) while Lammy began pointing suggestively at her tits, fluttering her gorgeous eyelashes and erotically raising her eyebrows at him in response.
"FOR FUCK'S SAKE, FIGURE IT OUT ON YOUR OWN, DOOFUS!" Lammy laughed uproariously as she grabbed Paul's head and forcefully jammed his brightly blushing face right into her boob area, in which he immediately began sucking her lovely, lovely nipples like a baby sucks on a milk bottle.
"AHH...OHH YEAH, COME ON, KEEP ON SERVICING YOUR MOMMY LIKE YOU MEAN IT!" Lammy threw her head back and screamed loudly with delight as her tits squirted literally a full metric cup's worth of white, creamy goodness into Paul's ravenous, yellow-toothed mouth.
"Well? Are you feeling the agony of de-FEET yet? HMM?" Lammy slyly teased Paul as she outstretched her legs directly into his face and wiggled her pretty little toes at him every bit as teasingly as could be as his penis began hardening even more noticeably in response (to the point where it was actually physically hurting him to the point of jerking several MORE tears from his eyes) as he began lovingly servicing (in other words, salivating all over) Lammy's lovely, dextrous little feet, licking her soles like a dog and sucking her toes like a hamster.
"Yeah, come on, grab that dick and start jerking it like you MEAN it!" Lammy laughed spitefully and crossed her legs, slathering scrumptiously vanilla-ice-cream-flavored lotion all over her beautiful, ladylike, sweaty and OHH-so-wonderfully stinky feet and making a painfully obvious masturbation gesture with her tightly clenched right hand while Paul licked the little beauties up and down from the heels to the toes and back again, masturbating furiously as he took in their orgasmically pungent silky-smooth gorgeousness and their irresistibly mesmerizing, heavenly taste.
"Um, excuse me, sir; did I ever, at ANY point, permit you to stop stroking?!" Lammy sneered lividly at Paul as she clasped her wondrous, sweat-drenched, saliva-dripping feet around Paul's...ahem...violently pulsating and throbbing pelvic log and gave him the footjob of a lifetime, finishing it off with a forceful, full-body thrust right into her own baby-maker!
"OHH, SWEET KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN ON A SATURDAY MORNING, THAT FELT SO ORGASMIC!" Paul moaned and shrieked at the tops of his Mickey Mouse lungs as his phallic volcano fiercely erupted at least a full cup-and-a-half's worth of semen into Lammy's vagina.
"Come on now, clean up after yourself like a good boy! You don't want to disappoint MOMMY, do you?!" Lammy sluttily teased Paul as he reluctantly licked his lips, lowered his head right in-between her gorgeously long and slender legs and began gluttonously eating her right out.
MEANWHILE, ALARMINGLY DEEP INSIDE LAMMY'S CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM...
"SPEAKING OF WHICH...HEY, WHAT IN THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE LOOKING AT?" Parappa blushed and stammered humiliatedly and embarrassedly, glaring seductively at the audience as he took the gooey, sticky semen that the immediately preceding events between Paul and Lammy had already caused him to violently ejaculate all over his adorably chubby little face and teasingly slathered it all over his naked 16-year-old puppy body with his bare, sweaty hands, clearly setting the stage for the events that were (mostly) predictably to come if anything!
MEANWHILE, ON KATY'S SIDE OF THE AUTISTIC SPECTRUM, PRESUMABLY AT THE EXACT SAME TIME AS WHEN THE LAMMY X PAUL FEMDOM SCENE WAS HAPPENING...
"Sweet jumping PINTO beans, man, it's almost as if we were literally MADE for each other!" Fleaswallow moaned and ribbited with pleasure as Katy began erotically grinding her strap-on against his beautifully, handsomely toned chest muscles like a slab of juicy medium-rare steak.
"You MEOWN each oth-PURR!" Katy meowed and purred with delight, wagging her tail lovingly as her strap-on ejaculated gloriously into Fleaswallow's eagerly awaiting mouth while the two of both awkwardly blushed, giggled and smiled adorably shyly and dorkily at each other.
"OHH...I daresay we literally go together like penis butter and TESTICLE JELLY!" Fleaswallow laughed uproariously as he and Katy curled themselves together into 69 position and passionately, lovingly, droolingly sucked each other's dicks, licking their lips and moaning ecstatically in the process.
"OH, YOU CHEEKY LITTLE BOY, YOU!" Katy laughed teasingly, swinging her hand down like...well, like a cat paw while Fleaswallow ticklishly teased over her womanly nipples with his long, dextrous tongue and then promptly began drinking and sucking the milk from her feline titties while Katy lovingly pressed his face up against them and stroked him on the back of the head as if he were an adorable little puppy dog that she was keeping as her housepet.
SPEAKING OF WHICH...
"OHH, I can feel my mind literally EXPLODING at the seams with seminally erotic stimulation as we speak!" Parappa overexcitedly yelled directly to the audience with an incredibly dorky helmet that looked like a pasta strainer over his head, shaking and bouncing violently in his chair and jerking his dick furiously as he parasitically downloaded at least three entire gigs' worth of Lammy X Katy porn directly from Lammy's memory banks into his own, laughing maniacally all the while.
MEANWHILE, BACK OUTSIDE...
"MMM...AHH...I LOVE YOU LIKE I LOVE WATCHING PEOPLE GET VIOLENTLY EATEN ALIVE ON THE INTERNET...WAIT, WHAT THE FUCK?" Katy and Fleaswallow tightly hugged each other and erotically whispered to each other as they warmly, moistly, drippingly caressed each other's tongues with each other's tongues, once again throwing their heads back and moaning loudly with pleasure.
"SHH, SHH...DON'T WORRY, BABY, I'LL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR YOU, AS FLYPAPER IS ALWAYS THERE FOR ALL OF THOSE PESKY LITTLE FLIES THAT CONSTANTLY BUZZ AROUND MY FILTHY, DINGY OLD HOUSE..." Fleaswallow continued whispering (and flicking his profoundly long tongue) erotically into Katy's ear canals, licking both of her eardrums with delight as he lovingly wrapped his arms around Katy and powerfully thrusted his mole-riddled, saggy penis into her vagina until his hairy, wrinkly, drooping testicles finally gave in and blew the deliciously creamy load of a lifetime into her...well, her pussy; what else am I supposed to freaking describe it as?
"MMM...I CAN SEE THAT WORDS CLEARLY AREN'T THE ONLY THING YOU HAVE A WAY WITH, ARE THEY?" Katy put her hand over her mouth in surprise and purred teasingly as Fleaswallow inserted his moist, dripping chameleon tongue all the way into her uterus and began cleaning out her vagina so hard that it caused her to have yet another orgasm all over his adorably ugly and putrid face, prompting them to also dutifully clean up THAT hot mess in the exact same manner.
"COME ON, BAD BOY, LET'S SEE WHICH ONE OF US HAS SEXIER FEET THAN THE OTHER, SHALL WE?" Katy playfully teased Fleaswallow, once again swinging her hand downward like a cat paw as she and him lovingly and ever-so-excitedly wrapped their deliciously long, stinky and sweaty little toes around each other's penises and began the footjob orgy of a lifetime.
"OH...OHHHH...OHHHHHH MY GODDDDDD! Okay, it's official; you win..." Katy embarrassedly, meekly blushed and sighed, glancing off to the side and scratching the back of her head as she secretly admired the sheer amount of cum that her magical dildo had just violently squirted and sprayed all over Fleaswallow's ever-so-sweet-and-sweaty-and-sexy Jamaican frog soles.
"Would you care to do the HONORS, princess?" Fleaswallow smugly teased Katy, crossing his arms over his chest and winking inquisitively at her as she flopped down onto her chest and began passionately, romantically licking and sucking his feet and toes like lollipops.
"OHH, you'd better believe that I've literally NEVER been happier to do another man's honors at any other preceding point in my entire stinking LIFE, sweet prince..." Katy moaned and blushed intensely with pleasure as her seductive feline tongue teased its way all around Fleaswallow's lovely heels, through his scenic arches, up and over the glorious balls of his feet, all over his mesmerizing toes, and even in-between said mesmerizing toes, licking up a full cup's worth of her own girl-cum right off of a dirty and unwashed Jamaican frog's bare soles whilst doing so.
MEANWHILE, INSIDE LAMMY'S BRAIN, WHILE SHE AND PAUL (AS WELL AS KATY AND FLEASWALLOW) WERE BUSY BEING EXHAUSTEDLY SPRAWLED OUT ON THE FLOOR OF THE AUDITORIUM STAGE FROM HOW EXCRUCIATINGLY HARD THEY HAD JUST FUCKED EACH OTHER...
"Oh boy, THIS oughta be REAL fun..." Parappa snickered mischievously to himself, pulling out the Amalgamate Remote Signal Device that Alphys had also accidentally left just idly lying about in the Parappa universe after migrating back to the Undertale one and using it to call in the Amalgamates (which, naturally, had the power to freely jump between fictional universes due to being freakish eldritch monstrosities that the normal laws of the universe simply did not apply to the way that they did with normal beings) onto the scene, making a face that was literally the spitting image of the Grinch's infamous "wonderful, awful idea" face in the process!
GIANTESS LAMMY X PARAPPA: PART 4
"You RANG?!" Memoryhead, Lemon Bread, Endogeny, Snowy and Reaper Bird suddenly appeared on-stage as Lammy, Paul, Katy and Fleaswallow screamed in horror, cowered down onto their rears and began frantically scooching backward and away from the horrid eldritch monstrosities in hopes that they wouldn't end up completely eating them alive (Lemon Bread especially).
"AWOOOOOOOOOOOF!" Endogeny howled like a hyena, his nearly-innumerable, freakishly long and profoundly tentacle-like legs flailing about in the nonexistent wind as he slime-drooling, facelessly slithered and shambled his way toward Katy on all twenties, his massive face-hole expanding and contracting to highly unnatural extremes as the mysteriously glowing eyes of the cat silhouettes in-between his legs glared soul-piercingly at his new soon-to-be rape victims.
"Greetings, adorable little anthropomorphic ladies and gentlemen that I am very clearly about to viciously tentacle-rape the absolute living SHIT out of! This totally has NEVER happened in Undertale Rule 34 fanfiction BEFORE; am I right or am I RIGHT?! Oh no, most CERTAINLY not; ESPECIALLY not to ALPHYS or anything like that! My, how utterly PREPOSTEROUS that anyone could ever even THINK to believe such utterly nonsenical drivel as that!" Memoryhead laughed uproariously, extending a multitude of violently flailing tentacles from his countless eyesockets.
"Don't...even...ask..." Snowy moaned and winced in pain as one vertical half of her entire body (if you could even call it that) perpetually and disgustingly sloughed right off of the other while the ravenously hungry Vegetoid mouths that had effectively replaced her eyes laughed eternally and sadistically at her agonizing, debilitating, almost-unbearable, never-ending pain.
"You know, I honestly don't even know HOW many freaking times I've said this so far, but you guys are looking so goddamned adorable that I would even probably go as far as to say I could literally outright GOBBLE YOU RIGHT UP!" Lemon Bread laughed even more uproariously than Memoryhead, patting his androgynous belly with his slime-dripping arms and burping loudly as his slimy, melty, goopy and perpetually mold-dripping teeth quivered disgustingly in the (again, nonexistent) wind.
"Oh come on, really, WHAT are you so afraid of? My vagina will take REAL good care of YOU naughty little scoundrels if I do say so myself!" Reaper Bird laughed and squawked triumphantly as his vagina-mouth began viscously drooling god-knows-what all over the floor.
MEANWHILE, INSIDE LAMMY'S BRAIN...
"Eh, I'm pretty sure I've jerked off to even WORSE shit at some point in my sad and miserable joke of a life before!" Parappa shrugged and chuckled smugly to himself, grabbing the microphone, clearing his throat, kicking back in his chair and briefly operating Lammy's manual control levers and buttons with his feet as he tried as hard as he possibly could to say something that sounded convincingly in-character for the poor mentally tormented girl.
"Please don't rape us, eldritch monstrosities straight out of a whole other dimension entirely; trust me, we'll do literally ANYTHING for you, we repeat, ANYTHING!" Lammy got down on her knees, waved her arms back and forth and desperately begged the Amalgamates with all of her heart, once again deliberately making her eyes look as adorably sad and twinkly as possible in an attempt to garner sympathy from...whatever in the unholy name of fuck these things were.
"ANYTHING, you say?" the Amalgamates replied with a remarkably anime-esque flash of light suddenly emanating from their eyes, proving once and for all that "I'll do anything" actually was, in fact, considered an arc-word phrase whenever and whereever someone like Lammy uttered it to someone who was clearly (or at least very heavily impliedly) a serial rapist.
"MMM-HMM?" Lammy adorably crooned yet again while Fleaswallow humiliatingly wet himself in fear, prompting Katy to then immediately call her "silly boy" and lick the steaming, salty piss right up with her tongue while he just sat there, blushed and trembled in both second-and-first-hand embarrassment.
"Well, in that case, WE'RE GUESSING THAT ALSO INCLUDES LITERALLY GETTING FUCKING RAPED OUTRIGHT BY ALL OF US AT THE SAME TIME, DOESN'T IT?!" the Amalgamates laughed maniacally, their horrifically deformed and greatly oversized sexual organs throbbing and pulsating audibly with excitement as they immediately surrounded their new victims and zeroed right in for the kill...well, that is, until the sheer stress became so unbearably overwhelming that even Paul Chuck himself simply could not bring himself to take it anymore, at least!
"YAAAAAH! YOU'LL NEVER TAKE US ALIVE, YOU MORE-THAN-LIKELY-MELTED-AND-FUSED-TOGETHER-FROM-SEPERATE-ORGANISMS BASTARDS THAT LOOK LIKE THEY'RE PROBABLY ALREADY INTO THAT GODDAMNED STUPID FUCKING NECROPHILIA HORSESHIT ANYWAY!" Paul laughed maniacally, brandishing his fully-revved-up chainsaw and wildly flailing it at the Amalgamates...but alas, to absolutely no avail, since they were semi-liquid, completely invincible beings that literally could not die...much to poor Chuck's unpleasant surprise as his chainsaw literally phased right through them, of course!
"OH...WELL SHIT, LOOKS LIKE MY CHAINSAW ACTUALLY CAN'T LITERALLY SHRED RIGHT THROUGH ANYTHING AFTER ALL..." Paul leaned forward and sighed dejectedly as he unceremoniously stuffed his chainsaw back into his pocket in an act of reluctant, fearful surrender to the Amalgamates while Katy lovingly hugged and comforted Fleaswallow.
"Well, perhaps not...but my GUITAR sure can! BRING IT ON, NAYSAYERS!" Lammy laughed maniacally, leaping right up onto Paul's gargantuan shoulders and thrusting her ridiculous guitar-dildo right out for everyone in the whole world to see...and laugh at, of course.
"Well, if you insist, then I SUPPOSE such a thing can be arranged...you nasty motherfuckers, you!" Lemon Bread cackled mischievously as he tightly, mockingly hugged Lammy upside-down in his arms while hungrily scooping Paul right up into his gaping, halitosis-reeking mouth with his gooey, slimy teeth and began chewing diligently on his deliciously plump and juicy behemoth of a body while shoving his dick so far up Lammy's throat that it began traveling all the way through her digestive system (yes, this means esophagus, stomach and intestines).
"HIC...BRAPP...HURK...BLEAUGH..." Lammy hiccuped, burped, choked and vomited all over the base of Lemon Bread's almost-limitlessly bendable and extendable erection as said ridiculously massive penis wormed its way all the way through her upper and lower intestines, came right out of her asshole (with a beautifully drizzling little celebratory fountain of complimentary pre-cum right at the tip, of course), then immediately made a great big U-turn straight into her vagina!
"AHHH! OOOOOH..." Lammy gasped, moaned and blushed intensely with surprise as she reluctantly began giving Lemon Bread an upside-down footjob while Lemon Bread himself was busy chewing Paul like a piece of white-trash serial-rapist redneck bubblegum with his teeth.
"OOH, YEAH...I HONESTLY CAN'T BELIEVE THAT LITERALLY NOT EVEN ONCE IN ALL OF MY COUNTLESS YEARS OF SERVING MY COUNTRY AS A WHITE-TRASH, SERIAL-RAPIST, REDNECKED LUMBERJACK DID I EVER EVEN THINK OF INVESTING IN ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY...DEAR GOD, WHY DOES THIS LINE FEEL SO GODDAMNED FAMILIAR..." Paul moaned exasperatedly to himself as Lemon Bread sank his dangerously sharp, suspiciously moist and lubricative teeth into his warm, succulent and juicy flesh and nauseatingly licked him all over with his unspeakably slimy, putrid, tentacle-like, pustule-ridden and revolting bacteria farm of a tongue.
"JEEZE LAWHEEZE, WHY AM I ENJOYING THIS SO MUCH?" Lammy thought to herself (while Parappa embarrassedly nodded his head, stroked his dick and agreed), moaning and blushing orgasmically in both immense pain AND pleasure as her vagina quaked and squirted out a glorious fountain of bloody girl-cum all over Lemon Bread's unfathomably ginormous cock.
"SWEET THANKSGIVING TURKEY ON A STICK WITH EXTRA MAYONNAISE, I'VE LITERALLY NEVER ORGASMED HARDER IN MY LIFE! IF YOU CAN EVEN CALL THIS A FUCKING LIFE!" Lemon Bread threw his head back (causing Paul to accidentally fly backward into his throat) and screamed with orgasmic delight as his penis violently quaked and squirted out so much semen that it literally overloaded Lammy's vagina and began leaking all the way down her torso.
ABOUT FIFTEEN SECONDS OF LICKING THE CUM RIGHT OFF OF LAMMY'S BODY LATER...
"Oh dear, looks like I was so busy licking my own semen right off of Lammy's naked body that I didn't even realize I had accidentally swallowed my poor little CHEW TOY! Whoops!" Lemon Bread giggled girlisly, placing his hand over his ravenous, gaping maw and blushing adorably while his loudly and intensely rumbling and growling stomach violently tentacle-raped the absolute living bejeezus out of poor Paul!
"Hmm...you know what? You're looking mighty tasty...DOWN THE HATCH WITH YOU AS WELL!" Lemon Bread laughed and chuckled smugly, retracting his penis from Lammy's torn-up and internally bleeding digestive system, forcing her to lick every last drop of putrid, bloody cum right off of his majestically dripping shaft, then finally popped her right into his mouth like a Cracker Jack!
"WHAT THE- HEY, WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?! GET OFF!" Lemon Bread suddenly choked in surprise, then yelled angrily at Lammy as he realized that the clever little lass had just grabbed on to his big, dangling uvula in midair, and also that he would undoubtedly make himself throw up all over the place if he tried to poke her off of said uvula!
"Um...c-coochie coochie COO?" Lammy giggled awkwardly as she began tickling the base of Lemon Bread's violently waving and swinging uvula with her feet while also licking it with her tongue.
"Heh...well, (HIC) I suppose TWO can (HURK) play at THIS (HARK) game!" Lemon Bread hiccuped, gagged and choked, realizing that he clearly had no choice as he reached in with his also-disturbingly-long-and-flexible tongue and began licking Lammy's naked body from top to bottom with it while she desperately clung for dear life onto his oozing, dripping uvula!
"OH, I DON'T (HOCK) FEEL SO (YICK) GOOD..." Lemon Bread moaned and hiccuped, feeling lightheaded and sick to his stomach from the sheer amount of poking and prodding that was being done to his poor defenseless uvula...until it eventually became so much that he just couldn't take it anymore!
"BLEEEEEEAUGH!" Lemon Bread puked, sending Lammy and Paul tumbling right out of his mouth and onto the floor in a nice, big and oh-so-slimy puddle of soupy partially-digested food slime.
"GRR...GAH! YOU LITTLE TWERPS ARE GOING TO FREAKING PAY FOR THAT ABSOLUTE EMBARRASSMENT, YOU HEAR ME?!" Lemon Bread yelled furiously at Lammy and Paul, spitting his partially unknown determination-slime substance all over them as he fiercely grabbed both of them with his arms and tossed them right back into his mouth, washing them down with a great big tongue-scoop of his own deliciously moist and slimy vomit.
"AWW, IS ALL OF THE SHIT THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW TOO MUCH FOR YOU LITTLE WEASELS TO DIGEST?" Lemon Bread jeered teasingly at Lammy and Paul as the two of them tumbled straight down his seemingly bottomless, vomit-dripping esophagus (screaming and nakedly hugging each other all the way, of course) and landed right in his stomach with a great big acidic SPLASH!
"No, but your fucking ATTITUDE sure as hell- MMMMF!" Lammy and Paul started yelling back at Lemon Bread...when all of a sudden, a whole multitude of slippery, slimy tentacles extanded itself outward from the fleshy, pulsating walls of his dank, dripping, cavernous stomach, wrapped themselves around their bodies and began tentacle-raping them from head to tits to crotch to ass to toe while the stomach itself lovingly soaked them in its putridly acidic liquid bliss, presumably as a form of lubricant for when Lemon Bread would inevitably end up having to expel the poor things from his disgustingly deformed and androgynous body the good old-fashioned way!
"Paul, why has God abandoned us?" Lammy asked Paul inquisitively while Lemon Bread's stomach-tentacles began lovingly milking her gorgeous tits like a farmer milks a stud cow while also gleefully digging themselves all the way through her poor, bleeding vagina and into her ovaries.
"Lammy, personally, if you ask me, it would seem not that HE has abandoned US, but rather that WE have abandoned HIM." Paul regretfully explained, shedding several manly tears from his already-watering eyes as Lemon Bread's stomach-tentacles dug themselves deep into his mouth and ass and began violently raping his internal organs while also doing the exact same to Lammy.
"HRRRRRRGH...HNNNNNNGH...AAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Lemon Bread grunted and screamed loudly as he summoned a whole bag of pure dietary fiber, poured it down his throat and began forcefully pushing with his stomach muscles in an attempt to shit Lammy and Paul right out!
"HOO BOY, HERE WE GO!" Paul gasped and yelled excitedly, wrapping his arm tightly around the nervously trembling Lammy as Lemon Bread's stomach literally flushed itself like a giant disgusting toilet that hadn't been cleaned in something like the past three years, sending the two of them exhilaratingly careening straight down his intestinal tract as if it were some kind of demented, twisted, fucked-up waterslide brought to you by the perilous depths of hell itself!
"I WANT TO FUCKING KILL MYSELF WITH NICOTINE! WHEEEEE!" Lammy sang happily as she and Paul slid merrily (more like DISGUSTEDLY if you ask me) through the countless twists and turns of Lemon Bread's small intestine, being tickled by countless tentacle-like villi along the way (and laughing and giggling in response, of course) as they eventually reached the large intestine, then finally saw the peculiarly anus-shaped light at the end of the tunnel come into view!
"BRACE YOURSELF, GIRL, CAUSE THIS SHIT RIGHT HERE SURE AS HELL AIN'T GONNA BE PRETTY!" Paul urgently warned Lammy, protectively wrapping his arms around her and covering her eyes with one of his hands as Lemon Bread's anus expanded as wide as it could possibly go!
"GYAAAAAAH!" Lemon Bread screamed in digestive agony at the tops of his eternally aching, slime-congested lungs as he violently shat Lammy and Paul right out onto the floor in a great big diarrhea heap, prompting Endogeny to then immediately start licking their naked bodies clean.
GIANTESS LAMMY X PARAPPA: PART 5
MEANWHILE, ON KATY'S END OF THE TWO-WAY PHONE LINE TO HELL ITSELF...
"MAMA! MAMA!" the (presumably baby) Vegetoids that had grotesquely replaced Snowy's eyes began loudly wailing and crying as the poor eldritch monstrosity (who was also easily the scariest-looking out of all of the Amalgamates, just so you know) weakly, pathetically and nauseatingly shambled her way toward Katy and Fleaswallow, taking a rather peculiar interest toward Katy in particular...or to be more specific, her lovely feline chest-balloons.
"HUH? W-what are you implying? You're...you're saying that you want me to feed you my BREASTMILK?" Katy stammered nervously, her knees quivering and buckling in terror.
"MMM HMM..." Snowy regretfully informed Katy, struggling to continue shambling forward any further under her utterly horrific bodily conditions while the poor cat, out of sheer sympathy for the poor...well, thing...reluctantly obliged, approaching her and spreading out her tits as wide-open as possible for her gloriously self-sustaining, wonderful, uninterrupted sucking pleasure.
"My LORD, Katy, are you seriously willing to stoop THIS freaking low?" Fleaswallow stammered in shock, grabbing her shoulder and looking at her more-than-a-little worriedly.
"Fleaswallow, come on, be honest with yourself; can you really stoop any lower than...well, THAT?" Katy asked Fleaswallow inquisitively, gesturing over to the big screen of the auditorium, on which Parappa was currently being displayed sitting lazily on his douchey, inconsiderate, disturbingly naked little ass, controlling Lammy's brain from the inside to make her willingly get raped by everyone and everything in sight...and masturbating furiously to it in the process.
"Um...w-well no, I uhh...I suppose n-not..." Fleaswallow blushed, stammered and sighed awkwardly, twiddling his fingers together and sweating nervously as he embarrassedly cleared his throat, beginning to seriously wish that he and Paul had just outright caught Parappa in a little bug jar or something and taken care of him right then and there before any of this crazy shit had even had the freaking OPPORTUNITY to happen to him and his friends in the first place; meanwhile, Katy just put her hands on her hips and glared sternly at him, making a "wait" gesture to Snowy with her hand to inform her to wait until she was done talking to Fleaswallow.
"We'll...we'll talk about you and Paul's rather...QUESTIONABLE work ethics later, okay? Right now, we have very important...ahem...WORK to do!" Katy sighed embarrassedly, audibly swallowing her pride with an almost-comically-loud gulp, turning toward Snowy and reluctantly propping her own adorably feminine and feline tits up with her hands as she teasingly posed her incredibly hourglass-figured, delightfully slender and charmingly flexible little body for her.
"Tits here! Come and get your TITS here!" Katy slyly teased poor Snowy, crossing her arms behind her head, curling her tail around her lovely little legs and glaring seductively at her while her Snowdrake babies began lovingly grinning from ear to ear in response (which, by the way, actually looked rather nightmarishly disturbing, considering that their mouths represented her eyes in a very unsettlingly literal sense...in addition to the additional eyes that the Vegetoids themselves had. (The fact that the damned thing was constantly falling asleep and then waking up again as if it was literally dying and then coming back to life didn't exactly help matters either.)
"Oh, BABIES...I'm very happy to see how much gratification and enjoyment you're clearly getting out of these deliciously tasty and nutritious little supple mounds of mine, but OHHHHHH, dear LORD, are you kind of overindulging yourself more than a little here!" Katy began moaning and stammering humiliatedly with pleasure as Snowy's babies began sucking lovingly and immensely passionately on her milk-jugs while Fleaswallow crossed his arms over his chest and glared smarmily at her, sticking out his tongue at her to show that he truly did, in fact, have absolutely no regrets about what he had just purposefully caused to happen to her poor, poor little lamb of a girlfriend.
"OOOH, MOMMMMAAAAAA..." Katy threw her head back and moaned loudly with orgasmic delight, purring and blushing intensely with pleasure as what felt like at least another full cup's worth of creamy and delicious milk came squirting from her adorable little nipples and into Snowy's babies' ravenous, insatiably hungry little mouths, causing both of them to happily lick their milk-dripping lips and squeal ear-piercingly, blood-curdlingly loudly with joy.
"Well, now that we've gotten THAT out of the way, I sure do WONDER what's next..." Fleaswallow groaned and sighed acidically sarcastically, rolling his eyes exasperatedly and facepalming himself out of sheer pent-up regret for what he had just INTENTIONALLY set into motion as Memoryhead and Reaper Bird excitedly shambled their way towards them with maniacal looks in their slime-dripping eyes...which for Reaper Bird, was actually just a singular sideways cyclops eye that also functioned as his mouth but was ACTUALLY just his vagina. Yeah, let's see you wrap your head around THAT absolute fucking biological craziness, shall we?
"Greetings, young travelers; again, I sure hope you like being MOLESTED!" Memoryhead laughed sadistically, wrapping Katy and Fleaswallow up in his many, many eye-tentacles and using said tentacles' ghastly transparency properties to fuck them in literally every internal and external part of their bodies at the exact same time, making their sexual pleasure feel all the more excruciatingly intense.
"OH, COME ON, WASN'T LAMMY GETTING FUCKED IN THE BRAIN ALREADY MORE THAN ENOUGH?!" Katy screamed in frustration as cum began leaking out of her nose and ears.
"OHH, how strongly I would prefer to be caressed in the devil's MOCKINGLY loving arms as opposed to THIS nightmare..." Fleaswallow thought disgustedly to himself as he suddenly felt large and excessive amounts of eldritch semen leaking down his ribcage and internal organs.
"Sorry, it's STILL not over yet, folks; you've still got whatever in the actual fuck THIS goddamned thing is to deal with! HAVE FUN!" Memoryhead smarmily teased Katy and Fleaswallow, tossing them arrogantly and self-importantly onto the floor as the freakishly tall and skinny Reaper Bird eagerly, unsettlingly slank and slid toward them on his disproportionately long and freakishly unnaturally-bent legs, drooling ravenously at the vagina. (Yes, that's right, THE FREAKING VAGINA.)
"Alright, kids, you must be at least THIS tall to ride!" Reaper Bird smugly teased Katy and Fleaswallow, comparing their normal body heights to his at-least-twelve-foot one with his freakishly malformed, eerily ribbiting wings as he scooped poor Katy right up into said wings while Fleaswallow intently stood directly underneath his...ass? (Yeah, that's right; THIS freaking thing, of all things, had an ass somehow, and it was actually a pretty surprisingly hot one too.)
"Alright, looks like it's time for us to get right UP AND DOWN to business with each other! Aw, what's the matter? What, you think that statement's a bit of a STRETCH?" Reaper Bird jeered douchily at Katy and Fleaswallow as he used his instantaneous height-shifting ability to repeatedly extend and then shorten his legs so that his penis went straight into Katy's vagina, and then Fleaswallow's much more attractive penis went into his ass, and so on, and so forth.
"OH, SWEET BOB MARLEY ON A UNICYCLE, WHAT AN AMAZING FUCKING FEELING THIS IS..." Fleaswallow sighed and blushed shamefully as his firmly erect penis squirted out a rather impressively sizable load into Reaper Bird's buttocks (with a fair bit of footjob help from the majestic bird himself, of course).
"GOLLY GEE WILLIKERS, I REALLY DO HOPE THAT SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES AREN'T CARRIED BETWEEN FICTIONAL UNIVERSES..." Katy screamed internally to herself, putting her hands on her cheeks ala Home Alone and shrieking with pleasure as Reaper Bird's dick was completely and utterly soaked in her vaginal fluid from top to bottom to nutsack.
"WELL, WHAT CAN I SAY? LOOKS LIKE YOU TWO JUST SO HAPPEN TO BE THE LUCKY CONTESTANTS THAT WILL NOW BE GIFTED WITH THE ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO BE LITERALLY EATEN ALIVE BY SOMEONE ELSE'S VAGINA! TELL ME, GOOD SIR AND MADAME, HOW DO YOU FUCKING FEEL ABOUT THAT?!" Reaper Bird laughed maniacally as he briefly set Katy and Fleaswallow back down onto the floor...only to then immediately pick right back up and shove them right into his once-again gaping and ravenous (vaginal) maw!
"OH, HOW I LOVE YOU SO..." Katy moaned with delight as she and Fleaswallow lovingly, erotically, romantically caressed other inside of Reaper Bird's vagina while the moist, dripping, throbbing and pulsating walls of said vagina tightly squeezed them together like peas in a pod.
"I REALLY WISH THAT THINGS COULD JUST STAY LIKE THIS FOREVER, DON'T YOU?" Fleaswallow moaned ecstatically (and somewhat exhaustedly, might I add) while he and Katy began fucking and french-kissing each other while Reaper Bird's vagina soaked them from head to toe in its erotically digestive fluids, making their boners all the more firmly erect.
"ME TOO, PAL, ME AND MY SICK NASTY FETISHES TOO..." Katy purred lovingly with delight as she and Fleaswallow intensely orgasmed all over each other, feeling the mixture of cum and digestive fluids relaxingly drip down their bodies as they began slathering it all over each other.
"OH, DEAR...THAR SHE BLOWS...GWAUUUGH!" Reaper Bird squawked orgasmically as his vagina-mouth forcefully ejaculated Katy and Fleaswallow right out onto the floor, where they then immediately began lovingly cuddling and snuggling each other for comfort while Lammy and Paul were busy being disgustingly shat right out by Lemon Bread and licked clean by Endogeny.
"Alright, you know what's next, you little SLUTS; yeah, that's right, it's freaking ELDRITCH CANINE BUKKAKE TIME for YOU four!" the Amalgamates laughed in rather eerie unison, gathering Lammy, Paul, Katy and Fleaswallow in a profoundly tight circle around Endogeny while the poor incredibly weird and disturbing jellyfish-dog began suggestively lifting his unsettlingly long tentacle-legs at them, as if implying that they were secretly his penises.
"Well, you know what they say; you never know how much fun it's going to be until you try it..." Lammy, Katy, Paul and Fleaswallow all basically thought to themselves as they dutifully crawled underneath Endogeny and began giving his legs as many different types of sexual jobs as their poor little bodies could possibly muster.
"Say, Endogeny...you know how Alphys once told you that she would literally climb Mount Everest naked just for you? Well, personally, just between you and me, I'd actually have to AGREE with her on THAT front!" Katy laughed maniacally as Endogeny raped her in literally every possible hole in her body (yes, even including those made by handjobs and footjobs).
"Now let's see how you like GETTING YOUR FUCKING LEGS REPEATEDLY SAWED OFF, you kinky little slut! Lemme fucking guess; you have a goddamned FETISH for it, DON'T you?!" Paul laughed as he began chainsawing his respective share of Endogeny's infinitely-regrowing legs right off, causing the poor dog to become even more sexually aroused from his own pain as the expansions and contractions and vibrations of his face began to noticeably intensify.
"I must not fear, fear is the mind killer, fear is the little death that brings total obliteration..." Lammy squinted her eyes firmly shut and began chanting desperately to herself as Endogeny also raped HER in literally every possible hole in her body (AGAIN, including handjobs and footjobs); meanwhile, inside her brain, Parappa was, OF FUCKING COURSE, masturbating his ever-loving foreskin right off to both hers and everyone else's agonizing humiliation as always.
"Well, what can I say, man? Sometimes a frog's just gotta do what a frog's gotta DO, man, you know what I'm SAYING? WELL?! DO YOU, MOTHERFUCKER?!" Fleaswallow began dementedly monologuing to himself as he...yes, HE HIMSELF...gave Endogeny literally every single type of sexual job that he possibly could.
"RUFF...WOOOOOF...AROOOOOOOOOOOWOOWOWOWOWOOF!" Endogeny ear-blisteringly howled at the tops of his lungs(?) as his massive face-hole suddenly began drooling literally five solid gallons' worth of pure, concentrated seminal ejaculate all over his victims, completely soaking them from head to toe and forming a massive, slimy and disgusting puddle of cum all around them, which the Amalgamates then proceeded to erotically, forcefully roll the poor souls around in like french fries being dipped in...well, mayonnaise (EWW)...while lovingly and ecstatically licking and sucking every last drop of semen right off of their naked bodies.
"OHHHHHHHH..." Parappa moaned orgasmically and exhaustedly, twirling around on his tippy-toes and fainting head-over-naked-heels onto the soft, spongy and ever-so-fascinatingly wrinkly floor of Lammy's brain as his recently-ejaculated ridiculously massive load of semen (that he had, of course, fingerpainted into a heart shape, because why not?) began slowly, surely and disgustingly oozing its way down the screen of her central control computer.
"Hold on, guys; there's still just ONE more thing that I desperately need to do here before I leave for good!" Memoryhead urgently informed Lammy, Katy, Paul and Fleaswallow while all the rest of the Amalgamates disappeared into the shadows from whence they came, never to be seen by Parappa and his friends again.
"And that would be WHAT, may I ask- GAHHH!" Lammy and Katy began nervously, tremblingly asking in unison, their knees quivering and buckling with fear yet again as Memoryhead suddenly, (arguably) without warning, thrusted his tentacles straight into not one but BOTH of each of the poor girls' ears, and from there, directly into their brains!
"Hey, WATCH it, pals!" Parappa yelled angrily at Memoryhead's tentacles as they suddenly burrowed themselves right into Lammy's poor brain, groggily rolling over onto his chest and then falling right back asleep again as said tentacles deviously hacked into her central nervous system and took control over her while the exact same thing also happened to poor Katy!
"AHEM...pay attention, boys and...well, boys, because this rather interesting little puppet play that I've just recently written in my rather excessive spare time more-or-less accurately sums up EXACTLY how the relationship between Lammy and Katy will eventually end up at the rate at which things are currently going!" Memoryhead explained, with Paul and Fleaswallow just standing there speechlessly in front of him and scratching their heads in confusion.
"Hey Lammy, I just wanted you to know that I'm dumping you for a fucking stereotypically Jamiacan FROG; tell me, Lammy, how do you fucking FEEL about that?!" Katy asked Lammy in a rather noticably puppet-like fashion, flailing her arms all around and about like a complete idiot.
"Well, what if I were to tell YOU that I'm dumping YOU for a fucking lumberjack beaver with the voice of a deeply intoxicated MICKEY MOUSE?" Lammy asked Katy back, also flailing her arms about like an idiot.
"Why, THEN I might just decide to take your guitar AWAY from you for a good while? Maybe even SMASH IT TO, LIKE, FUCKING PIECES AND STUFF if that's what it takes!" Katy began ranting furiously at Lammy, shaking her fists in a rather creepily unnatural manner at her.
"Oh, bitch please, MY GUITAR'S IN MY FUCKING MINNND!" Lammy laughed uproariously as she ironically pounced onto Katy, tackling her right over onto the floor and promptly initiating Rule 34.
"OH YEAH, SUCK MY FUCKING CAT TITS LIKE YOU MEAN IT..." Katy began erotically, lovingly purring and moaning while Lammy began sucking the creamy and delicious milk from her boobs while the two of them interlocked themselves together and began rolling back and forth on the floor in a great big ball of pure, concentrated, freakishly interspecies lesbian sex.
"MAN, FUCK CAT TITS...YOU OUGHTA KNOW BY NOW THAT LAMB TITTIES ARE WHERE IT'S FUCKING AT..." Lammy moaned ecstatically (and teasingly) as Katy began lovingly sucking HER tits right back.
"NO, A CAT HAVING SEX WITH A FUCKING LAMB IS WHERE IT'S AT, APPARENTLY..." Katy responded snarkily as she and Lammy erotically cuddled each other face-to-face and began warmly, moistly, passionately and oh-so-lovingly french-kissing and making out with each other in public.
"Still...you know, me knowing that a relationship as utterly BEAUTIFUL and LOVELY is going to be over so dreadfully soon...I just personally feel like it doesn't quite CUT it, you know what I'm saying?" Lammy asked Katy awkwardly as the two of them got down on their butts and began vigorously scissoring the living vaginal ejaculation out of each other.
"Um...pardon my asking, but what exactly do you MEAN by that, my good friend?" Katy asked Lammy curiously while the latter licked her lips and began lovingly, overexcitedly eating her out.
"I MEAN THAT I'M GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU, YOU GODDAMNED STUPID BITCH, YOU!" Lammy yelled furiously at Katy (who, at the moment, was busy eating HER right out), pulling out a literal axe from her pocket and threatening to violently slaughter her own beloved girlfriend with it.
"HEY, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?! PUT THAT FUCKING THING AWAY BEFORE SOMEONE GETS BADLY HURT, I'M WARNING YOU!" Katy yelled worriedly at Lammy, doing the jazz hands and nervously backing away in terror as Lammy twitched her eyes frantically and began drooling, foaming and frothing intensely at the mouth like an untamed wild animal.
"SILLY KATY, MY GUITAR IS IN MY MINNND! YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, MY GUITAR IS IN MY FUCKING MINNND! HAH HA HA! YAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHH! OHH HO HO HOOH! HOO HOO HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! AHH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAH!" Lammy began laughing like Ren Hoek (in other words, literally every bit as maniacally as could be) as she brandished the axe in her hands, aggressively approached Katy and began violently butchering her alive with it, with an incredibly horrific and nightmarish smile on her gently weeping and hysterically laughing face all the way.
"NO KATY, WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?! STOP, I'M YOUR GIRLFRIEND FOR FUCK'S SAKE! KATY, COME ON, I KNOW YOU'RE STILL SOMEWHERE IN THERE! KATY, PLEASE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS, WE CAN JUST TALK IT OW...OWWW...OWWWWWWWWWW! SOMEBODY PLEASE SAVE ME FROM THIS FUCKING NIGHTMARE, I REALLY DON'T WANNA DIE! SOMEONE! ANYONE! PLEASE, I'M FUCKING BEGGING YOU! YAAAAAGGGGHHHHH!" Katy began screaming, yelling and shrieking blood-curdlingly loudly in pain as Lammy began forcefully, bloodily, abusively and very gorily chopping her into pieces with the axe, starting with the arms and legs and ending with the tail, neck and torso.
"OH KATY, HOW I LOVE TO FEAST ON YOUR LOVELY AND DELICIOUS ENTRAILS..." Lammy moaned with delight as she scooped several internal organs (heart, lungs and liver, to be exact) from Katy's torso with her bare hands and ate them, smacking her lips disgustingly loudly in the process as copious amounts of Katy's blood began vomit-inducingly dripping from said lips.
"Um...K-KATY?! A-are you okay?!" Paul and Fleaswallow asked Lammy more-than-a-little frightenedly, wetting themselves yet again, trembling in terror and huddling up against each other while Lammy slowly but surely turned her knee-squatted gaze around to meet theirs.
"DO I FUCKING LOOK OKAY TO YOU?!" Lammy hissed and snarled lividly at them, blood covering the entire area of her face around her mouth as Katy's dead and horrifically dismembered body laid in front of her...with Lammy revoltingly slurping down her intestines like instant noodles all the while, no less.
"YEEEESH..." Paul and Fleaswallow cringed and shivered deeply in disgust as Memoryhead phased himself right out of the room and disappeared for good without another word, leaving poor Lammy all alone on the floor, doubled over onto her knees, with her head buried deeply and sorrowfully into her hands, bawling her eyes out in disbelief at what she had just done.
GIANTESS LAMMY X PARAPPA: PART 6
"OH GOD, WHAT HAVE I DO-HO-HO-HONNNE?!" Lammy wailed and wept devastatedly with her head still buried deeply into her hands, too disgusted and ashamed of herself to even look at what had just done to her poor girlfriend; meanwhile, there Parappa was, deep inside her central nervous system, masturbating just as loudly and passionately as ever...and also crying more loudly and passionately than he could ever remember himself doing at any other point in his life, so if anything, at least he was actually doing SOMETHING right this time around...RIGHT?
"Aw, don't worry, sweetie, it'll be okay, IT'LL BE OKAY!" Paul and Fleaswallow ran over to Lammy and began lovingly cuddling her in an attempt to comfort her; surely enough, before they even knew it, they themselves were also on their knees with their heads in their hands, bawling their eyes out in sheer sympathy for not only Lammy's plight but also what had just happened to Katy.
"SHUT UP, you two aren't even freaking certified members of our rock band! You have absolutely NO IDEA how I feel right now! I can literally, tangibly FEEL my emotions tearing and ripping me apart from the inside out until I'm nothing but a miserable, pathetic little pile of paper shreds!" Lammy cried, beating herself over the head with the blunt end of the axe before finally pointing the sharp end of said axe directly at her own pretty little forehead, closing her eyes and whispering "GOODBYE, CRUEL WORLD" as she reluctantly began counting down to suicide.
"5...4...3...2...1..." Lammy whispered hopelessly to herself, tears trickling down her face all the while as her nervously and regretfully trembling, tightly clenched, white-knuckled and blood-soaked hands reluctantly began zeroing in for the kill as she whispered "GOODBYE" one last time.
"OH, NO YOU DON'T! NOT BEFORE WE GET THAT OTHER FUCKING PARASITE OUT OF YOUR HEAD, THAT IS!" Paul suddenly laughed uproariously, tackling Lammy right over onto the ground while Fleaswallow nervously confiscated her axe and dutifully tossed it aside.
A FEW MINUTES LATER, AFTER THE FLOOR-AND-CEILING CHAINS HAD BEEN SET UP...
"Oh, how I yearn for death's sweet, FLEETING embrace..." Lammy once again moaned internally to herself as Fleaswallow stood in front of her and lovingly admired her hotly outstretched naked body (with the arms chained to the ceiling and the legs chained to the floor, of course), putting his hand way down his pants and fapping intensely while Paul climbed up onto a great big stool right behind her and looked down intently at the top of her pretty little head.
"Alright, let's see here, how's that little noggin of yours doing..." Paul whispered into (and playfully, teasingly licked the inside of) Lammy's ear, standing atop his magically extendable stool and cartoonishly flipping the top of her head wide open using an inexplicably-suddenly appearing set of creaky old hinges on the back, revealing her surprisingly (physically) unharmed and completely undamaged brain while the poor girl trembled audibly in fear, her rusty bondage chains shaking and rattling as she desperately prayed to God that Paul knew what he was doing (which of course, she already knew quite well that he REALLY freaking didn't in this case).
"Hmm...well, technically, I'm actually not a surgeon at all...really more of a LUMBERJACK if I do say so myself...but gee, I sure do wonder if THIS'LL do the trick?!" Paul laughed maniacally, pulling out his chainsaw and revving it up as he ominously lowered it down closer and closer to Lammy's poor, poor brain...and closer...and closer...and even closer still...and even more closerer...and-
"FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, MAN, STOP IT ALREADY! YOU'RE GOING TO FUCKING KILL HER FOR SHIT'S SAKE!" Fleaswallow yelled furiously at Paul, lunging straight into him, pushing him right off of his stool and confiscating (and turning off) his chainsaw before finally standing in front of him, crossing his arms over his chest and glaring disappointedly with a piercingly stern look in his eyes.
"HUH? I'M STILL ALIVE! OH, THANK THE FUCKING HEAVENS!" Lammy laughed and sobbed dementedly, reopening her tightly-squinted-shut eyes and sniffling regretfully while Parappa audibly went "PHEW" and wiped the obligatory fear-induced sweat from his forehead.
"Paul, for crying out loud, man, there's seriously NO WAY that you could actually legitimately be this fucking stupid, COULD THERE?!" Fleaswallow threw his hands up in the air exasperatedly, rolled his eyes irritatedly and yelled frustratedly at Paul, shaking him violently by the shoulders.
"I THOUGHT BRAINS WERE PINK?" Paul dizzily, dopily slurred to himself, despite the fact that Lammy's brain in the story so far actually HAD been pink...rather profoundly bright pink, at that.
"Paul, for fuck's SAKE, dude, SERIOUSLY, haven't you EVER watched or played one of those cheesy old zombie movies or video games where people, exaggeratedly bloodily and gorily, might I add, literally SHRED zombies' brains out with chainsaws?! Well, get this, EINSTEIN; you almost did THAT to LAMMY!" Fleaswallow yelled furiously at Paul, slapping him across the face.
"Say...speaking of stereotypically manly, macho and masculine stuff, how's about we go and OBJECTIFY WOMEN some more? What do you say, pal, what do you say?" Paul asked Fleaswallow with a sly wink, pointing over at Lammy's naked, chained-up and incredibly sexy little body with his thumb while Fleaswallow excitedly winked back and shot him a thumbs-up.
ONE MORE STOOL FOR FLEASWALLOW LATER...
"MMM...oh, dear sweet Mother TERESA, they taste so freaking delicious..." Paul and Fleaswallow both moaned in unison as they playfully, lovingly licked Lammy's tantalizingly gorgeous bare soles from top to bottom and sucked her dainty, sexy little toes (again, like lollipops), causing her to giggle and blush adorably.
"OH YEAH, NOW THIS SHIT RIGHT HERE IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE BEEN FUCKING TALKING ABOUT ALL ALONG...YOU DAMNED BETTER BELIEVE IT, BITCH..." Paul and Fleaswallow moaned as they climbed atop their magically extendable stools and began taking turns violently and forcefully thrusting, shoving and pounding each other's penises into Lammy's wondrously tight pussy, collectively filling it to the brim with their creamy, gooey, ever-so-delightfully-sticky seminal love.
"Ah yes, ass and titties...by definition, the absolute best parts of any woman besides the feet and vagina..." Paul and Fleaswallow moaned like a pair of stereotypical gay twins (despite the fact that they were clearly talking about women) as the former began vengefully ramming his penis straight up Lammy's pretty little asshole while the latter began lovingly sucking her teats.
"And finally, here we have it, the absolute sexiest part of the body...the one that all of this poor girl's knowledge stems directly from, man...you ready, bro?" Fleaswallow asked Paul curiously as the two of them looked straight down upon Lammy's adorably spongy and squishy little brain, lowering their stools until said brain was perfectly at dick-level with their crotches while the poor girl began violently shaking and trembling just as helplessly as ever in absolute terror.
"Well, you know what they say; her guitar is in her fucking MINNND! Ain't that right, you little slut? Well, GUESS WHAT, looks like MINE is also going to be lodged pretty fucking deep in there in just a second or two here! How do you feel about THAT knowledge, HMM?" Paul playfully teased Lammy as he and Fleaswallow eagerly began taking turns forcefully thrusting their firmly erect, sperm-dripping penises into the respective left and right hemispheres of Lammy's brain, hoping that their actions would eventually freak Parappa out JUST enough to where they would finally be able to flush the little bastard out. Sure enough, as fate would have it, they were actually right after all.
"ALRIGHT, NO! JUST NO! FUCK THIS SHIT, I'M OUT!" Parappa screamed in both horror and profound disgust, abandoning Lammy's central nervous ship and running for his sad, pathetic and miserable joke of a life as Paul's and Fleaswallow's freakishly gargantuan schlongs came bursting right in through the poor girl's already-aching-and-mildly-bleeding outer brain tissue!
"OH DEAR, HERE IT COMES...HERE IT CUMS...HERE IT- NYAHHHHHHHHH!" Paul and Fleaswallow flailed their arms about like chickens and shrieked at the tops of their lungs in agonizing pain as their phallic volcanoes collectively erupted a whole pint's worth of semen into Lammy's central nervous network, electrocuting them into cartoonish living crisps!
"WHAT HAS BEEN SEEN CANNOT BE UNSEEN." Parappa whispered unfeelingly to himself, scarred quite literally for life as he hurriedly climbed his way right back up the entrance/exit ladder to and from Lammy's brain, opened up the secret hatch and climbed all the way back up onto the very tip-top of her knowledge sponge yet again, hopping up and down to signal that he was, in fact, still alive.
"Well, look what we have here; a little BRAT, all dressed up for Lammy's sadistically vengeful amusement! AIN'T THAT RIGHT, BRO?" Paul chuckled maliciously as he grabbed the meekly squirming, ant-sized Parappa with his powerful manly hands and reluctantly set him down onto the floor while Fleaswallow politely closed Lammy's head and gave it a reassuring pat.
"Go ahead, Lammy, do whatever you want with him; I really hate having to say this, man, but it looks like OUR work here is finally done, so GOOD-BYE!" Fleaswallow undid Lammy's chains and regretfully waved goodbye to her, burying his hands and sobbing gently while Paul wrapped his big, burly around the poor mentally traumatized frog to comfort him while the two of them humiliatedly redressed themselves and walked nonchalantly out the main entrance door of the auditorium together without saying another word, leaving only two people still in the room (two very deeply and closely related people, to be exact): Parappa T Rapper and Lammy T Lamb!
"YOU...JUST...YOU...do you have ANY, I repeat, ANY(!) idea how fucking furious and disgusted I am with you right now?" Lammy sneered lividly at Parappa, shaking violently with rage, biting her lip so hard that it actually began to bleed, twitching her eyelids, and clenching her fists so tightly that her knuckles turned snow-white, with red-hot steam gently pouring from her ears as her face suddenly broke out into one of the most horrifying slasher smiles that Parappa had ever seen.
"Umm...l-look, it really wasn't my fault that Katy died, okay? Memoryhead was the one that went all deciding to throw that sick, twisted, fucked-in-the-head puppet show!" Parappa wet himself in terror at Lammy's (seemingly) intimidatingly colossal size, pulled out a megaphone from his pocket and stammered nervously in a truly desperate attempt to justify himself.
"Never even MIND that; for fuck's sake, this IS a freaking kids' game after all! Trust me, be it by cloning or some sort of weird black-magic ritual or some shit, the writers WILL come up with a way to bring her back eventually! In fact, that's actually REALLY not what I'm mad at you for at all, believe it or not!" Lammy sighed and explained regretfully, shrugging her shoulders and blushing meekly.
"Well then, pray do tell, what ARE you so angry at me for?" Parappa asked Lammy curiously, despite already knowing the answer very well from both his own personal experience and hers.
"Going inside my fucking BRAIN and single-handedly reducing me from one of the world's most widely renowned and respected female rockstars into a goddamned helplessly objectified sex slave that takes orders from fucking douchenozzles like Paul and Fleaswallow, you fucking overrated little SHORTY SHITSTAIN MOTHERFUCKER THAT HASN'T DONE SHIT IN HIS ENTIRE GODDAMNED LIFE WITHOUT ASSISTANCE FROM OTHER CONSIDERABLY MORE TALENTED FUCKING PEOPLE, YOU!" Lammy ranted furiously at Parappa as she violently lost her temper and began chasing frantically after him, causing the entire stage to shake as if it had been struck by an earthquake (at least from Parappa's perspective) with every single footfall she made, with the poor pup running and screaming for his life all the while.
"HA! GOT YOU NOW, YOU FUCKING DESPICABLE LITTLE PEST!" Lammy spat disgustedly at Parappa as she finally backed the poor little thing right up against the side wall of the stage, leaving him with (realistically) nowhere else left to run as she lifted her massive(ly sexy) right foot way up into the air (wiggling her dainty, sweat-dripping little toes teasingly at him in the process) and readied herself to squash the nasty runt like the annoying little shit he was...when suddenly, the poor kid began very sincerely bawling and blubbering his adorable little eyes out!
"Oh, come on, I just wanted to be able to relive what I had seen in all of those legendarily fucked-up Undertale fanfics that also revolved around basically the exact same SUBJE-HE-HE-HECT! And also see what the inside of your clinically insane, severely drug-damaged shitheap of a brain really looked like! Is that really too much to A-HA-HA-HASK?!" Parappa got down on all fours like a begging puppy dog, wagged his tail and began bawling and blubbering like a baby in a surprisingly effective attempt to garner sympathy from his royally pissed-off rape victim and (again, SUPPOSEDLY) dearly beloved big stepsister Lammy, making her even more disgusted as a result.
"You know what? Personally, I think I'VE got a FAR more interesting question for YOU, my dear...you see these sweaty, nasty, dirty, slobbery, disgusting little feet of mine?" Lammy asked Parappa intently, pointing her feet straight up on the floor, pressing them together into the classic footjob position, rubbing lotion all over the soles and then smoothly rubbing them together as she teasingly beckoned the poor thing to them with her fingers.
"Umm...y-yes?" Parappa gulped nervously, his knees quivering and buckling in cowardice as he closed his eyes, concentrated as hard as he possibly could, and used his power of believing in himself to amplify his voice just enough to where Lammy could still hear him (which was still A LOT, by the way).
"GET TO WORK ON THEM RIGHT HERE AND RIGHT NOW, YOU LITTLE SHIT." Lammy commanded him dominantly, cackling mischievously and smugly reapplying her rosy-red nail polish onto her toenails before finally grabbing Parappa and forcefully sandwiching him in-between her majestic soles.
"SAY YOU'RE SORRY!" Lammy angrily commanded Parappa as she rolled him back and forth in her arches like a little ball of dough, causing him to accumulate all kinds of disgusting, revolting filth all over his naked body (as if he hadn't already done that SEVERAL times before, hint hint) as his nose shriveled up and bled (with his eyes also watering) from how utterly gross Lammy's feet smelled.
"I'm sorry!" Parappa whined desperately as Lammy planted her gorgeous feet flat onto the floor and began using them to roll him against the floor like a rolling pin, giving him vastly more of a boner than he had ever bargained for as he reluctantly (yet eagerly) began crawling underneath her feet like the dirty little insect he quite literally was at the moment and licking them from top to bottom.
"I DIDN'T FUCKING HEAR YOU! SAY IT LOUDER!" Lammy furiously commanded Parappa, digging her stinky little toes forcefully into Parappa's face as he began slavishly licking and eating the toejam right out from in-between them, realizing how much he clearly totally deserved such horrendously abusive treatment from the poor girl after what he had just done to her.
"I'M SAR-HAR-HARREEEE, OKAY? I'M FUCKING SORRY!" Parappa cried and wailed, covering his own eyes with his hands in agonizing horror and humiliation as Lammy took his entire body and shoved it forcefully into her semen-flooded, spunk-dripping cum dumpster of a vagina!
"GLUG GLUG GLUG GLUG GLUG!" Parappa choked and coughed, nearly drowning from the sheer amount of gooey, sticky sperm that was currently clogging up the inside of Lammy's suffocation-inducingly tight pussy as he desperately crawled his way out for dear life!
"Look, I'm freaking SORRY, okay?" Parappa choked, sputtered and coughed, plopping right out of Lammy's vagina and onto the floor in a nice big slime-puddle and spitting out copious amounts of cum onto the floor while Lammy laughed her ever-loving and firmly-toned ass off at him.
"I never actually meant to harm you THIS much, you know...it was just supposed to be a fun prank, like that one time when Asriel snuck inside Toriel's brain via tweezer insertion into one of her ear canals by Alphys and then proceeded to violently, fetishistically, disgustingly-" Parappa exhaustedly got back up onto his feet, looked straight up into Lammy's coldly judging eyes and began explaining...that is, until she abruptly cut him off yet again.
"Yeah, yeah, I get it, you just wanted to make me your adorable little sex doll, but did you REALLY have to go THAT freaking far with it? I mean, honestly, if what you just did to me tonight truly WAS, in fact, based off of all of those legendarily fucked-up fanfics...well then, couldn't you have just, like, written one YOURSELF or something?" Lammy groaned and sighed exasperatedly at Parappa and his distinct lack of common sense, shrugging and rolling her eyes disappointedly.
"Well...y-yeah..." Parappa stammered and bit his lip, blushing and scratching the back of his head embarrassedly as Lammy pulled out her own personal copy of Alphys' shrink ray from the pocket of her nearby signature pair of blue jeans and used its reverse function to grow Parappa to about the size of a small and chubby little mouse as she reluctantly and embarrassedly put her panties, blue jeans and bikini back on, shoving her signature shirt into her pants pocket as she gently grabbed Parappa by the floppy little puppy-dog ears, lifted him up and placed him cozily in-between her warm and fluffy boobs, teleporting all of her other stuff back into her pockets with a mere snap of her fingers as she slyly strolled her way out of the concert building and shut the doors tightly behind her, briefly pulling out her cell phone to call Chop Chop!
(Thankfully, Paul and Fleaswallow had decided NOT to publicize their drone footage of whatever in the actual fuck had just happened, mostly out of fear that they would lose their jobs and perhaps even sent to prison for quite a while if they did, so no one ended up getting arrested for it after all.)
"Greetings, Lammy! Now tell me, how has Parappa been tonight so far?" Chop Chop asked Lammy inquistively as she hopped into her convertible Miata, set it to autopilot and relievedly drove it back home, feeling the wind gleefully whip through her hair while Parappa moaned with booby delight.
"Oh, he's been nothing short of an adorable little ANGEL! Haven't you, Parappa, haven't you?" Lammy teasingly and sarcastically replied, with Chop Chop somehow being gullible enough to fall for it regardless as she lovingly stroked Parappa's adorable little head with her left hand and brought her cell phone right down to his face with her right. (Thankfully, this wasn't video chat.)
"I...S-SURE...H-HAVE...H-HEH...HEH...HURK!" Parappa stammered awkwardly, covering his mouth and gagging as he tried his hardest not to violently throw up in retrospect from the mere thought of what had just recently happened to both Lammy and himself on that dreadful night.
"Umm...just for the record, Parappa doesn't exactly sound very sincere right now...Lammy, please tell me; you're not HIDING something from me right now, are you?" Chop Chop cocked an eyebrow and asked Lammy suspiciously while Parappa weakly, dizzily clutched his stomach and began swaying back and forth lightheadedly from the sheer nauseating amount of disgust that he was currently feeling toward himself (and also from motion sickness, but that's a whole different matter entirely).
"Oh, of COURSE not, you silly goose; he's just, uh, s-SHY like that!" Lammy giggled and blushed nervously, patting Parappa on the head and propping her boobs up with her free hand while the poor kid blushed bright-red from head to toe like a living lightbulb and hatefully cursed his own existence underneath his breath in absolutely mortifying humiliation and embarrassment. "Anyway, uhh...c-call you back later, okay? BYE!"
Once the two of them got back home to Lammy's apartment, Parappa and Lammy immediately headed straight into the latter's bedroom, where the latter then immediately used the reverse function of her shrink ray yet again, this time to grow Parappa all the way back to normal size.
"Aw, c'mere, you cute little bastard..." Lammy playfully teased Parappa, stripping herself naked, plopping herself onto her queen-sized bed and seductively sliding herself underneath the covers.
"I JUST GOT A BONER!" Parappa yelled ecstatically (under his breath, of course, so as not to wake the neighbors), snarkily parodying his own catchphrase as he excitedly dove right into the bed with his ridiculously hot and adorable big stepsister, where they then proceeded to lovingly make out all night.
"Leave it to Lammy..." Lammy slyly whispered and breathed into Parappa's ear as the two of them lovingly, romantically and erotically incestually cuddled, french-kissed and made out with each other for what they wished could be forever while the guys fapping to- I mean, watching them fuck each other on the apartment building's security cameras collectively went "AWW".
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