“Yeah, sorry. There were some… complications.”
Jessica tilted her head in the most adorable way possible. “What kind of complications?”
Lindsay wasn’t sure how to respond. However, it ended up not really mattering anyway. Seconds after the question was asked, a loud, lustful moan came from the locker room.
“W-what was that?!” asked a blushing Jessica.
“Really, Lilian, you couldn’t have waited for two more minutes before getting down and dirty?” Lindsay pressed a hand to her forehead, partly to hide her own blush, but also to mask her annoyance.
Jessica looked startled. “W-what? Down and dirty?”
“Nothing. Let’s get out of here.”
Grabbing Jessica’s hand, Lindsay traveled down the hall, quickly retreating from the girls’ locker room, from which several loud and titillating moans could be heard.
This is just not my day, Lindsay thought as one particular loud scream of what sounded like, “OH, YES!” scrambled her brain. Her face felt like it had been baked in an oven. Not my day at all.
***
School ended and the students were sent home. There were no buses to take them to and from school, so everyone had to walk. This wasn’t much of a problem, though, since everyone lived within walking distance.
Kevin, Lilian, and Iris parted ways with their friends and left the school. Since they were some of the first residents to begin living there, they lived on the opposite side of everyone else.
Neo Seiryuu was a massive underground community that looked exactly like a regular suburb, provided one ignored the massive dome of sediment hovering over them. Grassy fields with meandering walkways connected various buildings together. Trees and cacti interspersed throughout the walkways provided a peaceful atmosphere to the strange underground community, which housed more than 54,000 people, both human and yōkai. This place was currently the largest known haven for people who wanted to avoid the war.
He, Lilian, and Iris walked along one of several walkways. Several other people were also traversing this area. A konjaku gazu zoku hyakki—a plant yōkai with the body of a man and the head of a flower—was taking care of the plants in this area. He waved to them as they passed. A family of inu were playing several yards away. Kevin was amused to see a young boy bound on all fours and catch a frisbee in his mouth, his floppy dog ears shaking and his tail wagging back and forth.
“It’s really peaceful here, isn’t it?” Lilian said suddenly, smiling at Kevin. She held one of his arms close, leaning into him as they walked.
“It is. I sometimes find it hard to believe that we’re really in the middle of a war,” he agreed.
“Whatever,” Iris muttered. “By the way, Lilian, did you know that you’re walking with a limp?”
“Yep!” Lilian grinned.
“Don’t say that so proudly!” Iris shouted, then coughed into her hand. “Anyway, I can’t believe you two would have sex in the girls’ locker room—”
“You can’t?”
“Would you let me finish?! I was saying that I can’t believe you two would have sex in the girls’ locker room without me!”
“You know the rules,” Lilian chided. “We agreed that Kevin was mine, and that you can join in occasionally, but only after I’ve already had my fun.”
“Don’t I get a say in this?” asked Kevin.
“No,” Lilian and Iris said at the same time.
“Figures.”
“I’m beginning to regret letting you make the rules.” Iris sighed as she stretched her arms above her head. “Because of that stupid rule, I haven’t been able to have sex for two whole days.”
“Can we please not talk about this in public?” Kevin moaned piteously.
About two months ago, Kevin had finally caved. It happened in September. Lilian’s and Iris’s birthdays were in September. Both of them had turned 161 that year. Kitsune entered their first heat after turning 160, and they entered a heat every year afterwards for the rest of their lives. Iris and Lilian had birthdays on the same exact day.
They’d both been in heat.
***
Kevin walked back and forth in front of a door. There didn’t appear to be anything special about it. The door was the kind a person could find anywhere in a house. However, there were several incredibly loud, lewd, and lecherous moans echoing from behind this door, which were the cause of his problems.
“Ara, ara. If you keep walking back and forth like that, you are going to burn a line in the carpet.”
“Kotohime…”
While Kevin was pacing like a madman, Kotohime was seated in her traditional seiza position, her thighs tucked underneath her bottom. The katana she always carried rested against the floor at her side. Unlike him, her expression was placid and unbothered by the cries of ecstasy coming from the other side of the door.
“Are you really that concerned?” asked Kotohime.
“Of course I am! Lilian is my mate. I should be in there with her, helping her.”
“That is an admirable disposition.” Kotohime nodded. “However, it isn’t just Lilian who is in heat right now. Iris is also in heat. I hope you remember what happened the first time when it was just Lilian you had to worry about.”
“How could I forget,” Kevin muttered in a dry voice. “If you hadn’t tied her up and locked her in our bedroom, I’m pretty sure I would have lost my virginity that day.”
“Ufufufu. I bet you regret waiting now that you’ve actually experienced sex.”
“A little,” Kevin admitted before his mind froze when an extremely loud cry echoed from the other side of the door. Several more noises resounded through the cracks. He recognized the gasps, moans, grunts, and cries coming from the other side. “Damn it!”
Kevin placed his hand on the door knob, but just as he was about to turn it, Kotohime spoke up.
“I am not going to tell you what to do. If you wish to go in there, I’ll not stop you. However, if you do enter that room, know that you can no longer choose to remain indecisive about Iris-sama. You will have to accept her feelings and everything that entails. You will have to take responsibility for her.”
His hand still on the door knob, Kevin waged a silent war within himself, his human morals struggling against his desire to help the two on the other side. It wouldn’t really matter if he did nothing. He could stay where he was, let them do their thing, and tomorrow, everything would be back to the way it had been. Iris would still be trying to sleep with him and Lilian, he would still be denying her, and Lilian would side with him because they were mates.
But that wouldn’t make Lilian happy.
He gnashed his teeth together as he turned the handle. “I’m going in.”
“Ufufufu. In that case, I wish you luck, Kevin-sama. I will be here to heal you when the act is finished.”
Kevin didn’t know what that meant at the time. Had he realized what he was doing, perhaps he would have stopped himself, but he didn’t. Opening the door, he walked inside.
***
Kevin only remembered a little bit about what happened during that time. He recalled how the air had reeked of sex, remembered how Lilian and Iris had turned to him the moment he entered, and how they had jumped him just as he’d closed the door. The rest was a blur of pain and pleasure. Kevin had woken up two days later. According to Kotohime, he’d suffered from a broken hip, two fractured ribs, and extreme dehydration.
Perhaps it had been rash of him. No, he would admit that his actions had been reckless and made completely in the moment. However, on that day, Kevin had made a choice. He’d had sex with both Lilian and Iris, and since that was the case, there was no point in denying the Void Kitsune’s affections anymore.
Though I’m still not sure if that was a good idea or not.
Kevin glanced at Lilian and Iris out of the corner of his eye. They were both smiling and chatting about something. There was a sense of contentment about them that couldn’t be expressed through mere words. He knew it was presu
mptuous, but he liked to think that part of the reason they were so happy was because of him.
Well, at least they’re happy. That’s what matters, right?
“There you three are!”
Hearing Phoebe’s sudden shout, the trio turned around to see the woman in question running up to them. Unlike when she’d first moved to the United States and tried to blend in with society, the yama uba had now taken to wearing her oddly erotic fantasy armor. Her taut belly, trim waist, wide hips, and large bust were on full display.
“Phoebe, something wrong?” Kevin asked, idly wondering where the innocent young boy who used to faint around girls went.
I think whatever remained of him died two months ago.
“Master Kevin, Mistress Lilian and Mistress Iris,” Phoebe greeted.
“Do you really have to give us titles like that?” Kevin asked.
“I kinda like it.” Iris smirked. “Mistress Iris has a nice ring to it, don’t you think?”
“Hush, you.”
“Is something wrong, Phoebe?” Lilian asked.
“I am unsure. I apologize for my ignorance. Should you wish to punish me, then might I suggest stripping my clothes off, chaining me to a wall, and—”
“Why don’t you just tell us what you need?” Kevin cut in, quickly nipping her “suggestion” in the bud.
“Yes, of course.” Phoebe quickly shifted topics and got down to business. “Master Daven Monstrang has requested your presence. I have been asked to escort you to his office.”
Kevin didn’t see much point in an escort. He was sure she said this because she wanted another opportunity to convince Lilian to let him conceive her child, which would never happen. Ever. He already had to deal with Lilian and her sister. There was no way he’d let Phoebe get ahold of his babymaker.
I’d be drained dry!
“You know, I’ve just realized that your shadow is missing,” Iris said as they walked toward a towering structure reminiscent of a skyscraper—only instead of piercing the sky, this building literally pierced the bedrock. While it didn’t have an official name, everyone just called it the Central Tower.
“Polydora is busy,” Phoebe replied easily, her expression not giving anything away. “Now come. Daven Monstrang said that he would like to see you as soon as he can. We must hurry.”
***
A janitor whistled a tune as he walked down a hallway, one of many located within Daven Monstrang’s main headquarters, and the location of their meeting point. He’d just finished cleaning the men’s restroom, and now he had to clean the women’s. For some men, this would be a chance to glimpse a paradise most could only dream of. For him, it was like spitting on the hopes and dreams of men everywhere.
If men knew what really went down in the women’s restroom, none of them would be so eager to see it.
As he entered the restroom, the janitor heard strangely muffled noises coming from one of the stalls. Perhaps it was his imagination, but they sounded like indignant screams. Moving cautiously, he walked up to the stall where the noise was coming from, and then slowly opened the door.
Silence. He and the beautiful girl stared at each other. The girl was bound to the toilet, a ball gag stuck in her mouth. She was also wearing what could only be considered strategically placed strips of fabric. They covered her nipples and crotch but not much else.
“Mmmphhh!”
The girl screamed at him. The janitor slammed the door shut, then slowly proceeded out of the bathroom.
He must be tired. That was the only explanation he could think of to explain why he’d hallucinated like that.
CHAPTER 2
WE’RE GOING WHERE?
Most people would have called Monstrang’s office bare, and Kevin didn’t think he would have blamed them.
There was little in the way of decoration. The office, while large, contained almost nothing to make it stand out; no personal touches, no pictures, nothing. The white walls were depressingly barren. They matched the equally white tiled floor. What few items lay within the room were simply office furniture. A desk. Two chairs. A filing cabinet. There was nothing else. Kevin knew that Monstrang preferred it this way.
The man in charge sat behind his desk. His monstrous form sat in a large chair that somehow fit his sumo wrestler frame. A window situated behind him granted Kevin a grand view of Neo Seiryuu. Artificial sunlight filtered in through this window, which spanned the entire wall behind his boss.
“Master Daven Monstrang, I have brought Master Kevin and Mistresses Lilian and Iris as you requested.”
I really wish Phoebe would stop calling us that.
“Thank you,” Monstrang grunted.
“Of course. I shall now take my leave. I must go and untie Polydora.”
“… What?”
The group watched as Phoebe walked out of the room, then turned to look at each other. After holding a silent conversation, Kevin and his two companions decided they weren’t going to try and figure out what Phoebe meant by that. Well, Kevin and Lilian decided not to. Knowing Iris as he did, he was sure the vixen was thinking up all kinds of kinky scenarios already.
Monstrang coughed into his hand, bringing their attention back to him. “I have a task for the three of you, something that I believe you three are uniquely suited for, and something that only you three can do.”
Leave it to Monstrang to cut straight to the heart of the matter. He really wasn’t one for small talk.
“Wait. You mean like a mission?” asked Lilian.
“Yes.”
“A real mission?”
Monstrang raised an eyebrow. “I believe so.”
Lilian’s eyes started sparkling. “That. Is. So. Cool! I can’t believe we’re finally going to get our own mission! Does this mean we’re off the reserves list?”
“Reserve what?” asked Monstrang.
“So, what type of mission is it? Is it an S-ranked mission?”
“I don’t even know what that is.”
“Don’t worry, old man! I’ll complete whatever mission you’ve given us!” Lilian’s teeth gleamed in the artificial sun as she grinned and gave Monstrang a thumbs up. “Because I’m going to be Hokage!”
“Don’t you mean Moekage?” asked Iris.
“Of course not.” Lilian scoffed. “Why would I want to be the Moekage? She might be cute enough to make men die from blood loss, but she’s just a secondary character at best.”
“If you two are done making poorly disguised references, can we please get back to the reason we were called here?” Kevin asked. He normally would have let them continue, and maybe even joined in, but now wasn’t the time to screw around.
“Muu, you’re no fun, Beloved.” Lilian pouted at him.
“You’d better be careful, or I may have to bring out… that.”
“No! Not… that!” Lilian and Iris both looked aghast.
Kevin nodded solemnly. “Yes… that.”
“P-please don’t do that, Beloved! We’ll be good, I promise!”
“Yeah, what she said. I’ll be a good girl, Stud. If you want, I’ll even call you onii-chan!”
“Ugh, no thanks.” Kevin grimaced. It looked like his plan to make them behave had backfired somewhat. Ah, well, live and learn. “Now, could you two please get up? We’re about to be given an important mission.”
“Right!”
As Lilian and Iris jumped back to their feet, Monstrang gave Kevin a “what the hell was that about?” look.
“Don’t ask,” Kevin said.
Monstrang stared at him for a second longer, and then slowly nodded.
“As you three are probably already aware, our world is in dire straits. More people are dying every day, and we cannot protect all of them. Not as we are now.”
Kevin nodded. He was aware of their situation. Neo Seiryuu had been set up as a safehouse for people who didn’t want any part of this war. The mandate of those working here was to find, rescue, and protect those people by bringing them to Neo Seiry
uu. However, there were far more people out there than there were in here, and few of the people here actually went on missions to rescue those living on the surface. About 80 or 90% of these people were noncombatants, after all.
Monstrang’s rescue force—the group whose job was to help protect and evacuate civilians—only consisted of about 5,000 people. What’s more, the force’s influence didn’t extend past Arizona’s borders. They had neither the forces nor the means to respond quickly to situations out of state. In other words, their ability to protect the innocent was severely limited.
While they could have just sequestered themselves in Neo Seiryuu—which was a self-sustaining community—and not worried about the outside world, that wasn’t Monstrang’s style. It wasn’t Kevin’s style either, for that matter.
“What do you want us to do?” Kevin asked.
“If we want to make a difference in this war, then we need to gather more allies,” Monstrang said. “We need to create a force powerful enough to stand toe-to-toe with the Yamata Alliance and the United States Military, and you three are going to be the ones who help me with this.”
Kevin, Lilian, and Iris looked at each other, confusion written on all of their faces. They turned back to Monstrang, the same confused looks now staring at the man who’d built Neo Seiryuu in less than two weeks.
“Us?” they asked at the same time.
“Yes, you.” Monstrang tapped one meaty finger against his desk. “While I don’t like the idea of sending you three out on a dangerous assignment like this, the truth is that I can’t afford to send anyone else. I need the others here. You three are the only ones who are available to do this.”
Kevin finally understood. “In other words, you can’t afford to send your more powerful fighters to do something like this.”
“Yes.”
Monstrang’s reasoning was simple. Their forces were not very large, and because they had such a small task force, they needed to keep their most powerful fighters at home, to protect this place in case it ever came under attack. While he and Lilian weren’t weak by any means, they weren’t so powerful that Monstrang couldn’t afford to send them away either. They were, as Monstrang said, the only people available.
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