Facing the Storm

by Wilson, Yumoyori

  "No. We'll be fine, but you need to at least shift," Aki reminded. "Just get a feel for it."

  "Alright. What am I supposed to do exactly?" I asked as we pulled out of our embrace.

  He smirked and moved forward. "Just let your Kitsune have her way. No restraints or anything." Aki winked.

  I pouted my lips and my Kitsune kept rolling back and forth once more in utter excitement. "She's rolling around."

  "She's super happy still?"

  "I guess so."

  "Hmm. I know." Aki kept his smirk as he stretched. "First one to reach that mountain has to treat the other to green tea ice cream."

  I gawked at him and my Kitsune stopped mid-turn to blink in shock. "Ice...cream." My eyes moved to look in the direction where Aki was pointing while my Kitsune got up and walked over to stare intently at the faraway mountain.

  "Aki? How am I going to reach all the way over there? That would take days."

  "It will take ten minutes if you shift." He gave me a cocky grin, which pissed me off.

  "That's not fair. Doesn't shifting have instructions? Where's the manual?" I grumbled. I watched Aki begin to move away from me.

  "Don't know." He shrugged, and his eyes began to glow a vibrant amber. "Guess someone will owe me an ice cream date." He then turned and began to run forward before I could even reply.

  "Akihiro!" I shouted, and my Kitsune sat back to pout.

  You can't really be pouting now. Don't you want ice cream? GREEN TEA ICE CREAM?!

  My Kitsune looked like she was debating on it and I groaned. "If we win you get a whole day with Aki's Kitsune. An ENTIRE day. You can even have sex."

  Now THAT got her attention, her remaining tails popping out as she gave me a happy expression. I sighed, shaking my head. "Unbelievable." I purposely said out loud.

  My Kitsune ignored me, running to the surface, and I flinched at the sudden pain that ran through me and the eerie sound of bones cracking.

  I closed my eyes, waiting for the pain to pass as I felt myself go from standing to all fours; my tails seem to double in size.

  When the pain finally settled and began to dissipate, I opened my eyes. I had to close them immediately because everything was ten times brighter. It was like the colors had all intensified.

  With caution, my eyes opened once more, and I stared at the vivid colors and how breathtaking everything looked. All my senses were heightened from how amazing the soft grass felt beneath my paws to the numerous scents that hit my nose all at once.

  A part of me felt like I was in control as I was when I was human, but it was as if I sat in the back seat and my Kitsune was my driver. She began to stretch as our tails started to glow a bright pink; pink magic surrounded our four paws almost like glowing fire.

  With a few testing steps, we were moving towards the mountain. I was left speechless as my Kitsune did her thing, our body going so fast that everything was almost a blur.

  Our paws barely touched the ground, and when they did, it was to only elevate us through the air and accelerated our speed.

  Within four minutes, my eyes caught onto Aki's white body and my Kitsune sped up to match his pace. Aki noticed, turning his head slightly to meet our gaze and he looked more excited, his amber eyes glittering with happiness and compassion.

  It wasn't long before we were side by side, playing around as we hopped on rocks and trees before we'd levitate in the air with our flaming paws. It was difficult to explain, but I felt so free like we had no burdens ahead of us and all we had to do was enjoy this very moment.

  When we got close to the mountain, I sped up, my Kitsune's competitive side coming out as we began to run faster and faster. Getting to the very top of the mountain was a breeze, which in human eyes would have literally been impossible to achieve at the time frame and with no equipment.

  Our paws slowed as we gradually came to a stop, and we turned around to sit and wait for Aki who reached the top in less than 30 seconds. He strolled over to me before he stopped and nudged his head against mine in affection praise.

  His body was immersed in light and, once it dimmed, he was in his human form once more, clothed and all. I tilted my head in confusion, wondering how the hell we'd switch back.

  Aki reached up to stroke my head and I lowered down to sitting position, enjoying the way his hand was currently scratching behind my left ear, which was now super itchy.

  "You're adorable," he whispered and kissed my cheek. "Want to know how to change back?"

  I almost missed what he said, too caught up in my current relaxing state. I wanted to switch back, but my other ear was now itchy, and it seemed like a hard decision on what was more important.

  Aki chuckled at my indecisiveness and dropped his hand to use the other to begin scratching the back of my other ear, which made me relax once more and my tails swayed back and forth at a lazy pace.

  Once he was done, he patted my head. "Ready now?"

  I got up and stretched before I sat patiently, waiting for him to explain.

  "Just think about your human body and envision yourself switching places with your Kitsune. It feels like you're in the back seat of a car almost and she's the driver, right?"

  I nodded my head in response, and I got sidetracked by looking at the colorful sky.

  "Crim?" Aki sighed and had to stroke my head a few times before I turned my attention back to him. "Remember, switching back. We can do more sightseeing in our Kitsune forms next time we go on a run."

  That got me excited and I gave him a pair of hopeful eyes in response. His expression softened before he continued. "Just think about your Kitsune moving to the back seat and you moving to the front. Try to go slowly because it will hurt if you go to fast."

  With a nod of my head, I did what he explained; envisioning my Kitsune meeting my gaze from the front seat and she slowly hopped over to the back. I took my time climbing inside the car to the front, and by the time I settled in the front seat, I felt only two legs on the ground.

  I opened my eyes slowly, waiting for the vibrant lights to hit my senses, but the colors seemed dull in intensity which made me realize I was back to my human form.

  "Oh, I'm back!" I cheered, putting my hands up in the air in triumph. I looked at Aki with excitement and his eyes slowly trailed down my body. I gave him a confused look when his green eyes locked onto mine, appearing a bit darker than before. "What?"

  "Uh. Well firstly, you're speaking Japanese and not English," he announced.

  I pouted my lip as I tried to figure out how I didn't catch that. My Kitsune yawned and almost looked like she was laughing to herself before she strolled to her corner and curled up into a ball to sleep.

  "And?" I asked.

  "Uh...hmm. We need to get you special clothes." Aki spoke more to himself than to me.

  "Huh? Wh..." I began but lowered my eyes to see I was standing there butt naked. Like LITERALLY naked on the top of a fucking mountain where any bird in the sky or shifter in the woods could see my damn butt cheeks, breasts—the whole package.

  Oh...My...AH!!!!

  My face was burning red and I didn't even know where to hide in an attempt to cover my properties. I can't believe this.

  "This is so embarrassing..." I mumbled, giving up in my attempt to try and find some type of bush to hide in and let my head hang low. There wouldn't be any damn bushes on top of a fucking mountain, and did I mention it was COLD?!

  Something soft fell onto my shoulders and, in seconds, I was being hugged by Aki. "Don't give such an adorable look, Crim," He whispered, holding me tightly against him.

  "But..."

  "I've seen you naked plenty of times." He pulled back to look into my eyes. "And each time I'm turned on at how beautifully attractive you are."

  His lips met mine before I could reply, and I slowly closed my eyes as I kissed him right back. Aside from fulfilling my apparent goal of being naked on a mountain and shifting into my Kitsune form, at least I could also cross off passionate hot sex with Aki
on a mountain off the list.

  Loud. Passionate. Hot sex.

  "This is so frustrating!" I huffed.

  "It really isn't." Yoshi chuckled at my frustration, walking back towards me with his perfectly dry Montsuki verses my completely soaked kimono that now weighed a ton.

  After my afternoon session with Akihiro, which ended with us watching the sunset together while curled up in our Kitsune forms, we came back for Yoshi to take me on our dinner date.

  I'd been starving, especially after all the energy used to shift twice in one day. Not to mention my body was aching like I'd had sex for hours with at least three guys, something I'd yet to do, but it sure felt like it.

  Aki explained it was normal and it took a long time before it wouldn't "hurt" anymore, but fuck, I felt like a crippled person and would totally NOT shift during our mission at N.R.O. The aches and pains were so not worth it. Having sex for the first time was better than this.

  Thankfully, Haru had woken up from his nap and gave me a quick healing session before I got dressed and Yoshi took me out.

  Dinner was amazing, especially for my empty stomach. It consisted of a buffet, and I got to watch a mini traditional dance ON water! Let me emphasize ON TOP OF WATER. I didn't care how foreign I looked with my wide eyes and gawking expression as I watched the most beautiful woman I'd seen in a long time move on top of the clear fluid surface and dance with two large fans in her hands.

  It was a stunning experience and we didn't leave until I begged Yoshi to teach me how to dance like that and bring me back there again to watch another show.

  Thanks to my excitement, Yoshi brought me to the beautiful clearing Itsuki had shown me a few weeks back. I did have to admit Itsuki had brought me here because I couldn't lie to Yoshi. He didn't seem mad, but I bet Itsuki was going to get lectured later.

  Yoshi had explained the basics to me on how to use the water element to my advantage as well as the air element to assist my body with the floating aspect. It was similar to sword dancing, but it still cost a lot of energy and concentration. Yoshi said with practice it would become like second nature to me, just like sword dancing, but getting the hang of it was the problem.

  Now after two hours of trying, I was frustrated. seeing that Yoshi was completely dry, looking like the male Mona Lisa in his blue and gold Montsuki, verses me in my white and pink kimono that was so drenched I wondered if it was see through at this point, I just wanted to go home.

  "You're cheating!" I huffed.

  "I'm not cheating." He chuckled and walked back to where I was standing dripping wet.

  "C'mon. Try again. I'll help you."

  I bit my lip stubbornly but was determined to try again. I can do this! I'm an SSS magic affinity badass with a pocket watch! GET AT ME, WATER! I'm going to own you!

  Yoshi was literally on the verge of laughing his head off and I gave him a look. "What?"

  "Are you giving yourself a mental motivational talk?"

  "Damn right I am!" I declared.

  He grinned and slid his hand into my wet locks to pull me into a deep kiss. As upset as I was, I wouldn't dare miss out on kissing Yoshi. I'd missed him just as much as I had Aki, and I really hoped this silly lesson that I had brought upon myself would end with steamy hot sex in the shower or something.

  He released my lips and trailed his tongue along my bottom lip before he kissed me one more time. "Just take a deep breath and put all your concentration on the water. The wind element is comfortable with you because of your sword dancing experience. It will aid you once you have the water element down."

  "Okay," I whispered, and I placed my hand in his. We moved to the edge of the water once more, and I took a calming breath and closed my eyes.

  I envisioned the water before me, its transparent surface almost luminous in my mind as it glowed a bright teal aura all across my vision. I could see Yoshi in front of me and feel the warm breeze pass by as if telling me that it was here and ready when I was.

  "Crim? I'm stepping back," Yoshi warned, and I merely nodded, not wanting to lose my concentration or current vision.

  He took a step back and I took a step forward. He moved his other leg back and I moved my other leg forward. Step after step, I could see our energies, Yoshi's a beautiful sapphire outline. Each backward step he took created a wonderful gold effect on the water.

  I knew my outline was pink of some kind, and I could feel my ears were out this time while my tails spread from my back. It didn't distract me in the least, only helped heighten the sounds around me. Step by step I kept going, feeling the wind swirl around me over and over again.

  I felt Yoshi's hands slip from mine, but I didn't pay attention to that. I was focused on the wind that moved around me that was a mixture of greens and blues and the glowing water beneath my feet.

  "Crimson?" Yoshi asked, his voice filled with wonder. I didn't get why he was so shocked, but in my vision, small pink petals began to rain down upon me. It made me lift my head up and I opened my eyes to the fresh pink cherry blossoms that fluttered down on me.

  I watched them in awe as my eyes grew wide in shock, and I couldn't help but reach up and allow them to fall onto the back of my hand. When I lowered my head, I met Yoshi's alluring eyes, those sapphire orbs beginning to shift to gold as if they were dancing between colors.

  I could see the love in his eyes as well as the pride that flickered through them, but the longer we stared at one another, the darker his intense gaze became. He slowly licked his lips as his eyes lowered to mine and, without a second thought, he took one step forward and leaned down to kiss me.

  My eyes fluttered closed, but the vision of us in my mind never faded. Our energies swirled together; the gold and sapphire mixed with pink and whites, all while the pink cherry blossoms fell down on us and the wind blew around us. The water remained as our platform as I lifted my hands to press on Yoshi's chest and he rested his hands on my hips.

  We were lost in our joined union, and everything felt perfect making me zone out on everything but us. I hadn't realized how much I'd missed Yoshi's touch, and from the way he captured my mouth with his, I knew he missed me as well.

  Our kisses grew deeper, and it wasn't long before he tugged on the tie of my soaked kimono and loosened it. I let him remove it from my waist and lowered my arms so he could slide his hands beneath the cool cloth and pull them from my shoulders. The material didn't drop to the ground, not in my vision anyway.

  It was carried by the warm breeze that passed, carrying the fabric to shore while we continued to kiss. I wrapped my arms around his neck and pressed my now naked body against his, wanting to feel his warmth and subconsciously wishing he was naked too.

  We broke the kiss when we had no more oxygen to spare and we pulled back to stare into each other's eyes while we caught our breath.

  "Crimson," Yoshi whispered and I gave him a pleased smile.

  "I think it would be hard to enjoy more pleasurable activities on the water."

  He smirked letting go of me for a moment before he looked around. "We could go back home."

  "Takes too long," I smirked.

  "True." His eyes took another long look at my nakedness.

  "Can't have sex on the water?"

  "We could...but I don't know if you'll last," he teased.

  I rolled my eyes and crossed my arms over my chest which helped cover my hard nipples from his view.

  "Last as in how long we have sex or last as in standing on water? See?! I'm doing jus-" I began but just like that I completely lost my vision as quickly as a snap of my fingers and I shrieked.

  Yoshi reached out to catch me, but I dragged him along into the water, both of us submerging into the cool water.

  I popped my head up first, followed by Yoshi, who shook his head a few times before he blew a stream of water out. He slowly looked at me and I couldn't help but snicker. "Oops?"

  "You totally did that on purpose."

  "I did not! It was uhh...my Kitsune! Yes."


  My Kitsune poked an eye open, looking unbothered by me using her in my defense, she closed her eyes again and went back to sleep. Thanks, Kitsune.

  Yoshi didn't look like he believed me, but I kept giggling before I swam back towards the shore. I watched him pass me and walk out of the water while I continued to float.

  The wind had carried my kimono to one of the large tree branches, hanging it up to dry. My gaze moved back to Yoshi who began to strip out of his clothes, and I bit my lip hard to see if I was really watching my Yoshi take every piece of clothing off under the wonderful moonlight.

  My cherry blossoms must have loved it because they once again began to fall down on us, and Yoshi turned to see my hungry gaze, which made him smirk. "You're really enjoying this."

  "Very much," I whispered and positioned myself on my back so my breasts purposely poked out from the water. Yoshi's eyes lowered to them and he turned around to let me enjoy the sight of his erect cock.

  Please let there be a way to have sex on water cause I want this man now.

  He slowly made his way back into the water, swimming towards me. I let my legs submerge and swam to close the distance; my arms wrapped around his neck and his arms wrapped around my waist.

  We pressed our bodies together and he lowered his forehead to mine, our lips barely touching as we seemed to stay afloat in the water without moving our feet.

  "I don't think I can wait till we get home," he murmured, his half-open eyes meeting mine.

  "Me neither," I whispered.

  "This may be a bit complicated."

  "I like complicated...and sex."

  Yoshi chucked. "I love you."

  "As much as I love you?" I teased with a wide grin.

  "More." He kissed me very gently. "A lot more."

  "Maybe I need to show you just how much I love you then," I suggested.

  "Maybe you do," he agreed.

  With those final words, we kissed again, deeper this time as we let the water keep us from drowning. I didn't care how we had sex, I just wanted to feel Yoshi inside me and enjoy our unity after so much time had passed.

  The forest heard our moans and cries of pleasure, like music serenading the moon.