There was no school for the
day because it was the day after a series of tests given to the devil
interns. Those tests will determine if the intern is ready to become
a full-fledged devil and Pam was so anxious to know the results that
she was annoying her roommate Raim.
“What if I don't pass?! I'll
have to go through school all over again and then it will be another
four years before I can turn human again!!”
Kansai-dialect speaking Raim
has had it up to her single devil forehead horn with Pam's pacing and
fretting.
“PAMUCHI! Either stop moving
around and be quiet or get out! I'm trying to sleep! I stayed up all
week studying for those exams and now I just want to rest!”
Crimson eyes filled with tears
as they locked onto Raim's dark green eyes. “But, but!”
“THAT'S IT!!”
Raim pulled herself up and
out of the bed and grabbed a hold of Pam's collar on her sailor suit
and threw her out the open door, slamming it shut the moment she let
go. Pam landed face first into the wall opposite their dorm door.
“Owww!”
Moving her hands up to rub
her sore nose, Pam noticed something strange…she couldn't move her
face away from the wall!
“Hunh?!”
Pam then kept trying to push
herself away from the wall, first with just her hands pressed against
the cold stones, then with her feet added to the force of her struggle.
“Uhn! Grunt! Arrgh!”
After a few minutes, Pam decided
to rest because her head was beginning to hurt from all the tugging.
So that's how Vine found her; just kneeling there after attempting yet
again for the last half hour to free herself from the gray wall.
“Pam! What's wrong? Why are
you over there?”
Pam couldn't turn to look at
the owner of the soft, sweet voice but since it belonged to her other
roommate, she recognized who it was standing beside her.
“Vine, I can't get away from
the wall and my head hurts from trying to for so long. Can you help
me please?”
Soft, cool hands caressed Pam's
forehead, easing the ache and heat temporarily.
“Of course Pam. Let me see
why you're stuck to the stones.”
Dexterous fingers shifted through
bright red hair until they found the base of Pam's devil horns. Once
very small stubs, they were now much bigger and longer from her growth
over the years. Not to mention tough! They curved straight up from her
head then bent to point straight ahead almost like a bull's except they
are spiraled horns and closer to her head. Vine followed the ivory colored
horns until they stopped short at the stone wall.
Just like the pureblooded devil
thought, Pam's horns were stuck inside the wall as if rammed into it.
“Pam, it's your horns. They're
what's stuck in the wall and not allowing you to move away.”
Giving a small tug to both
pieces of bone, Vine found out they were in pretty deep. No wonder Pam
had a headache!
“How did this happen Pam?”
So Pam told Vine about how
she was really worried about the intern exams and Raim got annoyed enough
to send her flying without the benefit of wings out the door towards
the opposite wall. Vine giggled a little at the antics of her two volatile
and odd roommates/friends.
“Oh Pam, I'm sure you did
just fine. With all the studying and cramming we did I'm sure all three
of us passed.”
“Really?”
Vine just smiled and crouched
down to look into Pam's blood red eyes with her deep brown ones.
“Yes, really.”
Pam smiled back as best she
could and decided not to worry anymore.
“Now we just have to get
you loose. I'll go get Raim to help.”
A few seconds later, Vine came
back out into the hall with an irate Raim.
“Why didn't you call out
that you were stuck Pamuchi?!”
“Um…I didn't want to disturb
your rest or annoy you anymore Raim.”
A quick whap across her rear
with a whip-like tail caused Pam to yelp in surprise.
“Stupid! I wouldn't have
not helped! Next time something like this happens and I'm near, let
me know!”
The lime haired girl devil
leaned down and blushed a little when she caught Pam's eyes.
“It's what friends do, right?”
Pam smiled brilliantly but
before she could acknowledge Raim's claim of friendship, Raim and Vine
each grabbed hold of a horn and pulled!
“Pull!”
All three devil interns flew
backward when Pam's horns were released from the wall to land in a heap
against the thick wooden door leading into their rooms.
“Oww…”
Pam rubbed her aching head
and horns while Vine and Raim dusted themselves off. Black-haired Vine
was the one to ask if Pam was ok.
“Maybe you should go see
the doctor Pam.”
One crimson eye opened to glance
at her gentle friend. “Why not the school nurse?”
Raim answered. “She's got
the week off to go visit family so you'll have to go to Urk and find
one of the doctors in the Guild.”
“Or if you can't afford one
of the devil doctors Pam, one of the volunteer angels in the Chapel
might consent to see and help you.”
Raim snorted at Vine. “I
doubt that! The Law of Conservation of Luck would be in full force if
one of the angels helped Pam out.”
Vine sighed and crossed her
arms over her abdomen. “You might be right Raim. No angel would really
be willing to suffer some bad luck by helping Pam.”
Worried brown eyes turned to
Pam and gentle hands reached out to try and sooth some of the pain away
in Pam's head. “Do you have enough money for one of the Guild doctors
Pam?”
Humming at the feeling of Vine's
cool fingers against her too hot skin, Pam nodded slightly not wanting
to lose contact. “I do. Do either of you want to come with me?”
Raim put her hands on her hips
and looked down for a second thinking about obligations she might have
today before looking back up and shaking her head.
“Sorry Pamuchi. I promised
Lizyerra I'd help her with her class schedule for the new interns she
has to teach.”
Vine ceased her massage and
got up, pulling Pam with her. “I'm sorry but I have to meet with Grandfather
for lunch. Will you be ok?”
Pam cast her gaze down for
a moment wishing her friends could go with her to the doctor's since
she's never had to visit one outside of the school before. However,
Pam nodded and happily hugged her friends before grabbing her money
pouch from inside their room and heading towards the bus stop.
“I'll be alright! Don't worry.
I will see you two later tonight!”
And Pam was off. Soon enough
the fast paced bus stopped and Pam got on. When the driver called out,
“Our next stop is the 'Guild Investigation Headquarters' Pam called
back for that one. Having gone to the headquarters to find part-time
jobs over the course of the years, Pam knew her way from there to the
Guild business districts were she would find the doctors.
Getting down from the bus,
Pam felt dizzy and almost fell to the ground. “I better hurry.”
Passing the bulletin boards where the intern part-time job ads were
posted, the young woman devil pushed open the door that led to the business
districts in Urk and went through.
Much of her journey was a blur
of avoiding running into anyone and trying to locate a doctor's office
since her headache seems to have increased in pain and the constant
throbbing was making her faint and staggery.
Stopping for a moment to catch
her breath and try to focus, Pam found herself in the area where the
ever fought over boundary line between the powers of the Guild and Chapel
resides.
“I must be near Restaurant
Ziggurat. Maybe Mr. Manager can help me find a doctor.”
Pam was actually very close
to the restaurant she used to work at and doing her best to get there
when she was knocked into the wall of a nearby building by some young
spirits who were chasing each other and not watching where they were
going or who they were bumping into.
Pam's struggle to stay conscious
lasted all of 10 seconds before she passed out. Just long enough time
to catch sight of white, almost transparent wings and worried deep violet
eyes.
“…Lin…fa…”
Next thing the devil girl becomes
aware of is lying on a soft surface and white walls around her. Regaining
her equilibrium and senses, Pam noticed voices coming through a door
on her left.
“She'll be fine…horns…hurt…healing…a
week…”
That voice she didn't recognize
but the one that answered was Mr. Manager's deeper voice.
“How much…leave…Pam…rest…”
Pam quickly fell back into
oblivion from the amount of energy she didn't really have that it took
to stay awake, unaware of the pair of violet eyes belonging to a young
woman sitting in the chair in the right corner of the room watching
over Pam.
The owner of those eyes walked
over to pull up the sheet around Pam to keep her warm and to change
the cool cloth on her fore head with a freshly dampened one. As she
was going back to her seat, the angel reviewed what she had overheard
between the doctor and the manager of Restaurant Ziggurat.
Pam would be fine; she just
had a very bad headache and high fever. Linfa tuned out the voices after
that, feeling relieved that it wasn't anything life-threatening which
had made Pam collapse.
“Luckily it was I who found
her instead of a total stranger. No telling what could have happened
then,” Linfa murmured to herself.
The 'Successor to the Aureole'
had been flying to the Chapel to oversee the revenue report and bring
back the information to her boss, Aregna, the Chairman representative
of the Angel Council and most powerful angel, when she caught sight
of a devil girl with short red hair.
Linfa wouldn't admit it, but
she hoped it was Pam for it had been awhile since she had seen the odd
girl. So when she saw the staggering devil get slammed into a wall and
fall hard, Linfa immediately forgot her mission and descended very quickly
to come to the aid of the woman devil. It turned out to actually be
Pam!
And Pam must have seen her
before she lost consciousness because she whispered Linfa's name. The
angel's pale cheeks became quite pink but she shook it off as she laid
a hand across Pam's forehead and found a high fever.
“She is sick, but I can't
take her to the Chapel. They won't treat her…”
Linfa looked around trying
to figure out what to do when the young woman caught sight of the restaurant
that was part of a cook-off challenge between angels and devils to gain
more business in Urk so many years ago.
“Maybe that manager's still
there.”
Now the problem was deciding
if she should leave Pam to go get the restaurant manager or to bring
Pam with her. Pam chose this moment of enter feverish dreams and called
out to Linfa again. That decided it.
Linfa got up from her kneeling
position then crouched down to take the sitting Pam into her arms. Hooking
one arm under the devil's knees and the other around her shoulders,
Linfa hefted Pam up and began walking the rest of the way to Ziggurat.
Pam unconsciously cuddled up
to the source of warmth she felt near her and twined her slender tail
around it. Linfa almost dropped Pam when she felt the red headed devil's
tail encircle her waist and two hands clench onto her shirt front.
“Hmmm…warm…”
The light blush came back and
grew slightly darker as she neared the busy restaurant. Spirits and
devils all stared at the sight of the long blue haired angel cradling
the shorter red haired devil in her arms.
An elder devil with russet
skin and white hair sporting a white chef's uniform took one look before
hurrying over to the two.
“Miss Linfa! What's wrong
with Pam?”
This is the manager of Ziggurat
and Pam's employer for many years; just the devil Linfa was looking
for.
“I found her collapsed out
on the street with a high fever. I brought her here so you could get
her to a doctor in the Guild.”
“Certainly! Just give me
one moment to arrange things here and I'll get her to a doctor nearby.”
Mr. Manager went into the back
to tell his assistant chef that he needs to leave for a short time but
will be back in time for the supper crowd. Coming back out, the old
devil found Linfa near the door with Pam still in her arms. The red
devil stretched out his hands to take Pam.
“I'm sure you have important
thing to do 'Successor of the Aureole' so I'll take Pam to the doctors
if you need to leave.”
Linfa just turned her back
to him and began walking out of the restaurant.
“Just lead the way if you
please. I have nothing of importance to do right now so I may as well
see this to the finish.”
The old chef lowered his arms
and just smiled at Linfa's roundabout way of saying she wanted to make
sure Pam was alright for herself. The light pink in the angel's cheeks
merely confirmed to him that she was Pam's friend…maybe more…
“Then please follow me Miss
Linfa. And thank you for helping her. She means a lot to me; one of
the best employees I've ever hired and a sweet girl.”
Linfa only nodded to acknowledge
before following the red skinned devil to the nearest doctor's office.
When the question of payment for services rendered popped up, Linfa
immediately handed over the correct change and told the doctor to do
his job. Grumbling a bit at the attitude of this uppity angel, the doctor
went to work examining and prescribing medicine for Pam.
Linfa was brought out of her
musing remembrances by the door opening and the restaurant manager coming
in.
“I called the school and
got a hold of Pam's teacher, Lizyerra, and she said she would send over
Pam's two roommates to pick her up and take her home.”
Nodding, the angel took one
more glance at eh resting red head before getting up and leaving.
“Then I will leave her in
your capable hands until they come. Good day.”
And Linfa left to go continue
her work now that she knew Pam was taken care of.
----
Pam sat up abruptly, nearly
knocking heads with Raim who was about to feel her friends' forehead
to see if the fever was going down. Raim leaped back with a yelp, falling
off her chair and right into Vine. Both devils ended up on the floor
with Raim's beet red face in Vine's full bosom and Vine's knee treading
dangerous waters between Raim's legs.
“Linfa!”
That snapped the two fallen
girls out of their embarrassed shock and had them scrambling into more
dignified positions.
“W-what Pamuchi?”
Pam didn't get a chance to
reply because that nasty headache from before found her brain again
and was doing its best to pound the gray matter into mashed potatoes.
“My head!”
Vine quickly went to the desk
nearby and grabbed two tablets from the medicine the doctor supplied
and a glass of water to wash it down. Raim backed away and tried not
to talk too loudly.
“Pamuchi, do you remember
what happened?”
Shaking her head then wincing
when it hurt too much, Pam gratefully accepted Vine's offers; swallowing
the medicine and draining the glass of water.
“Thanks Vine.”
Vine smiled in return and took
the empty glass back to the desk.
“What do you remember and
why did you call out that snobby angel's name?”
Lying back down, Pam closed
her eyes for a moment and thought back to that dream she was having.
“I do remember getting off the bus at the headquarters then walking
through the Guild trying to find a doctor. But I got lost and found
myself near Restaurant Ziggurat and the Chapel. Next thing I remember
is being pushed into a wall and hitting my head, then white wings and
violet eyes.”
Pam ducked her head and blushed
before continuing. “I think that's when my dreaming started because
I remember Linfa carrying me into Ziggurat then into the doctor's office
following Mr. Manager. I can hear voices through the door in the white
room I'm in, and then I feel warmth and a cool cloth being placed on
my forehead by Linfa. She leaves after Mr. Manager tells her that you
two were coming to pick me up…”
Looking at the two faces above
her, Pam finished. “Then the next thing I know, I'm right here.”
Raim sat back and Vine sighed
in relief. “Well, it looks like your memory is fine.”
Pam's eyes shot open. “You
mean that was all real? Linfa helping me and carrying me to the doctors
and…!”
Raim slapped a hand over Pam's
mouth to prevent a headache from developing in her own head. “Yes
Pamuchi, it was all real or at least what Mr. Manager could tell us
was.”
Unexpectedly Pam's eyes drooped
and her face went slack. She was out like a light five seconds later.
“Whoa! Vine, what did you
give her?”
Vine shook her head. “I only
gave her the medicine from the prescription. It's supposed to make her
sleep because that way her headache and fever won't wake her up all
night. The doctor said that she'll get better with plenty of uninterrupted
rest.”
Raim shrugged as Vine covered
Pam with an extra blanket so she wouldn't get cold then turned and walked
to her room to get ready for bed. Stretching and yawning, Raim followed
partway before splitting off to her own room right off the living room
they all shared, whereas Vine continued further to her room behind the
kitchen.
Raim paused for a moment with
one hand on the doorknob before squaring her shoulders, taking a deep
breath and turning to catch Vine just opening her bedroom door.
“Vine!”
The pureblooded devil stopped
and faced her friend. “Yes?”
Looking into those deep brown
eyes, the once spirit, now devil girl, almost lost her nerve. Luckily
for both of them, Raim is too stubborn to back down from anything. Strong
and usually rough hands gently encircled Vine's upper arms and pulled
her closer so firm lips could bestow a surprise goodnight kiss.
'Too soon' was on both their
minds in protest against the kiss ending. Yet Raim released Vine and
stepped back to give the assuredly startled woman a chance for her mind
to catch up to what just happened.
“Well…Goodnight Vine!”
The lime haired devil just
about ran off if not for the deceptively strong hand holding onto her
arm and pulling her back in for another kiss; Vine having decided she's
waited long enough for Raim to make a move and now it was her turn.
Both girls moaned at how good
this felt and didn't want it to end. Breathing became a problem however
and they both had to tear their mouths away to gulp down precious air
before they could dive back in.
During the time filling their
lungs they noticed their positions. Vine was against her bedroom door
a good four feet off the ground with her legs wrapped around Raim's
waist and her hands were tangled in the slightly taller devil's spiky
lime colored hair, undoing the usual pigtails.
Raim had her tail circled around
Vine's slender waist to help hold her up and leave her hands free to
travel from long black tresses to a pale arched neck and down over full
pert breasts to squeeze silky thighs before starting all over again.
A little red appeared on smiling faces but that didn't stop them from
kissing and caressing more.
It wasn't until Vine banged
the back of her head against her solid oak door arching so Raim could
have better excess to her neck that Raim and Vine released each other.
And stand there just breathing…heavily. Slowly Vine's right hand reached
out and caught Raim's left while her own left turned the knob to enter
the bedroom.
Raim paused on the threshold.
“Are you sure?”
A sweet yet sexy smile and
impatient tug brought Raim stumbling into the room. “Yes. I'm sure.”
As noises and rustling escalated
the door was closed by an absentminded wave of the hand and locked with
a few breathless words before even words were no longer distinguishable
form the pants and moans that filled the night; except for two screamed
names and hushed 'I love yous.'
----
It was a full week before Pam
was fully over being sick and able to leave her room without at least
one of her friends going too. As much as Pam appreciated the concern,
she was very happy to learn that she was completely healed and given
free reign once again.
The first thing on her agenda
(besides get out of the building) was to find and thank Mr. Manager.
Then she could devote the rest of the day to find and just be with Linfa.
If the angel will let her of
course.
Since school was still out
for another week or so Pam had plenty of freed up time so if Linfa proved
difficult, Pam could just keep trying until she succeeded.
Throwing on tight denim shorts
with a white tank top showing off her filled out black sports bra and
tying up the laces of her sneakers, Pam was ready to leave. Going out
the door, the red head called out to her two roommates.
“Raim, Vine! I'm leaving!
You two behave appropriately while I'm gone! I don't want stains on
my couch like last time!!”
“PAMUCHI!!”
Raim's outraged yell was accompanied
by non-stop giggles. Pam made good her escape from Raim's wrath.
On her way to the bus stop,
the former human woman decided she would rather enjoy the nice air.
From out of nowhere popped two full leather wings. Spreading them and
pumping hard once, Pam rose in the air and sailed through the sky, following
the road leading to the Guild.
It still seems amazing to Pam
that she could fly. Just a few years ago she couldn't even get off the
ground let alone soar through the endless blue above her head. Pam was
enjoying herself so much that she almost missed the restaurant on the
border between the angel's Chapel and the devil's Guild.
Stretching her wings up and
further back, Pam gently touched down right in front of the building.
Folding her wings and making them disappear to wherever they go when
she's not using them; the cute devil girl joined the afternoon lunch
crowd that was choosing between eating at Ziggurat or the angel's Café
Ishtar.
Not feeling hungry enough yet
to eat lunch and anxious to find Mr. Manager (ok, she just really wanted
to eat lunch with Linfa) Pam hurried past the spirits, devils, and angels
to reach Ziggurat just as the old red skinned devil chef came out to
open it for the lunch hour.
“Mr. Manager!”
The chef smiled at the young
female waving and coming towards him. “Pam! You're on your feet again!”
Pam giggled and gave her elder
a quick hug. If his skin shade suddenly darkened slightly on his fact
no one really took notice, least of all Pam.
“I came by to thank you for
helping take care of me when I was sick.”
Pam backed up and bowed formally.
“Thank you Mr. Manager.”
He bowed back and reassured
her that her thanks are appreciated but not necessary. “It should
be the 'Successor of the Aureole' that you should thank.”
Pam nodded and blushed. “I
planned on gong to find her after I had thanked you Mr. Manager.”
The restaurant chef just smiled.
“Then you better not waste any more time talking to this old devil
and go find your angel.”
Mr. Manager laughed at Pam's
bright red cheeks as he opened his business for lunch. “And if you
two happen to get hungry there are two meals on the house waiting for
you here.”
Still blushing, Pam flew up
again from the newly unlocked front door and waved her thanks and goodbye
to her favorite employer, receiving a thumbs up in reply.
“Jeez!”
Embarrassed but smiling, Pam
hovered above the restaurant for a moment, trying to think of places
Linfa might frequent where Pam could meet up with her.
“Most of her time is probably
spent in the angel's realm and I can't go there because of the treaty
between devils and angels to not set foot in each other's lands. So
by default that means she's not in the devil's realm either.”
Slowly floating towards the
Chapel just across the street, Pam thought she should ask one of the
local angels or spirits if they've seen Linfa today.
“The only place we can really
meet and hang out is here in Urk, in the districts. And I know she reviews
the books on the revenue and income by donations for the Chapel so she
has to come here at some point.”
Pam descended to the street,
this time on the opposite side of the road, near Café Ishtar, run by
the angels in direct competition with Restaurant Ziggurat. The crowd
here was about the same size as that of the one at Ziggurat.
“Good. That means there's
been no trouble for awhile.”
Pam was recalling the cook-off
for territory which she participated in during her first year as a devil
intern. A nearby spirit looked at Pam oddly as she came over.
“Why is a devil over here?
Usually they all go to Ziggurat or other places in the Guild to eat,
not the Chapel.”
Pam just smiled. “I'm looking
for Miss Linfa. Have you seen her around here today?”
The spirit was surprised at
Pam's answer. “No, I haven't seen the 'Successor of the Aureole'
today.”
Pam looked so crestfallen that
the spirit quickly added a tid bit of information. “But she usually
comes around this time on Friday to grab something to snack on while
she gathers the week's data from the Chapel.”
Pam's crestfallen look transformed
into an overjoyed grin. “Today's Friday! Yes!”
Pam leaped into the air unfolding
her wings with a snap before turning and shouting her thanks to the
spirit below her. The red haired devil then proceeded to hover near
the Chapel's cafe waiting to catch sight of Linfa since she usually
arrives by flying in.
It wasn't long before Pam's
pointed ears caught the sound of flapping wings. Her smile was soon
replaced by a huge grin that showed off her two fangs, as the long haired
angel came into view.
Linfa wasn't alone however,
but that didn't stop Pam from calling out and flying towards the group
of three angels.
“Miss Linfa!”
Pam didn't even really notice
the other two angels on either side of the older girl; she only saw
Linfa. The usually serious angel intern had seen Pam hovering above
the Chapel's café as she and her two companions had been approaching.
Linfa wouldn't admit it but she had been entertaining the idea of asking
the manager of Ziggurat about Pam's recovery.
Now she didn't have to since
it seems Pam found her first. Linfa was glad to see the devil intern
had recovered from being sick but the angel cursed the timing because
her boss, Aregna, was accompanying her to conduct his own report for
the year so he could present it to the other council members and that
meant she had to stay with him unless he released her from duty for
the day. Highly unlikely.
The third angel was of no consequence
since it was just Digitalis who ran Café Ishtar. He was also the one
to go against and be beaten by Pam in the cook-off. Digitalis was flying
with them to try and sell a new hare-brained idea of his to Aregna.
He wasn't succeeding and Linfa had long since tuned him out.
As Pam's approach and shouted
greeting, Linfa smiled a very small smile for two seconds before her
facial features smoothed back into their haughty mask. The smile was
seen though, by both Pam, whose grin grew brighter, and Aregna who just
noted it before finding his attention focused on Digitalis who still
harbored a resentment of loosing to the girl when she was younger.
“Well, if it isn't the little
girl who thinks she's a chef. What are you doing here? That low-end
eyesore of a restaurant is on the other side so you better run along
little girl!”
Can we say bitter! Linfa threw
a chilling glare at the mocking angel but before he could turn and catch
it, Pam ignored him completely and latched onto Linfa, almost causing
both of them to tumble out of the air.
“Thank you so much for helping
me Linfa!”
The words, whispered right
into her ear on a warm breath, sent shivers down the angel's spine.
Aware of the stares from the male angels, Linfa didn't return the embrace…or
melt like she wanted to.
She couldn't stop the blush
on her cheeks however and, again, Aregna noticed but didn't comment.
Firmly, after about 6 seconds locked in the hug, Linfa pushed away from
Pam's hold and held her at arms length.
“Miss Pam…”
Before Linfa could think of
anything to say, she was cut off by Digitalis who slashed at Pam with
the energy sword given to all angels.
“Get away from her foul devil!”
Pam was thanking the powers
that be that the crazy angel had bad aim…and that she did not. Nevertheless,
he did score first blood as evident by the trickle of blood trailing
down her left cheek and dripping off her chin.
“How dare you attack the
'Successor of the Aureole'! Begone you filthy creature!” Digitalis
pointed his sword straight at Pam, ready to attack again should the
devil move wrong. His bravery, of course, was a show he was trying to
put on so he could boast how he had defeated a devil defending the angels'
beloved successor. Then he would be promoted to a more powerful position
where he could call the shots and no longer be a lackey.
He had this scenario all worked
out in his head and it was riding on his memory of Pam as a little first
year intern, not the full-fledged devil woman floating in front of him.
His mistake.
Being taught by devils gives
a very unique outlook on being challenged, insulted, and made to bleed;
one that is much different from the angels' teachings. Devils don't
back down from anything like fights, especially when they know they
can win.
Raim is the reigning champion
of brawls and knock-down-drag-out fight. Pam is Raim's only real challenge
among all the interns and most full-fledged devils. But then, Digitalis
doesn't know this…yet.
A pink tongue snaked out and
grabbed at a few drops of blood dripping from the long wound. A smile
soon followed, chilling the blood of the sword brandishing angel.
“I won't kill him.”
This was the only thing Pam
said before she struck! Whether it was directed at herself or the others
was unknown, but Pam kept her word.
Her tail lashed out and crushed
the wrist of the hand holding the weapon rendering it immobile and useless
no mater how hard Digitalis struggled. Pam watched with amused and dark
crimson glowing eyes. The hand that reached out to grab the male angel
by his collar had seemed to sprout wicked looking nails and her horns
seemed to take on extra fine points while gleaming ominously.
Linfa was seeing a side of
Pam that she only caught a glimpse of once in a while whenever Pam battled
to make sure none of her friends get hurt by others.
'Wow…' Wide violet eyes took
in the scene of Digitalis frantically trying to hit Pam with his sword
and fist but missing and taking all the blows Pam threw at him. It wasn't
long before the 'battle' was over and an unconscious Digitalis with
many bruises and cuts was being held in the air only by his collar.
The victorious devil flew back
over to the stunned Linfa and expressionless Aregna. Turning to the
only awake male, Pam deposited Digitalis' form into his hands.
“Here, you can take him to
the doctors or something and while you do that, you can give Linfa the
rest of the day off so she can spend it with me.”
Linfa was horrified at the
way Pam addressed her boss but at the same time trying to hold back
the laughter at the incredulous look on Aregna's face. The quiet male
angel finally spoke.
“You do know who I am?”
Pam nodded and looked him square
in the eye. “I do know who you are Mr. Aregna.”
The most powerful angel seemed
to smile without doing so, then turned to Linfa. “I find myself having
a few unexpected tasks to take care of and your assistance is not required
so you are free to do as you wish until the following morning when I
expect you back for class.”
With that, Aregna flew towards
the Chapel; Digitalis hanging limp by his collar in Aregna's left hand.
Linfa bowed her head.
“Thank you.”
As soon as Aregna had landed
in front of the Chapel and went inside surrounded by various angels
and spirits who worked there, Linfa brought her gaze back forward towards
Pam to see crimson eyes riveted on her.
This flustered Linfa but she
didn't show it and just raised an eyebrow. “Well?”
Pam smiled. She had been waiting
to see what Linfa would choose to do. Her question was an agreement
to spend the rest of the day with Pam. Once again flying closer, Pam
took Linfa's hand and pulled her through the sky towards Restaurant
Ziggurat.
“I'm feeling hungry and I'm
pretty sure you are too since it is just past the lunch hour. And besides,
Mr. Manager said that there are two house specials with our names on
them waiting for us.”
“Why not eat at Café Ishtar?”
“Because Mr. Manager invited
us.”
Linfa let it drop. The old
devil had obviously helped take care of Pam so really, she didn't care
where they went to eat. Devil and Angel touched down softly on the street
in front of their chosen eatery, drawing all eyes to them.
It was very unusual
to see a devil and angel willingly spend time together. Nevermind that
one was the 'Successor of the Aureole' and the other was a fairly high
ranked devil in her own right. Pam on the other hand is considered an
odd one and so when the locals recognize her, they take the oddness
in stride and go about their way.
“After we eat here, we can
go to the sweets shop just a little further in and grab some candy while
we walk around the Guild and Chapel districts.”
Pam slowed down her excited
plans to shyly look at Linfa.
“That is, if it's alright
with you Linfa?”
Frankly, Linfa didn't have
any problem with letting Pam plot out their course; she just felt fine
being around the energetic girl. The angel wanted to share something
with Pam in thanks for the day out (she wouldn't call it a date…even
if it sounded like one!)
“There is one place I would
like to go at sunset…”
Pam nodded vigorously. “We
can do that!”
Holding the door open, Pam
motioned her companion to enter first. They seated themselves in a corner
booth away from all the stares and so they could both see the entire
room. Before they could even pick up their menus, Mr. Manager came over
with two house specials and glasses of water.
They ate and talked, getting
more and more comfortable in each other's presence. Two hours later
they exited the building after thanking Mr. Manager for the wonderful
meal, and headed down the road towards the sweets shop.
Heads whipped around to follow
the sight of the angel and devil traveling together without animosity
and eyes nearly popped out at the happy and relaxed expressions on both
girls' faces.
Not to mention quite a few
looks were driven by lustful thoughts. There was no denying that both
girls were hot. They were both in their late teens and filled out their
outfits very well. Each girl had exotic looks but was opposite each
other in coloring and that made watching them move together like watching
a most beautiful painting come to life.
The devil girl had a big happy
smile on her face constantly and was talking away to her partner. The
angel had on a smile too; a little less wide but still as brilliant
as her friend's. And that's how they were the whole time on their adventure
in Urk.
Leaving the sweets shop with
plenty of goodies between them they headed to a devil outfitting store
and Pam modeled a few looks for Linfa, getting comments and compliments
back for her idea. Pam eventually convinced Linfa to try on an outfit
and nearly fell out of her chair at how sexy the skirt and small halter
shirt was on the blushing angel.
Linfa got a lot of compliments
on her temporary look from Pam and while she went to change back into
her white uniform and blue skirt, Pam went to the old woman sales clerk
and told her to package that outfit up after they left and send it to
her dorm. Pam paid for it with the idea of giving it personally to Linfa
the next time they met then went to meet the dressed Linfa and they
walked out of the store.
They continued to wander Urk
until sunset, alternating between the two districts. Initiating contact
for the first time ever with Pam, Linfa grabbed the devil girl's hand
and spread her wings.
“Come on Pam, it's almost
sunset.”
Stunned but relishing the contact
she didn't start, Pam snapped out her wings and both girls flew above
Urk until Linfa set down in a secluded area of the Chapel district.
They were surrounded by flowering hedges that encircled a tall, old
tree with branches reaching past the hedges, hiding the small clearing
with a spring fed pond from most passerby. Bright red apples gleamed
from between dark green foliage and the setting sun cast patterns of
red, orange, and gold through the branches to hit the water and bounce
back.
Linfa let go of Pam's hand
and sat down at the base of the tree. “I found this place by accident
when I was flying one day and ever since then I come here to relax and
think once in a while. I do not believe anyone else but me, and now
you, knows about it.”
Touched that the angel had
shared something very precious to her with Pam, the devil girl sat down
beside Linfa after putting her wings away and gave her a hug. “Thank
you Linfa.”
The older girl allowed herself
to fall into the embrace and even return it slightly, awakening those
feelings that have been brewing in her chest all day. And they sat like
that for some time, just watching the sun settle down for the night
and the stars come out to play with the bright full moon.
Fireflies were dancing everywhere
in the surrounding area, creating a very romantic atmosphere that was
definitely affecting both girls.
Pam got up from the embrace
with Linfa and jumped into the tree. Linfa frowned in confusion at Pam's
actions and was pleasantly surprised when Pam came back down and crouched
in front of her presenting a fully blossomed flower and an apple so
delicious looking that Linfa almost didn't have the heart to take the
offering.
But she did and bit into it
as Pam wove the flower into the long dark strands of hair that crowned
her head.
“An apple for you so you'll
have something for supper.”
Linfa lifted an eyebrow. “And
the flower?”
Pam blushed. “Because I thought
it would look beautiful on you…and it does.”
Linfa's cheeks turned pink
as well and she held out the apple from which Pam took a bite. The trail
of juice from the apple was stopped by rose colored lips on tan skin.
Pam stopped moving, stopped breathing. Even her tail froze.
When Linfa pulled back and
licked her lips free of the juice she had just kissed off of Pam's cheek,
the devil's tail came to life again and wrapped around her angel's waist
under the white shirt, pulling Linfa closer.
Feeling the prehensile tail
squeeze and rub against her bare skin shot electricity up and down Linfa's
entire body and brought forth a small moan at the warmth pooling in
her belly.
Gentle hands took the apple
from long, lithe fingers and set it down before cupping porcelain cheeks
and brushing pink lips against rose ones. Linfa's freed hands reached
up and tangled in short red hair, pulling for a deeper kiss which Pam
gladly gave.
The kissing continued for some
time in between breathing breaks and roaming hands freeing each other
from their cloth restraints until all they felt was skin on skin.
Linfa's hands trailed from
Pam's toned abdomen up to her small breasts, lingering for a bit and
bringing forth deep throated growls before continuing over pointed ears
and through short damp hair until they reached the base of Pam's horns.
Then they held on for dear
life as Pam's lips blazed a fiery trail down a pure white neck to full
breasts and hard nipples. At the same time a teasing tail brushed along
sensitive spots around Linfa's waist and lower eliciting breathless
gasps and drawn out whimpers of pleasure.
Hotter and hotter things got
until they reached their climax with their partner's name coming forth
from gasping lips.
After a quick dip in the cool
water of the spring, they rested in the soft green grass against the
giant apple tree and finished the forgotten apple. Pam lay on her side
and pulled Linfa to curve into her embrace with the sneaky tail still
wrapped around the angel's waist. It was still bright enough out to
see the outlines of things and as Pam cradled Linfa close she kissed
her cheek.
“I love you Linfa.”
Slender arms rested on the
ones encircling her and the angel turned her head so her gaze would
connect with Pam's.
“I love you too Pam.”
The hug tightened a bit as
Pam smiled and brought out one leathery yet soft wing to cover her beloved
angel and keep her warm. And that's how they slept until Linfa had to
leave at dawn to get ready for her lessons for the day.
The angel kissed the devil
goodbye and they exchanged loving words and touches before they went
their separate ways; promising to meet up again when the angel had free
time.
That entire day, both girls
had ecstatic smiles on their faces and more than one person speculated
as to why. Raim and Vine definitely noticed Pam's absence during the
night and Aregna noticed the rumpled state of Linfa's clothing but it
wasn't until much later that the devil and angel would tell anyone about
their relationship. Pam having found contentment in being a devil, and
the removal of the Law of the Conservation of Luck, asked Linfa to move
in with her in an old house on the edges of Urk; living happily together
for the rest of their lives and bringing a peace between Devils and
Angels.