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WOLF DEVIL WOMAN
Chapter 12
Two weeks ago…
Kruger and Viola along with the tribe’s eager hunters were standing guard at the tribe’s main gate waiting for the arrival of the four HiME huntresses who ventured on an adventure to find the missing Shizuru and Mikoto. Thanks to Tomoe’s promptness, she was able to send a word to Kruger about them coming home but not to expect Shizuru and Mikoto coming with them as the Great White Wolf’s daughter isn’t well yet and that Shizuru is not capable of walking for long.
Tomoe also indicated that the chestnut haired HiME is being taken good care at the cave she was in and assured the tribe’s chief that Mikoto will be there with Shizuru to ensure her safety during their travel back, once the HiME recuperated well.
The sound of horn echoed around the tribe as the tribe’s guardswomen of the week, Akira and Sarah spotted the four huntresses about 200 meters from the gate.
“THEY ARE COMING!!!” Rosalie shouted which caused everyone to cheer. Almost everyone as the Krugers was just smiling in anticipation of the coming HiMEs. One Chrysant Yukino has teary eyes while carrying a cheering blond toddler as she wait for her mate’s arrival.
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“I could see the gate.”The sad undertone of Ain didn’t go unnoticed by Tomoe
“I think all of us could see it.” The teal haired woman said then looking at Ain with a frown, “Why keep that long face Ain? It’s not as if the world ends with you after being rejected by that red head! There are lots of HiMEs there willing to mate with you.” Tomoe said irritated
Ain glared at the smaller and younger HiME, “Can’t you give me this time to sulk? I can’t do this when I step foot in HiME!”
“Oi cut that out!” Haruka said, the smile on her face wasn’t fading
“Can’t give you some slack? I’ve been bearing with you since we left that cave! You’ve been sulking for one week! You’ve been doing that the entire time we traveled and its grating on my nerve!” Tomoe shouted
Ain pouted, “You don’t have to yell you know.”
Tomoe frowned more, “I’ll shout when I want to! If I have to yell at you every time to keep you from sulking, I will because you’re not making any progress at all! You’re acting as if you’re not a huntress!”
The murderous look in Ain’s eyes told Haruka and Erstin that an oncoming brawl is to happen.
“Stop it Tomoe!” Haruka snapped, stopping her movement and faced the two women at her back with a frown, “You Ain should stop whatever it is that you’re doing with your face, Tomoe has a point and you…” She looked at the younger HiME, “Ignore Ain if she’s grating on your nerve!” Haruka said before huffing in irritation, “The HiME gate is fast approaching and I don’t think Kruger will like it if the two of you ends up in a brawl here…before every HiME huntresses’ presence.”
Erstin smiled and raised one arm in the air, “I second Haruka!”
Haruka grinned at Erstin, “Good!” then she looked back at the two HiMEs who are now ignoring each other, made a victory smile and then returned her focus forward, “I could feel the HiME air…” she then closed her eyes and inhaled deeply, “And I could sense my Yukino’s presence.” The blond HiMe said then opening her eyes and looking at Erstin, “Race you to the gate!” She said and sprinted off as soon as the words left her mouth
“It’s unfair Haruka! You cheated!” Erstin yelled at the running HiME and then followed
Tomoe and Ain kept their pace and kept on ignoring each other as they walked towards the upcoming gate.
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Present day
Natsuki sadly looked back at her mother and Himeko-sama who were left at the mansion. She was boarding the large vehicle Chie usually reserved for group outing. Along with her are Mai, Chie, Aoi, Shizuru, Mikoto and the sad looking Nao.
Saeko and Himeko along with Miyu and Fumi were waving their hands at the departing group, Saeko made sure to go to HiME if the possibility of Natsuki asking for Shizuru’s hands deemed a success.
Inside the vehicle, Aoi took the front seat, beside Chie who was driving a bit slow for her taste. At the back were Nao, Natsuki and Shizuru. Mai and Mikoto were at the last row seats as the smaller HiME decided to continue her nap inside the large vehicle.
Nao was frowning at Natsuki and Shizuru. Since the night Natsuki told Shizuru about the blue haired woman asking for her hand, the chestnut haired woman would keep on hiding her hands from Natsuki and this will not go unnoticed by the dark haired woman and would snatched Shizuru’s hand when the taller woman would lose focus on her hidden hands.
Chie who was busy looking at Nao from his rearview mirror shook her head, “If you’re that sad for not taking Miyu with you, why the hell do you have to come with us?” she asked the red head
Mai who was busy caressing the sleeping HiME’s head smirked, “Nao’s whipped!”
The feisty red head looked back and growled at Mai who just giggle, “I’m not whipped!”
“Then why the heck are you sulking as if you’d lost a couple of million yen from the casino?” Chie asked again
Aoi laughed softly, “If you left me behind Chie I would do the same.” Aoi said teasing the long faced red head
Nao frowned more, “Baka! Miyu didn’t leave me, I left!”
“Oi…” Natsuki turned her head on Nao while she keep a strong hold on Shizuru’s hand that the taller woman tried to take away from her, “So if you’re going to be like this the entire time, why the hell bother leaving Miyu?” Natsuki then looked at Shizuru and gave the taller woman her best Kuga glare causing the taller woman to silently whimper and stopped struggling. Natsuki then returned her focus on Nao, “Or better yet, why the hell did you leave Miyu behind? We can still squeeze in one person inside!”
Chie and Mai nodded their heads simultaneously in agreement
Nao took a deep breath before turning her gaze outside the vehicle, “Miyu has so many obligations in the mansion, she’s not like anyone of us who can go out anytime she likes. She needs to work, she has a master.” The red head reasoned
Silence
“I’m sure okaasan and Himeko-sama won’t mind you taking her, I mean okaasan almost pushed you to Miyu which means it is okay for her to leave the mansion and be with you.” Natsuki
The sad red head nodded her head, “To Saeko-sama it is okay, but Miyu got this responsibility thing etched up well in her head and it’s not okay for her to leave especially if she has no idea how long it’s going to take.”
Another long silence within the group except for Mikoto’s snoring sound
Aoi noticed that Shizuru resumed taking her hand from Natsuki while the blue haired woman tightened her hold, “What the heck are you two doing?” Aoi asked Natsuki and Shizuru
Shizuru looked at Aoi with pleading eyes, “Natsuki meanie! Natsuki will take Shizuru hand off!”
Mai, Aoi and Nao looked at the two with bewildered eyes, “Oi pup! I never thought of you as someone who likes to mutilate her love one?” Nao said with her sad undertone gone replaced by a bemused tone of voice, “This is the reason why I decided to join in; I know something’s gonna happen!”
Mai shook her head in bewilderment, “You and gossip Nao, and I thought Chie and Aoi are the gossip mongers between us!” Mai said smiling at the two women in front. Chie just smiled while Aoi blushed at Mai’s tease, “So Natsuki ojou-sama, care to explain what Shizuru was saying?”
The blue haired HiME blushed and then shook her head no, “You’ll find out the sooner we arrived at HiME.” She replied
The others didn’t argue instead they decided to keep their mouth shut and enjoy their travel in peace
“Can’t you drive any faster Chie? I’ll bet my ass a kangaroo could overtake us with your kind of driving!” Nao said irritated
“The road is not smooth and I’m not taking any risk!” Chie replied angrily. Usually, the mellow voiced Chie got angry easily when her friends try to comment on her driving skills, a very sensitive topic for the tall woman.
“The reason why we used SUV is for rough roads Chie! Besides we’re not going into the forest, we are traversing a rough road, rough but still it’s a road and I don’t see any potholes!” Mai said loudly
The SUV screeched to a halt then Chie looked back at her passengers, “First, this is my vehicle so I’m going to drive the way I like it! Secondly, none of you knows how to drive even if your life defended on it so just take a seat and leave the driving to me!” Chie said through clenched teeth, “And if I hear another comment regarding my driving, I’m kicking you all out and let you walk your way to HiME!!!” she said
Shizuru smiled, “Shizuru drive?”
“The hell!!!” Chie cursed as she tried desperately not to pull all her hair from her head
“But Chie, would you kick me out of here if I’m the one to say…”
“You’re going with them too! I don’t care if we had a mind blowing sex last night, you’re going out if I hear you comment in any way about my driving!!!”
Four sets of eyes widened at the revelation and one crimson set rolled up in deep thinking
“Natsuki…” Shizuru tugged on Natsuki’s sleeve near her, “Did Natsuki teach Shizuru mind blowing sex?”
Chie who realized what she said paled and then looked at Aoi
“Harada…” Aoi growled
“Hehehe…okay I’m not kicking you out of…”
“HARADA!!!” The shout came from Aoi and one blue haired woman
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“Ara…did you hear that dear?” Viola was finishing the dress she made for Shizuru, a gift to her daughter on her return
Kruger stood up and looked outside, “Yes, it sounds like two growling animals to me…I’m sure one’s a wolf, but not so sure with the other one.”
“I do hope the wolf is not in danger.”
“I don’t sense any danger…well for the wolf that is.”
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It has been 15 minutes since Chie made a big deal out of the others comment. The tall driver now was sporting a light bruise on her left cheek where Aoi punched her after her unexpected confession.
Aoi was looking with worry in her eyes at the driver who keep on massaging her aching cheek bone. The brown haired woman can’t pretend to be angry anymore as guilt engulfed her heart, so she said, “Can you stop the vehicle?”
Chie looked at Aoi in bewilderment, “What? Look I said I’m sorry and I’m not kicking you out Aoi! If you want me to drive faster I will…just…”
“Just stop the vehicle Chie, please.” Aoi said softly
“But…”
Natsuki and Nao were the only ones awake so the two keep on watching at the lover’s spat in front of them
“Just stop this thing Chie now!” Aoi said angrily. She doesn’t want to be angry with Chie anymore, but sometimes the taller woman just got to do things that irritates her the most, like now how the hell is she going to kick me out when I’m the one asking her to stop this damn car! Aoi thought.
“It’s dangerous outside Aoi and I’m not…”
“I’m not going anywhere! Just stop the car and I’m taking something at the back!” Aio yelled causing the sleeping occupants to wake up
“What’s the matter? I thought it has been resolved already?” Mai asked Nao and Natsuki who was in front of her
“We have no idea what’s happening now, all we know is that Aoi wanted to get off the car and Chie won’t stop the damn thing!” Nao
“I haven’t seen Aoi this worked up.” Natsuki
Mai frown, “Aoi-chan, what do you want from here?” the calm red head asked
Aoi slumps her shoulders. The truth of the matter is that she wanted to get some ice to make Chie an improvised ice pack and she wanted to do it without the other knowing since she wanted to portray herself as mad and unforgiving, she wanted to look tough but she can’t especially on times like this that she’s the reason why Chie is hurting. “I just wanted to get some ice from the ice bucket we have at the back.”
Nao and Natsuki rolled their eyes, “You should have just say so!” Natsuki said and Nao nodded her head in agreement
Mai who read Aoi’s action understood and without disturbing the still dozing Mikoto, she leaned to her right to where the ice bucket is and took some ice, put it inside a clean handkerchief and handed it to Natsuki which the blue haired woman handed to Aoi
Chie looked at her girl and smiled, “Arigatou.” The tall woman said taking the improvised ice pack, but it was taken from her
“Just drive, I’ll put this on your face.” Aoi said while Chie smiled at her girlfriend. Chie actually made a smile of relief, “Next time, before you announce to the world our nightly activities tell me.” She said before harshly putting the ice pack against Chie’s cheek
“Aw…” The tall driver winced, “Yes honey!”
Natsuki, Nao and Mai were watching their friend happily
“Don’t worry Aoi, at least it was a slipped of the tongue for Chie and she spilled it after,” Nao said smirking, “Chie can’t beat how Mai announced hers to the world!” she said making the other red head growl in anger
“It has been a month Nao! Can you forget it already?” Mai angrily said, her face red
“Oh I heard about that!” Aoi said smiling, thanking Nao for the sudden change of focus
“Who’ll ever forget that day?” Nao said laughing along with Chie. Natsuki and Aoi just laughed along with the other two while Mai decided to just keep her mouth shut and went back to sleep.
Mai laid her head back on the head rest of the leather covered back seat when she felt Mikoto moving up, the smaller woman’s head finally resting on Mai’s well endowed chest, followed by the smaller woman’s hand resting on them…and that’s when a naughty plan entered her head, a plan meant to get back at her friends.
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“When do you think Ate will come back here?” Arika asked Nina, the two were sitting on the bamboo benched outside their house, “It has been a week since Erstin and the others came back and they said Ate was hurt…”
Nina smiled at her twin sister, “Ers kept on telling about the women in that cave they went to, she keep on telling me how two of the women there looks exactly like Nay, it’s like they actually saw another Kruger in that cave.” Nina recalled Erstin’s story during their brief stay at that cave
The long haired HiME laughed, “I recall Nay saying that Erstin’s story was stupid and that it was all make up!” The two laughed out loud, “Even said that there must be some magic in that cave and that the magic made some of the women there look like her!”
The young blue haired HiME frowned, “But Haruka doesn’t say stupid things and Tomoe and Ain did agree with Ers’s claim!” Nina said smiling
Arika looked at her twin sister, “Nina,” the other Kruger kid looked at her sister, “You have feelings for Erstin don’t you?”
The mere mention of the thought made Nina blushed deeply causing Arika to giggle
”You’re telling me that? How about you? Aren’t you smitten to that Mashiro?” Nina said loudly
Arika’s eyes widened, “Not so loud Nina! Miss Maria might hear and you know how protective she is about Mashiro!”
Nina frowned, “It’s not as if you’re going to mate with her already! We are still young and we can’t mate yet!” Nina shook her head, “Besides, if Nay learns about you being smitten to that Mashiro woman, she’ll probably make a pact with Miss Maria to have the two of you mate on your eighteenth birthday!”
Silence
“If there’s anyone who needs to find someone to mate? It should be Miss Maria!” Arika said
Nina was about to say something when her eyes accidentally caught the tribe’s elder presence at Arika’s side, “Ahh why…ahhh…”
“Why? Because Miss Maria is too grumpy! She needs another wife to mate with and give her more daughters! That way…she’ll stop harassing young HiMEs like us!” Arika said with a determined voice
“Really? So you think I’m too grumpy and that mating is the only solution?” Miss Maria interrupted
One could hear a pin dropped from the silence that followed. Arika slowly look at her side and saw a grinning Miss Maria, “Hehehe…I think I heard mother call out for me?” Arika said before slowly backing away from the grinning elder, followed by a nervous looking Nina. The two scampered on their feet when they were already on a safe distance
A New mate? That’s not a bad idea… the elder grinned wider, I wonder what Yukariko is doing at the moment…
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Chie was angrily looking at her SUV. The green colored large vehicle has two of its right side wheel hanging on the 5 meter deep trench on the side of the road and the only way for them to get it up right was to haul the SUV up and 3 couples plus one cannot do it.
(Flash back)
Chie and Aoi were finally starting to converse like they used to. Natsuki held Shizuru’s hand with her hands as the blue haired woman decided to sleep with the chestnut haired one. Nao on the other hand just focused her eyes outside and see the landscapes there which weren’t much since she could actually see forest on either side of the road.
A clearing of the forest was evident and the sun started getting higher signaling the passengers that full morning has arrived…it was at that moment, after a peaceful time passing the road on a decent speed that the front passengers, excluding the sleeping ones heard some noise
“Uhn…ahh…Mi-ko-“
“What the hell?!” Nao turned around but did not see Mai, it seemed that the fiery haired woman slid down at the back with MIkoto, “Don’t tell me they’re planning to ‘do’ it here!”
“MI-Ko-To!” They heard Mai moaned loudly
“SHIT!” Chie cursed as her attention and Aoi’s as well were caught by the loud moaning from the back
“No Mikoto…not here…not he…here-“ Mai purred and the awaked passengers and the driver felt the SUV rocking
“What the fuck are those two doing!!!” Chie shouted, her face very red from the image that was assaulting her brain
Aoi too has a blush on her face
Natsuki was suddenly pulled from her dreamless sleep by the rocking of the vehicle and the sudden increase in speed, “Is there an earthquake?” Natsuki asked worriedly, her green tainted eyes were wide
“Ahhh…Mikoto…ah…please…oh Kami, don’t you dare…s…stop….” Mai’s words were said in between pants
Natsuki’s face blushed deep red when she heard her friend at the back and realized what was the shaking all about, “FUCK!” Natsuki shouted and then she held on her nose when the image of Mai and Mikoto doing it attacked her still innocent brain (as if!)
“OI! Mai…get a room!” Nao shouted her face as red as that of Chie and Aoi but not as red as Natsuki
Shizuru who was pulled out of sleep said, “Ara…Mikoto and Mai mating again?”
“MAI!!!” Chie shouted and looked back
“Drive!” Aoi said but she has her eyes at the back of the SUV
“MIKOTO!” A screaming voice of Mai and the rocking became intense
“SHIT!” Chie can’t concentrate on her driving, her right foot putting more pressure on the SUV’s gas making them speed up more
“OH MY GOD CHIE!!! THERE’S A HOLE! THERE’S A HOLE!!!” Aoi shouted and that caused Natsuki, Nao and Shizuru to look forward and saw that they are going to hit the ditch
BLAG!!!
A still sleepy Mikoto rose up from where she was when she felt the sudden stopping of the vehicle causing her head to hit the back rest of the chair in front of her, she then looked at the woman who was supposed to cuddle her head, “Mai, what are you doing there on the floor? Where’s the bucket?”
5 sets of brows twitched and then looked at the busted fiery haired woman, “Hehehe…got you?”
“MAI!!!”
(End Flashback)
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“Ara!” The crimson eyed Viola looked up from preparing her family’s food, “It’s the second time I hear that growling sounds!”
Kruger smiled, embraced her wife and kissed Viola on her cheek, “Probably a pack of wolves hunting!” she said merrily, “I better head out and see what Miss Maria is up to.”
“Be careful now!” Viola shook her head and it’s not even wolves’ mating season!
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“So now, how do you think we could go to HiME when our only way there is trap in this ditch?!” Nao asked glaring at Mai
“What?” Mai said faking innocence
“Okay enough, we are here already and I don’t think we could go back to the mansion anymore, we are so far.” Chie said sighing, “I didn’t know I could drive that fast!”
Aoi laughed, “Your pants is wet Chie!”
“Wha…” the tall woman looked down to find no wet patch, “Aoi! I’m serious here!”
Mikoto climbed a tree and looked around and then smiled, “We near HiME! We leave that here and walk!” she shouted from the tree. At the suggestion Shizuru nodded
“We can ask Nay for help, we go back here and carry that, lots of HiME strong and there many HiME, we can carry that!”Shizuru explained
“WALK?” Aoi, Chie, Nao and Natsuki asked in not so happy voices
“Yes walk. We can run too. We arrive HiME in 4 hours walking.” Mikoto explain after jumping off the tree and landing on the ground perfectly.
“How long do you think it will take us if we just go back?” Natsuki asked
Mikoto frowned, “About one week!”
The others eyed each one, “I vote for HiME then!” Nao said
“HiME!” Chie
“HiME!” Aoi
“I’m not walking for one week! I vote for HiME.” Natsuki and the rest looked at the fiery haired woman
“Do I have a choice?” Mai said
Natsuki, Chie and Nao growled at the fiery haired woman
“Okay! Gomen!!!” Mai said finally accepting that their situation was her fault
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It was good that there were many of them and that two of the members of the group are trained huntresses. The four hours walked seemed shorter since the group was having a good time teasing each other, or hearing out Mikoto and Shizuru tell of their adventures in the forest. It was also nice that Shizuru were able to find a dried leaf and used it to write something for her Nay, whistling to call forth a bird to take it to HiME before they arrive.
So it wasn’t a surprised to Shizuru, Mikoto and the rest that someone will be meeting them at the gate of HiME, what surprised the non HiMEs were how many women were there at the gate to meet them.
And amongst all the non-HiMEs, Natsuki was the most surprised of all
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Kruger did not believe Erstin and the rest of the come backing HiMEs when they told her about the women who looked like her in that cave where they went to. But now, her eyes wasn’t deceiving her when she finally saw the group of people coming towards them led by her daughter Shizuru and a woman beside her daughter who was her look alike
“I think Erstin and the rest are telling the truth dear.” Viola said eyeing her stunned wife who was not moving despite their other children running towards their long lost sister
“I…I am seeing this right?” Kruger said then looked to her left side where Haruka, together with her mate Yukino, Erstin, and Tomoe was standing and looking at the coming visitors.
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Natsuki stopped walking when she saw Kruger at the gate looking at her, “Kami…she does look very much like my mother.” She said and felt a hand on her shoulder. She smiled at Nao who stepped forward followed by Chie, Mai, MIkoto and Aoi
“We will have one heck of a vacation here Kuga.” Nao said before walking passed the blue haired woman
Shizuru on the other hand waited for Natsuki to move and only stopped when her sisters tackled her to the ground.
-End Chapter 12-