Disclaimers and warnings can be found on the first Chapter. I might have mention Xena, the other favorite woman of mine and you all must know, I do not own her, though I wish I do... arrgghhhh! I wish I own a lot of women and make my own haremmm!
A/N: SORRY this is so LATE. There's a saying though, it's better late than never!
WOLF DEVIL WOMAN
Chapter 16
[Exactly four days later at the Kuga Mansion… ,]
Miyu was sullenly looking outside the manor's garden through the second floor balcony, her mind imagining her Nao-ojousama's face from the different flowers that bloomed under the care of Fumi-san's hands. Earlier, the pink haired woman has joined her at the balcony, but the taller woman's dour attitude wasn't made for good company even for the most patient Kuga Manor's steward.
So here she was, alone once again and day dreaming about a certain red headed woman. Her reverie though was interrupted by the sudden landing of a white dove on the balcony's wide railing in front of her. Miyu shifted her light crimson orbs to the dove that decided, in its own little mind, that eyeing the cyan-haired woman was a nice thing to do to pass its time.
Miyu's brows crunched as she decided to return the gaze. She bent her head to the left, and surprisingly, the dove did the same, so she decided to push on and bent her head to the right. Miyu's frown deepened when the 'mocking bird' followed. The cyan haired woman decided to cock her head backward, sure that the bird won't be able to follow, but to her annoyance, the dove still followed. She was about to experiment on how many positions she could actually make when her attention was diverted to Lobo's sudden appearance and howling, the wolf's attention on the small bird.
Fumi's assistant looked down at thewolf and smiled, "Do you know this bird?" she asked and got howling sounds for an answer. The wolf tried to stand on its hind paws to reach the bird from the balcony, this action Miyu knows would most likely draw the bird away, but to her astonishment, the bird remained unperturbed while pecking its spanned out right wing… and that's where she found a rolled paper inside a small brown container, "Oh… the bird got a note!" She exclaimed before reaching for the dove and plucking the paper out.
As soon as the note was taken, the dove, who seemed to bow to her in gratitiude, flew away. Lobo kept on howling while his eyes trailed the bird's disappearance. Miyu was startled at the bird's gesture first, but then remembered the paper at hand and looked at it. Inscribed on one side was the word おかさあん (1). Slowly, she walked out of the balcony and into the second floor lobby and absent-mindedly traversed the hallway that leads to the main staircase. It was at this state that one of the manor's minor servant bumped into her and caught her attention.
"Miyu-san!" the servant called out.
"Yes Ichi?" the cyan haired assistant steward asked, "Anything I can do to help?"
The male servant's face reddened, "Ano… actually, Kuga-sama was looking for you and I was on my way to the balcomy since Fumi-san told me that you were there."
Miyu nodded her head, "I'll see Kuga-sama then," she said before walking pass the still reeling servant.
"Ha…hai!"
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Kuga, Saeko thought that shehad lived long enough, had seen a lot and had experienced so much, that there are very few things that really surprises her, so when Miyu approached her with a small 'sandy paper' at hand, it did not faze her. She opened the small note and started reading.
The letter was written for her by Natsuki, so the signature says but the crude hand writing seemed to be not her daughter's plus the wordings were more like… ,
"Oh," Himeko was openly reading behind Saeko's, "Is that for real?"
The blue haired woman looked up at her lover and smiled, "I hope not, you do realize what this note is right?" she asked and saw the blonde haired doctor nod her head, while smiling. "But Natsuki didn't wrote this note… ,'
"I think that pensmanship was my Nao!" The Yuuki woman offered, mischief in her eyes that were so much like the younger Yuuki who is currently absent and with her daughter.
"Himeko…" she smiled at the standing woman, "…this is a note saying goodbye to me…"
"I realized that,"
"Our daughters forgot to clue us in as to why MY Natsuki is saying her goodbye..." The Kuga matriarch returned her focus on the note, "…and as to why YOUR Nao has to write it."
Silence
Which was broken by Miyu's coughing sound. The two older women looked up to see Miyu still standing by the entrance of the living room where the lovers were resting. "Ano…"
Saeko waved her hand in dismissal, "Don't fret Miyu, this is not Nao's farewell letter, she just wrote it for my daughter." She sighed.
"I wish we know what's happening to them… ," Himeko voiced out her thought.
"Maybe they are in danger," Miyu looked contrite, "We can go to HiME."
All three women eyed each other, "We do not know where it is," Himeko supplied.
"Lobo came from there, I'm sure he can guide us." Miyu responded.
Saeko laughed, "I don't know 'wolf-talk' Miyu, I may look like my daughter but I don't have the same ability."
"It is worth a try… ,"
The blonde woman laughed, then she looked at her lover with mischievous eyes, "I will definitely bring my video camera, this is worth the effort!"
The blue haired woman pouted and was about to retort something, but she was stopped by red, luscious lips on hers. "I think I was just conned to agreeing, haven't I?" Saeko's question was directed to Miyu who nodded her head in agreement. The servant's eyes beaming with happiness.
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[At HiME Tribe… ,]
"Achooo!" Natsuki was sitting on the grassed ground behind the newly built Nipa hut. The three roomed house was built by the HiMEs by the order of The Great White Wolf, Head Chieftain of the Tribe, a gesture of freindship to Shizuru's visitors from the far away land. Beside the blue haired woman was Mikoto, who like her was sitting on the ground in yoga position. Eyes closed and breathing in rhythm.
"Natsuki need concentrate… find center of power,"
The Kuga heiress opened her eyes and glared at the small woman beside her, "Achooo!" she raised her right hand to cover her mouth when she felt another sneeze coming but was stopped by another hand, not hers, now covering her lips.
"You should do as Mikoto says Natsuki-sama, that is if you want to at least have a fighting chance between those two tribe members!" It was Tokiha, Mai.
"Damn it!" Natsuki forcefully removed the hand from her mouth and glared at the fiery-haired woman behind her, "I cannot stop myself from sneezing! And Mai, I already know that I need Mikoto's help so will you please stop laying it thick on me?"
"Touchee!" Mai said grinning.
Nao who was sitting on a bench near the three women on the ground overheard everything, "Hey pup, maybe your mother got your message and is now offering a prayer for your soul!" she said loudly enough to be heard by the others.
Natsuki sighed, "Damn you Nao, you don't have to be cruel in that letter!"
"Hey I wasn't cruel, I was just telling the truth. Because from the way things goes… you're not in any condition to fight!" Nao replied smugly.
"Natsuki not able because she not focus!" Mikoto interrupted, then glared at Nao.
"Oi, why glare at me? Mai also interrupts Natsuki, as a matter of fact, she interrupts Natsuki-ojousama's training more than I do!" Nao whined.
The small warrior made a thinking pose, "Ah, well I mate Mai so I cannot look Mai bad." Then she smiled, "You? Not mate me, so I can!"
Nao grinned at the deep red color on Mai's face, "So all I need to do for you not to look at me bad is to mate with you huh?" the red head's grin went wider, "So, that's why I hear all those 'mewing' noises somewhere near your hut… ,"
"NAO!" Mai called out in embarrassment.
"Will you two shut it!" Natsuki shouted this time, the three women turned their focus on Natsuki and two out of three grinned at the deep blush on Natsuki's face.
"Oi pup… what's inside that head of yours?" Nao said in her most teasing voice,
"I can't believe how perverted you get around here, and to think that you…"Mai pointed a finger at Natsuki,"… actually fell victim to it too… !"
"Hey, you're talking as if there's a curse here Mai!" Nao interrupted laughing, "You had been lusting over female Ares here ever since you laid eyes on her, and that was way before we got here!"
"Baka!" Mai stood and was ready to pounce on Nao, "You're just jealous you don't get any cuddle time with anyone!"
"Mai…" Mikoto stood as well and hold on to the seething fiery haired woman.
Natsuki rolled her eyes, "Damn it Chie, where the hell are you when I need you the most?" she thought before she once again close her eyes and try to concentrate on finding her center. The operative word was 'try', since she have to tune out the noises made by her companions.
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Chie and Aoi were bored. In their spare time such as this, the two women, if not 'mating', goes around their neighborhood filing stories after stories… well… they keep saying they were gathering stories but… ahm… we all know what they really were.
[Chie looks at the writer with intent to maim]
"What are you insinuating hm… Ha-an-san?"
[Author-san started scratching her head]
Anyways, on to the story… ,
The two 'authors' as they call themselves, as I've mentioned were bored and talking to the HiMEs weren't fruitful due to the fact that the visiting women had no idea how to speak their language. Aside from Mikoto who was busy training Natsuki, only Shizuru could help them out, or perhaps Shizuru's mother, Ms. Viola. But because of the weight of the competition, the two chestnut haired women can't be found.
And there's no way for the two to ask The Great White Wolf what it is that they do in HiME to pass the time. The Head Chieftain may look like their beloved Saeko-sama, but still, meeting the warriror woman face to face was like facing the 'evil Xena' in person!
So what to do?
The tall, black haired woman along with the smaller, brown haired one were now gathering visual informations on how the HiME lives. Actually, the two were intrigued as to how two HiMEs who were both females could actually reproduce another HiME. From reading her favorite fan fiction: Strange Animal, by Shotgunneko, Chie has an idea about how those tribal people gain their 'third leg', but she is now in a real 'tribe' of women who begets a daughter from another women, the big querstion is: HOW?!
Was there a secret fountain here?
Or maybe a secret lake that transforms women to men for a certain period of time?
The thought of actually discovering this phenomenon made the two women restless the whole night, and so they went to do what they do best… INVESTIGATE.
The two were near the 'holy hut' guarded by the three high priestesses of HiME: Midori, Youko and Irina. The two visitors thought that if they want to investigate something unusual like 'growing another leg in between their legs', then they should first investigate the most sacred place of all –
THE HOLY HUT
They heard one humming sound, humming in a magical way. Chie has not found any crack on the wall to peek so she used her imagination of one priestess dancing in front of an altar, humming a chant… speaking in tongues as they call it. The tall woman beckoned Aoi to come near her and the two women puts one of their ears on the wall making the sounds inside clearer.
Their eyes met.
Aside from the humming sound, they could hear, though not as loud as the chant, a moan coming from another female. Now they weren't sure who the moaning female was, but it was safe for them to say that it wasn't anyone from the priestesses since the two, who hid themselves well saw the Priestess Midori and Priestess Youko went out of the hut.
And the door was left a bit ajar… what a splendid mistake!
Chie started crawling towards the slightly opened door, she signals Aoi to follow and both females peeked between the door to see what the ceremony was inside.
Tha tall, black haired woman suddenly cocks her head back. Aoi who was leaning on the taller woman's back was thrown off-balanced. She looked at her lover and she panicked when she saw Chie's nose bleeding on both nostrils.
"Chie…" whispered Aoi, her face shows true concern
"Aoi… that…that…that was just so…"
"…hot?"
The two visiting women looked back to see a grinning Shizuru.
"Shiz…"
"Come, we go back to house, we put sponge Chie nose." Shizuru shook her head, "You do not peek when my parents conceive new baby!"
"That…" Chie can't even finish a simple sentence.
"Secret of HiME, but I talk to priestess Midori and ask to talk to you. If she agree!" Shizuru said while helping Aoi pull Chie up.
"If no one is allowed to peek, then why are you here?" Aoi asked in bewilderment.
The question caused Shizuru's face to flush. "I saw you two crawl, I follow!"
Aoi grinned, "You young lady has some explaining to do as well!"
The chestnut haired HiME nodded her head, "We go?"
"Lets, if we don't hurry, my Chie may die of blood loss…" Aoi frowned, "Isn't it just our luck to actually walked in and see both your parents…" Aoi pointed a finger at Shizuru, "…and Natsuki's parents in a very intimate position?"
Shizuru's eyes widened, "You and Chie voyage?"
The smaller woman frowned, "Voyage?" then it dawned on her, "Oh, you mean voyeur!" The red eyed HiME just cocked her head to the side, innoncence all over her face. "Forget it! Let's get Chie to your house for fisrt aid."
"I agree!" Shizuru happily replied, "Don't worry, Shizuru not tell Nay you peek their mating ceremony!"
Chie who was slowly regaining consciousness asked, "Why what will she do?"
"You lose eyes of course," The HiME woman replied as a matter of fact.
Aoi rolled her eyes when Chie once again lost it...
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[One week later.]
"Are you sure this is the right path?" Himeko asked, her voice cracking due to the erratic movement of the jeep she, her lover and Miyu were riding. "I don't think our wheels going to last for long!"
"Damn it! Are we still on earth? With all these potholes, I'm beginning to think we're already at the moon!" Saeko jumped in, sensing the truth in her lover's prognosis of their vehicle.
"Don't worry Saeko-sama, this Jeep is tough, it has endured World War II so we are good to go!" Miyu who was driving said smiling. Not even the potholes could negate her happy feeling, now that she's on her way to meet with her Nao-ojousama. "Besides Saeko-sama, aren't you the one getting directions from Lobo?"
Saeko sighed, "Who knew I could do Wolf talk?" the blue haired woman shook her head.
"We are so going to explore that talent of yours when we get back to the mansion!" Himeko said teasingly.
"Himeko!" The older woman called out blushing.
"Ohhhh, that blush means a yes!" The blond haired woman rejoiced.
"The pup says we just go straight and we're heading to the gates of the HiME tribe." Saeko announced after eyeing her lover, the promise of punishment not lost on the older Yuuki.
Silence
"I think Lobo is right," Miyu said lightly, almost a whisper.
"Why did you say that?" Himeko asked.
"Because we have company… and I don't think they are happy that we are here," The cyan haired woman said nervously. The three women looked up to see tribal women, all up in the tree, swinging from one branch to another as if they were some beautiful species of apes . As they drew closer to their destination, more and more appears and alas… they descended from the tree…
…And in front of them…
They needed to stop.
"Halt! You are entering the HiME tribe property, you cannot go on!" A female warrior with long, black hair and nicely shaped breast said. "You should turn back!"
Since the only word they understood was HiME, the three remained in their vehicles. But Miyu turned off the engine. The cyan haired woman looked at her right were Saeko was sitting. Her blue tresses was covered by a brown hat, and her green eyes were obscured by a dark sunglass.
"Ill try to talk to this people," Saeko said.
"You're the talker, gon on," Himeko agreed and rested her back on her seat.
The Kuga matriarch stood up, this caused the warriors to make a fighting stance. So Saeko raised both her hands in a surrendering motion which the HiME understood and relaxed. The woman on the vehicle, as a sign of respect removed her hat and her sunglasses.
The action was met by gasps from all the warriors and then, suddenly they all kneel down in front of her.
Saeko was stunned and looked at Miyu then at her lover, "What the hell…"
And then there was the growling sound coming from a human, instead of a predatory animal.
"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS…"
Whatever it was that The Great White Wolf wanted to say was stopped as her emerald eyes met another pair… just like hers.
"Kami-sama…" Miyu and Himeko both mumbled.
-End-