From gorgo@kwangju.net Sat Dec 20 00:19:44 1997 Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 13:41:20 +0900 From: Fred Herriot Subject: [fanfic][lemon][UY] "A Remarkable Destiny" Part XVII "Koosei-kun?!" Koosei's eyes flutter open, his nearsighted vision picking up hazy images around him. One soon becomes crystal clear (no pun intended!...F.H.). "Oyuki-chan...!" he sighs, his hand gently grasping hers. "What can I do for you, dear?" "Ohayo," Oyuki leans up to kiss him. "How do you feel?" Koosei blinks, feeling a surge of knowledge race through a connection...to him, it felt like a tunnel...now existing between him and the woman he loved. "You put me through the matrix..." he realizes, feeling the Te'a's warmth flood his mind and body, then concentrates to dull his perceptions of That Power. "Why...?" "You know how the Sagussans feel about you, silly!" Oyuki titters, covering her lips. "Besides, it's happened to me, too. Everyone felt it wasn't fair for me to be so long-lived and you still being short-lived." Koosei blinks. "Oyuki-chan, you didn't have to do that, you know...I love you the way you are..." He tenses as a small flood of guilt races through their bond, mixed with more intense feelings of happiness and love...but not for him. Someone else. Oyuki was now a Sagussan, so that meant... "You have a bond-mate." "En," Oyuki nods. She shudders as a touch of discomfort floods back into her, followed by understanding, forgiveness and the heady narcotic of Koosei's love. Lyna and Koori, this felt wonderful! "Can I meet her?" he gently prods. Both then tense as someone else approaches, someone whose presence makes Oyuki fell complete. Koosei gazes at her, surprised that it is a familiar face from his journals. The Ashi'cha's sister, formerly Honii Aruka of Uru, now... "Honey," the physical education instructor smiles. "Hi, Koosei-kun. How do you feel?" "Much better...what happened to me?" Another woman...Oioai-oiiiui, now Catty, the "Hasei'cha's" senior doctor, Koosei realizes through his bond...walks up from his left. "Your physical wounds weren't difficult. Your mental injuries took us all by surprise. Near as we could tell, when they were torturing you, your brain put itself into a near-coma to protect your mei'na. To be frank, it would've been quite hard for us to restore you back to normal, but I suppose the empathy you shared with Oyuki helped you very much." Oyuki and Koosei redden at her compliment. Feeling his strength return, the Terran vagabond sits up, then gazes at Oyuki. He hadn't noticed that the Tritonian was now wearing the black- gold-and-light blue of External Affairs, junior minister's rank on her wrists. "Oyuki-chan, what are you doing in that?" he blinks. "While you were in my mind, I came to a decision," Oyuki bites her lips. "My bonding with Honey-chan places me in a bad position considering my place on Triton. It was bad enough in the eyes of some that I desired to marry a commoner, but now to be psi-bonded to one of the Maidens?!" Koosei feels himself chill. "Oyuki, you didn't..." "Yes, I did," Oyuki nods. "My parents took it hard, but they understood after I explained it. In fact, they might see it as a repayment for what the Gatherer did for us. Toji-chan accepted it quite well; she's willing to step into my place as Heir Apparent, surprise of surprises. If not, there's always Pukaze-chan." "Oyuki-chan, I never wanted you to sacrifice yourself for me...!" Koosei shudders. "Hey, that's what I said!!" Honey smiles. "Like it or not, Koosei-kun, we're in love with a person who's willing to make those sorts of sacrifices for us! 'Sides, it'll keep her close to Lum- chan and Benten-chan." Koosei jerks up. "What?!! Lum and Benten're involved?!! What the hell's been going on over the last bit?!" Before either women could answer, the sick bay door swooshes open to reveal Ryuunosuke. "Hey, Cats, what's the idea of you inviting some guy to dinner tonight to meet me?!" the pilot walks up to her bond-mate, arms crossed. "I don't want to meet anyone!" "Ryuu-chan, you're still shy of the idea of being close with Ataru," Catty smiles at her. "Besides, I think you'll like Hirosa- kun. He'll bring some of his friends." "Fuck, Cats, you know how these people look at us for crying out loud!!" Ryuunosuke shakes her head. "I ain't in the mood to have some idiot worship me like I was someone special..." "You're someone special to me!" Catty pouts. Ryuunosuke tenderly embraces her. "Hell, I know that!!" "Besides, I think he's more curious than anything else," the doctor kisses her. "Expose him to the truth of people like you, he might pass it on to his friends, who might start thinking twice about their 'goddess' and their 'holy company.'" "Oh, okay!" Ryuunosuke nods. "I'll go for it." She then feels Koosei's surprised stare. "Hey, you're up! Nice to meet you! I'm Ryuunosuke Fujinami, a friend of Lum's from Tomobiki!! Put 'er there!" she sticks out his hand. He offers his, then winces at her knuckle-busting grip. "You're the girl everyone treats as a boy because of your dad, right?" he blinks. "Forgive me, you look so much like the Engineer Commander, it feels odd to see you in a pilot's uniform." "Eh, it's cool!" Ryuunosuke nods. "I guess Lum and Jariten kept you up to date with everyone back in Tomobiki! Hear you and Sakura-sensei were old classmates! As for acting as a boy, well, Lufy...she's Eiuoiiaoii, by the way...smacked me around to see the light! Listen, we'll chat later, but I think your ladies want to be close to you! Be cool, Koosei!" With that, she kisses Catty, then races out of Sick Bay. "How many people're involved now?" Koosei blinks, staring at Oyuki. "It's a long story," Oyuki smiles... * * * "A Remarkable Destiny" a Urusei Yatsura lemon fic by Fred Herriot gorgo@kwangju.net **** **** **** Based on "Urusei Yatsura" created by Rumiko Takahashi **** **** **** NOTE: All standard lemon warnings apply. This is my second time at this, so please give me a break. I'll try to keep it as spicy as possible without going too overboard. WRITER'S NOTES 1) This story makes hint of the "spirit-sister" concept, where physical doubles of Ataru's female friends take their names and later will become part of Sagussa's cabinet, the Inner Circle. Benten-chan (#4428) will become the Defence Minister. Ryuunosuke- chan (#1123) will become Engineer Commander, the senior engineer in charge of everything from city construction to fleet construction to weapons construction to architecture. I won't be bringing the Inner Circle into this story; Lyna, it's complicated enough! 2) Koori is Oyuki's great-grandmother, the woman who, a thousand years ago, led her people, recently liberated from the Seifukusu Dominion's iron grip, from their ecologically ravaged homeworld to Triton. She is seen as the founder of the modern Tritonian state. 3) More Sagussan terms: SPS - Septillion (1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) bites per second. Standard indicator of computer operating speed (a Sagussan bite is worth a KB on Earth). 500 SPS-rated systems are normal for computers operating in the field. TPs - Thought Police. On Sagussa, to be called a TP is almost as low as being called a half-life. NID - Non-Interference Directive. **** **** **** PART SEVENTEEN - DREAMS AND REALITIES "It's ridiculous!!!" Noa snaps. "It's a wonderful idea!" Lum, herself having recovered from regeneration, kisses her bond-mate. "We're all going to bond with Darling tonight and do the tamgh va ragh with him, so why don't we make it really special?!" "But to put all that on?!" Noa points to the boxes on her bed, the items just procured by Shinobu and Sylia in the central market of Phentax Twenty-three's capital city. The Ashi'cha always had a bedroom assigned to her aboard the "Hasei'cha," which was beside Ataru's. Soon, Patty would knock down the wall between them to make it a bedroom for a five-person family. "Lum-chan, if someone sees me like that, I'll be the laughing stock of the Daishi'cha!" "Hey, Sylia'll be doing it!" "She always was a glutton for punishment, wasn't she?!" "Noa-chan!!" "Okay, okay!" Noa sighs. "Lum-chan, we've never worn stuff like this! You know how we take pleasure from skin contact!!" "Yes, I know, but on Darling's planet, wearing that makes you look sexy!" Lum asserts. "Don't be so ashamed, Noa-chan! It's all going to come off anyway; can't you enjoy a little anticipation?!" Noa blinks, then sighs. Being bonded to a non-Sagussan meant there'd be a clash of cultural mores, including sexual tastes. Arguments like this had to come sooner or later. "Oh, okay!" she nods, then smiles. "How can I not trust my marei'cha?" "Doghma do va, Noavayae," Lum kisses her. "Now, let's get out of here so Patty can do her work, then get ready! Darling's still on the Eliminator, so we got some time!!" "Okay!" Noa nods... * * * Hirosa combs his short black hair as he gazes at the mirror. So far, the distribution of food to the refugee camps was going full speed ahead, in accordance to Lum-sama's Desire. Staring at the Church pendant around his neck, he smiles. He heard that the Sagussans were witches out to destroy the Goddess and Her Holy Company and secure the Great Evil's victory. Yet the Sagussans had welcomed Lum as one of them, had even welcomed many of the Holy Company, even four of the Holy Apostles, into their ranks. The Fifth Holy Apostle wasn't dead, just wounded when he had taken innocent people hostage in a futile attempt to stop Ataru Moroboshi from reuniting with his adopted race. Rumour even had it that the Goddess had once accidentally visited Earth long ago, having been protected by Ataru from a strange world until rescue came...from the Sagussans. These Revelations were mind-boggling. He hoped he was worthy of entrusting them to others should the chance came. Beside him, several friends were dressing up and getting ready. Catty had asked that several other men come to the castle, where a small banquet was being held in celebration of Lum's rescue. In other refugee camps, doctors and nurses were having their own banquets, invitations open to those Niphentaxians who helped them distribute food. The fare would be light in respect of the suffering people. Checking his tie...civilian dress was the order of things tonight...he nods on seeing the spiffy-looking man in the mirror, then walks out of his quarters. A teleport beam soon sends him into the main reception hall of Hinan-shima's castle. The scars of the morning's conflict were still there. A circular table had been set out with a multi-course meal spread on it. Already there were many of the crew who'd come to save the Goddess and Sagussa's Elder Mother...including several of the Holy Company, now in form-hugging ankle-length dresses with deep V cuts revealing all sorts of cleavage. Hirosa gulps, praying he wouldn't embarrass himself in front of everyone, then walks up. "Hirosa-kun!" Catty, in a lovely dark green dress which contrasted her pale skin, walks up, hand out. "It's so good to see you!" "Doghma do va, I'sagh," he gently kisses her hand, then blinks as someone he knew all too well comes up. "Goddess...!" "Hi!" Ryuunosuke smiles. "I'm Ryuunosuke. Guess you know that, huh?" Now in a silky black dress, the tomboy tries desperately to keep her embarrassment in check. She liked duty clothing because though it revealed she was a woman, it didn't expose too much. Now she felt like she was buck naked in front of everyone, especially strangers. Since Catty had gone out of her way to make her bond- mate comfortable, Ryuunosuke keeps her mouth shut. Meeting this male version of herself makes Ryuunosuke feel easier. He was just as embarrassed encountering someone he considered a divinity. "An honour, Ryuunosuke-sama," he bows low. "Hey, don't do that!" Ryuunosuke chuckles, leaning down to move his head so he could gaze into her eyes. "Ain't no one gonna bow to me, okay?! It's cool!" "Uh...ah...of course," he flushes, then gazes right down her ample cleavage, now quite exposed due to the shift in her dress. Ryuunosuke blinks, then straightens herself, her cheeks reddening. "Relax, Ryuu-chan!" Catty laughs as she guides them to the table. "It's okay. Accidents happen!" "Wish they didn't happen so much," Ryuunosuke mutters. People take their seats. Hirosa blinks on noting that his friends had already been sectioned off by several of the Sagussan couples. It boggled him that these women formed relationships with each other before seeking a man to help have their children. But that was the way on Sagussa and they didn't seem inclined to change on anyone's account. He then sees the brown-haired beauty sitting beside Ryuunosuke. "Nagisa-sama...?" "Hello," Nagisa beams, wearing a light green dress. "Y-y-you're a...!" his eyes trail down to her breasts. "Yes, I'm a girl now," Nagisa sighs. "It's okay, Hirosa-kun, this is the way I wanted to be." "My friend Daiza might not like that!" Hirosa shudders. "Hey, Hirosa-kun!" a voice calls out from behind him. Everyone sees a slim man walk up, his long brown haired tied in a ribbon. Daiza didn't go much father in replicating Nagisa; he wasn't THAT brave. "Hey, Daiza-kun!" Hirosa shakes his hand. "Here, Daiza-san," Nagisa indicates the empty chair beside her. "Sit down and make yourself comfortable." He turns to look, then gapes. "N-n-nagisa-sama?!!" "Long story," she beams. "Here, sit down and I'll tell you." He immediately leaps into the offered chair, ready to hear THIS Revelation. The Sagussans around them titter, trying not to laugh too much at Daiza's devotion. If only some way could be found to redirect that devotion elsewhere; it would save the galaxy so much trouble. Sure, some sigh. And nightlizards can fly... Another transporter beam sends in Lum and her party. The Niphentaxians automatically rise, bowing to their goddess while the Sagussans politely nod to their Ashi'cha's bond-mate. "Please, don't rise on my account," Lum blushes, then offers her hand. Noa takes it and the two, in matching tiger-striped dresses, take their places. Ataru, who'd been fitted into his black dress uniform, sits beside Lum, the places to his right taken by Shinobu and Sylia, both in matching light blue gowns. Once they were seated, the Niphentaxians relax, returning to converse with their companions. Next to come are Priss and Benten, who declined to wear dresses, electing to wear black slacks, ruffled white shirts and chains to declare their clan-sisterhood. Finally come Oyuki, Honey and Koosei, the two women in silver gowns and Koosei in a casual pair of pants and a button shirt. The conversation is brisk. The Niphentaxians, while still adhering to their devotion to Lum and her friends, are quick to ask many questions of the Sagussans. Why did you chose Ataru? Do you mind Lum-sama being with him? Are you and Lum-sama really lovers, Noa-san? Why'd you bond with Benten-sama, Priss-san? What did Mendou-sama do to you and Nagisa-sama, Ryuunosuke-sama? The Daishi'cha remain relaxed, annoyed that they couldn't be friends with these people without Lum there to give an approving nod to her Most Faithful. Many pass warning glances to Lum, urging the Oni to say something when the meal was over. Lum sips her ran- jugh, returning their nods. Until now, she hadn't dwelt much on them. Their profound interest in her had been sweet...until Oogi bio-bombed Lecashuto. She then wanted them all to drop into a black hole and be out of her life forever. However, seeing Reiko and Anna being cared for by Noa and Honey, she realizes that she couldn't ignore them anymore. Tonight, the break had to come. She hoped she was ready for it. Finally, toasts are called for. The Sagussans toast Ataru first, thanking him for being there for them twelve years ago and for being there for them now. The Niphentaxians automatically toast Lum, though one with Reinoevan and Asukanoevan takes the profound step of toasting her relationships with Ataru and Noa. Lum's approving smile cuts through any potential dissention like a knife, then she rises, her eyes falling on her Most Faithful. "Twelve years ago, I saved a small boy in the Terrible Swamps of Uru," the Oni begins. "He was alone, scared, wondering if one of those monsters would eat him. I saved him not out of any desire to make you people love me...but out of the simple humane act of helping someone in need. That boy was Oogi as you well know...and that's how your present Church began. "Now, at first, I thought the whole matter was quite sweet. Your people united like you never had before, rebuilt your economy with the help of my people and became a serious player in the Federation. We didn't mind it; the threat you presented on their outspin flank made the Ipraedies think twice about subverting your neighbours in this part of the Federation. You even made the Yehisrites take pause, which is in itself a profound act. "Then, Oogi kills five million innocent people in punishment over the Mikado...ONE man...trying to hurt my family because of our friendship to Nassur," Lum holds up a finger. "That scared me. Five million, most of them having never heard of me, most probably not caring about Nassur-chan or why he became a renegade. It made me hate you, wish you never followed Oogi into creating the Church of Lum. It made me turn my back on your people. I didn't care about what you did next. How you considered several of my friends on Earth as my 'holy apostles,' how you looked on everyone else as my 'holy company.' I will say, I was VERY angry that you didn't respect my relationship with Darling...and I would have been really hurt if any of you came down to hurt him!" The Niphentaxians shudder, many looking down in shame. "But today you took an important step," Lum moves to cheer them. "For the first time, you realized those you once despised as 'heretics' and 'pagans' are people, your brothers and sisters, who in my eyes never committed a crime. I never asked for people to devote themselves to me. I never asked it of anyone from Tomobiki and I won't ask of it here. If you choose to model your lives after me and my friends, I won't stop you...but PLEASE, don't do things in my name anymore. I'm not a goddess. I'm not divine. I'm a normal girl with normal dreams...and I want a normal life." The Niphentaxians exchange worried looks. "Many would blame you all for what you've done...to the people outside this castle, to the people in Lecashuto, what you nearly did to Tomobiki," Lum adds. "I know you're all mentally inclined to mimic the social and cultural patterns of other races. That gives you a great power, a great strength...and at the same time, it's your greatest weakness. Phentax Two is strong in many places...but it's horribly vulnerable in another. And right now, one man has used that strength against you...and has brought suffering to millions! All I want...is for you to stop allowing him to manipulate you like that." "You're asking us to rebel against the President?!" the squadron commander, sitting with Eluza and Pony, gapes. "He sure as hell isn't worthy of being your president!" Ataru cuts in. "Look, when you offered to let your men here distribute the food, you did it because Lum-chan requested it, right?" "Yes." "And when Lum-chan asked the governor to do the same, she refused her!" Ataru snorts. "Oogi would've done the same thing or so I hear! No leader who takes his responsibilities of protecting and caring for his people seriously would ever do that! Lum-chan was making a humane request! Admiral, I heard that you yourself came down here to distribute food. How did you feel when you saw those kids smile when you gave them something to eat?!" The admiral looks down. "Very good, actually..." "Yeah...and I'll bet not all of it was because you were following Lum-chan's request," Ataru nods. "I'll bet that all of you deep in your hearts realized that helping the weak is in itself a great reward! In a sense, you became Lum-chan, you did what she did to Oogi twelve years ago! Do you feel divine right now?!" "No," the admiral blinks. "That's right," Ataru nods. "Lum-chan doesn't think herself divine...yet all of you fall over each other to proclaim her as the One True Goddess. Shinobu-chan worships a man her faith proclaims the Son of God," he indicates his first girlfriend. "Yet if you ask a Muslim, he'd say Jesus was a prophet, but certainly not divine; not even the Prophet Mohammed is seen as a god. And if you asked a Jew, he'd declare that Jesus was a heretic for proclaiming he was the Messiah, or an innocent victim of other heretics who believed he was the Messiah. And if you went back two thousand years to meet Jesus, I'd bet that all you'd see was a carpenter's son teaching people how to love each other." Shinobu gazes at Ataru. "Oogi is a dictator," Lum asserts. "He doesn't care about your feelings. He certainly doesn't care about what the people outside this castle feel. All he wants is loyalty. I don't demand that of my friends. My friends have no right to demand Darling be loyal to me; that's Darling's decision and it always has been. So why should Oogi demand that you be loyal to the way he looks on the universe? That isn't fair!" Silence falls as the Niphentaxians consider the point... * * * "They really were nice," Daiza hums as he and Hirosa walk through their ship later. "I mean, they didn't look at us like we were monsters or anything like that." "No, they didn't," Hirosa sighs. "In fact, they kinda pitied us for being the way we are. Daiza, have you ever really thought about them? About Lum and her friends?" Already the religious inflictions, the respect, were fading. "Not really. I just believed what my priest told me. I never thought I'd actually have the chance to meet them in person." "Neither did I," Hirosa muses, then blinks as a thought comes to him. "And did you hear what Lum said about what she felt about the President? Do you think Oogi would've kidnapped her, forced her to come here to be with us?" "I wouldn't put it past any in the hierarchy," Daiza shudders. "You heard what Ataru had to do to the governor. You know what the priests said about how they were treating the heretics...who really aren't heretics in Lum's eyes," he waves his arms around, then sighs. "They lied to us." "All of us," Hirosa shudders, then blinks. "Hi, Kosoko!" Approaching them is a pretty woman with short-cut shaggy blonde hair and blue eyes, dressed in plain civilians. "Hi, guys," the ship's communications officer smiles. "Have you heard what everyone's been saying about Lum and the others?" "News spreads fast; you didn't say 'Lum-sama,'" Hirosa smirks, holding up a finger. "Real fast; the admiral's already contacting the ground troop units across the Union to spread the word," Kosoko nods. "I mean, we can't trust the priests or the government anymore; they're all in Oogi's pocket." "If someone isn't careful, we'll wind up being controlled by a military junta just like on Uru," Daiza nods. "Kosoko, what do you think? About Lum and everyone else?" "Not much, really," Kosoko shakes her head. "I mean, I know they're nice people and all that, but I never really bought into it like some have. Don't forget, I can't see any sensitive messages concerning the Faith; they're automatically controlled by the priests aboard our ships, remember?" Kosoko had always complained about that, the two marines knew. Every time something came in that was specially encrypted, she, her technicians and signallers were forced out of the communications room by the priests, who then spent hours deciphering it, then erasing it from the logs. Kosoko was by nature very curious; she had spent three years trying to break the priests' codes. "Hey, Kosoko, you want help in cracking those codes?" Daiza wonders. "Sure!! You got the code books?!" Kosoko laughs. "Even better!" Daiza smiles. "There's a master hacker in Pathfinder Troop Six: Nene. No computer's safe from her." "Can she come aboard?!" Kosoko asks. "Let's ask!" Hirosa waves her down the hall. They proceed to the comm room. Kosoko sits at her station, then opens a channel. "Sagussan starship 'Hasei'cha,' this is Niphentaxian starship 'Netsuai no Megane.' Come in please." "'Hasei'cha,' Spea here," the voice calls back. "Problem?" "Um...actually, a personal thing," the Niphentaxian smiles. "Can you ask Chief Petty Officer Nene to come aboard?" "I'll get here up here. Just a second," Spea breaks off. A moment later, Nene's voice echoes back. "Nene." "Um...I'm Lieutenant-Commander Kosoko, the communications officer. I have a problem with my comm unit computers, their encryption gear. We heard you're the best at handling this..." "You're going to let ME at those things?!" Nene purrs, then giggles. "Be there in ten seconds." Ten seconds later, Nene (with her personal labtop in a bag slung over her shoulder), Linna, Priss and Benten (the latter two armed with pistols) beam aboard. "Hi, I'm Nene!!" the Ellisan-born redhead offers her hand, then does the introductions. "This is my bond-mate Linna, Priss and you should know Benten. Hey, Daiza-kun, Hirosa-kun!" she waves to the two marines. "How'd you like to go aboard the 'Hasei'cha' and see Ryuu and Nagisa again?" Both men jolt surprisedly. "W-we don't w-want to b-be any p- problem...!" Hirosa stammers, waving his hands. "They want to see you," Nene smiles, then taps her wrist-comm. "Nene to Spea. Ryuu's and Nagisa's friends are right in front of me waiting to come over and be our friends." "Beaming them over now," Spea laughs. The two disappear in a transporter beam. "Okay, so what's the problem?!" Nene gazes at Kosoko. "Well, I know what Lum said to everyone in the castle," Kosoko smiles. "I think if you really want change, we have to see the copies of the diaries we get our holy texts from. Could you...?" "On it!" Nene sits at a station, draws out her machine, sets it up, then plugs it into a universal probe which is inserted into a disc drive beside the monitor screen. Powering up her labtop, she sends initial probes into the battlewagon's system to do a general scan. "Not bad," the Sagussan stares at the schematics now flashing on her labtop. "You copied all this from the Vosian ships you captured when the Mikado tried to attack Lumukyou, right?" "It was upgraded when I came aboard," Kosoko nods. "You have to admit, the Vosians are excellent when it comes to comm gear." "Still some millennia behind us," Nene hums as her hands dance over the keyboard. "Don't hurt her pride too much, Nene," Priss chuckles as she and Benten relax by the door. "I'm just stating fact," Nene muses. "Ah, here we are! This is your secure comm gear...eh?! Why've you got two systems?!" "One's for fleet communications," Kosoko reports. "The other is used by the priests whenever new Revelations are sent from Oogi and the high priests in Lumukyou. That's the system I've been trying to get into over the last three years." Nene smiles. "We have a baby hacker here," she laughs, then sends her diagnostic probes into that system. "Well, you've been doing it the wrong way, Kosoko-chan. I'm gonna teach you how to be a proper hacker before I'm done here." "Watch her, Kosoko-chan," Linna smiles. "The computer doesn't exist that Nene-chan can't crack!" Kosoko blinks in awe as Nene's hands fly over her keyboard. Instantly, the encryption program comes up. "I've got a five hundred SPS-speed system in my little machine, bugger!" the hacker laughs maniacally. "You ain't getting out of this one!!" The Niphentaxian gasps as the encryption program is shredded by the machine. "There're your codes," Nene points at the final readout two seconds later. "Goddess, now THAT'S complex!" Kosoko muses, gazing at the codes. "Can you dip into the system to get at the stuff that was erased from the comm logs?" "In five seconds," Nene huskily growls, playing her keyboard like a maestro as she jabs into the amassed memory, stripping away the blocks and yanking out the information in the promised time. "There you go!" she sends it to the datadisk printer. Kosoko gapes as a dozen hardcopies are made and dumped out of the machine. "Unbelievable!" she stares at them, then runs over to the inter-ship BBS, then starts downloading it. "What are you doing?" Benten wonders. "Everyone deserves to see this," Kosoko begins a mass posting. "If Lum really wants us to change, they have to know what everyone in Tomobiki and all of you've really thought." "Hey, how did you get all that information anyway?" Benten wonders. "I always wondered how the heck you have a Book of Benten, a Book of Lan, a Book of Oyuki, a Book of Invader and a Book of Jariten in your scriptures." "It's easier to obtain your diaries; they're all on computer systems that can be hacked," Nene looks up from her station. "With the systems they got from the Vosians, no computer in the Galactic Federation or almost everywhere else is safe." "WHAT?!?!?!" Benten screams, then grabs Kosoko by her shirt collar. "You mean somebody's been hacking into MY computer to read MY diary?!! Who the fuck gave you the right to do that?!!" "Whoa, tiger, reign it back, huh?!" Priss cuts in. "You can't blame Kosoko for this; she was as blind to all this as you were!!" Benten blinks, then lets Kosoko go. "Sorry..." "It's okay," Kosoko shudders, then programs her computer. "There! The last bit's out...eh?!" she looks at the screen, then gapes at the information. "This is wrong!!" "What is?" Priss looks down. "This is from Megane's diary," Kosoko points to the machine. "Dated from two weeks ago. 'Lum-san is punishing us because she wants Ataru to say he loves her. Does he love her? I think so, but Ataru's always had a problem about admitting his feelings. I suppose that's really no problem; I was the same way when I first met Lum-san. But...how could Lum-san punish her friends, try to destroy Earth, just to make Ataru admit that in public? It's only going to make matters worse for them!'" "That'd be after Lum put out the memory-erasing device," Benten muses. "Benten, this should correspond to the first verse in Chapter Thirty-three of the Book of Megane. 'The Goddess seeks to punish the Great Evil for his refusal to accept Her Light. He cares not for Her. I know he despises Her Goodness, Her Light. I have seen Her Truth; the Great Evil has not. For that, to punish him, I accept the Goddess' desire to deny us Her Light, I will do anything for Her to win Her Final Victory over the Great Evil. No sacrifice is too great.'" "Fuckin' poetic...for a piece of crap!" Priss sneers. "Don't you see?!" Kosoko stares at them. "The whole attitude of this is completely changed. In his diary, Megane felt betrayed when Lum decided to use the memory erasing device to make Ataru submit. You wouldn't think that if you read our version." She gapes in disbelief at the screen. "We've been lied to..." "Yep!" Priss pats her shoulder. "Ain't nothing wrong with feeling lousy about it, Kosoko. The question now is...what are you going to do about it?" The communications officer blinks, then her mouth becomes an angry slash. "Nene, can you hack into the central computer at the Great Lum Church in Lumukyou?!" "Sure, if you don't mind waiting...unless..." Nene quickly taps several commands into her labtop, sets up a small aerial, then taps her wrist-comm. "Nene to Eliminator. Cassandra?" "*Yes, Nene?*" the superdreadnought's computer replies. "How soon are you going to wreck the System Destroyers?" Kosoko gapes, horrified at the implications of THAT. "*We were about to leave,*" Cassandra reports. "*Is there a problem?*" "Yes. I need to get at the computer of the Great Lum Church in Lumukyou on Phentax Two. However, this ship's transmitters are way too slow for me and they could be jammed. Can you relay the info via your systems?" she taps a command into her labtop. "*Just received your modem codes,*" Cassandra reports. "*Will transmit when I'm done. Later.*" "Later!" Nene smiles, then stares at Kosoko. "Relax, Kosoko- chan. Shitto Paama's aboard the Eliminator. Cassandra won't blow them up until the crews on those things evacuate." "But if you destroy the System Destroyers, it'll leave us vulnerable to outside attack!" Kosoko cries. "Hey, it's cool!" Priss snorts, placing a friendly hand on Kosoko's shoulder. "If anyone tries to hurt people because of Oogi's mistakes, Ataru won't let them. He wouldn't forgive himself if defenceless people are wiped out." "I hope so," Kosoko shudders. "'Sides, it's the best way to keep Oogi from attacking Earth," Benten adds. "If he realizes his homeworld is threatened, he'll have to turn back to attack us here." The blonde Niphentaxian smiles, then shudders as she hears a furious knocking at the door. "Who is it?!" she calls out. "Heretic!!!" a woman's voice shrieks from outside. "Kosoko, you traitor!!! How dare you break into our logs?!! Surrender at once or suffer the consequences!!!" "Oh, shit, the fuckin' TPs just arrived!" Priss yanks out her pistol, then moves to the door. "That's Manuge!" Kosoko hisses, then icily smiles. "She's a really dumb priestess, more of a bully than anything else!" "She doesn't have friends outside," Priss feels the wall as her meisuyang fire through the steel. "Do you think the rest of the crew're seeing what you're putting out?" "Definitely," Kosoko nods. "Everyone has to know how to work the BBS so they can see all the new scriptures." Priss and Benten exchange looks, then both draw back from the door, pistols out. Kosoko unlocks the door, then relaxes. The door bursts open and Manuge, a busty woman with rose-coloured hair and blue eyes, looking like the bunny girl from "Otaku No Video" save for her being in a Shinto priestess' robes, storms in, her hands gripping a very large spirit sensor. "Heretic!!!" she moves to belt Kosoko. "How dare you...?!" "Drop it!" Priss' pistol taps the girl's head. Manuge freezes, then gulps as Benten comes up, her gun at the priestess' throat. The intercom sounds off. "Admiral Yotsureta to Commander Kosoko," the squadron commander hails. "Yes, Admiral?" Kosoko presses the intercom by the door. "Is that all you could get from the priests' hidden logs?" the admiral wonders. Kosoko blinks surprisedly, then beams. "We'll be getting more in a couple of hours. Chief Nene has to get into the central computer in Lumukyou first. A Sagussan warship will be wrecking the System Destroyers very soon, then they'll start." "I better contact Admiral Jihi to get his bases evacuated before then," Yotsureta muses. "Carry on, Commander. Oh, the priests have been placed in custody and charged with high treason, but Priestess Manuge is missing. Is she with you?" "Yes, sir. Master Chief Priss and Chief Benten are here with me now; they're keeping her busy." "Very well. Carry on, then." "Aye, sir," Kosoko smiles, then closes the door. Manuge shudders, then is grabbed by Priss and Benten and nearly pitched in a technician's chair. "Siddown and make yourself at home, bitch!" the former snarls, then yanks off her chains and binds the priestess down. "You'll be here for a bit!" "Well, while we're waiting, let's hack into the priests' other records, shall we?" Nene starts playing with her labtop. "Damn, this is just as good as sex!" For Sagussans, that comment is just as inviting to perform the act in question as "do you have a cure for a headache?" "Linna, haven't you make love to this girl in the last while?!" Priss stares at her troopmate. "We've been busy with Ten-chan and Minami-chan," Linna sighs, then kneels beside her bond-mate. "Care for a little TLC?" "Just a second," Nene finishes with her labtop, then twirls around to give Linna access. "Be my guest." Kosoko's eyes widen as Linna pulls up Nene's skirt, exposing her dampening south gate for the former's inspection. "Oooh, I haven't tasted this in a couple of days," Linna purrs as she spreads Nene's legs, then dives in. The communications officer gapes in shock on seeing Linna passionately fleck at Nene's tower, then probe deep into her gate with her very agile tongue. Nene gasps as the soft invader swarms into her quivering gate, not as large as Ataru's beautiful ram when they were with the Daimon'cha, but just as enjoyable. Seeing that, Kosoko feels her own loins fire. An urge to run away, give the Sagussans privacy, fires up her spine...then is replaced by even greater curiosity as she sits down to watch. Priss and Benten smile, then the former locks the door, then sits on a nearby couch, thoughtfully put there to allow crew to doze off during quiet shifts. Benten sits beside her, the two slipping into a tender embrace as they begin to passionately kiss. Kosoko stares at Manuge, who has welded her eyes shut to avert her from seeing one of the Holy Company being seduced by the Sagussan harpy. Feeling an icy surge of revenge, Kosoko reaches into her desk, pulls out some duct tape, then draws a piece over Manuge's face. The priestess tries to scream, but her voice is caught by her sealed lips. Kosoko then tapes her arms and legs to the chair, pinning her down perfectly. She then draws a pair of scissors from the desk, waving it in from of the wide-eyed Manuge. "I think you need a lesson in how to be humble!" the communications officer chuckles morbidly as the scissors attack the priestess' vestments. Manuge vainly howls as the red skirt and white jersey are ripped away from her, revealing a lace silk bra barely able to contain her ample superstructure and a pair of dark panties. "Oooh, Priss-san, Benten-san, look at this!" Kosoko mockingly laughs as she wheels Manuge up to them. "Doesn't she look nice?!" Priss and Benten look. "Oh, boy!!" the former whistles. "Now, she is nice! What do you say, Ben-chan?!" "Bet she gets favours from those wanting to do a priestess of Lum...even when she doesn't look like her!" Benten cackles. "Leave her with us, Kosoko!" "Yes, ma'am," Kosoko titters as she turns back, then gets another eyeful of Nene being eaten out by Linna. Her loins again start to heat as she gazes at the look of sheer pleasure on Nene's face, then she pulls up another chair to take a closer look. After all, if Linna and Nene were going to do it in public, she figured they didn't mind an audience. Neither Linna or Nene care. For the former, tasting Nene's musky love juices is enough, her finger thrusting into her warm gate. Every time she thrusts in, Nene's panting increases, her meisuyang lancing through their bond to drive Linna on. Her own gate was moistening quickly, her free hand hiking her gown up so it wouldn't get wet from her love juices flowing from her gate. In Nene's hazy vision, she sees someone close by, someone who while not a part of them, had sacrificed much to understand them... and better understand the lies perpetuated on her own people. Despite the enormous amount of good it would do for them all, Kosoko's loss of innocence was still a serious NID violation. It required some sort of repayment, something to be done to allow Sagussa's honour to be restored. Kosoko breathes in as she watches Linna dig away. She never looked at women as people to be sexually attracted to; like most people her age, she had lived something of a monastic existence since joining the Defence Force. Matings were only allowed when priests like Manuge picked two people and allowed them to marry in the Goddess' name. *Another damn way of controlling our lives!* the communications officer screams with frustrated rage, then sighing on seeing the beautiful love before her, decides to explore a little freedom on her own. Nene blinks surprisedly as Kosoko undoes her tunic and unzips her pants, her fingers diving for her south gate under those nice lace panties she wore. Like her fellow Daishi'cha, Nene couldn't stomach the concept of lingerie; it seemed such a flimsy way of protecting oneself for no obvious reason. Everyone usually bathed and swam together in unsegregated public places back home, so what was the need to protect one's privacy? Besides, having maximum skin-to-skin contact while making love enhanced the experience all the more, allowing the lovers' empathic senses to drink up each other's emotions like they'd drink up one's namghmun juices. "Linna..." she pants. "Yeah...?" Linna looks up. "We have a friend who needs a little help," Nene points. Linna turns to see Kosoko leaning back in her chair, one hand massaging one of her plump meijasha, the other gonging her tower with gusto. Exchanging looks like her bond-mate, she stands up, slips off her dress, then walks over to kneel beside the panting Niphentaxian. Nene gets up at the same time, spares a brief look at her labtop, then after undressing herself, kneels to the opposite sides. "Kosoko-chan?" she gently prods. Kosoko opens her eyes, then blinks surprisedly on seeing Nene and Linna so close. "Do you want some help?" Linna smiles. A burst of embarrassment shoots up Kosoko's spine, but her loins have other ideas. Nodding, she feels Nene's and Linna's arms snake under her as they boost her from the chair, then carry her into a secluded room next door. How'd they know that was her private day cabin? Did they have the ship's schematics memorized before they came aboard?! Still, there was a small bed there, which would be a lot more comfortable than a chair. Laying her down, Nene and Linna place themselves to both sides of Kosoko. In the main communications room, Manuge shudders fearfully as Priss and Benten gaze at her, unable to move thanks to the duct tape keeping her arms and legs locked down. She couldn't even scream for help; the other priests were all in the brig thanks to that traitor Yotsureta. Worst of all, the secrets of the Church were being exposed to everyone, threatening the priests' hold on power and Oogi's total control over them all. While having never participated in Holy Interpretation...she was at most a year from finishing her lessons...Manuge did know how things were changed from the diaries to keep the Faithful from questioning things about the Goddess and the Holy Company. Because of what happened, her hatred for the Great Evil now knew no bounds. Her hatred for the Sagussan harpies who gave the Great Evil such power was just as passionate...especially with one ready to rape one of the Holy Company, Manuge helpless to stop the tragedy from happening. Unfortunately, her emotions are an open book to Priss and Benten. "Boy, you really got to admire their loyalty to you guys, Ben-chan," the former hums. "Yeah," the latter muses, then exchanges an evil smile with her bond-mate. Priss nods, then Benten stands, reaching over to gently pull the duct tape from Manuge's mouth. "You can't scream for your buddies," the Fukunokami warns as she tries to keep the priestess' skin from being shredded. "They're all in the clink. You can't hope to change people back to the way you want them; this is all going to get out very soon if I know Lum and Ataru...and I do." "Benten-sama, how could you let this harpy seduce you away from Lum-sama?!" Manuge feels tears well in her eyes. "She didn't seduce me, Manuge," Benten smiles at her. "Priss gave her love to me of her own free will and I gave my love to her right back...OF...MY...FREE...WILL!!!!" she growls. "You don't fucking control my life, you sanctimonious bitch! Your pals don't control it and that motherfucker Oogi sure as hell doesn't!! I give MY love to whomever I want whenever I want!!! GOT ME?!?!" Manuge shudders. "H-h-hai..." "Good!" Benten sneers. "Normally, I don't pillow my bond-mate with someone gawking at us, but to make sure you get the idea, you're going to watch me make love to Pri-chan...and if I fucking see you look away or close your eyes, I'm gonna show you what Eternity REALLY means, 'cause I'm gonna send you on a one-way trip to Bensaiten's Grave!" she holds up her fist threateningly. Manuge gulps fearfully as Benten turns back to Priss, drowning the latter with a wet kiss. She wanted nothing better to do than run away and hide, but she also knew that Benten would live up to her promise. How could this happen? Where were the spies sent to watch over the Holy Company; why didn't they intervene when the threat became real?! How could... ...how could they do THAT to each other?! Benten and Priss were now reaching into the other's south gate, their fingers diving deep into their love boxes, twanging their towers and sending jolts of sheer pleasure through their bodies. Their mouths were practically devouring each other with gusto, their other arms holding them tight. Manuge blinks as she sees the fingers work around those private spaces with an expertise born of many times at masturbation (for both), several sessions with other Daishi'cha (for Priss) and of course, with each other. Further, their panting and soft cooing told the reluctant priestess that no matter what others said, Benten and Priss love each other with all their hearts and souls. That revelation soon is washed over by another; Manuge's own arousal on seeing the women finger-ram each other. Their panting soon washes away the revulsion the Niphentaxian feels on seeing one she cared for being seduced by this stranger, this woman who had a hand in the destruction of everything Manuge held dear. Biting her lips, she squeezes her legs together in a vain hope of denying her arousal. However, her loins betray her, the heat building within her demanding that someone come along to see to her needs. Priss and Benten break off their kiss, their eyes turning to the priestess. "I think she'll be more cooperative," the former muses. "Don't you, Ben-chan?" "En," Benten nods as she stands up, allowing her pants to fall off her legs as she leans down to free Manuge's hands and legs. Fortunately, Kosoko didn't bind her too tightly. Once she could move, the priestess mashes her legs together as she tries to force that sinful heat away, squeezing her eyes shut regardless of Benten's threat. "Oh, man, she really is horny," Priss kicks away her pants, then undoes her shirt. "What are we going to do with this girl, Pri?" Benten slips off her shirt, then stares sympathetically at her. "Let's help her," Priss kneels beside her. "Manuge?" "I won't sin!" Manuge blurts out. "What sin?!" Priss wonders. "I...will...not...sin!!" "You consider sexual arousal a sin?" Priss blinks. Lyna's Soul, what did people teach these kids?! "No, no..." Manuge shudders, one hand reaching to her aching breast. "They must be pure...I must keep them pure...I must be pure to make them pure...I must pray for them...!" Priss and Benten exchange looks, then the latter kneels down. "Manuge...do you want me to know love?" she prods. "Y-yes..." "Do you want me to know happiness?" "Yes!" "Then why're you ashamed to see me receive some happiness from someone who loves me very much?" Benten wonders. "Priss loves me, Manuge. She would die for me, she would give her all to make me happy. Can't you accept that?" Manuge shudders, then opens her eyes, gazing at Benten. "You must be happy...but...I'm afraid for you, Benten-sama..." "Why?" "Because...they...she's loyal to the Great Evil!" Manuge nods at Priss. "They destroyed everything you believed in, they wrecked the Holy City, scattered the Holy Apostles, spread disunity among the Holy Company, destroyed the Goddess' dreams..." "That ain't true!!" Benten hisses. "Fuck, if it wasn't for Noa, Lum and Ataru would've NEVER be together! If they weren't bonded, Ataru would've turned his back on Lum and she would be fuckin' dead thanks to Ataru's grandma!! All of you would've then been hunted down by the damned Zephyrites 'cause Ataru's grandma's a Righteous Gentile who hates Lum like nothing in this universe and would go all out to protect her grandson!! And where the fuck would be your faith then if you were all dead?!!" "It's true," Priss adds. "Look, a lot of us on Sagussa don't like what Noa did for Lum and Ataru, but we accept it. Both love each other and there's no force in Existence which can break them apart. You can try to your heart's content to wish them apart, but you can't. Mendou couldn't; he paid for it big time. Megane and the guards couldn't, but they accepted it and became a part of us. Our door's open to those who're willing to take a chance. You're a strong person, Manuge. If you're brave, you can take that chance, too. Won't you try?" Manuge blinks, then stares at her. "I'm afraid," she admits. "Even if you put the truth forth, will that really serve Lum-sama's Purpose? I joined the priesthood because it guaranteed a good life for me. So did many others, Priss-san. If the people decide to take that away from us, there'll be civil war. And because the Church is so widespread, there's a fear that our race will plunge into Armageddon. It's an ancient prophecy on our world; we're all taught it when we're very young." "If you let fear control you, the Master of Entropy wins," Priss warns. "If that happens, neither Ram nor Atar can save you." Manuge blinks. "Ram...Atar?" she gasps. "Lum. Ataru. Ram and Atar are gods on your planet, aren't they?" "No," Priss shakes her head. "But both were touched by the spirit of Creation. Many thousands of years ago, Ram went to the Master's keep of Tomobiki to return everyone to Creation's way. She was tricked by Tomobiki's denizens into believing she succeeded while they conspired to enslave her to the Master's power. Atar, who loved Ram dearly, went to Tomobiki and had to use Entropy's power to destroy the Master's servants and free Ram. That's how the legend goes on Sagussa." Manuge nods. "So...when Noa-san bonded Lum-sama and Ataru together, she believed they...were Ram and Atar?" "Reincarnations...if you believe that," Priss shrugs. "After all, who knows what happens when one's mei'na returns to the Te'a. We could possible come back for more. At most, you can understand the inspiration Noa felt when she saw Lum and Ataru together." "It is no wonder that we are fated to fight," Manuge sighs, looking down. "To you, we are the monsters seducing Lum-sama away from Ataru. The prophecy is true. We're doomed." "No, you're not," Benten gently grasps her hand. "A lot of people on this ship're now realizing how Oogi used them. Oogi is the Master of Entropy in this case, Manuge. He uses fear to make you fall in behind him and march off to your deaths. If he wins, your people will die. You don't want that, do you?" "No," Manuge shakes her head. "Good," Benten taps her nose. "You just took your first step into a far bigger world." Manuge smiles, then finds herself staring at the Fukunokami's trim body. Benten blinks, then stands. "Want a closer look?" "I..." "I'm not offended," Benten smiles as she guides the priestess' hand to her skin. "See, you can touch me." "But...Priss-san..." Manuge gasps as she looks left to see her other hand being led to the coxswain's south forest. "It's okay," Priss smiles at her. "We trust you." Manuge gulps as her hand traces gently down to Priss' tower, then explores the quivering bulb of flesh. The Sagussan moans gently as that dainty touch strokes her, then she leans down to deliver a warm kiss to the Niphentaxian's lips. Manuge gasps as Priss' passion overwhelms her, then trembles as her own desires fire in response to the Sagussan's meisuyang lancing through her nervous system. "Here, lay down, Manuge-chan," Benten sits on the couch. "That chair ain't the nicest place to get funky on." Manuge nods as she shifts to the couch, Priss sitting beside her. "Okay, first we take this off...oh, Lyna!" the coxswain gasps on seeing the priestess' rose-coloured forest after the panties are slipped off. She then lasciviously gazes at Manuge. "Ooooh, you ARE a real redhead, aren't you...?" Manuge shudders, trying to keep control, then jolts as Benten unsnaps her front-closing bra and exposes her meijasha. "Oh, Pri, check her out!!" she whistles. "Damn, and I thought Rio was big!" "Oh, what can we do with her, Ben-chan?" Priss purrs. "Let's taste," Benten winks. Priss nods as both lean down to take a nipple into their mouths. Manuge shudders as more of those wonderful psi-bolts race into her system, then her eyes widen in shock as she feels Priss' and Benten's hand slide for her groin. "No!!" she squeezes her legs together, causing both to stare at her. "What's wrong?" Priss wonders. "Please...I don't want to sin!!" Manuge shudders. "About what?" Benten blinks. "Manuge, it's alright to feel this type of arousal. It's normal. I feel it all the time and I don't deny it. Did you ever touch yourself when you felt warm?" "No," Manuge shakes her head. "Manuge-chan," Priss stares at her. "Do you want to make love to us? If you don't, you can walk away right here and now. I can talk to the admiral and say you've come to understand the truth of what's going on, you want to change. There's no threat whatsoever. But Ben-chan and I love each other and having sex is a way of our expressing our love. It's not a sin where I come from. Ben-chan accepts that. The sooner you do, the better, 'cause if you don't, Oogi'll win. The best way to do stop seeing this as a sin in my mind is to chase away your fears and enjoy it yourself. Okay?" Manuge blinks, then reaches over to draw Priss into a one- armed embrace, the other arm drawing Benten in. "Thank you, Priss- san, Benten-san. Yes, I will make love to you." "Good!" Benten kisses her. "You won't regret this one bit." "Why am I not so sure?" Manuge wonders. "Oh, you'll pay for that!!" Priss growls as her fingers leap down to gong Manuge's tower. The Niphentaxian howls in shock and delight as those fingers send lances of pleasure up from her groin. Benten grabs Manuge's hand and shoves it into her love box, allowing the priestess the chance to explore her quivering gate. The two kiss as Benten relaxes beside her, her legs spread wide to allow Manuge clear access. The redhead's legs are also spread as Priss continues to explore her moistening gate, her fingers trailing around Manuge's lips as her thumb flecks her tower, then she leans in. Manuge screams out as Priss' tongue laps her tower, then she feels her mouth nearly sucked dry by Benten. The Fukunokami's fingers grab the Niphentaxian's gorgeous breasts and kneads them softly, causing more sparks of delight to dance through Manuge's system. Both break away, then Manuge's hands reach up to gently squeeze Benten's lovely mounds, leaning down every once in a while to daintily fleck at her hardening nipples. By now, the musk of all three women were spreading from their wet gates, filling their noses with that sweet-sour scent and driving the two Pathfinders up the wall. With that, their empathic lust slams into Manuge, making her thirst for more. "Lay down!!" she orders Benten. Benten leans back, surprised that a Niphentaxian would give HER an order, but spreads her legs wide in anticipation of what Manuge will want to do next. The priestess doesn't disappoint the Fukunokami as she leans down, her tongue lashing out at her tower, then digging into her warm love juices. "Oh, yeah!!!" Benten howls with delight as her hands press down on Manuge's head to force her to drink everything her love box was putting out. Priss backs out from her as Manuge repositions herself on her knees to feel more comfortable giving Benten's gate her attention. The Sagussan poises the Niphentaxian's legs apart, then lays down, sliding herself into the slot as she draws Manuge's gate back to her mouth. "Ooooh...Priss-san!!!" Manuge gurgles as the coxswain's tongue and nose carries out an incomprehensible yet understandable conversation in Braille on her tower, then she dives down to do the same to Benten. That causes the Fukunokami to moan with delight as she totally lets herself go, her meisuyang lancing into Manuge at point-blank range as she feels her own orgasm build... * * * "I've never done this before," Kosoko admits. The communications officer is now totally stripped of clothes, her hands bashfully protecting her breasts and groin from Nene's and Linna's inspection. "Kosoko-chan, it's not fair that you looked at us doing the tamgh va ragh without letting us have the chance to do it with you," Nene coos, blowing sensuously into her ear. "Now, c'mon...let's see what you've got." Kosoko gasps as that erotic breath sends fire storming through her system, then her hands pull away. "Oooh, Nene-chan, she's just exquisite!" Linna gapes on seeing her bouncy breasts and trim forest of blonde pubic hair. "Couldn't you just taste it all?!" "Oh, yes!" Nene growls as she leans down. Kosoko shudders as the two warmly kiss her cheeks, then start to work down. The curve of her chin, the jugular, the collarbones, the ribs, then in a circle around her meijasha. The Niphentaxian shudders as the Sagussans work their way to her hardening nipples, then gasps as their tongues take them in. A gently suckling motion and a little squeezing of the tissue causes her breasts to secrete their life-giving produce, a secret Kosoko had kept from everyone since she hit puberty. "Oooh, such nice milk!" Linna coos as she gently laps the white fluid over her lips, gazing warmly at Kosoko. "I want more!" Kosoko howls with mad delight as the two Pathfinders begin to drink in earnest. The Sagussans' meisuyang were already plunging into her system, forcing her body to heat up quickly as it reacted to their growing arousal. Damn, it was so hard to concentrate... they actually LIKED drinking her milk?! That fact causes her brain to take off on an emotional joyride to Reiner's Five as her hands snap down to grab both Nene and Linna by their love boxes. Both squeak with shock as the Niphentaxian gongs their towers simultaneously, then plunges into their boxes. They sit up to give her a better chance to reach in and really give them a hand job as they lean down to continue their kisses. As they slide down, Kosoko opens her legs in anticipation, then howls with delight as Nene and Linna start digging for gold. "She's still got a door!" the former hums. "Won't have it for long!" the latter grins. They warmly kiss, then pick up their stroking as Kosoko's fingers lance deep into them, the way having been cleared by Ataru some days before. It becomes a contest to see who can get who to come first. Kosoko has the disadvantage thanks to Nene's and Linna's powers, but she hangs in there as she works three fingers into her lovers' gates. Nene and Linna growl playfully as they get two fingers each into Kosoko's gate, then begin a steady stroking to get her worked up enough so that breaking her door won't hurt. Kosoko moans with delight, all her senses wiped out, all her thoughts wiped out save for pleasing Nene and Linna and having them please her. It was so easy to get her fingers into their gates; neither had hymens for her to break down. Grinning, she increases her presence in each to four fingers, picking up the stroking with as much energy as she could spare. The warmth building up in her groin picks up simultaneously as Nene eases an extra finger in, then is augmented with another of Linna's. The pressure on her gate is tremendous, but she hardly feels any discomfort, the warmth flooding her body making her rise up to that celestial high only good lovers could give her...so she heard. Nene and Linna share another warm kiss, then a quick thought as they sense that Kosoko is ready. With a deft stroke, the two force four fingers each into the girl's gate, smashing down her door as quickly as possible, sending their meisuyang into her to cut off that sharp pain. It is unnecessary as Kosoko picks up her stroking, then gently forces her thumbs into their gates. That does it. With twin howls of delight, Linna and Nene are sent flying to Sagurei, their hands slamming into Kosoko's gate for the one stroke that allows their lover to fly up with them. Both can't do much more as the Niphentaxian's gate holds fast their soaked hands. Kosoko's back arches as her energy suddenly drains, her hands locked in the Sagussans' gates as their hips lock up, keeping her fingers in place. After a moment, their energy finally fades, their muscles loosening enough to allow each to extract themselves from the other. Nene and Linna quickly lick their fingers to get a taste. "Oooh, she tastes great!" the former coos, ignoring the blood shattering Kosoko's hymen spread over her. "Yeah!" Linna nods, then notices Kosoko smelling and wiping her hands on her closed lips, not wanting to trust her tongue with that. "So, Kosoko-chan...which one of us tastes better?" she muses as both lay down beside her. The communications officer thinks for a moment, then slips her arms around them, gently kissing Nene, then Linna. "I'll never hold one of you above the other," she smiles contently. The Sagussans blink. "You realize you just made a very big commitment," Linna warns. "And you wouldn't with me?" Kosoko grins. Linna and Nene exchange looks, then laugh as they fiercely embrace the newest member of their family. The three then jolt as their ears pick up Manuge's hoarse cry, screaming Priss' name as she herself flies to heaven. "Looks like someone else just had her door taken down," Linna meows. The three scramble out of bed, then jog into the main computer room. On the couch, a panting Manuge sits on an equally satisfied Priss, Benten kneeling above her bond-mate's head as she allows the priestess to hold her gently. "Oh, my!!" Nene laughs. "By the looks of it, Manuge-chan really has gone to Sagurei!" Manuge blinks, then smiles at Nene. "It was a revelation, Nene-san! Arigato, Benten-san," she tenderly kisses Benten, then gets off Priss to give her another kiss. "Arigato, Priss-san." "No," Priss holds her tight, then kisses her. "Doghma do va, Manugevayae...thank YOU, my darling Manuge." The priestess turns to Benten. "Ditto for me," the Fukunokami hugs her. "Doghma do va, Manugevayae. Shit, Pri, can we hack having her live with us on Sagussa?" "We're going to give it one heck of a try, Ben-chan," Priss winks, then turns to see Manuge crying. "Hey, Manuge-chan, what's with the Niagara Falls act? What did we say?" Manuge straightens herself. "I'm sorry...but no one's ever treated me with real kindness before...and now you want me, someone you wanted to destroy, to live with you on Sagussa...what am I supposed to say?" Nene walks up. "You say 'yes,' Manuge-chan...and then you say 'doghma do va, Privayae, Benvayae...ragh do'a hang va.'" "Wh-what does that mean, Nene-san?" "'Thank you, my darling Priss, my darling Benten...I'll always love you both.'" Manuge blinks, then stares at them. "Doghma do va, Privayae, Benvayae...ragh do'a hang va." Priss and Benten embrace her. "Doghma do va, Manugevayae," the former gently kisses her. "Ragh do hang va'a," the latter adds her kiss... * * * To be continued...^Z