User blog:Ikoter/Lady Katsuye

LADY KATSUYE

Chapter 1:

Push the bushes aside, and look from behind cover. Here, she bathes every night. In this lake. And I spy on her.

I’m ashamed really. To come peek at a woman while she bathes. Yet I can’t seem to stop. Her body’s got me enticed. Her high posture, her black hair, her plump chest and large bottom. All while being thin around her waists and belly. She wears a beautiful face. I wonder if it’s a mask or not.

I’m usually not of a perverted nature. Even my parents have taught me, ever since I was a kid, not to seek a woman’s body until I became an adult.

As it currently stands, I’m nineteen years old. So by all standards, I pass right?

Why is it I am so attracted to this woman? Regularly, my vision just brushes past all the manomo’s and women it encounters in my day to day activities. I ignore their existence.

But this Kitsune, no, actually I don’t know what she is. She might be an Inari. I have no idea.

She has nine tails, so that makes her Inari, right? Since I clearly see that her fluffy tails and ears aren’t spirit like, or… made of some sort of energy.

Usually Inari are blond. And their ears and tails are the same color. But this woman’s ears are black, like her hair, while her tails are all white! She must be a rarity among their species.

Oh damn. I haven’t put this much effort into analyzing a person before.

Am I bewitched by her? Could be.

I mean… the first time I saw her, I was just bringing some freshly chopped wood back to my parent’s home at dinner. Then I passed by her. Or rather, she passed by me.

As I was carrying the wood, I was forced to stop when I spotted her in my way. I wasn’t on a road or anywhere spacious; it was a corridor between buildings. Seeing a person in such a gloomy and dark place must leave you wondering of their intentions right?

A tight corridor that wouldn’t let groups of even two people walk side by side. That’s why she was in my way, and why we stopped.

For a moment, we just peered into each other’s eyes, like statues. She had saluted me, but I didn’t respond, and she smiled. So I turned ninety degrees, not to be stubborn. She lowered herself and passed by beneath my hands, which were busy holding the wood.

She hadn’t said goodbye after she’d passed by me. Rather, as I was looking at her back, she turned half face to smile at me again. Only one of her eyes was peering into my expressionless face. So after resuming her casual walking, she giggled.

<p class="MsoNormal">I don’t know why, but that caused me to drop the wood I was carrying, a part even landing on my foot.

<p class="MsoNormal">I don’t regularly talk to manomo’s. Especially since I know some of them can become aggressive, even when drunk.

<p class="MsoNormal">A blue Oni caused me trouble once. So I had gotten angry, punching her in the stomach. She was drunk, but thanks to that, she hadn’t used her entire force in making me kiss the floor. This was what kept me from interacting with the various beasts and sluts living on these islands.

<p class="MsoNormal">You think I don’t know their whore’s? Oh I know. My best buddy’s life was ruined by one of those eight legged web spewing cloth makers. To think he’d ever return to their home, to find her in another’s arms.

<p class="MsoNormal">I later found him in a bar, after he had drank seven bottles of Sake. He was a total mess. It took me a while waking him up and getting him back to his senses.

<p class="MsoNormal">It sickened me even more when he told me all that had happened, tears streaming form his eyes. But to think he’d go as far as to take his own life the next day…

<p class="MsoNormal">So, why am I so attracted to this fox? I don’t know. But I will damn well make sure not to end up as my buddy.

<p class="MsoNormal">I want to confront her. Ask her personally what she wants from me. If she casted a spell on me or not.

<p class="MsoNormal">Whether it’s the magical kind of spell, or just her allure that entrapped me, I must know.

<p class="MsoNormal">But… just going at her right now… no. She’s taking a bath, it would be rude of me to pop up on her and say: “Hei, I fell in love with you! Did you charm me or something?”

<p class="MsoNormal">I’d better get back to my parent’s home before she finds out I’m spying on her.

<p class="MsoNormal">Oh right! Tonight’s special! It’s a carnival! We’re celebrating the peace and prosperity of our island. Umm… how many years anniversary, was it?

<p class="MsoNormal">I don’t remember… Oh… oh shiet. OH SHIET. It’s my mom’s birthday! I forgot!

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<p class="MsoNormal">Chapter 2:

<p class="MsoNormal">As I enter my house, there isn’t a soul in sight. My parents aren’t here, but they left a note on the table, alongside a candle light.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Dear Thomas, me and your dad went out to participate in the joy of the carnival. You should do the same. Go out and have fun. Even find yourself a girl or two. Your old enough.”

<p class="MsoNormal">Participate in the joy of the carnival, yea right… the only thing you’re going to do is pleasure yourself on dad’s rod. Since you can’t do it when I’m at home.

<p class="MsoNormal">Well at least she forgave me for not bringing her a present. Or even saying “Happy Birthday!”

<p class="MsoNormal">Meh. I’ll go out and see what I can find. But If I stop to think about it, my three remaining friends, are most likely having some quality time with their women right now. It’d be rude to interrupt them. Just hope they don’t end up miserably.

<p class="MsoNormal">So. What the hell am I doing? I’m standing on a bench, alone, while looking at groups of people a short distance away from me, dancing. And celebrating. And what the hell!

<p class="MsoNormal">I’m alone…

<p class="MsoNormal">Sighing about it won’t make me feel better. As I expected, my friends are nowhere in sight. All the people I set my gaze upon are busy. And occupied. And not alone. FUK.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Can I join you?” Who the heck just spoke?

<p class="MsoNormal">As my eyes race to meet the threat, I jolt back from my seat. It’s the Kitsune I was spying on earlier.

<p class="MsoNormal">So she sits down even without me saying a thing? Mmmm, okay. I guess I’ll sit back down too.

<p class="MsoNormal">I have a rather serious question I need to ask her. But before that, is she scoping me out?

<p class="MsoNormal">I don’t enjoy those piercing eyes of hers. It always seems like she’s looking through me.

<p class="MsoNormal">As expected, she’s jolting her head in the other direction whenever I try to see if she’s looking at me.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Let me ask you a question.” Obviously her attention is now pin pointed at me. Great.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Yes?”

<p class="MsoNormal">“There is something wrong about you. What is it?”

<p class="MsoNormal">Oh, great way to start a peaceful conversation Thomas! Great! She’s going to hate me now.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Is this why you come and spy on me nightly? To find that out?” My face petrified. My blood ran cold. Has she got psychic powers?

<p class="MsoNormal">I take no action. Yet she approaches, putting her hand across my shoulders and back, while bringing her face closer to mine.

<p class="MsoNormal">I couldn’t act, but slightly turn my gaze towards her. She’s now staring into my eyes, from a close distance.

<p class="MsoNormal">It makes me wonder whether or not she’s searching through my mind right now. But she is so close. I can see every inch of her face. Her beautiful face… Is it a mask? I can't tell.

<p class="MsoNormal">When will she reveal what’s beneath it? I doubt the fact, even if she’s a monomo, as all the sluts and whore’s they are, that she is just going to fall in love with a man, get married and be with him for all eternity.

<p class="MsoNormal">I must stay on my guard.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Come with me.” She gets up, and she’s pulling my arm now, not with too much force though.

<p class="MsoNormal">Fine. Let’s see in what kind of hell hole she will toss me.

<p class="MsoNormal">She drags me into that corridor, that same pathway we met for the first time. Its shadowy nature seemed now darker than ever before.

<p class="MsoNormal">I look into her eyes, as she is standing a short distance away from me. Her regular blue eyes now shined a silvery color, revealing even more of her fox like nature. From above her waists sprang her nine tails, all white.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Is this, what you were asking about?” She began, making reference to her tails. Her ears though, were always visible and never hidden.

<p class="MsoNormal">As I look at her, she too looks at me. But I sense a small glimmer of sadness behind her eyes. Her left hand stands clutched in a fist, pressing on her chest.

<p class="MsoNormal">This told me she felt pain in her heart. Her head was now lowered, looking at the ground.

<p class="MsoNormal">“The first time I saw you-” I begin, and her gaze springs up to look at me “-I was not impressed. I thought you were just another prisoner to this life, who I came across in a dark alley.”

<p class="MsoNormal">I know that she is paying close attention to what I say, trying to figure out the meaning behind my words.

<p class="MsoNormal">“But you proved me wrong. You are different than I. I’m fascinated by you. I, me, who hasn’t even recognized the existence of other women, now started looking at you.”

<p class="MsoNormal">She just took a step forward, her left hand still clutched at her chest, this time revealing hope within her heart.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Have you casted a magical spell on me?” This question seemed to upset her, as she took a step back and her facial expression changed. From one of hope to one of sadness once again.

<p class="MsoNormal">I know what she thinks. She thinks that I am under the impression, that every Kitsune and Inari, and the like, use only charming spells to claim their men. But I need to know, why I am attracted to her.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Could it not be purely love?” She asks me, as I turn my gaze away.

<p class="MsoNormal">“I don’t believe in love at first sight.”

<p class="MsoNormal">She takes hold of my hand, and gently pulls.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Please, come with me.” So she’s going to take me somewhere again.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Chapter 3:

<p class="MsoNormal">My jaw dropped.

<p class="MsoNormal">This time, I’m astonished. She brought me to the lake in which she bathes every night. Surprisingly enough, she hasn’t let go of my hand yet.

<p class="MsoNormal">I enjoy holding hands with her. “Why did you bring me here?”

<p class="MsoNormal">She hasn’t responded, but she dragged me with her into the water, us both still wearing clothes.

<p class="MsoNormal">The water is reaching till our waists. The moon shining brightly up on the night sky, its reflection bouncing off the surface of the water.

<p class="MsoNormal">She dragged me to the center of the lake, where the moon’s reflection awaits. We’re now in its circle. It’s like we were standing on the moon. I wonder how that’d feel like.

<p class="MsoNormal">I look around, as I started to notice some kind of orbs rising from the water all around us. I’m guessing their composed of spirit energy.

<p class="MsoNormal">We peer at one another. Now that I look at her, there isn’t that much of a height difference between us.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Why did you bring me here?”

<p class="MsoNormal">“Hold still.” Her head comes closer to me, facing down at our feet, with her eyes closed.

<p class="MsoNormal">It seems to me like she’s casting an incantation of sorts. So will I get to see what lies beneath her mask once she raises her head?

<p class="MsoNormal">What is this? My clothes are changing color. Their becoming transparent. At this rate, I’ll be left naked. And she…

<p class="MsoNormal">In this sort of situation I’m glad I’m not fat.

<p class="MsoNormal">Her tails are still visible; in fact I don’t recall her subsiding them since she brought them out.

<p class="MsoNormal">Is this lake a magical water source? If so, it would explain a couple of things. Maybe it would explain why she’s different from the rest of her kind.

<p class="MsoNormal">Huh? Did the moon’s reflection just turn pink? When did that happen?

<p class="MsoNormal">Now she raised her head, and I peer at her face. Its unchanged from a couple of moment ago. Or rather… the only thing that changed, are her blushing cheeks.

<p class="MsoNormal">Her eyes are looking at me.

<p class="MsoNormal">“This is a magical lake, filled with spirit energy. I casted a spell which works only in these waters.”

<p class="MsoNormal">She did what? What’s she going to do next?

<p class="MsoNormal">“The spell works only during special nights, like these. When two people stay in the water, on the moon’s reflection, the spell will show the feelings these two hold for one another.”

<p class="MsoNormal">Is this why she brought me here? To confirm it for herself, or for me?

<p class="MsoNormal">She’s now looking back at the water, making me feel bad for letting her get all sad like this.

<p class="MsoNormal">In this night, this woman seems more full of feelings than ever before. Not that I have seen her enough to tell.

<p class="MsoNormal">It’s wondrous if she’s always so filled with emotions.

<p class="MsoNormal">“The moon will turn pink should the two standing in its circle feel attracted to one another. Is this not proof enough?”

<p class="MsoNormal">Her gaze now turns to meet mine, this time it carries weight. I can sense my heart wanted to burst out of my chest and hug her. That’s how fast and strong its pulsing right now.

<p class="MsoNormal">And considering the situation we are in, both of us without a cloth piece on us. I try to avoid looking at her body, and peer straight into her eyes as I tell her:

<p class="MsoNormal">“I still don’t know your name.” This put a smile on her face.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Katsuye.”

<p class="MsoNormal">Lady Katsuye… I see…

<p class="MsoNormal">“I’m Thomas.” It was awkward really. Being this close to procreating with her and only now we find out each other’s names.

<p class="MsoNormal">She’s gotten closer to me, I noticed, and I oblige her. As we closed our eyes, our lips meet.

<p class="MsoNormal">Our arms are wrapped around us, and her tails join in to surround us.

<p class="MsoNormal">After what seems like an eternity, we manage to break contact and stare at one another.

<p class="MsoNormal">Her gaze, instead of the piercing look she always seemed to display, now allowed me to lose myself in those diamond eyes. Lady Katsuye, what a wondrous person you’ve become. I can’t seem to break apart from you.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Author’s notes:

<p class="MsoNormal">Here. I made this one short story late at night, to show that I’m not a heartless bastard (In case you’ve been reading some of my other fanfic’s). I’m not an aggressive person who disapproves of romance stories (In case anyone was under this impression). I like happy endings, and I have no problem with romance. In fact, for most of my stories (which do not belong to the MGE universe), romance is the starting engine for the plot and characters.

<p class="MsoNormal">Leaving all that aside, I hope you enjoyed what you read.