Chapter 271
Note: Ahoy! Here, there be lewdness!
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Keiko
When it was all said and done, and it was time to head back to Amber, everyone got a few levels. The most sizeable improvement, however, came from Kasumi, who possessed the same Quick Learner trait Ash did. Everyone else earned anywhere between three to four levels, and as they returned to the city, they agreed they'd do something similar tomorrow.
As they returned to the Manor, ignoring the typical stares from the locals, Kasumi spoke up.
"I barely did anything, and yet my hands feel sore from stabbing those things. Holy shit, I am out of shape."
"Nothing a bit of training can't fix," Yumi replied. "You are more than welcome to join Sinneah and I's sessions if you'd like."
"..." Kasumi gave a long sigh, before looking away and answering, "sure, I guess."
"Wonderful."
Behind them, Keiko was walking by Ash's side, though the half-demon had been awfully quiet the entire way through. The only way she'd interacted with anyone was the occasional nod whenever a question was directed at her, like when Kasumi asked if every monster was as strong as the ones they'd faced, or when Sinneah asked if she wanted to continue training in those Tomoe arts she'd been teaching her.
The silence on Ash's behalf was punctuated even more by how her eyes would linger on Keiko, every now and then. It took a while, but as the group arrived at their temporary home, the Zayama began to feel like she understood what was happening.
"So," Kasumi said, turning around and facing everyone as they stood in front of the Manor's doors. "Same thing tomorrow, or what?"
"I'd say it would be good to get more training in, first," Yumi replied. "Although we can certainly brute force our way up to a more powerful state, enough skills with our weapons can help close the gap between our power levels and that of the monsters we encounter. Additionally, it would likely be wise to raise our attributes up ourselves, before, uh, as Ash put it, 'grinding' for levels. That way, we'll all get more value out of the eventual EXP we gain through kills."
"Agreed," Keiko said. "I think raising individual attributes for a while could do us some good."
"Okay," Kasumi turned around, "I'm gonna get some rest. See ya."
As the moon rose up in the sky, Yumi turned to face Sinneah.
"We still have a few more hours left in the day, would you like to spar?"
"Mhm," Sinneah nodded, and, just like that, Keiko and Ash were left alone.
"Well!" Keiko said, with a smile, "that was pretty f- UWAH!"
Before she could finish, Ash put one arm under her legs, and the other on her back, sweeping her off her feet and carrying her into the Manor. Keiko held onto her tightly as the woman maneuvered from one hall to another, all while servants gasped at the sight of them.
"Ash!" Keiko called out, though she was still smiling. "B-Be careful!"
A couple of seconds later, they were all but crashing into their room, as Ash quickly deposited Keiko on their bed, all without saying a word. Keiko laughed a little as she bounced on the soft surface, but her giggles slowly went away when she saw the look in Ash's eyes.
"... Um, Ash?" Keiko asked, shifting back a little.
The woman's violet eyes were cast on her with a narrowed, focused expression. She put a knee on the bed and loomed over Keiko, her eyes scanning her body up and down in a way that made the girl feel somewhat smaller.
"Sorry," Ash quickly let out. "I just..."
"N-No," Keiko told her. "It's okay. You just caught me off-guard, a little."
"... I'll try to take things slow, but, I have to be honest with you, I wish I had my tail already."
At that, some of the tension in the air left as Keiko chuckled, and she put her hands up, placing them behind Ash's shoulders. Pulling her in, their lips met and Keiko wrapped her arms entirely around the other woman, as much as the armor the half-demon was wearing would allow for.
They paused for just a couple of seconds, looking into each other's eyes.
"Let me take this shit off," Ash muttered then, getting off of Keiko and hurrying to remove all of her armor, with her back turned to the Zayama. At the same time, Keiko slipped off her pants, and her shirt, letting her father's sword rest against the wall before she looked back at Ash and found her coming back to the bed, naked.
Keiko hadn't seen her this way in a while. She noticed that, although Ash's body had been fairly defined before, she'd gotten even stronger recently. Her biceps had more of a curve to them, her shoulders were rounder, and even her legs looked bigger than they used to.
[Goodness, I just want her to hold me for a while,] Keiko thought as Ash kissed her once again. This time, however, as her armor wasn't in the way, Ash flipped Keiko around to where she was laying on top of Ash now, as the two of them made out.
Their tongues stuck out, reaching for each other desperately as Ash's hands roamed over Keiko's back, then to her thighs, and giving her ass a firm squeeze once. Keiko flinched when she felt that, and then she felt shivers when Ash followed that up by letting her lips trail down Keiko's neck.
"Aahhh~" Keiko let out a small hiss as Ash lightly bit down on one of her nipples, hugging her head tightly, to the point where she felt Ash's horns poking her collarbone.
Then, Ash pushed Keiko up by her thighs.
"Eek!" Keiko yelped as Ash shifted under her, and she looked down to see that Ash was positioning her mouth right under her pussy.
With her hands behind her legs, Ash pulled Keiko down, quickly letting her tongue come out and caress her.
The Zayama put her arms on the wall, resting her head against it as Ash's tongue kissed her lower lips.
"You taste so fucking sweet," Ash stated as Keiko took a few short breaths.
"Oh... my..." Keiko let out as Ash kept going. She and Ash had taken a couple of moments out of the last few weeks to do this sort of thing, but this time felt different. After everything they'd been through lately, Keiko felt like she needed this.
To her, Ash tongue-fucking her to an orgasm was an effective way to mark the beginning of a new phase in her life.
However, from the violet aura that soon began encapsulating Ash, it looked like she had other ideas. Keiko was grinding on Ash's face for a little, moving her hips back and forth as she felt better and better, but, soon, Ash pulled away from underneath her, and Keiko nearly let out a whimper as her lover's tongue left her.
When she looked back, however, she quickly guessed what Ash actually wanted, as she saw her horns growing, a pair of black wings sprouting from her back, and a tail with a heart-shaped tip appearing behind her, swaying from side to side in the air.
With her eyes giving off a dim glow in the darkness, Keiko gulped.
"Um..." Keiko laughed awkwardly. "Don't get me wrong, I definitely want you to do your thing, but... Be careful," she said. "I don't think you want to go get all of those ingredients again, do you?"
"I know," Ash quickly replied, as she put her hands down on Keiko's hips. "I know. I have something in mind, by the way," she said, before pulling Keiko down a little. Then, she moved by Keiko's side and, strangely, she aligned herself over her, upside-down, to where her knees were by Keiko's side, and her head was between the girl's legs.
All of the questions in Keiko's mind quickly faded when Ash's tongue reintroduced itself with her, and Keiko felt like she had to hold onto those knees just to ground herself. As she looked up though, she had a thought.
[Ash's... it's close enough for me to...]
Sticking her own tongue out, she gave Ash the same treatment she was currently receiving. It was hard for her to focus on her own task though when Ash was drawing circles over her clit right now. Still, she did her best, and soon she heard Ash let out a low moan that let her know she was doing something right, at least.
Then, a demonic hand slipped inside of Keiko, at the same time that Ash kept eating her out, and, at that point, it was too hard to keep going herself.
"Oh my goodness!" Keiko moaned out as she looked up and saw Ash's tail moving in the air. "Oh, I-"
Her words were kept inside of her, however, as the tip of Ash's tail then plunged into her mouth.
"Mmmm!" Keiko's eyes widened as Ash all but cried out.
"Fuck!" Ash said, as her tail moved up and down Keiko's tongue before Ash went back to licking her pussy simultaneously.
Her tail had a faintly sweet taste and an almost chewy texture to it, like biting into gum. It tried harder and harder to push deeper into Keiko's throat, and she felt like she was experiencing too many things at the same time. There were too many sensations to focus on.
One eventually overtook the rest, though, and soon, Keiko felt her body clenching up as she sensed she was getting close. Ash, apparently, was in the same spot, as her tail pushed up and down on her tongue faster. Keiko closed her eyes then, raising her hips to bring her pussy closer to Ash's mouth, and from one minute to another, her body tightened up and she almost bit Ash's tail off as came.
"Mm-"
At the same time, though, the very tip of Ash's tail suddenly opened up and filled Keiko's mouth with a liquid that tasted so sweet it prompted her to pull Ash's tail deeper in, just in hopes of getting more of it out.
Once Ash's tail was done letting all of that out, Keiko coughed, as she felt something slide down her cheeks while Ash got out of that position. Ash laid on top of her then, still in that form, and she kissed Keiko deeply.
She was still in her demon form, though she hadn't gone into her other, stronger, demon form.
In the middle of their make-out, Ash stopped, lifting her head.
Ash looked at her for a few seconds, opened her mouth, and closed it again, before hugging Keiko.
"... I love you," Ash told her. "And I'm not just saying that because you let me fuck your mouth with my tail just now."
Keiko was going to laugh, but the remaining liquid in her throat made her cough instead.
"Thank you," she replied with a strained voice.. "I love you too."