The Highland Diclonius
Sequel to Deliverance
CH 1
It was a municipal airport, the field barely long enough for Duncan's Cessna to land, but it help him get as close to Glen Finnen as possible. At Preswick airport, he'd gotten everyone through customs and immigration, as well as topped off his fuel. He and Kaede were no trouble, Luckily, Amanda had made good passports for Kouta, Yuka, Mayu, Nana, the Japanese Scientist, Shirwakawa, and Inari who Amanda had made Duncan's wife, Mrs. Inari McLeod. Duncan wasn't happy that Amanda had done that, but it did get her into the country.
The airfield near Glen Finnen was large enough to have car rental and taxi service. Amanda was hot to go shopping. She rented a car to carry Shirakawa, Inari and Nana on a shopping trip, Yuka stayed behind to cling to Kouta, and joined him and the others at a restaurant across the street.
Knowing they would be here a while, individual rooms would be expensive so Duncan searched for a house to rent. He contacted a real estate agency to look for a place.
"GlenFinnen properties, may I help you?" a pleasant female voice asked.
"Yes, This is Duncan McLeod, I'm looking for a place to rent, family sized. At least five bedrooms."
"I'll look to see what we have. Hold on, please."
After a moment of silence, the woman came back on. "You said you were Duncan McLeod? Related to Connor McLeod?"
"Yes, he's my cousin."
"Wonderful! Connor has a property he left specific instructions with. He has been out of the country for many years, but the written instructions say that certain people, you being one, may have full access free of charge. His only condition is that you do any minor maintenance that is required."
Great!" Duncan replied. "So, where is it?"
"I have a map, come down to the office here, and I'll give you the keys and the map of how to get there."
"Thank you very much. I'll be there within the hour."
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The place was thirty kilometers away. Renting a pair of Land Rovers, Duncan filled them both with people and baggage, half the baggage being the recent purchases of clothes. Following the map, Duncan led them up secondary roads, then uphill along a dirt road for another two kilometers. The last dirt road ended going into the courtyard of an old castle.
Duncan remembered this place. It was the stronghold of the Campbells, a long time ago. He stopped in the overgrown courtyard and looked up at the ancient walls partially covered in moss. Do minor repairs. Right. "Thanks, Connor," he grumbled.
"A castle?" Kaede cried as she got out. "Dad, we have a castle?"
"Must be nice to be rich," Yuka said under her breath.
"It's your cousin Connor's castle," Duncan told her.
"It doesn't look like anyone's been here in a while," Kouta said as he got out and looked around.
"It won't fall down, will it?" Shirakawa asked.
"This place has been standing for a long time, I doubt it," Duncan told her. "Still, be careful, we don't know what the inside is like."
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Castle Connor was in that better shape that Duncan feared. The exterior stonework was old, but the interior had been redone at least once in recent years. A pair of windmills in the corner towers provided electricity, and the well had a pump to deliver water though modern piping to service the place. Although dusty from lack of habitation, it was in decent shape.
The women got together and formed a cleaning crew while Duncan enlisted Kouta's help to check out what serious work needed to get done. Other that a few window frames needing to be repaired or replaced, and other bits of woodwork and new carpets, they didn't find much.
Down in the cellars, they found casks of whiskey and ale, a room used for carpentry where a supply of lumber was present, and an old weapons room where swords, pikes and shields stood on racks.
"These pictures on the shields are family crests, aren't they?" Kouta asked.
"They are. That's the crest of Clan Campbell. Apparently, Connor decided to leave them," Duncan replied.
"What's in there?" Kouta asked as he looked into a dark doorway.
"Dungeon. Don't go in. If there is anything in there, you don't want to see it," Duncan advised.
"Ah, OK," Kouta agreed.
Kouta did inspect the old woodworking tools they found. Again, other than being old, and some blades needing sharpening, they were in working order. Kouta decided he'd take on the task of carpentry.
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Luckily, they had brought groceries with them. Shirakawa was stumped by the old style hearth, kettles and tools she had no idea what they were. Amanda got to work and got dinner started like she'd used these her whole life. As Yuka and Shurakawa watched, Amanda explained how to get water from the cistern and how to set up different cook pots and griddles onto the swing arm that put the items to be cooked into the fire of the hearth. She set them to chopping vegetables and meat for a stew.
"Amanda, I'm surprised anyone knows how to cook with these things," Yuka said.
Shirakawa and noted Amanda's proficiency went beyond just reading about this antiquated equipment from books. "Amanda, if I may ask, how old are you?"
Amanda put her finger to her lips. "A woman never tells her age," she replied with a wink.
"Obviously you have cooked in kitchens like this before," Shirakawa said. "And you've been a thief for a very long time also."
"Been studying up on me?" Amanda asked.
"Nothing that I can bring myself to believe," Shirakawa replied. "Do you remember anything about the medieval age? The Black Plague must have been horrible! So many people dying from that disease!" she said, trying to coax Amanda into revealing more about herself.
Amanda eyed her. "Yes, many did. MORE died from getting the disease, but before they had a chance to die on their own, they were killed in an attempt to stop it's spread," She ecplained, rememberng her own experience.
"How would you know?" Yuka asked in a challenge.
In the same tone, Amanda said, "I don't remember seeing you there."
Quickly, Shirakawa asked, "Where did you meet Duncan?"
"France. At first I thought he liked me, but he was just following me to get his belt purse back," she said with a giggle. "But after a while we became friends."
The use of belt purse went out of style back in the middle ages. "So, you are very old," Shirakawa stated.
Amanda cast her a smirk. "Older than some, not as old as others." Looking down at Shirakawa's half arm, she said, "And smart enough not to piss off the wrong people and loose limbs."
"You can't be killed. You just go on forever," Shirakawa stated. "I know you died in Kaede's chamber, but you got up and escaped with her."
"That's impossible!" Yuka stated.
Amanda picked up a long knife and faced Yuka. Yuka flinched back. Amanda a flipped the knife around so she was holding the tip, and offered Yuka the handle. "Be a good girl and chop up that cabbage, would you?"
"You guys need any help, we're done cleaning that huge dinning room," Kaede said as she came in.
"Kaede? How old is Duncan?" Shirakawa asked.
Kaede shrugged and said, "I don't know, four hundred ... something? Amanda, do you know?"
"Not sure. He's been around since the sixteenth century, I know that. Have you picked out your rooms yet?"
Kaede nodded and said, "I got the one up on the second floor, near Kouta. Yuka's mad because she couldn't find one closer than I did."
"You should probably go get your rooms fixed up. Tell me if you need anything," Amanda told her.
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Inari stood up on the parapet, gazing over the rolling landscape. She took in the scenery, in awe that anything could be so pretty. It was like Duncan had brought them to paradise. For this alone, she wanted to do everything possible to make him happy. Breaking her out of her cell, showing compassion for her and her kind when no one else did, these were things that endeared him to her. He even got humans to fight for him. She swore the man could do the impossible.
Duncan himself wasn't quite human, he was something more. Inari sensed that. Not knowing him that long, she didn't know the things he liked, or disliked. Well, there was one thing he liked, and it was withing her ability to do it for him.
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Duncan checked out the main power panels and followed the cabling up to one of the towers where a windmills was. In the tower room, everything looked to be in good shape, The main control box was modern, and reading voltage and amps. Everything looked normal, nothing was wet or rusted, no wires frayed.
"Need some help?" Inari asked from behind him.
"No I..." Duncan stared as he turned Seeing her standing there naked, he spun back around. "What are ye doin lass?" he cried.
Inari laughed. "Sorry, I didn't understand a word you said."
In his shock, Duncan had spoken English. He coughed and spoke Japanese. "You just surprised me. Why are you naked?"
"You said you liked to see me. I came to let you look at me," Inari explained.
"You shouldn't be doing that," Duncan said to the power panel.
"Why? You like to see me, don't you?" Inari asked.
"I do, but you should only show yourself to someone special," Duncan told her.
"You are special, at least to me," Inari said. She walked up closer behind him. "It's fine, I want you to look."
"Inari, if I keep looking at you, I'm going to want to touch you," he stated.
"Touch me all you want. If it makes you happy, I don't mind."
Feeling hot, Duncan tried again. "Will it make you happy?" he asked, trying to sound stern.
Inari clasped his hand and put it on her belly. "Yes," she said softer. Rubbing his hand up and down her stomach, she said, "That does feel nice. I don't know anything about being with someone. The only things I know are how to stop the lead balls from hitting me, and staying alive in that hell hole. Duncan, would you teach me how to be happy?"
Duncan turned around to see her gazing at him softly. "No one's ever been nice to you, have they?" he asked.
With a slight shake of her head, she said, "No. No one except for you. I've never felt anything like this before. All I know is I want to be as close to you as possible. Please, accept me."
Duncan brought his hands up to lightly cup her face. Petting her blushing cheeks with his thumbs, he noticed her breathing was becoming more rapid, as his was. Although her face showed a willingness to be taken right here and now, Duncan knew she was as innocent as the other horned girls. Although she was fully grown, mentally she was still a child. "For your sake, Lass, we need to go slow," he told her, remembering to speak Japanese.
Iniari nodded, trusting him completely.
Duncan hugged her close, Her arms went around him automatically. He slowly stroked her back, feeling her smooth skin.
Iniari sighed and melted into him. Even though she had done this to try and make him happy, his warm hands petting up and down her back felt absolutely wonderful. She wanted him to hold her forever. "Anything you want," she said softly.
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Kaede had been looking for Kouta. She finally found him coming down the wide staircase to the first floor, a measuring stick in one hand and a paper in the other. "Kouta, what are you doing?" she asked lightly.
"Hi Kaede, I found some woodworking tools and lumber in the cellar. There's a windowsill that's black and partially rotted up at the end of the hall," he said, motioning with his stick. "I was going to see if I can make a new one."
"Can I help?"
"Sure, follow me." Kouta then cast her a grin and said, "There's plenty of interesting stuff downstairs. Barrels and bottles of drinks, rolled up carpets, there's even real medieval weapons! Not replicas, this stuff is really the things they used to fight with."
Kaede returned Kouta's smile as they headed down. Kouta showed her the racks of old weapons, then the room full of barrels and a rack of bottles.
"What's in these bottles?" Kaede asked as she pulled one out.
Kouta shrugged. "Duncan says whiskey." Seeing Kaede working at the cork, he added, "Ahh, I don't know if we should open one up. This stuff is really old."
Kaede eyed him with a mischievous gaze. "Aren't you curious what it tastes like?"
Kouta eyed the bottle. "A little," he admitted. "I've had some sake, but this looks different."
Kaede got the cork off and sniffed. She pulled back and eyed the bottle. "Wow, smell this, it's not like beer."
Kouta sniffed the open bottle. "Yeah, it's strong, but it smells good." He took the bottle and took a small sip. His face screwed up. "It's ... really different. Kinda musty and smokey, but it's really good." He took a bigger sip.
"Let me try it."
"Go slow, this stuff is strong," Kouta warned. "Just a bit."
Kaede took in a little and coughed. The vapors seemed to rush down her throat and up though the back of her nose. "Wow! This is strong!" She took another tiny sip and rolled it around in her mouth thoughtfully. "Yeah, OK, this is good. As you said, we should go slow." She handed the bottle back to Kouta.
After a few more sips, Kaede was feeling warm all over. Kouta led them over to sit on a barrel. A couple more sips, and Kaede unbuttoned her shirt. "It's getting hot in here," she said.
"Sure is," Kouta agreed as he watched her shirt come open. "Kaede, you're very pretty." he then looked at her blushing face. "I really wish I could have done something to help you back when we were kids. I feel terrible I didn't even know you were living in such misery."
Kaede gazed at him softly. "I'm so sorry I caused you misery. Kouta, I'd do anything for you. Anything." Kouta's eyes locked with hers. They leaned together and kissed.
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Duncan had to force himself to get a grip. Inari was wiggling into him, letting out the softest sounds as he petted her back and sides. If he didn't stop soon, they'd be on the floor having sex. He stopped petting and just held her. "Inari, we have to stop," he said in a rough voice filled with lust.
"I'm sorry," Inair cooed. "I came here to make you feel good, and you're the one making me feel wonderful."
"Don't be sorry, you do make me feel good," Duncan told her softly. "But we can't keep doing this here.
I think you should get dressed, they we'll go look at that other wind generator. We have to go slow."
"I don't want to stop touching you. Or you to stop touching me," she said in a begging voice.
"Then ... get dressed and we'll hold hands. How about that?" Duncan asked.
Inari gripped his hand and nodded. Staring at his hand, she cast him a teary smile. "You make me feel so happy, I want to do the same for you."
Duncan swallowed. A part of him asked why he didn't toss her to the floor and take her right now. As he looked at her, he noted how much she reminded him of Kaede. Other than hair color and a bit thinner face, their facial structure looked the same. "You are," he assured her.
It was with great reluctance and mentally kicking himself that Duncan helped Inari back into her nurse's coat, then held her hand as they went over to the other tower.
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Yuka found Nana and Mayu wandering a hallway and looking at all the old artwork on the walls. "Nana, Mayu, it's almost time for dinner. Have you seen Kouta?"
The pair shifted their attention to her. "We haven't, Yuka," Mayu said.
"I saw him with Duncan, but that was a long time ago," Nana offered.
"Well, see if you can find him and tell him it's time for dinner," Yuka said in a huff.
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While Yuka ran around to try to find people to tell them dinner was ready, Amanda rang the dinner bell that sounded through the ventilation shafts to ring through the whole castle.
Satisfied the second wind generator was functioning properly, Duncan told Inari, "Time for dinner."
"How do you know that?"
"Hear that ringing?" Duncan asked. "That's the dinner bell. A long time ago, it also warned everyone there was an emergency, usually an attack."
Hand in hand, he led Inari back down through the castle. Passing the second floor, he found Yuka frantically searching.
"Have you seen Kouta? I can't find him anywhere," Yuka asked.
"He was doing some carpentry," Duncan told her. "I'll go check, go on down for dinner."
Duncan led Inari down to the cellar. Hearing a soft gasp and kissing noises, he followed the sound.
Kaede lay across a couple barrels, Kouta half on top of her. They were kissing and petting, Kaede's shirt was open, spread to the sides.
"A-HEM!" Duncan coughed loudly.
Koute sat up and turned to gape at him, and fell of the barrel with a yelp.
"Kouta!" Kaede cried and jumped down to hug him to her breast and asked, "Are you OK?"
Grabbing the half-empty bottle of Scotch, Duncan sternly said, "Dinner time. Get yourselves together and come on up."
Despite being tipsy, Kouta scrambled up and offered a clumsy bow to Duncan. Speaking firmly, he said, "Mr. McLeod! I love Kaede. I have for a long time. I hate what her life was like and I wish to do everything in my power to make her happy! I will never leave her or cause her sadness!"
"Oh, Kouta," Kaede said in a swoon.
Despite the whiskey courage Kouta was exhibiting, Duncan could see the boy was serious. "Then you will also treat her like a lady and protect her innocent, and her modesty?" Duncan asked in a prod.
Kouta glanced at Kaede's open shirt, then bowed deeply, almost falling over. "I will, Sir!" He dropped to his knees and put Kaede's shirt together.
Duncan winced a the crack as Kouta quickly knelt. He knew bare knees on stone would hurt later, when Kouta sobered up. "Get dressed and come up for dinner," he told them again.
"Can we to that?" Iniari asked as she snuggled close to Duncan.
"Someplace a little more comfortable," Duncan replied.
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Kouta and Kaede had gotten themselves together, but with the rumpled clothes and their silly smiles, it was obvious they had been doing something. Yuka was quick to take notice.
Shirakawa watched everyone as they sat down for dinner at one end of the long table. Nana, number seven, eagerly helped set the food down with Yuka, who was scowling at Kouta and Kaede as they leaned close to each other. Kouta, a human boy was obviously infatuated with Kaede, and she was making starry eyes at him. Again, that shouldn't be possible. Nana settled down by the human girl, Mayu, looking very happy to be with her friend. Even number thirteen, the one called Inari was across from Amanda on either side of Duncan. Inari was casting Duncan blushing looks.
Everything Shirakawa was taught told her none of this should be possible. Every diclonius here were acting like normal females next to regular humans, and whatever Amanda and Duncan were. The only irritated one was Yuka, who sat on Kouta's other side and prodded him to sit up properly and eat. Kouta did eat, off Kaede's fork as she fed him, and he fed her.
Looking at the pair, Amanda noted, "They seem to have gotten close."
Duncan nodded and cast a smirk at Amanda and asked, "Do we have any aspirin for when they sober up later?" He pointed to the half bottle of scotch.
Amanda shook her head with a grin. "It may be a tough morning for them tomorrow."
"Sure will be, they were laying across barrels, and when Kouta fell off, Kaede fell on him," he explained.
Amanda giggled and said off hand, "I'm sure they will limp around all right."
"Kouta fell off a barrel?" Yuka asked, perking up. Jabbing Kouta, she asked, "You fell off a barrel?"
Kouta turned to her with a silly smile and said, "Don't worry, it doesn't hurt."
"Not yet," Duncan said dryly.
"Kouta did hit his knees pretty hard on the floor when he knelt in front of Kaede.," Inari said.
Hearing this, and see how Kouta and Kaede were paying so close attention to each other, Mayu asked, "Did Kouta propose to Kaede?"
"Kouta?" Yuka asked in wail of panic.
"No, I just wanted to protect my Kaede's modesty," Kouta said, gazing lovingly at Kaede.
"Wah ... what do you mean by that?" Yuka asked, her face turning red.
"You don't have to when we're alone," Kaede said in a soft, loving tone.
Amanda glanced at Kaede and asked Duncan a musical question, "Doctor trip tomorrow for birth control?"
"Absolutely," Duncan said flatly.
"Great, we can get some shopping done too," Amanda beamed.
"Shopping?" Inari asked.
This tore Kaede's eyes away from Kouta, though their hands remained locked together. "We're going shopping?"
"Tomorrow," Amanda said.
"Inari, you'll love shopping!" Kaede said happily. "Amanda takes us out and we get to buy all kinds of stuff! We can get neat clothes and fluffy blankets and I want to get some of those night gowns you said were pretty. Oh, Amanda! Kouta's going to need some pajamas, and other clothes too."
"Wonder where her mind is?" Amanda asked with a crooked grin.
"We can get new clothes?" Nana asked eagerly.
"But!" Kaede announced with an arm in the air. "We have to watch out for bad guys and keep an eye on each other and be safe."
"While we're shopping?" Mayu asked.
"Yes! We were shopping when those bad guys killed Uzuki!" Kaede told her. Her face turned into a stricken look as she added, "She was so happy ... then * sniff * these guys attacked us with their guns and I couldn't save her!"
Kaede broke down in tears, burying her head on Kouta's chest. Kouta held her as she cried.
Shirakawa watched Kaede wail out her agony as Kouta held her. On the end, Duncan took on a stonic look. After letting Kaede cry on for a bit, Duncan said, "Kouta."
"Yes, Sir."
"Kaede loved her sister. Take care of her tonight."
With all his tipsy seriousness, Kouta gave a firm nod. "I will, Sir!"
Yuka flushed with anger back to her ears.
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Watching and studying, Shirakawa helped pick up after dinner. She noted Kouta got Kaede over to one of the big stuffed chairs by the fireplace. He nearly fell down twice but did manage to flop safely onto a seat with her. Kaede went from crying about Uzuki's demise, to crying about what she did to Kouta, apologizing loudly many times to him until she fell asleep.
Duncan got a fire going in the fireplace and hung around with Inari until both kids passed out and Yuka ran crying to her room. Amanda got Mayu and Nana off to bed. As Inari covered the passed out Kouta and Kaede with a blanket, Duncan went over to Shirakawa, idly swirling his scotch and water as he looked into the glass.
"So tell me, why are you here?" he asked, and shifted his eyed to her.
"I am a research scientist," Shirikawa stated. "That is why I joined the National Health Agency. Unfortunately, not only did Kakuzawa lie horribly, what he did was manipulation of everyone. I really do want to know what diclonius are truly like."
"You want to study them," Duncan said flatly.
"And you. Not interfere, but truly see what they and you are like in a normal environment," Shirakawa stated. "We were told diclonius were heartless killers, that their goal was to wipe out humanity."
"Do you still think that?"
"I think we know nothing about them. I would like to find out."
Duncan eyed her and sat down in the next chair. "I have to think hard about that. You are not someone with a good track record in my book."
"Is she bothering you?" Inari asked and settled down in Duncan's lap as she glared at Shirakawa. She wrapped her arms around him possessively.
"It's all right," Duncan said putting an arm around her. "She says she wants to study us, but not interfere. What to you think?"
Inari frowned. "I think we just got away from those people, and I want nothing to do with them, or her." Inari stated.
Duncan looked at Shirakawa. "There's your answer," he said.
"I should expect hatred," Shirakawa said in a subdued tone. "Is there anything I can do to prove I am not your enemy?"
"You can answer some questions for me," Duncan said. "How old is Nana?"
Shirakawa stated, "Nana is ten years old. As for Kaede, I don't know. Inari is thirty three. Very few people knew she existed. The only reason I know is the Director put me and a doctor on her case."
"Why doesn't Nana look like she's ten? I'd guess she is fourteen or fifteen."
"Nana is a silpelit. She was born from a diclonius infection. Her parents were humans that had diclonius DNA. She will age faster," Shirakawa explained. "All it takes to produce such a child is the vector from a diclonuis touching a human. That was why we were so afraid of diclonius getting away from us. Just one diclonius could infect hundreds, maybe even thousands of people."
"And produce children who live shortened lives," Duncan finished, understanding what she was saying.
"Inari, did you know this?"
Inari shook her head. "How could I? I've been kept in a steel box all my life. The only reason I can speak, is I listened when humans came to torture me."
"That was a mistake," Shirakawa said heavily. "We were used also. The whole time Kakuzawa was ... spouting off how dangerous diclonius were, he was also doing his best to make all of you enraged enough to kill any humans you came across. He had planned for Kaede to be his 'queen'."
"And you fell for it," Inari said, eyeing her.
"We did, and I'm sorry," Shirakawa conceded.
"Can you tell me something?" Inari asked. "I remember ... a long time ago, I had a baby. What happened to it?"
Shirakawa shrugged. "That was before my time. I wasn't aware of any ... of you ever having a child."
"They took your baby?" Duncan asked.
Inari nodded. "I wasn't even aware how I'd gotten pregnant. I'm sure it was one of those times I was knocked out."
"That's horrible!" Duncan spat.
Inari cast him a sad look. "They did whatever they wanted to do with me," she said. She then leaned into him. Duncan held her close and petted her.
"You're safe now," Duncan told her softly. He kissed her forehead. He glanced at Shirakawa and asked, "Want to take a break from being around her?"
"Yes."
Duncan looked over at Kouta and Kaede wrapped up tight together and sleeping. Looking back at Shirakawa, he said, "Inari, could you help me get them to bed? I don't want them down here alone with her."
Inari got up and went over to their chair. Carefully, she brought out her invisible Arms and lifted them both up in the same position, blanket and all, and went upstairs. Duncan opened Kaede's door. Inari drifted them in and laid them in the bed. With groans, they stretched out, still clinging tight to each other.
Looking down on them, Inari saw what the future could be. Not being chained to walls and having things shot at you, but true happiness with someone dear. "Duncan," she said, If that woman downstairs does anything to them, she will suffer badly before I allow her to die."
"Agreed. I'll lock the door on our way out."
Duncan closed the door softly. His phone rang. He answered it and put an arm around Inari as she slid up next to him.
"Mcleod."
"Duncan, it's Rachel. Are ya in the area?"
Duncan had to shift his mind to English. "Hey Rachel, why do ya ask?"
"Cause I got an old bearded codger here buggin me. He's been askin about ya. Yer friend, Joe?"
Duncan laughed. "It figures. Yeah, Rachel, stayin for a while this time. I'll be down tomorrow. I wanted to make it a surprise."
"Well ya better come visit, and bring that girl of yours too!"
"I will, lass. We got some things to take care of first. Say, dinnertime?"
"Yer getting the house special. How many?"
"Depends. Seven, eight, nine?"
"Nine! Ya startin yer own clan there Duncan?"
Duncan laughed and looked at Inari. "Dunno, maybe," he said with a grin. "We'll see."
"I'll be puttin on a spread, be sure ya git here."
"We will, Rachel. Tell Joe he's invited."
"And his lady friend too?"
"Joe has a lady friend?" Duncan asked, surprised.
"Kassandra, ya know her?"
Duncan chuckled. "Yeah, I know her. She's a good friend. Of course she's invited."
"I'll tell'em. See ya tomorrow."
"We'll be there."
"Who was that?" Inair asked.
"A relative. Her name's Rachel McLeod. She runs the Lenui Inn down by the lake. Glen Finnen is my ancestral home. I grew up there," Duncan explained.
"You have many relatives there?"
"I'm sure I do. Only met a half dozen or so," Duncan said as he opened his bedroom door.
Inari looked in and grew a wide grin. "Wow," she said and ran in. Taking in the fireplace and the large bed she beamed him a smile. "This is really nice!" She dove on the bed. In a bounce, she rolled over and beamed him a happy smile.
"I thought we were going to take it slow?" Duncan asked.
"It felt so good holding you, and it was was nice and warm. Can't I sleep with you?" Inari asked innocently.
Duncan sat down by her, trying to ignore her longs legs and inviting smile. "Inari, you are very attractive, and I don't know if I can just go to sleep with you here."
Using Duncan to slide herself up, Inari put her arms around his neck and cast him a serious look. "Duncan, I told you, anything you want. I just want to be close to you. As close as possible as much as I can. You heard Kouta say how he felt about Kaede? I feel the same about you. I might be a little selfish, but I want you touching me, making me feel wonderful. And I want to make you feel wonderful too."
As they stared at each other, they came together in a kiss.