The Tenth Year
I had a request for a spin-off of Clan Kittens about Kenakokinta and Edwina, the Gria and Viera team who cause nothing but trouble for Clan Nutsy, so I decided to write it. I am NOT giving up on Clan Kittens, do not worry. Updates may be a bit slow. This involves Gria mating rituals, and Edwina's sorry attempts to avoid betraying her beloved Kinta. This takes place two years after Clan Kittens, so Clan Daisy has gone back on their own to take their own missions, and they've also moved away from Kinta's forest near Muscadet to Camoa.
I don't own FFTA or FFTA-2. Those are owned by Square Enix. Kenakokinta, Edwina, and Kalashi are mine, as is Kalashi's race. The idea for the Sangria clan belongs to my brother Wight Mamba.
"So this Sangria Clan has been causing problems in Targ Wood?" Kenakokinta, a golden haired Viera asked a Moogle.
"Kupo. They disturb citizens, steal wine from the shops, and have been… forgetting that they're all women. Publicly." The Moogle explained.
Edwina, a red-haired Gria Geomancer, was uneasy. Why had Kinta chosen now to take the mission? She could've waited. Edwina had been sick for a few weeks now and nobody could figure out what was wrong. She stared at the Moogle. "What exactly is wrong with them forgetting they're women? Kinta and I are a lesbian couple ourselves!" She just about screamed.
"Just relax Eddy. Here, feed Kalashi." Kinta said, handing her lover some peanuts. Kalashi was Edwina's pet. She was a Kneervon; a small squirrel-like animal that also happened to be symbiotic with whomever it chose. Kalashi had chosen Edwina while the Gria was wandering through a forest with Kinta. Eddy loved the animal.
"Kupo, it's a problem because it's been ten years since the last Gria mating occurred, and one of these women… she just turned sixty years old and her mother wants her to go find a mate. You're a Gria, miss. Why aren't you making for Fluorgis like the rest, kupo?" The Moogle asked.
"I don't need a male. I have Kinta, and she's better than any man!"
Kinta was not paying attention anymore. She was thinking. Sure, Edwina said she wouldn't leave, but would she really be able to resist it? Neither one of them knew what to expect when the Gria started coming into heat. Viera could be very dangerous during their time, would Edwina act the same way? She was only fifty, since Gria lived a long time just like Viera, but some started around that time. Would Edwina be able to control herself and not go back to Fluorgis, especially living closer to it then they used to?
Edwina began feeling dizzy. Kinta snapped out of her thoughts when the Gria nearly fell. She caught her and helped her stay on her feet. Kalashi leaped off Edwina's shoulder and onto Kinta's.
"Eddy, are you okay?" Kinta asked, "We don't have to take this mission if you're not going to be able to move."
"I don't know what's wrong with me. I don't feel good. It's getting worse. I've got a temperature."
Somehow, something clicked with Kinta upon hearing that. "Eddy, do you think you could be in heat? You're fifty. You say it's every ten years that the Gria breed. It's possible, isn't it?" The Viera asked.
"Possible, but I don't know. I wouldn't know what to expect Kinta. I want to see a doctor. What if there is something really wrong with me?"
"Kupo! Are you going to take the mission or not?" The Moogle asked.
"I think I'd better take Edwina home and see if I can find a doctor around here who knows anything about Gria. Maybe you'll find someone better than the two of us to handle this Sangria Clan. If Edwina gets better, we'll be back. I just don't want her fainting or anything on the mission." Kinta said. Edwina's wings and unusually long tail hung limp. Kinta was very worried about the young Gria. She gently lifted her lover into her arms and began carrying her. Edwina was lighter than she looked. She rested her head on Kinta's shoulder as the Viera walked off with her.