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The next day began, and Serena woke with a crick in her neck. "Ooowwhh..." She still is unhappy. She walks outside, stretching. She finds a small river filled with brightly colored fish, and soon enough, has befriended them as they nibble on her fingers. She giggles lightheartedly as they tickle her. She must put on a smile for Gerühe... She must...
She slowly walks up to his cabin, adjusting her Kimono before she knocks on the door. "Gerühe~! It's me... Can I come in?"
A gruff noise comes from the other side of the in response. "I-is that a yes? Are you even awake yet?"
"Yes." He mumbles, removing the acupuncture pins from his body.
Serena slowly walks in. She looks tired, but Gerühe, who is both male an a creature, doesn't give it the slightest thought.
Serena walks in slowly, sitting by his feet when she arrives at him.
"Thank you. I am very gracious that you have let me stay..."
"Mm hm..." He looks at her inquisitively as she obediently bows her head. "Why... Are you on the ground?"
"T-to show you my gratitude."
"Is that a human tradition?"
"Yes... I think so... I've never thought of where it originated from... Maybe a dog and his master?"
"An animal's master?" He scoffed. "They should be free to roam as they please! It's there earth, you know."
"You would absolutely abhor the village."
"I already do."
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"S-so! Do you want me to make breakfast?"
"Are you going to use ritualistic herbs again?" He asks, crossing his arms.
"I-I'm sorry! I didn't know I really didn't!" She crosses her arms in an X and holds it over her face. She puts her arms down just as quickly as she put them up. "... So would you like me to make breakfast?"
"... Why not. I enjoy watching you. It shows how the humans thrive."
She rushes out of the house and into the forest.
After about an hour of picking wild blackberries and raspberries, a familiar iridescent bird lands on her shoulder.
"Xeneith, you'll get me in trouble..."
He coos and rubs his head on her before turning human.
He wraps his arms around her and she drops the basket with the berries in it.
He gently nuzzles her. "Aw, common babe..." He feels her breasts.
She screams, and he covers her mouth. "Please... Just a little bit of touching?" He gives a malign smile before spanking her. "See? I won't go... There... Not quite yet." He kisses her before turning back into a bird and vanishing.
Serena stands there for a minute, confused and scared, before gathering the rest of her supplies and creating a breakfast of tea and a fruit bowel.
"H-here..." She hands it to Gerühe, who smells it, nodding in approval, and gestures her to sit down at the table.
After their awkward, silent breakfast, the creature sits in his chair and starts to weave a basket as Serena sits at his feet.
"Sir... What was your life like?" Serena inquires sweetly.
"If that was any of your business I would have already told you." He scoffs.
"Gerühe... Please? I've told you an awful lot about myself..."
"I said no."
Serena lays her head in his lap. "Please?"
"No!... It wasn't great, I'll leave you to think about that."
"Gerühe... You might feel better if you tell someone..." She laces her arms around him in a hug.
"Too much touching!" He smacks her away, and she stares at the floor. "Unclean!"
"I-I'm so sorry! I'm really really really very sorry!" She rushes out to the steam she had found the fish in earlier. She's sobbing pathetically.
"I bet he didn't even like what I made to eat! I'm such a failure! I can't do ANYTHING right!" She sobs, unaware that he can see her from the window.
"I hate myself, I hate myself, I HATE MYSELF!" She scratches her arms, and hard. Her nails dig in and pierce her frail, porcelain skin.
Soon, the river is swirling with billows of her red blood.
Gerühe walks over to her and puts a hand on her shoulder.
"Stop crying, human." He can't help but dwell on the thought of how pathetic the human race is... Ehk, her thoughts were weak... Stupid... Sickening.
The creature takes her hands in his and says a healing prayer, closing that painful wounds on her arms. "Don't do that again... You know what? We're going to visit a friend today."
Serena silently follows the creature about a mile to a tall tree, where he begins to climb.
"... Don't tell me that you can't climb, either."
She looks down in shame.
"Humans are worthless..." Just as he states that fact, a gust of wind blows Serena off of here feet and ten meters into the air, blowing her kimono up. A high-pitched female laugh is heard as Serena clings for dear life onto the tree.
"Oi! Be kind to the delicate female human!" Gerühe calls up to an angelic women. She's clothed in a beautiful white gown and has spotless white wings - so large they must drag the ground when she walks. Her golden hair shimmers in the sunlight.
"Aw, I was just having fun..." The beautiful woman says... Her boobs are huge and she has a nice ass, too... Unlike scrawny Serena, who's a mere twig.
"Carsidia... Take care of her for me. She's a bother and I can't get things done."
"I can hear you you k-" she's cut off by Carsidia.
"I'm a busy person, too!... And you, human..." She speaks as Gerühe drops to the ground, and flys them both to her tree house, above all other trees. "You shall not speak unless spoken to!" She grabs Serena's jaw and turns her head to her. "Understood?"
"Y-yes ma'am." She answers quietly.
"Good girl. Do you have a name?"
"Serena..."
"Alright Serena... Seeing that you have the brain of a troll, let's see if you can answer some questions... First... What is on my back?"
"Wings... Really pretty white wings..."
"Good. Now, seeing that, who do you think my family is?"
Serena hesitates. "... Angels?"
"No, imbecile! Birds! My family is fowl!... Now, that being said, what do I control and protect?"
"... Nature?"
"You're so incredibly dumb! BIRDS, you moron! BIRDS!"
Speaking of the animal, an ornate bird lands on Serena's shoulder. Xeneith.
"I said birds, not impostors!" She spat out at Xeneith... Misdirecting it at Serena.
Xeneith shapeshifts. "Aw... Let me have my fun!" He pulls Serena close and caresses her sides and breasts gently.
"Xeneith... You disgusting pervert... Let her go."
"Oh, but I care for her! Unlike you and that other swine... Ah, what's his name... Gerühe?" He giggles. "I intend on making this woman mine." He smiles at Serena. "What do you say, love?" He continues to pervertedly fondle and touch her.
"Ah... Um..." She doesn't know if all this touching is a sign of affection or if it's wrong... His smile is so sweet, though... "... Okay."
"You are absolutely insane, Serena!" Carsidia bites her lip and strides inside.
"Now my love... Shall we go?" He turns into a bird of prey and carries her to his den.
"Xeneith... What is... 'Making her mine'?" She strokes the soft feathers of his outfit and he smiles.
"Oh... You'll see." He harshly pushes her to the ground, and, covering her mouth, he rips off the beautiful kimono and throws it into a mud puddle as it begins to storm outside.
"N-no!" She tries to cover herself.
"Hehe~ you're so naïve!" He slaps her before roughly abusing her and severely raping her, using both his own body and a knife. "Doesn't this feel good?!"
He continues to get off to her screams before tossing her out in the mud.
"Thank you, love!" He laughs maniacally.
She sobs as she crawls away. She calls both Gerühe and Carsidia's names, hoping that someone, anyone would come along and help her.
Gerühe, who is feeding a fawn, senses something is wrong and immediately searches for Serena. He finally stumbles upon a comatose Serena, beaten and bloodied... Soiled and impure... He picks her up gently and carries her back to Carsidia's house, mumbling prayers of purity for her. He carefully lifts her over his shoulder as he climbs the tree.
Soon enough, Serena wakes in a room that has a slight healing power about it. She can hear Gerühe and Carsidia arguing in the next room over.
"YOU IDIOT! Why did you let Xeneith take her?!"
"She seemed happy!"
"That isn't good enough!"
"Oh, it isn't?! What could I have done?"
"You could have killed the bastard! That's what you should've done!... I'm sorry, I have things to do... Unlike you. Watch the girl." He slams the door behind him, and Carsidia comes in the room with a sigh.
"So, human... How do you feel?"
"... Like an absolute moron..."
She smiles. "I mean physically. How much pain are you in?"
"I've had worse... I'll be fine."
She looks shocked for a moment, but regains her composer. "That's good to hear." She smiles a bit as a Mourning Dove flies in and lands on Serena's shoulder.
"Wow... Deadon seems to like you..." The dove coos and nuzzles Serena with a sound similar to a purr. "That's one of the birds that doesn't listen to me..."
Serena nods, her body healing quickly, thanks to the blessed room.
After a few moments of Carsidia not being in the room; gunfire and a shill scream can be heard. Suddenly, she bursts into the room, arrows and bullets piercing her beautiful wings, creating sharp, maroon contrasts of blood on her white wings.
"MOVE! Get out of here and don't look back!"
Serena screams and rushes past all of them, managing to only get one arrow to the side. Some of the beautiful birds assist her down the tree quickly.
"Gerühe! GERÜHE!" She yells until her voice is weak and it turns into a soft whimper.
Gerühe hears her frantic screams and leaves the fawn he was feeding. "Serena?" He sighs. "What has she gotten into now...?" He finds her in about ten minutes, and sees the arrow piecing her.
"C-c-Carsidia is in danger!" She manages to whimper out.
He pulls the arrow out of her and picks her up into a basket lift. He runs back to Carsidia's tree, using his powers to run up the side if the tree. He knocks over one of the human hunters standing at the top, who fell off of the branch. If you were to listen closely, you would've been able to hear a painful crunch as he hit the forest floor.
He puts Serena down gently. "Stay the fuck here... Don't you dare move."
He grunts and runs in, going to work on the evil men.
Contrary to Gerühe's request, Serena runs in after him. She jumps on the back of one of the hunters, wrapping her small hands around his neck as hard she can manage, digging her fingernails in. It takes about a minute to choke him.
Gerühe seems more angry than impressed, though he's glad that Serena can fend for herself.
He blocks just in time before using his horn to ram two of the men out a nearby window.
Serena rushes over to the lifeless body of Carsidia, and she's helped by the birds to put their Mistress in the back bedroom with the healing aura.
As Serena puts Carsidia to rest and begins to clean her blood soaked wings, Gerühe finishes off the rest of the men. He rushes to Carsidia's side.
"M'lady... Are you okay?" He furrows his brow as he inspects her.
"Mhnn..." She mumbles, barely audible.
"Gerühe... I'm sorry."
"Don't be. You did the right thing."
"W-will she live?"