Chapter 4
Saxyguy – I return once more with a new chapter! I just realized that I never put a disclaimer on this fic so here it is. I DON'T OWN FIRE EMBLEM! If I did, I would not only be rich, but much happier. That and I wouldn't waste time writing fan fics.
Kumori, Jill, and Lethe stalked through the woods, searching for the survivors of the mercenary band from yesterday. A twig snapped and all three froze. They slowly turned toward the noise to see Cryo looking sheepish. Kumori signaled Lethe and Jill to stay still as he slipped over to talk to Cryo. The two men crouched near a tree. "Did you find something?" Kumori whispered.
"No, I was sent to check on you three." Cryo replied silently. Just then, an arrow hissed into the trunk of the tree in between them. Cryo unwrapped the paper around the shaft and scanned it before passing it to Kumori.
Found the remaining bandits. Immediately north of your position. Seven guards around the camp and regular patrols. Approach with caution.
Kumori sighed. 'This is going to be a bit of a challenge…' He thought. His ears perked up as he heard something slicing through the air at high speed. He pulled his bow off his back and snatched the arrow from the air before sending it right back the way it came. There was a scream and the sound of breaking branches as an enemy archer fell from the trees. "Looks like we've been discovered." Kumori said as the sound of hooves reached his ears.
Titania brought her horse to a stop next to them as Jill and Lethe vanished into the underbrush. "Looks like we get to do things the hard way." Titania said as another arrow deflected off her armor. "I'll go in first as point, Marcia will follow me. Lethe and Jill, you two come next. Grim will worry them from the air while Cryo catches the ones that try to run. Kumori, I'm sure you'll find a way to fit in." Titania ordered before she turned her horse and galloped off toward the enemy camp. Titania thundered forward, ignoring the arrows bouncing off her armor. Cryo spied a mage raising his hand. The poor man never stood a chance, disappearing in a fireball before his arm came down to throw his spell. Marcia swooped in after Titania, deftly rolling and looping to dodge arrows as she lashed out with her lance.
There was a scream from the treetops followed by the sound of branches breaking once more as another archer fell to the ground, this time with Lethe latched onto his chest. Jill dashed by her and skewered a bandit trying to sneak up on her mate before ripping her lance free and snapping the blunt end up into a charging man's jaw. As he stumbled back, two arrows thudded into his chest as Kumori took a few steps forward as he shot, placing himself between Cryo and the main fighting. Kumori looked up in time to see Grim shoot by over head, gracefully banking and looping to avoid branches and arrows while returning his own shots. Kumori called out as an arrow sped towards Grim's back in a way he couldn't possibly evade. At the last second, Grim twirled in midair and snatched the arrow out of the sky before returning it to the sender with deadly accuracy.
Cryo picked his targets carefully, focusing on the edges of the fight and any mages he happened to spot. He glanced over at Titania to see her surrounded. "Damn." He cursed as he whipped out his knife and nicked his palm before throwing his injured hand out in an arc toward Titania. Half of the bandits circling her suddenly exploded into white hot flames, allowing her to fight her way free. Titania heard a low chant from her left and twisted her saddle to hurl her short ax end over end into the mage's chest. Several men charged, thinking her unarmed. She reared her horse and the beast struck out with its hooves, giving her enough time to draw another ax.
Titania looked around to check on the battle to see Marcia spin into a barrel roll to avoid an arrow and stab several men below her at the same time. She continued to look around and saw Lethe and Jill surrounded but quickly realized they had the situation well in hand. Jill ducked a swing from one man and Lethe turned around and leaped into his chest, driving him to the ground and ripping his throat out in a spurt of blood. Jill whipped around and stabbed the guy Lethe had been fighting before deflecting a strike from another bandit. They fought back to back for a while before one man managed to get under Jill's guard. As his sword approached her, she felt something shove her back as Kumori arrived and stabbed the man in the chest with the arrow in his hand before shooting the bandit behind him in the face. He slung his bow back across his back as the next man stepped forward to swing at him. Kumori hopped back and sucked in his gut to avoid the strike as he drew his katana. He opened the man from shoulder to hip before he spun forward, slicing two more across the throat as he went.
As Kumori cut into the bandits like a demon, an archer in the trees took a bead on him. The archer let his arrow fly and it struck Kumori, sending him stumbling back to the ground. The man he had been fighting stepped forward with his sword held high, only to have an ax sprout from his chest. Titania galloped by and leaned almost out of her saddle to retrieve her ax and continued on her way.
The archer in the trees smiled at his success, only to see Grim appear in front of him and slam into him feet first, kicking him from the tree, as he fell, Grim rained arrows down on him, piercing every non-vital point he could before the man hit the ground. Grim swooped after him and landed next to the man to discover that he was still breathing. He ripped one of his arrows out of the man's body and shot another with it. The archer screamed as arrow after arrow was ripped from his flesh. Grim tore his last arrow free and fired it into the man's skull, ending his miserable existence. Grim turned to Kumori only to see every bandit in his way, and a few that weren't, explode into white hot flames. Grim hurried over to Kumori to check on his friend, only to have him sit up as he arrived.
"Ouch." Kumori muttered as he looked at the arrow sticking out of his shoulder. Just then, Jill spotted Grim kneeling over Kumori and sprinted over, followed by Lethe. The two laguz held off the surrounding bandits as Grim helped Kumori to his feet. Kumori drew one of his knives and bit down on the handle as he ripped the arrow from his shoulder. He wiped the head of the arrow off and added it to his quiver before reaching into one of his belt pouches and pulling out a roll of bandages. He swiftly bandaged his shoulder before drawing his katana once more.
They had finished off most of the rest of the bandits when a man stepped out of a tent. The man was enormous and carried a huge ax. Titania charged the man, who simply lowered his shoulder and knocked her horse off its hooves. Marcia swooped in next, hurling a javelin at the man, slicing a neat line across his cheek. Next to attack was Grim. He fired arrows into the man's arms as he flew by. The man shrugged the arrows off as if they were bee stings. Jill was next to charge in. As she did, Lethe snuck up behind him and sank her teeth into his ankle. The man looked down as Lethe bit him, he looked back up in time to see Jill's lance enter his chest. The berserker's eyes grew wide as he slowly fell to his knees. Jill stood over him, staring down at the man as the life left his eyes. Titania arrived leading her horse.
"Good job. Lets take a look around and see if they had any laguz here." Titania said as they spread out to search for clues.
A short time later, they came to the conclusion that there were no laguz slaves in the camp. Titania ordered them to return to their temporary barracks and wait for Ike to return from his mission.
Titania and Cryo sat in Titania's room pouring over supply reports. Cryo yawned loudly as he stretched. Titania looked at him in curiosity. "Bored?" She asked.
"Just a bit. Let's take a break and play some chess." Cryo said as he reached into his sleeve and pulled out a chess set.
"Alright." Titania said. "Care to make a wager on the game?" She asked with a smirk.
"Like what?" Cryo asked.
"If I win, I chose what we do next. If you win, you chose." Titania said, still smirking.
Cryo had a sudden chill run through him. 'Why do I suddenly feel intimidated?' "Alright. I'll take that bet." Cryo said as they set up the board.
20 minutes later
"Checkmate." Titania said with a smirk as she set her rook down with an air of finality.
"Well it looks like I lose then… what do you want to do?" Cryo asked.
Titania rose from her seat and stepped around the table before leaning down to Cyro's eye level. "This." She said before she kissed him.
Cryo sat stunned for a moment before returning the kiss. They kissed passionately for several seconds before they separated for air. "What was that for?" Cryo asked.
"You didn't like it? Guess I'll have to try harder on the next one…" Titania said before sealing her lips to his again. This time, she slipped her tongue into his mouth. Titania pulled back. "You complete me. On the battlefield and off." Titania said. "You always know what needs to be done and you're always willing to do it." She continued before kissing him again.
The door banged open before Kumori walked in. "Hey Cryo, I have a… OH MY GOD!" Kumori exclaimed. By this time, Titania, sick of leaning over, had sat in Cryo's lap.
Cryo pulled away from Titania. "Little busy. Come back later." Was all he managed to get out before Titania had his mouth otherwise occupied.
Kumori stepped out of the room and closed the door before turning to face Lethe and Jill. "And he complained at us…" Kumori muttered as he led Lethe and Jill to their room.
"Wait, you mean Titania and Cryo are…?" Jill asked.
"I'd definitely say that they are together." Kumori said. "Judging by that impressive kiss I just walked in on." Lethe and Jill stepped closer to Kumori and wrapped their tails around his waist. Kumori draped his uninjured right arm across Jill's shoulders while he wrapped his tail around Lethe's waist. "I take it you want something?" Kumori asked as Jill and Lethe dragged him off to their room.
"How'd you guess?" Lethe asked as she opened the door to their room and pulled the two of them in. Lethe spun around and closed the door with her back before pulling Kumori into a kiss. Jill threw off her cloak and pressed herself against Kumori's back, nipping gently at his neck. As she kissed along his neck, Jill's hands unclasped Kumori's cloak and tossed it over with hers. Kumori turned around and mashed his lips against Jill's. Lethe leaned against the wall for a second, catching her breath, before she threw off her own cloak and started to unbuckle Kumori's weapon belts.
Kumori twitched, but checked his natural reaction to lash out at whoever tried to disarm him; focusing instead on ravishing Jill. He felt the familiar weight of his weapons disappear and Lethe stepped back for a moment before she pressed herself against his back once more. Lethe reached around him and caressed his chest.
Outside
Grim was walking by Kumori's room on his way to the courtyard so he could stretch his wings when he heard a noise from the room. Curious, he stepped closer and listened again. He heard a loud moan and was about to open the door to check on them when he realized who had made the noise. He blushed deep scarlet as Jill moaned again.
"Hey, Grim." Marcia said as she walked up. Grim grabbed her by the arm and pulled her away from the door. "What's wrong?"
"Trust me, you don't want to be anywhere near that room right now. Let's go flying." Grim said as he pulled Marcia towards the stables.
Back inside Kumori's room
The three laguz had moved to the bed and Jill was currently sandwiched between Lethe and Kumori. Somewhere in their activities, Jill had lost her shirt, though she couldn't bring herself to care where the restrictive article of clothing had gone. She moaned as Kumori gently palmed one of her breasts. She felt a smaller hand grope the other and she moaned once more. She reached out and grabbed Kumori by the hair and pulled him forward to kiss him. She smirked into their kiss as she had an idea. She let Kumori dominate their kiss and focused on her tail. She slowly worked it up one of Lethe's legs to her panties. With a little bit of fumbling, she managed to slip her tail into Lethe's moist slit, causing her to hiss in surprise. Jill had just started working on Kumori's shirt when there was a loud banging at the door, causing all three of them to curse softly.
"Who is it?" Kumori called, trying to keep the irritation out of his voice.
Cryo poked his head in the door. "Looks like you three were having fun. Ike's back. He brought some new recruits. He wants us all down in the courtyard." Cryo said before retreating from the room.
"Damn…" Kumori muttered as he rose from the bed and straightened his cloths. Lethe and Jill followed suit as the three of them dressed rapidly.
Courtyard
The Greil Mercenaries assembled in the courtyard. Ike stood next to four people. One was obviously a tiger laguz, another was a young boy dressed as a mage, the third was a tall man with shocking green hair, and the fourth was a woman. She appeared to be a cat laguz, but she carried a sword similar to the green haired man standing next to her.
"Alright people, this is Tormond, a mage and the leader of the laguz liberation army in Begnion. This is his associate Muarim, a tiger laguz. This is Stefan, a swordmaster of great skill, and his associate Lyndis." Ike said pointing to each person in turn. Tormond was a mage wearing an orange cape. Standing next to the boy was a mountain of a man. He had green hair and matching ears. Stefan had brighter green hair and wore a sword at his hip. He carried himself like someone who was ready for everything. The woman next to him had jet black hair with green streaks. Hear ears and tail were the same color green. She two wore a sword like she knew how to use it. "They will be joining the company." Ike said
Saxyguy – Woot! New chapter for all you who see my fanfics as crack! Be sure to leave a review! Ja ne!
