The Warmth of the Embrace and the Cold of the Abysses
Lady Shilo told Keiji to meet them at Ignis castle later because they wanted to explore and see what kind of place it was. It wasn't long until they discovered a hot spring nearby "We should go in Lady Shilo, it will do well to relax after conquering a kingdom" Oichi said looking at the steaming water. Lady Shilo looked around at the different Pokémon some were in the water but most of them, who were fire types, were lying on the warm stones "All right why not" she said looking around a moment before turning her back to Oichi and began to shed her armor.
Oichi watched frozen as Lady Shilo undressed, she knew she shouldn't but she couldn't tear her eyes away she could see a tense edge on her shoulder blades and an ache in the small of her back. "You should let me give you a massage sometime Lady Shilo, it would help relax your aches and pains" she said slowly taking off her own armor as Lady Shilo stepped into the hot spring.
"Hmm? Ah…sounds nice" Lady Shilo said softly the heat of the water was relaxing her body and making her sleepy "Aren't you coming in its wonderful" she sighed and leaned her head back. Oichi hadn't realized she had stopped moving "Yes, I was just thinking" she said stepping into the water and let out a small sound of release as the warm water eased the tiredness in her body. "This was a wonderful idea, I'm glad we came I haven't felt this relaxed in ages" Lady Shilo muttered softly.
Though Oichi would tell that Lady Shilo was feeling better she only felt more tense, the fact that she could see Lady Shilo's neck shining with the water and the way her scent reached toward Oichi from across was the spring setting her on edge. "T-That's wonderful I'm glad it's helping" she said licking her lips hazily as Lady Shilo closed her eyes and leaned a bit farther back, revealing more of her flesh that had been hidden. Oichi didn't understand what was wrong with her, lately she felt like an animal sometimes when she thought about Lady Shilo it was rude wasn't it? Well at any rate it certainly wasn't fair to Lady Shilo that she was being used, even if she didn't know it, by Oichi subconscious.
Later That Night
Lady Shilo walked down the hall of Ignis Castle, it was nearly midnight and she had just finished talking with Keiji, learning about recruiting allies, and now she was tempted to take Oichi up on her offer of a massage. Today was an eventful one but she couldn't sleep, she had this irritating habit of not being able to sleep for days at a time then suddenly crashing like the day she met Oichi, her doctor might have called it insomnia or something like that. Something on the wind made her want to pace, though she didn't know what was calling to her.
Oichi could hear Lady Shilo walking around in the hall, she knew Lady Shilo had trouble sleeping she had explained that to Oichi the first morning after she nearly scared Oichi out of her skin, but now it barely fazed her, it was just another thing that she adjusted to. She headed out into the hall following the sound Lady Shilo's footsteps and found that she left the castle and was sitting on the rocks that overlooked the battlefield that they had fought on to conquer Ignis. Oichi remembered earlier in battle when she and Eevee had frozen "Are you feeling alright Lady Shilo, you've been awfully quiet lately" she asked, referring to Lady Shilo's chilling silence as they walked back from the hot springs, no matter was Oichi tried she couldn't get Lady Shilo to respond other then grunts and head movements.
Lady Shilo sighed "I nearly lost my cool today, so many years and it's still controlling me" she growled the last part clenching her hands into fists and lowering her head so that her bangs hid her face. "What's controlling you?" Oichi asked the thought of anything controlling her seemed to surprised her warrior and she felt her move closer, offering comfort most likely "Well to explain that I'd need to tell you how I met Eevee, it was a few years ago when I was just a little girl-" Lady Shilo froze as the ground began to shake. "The volcano has become active again we need to get out of here" she said standing quickly but it was too late, rocks began to fall around them and she couldn't breathe the visions of earth falling around her, choking her, filled her mind.
"L-Lady Shilo?" Oichi said whipping around to look into the terrified expression of her warlord "We need to get out of here remember" she said grabbing onto Lady Shilo ice cold hand but Lady Shilo didn't seem to hear Oichi's voice. Oichi looked up as a shadow fell over her and screamed as she saw a large rock falling straight for her, but then she felt a tug on her hand and she was pulled into Lady Shilo's embrace. Lady Shilo had heard Oichi's scream and that had been enough to snap her out of her daze but though she was able to save Oichi from being crushed the rock that was going to crush her smashed into the ground and broke it open. Lady Shilo smashed the back of her head against the ground as they both fell and the last thing she heard as the darkness started to creep up on her conscious mind was Oichi screaming her name loudly as they fell into the cold dark abysses that opened up below them, turns out it was an underground cave, which would explain the reason that the ground was so thin and broke so easily despite the fact that the rock wasn't all that large or heavy.
