I'm back with a new chapter for you all. I'm sure you want to see what Moniku wants with Midoriko. Well what she wants from her exactly will not be revealed yet, but you will get to enjoy the presence of her character and her interaction with Midoriko.
I do not own the Kim Possible Characters, they belong to Disney. I do However own Kuraiichi, Rida, Akai, Hori, Midoriko, Chisana-ichi, Josei, On'nanako as well as the names Buraun, Koni, Roni, Midoriichi, Hekuta, Murasaki and Kimiko.
Ch.9 Midoriko's decision
"You mean you are the Midoriko Tori?" Moniku asked.
"Yes." Midoriko answered with a craned eyebrow. Why was this woman so surprised about her name? That made Midoriko a little suspicious.
"I've heard stories about you. Tell me is it true what they say about your skills in battle?" The woman asked.
Midoriko smirked. "So I see my reputation precedes me. My strength is no fabrication." Midoriko boasted.
Moniku smiled, her golden eye glistening in the moonlight. "Then perhaps you wouldn't mind demonstrating these skills for me?" She asked.
"What you mean you want to spar?" She asked Moniku.
The woman simply nodded. 'It would be a great way to assess your strength. I need to see for myself.' She said in her thoughts. "I'll take this a once in a lifetime chance." Moniku responded.
"Fine." Midoriko said getting into a defensive stance. "Get up and we'll begin."
"There's no need. Come at me child, don't hold back." Moniku said as she gestured for Midoriko to come after her with her index finger.
"You're funeral." She said and she rushed Moniku.
Closing the distance, she was in her face in an instant, and she had her right hand cocked back. Midoriko's eyes widened, Moniku's finger was in her face, and the woman flicked her away with her index finger. Midoriko rolled back into the river creating a huge splash.
"She's fast. Yup definitely a demon." Midoriko mumbled to herself. She looked up to see Moniku smirking at her. "Lucky shot. Let's see you try that again." She said as she stood up.
"With pleasure." Moniku said still keeping that same sly grin.
Midoriko ran at her again, but this time she jumped to Moniku's left, sliding around in back of her hoping to hit her blindspot. She lunged forward.
"Got you!" She said. Midoriko was shocked as the woman ducked at the last second letting her sail overhead. She then flicked Midoriko in her stomach, sending her a few feet up into the air.
Moniku watched as she once again crashed into the river. "Speed alone is not everything." She told Midoriko. "Are you sure you're Midoriko Tori, I'm sure the daughter of Midoriichi Tori isn't this weak."
Midoriko growled as she stood up. "Fine then, I'll try power." She said as her hands glowed with green demonic energy.
'There we go, that's what I wanted to see.' Moniku said in her thoughts. She stood up from her log. "Those glowing fists…." Moniku said in a seemingly shocked manner.
Midoriko didn't give her a chance to finish her statement, as she immediately rushed her again, swinging her fists trying to hit Moniku. Moniku dogged the attacks and then delivered a hard slap to Midoriko's face.
"It's rude to interrupt a lady you know." She said. Midoriko's head snapped to the right.
"I'm sorry. Let me make it up to you!" She said as she slammed her glowing fist into Moniku's gut. Moniku groaned on impact, causing a smile to cross Midoriko's face. However before she could retract her fist, Moniku grabbed it. She looked Midoriko in her eyes and smiled before pointing behind her.
Midoriko looked behind her to see Moniku standing directly behind her. She was quickly grabbed by the woman from behind. Moniku's hands traveled from Midoriko's waist to her shoulders.
"Such an energetic body, for such a…young girl." Moniku said as her hands began to roam back down Midoriko's torso.
Midoriko was about to remove Moniku, when the woman's right arm shot up and the claw on her index finger extended to Midoriko's throat.
"Ah,ah,ah, didn't I tell you it was rude to interrupt others. Besides you lost the moment I grabbed you." Moniku told her.
Midoriko tensed more as she felt Moniku's hand go over her stomach. "Nice…very…..nice." The woman practically purred. "Your mother did a good job training you." Her grip tightened. "However you waste your energy on your attacks, and lack the proper balance between power and speed. Is this truly the power you used against Yasei?" She asked.
"Y-you know about that?" She asked the demon.
"I was….in the area, when Yasei reemerged. Though it was through the grapevine so to speak that I heard it was you who engaged him." Moniku leaned in to whisper in Midoriko's ear. At that same time she clutched Midoriko's breast with her left hand. "Tell me Midoriko. Are you satisfied with your current level of power?" She asked the young demon.
Thoughts flashed through Midoriko's mind. Thoughts of how she wanted to get stronger. She felt that if she was stronger she could have captured Reo's attention more, maybe even her mother's would grow to recognize her more. She knew she needed the power, and maybe once she had it she would find out why.
Moniku saw the look in Midoriko's eyes. She smiled deviously. "I'll take that as a no." She whispered. Moniku squeezed Midoriko's breast harder. "I could make you so much stronger. That's if you're willing to let me. Whatever it is you are after, you seek power to do it. Let me help you child." Moniku said.
"I…..am…not a child!" Midoriko said.
"Oh no? You are as helpless as one are you not?" Moniku said as she licked the young demon's neck. She purred at how delicious she tasted. "You were so easily captured and subdued. If you are not a child then free yourself by all means." Moniku told her.
Midoriko accepted her challenge, anything to get the woman off of her. Moniku lowered her index finger from Midoriko's throat and that's when she sprang into action. She grabbed Moniku's right hand, but Moniku used her left hand to grab Midoriko's. Midoriko elbowed Moniku in her gut, and freed herself. However she forgot that Moniku still had a hold on her left hand.
Moniku pulled Midoriko back in, but Midoriko had a countermeasure to it. Using her momentum she was going to hit Moniku with a clothesline. However Moniku easily seen the attack coming and ducked under Midoriko's clothesline. She quickly grabbed Midoriko's arm again, placing it behind her back. At the same time she tripped the young demon, forcing Midoriko to the ground as she pinned her there. Moniku pressed herself onto Midoriko's back as she leaned into her ear again.
"Am I right, or Am I right?" She said as nipped on Midoriko's left ear.
Midoriko let out a small moan, one that made Moniku smile. 'I have her.' She thought to herself.
However before she could do or say more, she heard voices. "Midoriko!" Chisana-ichi called out to her.
A scowl crossed Moniku's face, but it was replaced when she gazed down at Midoriko. "Sorry, but our visit will have to be cut short. But my offer for power stands firm, it is a simple manner really. Come back here tomorrow night, I'll be waiting for your answer. Oh and I promise to be more…civilized." The woman quiet chuckled as she removed herself from on top of Midoriko.
Midoriko quickly got up and turned around but did not see anybody. Before she could further investigate, her sister followed by her mothers stepped through the brush.
"There you are, we've been looking all over for you." Chisana-ichi said.
"Sorry about that, I-uh got distracted, by the moon." She lied.
"Well we're headed home you two are still grounded." Midoriichi said. With that they headed back to their mountain home.
XX
Later on that night while the clan slept, Midoriko laid wide awake. She could not stop thinking about Moniku. She was easily overpowered by the woman. She had some serious strength, and she was offering some of that strength to her. Still she didn't know if the woman's words rang true or not. I mean how sure was Midoriko that the woman wasn't just going to overpower her again and doing something else perverted to her. Midoriko has never been touched by another woman nor has the thought ever entered her mind.
Midoriko then touched her left breast, where Moniku had grabbed her. She felt a small tingling sensation. 'That's great. I can still feel her touch.' She said in her thoughts. 'Maybe that's why I can't sleep.' She pondered on the thought for a while before dismissing it. 'Nah, that's not it.'
The promise of power is what kept her attention. Midoriko needed it for reasons unknown. Maybe it was to protect everyone, or maybe it was just to have it. She knew that she would find the reason when she had such power, and Moniku's offer was too tempting to turn down. She sat up. 'Could she really make me more stronger?' She asked herself.
"Midoriko." She heard Chisana-ichi say to her. She looked over to see her younger sister sit up rubbing her left eye. "Did something happen earlier?" She asked.
"Earlier?" Midoriko repeated.
Chisana-ichi nodded. "You said you got distracted by the moon. I know that wasn't true. What happened?" She questioned with a sleepy voice.
Midoriko thought about if she should tell Chisana-ichi about what happened between her and Moniku. "I-I just wanted some time alone is all." She lied.
"Oh." Chisana-ichi replied. She stayed silent for a bit. "You know Midoriko, I'm your sister. You can tell me anything."
Midoriko sighed. "So perceptive. Well let's just say I may have made a potential new friend." Midoriko told her.
"New friend?" Chisana-ichi said and raised her eyebrow.
"I was told that she could make me stronger. I'm not sure if she was telling the truth, but if I can get stronger. If I can attain such levels of power I'll take it." Midoriko said.
"But why do you need power. What's the point of trying to attain so much power in so little time?" She asked her older sister.
"I don't know Ichi. I believe I'll find the answer when I get that power." Midoriko said as she rose up from her bed.
"Where are you going?" Chisana-ichi asked Midoriko.
"To find Utsukushi. I want to know if what she said is complete bullshit or not." Midoriko said.
"You can't! We're grounded remember!?" Chisana-ichi said trying to keep her voice as quiet as possible. "Mother will kill you if she found out that you snuck out."
"Ichi, I'm not expecting you to lie to them for me. However if I'm not back within an hour, alert our parents. However for now, go back to sleep." Midoriko said.
"Go back to sleep? How can I when you make it sound like you wont be coming back?"
"Just do what I ask. Ok?" Midoriko asked of her.
Chisana-ichi said nothing, and Midoriko left their room. She knew she had to quietly move around if she didn't want to alert her mothers, or worse, the guards that were still roaming around. She carefully made her way from the back of the den, to the front cave entrance. She saw two Tori soldiers posted there. Her plan was to take them out, and keep moving but her foot accidentally hit a rock, causing it to roll forward across the cave floor.
The soldiers hearing this had turned around and saw nothing. "Ya heard that right?" One guard said.
"Yeah I'll go check it out. It could be you know who trying to get out again." The second guard said.
He walked into the caves and began to look around, but saw no sign of anyone. However he failed to see Midoriko hiding in the crevasse of the cavern walls. She reached out grabbing him by the feathers on his shoulder. Before he knew what happened he hit the wall. He grunted alerting the other soldier.
He walked over to see his fellow soldier knocked out and began to look around. He looked up to see Midoriko drop down on him. She delivered a hard punch to his face, knocking him out as well. She drug their bodies outside of the caves before leaping off into the woods.
It didn't take her long to find the river where she met Moniku. She sniffed around and was able to find the demon's scent. It led South, the scent was growing faint. She followed it, figuring she still catch up with Moniku. She was hoping that she wasn't going to startle the demon. If Moniku was anything like she was showing herself to be, startling her might be Midoriko's last choice.
After twenty minutes of following her scent, Midoriko noticed that it steadily grew stronger. 'Finally I was beginning to think it would take all night.' She leapt down from the trees and walked up a mountainous path. The place was humid, and full of steam. Midoriko found that she had come across a series of hot springs. She searched around as Moniku's scent ended here and she could only smell the overbearing scent of the springs.
She stopped when she heard water splashing. She looked to her right where she thought she heard the source of the water splashing. When she heard a sigh she went to explore it. 'Maybe that's her.' Midoriko thought.
She walked closer to the hot spring and immediately noticed how much different it was than the others. She could tell from the humidity that it was a lot hotter than the normal hot springs. There was so much steam she couldn't tell if the person in it was Moniku or not. She stopped when she reached the edge. She looked down to her right and saw a black kimono laying on the ground, folded quite nicely at that.
She was suddenly blasted by a surge of demonic aura. It was heavy and she could feel it weighing her down. She fought back using her own demonic aura, trying to push the other aura back and keep it from over powering her. Suddenly she felt something grab her arm, and pull her into the hot spring. She let out a scream before her form disappeared into the mist.
The next thing Midoriko knew she was being pressed up against a body. She could instantly tell the body was feminine just by being pressed up against it.
"So you couldn't wait to see me huh?" A voice said as a hand ran through Midoriko's hair.
Midoriko pushed herself off of the body and took a few steps back. "Get off me!" She exclaimed. She got a good look at the woman's body. She had a beautiful figure, but her torso sported some pretty nasty scars. Midoriko glared at the woman before her. "Moniku you promised me power. Well I want that power. Can you or can you not deliver on that promise?" Midoriko asked.
Moniku sighed as she placed her hands on her hips. "Kid, I can't make you stronger. Only you can make you stronger." Moniku told Midoriko.
"What?" Midoriko growled. "You mean to tell me that it was a load of bullshit?" Midoriko said her growl deepening as her fist glowed with green demonic aura. "You said that you could make me stronger, and now you're telling me that you can't. Is this some kind of trick?" Midoriko asked.
"Calm down, Midoriko. It's true I can make you stronger, but at the same time I can't." Moniku looked to see that Midoriko still was not following her. "Ok, it's like this. You're only get stronger through my teachings if you're willing to let me teach you. So in other words whether you get strong or stay weak solely depends on you." She explained.
Midoriko could see the seriousness in her eyes as well as hear it in her voice. Midoriko nodded showing that she understood. "So kid, what do you say? Become my apprentice, learn what I have learned, see what I have seen. Do you want power or do you want the life of a weakling? Live strong, or die a fool." Moniku asked her.
Midoriko looked at the woman, before her. She knew now that she would definitely get the power she needed. 'The power and the answers I seek with this power all lie with her. I'll find the answers to everything through her.' She thought to herself.
"Well?" Moniku asked her.
"Sure why not? I think your capable enough of training the Midoriko Tori. Teach me what you have learned and show me the things you have seen." Midoriko answered.
Moniku gracefully bowed. "It would be…an honor." She said as a slight chuckle followed after.
She then walked past Midoriko stepping out of the hot springs. Midoriko then saw that her back was covered in even more scars. Her eyes widened at the physical abuse her body must have suffered. 'She must be an impressive woman to still be moving around with injuries such as those.' She thought.
"Well I suggest you get yourself ready Midoriko. If you expect to survive my training. We'll start in a week's time. I expect you to train until I return; I must go and prepare myself as well. I'm expecting great things from the daughter of Midoriichi Tori. Don't you dare disappoint me." She told the younger demon.
Midoriko only nodded, and Moniku couldn't help but laugh. Phase one was now complete.
Midoriko being Moniku's new apprentice is this a good idea? Will Midoriichi ever find out? Will I have bacon and eggs for breakfast in the morning, all that and more in the next chapter. Don't forget to leave a comment, good night everybody!