Chapter 10: Peaceful, Mostly Peaceful
Due to the arrivel of the Jaegers on the scene Night Raid ceased any attacks, in spite of the plight of the populace and of the large picture Najenda wasn't going to take any actions while the Jaegers were on high alert and not give them anything with which they could track them. This resulted in a deal of relative peace, as this entered a cold war standoff where both sides were waiting for the other to make the first move, Tatsumi had woken from his rest with Cosmina to Kurome pinching his nose, then began an even more intense training regiment then the one Mine and co had put him thru, considering the things he had been through so far however it wasn't that difficult, he had received worse. Overall Esdeath allowed him freedom of movement around the capital and his newly acquired noble status allowed him to move about places he wasn't used to going. Presently though Tatsumi found himself taking a shower after a grueling training session with Kurome's efforts trying her best to make it difficult it felt like she was honestly trying to kill him with them with how hard she pushed him compared to the others, the fact she didn't trust him showed quite clearly. At least the other members of the Jaegers were more trusting, Bols was a decent guy, he had told him things about himself how he had done things he wasn't proud of but he did them because he needed to make ends meet to support his wife and daughter, the others were also interesting, Mez was interesting to chat with while Wave and Run proved to be true bros; Ibara was of course funny, Sten was well decent but not amazing, Cosmina was his nymphomaniac lover who was usually not to far from him, Dorothea was well very confident and secretive, something about her was off however and Tatsumi couldn't place it; that left- Tatsumi's thoughts were interrupted as a pair of breasts pressed against his back and hands wrapped around his chest.
"Esdeath?" Tatsumi questioned.
"No it's me" Suzaka stated having locked the door to the bathroom behind her as Tatsumi had failed to do so.
"Great what do you want?" Tatsumi asked sarcastically knowing exactly why she was here, she wanted his D and that she was being playful about it was surprising, she was a masochist and possibly bi-sexual given the way she played with Cosmina and teased both Mez and Dorothea, but the prior of course was a nympho and the latter two weren't and were virgins as he knew that for fact.
"I want you, Cosmina has been talking nonstop about how much fun you are in bed and I want in, I've been searching for a man worthy of me for a long time; Ibara and Sten aren't my type neither are most of the men in the guard, those that are just aren't interested in me or are scared of me because of my rank, none of the girls are fun either apart from the court floozies but I've got standards, also on that note it may surprise you that I am a virgin; I'm not lying either feel for yourself" Suzuka replied, Tatsumi turned around knowing this would be a good opportunity to work on her to win her over she grinned at his massive length which fully up, he inserted a finger inside her loins and found that indeed the barrier was intact which was a surprise. "I like the way your fingers feel" Suzaka remarked, Tatsumi used two didgets to finger her which caused her to moan, he then used his free hand to massage one of her breasts, Suzuka's soft D cups were soft to the touch. Tatsumi silenced her moans with a tender kiss, while Suzuka used her hands to stroke Tatsumi's member with a graceful handjob, her hands were surprisingly soft, the kiss turned more wild and their tongues danced a balet with eachother. Tatsumi moved forward and stoped fingering then grabbed Suzuka's hands breaking the kiss, he then picked her up allowing her to wrap her legs around him as he entered her; slowly they took the tempo, moaning into another kiss, the fact that Suzuka was so easy to seduce surprised him, then she was a virgin who was looking for a good time, who had spent most of her life in a palace with a large amount of her time spent guarding Makoto really didn't leave her with much time to find a love interest, and those on offer were as she said not her type.
"So what is it that draws you to me?" Tatsumi asked presently as he continued his thrusts.
"You're handsome, the brown hair, the green eyes, it's a rare combination, the fact that you managed to kill the Three Beasts is also a point scored, the fact you managed to win Esdeath's tournament another, and the fact you are so bad ass all around, plus that ass of your's is so cute" Suzuka replied then placed her feet on said hindquarters, the resumed kissing him, a steamy kiss, as the shower was full of steam; it was the perfect place because it saved him and her the trouble of taking another afterwards, also fortunately it meant they wouldn't be disturbed as Suzuka had locked the door Tatsumi had failed to lock. Tatsumi's eager thrusts continued Suzuka moaned as he had found her g-spot and was repeatedly thrusting into it again and again, Tatsumi had broken the kiss and was now sucking from her ample breasts, the overall experience was downright enjoyable, soon Tatsumi began to reach his limit when Suzuka stoped him from pulling out. "No, no, no, you don't get to do that" Suzuka remarked with a smirk. "The pains of pregnancy and later child-birth will be fun to endure" she added.
"Wait! Pains, your just doing this for pain? You really are a masochist, look just don't cause our child harm during the whole thing ok?!" Tatsumi replied aghast.
"Don't worry I won't let harm come to him or her, as they will be of our flesh and blood, I just am looking forward to savor the pains that come with children" Suzuka replied and Tatsumi unloaded, he then put her down and she turned and shook her rear at him. "I've been a bad girl Tatsumi punish me please?" Suzuka indicated, Tatsumi spanked her on reflex then entered her rear constantly spanking her cheeks as did so, then alternating to groping her breasts hard. "YES! The Pain! Oh its all so wonderful! Punish me Tatsumi-senpai, punish me, I'm your bitch to do with as you please, the more painful the better" Suzuka remarked, Tatsumi noted the scars on her back, the kind from repeated lashing, she was truly a masochist and obviously took pleasure in it, the whole idea of it was kinky, but not something he'd want to do to anyone other then Suzuka, maybe Esdeath but he loved her and her unscared body too much to think of harming her as much as dominatrix as she seemed, but Suzuka, the moans she made as he did harm to her were exatic and full of joy.
As they continued the water drew cold, not that it bothered Tatsumi: one of the side effects of Smaug was that the Dragon Armor gave him an unnatural tolerance to cold and it kept his body warm even when he didn't have the weapon on him, eventually he again unloaded and Suzuka moaned out in extreme pleasure as he filled her caboose door with his seed. Pulling out Suzuka decided get on her knees in front of him. "Tatsumi-Senpai you have given me so much pleasure and joy that I must give some to you, I know you aren't a person who shares my enjoyment for pain, but I do know that you love having a girl wrap her tits around your cock, that I can give also I'll give your sword a good cleaning" Suzuka explained then wrapped her ample breasts around the length and began massageing it while slowing sucking the tip, Tatsumi thought she looked cute the way she was doing it, her face had that of a dog that had just brought a stick back after you threw it for it to fetch, she was so submissive. Suzuka's slurp reawakened the dragon inside him and Tatsumi used his hands to make her take him deeper as he face-fucked her, the overall enjoyment in her eyes showed that she liked it when he was assertive with her, the fact she was so cute as he did this mind boggled him, granted not as much Cosmina, but that girl had sucked so many dicks before she even met him that it wasn't even funny. Eventually Tatsumi himself gave way to bliss and unloaded all over Suzuka who smirked as the giant load covered her face and body in a creamy bukkake. "Yummy" Suzuka stated grinning after licking herself off. "I love you" she said simply then kissed him beginning round two.
An hour later Tatsumi found himself in Esdeath's office. "Tatsu-bunny I'm glad you came here, we need to talk, more specifically I have questions for you" Esdeath commented.
"Alright ask away my icy queen" Tatsumi replied with a smile.
"Have you ever heard of the Three Beasts; they were my best soldiers, they carried out numerous victories in my campaigns, their leader General Liver was one the Empire's best general's long before I joined the army, now they are dead, mainly due to you, now describe for me in detail the specifics of the fight, I'll start with each of the members and how they looked;then tell me how they died" Esdeath replied, then explained who was who of her fallen former bodyguards.
"Daidura, he was killed from a distance by a sniper at the start of the fight, Nyau, he killed several of Spear's guards then before he could kill her I disarmed him of both limbs then chopped his head off, and Liver, well he was distracted by looking for the Sniper, so while he was fighting other opponents Spear ran up from behind and killed him by stabbing him up and cleaving his face in half with her glaive" Tatsumi described blow by blow.
"Interesting, so who do you think killed Daidura?" Esdeath asked.
"my Guardian angel" Tatsumi replied.
"I can see, now what of the others who helped you where are they now?" Esdeath asked.
"I'm not sure where they are at the moment, I do know they are safe though; look I didn't know they were important soldiers to you; My friends and I thought they were robbers or hired guns sent to kill a noble, we thought we'd be rewarded for saving them; well we were by the noble, I got the best prize though; Spear is one of the best wifes a man can have, she's strong, beautiful, can cook great food, loyal and just all around awesome" Tatsumi replied.
"I see, I don't blame you for the deaths of the beasts, if anything you've done me a huge favor specifically by revealing your existance to me and saving me spending my life looking for you; also you humiliated Honest, he's the one I hold responsible for their deaths; honestly their deaths are a good thing in the long run, it showed me the extent to who my opponents are; yes I know who you are, I'm not the Empire's finest for nothing, it didn't take me long to figure out who you were and that you are part of Night Raid but that isn't what you truly are; what you are is something special, unique, your potential may surpass my own, I follow the strongest, however you aren't yet strong enough for me to follow, earn my respect and those of your fellows and I may here your case; you see we share a common enemy, Honest but we also serve different sides, I serve Makoto who I promised his parents I would keep safe, you serve the Revolutionary Army who want to overthrow him, I emphasize with their cause however, I know they want to effect change, but at the same time there are those in their ranks who would want Makoto dead for their own games, this isn't a case of good vs evil Tatsumi, there are heroes and villains on both sides, like you and I, I've said before we are so similar" Esdeath replied.
"Wait if you knew all along why am I still alive" Tatsumi questioned.
"Well because I love you for one, as I said I respect strength and you've proven yours, another is Najenda; I know that she is Night Raid's leader it isn't that difficult to figure our her signature strategies, she is my friend though and I give that friendship sparingly those who've earned it are above me harming them, another thing is that you and I aren't exactly on opposing sides so to speak, the reason I've allowed you to live is I wanted to see what you are capable of, you've impressed me enough that I will allow you to continue to develop, now however you haven't reached the position that you would be able to overthrow Honest; and that is why I am withholding my support, weaken him and I and the Jaegers will support you, I will turn a blind eye to any assassinations of Honest's supporters and allies, in turn the Jaegers will target those who Night Raid would usually target, but you need to remember Tatsumi, Night Raid and the Jaegers must not meet each other until the time is right; if such a thing were to happen prematurely, then you would have to choose a side; I have chosen and that is to protect Makoto with any means at my disposal; also the Jaegers will target those who would want the Emperor dead, so you may be fighting your own side; I give you now two choices, join me and follow my plan or end both our lives here and now, I can't bring myself to kill you I love you too much" Esdeath explained, Tatsumi thought long and hard about this, if Esdeath had figured him out that easily who was the say Honest couldn't but then again Honest didn't have the means Esdeath had, and importantly he wasn't expecting Esdeath to betray him; the only thing stopping her and the Jaegers from joining outright was Makoto's safety. "Also you don't need to worry about Honest figuring you out, he still is recovering from your chess game with him; You are in short Tatsumi the most interesting person in the world right now and the main thing keeping you alive is that I love you for it and I want to see what you do next" Esdeath added.
"So now what?" Tatsumi stated.
"Well that's up for you to decide, are you going to accept my offer or are you and I going to have to take out lives right here and now because I can't bare to live in a world without you" Esdeath replied.
"I choose to stay alive for one, suicide is a cowards way out" Tatsumi remarked.
"I'm glad you think so, now you are dimissed feel free to move about the base, in half an hour we'll head to the palace to to check on his highness then after we've done that you are free to do as you wish, and do tell Najenda I said hi" Esdeath replied then got out of her chair and left him.
One hour later…. Tatsumi found himself dressed in relatively normal garb, Esdeath was intending to put together a team uniform of sorts but at the moment her previous attempts at doing so proved to be, well fruitless, as she didn't like any of outfits brought to her; considering this however he found himself stand at her right hand side as various people brought up matters for discussion to which a number advisors debated, Honest being the formost amoung them to who a good deal of them owed their position to. "Next is a matter that I would request that the Jaeger corp look into" Honest explained. "Recently a troupe at Umatora theater has been making plays mocking the empire and myself, I take a front to this and request that you look into the matter" Honest added.
"Seriously?" Esdeath noted annoyed by the proposal. "You want me and my team to look into whether or not some actors are making fun of you with satire; Honest I know you think you're in charge of things but which do you think is more important, Night Raid or some actors making fun of you, last I checked making fun of you wasn't a crime right your majesty" Esdeath replied.
"It's not a crime to make fun of Honest-san, I do it all the time, and whats all this about plays, if these people are funny can I go and see them; Please!?" Makoto stated practically jumping up and down in his chair while snuggling Snow-Snow.
"Your highness is is important to your safety thay you do not leave the palace" Honest stated.
"Surely you can invite them here and have them preform here for the Emperor" Tatsumi added, Honest looked at him with anger.
"That's a great idea Tatsumi-san; I decree that the Umatora Theater troupe will preform here in the palace" Makoto replied, more anger in Honest's face. "You have such fun ideas way more then Honest-san if only there was a position I could give you, wait I can create one: Tatsumi you are now my Minister of Fun and are in charge of all things fun and planning all things fun for me, you are now officially on my council, and you don't have to show up to these boring meetings all the time all you have to do is come up with some fun things for me to do every day" Makoto added, Honest fainted, to cheers from everyone. "I think I killed Honest-san I hope I didn't Mez-nee check and see if Honest-san is still alive" Makoto ordered, said Jaeger moved to check his pulse.
"He's not dead your majesty (*unfortunately*), he just fainted" Mez explained.
"Well can someone move him, we can't just have him laying there in the middle of the floor" Makoto remarked.
"Here your highess I have a better idea; here take this and poke him with it" Ibari stated handing him a toy sword from next to the throne.
"Why didn't I think of that sooner thanks Ibari-san" Makoto stated then took his toy sword and proceeded to poke Honest repeatedly in the belly. "Wake up Honest-san you don't get to take a nap in the middle of my throne room!" Makoto yelled as he poked Honest over and over again.
Meanwhile… Lubbock was cleaning off the windows of his room, it was in his home which was also his business; he sold books both comics and novels at his shop, it was a favored place in the middle district and wasn't too far from the clocktower, he was glad that he was one of the members of Night Raid that had the luxery of a normal life and job, as well one of them that didn't have any wanted posters; overall his business was decent and it made him a tidy profit, enough to afford to keep the place open and maintained, he didn't have any dedicated employees as he did most of the work himself, as to acquiring new books that was covered by the Grundel family's contribution to literature charity, they also owned a chain of local resturants, and were the city's most reliable source of charity; overall Lubbock loved his job and his home.
After cleaning the windows he went down to his desk at the front counter of his store and took to reading his current choice of literature; which was an adventure novel. Customers usually came in more around the afternoon, and those who could read tended to be picky in their choice of literature. To his happiness Yami walked in. "Hey handsome" Yami greated.
"Hey Yami" Lubbock replied looking up from his book.
"I just thought I'd drop in and see how you're doing, everythings been good at Grundewick Manor, its fine and all but it's how can I put it boring" Yami remarked.
"I think I may be able to remady that problem; let me show you around my store of countless journeys and wonders, I've got something for everyone" Lubbock explained and began to show her around.
Yami proved an interesting person to tour as he guided her thru the various sections on various genres of literature, he found that she shared a lot of the same interests in books he did. "You know I wish more people could read, I lament the fact that not to far from the Capital there are villages were people don't know how to read or write" Yami commented.
"I agree with that, the more people who could read the far fewer problems there would be in the world, personally though I wish what I just said was true, sad fact is that some of the worse people in the world are literate, but books are not adherently good or evil, their either a joy to read or something that you wish you hadn't, personally I've often found myself wondering if my life was just a story being told by someone to others and I'm just a character in a book" Lubbock rambled.
"If only, but then wouldn't we all want to be remembered in books" Yami replied.
"I agree I would like to be remembered, you know though this job is lonely; I've tried my best over the years to find a kindred spirit who appreciates books as much as I do, but I've never found one" Lubbock stated.
"Hey why not me, I love books, both novels and comics, and honestly I find it fun being her and not couped up at the Manor or in HQ" Yami offered.
"I'd love to have you stay here, here let me show around upstairs" Lubbock offered, then led her upstairs, there were a number of doorways one leading to a kitchen, to a bathroom, a study, a den, a guest room and Lubbock's room as well as a number of other rooms that had nothing in them save boxes made for storage, of these only the guest room and the kitchen had windows, each room was lit by lamps of latern oil and in the case of the den a large fireplace, said den consisted of a large chair near a sizeable bookshelf which Lubbock had adorned with his favorite books, Lubbock's own room was humble, albiet adorned with an number decorations, a large rug of Persian design, a king-sized bed which had fine but not exotic bedding, a wardrobe and closet for his clothes and nearby desk for reading, also a picture one of Najenda before the campaign against the southern tribes.
"This is such a nice place you have here Lubbock, its quite simple and reflects your personality" Yami complimented.
"Thanks Yami" Lubbock stated.
"I think I'll stay with you from now on, we're dating yes but I like here a lot better then the lavishness of Aria's mansion, no offense to her" Yami stated.
"Yami I have a question what did you do before you became a mercenary?" Lubbock asked.
"I was a dancer and a singer, I loved the arts and it paid well enough, my skills in dance actually help me in combat, that's why my choice of weapons are the Twin Hooks, they have the fluid and grace of a dancer and battle itself feels a lot like dancing with the movement, only it's a more dangerous dance where if you make a wrong move you die; the pressure isn't much though I love it, I'm like an artist painting on the canvice of battle and with each notch on my swords is another story to tell to my children and grandchildren" Yami replied.
"I see, I've always been a person with a love for reading, before I joined the army alongside Najenda I was a school teacher in a town named Joyou, until the incident that caused the school to lose faith in my eyes and that caused me to join the military; part of the reason I joined, Najenda was the other she and I were friends since we were children, I've always loved her, and she's felt the same for me, but its more or less a friendship, I don't have the courage to tell her about how I feel, and now its too late for me to do so, she's in love with Tatsumi and I'm happy for them" Lubbock replied.
"What happened to the School?" Yami asked, Lubbock frowned.
"Children from the school vanished, a lot of them, a month after the search we found them, their bodies mangled and violated, terribly; they never caught the killer, in fact they never investigated it the town was too poor to afford it and some people wanted to save face, among them were a lot of my students; I failed in my duty as a teacher to keep them safe, I couldn't stand what happened, when Najenda's wanderlust called and she told me she was going to join the army I went with her; I've never forgotten what happened and never fully forgiven myself for my failure" Lubbock explained then cried, this surprised Yami as she didn't peg Lubbock for being that emotional of a person, she walked over and hugged him and patted his back.
"Don't cry, there was nothing you could do, one of these days you'll find the killer and bring him or her to justice; your part of Night Raid bringing down criminals is your job" Yami comforted, she kissed him on the forehead.
"You're right Yami, the past is the past I can't change it, I can however right the wrong; I'll find out who was responsible and bring them down to hell where they belong" Lubbock replied.
The situation in the room was happy, then Lubbock and Yami went to the guest room. "You can stay here if you want, it's not much but it's the best I have" Lubbock explained.
"It will do, thanks Lubbock; I'm going to go get myself, if you need help around your shop I'll help you" Yami replied.
Meanwhile…. Tatsumi and Esdeath had left the court and were discussing the current state of things. "So I was wandering when will our wedding be?" Tatsumi asked.
"Next week on Tuesday, I've talked with Makoto and he said he'll throw out all the stops, I'm concerned though that he'll drain the treasury with this, well whatever keeps him happy" Esdeath replied.
"So why is it you let your soldiers do terrible things after battle" Tatsumi asked.
"To allow them to be rewarded for their efforts and to ensure the enemies don't rise up again, my measures may be cruel but they are effective, besides I don't always have my armies ransack the place when we take it, the only time I do is at the end of military campaigns; that way they never rise up again; War is cruel Tatsumi and crueler it is the quicker it will be over, taking prisoners drains supplies from my soldiers and there is the risk of them escaping, killing them takes only a swing of a sword and saves supplies, I don't take prisoners or slaves, if my enemy is weak they die people die in war Tatsumi and that is a fact of existance; the strong survive and weak die that is the way the world works; survival of the fittest" Esdeath explained.
"I can see, so you really aren't as evil as people say you are" Tatsumi remarked.
"I am, the stories of me being evil are greatly exaggerated very much so; have you considered that most of if not all come from my enemies; they have all the reason to make me look like I'm the devil himself, why should catter to them in what they think of me when I can just ignore them and maintain the image of terror they so love to flaunt, it takes only precise incidents of cruelty, Tatsumi it is better that small groups of people die if you save the lives of many others in doing so; compared to other generals in the Empire I'm a saint in comparison, they know nothing about restraint or what to target to make an example, my kill count may be in the millions but the vast majority of them were warriors just as capable of doing the same as me; in fact it takes a certain stomach to realize how much you are truly capable of doing, I could've ordered every strong man captured brought to my chambers for me to rape yet I did not, I could have ordered their deaths drawn out I kill them with precision, I could have ordered their entire civilization wiped out, I did not, even in the campaign against the Southern tribes I did not wipe out their civilization only those in their capital received no mercy at no other time did I let my troops run rampant, you have no idea how savage our enemy was, they fought without honor and with weapons that left our warriors to die from the smallest of injuries, I lost many of my best to that war and my soldiers lost many of their comrades, I wanted the enemy to know what they did to my men was beyond forgiveness I allowed my warriors to take vengeance for their fallen, once, and when I told my warriors that the war was over those who didn't head my orders and continued to run rampant as beasts were crucified for all to see, Tatsumi is what I did any different to what Night Raid does, the guards who protect their targets are usually just normal people who work for evil people to survive; do you consider the widows you left behind when you kill the security of your targets, I do and then consider the widows left behind by my enemies and you understand we aren't so different" Esdeath replied. "By the way Dr. Dorothea required you to see her, she explained that it requires you and your Tiegus to be there" Esdeath stated.
"I'll go see her, thanks for your time Esdeath" Tatsumi replied and kissed her.
"Keep safe Tatsu-bunny, you'll find her at the lab that belonged to the late Dr. Stylish" Esdeath explained
Later… The state of Stylish's lab was one of relative cleaning, Dorothea had Cosmina and the staff of Stylish and his more subservient creations clean the place up, one of the first things she did was let loose all the prisoners Stylish was keeping for experimentation, she had no need of them for her project, if she needed live test subjects she could use pigs, she loved pork and had discovered long ago that pigs had similer if not the same body make up as humans, making them the ideal test subjects because they wouldn't be missed and you could eat them afterward. "Cosmina I need that right there; the production workbench needs to be by the storage tanks" Dorothea ordered.
Cosmina put the workbench down and as she turned the door to the lab opened. "TATSU-KITTY!" Cosmina yelled then jumped up and hugged Tatsumi and barraged him with kisses.
"Nice to see you too Cosmina-chan; you redecorating?" Tatsumi asked.
"Ah Tatsumi-san good, yes I am refurbishing this place, the previous owner didn't even bother cleaning the blood off the walls or the tools or instruments, also the human skin labcoat was disgusting, as to how my predecessor got a degree in bio science is beyond me, were he alive I'd tear his throat out, keeping people in cages using human beings for testing, disgusting, pigs are a far more effective subject and they don't tend to complain as much also it is completely uncivilized and unworthy of a scientific mind, but where are my manners please have a seat I need your assistance with a project of mine, a special one in fact this is my life's work" Dorothea greeted, Tatsumi sat down on a nearby chair and Cosmina got to his knees and fished in his pants, Dorothea was non-plused by Cosmina preforming fellatio on Tatsumi while she talked with him.
"So what- ugh- is your -oh- project?" Tatsumi asked interrupted by his suppression of moans that were a result of Cosmina's work.
"I'm glad you asked, I specialize in a number of fields of research but my forte is in technological developments, I've always being fascinated by the Teigus created by the First Emperor and his early descendants, the subject to Imperial arms is my favorite as a researcher, anyway the knowledge to build them was lost centuries ago, since then there have been numerous attempts to figure out the process and no one has succeeded, save one person, the one who made the Teigu you weild; the Dragon Emperor, not much is known about him not even his name, what is known is that he expanded the Empire to its grandest height and figured out how to replicate the Teigu process, there is no record of how he did so, mainly due to the fact that upon his death three separate children of his dragged the Empire into 50 year civil war, during which the knowledge was lost for good, the blades were assumed lost as well until recently; I'm curious as to how you came by them" Dorothea explained.
"I found them in an old temple not to long ago while I was hunting Danger Beasts, it drew me to it, it was abandoned, and I found the blades under the alter" Tatsumi lied in explaination, Dorothea didn't realize it was a lie of course.
"Fascinating, its rare to find a Teigu user in the first place but to find one who can wield two, that is a quandry, I've only seen three cases of this, and you are the third one" Dorothea replied.
"what about the other two, is there anything I need to worry about" Tatsumi asked.
"Well no, the other two lived for rather long lives, one died of Rubola's disease and the other of old age, other then that nothing worrying happened to them other then that no one could kill them in battle; now will you permit me to run some tests" Dorothea asked.
"Sure, just be careful with them, I'll just sit here and enjoy Cosmina while you work" Tatsumi replied, Tatsumi couldn't help but notice how much she resembled Aria, but it wasn't too alarming, the fact that she wasn't a mad scientist like Stylish surprised him but given her choice of research it was understandable.
Dorothea preformed a number of tests on the blades, examining their composition, the materials used in manufacturing them as well as the designs in themselves, the overall aesthetics weren't her concern but more their function, the health of their owner was a concern as certain Teigu had effects on their users but that could wait. "I'll need to keep them here for the time being, I'll run a through battery of tests on them, then I'll need you to come back for test on you, I need to understand the effects that they are having on you, but overall that can wait, my priority is to figure out the construction process, also perhaps you are capable of figuring out more about their history, Teigus do possess souls of their own and thus memories of their past owners, you could definataly be of help with that; other then that I have no need of you or Cosmina for the time being, I also have no need of my room at the moment so you and Cosmina may mate in there, I only require that you change the sheets and make the bed when you are done" Dorothea explained, Tatsumi got up from his chair Cosmina following him as he let his junk hang out as Cosmina lead him to Dorothea's room.
Dorethea's room was rather normal, apart of the oversized poster of a large monkey in a labcoat nothing was out of place, overall the place had gone thru a lot of changes, Cosmina locked the door as they walked in and immediately relieved herself of any clothing then Tatsumi as well before dragging him onto the bed. Cosmina's tightness was less suprising then the first time, but it was overall surprising that she hadn't gotten pregnant in spite of her many lovers, she had a trick to it and it involved a little device that Dorothea had invented to keep her friend's amorous adventures from resulting in any children, as long as Cosmina wore it there wouldn't be problems, the issue was she stopped wearing it since Tatsumi had come into her life, on the opposing point she was only interested in him now, the fact that she made such cute moans made him happier. The overall relationship with Cosmina was somewhat easy to enter, the fact that she was clearly interested in him sololy now was even more effective, he had a great deal of empathy given what had been taken from her she had all she loved destroyed by people in power that hated her because of her ability to influence people, to have suffered that kind of loss and not go crazy was impressive in his mind, though her nymphomainia was clearly caused by her need of a coping mechanism, which honestly didn't turn him off in the slightest, she hadn't been the first girl he banged that had slept with numerous men before him, that had been Vatima, the fact that Cosmina managed to work for a scientist as her assistant was even more impressive though having learned about Dorothea's project their partnership made a lot more sense, having a Teigu user around with which to help in her work made far too much sense for him to think their relationship was otherwise. Tatsumi looked into her lovely purple eyes as they kissed and she looked into his green eyes, both could see their very soul of what had defined them, but in the moment they were one in loving union, they saw love in each other's eyes, something that Cosmina hadn't had with any of her other partners, but with Tatsumi she was serious and loved him. Her short purple hair was soft, her features smooth like those of a statue of a goddess made flesh, they were indicater of her descent from someone who shared heriatage with the Western Tribes, a lot like Mine, only not as stuck up as Mine; more like Sheele but not as innocent and Sheele was clearly a virgin, Cosmina was like a combination of the two only with a nyphomaniac's added personality.
The fact that Dorothea didn't care about what was going on in her own room was a surprise as well, he then noticed something out of place some sort of device that was taking readings and that was on. At her desk Dorothea was adding data to the computer, she had the harddrive cleared of Stylish's more abysmal experiments to make room for her own, also notably the late docter didn't keep a password on his computer, an oversight Dorothea corrected, at the moment she was collecting data with regards to three things, the power of three Teigus: Valroust, Smaug, and Heavy Pressure as they were to begin with, and as they were now and readings of Tatsumi and Cosmina's movements and biorythems. "Interesting very interesting, I don't think any scientist in my field of study has had any opportunity to do this; gage the effects of intercourse between two powerful Tiegu users has on their Teigus this is well impressive; the energy here is outstanding, not on the level as brought by battle obviously, and the fact that the weapons have reacted the way they are, they seem to be glowing, intriguing, intriguing, I will have to come back to this later on, much later on once I've gotten a measure of Tatsumi's abilities; here though is the question on his actual powerlimit, the energy from him is far more then that of Cosmina interesting, I'll need to verify it with a combat test" Dorothea commented to herself, then noted that the soon the two would be reaching their climax in about 5 seconds. "5,4,3,2,1: There now the energy is in flux again, and that was a max reading impressive extremely so" Dorothea noted. "Maybe I'll have to test him first hand" Dorothea stated then smirked at the thought.
An hour later Tatsumi left the lab, leaving both Teigu behind as Dorothea needed them over night, it was noon and he still had daylight to burn; which meant he needed to see the person who needed to talk to the most right now: Aria; the fact that Esdeath had figured him out so quickly was scary, but the fact that she actually argreed with him on principle was even more astounding, she seriously did love him, if she didn't she would've have killed him as soon as she met him, also there was the fact that she found him interesting and that was one of the main reasons he was still alive. "Me Interesting?" Tatsumi thought. "I'm just a farmboy" he continued, then reliezed that statement was no longer true, he was no longer just some farmboy from remote village in the countryside no he was now something else entirely, he was now a noble by marriage twiceover, also he was a professional assassin, on top of that he was a dual teigu user and the fiancé of the Empire's finest, he was the Emperor's minister for Fun, he was by all means the most interesting man in the Capital and no doubt the subject of gossip all over the Empire, the only thing abnormal was no one was trying to kill him for it, yet. To challenge that final thought and to prove that he was indeed interesting enough to try to kill; a group of armed thugs blocked his path, they moved with purpose and pushed aside anyone who stood in their way regardless of station, they acted like they owned the place.
"Tatsumi; the times come to pay the reaper, the Minister sends his regards, he wants your head with nothing else attached!" the leader of the thugs stated he was tall brawny man with a shaved head wearing leather armor and with piercing in his nose carrying a large falchion like a cane, the other thugs were also men, in similar attire with a motely of weapons. The Thugs immediately charged at him; Tatsumi reached for his back and drew his reserve sword, then tripped the first tough and then bisected the the next one, the next one died to a cleave across his stomach, then another to a case of acute decapitation, Tatsumi then grabbed the knife midair of one of the fallen thugs and flung it into the gut of another, followed by a series of fients and kicks and sweeps that felled five more of his attackers, the Leader was the only man left standing and was ready to run when a sword pierced his back and sawed the man in half, over the corpse which was grinning stupidly in death came the the killer in her basic baby blue dress with her sawback sword red with blood in hand.
"We really need to stop meeting like this Aria" Tatsumi remarked sheething his blade.
"I was just shopping when I heard sword clashing, please it's the upper ring Tatsumi if hired thugs are out in the upper ring there after someone important, these guys don't come cheap and on top of that getting them into the upper ring is near impossible; I guessed that whoever they were sent to kill was either you or me, and given I have a contingent of well armed guards whenever I go out in public and that I have starting carrying my sword with me where ever I go now and wasn't being attacked I knew it was you" Aria replied, Tatsumi walked up and hugged her then kissed her. "Alright I know you missed me" Aria added.
"You have no idea my dear wife how my day has been so far" Tatsumi remarked.
"Well you can tell me all about it on the carriage ride home, I've been having a good day myself; more shopping for my projects" Aria remarked, they got into her carriage. "First things first though who sent those goons; I'm pretty sure I know but I want you to tell me if I'm right" Aria asked.
"If you guessed our friendly Prime Minister Honest then you are right" Tatsumi replied.
"Well that's not surprising, first time hes actually sent thugs after you, trying to poison you at our wedding that was sloppy, these now as well, he's really underestimating you, now how has your day been" Aria agreed, Tatsumi then told her in detail how his day was going so far, he saved the big one thought for last. "WHAT!?" Aria yelled her composure shattered.
"Esdeath knows I work for Night Raid" Tatsumi stated again.
"She knows you work for Night Raid, and how do I know this isn't a dream and I'm still asleep in my bed and you are sleeping with Cosmina on yours in Jaeger HQ" Aria stated.
"I could pinch you" Tatsumi remarked.
"Forget it, why are you still alive though if Esdeath found out I was in Night Raid she'd cut my head off without a second glance" Aria exclaimed.
"Because she finds me interesting and because she loves me, and to top it off she's no more a friend of Honest then we are, she's only loyal to Makoto, as long as his life is at risk she'll go to any length to protect him, but she wants to join our side but there is a catch, she wants us to prove ourselves and me to get stronger, only when we're stronger then Honest and she can guarantee Makoto's safety will she change sides" Tatsumi explained.
"How do you know she wasn't lying" Aria responded.
"Because if she wanted to kill me she could have done so when I confirmed her suspicions, she didn't, she wants me alive, more importantly she's interested in seeing Honest dead and the Empire changed, all we need is to get her on side, also there is the fact that I'm still moving about free, to tell the truth I don't understand what it is she sees in me personally, I've got to tell Najenda personally though, don't tell her otherwise she might overreact" Tatsumi replied.
"Alright you win, I'll keep it just between the two of us, but you will be telling Najenda as soon as possible, meaning right after we have that talk with my mother" Aria explained.
"Talk with your mother?" Tatsumi asked.
"Oh that, well she told me that she had something the two of us together had to discuss, Sayo and Ieyasu as well" Aria stated.
"Wait what do they have to do with this?" Tatsumi questioned.
"No idea, my mother didn't give me any specifics only that it was of major concern for me and you, as well as them; don't ask, also Sayo's been wanting to see you for sometime, mostly to chew your ear off about what happened with Esdeath; speaking of I can't believe you joined her team and on top of that bedded two of your teammates within 24 hours of each other; I'm out of words to explain how I feel about all this, but hopefully what happens as the result of this doesn't result in all parties involved dying" Aria stated.
"It won't as long both parties avoid confronting the other, if so then I'd be forced to pick a side; Esdeath's given me a list of Honest's main allies and supporters, as well as number of other targets and dirt on all of them: she's put the death mark on each of them; I'm certain that if we approach this right we can eliminate them without issue; also Esdeath intends to have the Jaegers take out other targets; she's going to well use the group to target people that would threaten a longterm peace; on both sides of this conflict: she didn't give me any details on who those would be" Tatsumi replied.
Shortly at Aria's manse… Angela Grundel sat at her husband's bedside he had a fever today and was confined to bed rest, overall his health was decent, but he was clearly sick and thus required urgent attention. "Angela my darling you don't need to spend this much time on my account, its just a fever it will pass" Constantine stated.
"And it will pass a lot sooner the more medical attention I give you" Angela stated.
"My apologies dearest, I know how my condition is and I'm sorry we can't do anything for it; the best you can do is accept it, I've already accepted my fate, I've done all I've wanted in my life save an Empire without Honest as minister, but I think I can achieve that; I've got a few more years left in me" Constantine explained.
"I know; I'm glad we did right by Aria' I just regret not having more children; the three girls we took in are nice and fine, but I just fill saddened that Aria is my only flesh and blood daughter, our only trueborn daughter" Angela stated then wept.
"Dear don't worry its not to late, I know how you feel about the young boy Ieyasu, its best you find another love, he's a good man, marry him have children, I don't mind, but don't let grief take you, I want you to be happy, I've accepted my fate and know there isn't really anything that can change that bar a miracle but you are healthy, young, you can still have a few more children" Constantine reassured.
"They wouldn't be yours though" Angela replied.
"Do they have to be, they would be your children just like Aria is your daughter, I want you to be happy, if you feel this way act on your feelings, I did the same when I was young and I don't regret the 20 years I've had since, especially with Aria our lovely joy" Constantine reassured, Angela nodded then kissed him then left to look for Ieyasu, who she found passed out on one of the couchs napping, while he was part of Night Raid he still stayed at her mansion along with Sayo and Tatsumi, Tatsumi even more so since marrying Aria. The fact that as a doctor who was sworn to help those in need of treatment from diseise and not being able to cure the one she loved the most was hardest pain she ever fealt, not even with her latest breakthrough a cure for Rubola's disease would she be able to find a way to fill the hole Constantine would leave, which was why she pursued her feelings for Ieyasu now that Constantine had given her his approval she was going to try and fill the hole before it even could be made.
Ieyasu slept on the coach snoring like a freight train, Angela smilled as she entered then walked over to him and kissed him on the forehead, he slept deep, she then moved to her chair and pulled out her book and read it, it was on the customs of the Western tribes, which interested her a lot, those of the Western tribes were notebly distinguished from other peoples by their unusual hair colors, with pinks and purples being common among them. "The amount of information one can learn thru reading is astounding" Angela remarked. Within half an hour Aria and Tatsumi arrived as did Sayo, Ieyasu had just gotten up from his nap as they entered the room. "Good you two are here; I have news that is important for you two and its going to relevant over the next few years" Angela explained.
"Alright mom please explain" Aria requested sitting down on a chair, Tatsumi sat in one next to her and held her hand, she got up and sat on his lap.
"Aria, your father and I had a talk; his condiation is terminal; Tatsumi my husband has severe case of prostate cancer, I've done all I can as a docter for him and he has at best a year to live; he's accepted his fate and has asked me to find someone to care for me as a second husband, I've thought long and hard on this and I've decided on one person: Ieyasu" Angela explained, Tatsumi and Aria's jaws dropped Ieyasu smiled. "I know this may be shocking but your father wants me to be happy and to fill the hole he'll leave before it forms in the first place, he doesn't want me to wallow in grief at his loss, also he wants me to have someone to care for me after he's gone, Aria he has left you your inheritance the mansion, the household everything; he's made no exception you are his only child and thus he is leaving it all in your care; I'll still live here and be around for you, only you're going to have to get use to having a stepfather; if you'll have me Ieyasu that is" Angela stated.
"I'll have you Angela, you've been so nice to me and cared for me ever since I arrived here, also the fact you've been humbling my flirts is beyond nice usually women end up smacking me" Ieyasu stated then came over and sat next to her, she kissed him on the lips and he kissed back.
"Great now my Brother isn't single anymore, and I still am, I'm going to have to remady that" Sayo remarked, then looked at Tatsumi knowingly. "Yes I'm taking about you" Sayo thought and her expression said causing Tatsumi to smile and her to blush.
"I'm glad that went over well; Aria I'm sorry for the news; but your father is a strong man I'm expecting him to fight the disease hard and long, but eventually there is no escaping the reaper's clutches, a fact that all of us have to accept sooner or later it is a very sad fact of existance and a bitter taste but at least in the end there is release from the pain of existance" Angela explained.
"Don't worry; I expected this would be the case, I've seen the way you act around Ieyasu, and I've seen father's condition get worse; I'm sad that he'll be gone in a few years but at least you'll still have someone to love and care for you; like Tatsumi does for me" Aria replied.
"Speaking off; Tatsumi I'm expecting my first grandchild within a year; I hope you and Aria can do that" Angela joked.
"Don't worry we've got that situation under control" Tatsumi joked back and they all laughed.
"So now I guess Ieyasu and I will start our official dating; also Tatsumi Gaurry our head of security needed to to speak with you and Aria regarding something, Night Raid something, I told him you'd be there to talk with him" Angela explained, Aria, Sayo, and Tatsumi left leaving Angela and Ieyasu alone with each other.
Shortly…. Gaurry was a man of average height and build and was the chief of the guards that protected Grundewick Manor, the number of guards numbered about 200 in total, each equipped with the best weapons and armor money could buy and feed in likewise manner, they were fanatically loyal to the Grundel family and no amount of money could buy their loyalty considering the fact that these were people that Aria's family had over the years brought in and cared for and gave them a job in their employ, over all the guards were effective and disciplined and a reassuring sight each time Tatsumi arrived in that he knew he was safe here and more importantly Aria was safe here. "A good to see you here Lady Aria, Lord Tatsumi; I've got a matter of importance, my brother a merchant of good intent told me recently that a business partner of his was murdered and his family taken hostage by a gang hired by a rival merchant, they are demanding a sizeable amount of money for their lives and have given him a week to pay up or they'll kill the widow and her four children; you must do something about it" Gaurry explained.
"This is complicated, Night Raid is supposed to lay low Najenda's orders" Aria explained.
"I know but I also know who isn't laying low and a I know someone who'd be willing to provide help" Tatsumi remarked knowingly.
"You mean- wait are you sure?" Aria asked puzzled.
"Positive, I know just the people to help; don't worry Gaurry, those hostages will be rescued, and you'll be hearing about it rather shortly" Tatsumi remarked.
Later… Tatsumi walked into Esdeath's office and explained the situation to her. "Alright I can see this, I'll do it for you if nothing else: besides it will be an excellent test of the Jaegers' abilities" Esdeath agreed then shook Tatsumi's hand, he kissed her; then the two left to put the team together.
"Ladies, Men, this is matter of our first mission, combat mission, there is a group of well armed thugs who've taken a family hostage, we are going to eliminate them and save the hostages, this will be a matter of simplicity, but this mission will give us bragging rights that we are actually doing something productive also it will show that people like me and the Emperor legitimately cares for the plight of the common people" Esdeath explained. "I want you to eliminate the enemies and let only one live so that we can make an example of him, Bols no incinerations there are too many people's life in danger and I don't want a fire to spread in the city, bad PR and completely counter intuitive, Cosmina focus on using Heavy Pressure sparingly and only on enemies, as to the rest of you just do your best; Tatsumi-kun stay near me, Mez you and the other Rakshasa demons will act as rear guard to block off the enemy's retreat path, show no quarter to them; everyone else is with me" Esdeath ordered. "Jaegers! Ready yourselves for battle!" Esdeath charged and the cheers went up from the team.
On the way to the district Tatsumi and Cosmina ended up getting paired up with Bols, Esdeath had divided the team into groups of three, one group would be tasked with the rescue of the hostages and the others would deal with their captors, with the Four Demons in reserve as a rear guard to keep the enemy from escaping. "So Bols tell me about yourself; I think it would be good of me to learn more about my teammates" Tatsumi stated, the Masked man turned to him and replied in a voice he didn't expect from someone in his persona, a nice friend down to earth voice.
"Me well there's not much to tell, I'm just an average guy who's trying to support his family in rough times, I joined the army as a means to support them with the depression having taken my job from me when the company I worked for went belly up, I decided to join the incineration squad it because sounded cool, I got lucky the team Captial's own squad brought me in, they had an Imperial arm that no one had been able to take as their own in twenty years, I have it now its called Purgatory's Invatation: Rubincante, the flames can burn mostly anything and the flames can't be extinguished they have to burn out on their own I've seen what it does to people I don't like having to use it. Tatsumi I'm a man that's done some terrible things, I'm expecting that one day it will catch up with me; the incineration squad was an honorable group when I joined ten years ago, but its changed since then, Honest changed it, we got retasked from our duties fighting back Danger Beasts were given orders, orders that I followed without question, we did terrible things, people our own people villiages were razed to the ground on orders from Honest, I did as I was told, I had no choice, I know the people I killed were innocents but I couldn't defy orders if I did that I would be killed to, my family killed, I have a wife and daughter, my wife is Kije and my Daughter is Logue, I do all I can to support them I love them more then anything else in the world and I'll do what ever I can to keep them safe and fed; I jumped on the offer to join the Jaegers the moment it was given I want to do something else perhaps this new group will be better then the old Incineration squad, the pay is good and the chance to work under the Empire's best and be considered amoung her finest is nothing to sniff at she cares very deeply for her subordinates they are like family to her" Bols explained. "you seem like a decent sort Tatsumi and have a family of your own now, word of advice, care for them and don't let them suffer any harm always be there for them" Bols added.
"Don't worry I will, thanks for explaining this to me Bols, I'm glad your honest about your past, there are a shortage of people who are in this world of ours" Tatsumi replied.
"Speaking off tell me a bit more about yourself" Bols replied.
"Not much, I come from a village leagues away from here, I came here with my friends looking to make a name for myself and try and lower the taxes on my village, got coned out of my money within hours of my arrivel, I was out on streets until I met the woman who later became my wife, Aria Grundel and let me tell you there is no other woman in the world more caring then her, except her mother Angela possibly, she's responsible for all the good things that have happened to me since I got here and she and I fell in love at first sight; since then I made quite a name for myself then Esdeath's tournemant happened and she and I well fell in love and I joined her team hopefully it will be good and full of good people, by the looks of things its full of people who have there problems but are looking to make amends for them" Tatsumi remarked.
"How did you manage to kill the Three Beasts?" Bols asked.
"Through a mixture of luck and skill, I actually only had to fight two of them one of them died before the fight began, an associate of mine killed him with a well placed sniper round, then I killed Nyau while he was distracted going after Spear, I cut off his arms then cut him in half before beheading him, I then faced General Liver it was a short fight because while he was distracted by me Spear came up and stabbed him from behind and cleaved his head in half; I only killed one of three Beasts the other two died by other people killing them, Spear's father was greatful for saving his and his daughter's lives in addition to the five remaining guards and gave me his daughter's hand in marriage, also Spear took Liver's teigu it lept onto her finger" Tatsumi explained.
"I see so what happened to the other beasts' Teigus" Bols asked.
"They are in safe hands at the moment waiting for new users, at the moment they are nice and safe in my Father-in-law's vaults, far better they stay locked up then in the hands of people who would use them to hurt and kill innocent people" Tatsumi answered, which was true though he didn't specify which Father in law, Scream and Belvaac were secure in Grundewick Manor away and out of the hands of people that would use them.
"I can see your reasoning, I support your decision but worry that it may have long term consequences keeping artifacts like those out of the hands of worth people" Bols noted.
They soon arrived at a large warehouse which had belonged to the business partner of Gaurry's brother but was now firmly in the hands of a the gang who had killed him, inside were of course the hostages; Esdeath approached with Run and Wave on either side of her, then pulled out a megaphone. "Attention this is your first and only warning, this is General Esdeath of the Imperial military, the Empire's finest and Leader of the Jaegers, you have this one chance release the hostages and surrender to face trial if not I will be forced to unleash my group of professional Teigu users on you in a rescue mission, there will be no quarter given to you criminals, surrender and you have a chance of living, don't and face death; This is your only warning!" Esdeath yelled into the Megaphone.
One of the thugs snarked back; "You're bluffing! You're probably just some costumed lady pretending to be Esdeath, our prisoners stay where they are, they are quite fun to play with!"
"I gave you your chance of coming willingly but you have chosen the way of Pain, Misery and Death! Jaegers to me Kill them all spare none of these scum save one who will be made a public example of!" Esdeath ordered.
"Carnage Incarnate: Grand Chariot!" Wave yelled drawing his sword and a suit of black armor materialized around him.
"Thousand Mile Flight: Mastema!" Run yelled and wings materialized.
Then the team was off, Run and Wave using their ability to fly granted by their teigus smashed open two up stairs windows, while the rest attacked from the ground, Tatsumi actived Smaug and Valruost and charged in and cleaved thru thugs, some with guns who fired bullets uselessly into the Dragon armor which disintergrated the lead into charr, as he advanced Bols fired his side arm a pistol which he kept for when he wasn't using Rubincate which, it dropped the thugs who ignored Tatsumi then Cosmina dashed out in front of them into a group of thugs.
"You guys aren't pretty boys, not even remotely: in fact you're bad boys in need of serious punishment: Heavy Pressure: REEECCCKKKKKK!" Cosmina remarked then pulse on sonic energy caused the thug's heads to explode like melons, the result of this panicked the remaining enemys but their escape route was blocked off by Dorothea who had come with Kurome and her puppets, Kurome dashed and sliced down each thug as they ran into her blood staining her sword and she soon locked blades with Tatsumi in her bloodlust.
"Hey! HEY! I'm on your side!" Tatsumi shouted as he parried Kurome's eager strikes.
Kurome stopped. "Right so you are; my bad, when I go into a bought of slaughter I can sometimes lose track of whom I'm fighting" Kurome apologized, as they rushed into the next room a three thugs ran towards them.
"RUN FOR IT!" One yelled and "ICE EVERYWHERE!" another yelled and "IT REALLY IS MOTHER FUCKING ESDEATH RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!" Tatsumi cut down two of the thugs and the knocked out one with his pommul.
Tatsumi checked the man's pulse and verified he was alive. "Good he's alive" Tatsumi stated.
"Why didn't you kill him?!" Kurome asked.
"Esdeath did order us to leave one alive and I intend to follow that order: this guy will do just fine" Tatsumi replied.
"Indeed he will" Esdeath remarked entering the room with Run and Wave followed by the rest of team. "Good work team I do believe that was an excellent demonstration of the Jaegers' skills, I'm glad to see each of you unscathed, and that you follow orders without a problem; Cosmina you and Bols will take this one, guard him and keep him from escaping, also tie him up, I brought shackles" Esdeath stated.
"What about the hostages?" Tatsumi questioned.
"They are safe; I've seen to them personally, each of them has had their wounds looked at and so far only ones are mental; Run you and Wave will see to it that they get proper accomedations and safety, I'll inform the Emperor personally: Tatsumi thank you for your iniative, you may leave now, I've no need of your services for the rest of the day; return to my chambers though later I want to celebrate" Esdeath stated.
"Hey you should come by my in-laws place, I can introduce you to my new family" Tatsumi stated.
"That sounds like a plan I'll see you there" Esdeath replied. Tatsumi left.
An hour later… the Blood stains didn't get do any lasting damage to Smaug, but the smell of combat had left it's own stink which Tatsumi decided that as a reward for his efforts he would head to the hot springs near Night Raid's base, he told Najenda about what had happened and Najenda fainted when he told her that Esdeath had found out he was in Night Raid and wasn't going to take any action against him; he kept that secret from the others as Najenda believed it was something best kept from the others bar Aria who knew about it; Tatsumi then went to the springs.
As he relaxed in the water he heard giggling, then turned towards the source, and saw the twins Meela and Loris, in the nude, their clothes and his out of reach. "Hey Tatsumi-kun!" Both said at the same time.
"Great" Tatsumi thought, as they jumped in.
"Tatsumi-kun Meela and I have talked and talked about things and after your run in with Esdeath we thought you weren't getting enough blue haired girls in your life, so we've been looking at you for some time and decided you are going to be our first" Loris explained.
"Yes we agreed years ago we'd marry the same guy and that we'd both do him together; your that guy; your so handsome, strong, caring and you kill a whole lot of bad guys, so in short the perfect guy for us" Meela added, the two moved over to him and kissed him on both cheeks, Tatsumi blushed and grinned like an idiot, here he was, two beautiful girls wanting the D, part of him said no but that part of him was maimed by a number of other parts deciding it should shut up including his common sense which was tell him to "Dew It!" in its best Palpatine impression possible. Put his hands on Mila and Loris's butts and groped their rears they then took turns kiss him on the lips, they then pulled him up on the shore and wrapped their E-cup breasts around his member and massaged them in a double knot, their tongues licked his length and they each took turns sucking it, Tatsumi smirked, the three continued their lovemaking unaware a certain stealth specialist was watching the whole scene from a tree and smiling. The oral sex was something Tatsumi enjoyed, he enjoyed it even more when Mila placed her huniepot over his face and he invaded it with his skilled tongue causing Meela to moan her body shook with blissful pleasure, while Loris continued to blow him with amateur skill but Tatsumi didn't mind she'd learn, he was tempted to take the twins with him, they didn't have wanted posters and they'd make great bodyguards. Midway through as they finished oral and jumped back in water Tatsumi asked the question.
"Hey would you two mind sticking around with me as my bodyguards" Tatsumi asked.
"Gladly Tatsumi-kun" Meela stated as she pulled him into her, popping her cheery causing a notable splash of blood into the water, while Loris massaged his back with her boobs and kissed him, his length was something Meela wasn't used to and screamed. "SO BIG! HOW DOES IT FIT IN HERE!?" Meela questioned.
"I'm asking the same question you're so tight; tighter then Cosmina and Aria if that was even possible" Tatsumi replied.
"Who's Cosmo?" Loris asked as she rubbed her breasts against his back as softly and smoothly as possible.
"She's one of Jaegers and she's madly in love with me" Tatsumi answered honestly.
"I see, you get around a lot of girls love you Tatsu-kun" Meela replied, Tatsumi silenced her moans with his tongue and kissed her for a minute before pushing her back and suckling her nipples while Loris played with his. The tightness Meela had was shocking and soon it caused Tatsumi to cum, unloaded his seed into her, causing Meela moan in sweet bliss, Tatsumi pulled out and entered Loris who was equally tight and the two sisters alternated roles with Meela massaging his back and Loris being nailed vaginally, the twins were so alike and when it came time to take them anally they both giggled at the word anal and remarked how they loved taking it from behind; eventually though even he reached his limit as did they and they burned out and redressed and walked back to base, unaware of a certain redhead who had seen the whole thing.