"Kazumi Kagari. My first mate and Akko's true parent."
Everyone in the room gasped at the new information. Master Holbrooke stared at Chariot as she broke down sobbing. Daryl stared at Anne who's jaw hung open. Paul placed a hand on Chariot's shoulder.
"If you can, tell us everything you can about Kazumi. We need to know who we are going up against."
"Right. Right. I loved Kazumi. We came from a tiny village called Blytonbury. Croix, Kazumi and I all grew up there together. Kazumi proposed to me and we got married. I eventually find out that I was pregnant with Akko. Kazumi was enlightened. She was so happy about being a parent and so happy holding Akko. I noticed the change on Kazumi after a mission to investigate a blacken sorcerer stone. Something happen. She become violent and was absolutely horrible to Akko. One night, I was woken to Akko crying and saw our village burning. Croix came running in, yelling that Kazumi had set the village on fire and slaughtered many of our people. We grabbed Akko and ran. There was no denying it. Kazumi had touched the stone and was corrupted by the hydra. She knew who my ancestors were and attempted to kill Akko due to that. I loved her and I couldn't let her go though. I kept her last name in memory of her. During the time we were on the run, I remembered hearing voices telling me to come to Luna Nova. It would be safe."
"What do you mean by that Mrs Kagari." Master Holbrooke smiled sadly at the women.
"My name was Chariot du Nord. Akko and I are descended from Woodward and Hikaru du Nord. I assume my ancestors were pointing me in the right direction."
"So our assumption was correct then Master. Atsuko is the next dragon priestess." Finnelan sighed, rubbing her temples. Daryl discreetly placed a hand on her knee. She got a tiny smile in return.
"Yes and that would explain the dragon king's bond with her. But the king must of known Akko was going to arrive to Luna Nova. We have had the untamable dragon here for twenty years." Holbrooke mention rubbing her chin in thought. "I do believe one of the nine witches was known for their ability to see into the future. Maybe he was giving information that Luna Nova was the place. Thank you child. I know it must be hard to lose someone so special to you."
After the meeting, Anne and Daryl walked towards the Cavendish manor. Both dragons run ahead of their masters letting them enjoy their privacy.
"Have you contacted Diana about the news of the Allard family."
"No. I rather not worry my niece just yet. She's had already had enough trouble with what you told me happen at the race. That would only cause her more grief. She needs to concentrate on her training rather then looking over her shoulder ever ten minutes, waiting to see if Chloe is going to come back and harm Akko. I never did like the family. Bless Bernie and Liz but it was foolish to agree with that arrangement."
"Well, we better be on our guard. Cause they could come back. And if everything we heard is correct then we will have problems on our hand. Just write her a letter letting her know. It's better to be safe then sorry."
"You're right. Now, there is a book that Diana asked me to deliver. Mind dropping that off to her when you go?"
"Yes, the next time I see her."
"Good, cause I would like to be selfish now and take some of your time away." Daryl grinned when Anne blushed.
"I suppose -cough- that could be arranged."
Daryl tugged Anne down to kiss her. The book was temporarily forgotten for a more pleasurable activity.
Akko rolled around a bit in her nest. The third day of her heat and it was always the worst. The medicine had caused her to lose the contents of her breakfast and made her drowsy while her heat made her horny, emotional, and irritable. She snapped at any of the guards that came in to check up on her or to deliver food and medicine. Blue rolled his eyes when Akko yelled at one of the guards for coming in unannounced and then proceeded to cry about how sorry she was. She cried at any mention of Diana who was still recovering. Scents that didn't belong at any close friends caused Akko to throw them on the floor, saying they smelt wrong. Blue helped by rolling himself into some of those scent less blankets. While it did get fur all over, it was comforting to have him back. There was another knock on the door.
"Miss Kagari. I did promise you another surprise didn't I." Akko's heart leapt out of her chest. As before, she ran to the door and pulled it open to see Diana standing there. The blonde smiled brightly at her before moving in. She placed a hand on Akko's neck and pulled her into a kiss.
"Diana. You're…."
"Yes Akko. I'm here. I was just released today. So I had to do the one thing I have been dying to do. See you. I have been so worried about you."
Akko careful wrapped her arms around Diana. Her left arm was in a sling and Akko was pretty sure that her right thigh was bandaged as well. She pressed a kiss to her alpha's cheek.
"I'm so happy that you're here. It's been so lonely without anyone here."
"And what does that make me? Chopped liver." Blue grumbled.
"Sorry. Blue has been a big help but I have missed human company."
"Well, I'm glad that you are safe. Come here. I plan on entertaining you tonight since the guards are apparently okay with me being here. Of course, we are mates. Chief Nelson gave the word that it was okay but better make the most of our time."
Diana begin to nibble on her neck. Akko moaned but then pushed Diana away. Diana was shocked.
"Akko, what's wrong? I didn't hurt you did I? Did I do something wrong?"
"You need to take it easy especially with that arm which means, let me take control."
Diana blushed like crazy. "Su….sure."
"Well, I'm out. Akko I'll be outside. Come on Beatrix."
"Be careful Blue." The dragon grunted before walking outside and Akko closed the door.
Akko grabbed her hand and dragged her to the bed. She saw Diana smile at her nest and at the shirt that she used to snuggle with along with Blue.
"Looks like I'm going to have that wear that shirt again. After I wash it. There is fur everywhere."
"Sorry. Blue has been doing what he could to make me comfortable. I haven't been the best to around with due to my heat. I know Blue and I have snapped at each other a few times."
"Not a problem. I'm just glad he has been here for you. He was just worried about you."
Diana was pushed on the bed while Akko straddled her hips. She kissed Diana's lips before moving down her neck, paying close attention to the mate mark, to her collar bone as she unbutton the alpha's shirt. She slide off to take the academy issued boots off and placed a kiss on the place she knew where the cut was. Diana moaned a bit before biting back a hiss. The omega had just stripped off her pants and the boxers exposing herself as Akko gripped her length. She give the hardness as few pumps before wrapped her lips around the tip. The blonde jerked her hips. Akko applied a bit of teeth and tongue as she continued to swallow as she went down which resulted in a yelp.
"Akko, shit. Where did you learn that?"
"Mary, Blair, and Barbara talked about certain things on how they please their alphas. So I have picked up a few things I wanted to try out with you. Was it okay?"
"Yes. Very much. Nines, you're good. Please continue with your ministrations."
Akko continued on sucking and twirling her tongue on the rod, taking it as much as she could. Diana was panting like crazy. Diana pulled at Akko's hair which pushed her further down on her rod. Akko gagged a bit, eyes watering but continued on. The omega could hear her alpha moan as she swallowed the entirety of Diana's shaft. She continued to bob up and down on the rod, licking and sucking on it. It wasn't long before Akko felt Diana release into her mouth, swallowing it. Diana laid sprawled out on the bed, breathing heavy herself. One blue eye open to stare at the brunette. Akko went to kiss her but was stopped by Diana's hand.
"Babe, I love you but you will not kiss me. I rather not taste myself thank you very much. Only you."
"Sorry." Akko position herself above Diana.
"Wait" Diana quickly cried out.
"What why?"
"I have protection in my pant pocket. Go grab it. Better be safe then sorry."
"Why though?"
"Akko, you are in your heat. You are fertile which means I have a higher chance of getting you pregnant." Diana growled which did cause Akko to whimper. "I am not letting that happen. Yet. Just grab it, please."
Akko did what was asked and after placing the rubber on the rod, re-position herself.
"Are you okay Akko. Do you need to take your time."
"No. Nines I have missed you so much. I want this so bad."
"Then Don't waste another moment."
Akko did just that. She slowly moved down, allowing the blonde entrance. The omega shuddered at the feeling. Finally, all of the length was in her and stayed there for a few getting use to the stretch. Sweat trickled down the shorter girl's neck and she watched as Diana wetted her lips. The brunette started to move up and down which caused Diana to jerk her hips up. Akko quickly placed her hands on the alpha's stomach, feeling the toned muscles under her palms. She didn't realize how much the training had affected Diana's body.
"Remember, you're injured. I take control my alpha."
Diana growled before submitting. "Yes, my omega." Akko leaned to place a chaste kiss before continuing. Akko un-clasped Diana's bra and began to roll and suckle on the harden nipples. Movements did start to get faster as Diana threw her head moaning. She finally give some of the reins back to her alpha. When she pushed down, Diana thrusted up, driving the shaft further in. Diana wrapped her good arm around Akko's waist in an attempt to hold her down as she drew close even grabbing her ass. Akko grunted through her teeth when she felt Diana give it a good smack. Diana grunted and moan as the shorter girl bounced up and down on her rod. Akko knew she was nearing the end. She leaned forward, capturing her lover in passionate kiss, riding out her orgasm. She pushed herself off and rolled over to catch her breath as she heard Diana huffing next to her. The brunette propped herself up on her elbows as she stared at her lover.
"Was that good my alpha?" Akko purred, stroking her thumb against Diana's cheek. Diana looked up at ruby eyes before smiling. She brushed away a few brown, sweaty bangs from the girl's forehead.
"Excellent my omega. Better then I could of imagined. We have never tried that position before. I may have to ask Amanda and Avery to give me a few pointers myself." Akko blushed at that. "Now, give me two seconds to catch my breath and we may see about round two."
"Will, I hope the healer gave you more protection cause you are going to be here for a very long time."
"Then it's a good thing she just threw a bunch at me when I went out of the tent."
They both laughed as they stayed there, in each other arms, the remainder of the day with the occasional love making. Akko felt safe and happy. She ran her hands all along Diana's naked body and marveled at some of the muscles that was starting to form. She sighed as she snuggled closer to Diana who had surprisingly fallen asleep, her arm securely wrapped around her waist. Akko soon followed, falling into pleasant dreams about the alpha next to her and two little children playing with Blue and Beatrix.
Akko ran her thumb along the design of her necklace. She had been awake for a while now with Diana and the two dragons still asleep. She was thinking about how to talk to Diana about her previous marriage to Chloe. She needed to know how it came to be and if Diana was willing to still go through with it. They needed to have that conversation but didn't know how to approach the topic. The omega turned her head to stare at the sleeping alpha. Her blonde-teal hair was tasseled from their love making and a tiny snore escaped the heir's lips. Akko threaded her fingers through Diana's hair, enjoying the silkiness. An arm tightened around her waist and pulled her closer. Eyes fluttered open to reveal a cerulean color.
"Hello. Umm. What time is it?" Diana sounded groggy.
"A little bit after nine pm."
"That's late. Did you eat?"
"No."
"Is it the heat medicine?" Diana ran a hand through the brunette's hair, untangling any knots.
"I hate taking it. It makes me feel so weird."
"I know but it does help with your fertility and prevents other alphas from smelling your sweet scent. I'm here so you can forgo the medicine for a bit. You need to eat something though. Maybe I should go to the cantina and get you some food."
"Let's stay here. I'm not hungry and the food is just potatoes. Plus I want to talk about something."
"What's on your mind my love?"
"Chloe mention that you two were originally engaged. What happen? Are you two still engaged?" Akko watched as all the color drained from Diana's face.
"We were. Once. Our parents had it set up long before we were even born. Two children from two prominent families, it was going to be a rather large political movement. It was to bring our families together. I was close to Chloe due to that. But there was a clause in there that allowed me to break off the marriage."
"What was it?"
"If I give someone my promise necklace before I get my dragon, then the marriage is voided. Akko, I choose you. I gave you my necklace. I guess that may have been the reason Chloe hated you was because of that."
"So I'm the reason." Akko felt herself choke up. The marriage was for political reasons and yet it was broken due to some outsider. It was no wonder Chloe despised her. Diana quickly pulled her into a kiss.
"Yes. No. I mean. Akko, I wanted you. Only you. I choose you of my own free will. I was and still am happier around you than I ever was with Chloe. I love you. Stay with me forever." Diana punctuated each sentence with a kiss.
"I love you too. I'll stay as long as you'll have me." Akko returned the kiss.
Diana stepped outside, quietly closing the door behind her, wrapping the coat tighter around her with her good arm. Beatrix trudged right behind, clearly exhausted. The training academy's light flickered in the background. She needed some fresh air and to clear her mind. She had almost asked Akko to marry her. She didn't have the ring. It was back at the manor. She wanted the perfect proposal and every time she thought she had a chance, something happen.
"I'm starting to think that you don't want to marry Akko."
"No, that's not true. I desperately do want to. I love her. I just want it to be perfect."
"I've been around Akko long enough to see that she won't care. If you proposed right there on that bed, she would have jumped up and down and screamed yes. That's the kind of girl she is."
"I just believe she deserves the world and I want the proposal to be perfect."
"Then stop overthinking everything and follow your heart."
"Follow my heart. My heart belongs to her. I want her."
"Then be with the girl. You're mates now so it's the perfect opportunity."
"Diana." Akko stepped outside. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing sweetheart. Just wanted some air."
"I didn't make you upset earlier, did I?"
"No, no. I probably should of told you sooner. In the four years we've been together, I never talked about it cause I was….afraid that you weren't going to want to be with me if I had mention that I was in a previous engagement."
"Hah, and here I thought that you didn't want to be with a dragon-less omega earlier."
"You know that's not true. I would of loved you no matter what."
"Come on Diana, it's cold out here and I would rather be in a nice bed with two very warm dragons and one sexy alpha." Diana chuckled as Akko tugged on her hands pulling her back into the cabin.
Blue nuzzled his nose against Akko's back. He could tell his girl was nervous. It had been a month since the flying race attack and the whole camp had been in an uproar since. Word had eventually reached the academy that the Allard family were missing and that the three Chloe groupies, as many people began to call them, had gone with them. Many knights had started patrolling the camp at night with Diana usually leading the charge. Training intensified and emotions ran high especially for Akko. Poor girl still struggled with pooling magic from the dragon. Not even their late night training sessions seemed to help. Akko was getting frustrated but Blue wasn't going to give up. Not on her. Akko draw back the bow and after a few seconds, fired. The arrow met its mark, dead center in the target.
"It be cooler if the arrow was on fire."
"Not everything has to be cool and dazzling Akko."
"Still be cool."
"Want me to blow fire on it?"
"No. Cause I want to be the one to do it. Blue, I can't be a good knight without the ability to use magic. Mom had used a dazzling array of magic to gain the upper hand on monsters. She even had those old beat up wand that she carried around. Never used the old thing though. Said she wasn't the rightful owner. Called it the shiny rod. Cool name though."
"Wait, the what."
"The shiny rod. It was this old golden wand with seven little holes in it. It was really old. I got to play with it a few times."
"Seven holes. Golden wand. Akko, does your mom still have this wand."
"I believe so."
"The Claiomh Solais was once a mythical object processed by the dragon priestess long ago. Seven gems sit inside the rod. Once in the rightfully hands, the Claiomh Solais can be used to destroy the hydra but only a true bond between dragon and human can allow the rod to meet true potential."
Diana sighed as she closed the book. It was frustrating to be so close to one answer but gain more questions. Where was the rod? Was Chloe and her family actually working with the hydra? Diana began to feel a headache coming forth. She sat down on the bed as Beatrix rubbed against her thigh. The room was empty without the usual attics of Akko. The alpha cabins was big enough that it allowed any alpha knight to get a room to themselves. After the attack, the master had made a proclamation that all omegas who were either promised or mated would be placed with their alpha or beta. A safety in numbers type of idea. Diana loved the idea that she would wake up with Akko everyday and fall asleep with her tucked up in her arms. While she patrolled, Akko trained with Blue. She had even asked her aunt to send her the ring along with the book. The door to the room swung up as Amanda walked in.
"O'Neill, haven't I told you to knock. You really don't want a repeat of last time do you."
"Ughh, Don't remind me. That was horrifying to see you two getting in on. Oh mental image. Didn't need to see that."
"What do you want?"
"Listen I heard that they are thinking of sending some of us knights over to some of the other covens to talk to them. Barbara heard that they want to send Akko out there as a mediator."
"Akko. Why Akko."
"Come on Dia, Akko's the dragon priestess. The other covens are getting attacked by weird creatures and they need to know that the dragon king is back. We need allies."
"But…we haven't completed our training yet. It's too soon to send us out there. Akko still needs to get her magic back."
"I can understand Dia. But, we are in strange situation. The dragon king has risen. The hydra is back. Man, we're living like we are in one of our fairy tales."
"Only this is real. Very real and the king doesn't have the powers he had before. We are up against a very powerful opponent."
Akko had to beg to get permission from Chief Nelson to go see her mothers. Diana wasn't too happy that she was going to be alone but after a kiss on the lips and a promise to be careful, she was off. Chariot had made dinner and they sat down like a family again after two months. Croix washed the plates as Chariot went to grab the old wand. She placed a black case on the table.
"This has been in our family for many years. I was going to give this you when you were married. But, since you were begging me. I pulled it out. Heres the shiny rod."
Chariot opened the case to reveal a large wide wand. It was golden and had seven medium size holes around it.
"Akko this is it."
"What is it Blue?"
"Claiomh Solais. Hikaru used it against the hydra all those years ago. Only it's not complete. We're missing the seven gems. The seven stars of the bear. That's what human Beatrix meant back then. We need those gems to gather the magic back into the rod."
"So, where are the gems?"
"Don't know. But, this shiny rod does. It will point the way to them."
"Everything counts on us using this then."
"Akko, before you go. I need, to tell you something." Chariot looked at her with a hint of sadness.
"What is it mom."
"It's about our past. You remember that we came to Luna Nova when you were three."
"I remember a little bit. Some friends that I use to play with. Fire and a creepy laugh."
"Akko, Croix wasn't your true parent."
"Knew it."
"Kazumi Kagari was my alpha and your mother."
"What happen to her. Did she abandon us?"
"It's a long story."