Part 5

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Sake makes a lot of people do a lot of strange things when they've had enough. Dressed in her night robe, laced with gold, silver and hundreds of every precious gem imaginable, the ever seductive, ever beautiful, ever foxy Kitsune, stumbled in a drunken stupor into her Grand Minister's bed chamber. Kitsune was barely wearing her night robe, which was rather heavy due to all the fine jewels on it. Eijentu, though rather drunk as well, managed to get to her feet and lie Kitsune down on her bed. Suddenly, without warning, Kitsune grabbed Eijentu by the throat and pulled her down to the bed with the fox. Kitsune and Eijentu stared into each other's eyes for a moment before Kitsune's hand started "wandering".

"You know, you've been working for me for a long, long time, right?" the fox asked as she lowered her lips to her Grand Minister's neck.

"Yes, Boss Kitsune…" Eijentu mumbled. "Very long..."

"In all that time, have I ever told you that I think you're…" Kitsune paused, fixing her drunken gaze in the other girl's own eyes. She licked her lips, slowly unbuttoning Eijentu's dress. "…cute?"

"N-no Boss…"

"Well, now you know. And now that I see you up close…" Kitsune now sat on top of Eijentu, slowly disrobing herself. "…you're a little hot too…"

"B-boss! Wh-what are you saying?!"

"I'm saying…I'm tired of guys…"

(Kanako: I don't think we need to know what happens next. Like it Eijentu?)

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"YOU! STUPID! IDIOTIC! BAKA!"

"Motoko-sama! It was not my fault!"

Motoko was furious. In her hand, another ball of lightning was getting ready to be thrown in the general direction of the Knight Commander of the KoM. Several craters were already on the ground, in the garden, in the knight's main hall, in Motoko's meditation chamber and in virtually every room in the entire headquarters of the KoM. James Ra Edwards, the shamed knight commander of the KoM was running around like a scared, stupid little bunny rabbit. It was obvious Motoko wasn't about to give him any time to explain himself right now so he figured running would be the best and most honorable, not to mention logical, course of action.

"Retreating from the field of battle is dishonorable enough! Attacking without my orders is even more so! And the stupidity of attacking a Necromancer, especially one as powerful as Kana, in the middle of a graveyard is deplorable! But to make an enemy where we once had a potential ally is going too far!" Motoko shouted as she threw another lightning bolt at him. "Come back here, Edwards no baka!"

"Master Kana is going to want to know about this." The Sadistic Shadow, hiding somewhere in the main hall grinned as she vanished, using the shadows to teleport. "The KoM just might be destroyed by their goddess if this keeps up."

"I'm sorry! I thought it was the KFH I was invading! It's the map's fault!"

"Don't place the blame on an innocent object!" Motoko cried. "Once I'm through punishing you, I'll be busy apologizing for any inconvenience you and your foolishness caused to CoK!"

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"Kebinu…are you awake?"

"Yes…somehow. The past six days…." Kebinu could barely speak; Naru's things were still somewhat over his face. "…felt like Heaven…tired…sore…can't…move…lower…body…"

"I had an epiphany after your last…"shot" into me." Naru said with an almost caring tone. "The reason why I'm so evil, so bitchy and so downright psychotic all the time is…I'm sexually repressed."

"I'm afraid I don't understand, Empress."

"Now that I've had six very, very, very pleasuring days with you…I feel so much…nicer and…sweeter than before. I almost feel like releasing Keitaro from his prison."

"You do?!" the living marble statue that is Keitaro asked with glee.

"I almost want to, Keitaro, almost." Naru then turned to Kebinu again with a sweet, puppy dog look on her face. "The point is…I've figured out that I need some…*ahem*…"loving" to be this nice and sweet all the time so the people will love me again! So, for the glory and greater good of the Empire and for the sexual satisfaction of your Empress, would you like to be my personal man-whore? Please? All you really have to do is lie down and let me do all the work."

"What?! Why him? Why not choose me?!" Keitaro complained.

"Shut up!" Naru commanded as she threw a fireball in Keitaro's face. "See? I need someone to give me…*ahem*…"loving" so the Evil Naru Empire won't exist anymore. It'll become the Beloved Naru Empire. I need you to give it to me night after night after night, Kebinu. I know it's a lot to ask and it'll be very hard work but won't you do this favor for me? Please?"

"I…I…" Kebinu suddenly had an attack of conscience. The reason he resigned was, aside from being unable to bear Naru's evil anymore, was to sign up for the KoM. Rumor is Motoko's looking for a new, sensible and even halfway capable Knight Commander. Now, with Naru's offer of, essentially, giving him what most men really want every night for the rest of his natural born days, he's divided. Not for long anyway. "I'll do it! I will be the Empress' personal man-whore!"

"Oh, thank you!" Naru shouted as she jumped on top of him and started bouncing around a little. "Well, since I feel really sweet right now, you want to help me bake a few cookies for the troops?"

"Empress, not to impose but…we still have one day to go on my severance package."

"You don't actually have to help me bake, you know." Naru winked suggestively. "I'll only be wearing an apron, after all…"

"YES!" Kebinu thought to himself as he started to violently nosebleed. "Who's the man? I'm the man! SCORE baby!"

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"We're under attack!" one of the SASA peasants ran around screaming. "It's the Empire!"

And true enough, it was one of the Empire's "supposedly" invincible Liddo-walker platoons charging through the defensive magic shields of the SASA border, specifically, Su's side of the territory. Behind them was a massive horde of Imperial Naru-troopers, all armed to the teeth with their rifles, spears and whatnot. Shalashaska, the military commander of the SASA territories, immediately got the defensive troops on rent from Talon and Silver Mercenaries Inc. as well as his attack squadron of experimental Veritech fighters to try to repel them. He looked on in fear as the one of the ominous Liddo-walkers simply crushed anything and everything in their path. He also realized that this was just a scout force; they weren't the real invasion force.

"Damn it! I see what they're up to! They plan to take out Shinobu-sama's anti-magic shield generators so the Imperial Fire Mages can burn everything down!" he grunted. "Alright, SASA Veritech squad, our main targets are those fifteen Liddo-walkers! Stop them before they punch a hole in our anti-magic shield!"

"Yes sir!" the voices sounded on the intercom.

"Fire at will!" he ordered. Suddenly, the rest of the squad began to fire on one of their own. "What the? Why did you shoot him down?"

"You said fire at Will sir." One of them answered. "So we shot Will down."

"Idiots!" Shalashaska was frustrated. The best combat pilots alive and they can't understand a simple expression. He had to retrain them soon, he thought. "Open fire on the enemy!"

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"I've never seen SASA troops attack with such ferocity before." Kana noted as he, riding on his Velociraptor, looked on at the battle from the top of the hill. "It almost reminds me of Imperial Naru-troopers."

"True." Kanako, who was also riding on a Velociraptor, concurred. "Still, it looks fun."

The two of them overlooked the battle below, the hordes upon hordes of SASA troops with their swords and rifles taking on roughly ten Necromancers and the number of Skeleton Warriors and Bone Mages they summoned up. It was a furious battle, with neither side taking the upper hand. Kana then looked over to his side, the woman he loved was dressed in her usual black dress and she didn't appear to have a weapon on her. She looked like she had no right to be on the battlefield but that was wrong. Kanako was the goddess of darkness and with the CoK territory having countless shadows; the entire territory was her weapon and armor. Closing her eyes, she summoned the shadows to her, forming an invincible black armor.

"I love it when you do that." Kana smiled as he watched Kanako shape the shadows into a pair of pitch black Masamune katanas. "It's so darkly cute, just like you."

"You flatter me too much." Kanako's blush was somewhat visible through the shadow helmet. "Shall we, Kana? The blood of the battlefield beckons."

With that, Kana and Kanako raised their weapons and charged down the hill, their swords cutting through the SASA troops that were foolish enough to challenge them on their own territory. Kana could only stand back and watch in awe, admiration and love as Kanako's twin Masamune katanas carved through the enemy ranks, slaughtering and butchering all in her path. Then, Kana himself readied his crescent blade and cut clean through any survivors that were left in Kanako's wake. There lay the root of their relationship, the enjoyment of carnage, slaughter, manipulation and mental warfare. Their victory was assured. As Kana made the mistake to bask in the chaos, a sword was driven through his side and another in the chest.

"Kana!" Kanako cried out as she saw Kana drop his crescent blade, staggering and disoriented on top of his mount. Finally, he fell down, unconscious, when a third was driven through his back. Kanako dismounted and wrapped her arms around Kana as the shadows enveloped them, to take them to the Cathedral. "No…"

To Be Continued…

Kanako: That damn Kanako/Kentaro is still up. Still pissing me off. So Leon stays banned. Not ALL men are like Kebinu, Motoko-chan. Kana used to be like that too. Until I came along and straightened him out. And as for the one complaining, quit your whining before I send you to your doom. My fic, I can do whatever the Hell I want.

Kana: To that anonymous Russian tipper: I don't really mind that bit in chapter 2 of Talon's 'And Now For A Word'. A mild transgression, a moment of weakness. Talon is, hopefully, writing something that will more than make amends for that. Andrew Joshua Talon, just be sure you DON'T do it again. *evil, jealous glint in the eyes* Aren't you content with Naru and Mutsumi? If not, I would understand. You can have any of them, just stay away from what's MINE...

Kanako: Not like that thing was in character, anyway. I would never do something like that. I would never betray Kana.