Part 8

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"Damn it, why didn't we know of that attack beforehand?" Eijentu sat at her desk, looking at her tactical map. "Damn intelligence division must be drinking on the job again. And how in the world did that attack force make it past the CoK and KoM without getting attacked? They're right between us and the ENE. Damn it, if only the KFH spy network were as effective as the CoK's. Half of their military are spies and half of those are spying on other spies."

"Uha, ma'am, are you sure you want me to wear this to work?" Forte Stollen, Eijentu's new bodyguard and personal assistant asked with a blush. Understandable, since she was wearing what could be the skimpiest and tightest possible schoolgirl outfit in the world. She twitched, wondering why her General Talon put her here. "It's a little tight…"

"That's the idea…" Eijentu grinned as she licked her lips. She stood up and made Forte sit on her seat. With a grin, she sat on Forte's lap, curling up her body to the redhead with a glint in her eye that made Forte twitch. "Forte-san, you have such smooth legs…it's so…."

"Uhm, ma'am, I think you're leaking."

"I'm not leaking, Forte-san." Eijentu answered as she slowly positioned herself on top of Forte as the chair was knocked to the ground. "I'm wet."

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"What?!?! Surely, Motoko-sama, you are not serious!" James Ray Edwards, FORMER Knight Commander of the KoM was shocked and awe-struck. "HER?!"

"Yes, her." Motoko answered, taking a sip of tea while a ball of lightning circled around her. "Mint-san will be taking over as Knight Commander. You will be her assistant."

"Someone please tell me this is a dream! She is a mercenary! She has no concept of honor or loyalty!" suddenly, he found his body smashed into the nearby wall. "What the?!"

"She's a telepath and she comes with excellent credentials from General Talon." Motoko answered.

"Faked, most likely." He sneered as he got back to his feet only to be slammed to the wall again. "What the Hell?!"

"Edwards-san, I'd appreciate it if you didn't attack my character so much." Mint, the unbearably cute and adorable, blue haired girl requested, her ears twitching. She was as old, of not older, than Edwards was but she had the body of a twelve year old. "I hope we can work well together."

"You will accept her as your superior or I will remove you from the KoM completely." Motoko served her ultimatum. "What is your answer?"

"Fine, I accept." Edwards then whispered to himself. "At least the boss is cute…"

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"Damn it. I never thought I'd come back here without a full on attack force." Talon commented as he knocked out an Imperial guard. "The guards are getting sloppy, aren't they, Silver?"

"Damn right. A sneak attack like this would never have worked back in the day." Silver said as she signaled the three remaining members of the Angel-tai, Milfeulle, Vanilla and Ranpha to take the point. "So, where is the Book of Shadows?"

"Hello! Would any of you nice guards like some tea and cookies?" Milfeulle Sakuraba, the lucky girl who seemed to lack any working mental faculties asked aloud, alerting the whole of Hinata Sou to their presence.

"I should have known better than to have let Motoko-san hire Mint." Talon slammed his head to the wall. "We'll have to fight then."

"Milfeulle, your stupidity never ceases to amaze me!" Ranpha shouted. "You baka!"

…

Kana placed the torch, with its hideous green flame, on the wall as Kanako looked on in awe at what was in the darkness. She could feel the power emanating from what she saw flowing in and out of the small catacomb, she was overcome with awe. She looked at Kana, who smiled at her sweetly. He knew what these were too. Kanako touched the surface of one, it was covered in a sticky substance but the texture was smoother than the finest of silks. Kana stepped forward to embrace her from behind, which comforted her immensely. She could feel his warmth, his darkness; she could hear his heart beating madly for her. She moved one of her hands to touch his, moving it lower from her waist to her right inner thigh.

"How did you obtain these?" Kanako asked.

"It was a difficult endeavor, costing me more than I initially thought it would but in the end, I obtained them." Kana answered. "According to out spy network, the only thing that could possibly match them is the Tama-zilla that Kaolla is working on."

"We will be unstoppable once they…"

"I have another surprise for you." Kana said before slowly kissing Kanako's neck and slowly moving upwards. He turned Kanako around, showing her a small box. "Open it."

"Oh my..." Kanako was shocked to see what was inside. It was a ring made of shining black obsidian, hand-carved into the shape of a coiled viper with small rubies for eyes. She looked at Kana, then at the ring again, unable to say a word. "This ring…"

"I carved that myself. Kanako, I have been with you for many years now and there is nothing and no one I hold dearer to me than you." Kana said as he knelt down to one knee. "Kanako, I am unworthy of doing this but, I have to ask, will you…"

"Need you ask?" Kanako interrupted as she put on the ring. "The answer is yes, Kana, I will marry you."

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"What in the Hell was that?!" Kebinu shouted as he fell off from his place on top of Naru when Talon charged in the door. "Talon?!"

"Kebinu? You and…her?" Talon acted shocked but deep inside, was jealous as Hell. "Then again, you were always fantasizing about her."

"Hello Talon…" Naru crooned in a sly tone as she pressed her naked body to Talon's. "You've certainly become a lot more…attractive since I last saw you."

"N-N-N-Naru…." Talon just stood still like a drooling idiot, entranced by Naru's naked body, the leg which was starting to run along his side, the way she rubbed her lower body onto his. He was, in the purest sense of the term, aroused. "I…I…I…"

"Talon! Focus!" Silver cried out, warding off the guards with some fireballs. "We're not here to indulge your damn attraction!"

"R-right! We're here for the Book of Shadows!" Talon shook his head, reluctantly pushing Naru away. It was by no accident, of course, that his hands were grabbing Naru's chest. "They ARE real!"

"Hands off the Empress, Talon! Nobody gets to do that but me!" Kebinu complained, quickly putting on some battle armor and grabbing his axe.

"And you are?"

"I'm her personal man-whore." Kebinu declared, at first with pride but then, he realized just how degrading that sounded. "I mean…assistant!"

"We're just f*ck buddies." Naru answered as she slipped back into bed, her eyes focused on a certain part of Talon's anatomy. "You can be my f*ck buddy too, Talon."

"Talon…" Silver sneered, casting fireball after fireball was tiring and keeping Talon from losing control to his other 'head' was frustrating. Even the Angel-tai weren't of much help.

"Face me in single combat Talon!" Kebinu issued his challenge. "Winner becomes her man-whore. Damn it! I hate saying that!"

"Just shut up, man-whore!" Naru and Silver said at the exact same time.

"Fine, I accept." Talon accepted. "But if I win, I want the Book of Shadows."

For the next three hours or so, Talon and Kebinu slugged it out, Talon's sword against Kebinu's axe. Neither of them really gave in and gave the other an advantage or chance to take the upper hand. Naru closed the doors of the bed chamber and sat down beside Silver and the Angel-tai, watching the duel. Naru was still undressed and she found the action…interesting, to say the least. Silver and the other girls were blushing since Kebinu seemed to forget to put any pants on. Silver in particular, since she and Kebinu used to…*ahem*…date. Anyway, eventually, watching two men fight over her got boring to Naru and she noticed the attractive Ranpha Franboise, heavenly body of the Angel-tai, beside her.

"Say, you up for some girl on girl?" Naru asked, moving her hand in between Ranpha's legs but not quite touching that 'spot'. "My name's Naru, what's yours?"

"I'm disgusted by you!" Silver complained. "You have two men fighting over you and you go and hit on the closest pretty girl you can see! You sick hentai!"

"This coming from someone who is staring at Kebinu's…equipment." Naru grinned.

"I wasn't staring!" Silver denied with an obvious blush. "What do you care, anyway?"

"Well, let me assure you, he's quite good in the sack." Naru smiled. "You should try him some time."

"Ack! I didn't want to know that!" Silver covered her ears in denial.

(Kanako: Sorry Silver. Story thing. You understand, don't you?)

To Be Continued…

Kanako: *tingling* That proposal sends tingles down my spine! I almost wonder if any of the girls out there are jealous that they don't have a man like Kana in their lives. A man devoted to me, me and only me. Leon, cease this irreverent spamming of fanfiction.net, you're aggravating me further. A few hours, that's all the leeway I'm going to give you. If you put up a signed review that makes me feel you're worth forgiving, I'll let you keep going. Fail and I'll ban you for life. Silver, I couldn't really think of anyone else to use in what you've just read. Don't worry, I won't exploit it. *grin* Much. This was never meant to be Pandora's Box. I never planned for conflicts to arise from this fic. *whistling innocently* See the halo over my head? *angelic smile* Talon, friend, I think we should just let this chaos slide along. I think it will end by the time this story is finished.