This chapter was an interesting one to write, so I hope you enjoy it. Do not own SC characters.
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Chapter 11: Transformations
Sophitia ran through a forest very familiar to her. It was the same forest she'd run through when she was little. She felt such adrenaline as she ran and she loved it, jumping over any small obstacles within her way.
A girl with short blonde hair appeared in the corner of her eye, sitting and leaning up against a tree, hugging her legs to her chest and looking aimlessly at the mass of puddles before her. Sophitia stopped and just looked at the small figure before her. She walked towards her on all fours, she felt more comfortable this way, she didn't know why, but she did.
Coming closer to the younger girl, she recognized the girl's complexion. She slowly turned around the tree, still on all fours, to see the side of the girl's face. The girl still hadn't noticed her yet.
"Cassandra? What are you doing here?" Sophitia asked as she put one hand on the tree. The girl's head slowly turned, Sophitia smiled at her, but it soon faded because of Cassandra's horrified face. Cassandra shuffled on the ground backing away from her sister, trying to get her footing. She shrieked as she finally got to her feet and ran away.
Sophitia watched her run with a look beyond bewilderment. 'What'd I do?' Sophitia thought to herself as she rubbed her hand against her jaw in thought. "Ouch!" She felt a sliver-like pain on her jaw as she rubbed against it. She looked down at her hand to find a drop of blood on her palm. What caught her eye next made her heart beat with fear, her hand... it wasn't human... it had a human hand's profile, but it was covered in an almost bronze colored fur and her nails could be better named as claws, which were like a small almond shape.
She looked at a puddle ahead of her with nervousness. She gulped as she came forward. She slowly took a look at her own reflection and watched as her expression of fear turned into one of shock and horror.
She had vertical slits in her eyes, like a cats', cat-like ears with the tips going a little above her head, her flesh was covered with the same bronze colored fur. She noticed something slowly waving behind her, it almost looked like a bronze, furry snake. She grabbed at and tried to pull it ahead of her, to realize that she could feel it attached to her. 'No... a tail?' Her jaw dropped open at the sight, making her notice her long, canine teeth. She hastily scooted herself back to hit a rock instead of the tree that was there a minute ago.
"You should have listened to me..." Sophitia sighed with relief as she recognized the voice, she didn't listen to what she had said, only that she wanted to listen to her voice. She turned to find Taki sitting on the rock, leaning on her palms upon the large rock, stared back in a neutral fashion. Sophitia noticed that she looked different; a green jacket-like sleeveless shirt and a black almost skirt-like short pants, and her hair was down.
"Oh, Taki! Thank the-"She stopped as she tried to stand, but couldn't; she felt a strange wave flow through her body taking away her strength as she dropped her gaze to the floor. As she looked back up to Taki, who's expression hadn't changed, she felt an incredible amount of lust that even overwhelmed her. She tried to shake her head to get the feeling out of the way, but it didn't help. She leaned forward to Taki's leg and started kissing her shin.
In response, Taki rubbed the back of Sophitia's head back and forth in an almost encouraging fashion. Sophitia slowly moved up Taki's leg, alternately licking her shin as she went up. By the time she reached passed the joint, she felt the foot of Taki's other leg against her shoulder. Taki sharply pushed her back against the ground. When she landed she looked up with a look of question.
"Taki? Argh!" Sophitia felt a sharp pain in her stomach, Taki was over her, holding her Rekki-Maru within her stomach. "What are you doing?" She choked out as her strength slowly left her. Taki looked at her straight in the eye, the most serious gaze Sophitia had ever seen her wear.
"I told you to run, but you didn't, you had to be stubborn... BEGONE DEMON!!!"
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"No!!" Sophitia shouted into the daylight as she awoke from her nightmare.
"Sophitia?" Taki looked down at the woman in her arms with concern. Sophitia sharply looked up at her, her face changed to extreme horror as she gasped, then slowly relaxed as she realized where she really was.
"I thought you were going to stab me again." Sophitia sighed out as she closed her eyes, trying to settle her rapidly beating heart. Taki's eyebrows lowered with question.
"What?!"
"I had a bad dream." Sophitia stated plainly as she lifted her hand and rubbed her cheek and forehead trying to rub out the sleep. She stopped as her eyes snapped open, she lifted her head and moved the rest of her body a bit in amazement. "I can move?" She lifted herself out of Taki's arms with a smile spread across her face. "I can move! I have my strength back!" She looked down at her hands, then over to the water, hastily running over to the waters edge, she bent over to make sure every part of her was human. Sophitia sighed with relief as everything seemed normal again.
"The process is already starting I see." Taki sighed as she walked towards her. Sophitia sharply turned towards her.
"What do you mean?!" Sophitia almost yelled in a state of panic. Taki's head lowered.
"It starts with a dream... showing you what you are going to look like. Did your dream show a sudden lust?" Sophitia gulped as her eyes darted.
"Y-yes. I felt lust for you." Sophitia's head lowered as she dropped to her knees. "In the beginning, I felt a rush of adrenaline. Then I made my sister run away from me in fear. I saw myself as a beast, then I saw you... you took me as a demon and stabbed me." Taki went down to her knees and lifted Sophitia's chin with her finger and looked softly at her.
"You know I'd never hurt you. We'll stop this, it's going to be hard to slow down the process though. A transformation is only triggered by rage or extreme lust, so you have nothing to worry about." Sophitia let her head fall onto Taki's shoulder. Taki in return pulled her into an embrace.
"If we can top this, then I can definitely get through it. I can get through looking like a cat whenever I should turn into one. Who knows, it might be fun for the time being. Of course I might end up cleaning my 'fur' with my tongue, but..." Sophitia smiled as Taki laughed at the thought. She laughed even more when Sophitia started nuzzling her neck.
"You're acting more like a cat; you're rubbing the same way they do." Her giggling turned into a slight gasp as Sophitia started laying gentle kisses in her neck. "I-is the lust coming back?" She tried to speak between kisses.
"Uh huh, a little." Sophitia spoke lazily as if the words just slipped out carelessly, then let out a grunt that sounded like pain as she lowered her head to face the ground.
"What's wrong?" Taki looked at her with concern.
"My eyes sting, that's all." Taki brought Sophitia's head up to look at her eyes. Her eyes widened a bit, then softened as she sighed.
"You sped up the process a bit, but not much." Sophitia's eyes widened as she looked at Taki and hastily shuffled over to the waters edge to look at her reflection. She gasped as she noticed that the dark pupils of her eyes shaped into vertical, diamond-like slits. "Remember, lust is one of the triggers." Taki reminded her.
"It's funny, in my dream my lust was uncontrollable, almost animal-like. When I smelled your hair, it brought back my lust, the same lust I felt in my dream." Sophitia never tore her gaze away from her cat-like eyes.
"Yeah, Bastet is known for a heightened sexual impulse, so in which the same has happened to you."
"Oh, great. Now you tell me." Sophitia lowered her head after she spoke.
"Don't worry, you just need to remember that you're stronger than the beast and remember mind over matter."
"I know I can do that, it's just I know that there will also be obstacles that will try and get that thought out of my mind."
"That shouldn't be a problem for you. You've handled a demon at the shrine! I think that you can overcome these obstacles." Taki laid a hand on Sophitia's shoulder. "You have more backbone than you think." Taki smiled as Sophitia turned to her, holding a soft smile herself and laid her hand upon Taki's.
"I think you're the first person to tell me that. When I told my father that I was going to stop as much evil in the world as I could, his beer buddies chuckled at me. I wanted to whack them on the back of the head with my shield for doing that. But I held my composure, as much as I wanted to lose it."
"Well, if anyone ever makes you want to loose your composure again, just as me and I'll lose it for you." Taki smiled as Sophitia chuckled.
"Thanks, but I don't think I want anyone impaled by your wrath." Taki chuckled with her at her remark.
"Whatever you say, but that still won't stop me. You know that." Taki smiled.
"Yes I know that quite well." Sophitia wrapped her arms around Taki's waist as she laid her head on her shoulder.
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An the plot begins, heh heh, the next few chapters are going to be difficult and fun to write at the same time. I hope you liked this one. I hope the leg-licking didn't scare you too much, I just wanted to add a form of lust in the dream sequence.
To Aeris Savior: Heh heh, I'll see what I can do if somebody ever calls for a sequel. ;P
To PriestessLennoue: No worries, I'll try and come up with something for Meeting of the Dirty Minded.
