A Song of Ice, Fire and the Dead

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Chapter 6: Inner Demons

Saeko and Aegon leapt over the railing of a staircase and landed on the road below with a light thump of feet touching ground. Looking on either side of the street, Aegon was relieved to see no undead nearby, but he didn't want to get complacent and end up making a mistake. Looking at Saeko who nodded at him, they continued on their way down the street at a light jog, their weapons drawn and at the ready.

The sky was beginning to darken slowly but surely. Aegon and Saeko found a nearby café that was mercifully empty and the fridge still had some food and drinks left in it. Saeko found a mostly intact backpack and began to load the bag with what food and drink she could find in the fridges and sandwich bar. Aegon looked in the kitchen and although he found bloodstains, there weren't any signs of Them.

"Are we clear?" Saeko whispered to Aegon who looked and nodded at her.

"Aye. We're clear for now, but we should keep moving," he said.

Saeko took out a bottle pepsi she had scavenged from the drink fridge and offered it to Aegon. "Here. Not my personal choice of drink, but we should keep up our strength," she said with a smile.

Aegon smiled and nodded in agreement. Taking the bottle from Saeko, Aegon unscrewed the cap. A small hiss of compressed air and a rasp of bubbles was heard as the cap was removed. Taking a small sip, Aegon sighed softly before offering the bottle to Saeko. The indigo-haired girl smiled softly at the gesture and took the bottle, taking a sip from it as well. Screwing the cap back on and placing the bottle back into the bag, Saeko asked, "Where do we go from here?"

"It's getting dark and I don't know this area very well," Aegon confessed. "But Saya's house is in area two, correct?" he said.

"That's what I heard Takashi say, yes," replied Saeko.

"Well, we make our way to Area Two and find somewhere to shelter for the night, before setting out in the morning," Aegon then said. "If you have anything to add, feel free," he added.

"No. Sounds like a plan," Saeko said with a nod of her head.

"Well, alright. Let's get going, for the night is dark and full of terrors," Aegon said as they left the café.

Luckily the street lamplights were still on which provided some illumination on the streets. A few of Them still wandered around, but Aegon and Saeko mostly avoided the undead. Crossing through a playground park, Aegon looked ahead as best he could and he gritted his teeth at what he saw ahead of them.

"What is it?" Saeko asked him. Aegon whispered back, "Them. And quite a few as well."

Saeko looked ahead in the encroaching darkness and frowned slightly as she saw what Aegon had described. "We'll have to fight our way through," she said as she tied her hair up in a ponytail and drew her bokken.

"Let's make this quick then!" Aegon said as he drew Blackfyre and gave it a twirl in his hand. Saeko smiled a little at the twirling motion Aegon did and said, "Trying to impress someone?" Aegon smiled back at her and winked which made the indigo-haired samurai blush a little.

Looking at the horde of Them, Aegon gave a high piercing whistle. With guttural harsh groans and shuffling of feet, the undead surged towards Aegon and Saeko.

"No backing out! Take them head on!" Aegon said to Saeko as he charged forward, the smoky blade of Valyrian steel eager to taste battle. A rush of adrenaline in her veins, Saeko charged as well, her bokken swinging in fast hard strikes. With dull thuds and cracking of hardwood on bone, fracturing limbs and skulls, Saeko set to work on killing as many of Them that were in front of her. Aegon slashed off arms and hands to cripple Their ability to grab him, his Valyrian blade cleaving Them in half, diagonally, horizontally or even vertically, he cut the undead down to size. Saeko spun around flawlessly avoiding grabs from grey rotted limbs and outstretching hands as she delivered strikes from her bokken. Aegon slashed off the head of an undead before quickly ducking under the arms of another before swing his sword, the blade biting deep into its skull, nearly cleaving the head in half while still attached to the body.

Saeko was almost surrounded by some of Them but with a powerful tornado-like swing, her bokken knocked Them all down, Their heads broken open by the force behind the attack. Saeko had a smile on her face as she killed Them, the rush of adrenaline and endorphins flooding her veins sending her into an almost euphoric state. The shuffles and groans of Them from behindalerted Saeko and she spun around to deal more fatal blows when what she saw stopped her dead, her face frozen into a look of horror.

Three children. Three children who had been turned, bite wounds on their bodies, their clothes torn and bloody, and their skin the sick grey colouration of Them, shuffling towards her, their hands outstretched and their appetite the ravenous nature of Them.

A wave of emotions roiled through Saeko's mind as she stared at three turned children. A part of her told to refrain from killing them, but the darker part of her told her to kill them regardless.

"Saeko!"

Aegon was in front of Saeko and his sword slashed through the three undead children, their heads separated from their bodies and their forms crumpled to the ground in pools of blackened blood and gore. Saeko just stood there, her expression still one of frozen horror. It took a moment for Saeko to realise that Aegon was shaking her and talking to her.

"Saeko? Saeko!" Looking into Aegon's purple eyes, Saeko let a sob and almost fell to her knees but Aegon held her up and with his left arm holding her up from under her shoulders, Aegon carried Saeko out of the park.

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It was but a moment later that Saeko realised that Aegon had taken her to a shrine. She was still lost in her thoughts of what she saw back in the park. Clouds of emotion battled against each other and the memory of an incident from her past was brought back to the forefront of her mind.

A distant rumble of thunder was heard overhead and with it came the sounds of precipitation.

Rain began to lash the roof of the shrine and thunder rumbled overheard followed by cracks of lightning, the sound dulled by the thick wooden walls of the building. Aegon lit some of the candles in the shrine to provide some light in the room and a little warmth. Saeko sat nearby, a look of deep contemplation on her features. Aegon finished lighting the last candle before something caught his eye. Picking it up, Aegon saw that it was a sword, a katana, to be precise. Smiling to himself, Aegon treaded over to Saeko and knelt down in front of her.

"Saeko?" The indigo-haired girl looked at Aegon. "Look what I found," he said to her quietly as he held out the katana in his hands, offering it to Saeko. Sapphire eyes lit up and widened as Saeko gazed upon the weapon in Aegon's hands. The scabbard was covered in dark stingray skin and had two golden fittings on it for it be tied or buckled to a belt. The tsuba/guard was a dark metal finish and the hilt was carved ivory. The pommel was fashioned in the shape of a dragon with its teeth bared in a smile or snarl and on the back of the dragon's head was a small silver stud that had a crest on it indicating that it was a family owned sword. Taking the weapon from Aegon's hands, Saeko slowly unsheathed the blade and she gave a low sound of awe as she saw the blade of the sword. Having been trained by her father on how to recognise if a blade was hand-forged or factory made, Saeko was pleased to note that this blade was a hand-forged piece.

Sheathing the blade, Saeko looked at Aegon. "Thank you, Egg. You have no idea how useful this will be to me," she said gratefully.

"Well, I had to get you something better than what you had before," Aegon said modestly before he looked at Saeko more seriously. "What happened back there? You froze up something fierce," he pointed out.

Saeko looked at the floor. She had hesitated to kill three zombified children. She hadn't hesitated to kill zombified adults or her schoolmates who had been turned. But seeing three young children who had been turned wasn't something she was prepared for or ready to accept. If not for Aegon being there, she might've been killed for her hesitation.

"I..." the indigo-haired girl tried to say but words failed her. Aegon tilted Saeko's face up to look at him. To her relief, he did not look angry or disappointed, but instead, he looked more concerned and sympathetic.

"I understand," he said softly. "I would've hesitated too, if I were in your position," he added in understanding.

"I know, and it almost killed me," Saeko replied, her voice shaking slightly with suppressed emotion. "I've never hesitated before and that's what scares me," she said.

"What do you mean?" Aegon asked her.

"It's time... I told you my true nature," Saeko confessed. "It happened around four years ago. I was on my way home from kendo practice when a mugger attacked me and tried to molest me," she said. "But I had my bokken with me, and when I realised I had the upper hand, I felt so calm," she added as an almost hysterical smile formed on her lips.

"I overpowered my attacker and when I saw him lying there on the ground, frightened and bleeding, I hit him again!" Saeko gave a perverse giggle. "His frightened movements were so inviting that I just kept hitting him, over and over!" she said. Aegon looked at her stoically; his face calm and collected as Saeko told him her story.

"What happened then?"

"I told the police what happened and they let me go due to the circumstances, and they even gave me a ride home," Saeko said as tears pricked her eyes. "But after that night... I learned that there was a side of me that... that loved inflicting pain and having control over another's life," she added. "I loved it! The feeling of someone's life in the palm of my hands! How can I live with that? How does anyone like me deserve compassion? Or friendship? Or love?" She then broke down into quiet sobs.

"Don't be so hard on yourself, Saeko," Aegon said to her gently. "It sounds like it was a case of self-defence to me, so that may have been why the police let you go," he reasoned.

"I try to tell myself that, but deep down, I'm a monster!" Saeko wept her body shaking with each sob.

"You're not the only monster!" Aegon said to her harshly. "Ever since this outbreak happened, I've been like that as well! Back on the bus, I nearly killed Shido and I left him for dead after you and the others got off the bus for what he did to Kohta and what he tried to do to you and the others!" he added.

"You've only become like that since this all happened. I was like that before all this," Saeko said. "How does anyone like me deserve to be loved?" she asked tearfully.

Aegon suddenly embraced Saeko. She was surprised but she buried her into Aegon's chest and sobbed quietly. Aegon held her close and rubbed gentle circles onto her back. Once Saeko had finished crying, Aegon looked into her eyes. Saeko looked up at him, her mouth opening and closing a few times as if trying to find the words but failing to do so. Hesitating for a brief second, Aegon leaned down and pressed his lips to Saeko's. Saeko gave a muffled noise of surprise before she began to kiss Aegon back softly, her eyes fluttering shut as she did. Deepening the kiss, Aegon shifted his weight so that Saeko was on her back and he held himself up over her, bracing his weight on his forearms and his legs relaxed between hers.

Aegon kept kissing Saeko and she kissed him back, her arms wrapping around his neck and shoulders, pulling him closer to her. After the roaring of blood rushing in his ears and the need for oxygen became too great to ignore, Aegon stopped kissing Saeko and rested his forehead on hers. Looking into each other's eyes, and panting hard, all they saw were dark stormy clouds of lust and desire but also trepidation.

"Saeko?" Aegon whispered. Saeko smiled breathlessly as she leaned up and kissed him again, her hands removing his jacket and shirt leaving his torso bare then moving down to the buckle of his pants, her fingers fumbling to undo them. Not needing anymore incentive than that, Aegon then slowly unbuttoned Saeko's shirt, tossing it before he deftly undid the clip of her bra and threw aside the lacy garment, revealing her full breasts. Aegon gazed at the soft round orbs of female flesh; the nipples were a light pink colour and were darkening and hardening in arousal. Saeko had made quick work of pulling Aegon's trousers down and she quickly worked his underwear down and off. Aegon nearly ripped Saeko's skirt off and undid the string of her thong so that she was completely nude under him. Aegon then tensed and gasped as he felt Saeko's hands take a firm but gentle hold of his manhood which had grown hard and erect in all this. Saeko purred in satisfaction at the size and was directing it to the juncture between her thighs.

Aegon looked into Saeko's eyes; he had never been so aroused in his life, but he had to be sure this was what she wanted. "Saeko?" he said to her, a questioning look in his eyes.

Saeko's cheeks were flushed crimson with arousal, lust and desire. She was trembling and nervous but she had never been so certain of something in her life. "I want you, Egg. I need you, now."

Pressing his lips to Saeko's, Aegon lowered himself slowly with an unspoken promise to be gentle yet unyielding all the same. Saeko wrapped her arms around Aegon's neck as she kissed him back. The glans of Aegon's manhood began to rub against the lips of Saeko's womanhood making her groan at the feeling and Aegon thrust up and down, the underside of his cock brushing and rubbing against the lips of Saeko's womanhood. Biting the lip of the man kissing her, Saeko wrapped her legs around Aegon's waist and tried to pull him in closer to her and make his cock enter her cunt. But Aegon was stronger than she was and he just kept rubbing his cock up and down the lips of her cunt, teasing her. Aegon then pulled away from Saeko's lips, much to her moan of protest but it was quickly replaced with a gasp as she felt Aegon's lips kissing her neck and collar. Her body trembled and she gave a low keening moan as Aegon sucked on her pulse point. A small rivulet of drool escaped Saeko's mouth as Aegon then started trailing kisses along her neck and collar before he reached her breasts.

Tracing his lips along the soft round mounds of female flesh, Aegon breathed a puff of air over the right nipple and smirked as he felt Saeko stiffen up and give a feral moan of delight. His tongue tracing on the areola and feeling it harden under his tongue, Aegon then lightly pinched the other nipple with his finger and thumb. Saeko arched her back at the stimulation and she looked at her lover who had traded spots, now softly licking the left nipple while his hand teased and pinched the other. Saeko managed to gasp out, "Egg! Please!" She looked at Aegon pleadingly. He looked at her, his purple eyes dark with arousal and a wicked smile on his lips as his tongue teased her. Then he latched his lips onto her nipple and gave a long slow gentle suck. Saeko gave a primal scream as her first orgasm tore through her as Aegon suckled on her breasts, even nipping them gently with his teeth. After coming down from the high of her first orgasm, Saeko pulled Aegon's mouth away from her breasts and claimed his lips with her own, her tongue thrusting forcefully into his mouth. Aegon's tongue then started to wrestle with Saeko's as they kissed heavily. The head of Aegon's cock was wet with pre-cum and pressed against Saeko's entrance, making her groan at the teasing Aegon was doing.

"Egg, please!" she whined.

"Please, what?" Aegon asked her a devious smirk on his lips as he looked into Saeko's eyes that were burning with lust and desire.

"Please! Take me!" she begged.

"Your wish is my command, my beautiful samurai," Aegon said to her reverently. Aegon slowly pushed his cock into Saeko's cunt, the pair of them slowly getting used to the feel of each other. Aegon gave a guttural groan as his hardness slowly penetrated Saeko's hot wet silky depths and he gave another groan at the sheer tightness of Saeko's cunt, indicating she was indeed a maiden. Saeko had an open mouthed smile of ecstasy on her face as she felt Aegon's hard cock slowly fill her womanhood. Her hands hadn't lied, Aegon was quite a specimen even though it was Saeko's first time so she didn't have anyone else to compare to, nor did she want to at this moment. Once Aegon was fully sheathed inside Saeko, he looked into her eyes and she looked into his; Saeko felt her heart swelling when she saw the look of adoration and love in Aegon's purple eyes and she felt that way from him too. Aegon then pressed his lips to Saeko's once more as he slowly began to move. With slow gentle thrusts, Aegon made love to Saeko, their soft moans and gasps echoing in the shrine as the storm outside thundered around the building.

As the outside world had collapsed into an every-man-for-himself, or kill-or-be-killed mentality, Aegon and Saeko made love to each other like there was no tomorrow. Saeko had lost count of how many times she had orgasmed and it was on her twentieth or hundredth climax that Aegon started shaking, his body tensed up and his breath coming in short sharp intakes of air. Saeko locked her legs around Aegon's waist tighter, selfishly wanting all he had to give her.

"Yes, my love, fill me!" she whispered to him and with a guttural exclamation of release, Aegon emptied himself inside Saeko and Saeko's body shook with a powerful tremor as she gave a primal scream as she felt Aegon's hot seed fill her womb, setting off another orgasm in her. Collapsing on top of Saeko, Aegon panted and looked at her with a tired yet pleased smile. Saeko smiled back at him and kissed him for the thousandth time that night.

"Egg… Egg…" she tried to say as sleep and exhaustion was beginning to overwhelm her.

"I'll be here," Aegon whispered to her softly, his own eyes beginning to close in surrender to sleep. "I promise I'll be here when you wake up," he said before he finally gave into Morpheus' embrace. Saeko lost her own battle to stay awake and her last thoughts that night were of the man she had given herself.

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Saeko woke up and yawned tiredly, wiping her mouth clean of any drool that may have been on there. Looking beside her, Saeko's heart swelled in her chest as she saw Aegon asleep beside her, his face peaceful and content. Sidling herself closer to her lover, Saeko pressed a soft kiss to Aegon's cheek, a chaste action in comparison to last night's nocturnal activities. Aegon stirred awake, his purple eyes cracking open as he awoke. Seeing Saeko's expression of love and adoration, Aegon smiled at her softly before his hands grasped her hips and pulled her closer. Saeko smiled and greeted him. "Good morning, Egg," she whispered intimately.

"It certainly is, Saeko," Aegon whispered back, his voice husky with desire as his hands roamed all over Saeko's body, the calloused fingers and palms tracing along the outline of her skin. Saeko shivered as she felt her body heat up and her heart quicken. Pressing a kiss to Aegon's lips, Saeko grasped his manhood with one hand, a devilish smirk appearing on her lips when she heard Aegon's groan of desire.

"Last night was wonderful, Egg," she said to him softly. "Was it your first time?" she asked, curious to know.

"Yes, it was," Aegon replied as his hand drifted down to Saeko's cunt and a fingertip brushing and stroking the dampening folds. Saeko bit her lips to suppress a moan of desire. "It was your first time, as well?" Aegon then asked her.

"Yes," Saeko said as she tried to fight down the blush spreading across her cheeks as Aegon's fingertips brushed and stroked her folds. While it had been Aegon's first time by his own admission, he was incredibly skilled at finding what she liked in quick fashion. Not to be outdone, Saeko stroked the length of Aegon's manhood and she enjoyed the gasping intakes of air he made as she softly stroked him. Aegon then pressed another kiss to Saeko's lips before pulling away and removing his fingers from her moist womanhood.

"I could kiss you forever and it would feel too short a time," Aegon then said to Saeko reverently as his hands then gently groped her breasts.

Saeko smiled at the sweet words before she replied, "I don't know. Forever is a long time. Perhaps you might bore of kissing me?" Aegon then tried to kiss her again, but she pulled back with a smile. Aegon smirked recognising her game before he spoke.

"I wouldn't say that." He directed his mouth towards Saeko's breasts. His lips brushed against her left nipple and she bit her bottom lip to suppress a breathy moan. "And besides, there's just so much of you to kiss," Aegon said as he began pressing kisses to Saeko's breasts, going up to collar and neck before claiming her lips in a searing intimate kiss. Saeko kissed Aegon fiercely, her fingernails grazing his chest making him hiss slightly. Once the kiss was finished, Saeko said.

"If we keep this up, we'll never leave." Standing to her feet, Saeko was pleased to note that Aegon's gaze hadn't gone any higher than her hips. Turning around, Saeko then began picking up her clothing that had been discarded during last night's activities. Suddenly, Saeko was embraced from behind by Aegon; his left hands danced across her skin down to her cunt while his right hand ghosted upwards and grasped the underside of her right breast and she felt Aegon's lips kiss her neck. Saeko moaned as she arched her back into Aegon and she could feel his hardness pressing up against her back.

"Then we'd better get moving," he whispered in her ear before releasing her and picking up his own clothing and putting them on. Her heart hammering in her chest, Saeko took a deep breath to slow her pounding heart before putting on her underwear and clothes.

Once they finished dressing themselves, they opened the doors and stepped out into the cold morning air. Saeko inhaled the cold crisp air before her eyes settled on the grounds of the shrine. The katana of the shrine was fixed to her waist and she looked at Aegon beside her. Reaching out with one hand, Saeko smiled at Aegon. Smiling back, Aegon took Saeko's hand into his, entwining in each other.

Saeko looked at Aegon and he looked back at her. There were no words needed. Then the shuffling of feet and low groans of Them interrupted the moment. Shuffling into view were some of the zombie contingent. Saeko's hand went to her new weapon but she stopped herself; what if she hesitated again?

Sensing her inner turmoil, Aegon looked at Saeko and said to her, "If you still have doubts about yourself, then give yourself a reason to fight," he told her.

"What reason would I fight for?" Saeko asked him.

"Me," Aegon replied to her. "Fight for me, as I will for you," he said sincerely.

A slow smile spread across Saeko's lips and she nodded. Slowly going into a stance, Saeko prepared to draw her sword. A sharp clicking sound was heard as Saeko unsheathed the blade. With a huff of air, Saeko surged forwards, drawing the katana and cutting across three undead in one smooth motion. A spray of black blood came out of the bodies of Them as they fell to the ground, contaminated blood pooling around them. A smile of realisation and acceptance was on Saeko's face as she embraced her inner demons and her reason to fight. Cutting down two more of Them, Saeko felt a rush of endorphins flood her veins as she cut down more undead.

Then the rest of Them encircled Saeko and with an ecstatic cry, she spun around in a circular motion, her sword cutting Them down. And it was over, the threat of Them in the area was neutralised.

Saeko then looked at Aegon and walked towards him, flicking the blood off her blade before sheathing it. Looking into Aegon's eyes, she asked him, "Do you mean it?"

Aegon smiled and brushed away a lock of Saeko's indigo hair and said to her, "Your wish is my command."

Saeko smiled as she cupped Aegon's face with one hand and prepped to kiss him when they both tensed up, as if sensing something was wrong. Glancing around to see if there were more of Them, they put their hands to their swords and prepared to fight.

Then in a blink of green white light, a young woman dropped down in front of them. She had ashen white hair and wore a cloth tunic with leather trousers and brown boots and gloves. She had a stiletto dagger on her right hip and sheathed on her back was a longsword of a design that didn't appear to match anything that Aegon or Saeko recognised. There was also a scar on the young woman's left cheek curving down from her eye. The young woman then opened her eyes to reveal bright forest green orbs.

"Who are you? Where am I?" the young woman asked in English/Westerosi as she tried to stand to her feet. Aegon rushed over to help steady the young woman.

"It's alright! You're safe!" he said to the young woman. "How did you do that? How did you appear out of thin air the way you did?" he asked her quickly.

"Egg, you might wanna ask her name first?" Saeko chided him. Aegon jerked slightly before nodding.

"Apologies, Who are you, milady?" he then asked the young woman he was steadying.

"Ciri. My name is Ciri."

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TO BE CONTINUED…

A/N: There! The sixth chapter of this done and dusted! I hope you all enjoyed it and I hope you enjoyed the sex scene or what I tried to make look like a sex scene. Now that the dynamic between Aegon and Saeko has changed, I wonder what will happen for them next? In my head, I call the Aegon/Saeko pairing Saegon, but if you all have different names for this pairing, then feel free to share. And while I'm not sure this will be the start of a relationship between Aegon and Saeko, I'm confident that it'll work out and Aegon will be attracted to the other girls in the group, (who wouldn't be?) I'm hopeful Aegon will stay close to Saeko since he has given her a reason to fight for him as he would her.

And we've seen the introduction of Ciri from the Witcher series in this chapter, like I alluded to in the last chapter. So you can expect some shenanigans from the Witcher side of things; we might see some Witcher monsters, we might see the Wild Hunt show up, who knows? And with Ciri's ability to "blink" AKA teleport, she might evacuate the group to another world where there isn't any of Them. And I have said that this story will crossover into Witcher series as well as Fallout and I'm thinking of crossing over into Elder Scrolls as well.

But in regards to Fallout, which of the Fallout games/settings should I use? I've set up a poll on my profile and so far tied for first place is New Vegas, Fallout 4 and the option of an original Fallout setting like New York, New Orleans etc. There are other options on the poll as well such as Fallout 3, 76, the original Fallout games (1 & 2), Nuka Break and Fallout Miami. So if you particular option you want, then feel free to cast your vote.

And that's about the sum total of things, so I'll just leave this here and I'll see you all in the next one.

Be kind to one another,

Angry lil' elf.

EDIT as 7/06/20: changed some words and fixed up some grammar and added a few little extra bits.