AN: Wow almost 300 reviews Gee-Wiz I didn't think my comeback would move so much. Hahaha well turns out that what I thought to be my worst work turned to be my best according to you guys thank you. I guess I have to own up like Natsuki and see this all the way through.
Disclaimer: Does not own Mai-Hime.
Warning: Futa-Shiz/Nat Demon themes .
Waking up the light snores of Shizuru lingered tracing my finger on her chest she stirred then spoke her eyes closed. "Ara another round my princess?" Going six times Shizuru and me discovered of hight emotions sex and for me the joys of Shizuru's body. Within my vigin seclusion I didn't know much about sex with other humans or demons for that matter. One thing was for sure even if I was sexually active before Shizuru, I'm sure that they wouldn't compare to her. Glancing at my phone, I noticed what day it was. Normally I would be freaking out seeing as I had class, but somehow I didn't care there were important things to attend to. I knew I couldn't run from my role as a Templar for too long .Still this new feeling was just as new as riding a bike and I couldn't help but think it would be nice to know what I was up against. As Shizuru snuggled against me I put that feeling off for later deciding that my answer now seemed less important.
"N-No I'm pretty sore from the last time, but check with me in an hour?"
"Hai..."
"Are you hungry?"
"No I'm actually full..."
"That's good I'm surprised that I'm not hungry if anything I don't feel any kind of fatigue is it because of the house?"
"Yes this house is a Templar Realm."
"That's just it this is a strong hold. I mean how is it the Vatican can't find place talk about dumb. I mean if I was a member I would look everywhere. As well as the big coat of Templar arms outside is a pretty big target. Unless this is an illusion?"
"Ara you are very keen my Natsuki If you take over your families legacy, no doubt you will become a fine GrandMaster Templar. Not many pick up on this being illusionary magic."
"How does it work?" As Shizuru sat up on her elbow; we were far past the point of caring about nudity she was everything into one. Male or Female I loved it. "Hmmm...its difficult to explain it since demon magic and human magic are different. What your father knew about illusionary magic came from your grandfather, how he explained it to me was that you channel from your bloodlines. So when you do it and cast the words of your spell it happens, for illusionary magic naturally. As for me knowing anything else all I know are the basic theories. However I know that this is another realm, this library is endless the part I'm impressed with the most is the extra qualities this spell has for an illusionary spell. It was well executed."
"Like the non hunger, and your wounds being healed?"
"Hai, that means your fathers soul held the magic he casted within this place. So now that your here its been passed down to you."
"So do I have to do anything extra to keep it in maintenance?"
"No I guess this place exists from your existence. Just you being alive and in here keeps this places magic strong.
"I see... so if its a Templar strong hold, how did Mai know about this place she's just human like me right?"
"Due to her being Nao's princess and mate she is allowed to know so much. However, she conditions the place she makes sure the magic doesn't fade. I myself have never been here I wanted to wait on you when the time is right." Taking Shizuru's hand she kissed the palm of my hand making me blush."S-So what happens if the magic fades?"
"If it did than the true nature of the place would be revealed." As Shizuru snuggled closer I felt the need to wrap my arms around her more. "When you say revealed you mean it would expose the whereabouts to the Vatican?"
"No it would show this place as a trash pile of a house. The thing with illusionary magic is that it takes something broken and builds it to your will," teased Shizuru. "Wow I guess I gotta take care of the place then?" With her kissing the top of my head I blushed before rolling on my back as Shizuru took a place on my chest. "So really this place is a dump in reality?"
"So I've heard thus the point of there being an illusionary spell. This place was your Grandfathers that man was one hell of a Grandmaster Templar a bit of a womanizer, still a good guy." Looking up I smiled at the man I never met. "W-Wait you knew my grandfather too?"Never hearing about my Grandfather or my Father in this much detail I wanted to question more, although Shizuru never had sex until recently did something else happen in between then and now? She wouldn't be attracted to my Father or my Grandfather right?
"Ara no I'm not attracted to your father or your grandfather, I loved both of them, but as a friends would love one another. Your the only one I want in that way, I know things can be confusing.. Still I will have you know Natsuki that I never took a princess out of all my life being here. I don't know why its just that I couldn't take one. Sure there were offers and I knew that I broke rules by being here without a Princess. However I was always chosen by GrandMaster Templars, so that duty got pushed aside. "
"Really...So that makes me the first Princess?"
"Yes and the last one I wont take one after ever." It was painfully romantic to know that I would be the last and first still I was doing this for the survival of everyone. For Shizuru to to risk her life because of my demise wasn't stable. "You shouldn't do that Shizuru really you shouldn't."
"But, I love you."
"I know you do and I love you too more then I should. Wow I can't believe I'm saying this," I smiled to myself if felt nice to be honest. My heart sped up I knew my trust could be easily abused again, but I still felt that I didn't give Shizuru a proper chance due to my lack of reality for the situation. Suddenly my heart crashed at the times I've insulted her and called her names."S-Shizuru there is something I want to say sorry for everything I said to you. Although your a demon I still you've shown me so many human emotions making me remember that you yourself have feelings. So thats why I'm going to say this. I don't want you to think of this thing we are in as a Princess and Knight situation. I want you to be my friend and...p-possibly my lover."
"Really..."
"Y-Yeah...So what do you say?"
"Hai...Although I'm not use to not being a Knight I guess I can relax a bit; but I warn you Natsuki habits are hard to break lover or not."
"I know thats why I want to know so much to get you out of the habit, so back to the magic thing. How is demon magic different, I mean besides the super strength thing and you picking up whole cars."
"W-What I did what?" Feeling like I shouldn't have opened my mouth, Shizuru climbed on top of me as she boxed me in her eyes desperate to know what happened. I wanted to know as well what triggered the fit and what went down between Haruka and Shizuru. "W-What happened that day Natsuki?"
"I left after I told Haruka that I didn't want to be in her sorority and you that I didn't want to be in your class. I mean I understood you wanted to be honest about my mother, but still I couldn't pay attention to you because of my anger. I felt like dropping everything so I said what I did to you because I didn't want to deal with it and...after getting that news about my mother. I just wanted both of you to hurt. I guess after I ran off, you had words with Haruka and thats when the fight started because after that then came out the claws and fangs. All I know is you kept shouting about someone being gone and it was Haruka's fault."
"About that...Now I remember after you left, I snapped. I was so devastated at what you said my mind developed the possibility that you weren't coming back. So I kind of lost myself, did I hurt you ?"
"No you freaked me out with the car throwing, regardless all of this is my fault and its all the more reason for me to take responsibility. If I was stronger none of your injuries would've happened."
"N-No it's not your fault N-Natsuki I am too guilty for trying to contain you to my side. I didn't expect your happiness of what you wanted to be a thing of demon politics. It's just that I know Haruka, and she isn't diplomatic. She just sees getting matters done by using steel and claws. Knowing that fact about her, I automatically wanted to will take care of the issue by pushing you to my side I guess I'm no better than Haruka."
"You did no such thing you told me to follow what makes me feel better. Shizuru, you and Haruka are not the same you gave me something she couldn't give me and that was a choice. Now as for Haruka and the Vatican as much as I would like to agree with her and go back to my normal life with you in it I have to agree with you on a diplomatic solution. I mean so far no ones seen anything hostile from the Vatican so why put innocent demon and human lives in danger."
"Your right, still we do need to call somethings to attention. Maybe we can call up a meeting to discuss somethings, but its up to you."
"Sure we can do that although there are so many things that I want to solve out before I do this. There's the semester and class I need to still attend. Then there is my Biometrics Lecture you vouched for me to get that's a chance of a lifetime," I protested. "Ara do you really need school Natsuki, your smart enough."
"Do you really need to be a professor?"
"No I don't..."
"My point exactly, but I do it because I want to and I need the degree just like I'm sure your a professor to keep an eye on me. Now I dont know about you, but I'm curious to explore this place." Getting out of bed I searched the room as there was a door on Shizuru's side opening it there was a shower, smiling I was liking Illusional Magic already.
After showering and getting my last sexual moment in with Shizuru. I now was down stairs after sliding on a pair of my now cleaned jeans I saw no reason to slip on a shirt as I stayed in my bra. Looking down there was a large fire place that started roaring. Along all the walls there were bookshelves every wall had a bookshelf it was like my father was here all along as I glanced in amazement. Being a lover of books myself I didn't know where to start how could I? Help was needed , but first thing I needed to make a call. As Shizuru was up stairs I decided to call Alyassa. Getting contact with her answer machine, I spoke telling her that I was alright and that I would be away for the week. I knew this was going to be something that put my school career in a bind, but I didn't care there were more important things. Ending the call I held my hands behind my back almost scared to touch only looking in the shelves around me. "If your wondering what to read first hmm...Your Grandfather and ancestors started with this book..." As Shizuru looked around she went to the book case that was around the corner, coming back she handed me a leather purple book.
"W-Whats this, its a book it contains spells some of them might help you some can solve things for you. However this is the most basic form of magic."
"I see speaking of magic back to the question you never answered earlier, how is your magic different from mine?"
"Its easier to explain like this, where as you draw your power from your family linage, personal connection, and emotions; we demons draw out our magic from the chaos on your earthly plain. As long as there is murder, violence ,and injustice our power grows. The power to harness evil intentions and actions that is why we are called demons. Still although my nature is that of a demon my mind and heart hopes that there will be no need for it that's why I try to stop Haruka at every dangerous turn."
"Why do you stop her and yourself if negativity makes you so powerful?"
"Power isn't everything you know. I've seen the beauty of your race for myself the way humans can live, build a family, love, hate, doubt, respect, cherish. I've seen it the way humans live life as if it were their last, here I have an eternity and nothing accept you makes anything worth while."
"Your eternal...as in like you can ever die?"
"Yes and no...While I'm on the earth yeah I'm enteral for the purpose we were summoned for, but if I were to go home I would live a normal demon life and age.
"So you don't age when you here."
"I no I don't, which makes things troublesome if I stay alive for a long time, like on Drivers Licenses and such." Laughing at Shizuru's joke I could image her driving a horse all the way to driving a Prius. To be given eternity to fight as well as lack of aging. I realized this was more than a simple choice, Shizuru and all of her kind were brought here to be a weapon and be denied of any human pleasure it was the sad reality. "So, whats your home like...er...I mean hell?"
"It's not as complicated and grim as humans put it nor is there any fire . Secondly, we dont call it Hell we call it Ivalace."
"I-Ivalace...So there is no Hell fire where your soul burns in immortal pain? No dried rivers? No seas of blood?"
"N-No just high taxes...and idol bordem among other things," teased Shizuru.
"I see why you liked being summoned by my ancestors. It gives you an intervention from being bored that and you have me."
"Ara is my Natsuki starting something she can't finish?"
"I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that and ask another question."
"Do your worst."
"So about this war thing if you want to stop fighting can you just go back with your mate. I mean it's a happy ever after right?" I knew I was asking her about her commitment level. Although we had awesome sex, maybe that was all it could be with us. That and being Shizuru's girlfriend.
"That depends on the demon really, a lot of us have reasons for being here and wanting to stay here. Some of my people have different stories, some come from lower Noble houses and they are treated as expendable in my land. So this offers an opportunity for them. I know we were brought up for war, still if there is no war I don't see why we should be without a mate. It is up to the couple really, instinct plays a huge part of it."
"W-What about your family don't they miss you since your here and all?"
"T-They're...can we change the question?" Holding up my hands in surrender it was a light request from her, but Shizuru didn't want to talk about it. The pain in her eyes seemed like something I couldn't miss, she pleaded in hopes that I wouldn't command her to tell me. I couldn't betray Shizuru's emotions like that and I loved her too much to make her tell me. Opening my book it I started to read. What the hell is this? Tossing the book to my Knight, she looked as if there was something wrong with me. "What's wrong?"
"So much for basic magic I can't read it, its in some language I dont know." As she opened it she saw what was the problem.
"Its in Elfvasion, meaning it was written by the Elves. Vasion in my language back home it means vision and elf in my language is well elf. Roughly it means Vison of the Elf."
"Elves as in little guys pointy ears?"
"Yes, as you know humans know them as elves,but we know them as the Dredges of Chaos putting their souls into there art and weapons they were creators of Chaos, See when demons and other sub creatures fought in Ivalace before it came into Capital Control by the Nobles and Imperials. Elves were along the sides of all factions however they favored a group that saw through war for a better vision of peace. So, armor and weapons were given to my family line and the line of the nobles within the higher houses. It is the strongest weaponry one demon can obtain. After the Capital Control took place within our land they traveled to never be heard from again, but their secrets were written and lost within the human world. That copy landed in one of the Templars hands and somehow came to this library."
"Wow...So that means it put to you to open it and read it since your more involved right?"
"Not really since there magic tends to gravitate to humans more, but in order to read it you need to cast a translation spell."
"How can I do that and what am I going to learn from this?"
"Defense, from physical attacks all the way to protecting your own soul." I knew Shizuru was talking about the first time we met and as crazy as it was that was the best night of my life. "I see so I'm not an astral projector?"
"Ara no it seems your astral projection wasn't a family linage someone called to you that night. They intended to use your body. He was a dethroned Knight a Knight that lost a Princess, although there has been little to no sign of them since that night. Still we have to keep vigilant. By reading those spells you will learn the basics for defense until you master them."
"When can I learn how to attack?"
"You don't have to worry about that leave all the fighting to me. The spells for you to attack they are show through me although there is some stuff you can learn on your own but that takes time. Synchronization is the key the more you read and grow the closer we are to reaching full synchronization as princess and knight."
"I see so do I have to memorize every word on here to make a spell?"
"Depends on the spell you want to cast the higher the power the more words you must learn. The lower the power the less you must learn. The lowest point for you to summon magic even is drawing your power from your own feelings and emotional state. However if an emotion is too strong and blends with your magic negatively, it can be destructive so a level head is always needed when drawing from an emotional state."
"That reminds me when you got into the car with me after the fight from Haruka. Mai said I entered into some kind of command spell I believe her too actually cause you followed me with no problem."
"Ara that Mai she knows her stuff, a command spell its a purely emotional spell and simplistic the drawing of blood is usually involved."
"So its just for commands when things get tough?"
"No it's really for when I'm naughty and I dont want to listen," purred Shizuru with a smile as much as I wanted another round still there was work to be done."Just tell me how to translate this?"
"Ara the only clue I can give you is emotion, think of how you feel let that guide you. Only then will you read within the Elves Vision." With that she walked away, seeing as she needed to attend to other books. As much as I needed her with me it was nice to see her leave seeing as she was a sexy distraction.
Much Later
Setting my book down it had been an hour and still I was able to get no where there was no emotional feeling that tied me to the words in the book. Still I couldn't figure out anything. Screw it, I mean its not like I was meeting Elves on the daily bases, but I sure could use one to help me read this. Damn it why can't google translate have something for this! If I can't learn this then I can kiss my ass and my answers goodbye. Dad why couldn't the last of your soul tell me who killed you then I could kick their ass. Wait a minute soul, not just a soul their soul.
As if magic appeared the words came to me as I looked through the book it was readable flipping the book I was only able to get the first part of the book to translate. The second part was a mystery when it came to translation as I dived in I read the first line.
Oh mourning soul that cried to us, we cry to ye!
Rivers of falsehoods drain from our steal.
Ye call us dredges of mud and Chaos.
Ye sleep while ye shall not awake!
Reading the first part somehow I was able to get a grip on the emotion. This was beyond me, a world of books and knowledge opened unlocking possibility for me. Just then I felt something surround me it was warm and inviting, guarding me. Dropping the book I looked to the palms and backs of my hands as they glowed. Glancing to the side where Shizuru had left I glanced nervously I needed her help. "S-Shizuru...babe I need you here!" With demon speed she came for me, nervously I glanced to her as my freaked out panic came face to face with her mellow smile. "Ara you have learned your first spell to sleep not awaken."
"W-What how do I turn it off! I dont wanna go to sleep forever Shizuru!"
"You won't go to sleep it will do this!" Just then Shizuru lunged forward at me claws bared as I held up my hands to block the strength it sent her flying back across the room to the next bookshelf under the staircase. As Shizuru got up she cracked her back as she laughed. I was nervous at what she would do, but my senses told me she wanted me to see the extent of my own power. "Ara that hurt a bit I guess I am getting a bit old. Now next lesson, I want you to heal me."
"W-Wahhh...I cant do that!"
"Yes you can I believe in you. The only reason why I came for you is because I wanted you to see the extent of your power and you are beyond amazing. Remember my Natsuki magic always leaves a sign, you can do this."
"How does that work?"
"I suppose you can think of the love you have for me, that's usually how healing magic works its purely emotional." I flicked my hair, before picking up my book I froze my emotions in place closing my eyes. Slowly opening them the glow from my hands faded, along with the introduction of Shizuru clapping. As she ran up to kiss me I returned it feeling more confident. The joy of the situation reminded me of the first time I learned out to drive. It started off rocky still somehow I got it, smiling I wanted to learn more. "Take off your shirt and lets look at that back."
AN: Sorry no sex in this one I did want to do a chapter with Natsuki doing magic.