Chapter Five
Cunil-lin Iris
"When did she fall asleep?" Tess asked the silent watcher.
Marion shrugged, not knowing exactly how much time had passed from when she entered Yuffie's thoughts to when she was forced out of her mind.
Tess remembered then that the girl's partner touched her forehead for some reason, "What did you just do?"
Marion replied by putting two fingers onto Tess's forehead.
The armorer stared cross-eyed at the outstretched hand on her forehead, she still didn't get it.
She grabbed the skinny arm and pulled it down, "That doesn't explain anything! Now what does that mean?"
The stranger shook his head showing that he wouldn't explain further, further angering Tess.
"Look boy, I don't care whether you're the Miti Lifestream's Avatar, you'll answer me!" As she angrily yelled she accidentally jabbed the sleeping ninja in the stomach.
Yuffie jolted upwards clutching her stomach and cried out in pain, "Aya, who did that? That hurt you know!"
Marion glared at Tess, who was still sitting on top of Yuffie.
Tess guardedly replied, "I only did it because I forgot that I wasn't sitting on the table, and your friend there won't talk to me!"
Yuffie looked to Marion and she just rolled her eyes.
"Well, please, ooh, watch where you punch next time, that really hurts," Yuffie berated, still clenching her stomach.
After Tess cooked some dinner to make up for jabbing Yuffie they conversed as to how to free Hardin from R.A.P.E.
"What do you know of who has command over the troops here in Hardin?" Yuffie asked before she ate about a mouthful of Tess's Nubbin Stew.
"Her name is Cunil-lin; she has a specialty with female oral sex. I've met her myself, and I must say it was hard not to enjoy being raped by her. Are you so sure you can take her on?" Tess asked.
After swallowing the first mouthful Yuffie replied, "Look, all I know is that if she is anything like her daughter Celeste Lit Iris, then I believe that I can handle her easily."
Tess's mouth gaped open a little, "How did you know she had a daughter?"
"Well, when I met her she introduced herself as the daughter of Cunil-lin Iris, so I figured there aren't too many people out in Lu'sto called Cunil-lin."
"Nevermind, Cunil-lin is much worse. While Celeste messes with your urges, Cunil-lin controls them and your ability to enjoy them," Tess explained as she gave a bread roll to Yuffie.
Yuffie tore the bread out of her hand and dipped it into the stew, "I have back-up for that, Mari here."
Marion pulled out the Jolt gun from her knapsack, showing it to Tess.
"Using a sex toy as a weapon, ingenious." Tess sarcastically replied.
Marion then aimed for the three now awake R.A.P.E. members and then the third one cried out, "Please don't shoot me with that thing again. That fucking hurts!"
"Are you sure that thing hurt you?"
Wedge using his normal mimicking voice replied, "Yeah, 'hurt'!""
"Captain Biggs felt it too!" the third member replied helplessly.
The leader just struggled to get out of his bonds, "I fucking felt nothing, nothing except a sharp heel to the back of my head!"
Electric sounds started coming from Marion's weapon, and the third member pleaded again.
"Anything, just don't fire that thing. I'll even tell you Cunil-lin's soft spots!" he cried out desperately.
"You are a coward!" Biggs replied, "Don't you dare be…"
Biggs had faded out because Marion had shot an electric burst at him, also causing Wedge's paralysis.
The third man stared at his two unconscious unit mates, and released a sigh, "Thank you for not shooting me, I'll spill!"
Marion put the gun back into her knapsack with a satisfied expression.
Yuffie walked up to the man and asked, "First tell me your name."
He nodded and Tess replied, "If you wanted to know this fool's name I could have told you!"
"Just let him speak."
"Thank you lady. I'm Corporal Vicks of the Biggs Brigade. Cunil-lin is one mean lady, she never keeps her promises!" He replied.
"That's not much to betray her for you know. Okay Vicks, what else does she do?" Yuffie asked as she placed a finger to his neck.
"Oh I know that lady, but I believe that if someone is unwilling to keep their promises then they aren't worth serving. I believe in the R.A.P.E. cause but I don't believe in Cunil-lin. Nevermind that, she has one special attack that you'll need to avoid, lest you get caught in her grasp. She likes to call it her Gingerly Kiss, though it isn't quite a literal kiss."
"Will she foolishly announce the attack, or will she pull it out in surprise?" Yuffie asked, still barely pressing her finger against a sensitive spot on his neck.
Vicks shook his head, "She only announces the attack when she is sure she has completed it. It is part one of a much larger combo that is ineffective without it, but the rest is essentially unavoidable otherwise."
"What is the attack really?"
"Well I haven't exactly had the luxury of watching the move in action, just the results. After she somehow lands the attack, leaving a wet spot above your crotch, you'll find yourself in the first stage of an orgasm, giving you no time to respond to the second stage of the Gingerly Kiss, as she sticks her finger into your mouth, which then causes you to either gain an erection or to gag, and since you're a girl you'll simply gag."
Tess scoffed, "Then why didn't she use that attack on me?"
"Why should she, when she knew we had your daughter in our clutches?" Vicks answered.
"Where is my daughter anyway?"
"I'll take you there, if you let me."
Yuffie pressed her finger harder into his neck, "Hey now, you don't need to do that! I told you I'll take you to there, I promise I will."
She pulled back only when Marion touched her, "Fine, I believe you, but before we go anywhere, I want to know what condition she is in."
"She is unharmed, in any manner. She remains untouched, I assure you!" he hastily replied.
Tess sighed, for this was certainly a relief. Normally no virgin remains untouched for long in the clutches of R.A.P.E.
"So you kept your promise then that you weren't going to harm her?"
"We had to, by order of the Arc-General, and since your daughter is only nine we have to keep her safe," Vicks replied.
She nodded, "This is acceptable. Come on Yuffie I think it is time for us to go."
The ninja looked into Marion's eyes, her eyes narrowed, "Not yet, I have a feeling that we're overlooking a vital point. Listen Vicks, what do we need to know about the location Tess's daughter is held?"
He gave a sigh, "You are most correct on your assumption lady, you are missing a vital fact about the holding place. It is also a lure for those who wish to challenge Cunil-lin by freeing captive youth. A trap of sorts actually, and four elite warriors guard its sole possible entrance, they hide there to slaughter any trespassers. There are other units there of course but those four are the most important."
"Will you show us a way around them?"
"I can distract them somewhat, making it easier to fight them, but that's about all I can do."
"That's good enough Vicks; I'll let you down now."
It bothered Yuffie that Hardin was so quiet now; she had expected troops running around at least. Even Midgar was noisier and it was deserted.
They followed Vicks to a statue of a beautiful woman holding an erect penis, who apparently had made a friendship treaty between two nations by having sex with each person on both sides, and she apparently came from this town. Yuffie didn't have time to learn the woman's name.
He briefly stopped when they got to a round pool of water. After a few moments of looking around the intersection he continued forward.
'What was that about? Did he lose his sense of direction for a moment?' Yuffie asked herself as she followed along quietly.
Marion and Tess were quiet also, Marion producing less sound than Tess as usual. Yuffie wanted to talk, but for some reason it didn't seem appropriate for the moment, the town was far too quiet.
It was unlikely to Yuffie that anyone was watching them; for she was sure she'd be able to sense it by now. She didn't have Nami's awareness yet but her ninja skills were quite impressive she was sure. Still though, something was bothering her that Yuffie couldn't quite explain.
"Do you feel it too?" Vicks asked as he sped up.
She saw that he looked nervous, "Feel what, except that something doesn't quite feel right?"
His body seemed to shake violently as he continued to walk faster, "We're in trouble for sure then."
"But there is no one around, how can we be in trouble?"
"She's watching us, that's how! We need to move quickly before she sends him!"
"Who's him?"
Tess frowned, "Is he Mori, the watcher?"
"It matters not, we must hurry!" He broke into a run.
They chased Vicks as he ran through the town. He was certainly fearful of whatever this Mori person was.
Suddenly a bolt of electricity flew through the air flying past Vicks' head, drawing him to a halt.
"You fear my Jolt Gun more, don't you?" Marion surprisingly called out.
"I've been jabbed in the testicles before, but that thing fucking hurts worse!" he agreed.
"Then take us to this woman's child, or you'll feel much worse!" she demanded, using a coarse voice.
He nodded and drastically altered course. Vicks took no time taking them to a completely enclosed building.
"It must be stuffy in there, with no windows and all," Yuffie commented as she saw the enclosed warehouse.
Nervously Vicks shook his head, "No, it isn't, we use a sort of vent system to help assist with both air and the fluids we pump into the building so that none of the under aged virgins don't die before we get a chance to use them."
Tess grabbed Marion's Jolt Gun and aimed at Vicks' head.
Despite not actually being able to see Tess's reaction Vicks knew that she was losing patience with him, "Not that they'll have a chance to use them anymore, now that you're about free Hardin's youth."
Marion tugged the weapon from Tess's grasp before Tess had a chance to do anything with it.
"Well Vicks, are we going in now or what?" Yuffie asked.
He slowly nodded, trying to calm himself, "Just don't let that guy fire at me again. Death is far preferable to that thing!"
Vicks walked though the entrance which led to a long dark hallway, and Yuffie could see he was slowly getting calmer, making for more convincing deception.
Tess charged towards the buildings opening ready to go in herself, but Yuffie stopped her progress.
"Not yet Tess, if we go in too soon you may jeopardize not only your daughter's life but the rest of the youths' lives."
Tess smacked Yuffie angrily, "How do you know we can trust him?"
"I don't, but I believe Marie has it under control, besides I know a thing or two about stealth, and if we just charge in there recklessly we'll get ourselves killed!" Yuffie quietly exclaimed.
Before Tess could reply Marion interrupted, "But if we don't go in now we won't get in at all, the guards are distracted."
Without reply Yuffie went into darkened entranceway, throwing stars in hand.
As she went further into the building she noticed that there were several empty slots in the walls, probably designed to hide the guards Vicks had talked about.
It didn't take long for her to catch up with Vicks, but she could also see that he was surrounded by four men each holding a different weapon.
"Wait, please, I'm on your side. I told you who I am," Vicks begged, pulling out some sort of badge as proof.
The man with a large misshaped axe led the harassment, "Look Celeste has already alerted us of your treachery Vicks. You side with the rebels standing just outside the warehouse. And we have orders to kill all of you, after we have a little fun first though."
"Yeah, fun," a familiar female voice echoed from the shadows.
"Madame Celeste! What are you doing her?" He exclaimed in shock.
"Stopping your foolish plot to free these lovely children."
Yuffie thought to herself as she crept closer to them, 'Four guards, four shots with stillness, and Celeste? Of course if my theory is correct I could expend some extra mitis I might be able to capture two of those guards with one shot, leaving me with two shots of stillness left over for when I face Cunil-lin. I'll try that out.'
"Madame Celeste, what shall we do with this traitor?" one of the four guards asked.
"Don't worry about him my vassals; worry protecting me from that feisty girl behind you." Celeste ordered.
Two of the fours super guards had gone still, leaving the remaining two on high alert.
The smallest of the two mobile soldiers was the one to respond, "So you use some sort of magic as well. Now that I know your powers will not work against us anymore, even the magic you haven't used. This is why we are known as the mageguard, we each have a magical ability of our own, meant to either cancel out a type of spells or to have a ward against certain magics. Mine is to cancel out the powers of one individual per day. And today you're my unlucky choice!"
"Frisler, where is she?" Celeste asked.
"Up Madame, she is up." the broad one replied dumbly.
She cried out, "Get her then, and bring her to me!"
"Yes Madame." Frisler nodded his head and leapt into the air ready to slam himself into the ceiling.
Yuffie quickly avoided his assault as she released her grip on her shuriken stars, and landed on the floor face to face with the shorter one.
"Oooh, you're cute, a shame that I'll have to ruin your cute figure soon."
The ninja mocked him, "Oooh, you're short, a shame that I'll have to ruin your height soon."
"Falling!" the bigger one cried out.
Yuffie rushed the small mageguard and pushed him under the falling one.
'I wonder what that one's ability is?' she asked herself.
"Don't worry buddy, I've got you!", he cried out as he grabbed Frisler's ankles.
Frisler was quickly brought to the ground with his feet on the floor; he readied himself for tight space combat, "Thanks Odan."
Out of curiosity Yuffie came in close to him and blew a kiss at him.
"Frisler like. How about real?"
Considering he didn't look the type to be injured easily she obliged him, she came up to him and pecked him on the cheek.
"Damn it Frisler, don't let that wench get to you!"
Ignoring his partner he slowly slid downwards onto the floor, giving off a strange grin as he fell.
Yuffie flipped over the man and grabbed Odan, "Time to damage your height, slimeball!"
She flung him up towards the ceiling, relatively harder than she thought she could and he crashed through it.
When the ninja girl went to approach Celeste the first thing she did was pull out a dagger and placed it upon Vicks' throat.
"You are something else darling, but you're still not going to get these children from me! And if you come any closer, your consort here shall die!"
Yuffie leered at the woman, "I've noticed something about the ceiling of this warehouse."
"Yeah and what's that?"
"It's brittle." she lied.
Celeste nervously looked up towards the ceiling above her, unsure what to make of it, "You wouldn't dare!"
In response the ninja girl threw three shurikens at the ceiling above Celeste. Celeste let go of Vicks and braced herself for impact. Vicks took this opportunity to get out of her range.
When Celeste noticed that the ceiling hadn't come crashing down on her she screamed, "Bitch!"
"If you let the children go now, I won't have to hurt your pretty face." Yuffie commented.
Touching her hand to her face she smiled, "You noticed did you? Well, it doesn't matter I've lost my appetite for a cutie like you, and the children are at my mercy. Besides I have two guards left."
Yuffie then found that she had a large sword placed across her front.
"You look tasty, Madame Celeste, may I ravage her?" said the man who was standing behind Yuffie with the sword.
The man holding Vicks piped in, "Could I too Madame? I mean once I'm finished with the traitor?"
'Zzatt!'
A small surge of electricity went through the teen's body, after the feeling faded the man behind had dropped his sword and collapsed.
"What the hell?" Celeste cried out as she watched the eventful transaction.
"Give me back my daughter!" demanded the angry weapon-smith.
Disoriented Yuffie attempted to kick the man who was holding Vicks, but she missed.
Celeste ran back further into the facility, not wanting to put up with these problems.
Tess stabbed the soldier who had been holding Vicks, not even giving him a chance to fight back, "Are you alright Yuffie? I would have come in earlier but your friend didn't let me. He seemed to think that you needed to do this mostly alone."
"Dizzy maybe, hurt not really. Mari's right, until just recently I had this down. But aya that jolt gun stung a bit. You should go on ahead; I'm worried about your daughter."
"Good thinking, but I don't know if I can handle her," Tess replied after she pulled the sword from the dead soldier.
Marion ran up past them pointing to her Jolt gun and then lifted a sole finger.
"One shot left huh, I guess that's enough, fine you stay here and we'll save the rest of the children."
"Yeah, do that, I'll catch up in a minute. God, I'm so disoriented."
Tess got up and ran after Celeste, leaving Yuffie on the ground to recover.
After Yuffie had rested a moment she heard a large crashing sound coming from the enclosed end of the warehouse. She jumped up and ran to see what was going on.
"Ah sorry my loves, I really need to go now. If you want your daughter back, you'll have to talk with mother. Toodles!"
Celeste pulled Tess's daughter with her through a giant hole in the wall, and immediately after that a large man sealed the hole with a large rock.
"Damn it! I want my daughter back!"
Yuffie ran up to Tess, "What just happened?"
"Mori came, destroyed that wall over there and freed Celeste. Allowing her to grab my daughter as a hostage. That large man you just saw, that's Mori, Mori the watcher."
Yuffie felt her head get light again, "That's Mori the watcher? He looks more like Mori the giant or Mori the crusher!"
"Aside from being second in command of Cunil-lin's troops, he has the ability to watch anything that goes on within a five citri radius. He is also Celeste's father."
"Shit, that's crazy, so he knows what we're doing now?"
"Yes, but he can't hear what we're doing, but he's dangerous enough as it is."
"I still have one shot left of my Jolt Gun; it should be strong enough to stun him." Marion commented gruffly.
Yuffie looked around and saw that Cunil-lin had captured nearly twenty children for harvesting, "Tess, will you take care of these children while Mari and I go after Cunil-lin?"
"But she has my daughter!"
"I'll take care of her, but somebody needs to take care of these kids while we handle this situation. Vicks will take us to Cunil-lin's location..."
"I'm not going, and there's no point threatening me, I know you only have one blast left with that thing!"
Yuffie sighed, "You're not staying here by yourself either."
Marion grabbed Yuffie's sack and pulled out the strange spherical object that had a button on it.
"What's that?"
"A portable shelter, but in this case a portable prison." She pushed the button on it and dropped the sphere.
The sphere opened up, slowly forming what looked like a large metal tent.
"How's that a prison cell?"
"Just give me a moment, it'll be one soon."
She reached into her sack and pulled out three small cylindrical objects.
"What are those?"
"Metal cock poles, they have the option to send out intense shock to the user, and they can also extend up to three feet in length, long enough for this situation."
"Another masochistic toy of yours that will never be used for its original purpose huh?"
"Oh well, I'll just secure them here, here, and here, and then we have a jail cell. With a few more modifications it'll electrocute anyone who touches it."
Vicks glared at Marion, "Crazy fucker, does your girlfriend actually like you that much?"
Yuffie laughed, "No, no, Mari isn't my boyfriend. In fact we've never had sex with each other yet."
"I never said she was you boyfriend, how could she be? Princess Marion was always one to dress like a boy."
"You know me?"
"It wasn't very hard; we got a message from a spy within Ereck Town that you had left looking to lose your virginity. Information like that is very important you know especially for the Arc-General. A pity that you decided to fight us. You're gonna lose you know, and you won't stand a chance against General Satibon, conqueror of Sensuality."
"We're only facing Cunil-lin today, not a general like Satibon." Marion replied.
Yuffie shook her head, they were wasting time, "Just get in there, we've got to stop Cunil-lin now!"
"Fine, fine, but I'll tell you again, you're gonna lose. Your weapons mean nothing against a true leader of R.A.P.E."
They ignored his warnings as Tess pushed him into the cage, allowing Yuffie and Marion to go after Cunil-lin.
At the entrance of the warehouse they found a note lying on the ground.
It read, "Loves, if you want to rescue the girl simply head half a citri due Tirn. You'll find us at the largest building you can see. Have fun playing with my mother, who by the way is only thirteen cycles older than I am, and I'm only twenty."
"Why the fuck did she tell us that?" Yuffie asked as they ran towards the direction Marion claimed to be Tirn (north according to Yuffie).
"It means that her mother is young, and quite agile. It isn't unheard of for women to have children at that young an age, but really isn't recommended."
"I don't care about that, for me it is unimportant information. Young or not, I'm gonna kick her ass!"
Marion smiled, Yuffie was sure cocky, but that was one of the mage's charms.
It wasn't hard for the two of them to find the mansion of a home Cunil-lin resided in, as it was large.
"Aya, what a place! Back at my home there'd be no way I could afford something like this. Hell, I don't think Reeve can even afford it!" Yuffie exclaimed in awe.
"That's why I commandeered it from the previous owner eighteen cycles ago so that I could give Celeste a decent place to live in for her second birthday." the owner explained as she stepped down from the entryway, "You must be the two who humiliated my daughter twice now. That was naughty of you."
"Cunil-lin, you were waiting for us, weren't you?" Yuffie accused.
The slim blond woman smiled, "Of course I was. A host should always greet her guests, even if she does intend to rape them."
"You know why we're here, so let's cut to the chase. My associate and I want you to release Hardin City from your control, and to free Ms. Matra's daughter from your daughter's clutches."
"It's not going to be so easy girls, you see my husband needs a playtoy, and I don't mean a sexual one, that's my job, but a playtoy nonetheless. And you two will make the cutest dolls for him to play with. Oh Mo-ori, your toys have come to pla-ay!"
Yuffie could feel the earth shake from underneath her as a large man came from the far side of the mansion. When he got closer, the ninja could tell that he was much bigger than she thought he was as he was literally twice her height.
"If you can defeat dear Mori in combat, then maybe you'll stand a chance of defeating me, but if you kill him, you'll never survive."
Mori commented, "I see all I need see. Fun with toys like you is what I see!"
'Time to test out my new weapon, I hope the boomerang shuriken works like it should.'
Yuffie pulled the shuriken out from behind her back and readied herself.
Cunil-lin walked into the mansion as she left the opponents outside to fight.
As soon as the door closed Marion smiled, "Mori the watcher is your title huh? Can you see this weapon of mine?"
"I see all I need to see, and I see my toys ready to die!" He roared as he started flailing himself about wildly, forcing both of them to jump back.
Yuffie was just about to throw the shuriken when Marion fired her Jolt gun at Mori. He fell to the ground groaning in misery.
"Quick Yuffie, break his legs!" she called out.
Yuffie nodded as she walked toward him. Using a bit of effort she individually bent his legs until they snapped gruesomely.
"Yeah, I'm not of much use anymore, I'll go back to Tess and help her with the children. Go on Yuffie, Cunil-lin awaits your presence."
"Thanks Marie, and stay safe."
Yuffie walked up the steps to the door, and for some reason, politely knocked on it.
Unexpectedly Cunil-lin opened the door and greeted her, "Well, that didn't take you very long, it seems you two are not to be underestimated. Very well then, I'll play with you myself. Please come inside."
'I don't trust this at all, why does she want me inside her house?'
The R.A.P.E. commander smiled when she saw the look of unease on Yuffie's face as she walked into the building.
"This is my home, you see, and I wanted for a lovely girl such as yourself to be raped in a fine establishment if you were fortunate enough to defeat my husband. I hope this courtroom will be a fitting battle ground. If you do happen to win I have one request of you."
Clenching tightly to her shuriken she stared at the woman, "What is it?"
Mist formed on her eyes, "I wish to die. I am weak; I can not handle the strain of life anymore. Death is my only escape option. I no longer need to care for Celeste and she's an only child. I have nothing more to live for here."
"I shall help you return to the Lifestream, if there is no other option." Yuffie nodded as she positioned herself.
"Then we shall start this battle!" she cried out.
"Why are you back here already? And why isn't Yuffie with you?" Tess asked Marion nervously.
She dropped the Jolt gun onto the floor, "I lost my ability to be helpful in a fight. But I believe everything is fine. I used my last shot on Mori the watcher, and it wasn't wasted."
"Where's my daughter then?"
"Yuffie is still working on that. Cunil-lin promised to fight her. I know Yuffie will win. She has dryad magic on her side."
Vicks spoke up fro his makeshift cage, "You don't mean to tell me that girl is the Lusty Avenger that they promised us thirty years ago."
"You could call her that, but really I call her Defender of Sexual Freedom. I think I love her."
"Well, that should be no surprise. She's an easy girl to like, hmm, this is interesting." Tess commented.
"If I'm going to be more helpful to my guardian I need to find a way to charge my Jolt gun. Do you know of a place with a decent amount of electricity?"
Tess chuckled, "There is a power plant just outside the city walls. How did a princess like you get to be so smart?"
Marion blushed, "I've always loved learning, and father said that I picked up on things easily, I guess I got this smart by studying all the time and my numerous experiments."
"Where does your Lusty Avenger hail from?" Vicks suddenly asked.
"An alternate world to ours, why do you ask?"
He grinned, "Cunil-lin has been there numerous times. That's were she learned her special technique the Gingerly Kiss. Your friend may stand a chance against her after all."
"Yuffie is it? Fine then, why don't you make the first move? I wish to see if you have true skill after all." Cunil-lin offered as she put her hands tightly together, apparently fiddling her fingers.
The ninja brought her shuriken throwing arm (the right arm) to her left side, and positioned herself to throw the boomerang shuriken.
"This will slice you in half if it hits you!" Yuffie warned.
"I would hope so, that shuriken looks deadly. Only a skilled weaponsmith could make one as fine as that. Ingenious rather, to be able to design a shuriken that returned to its owner if thrown correctly."
Yuffie threw the shuriken.
It swiftly covered the distance between her and Cunil-lin, then it bent at such an angle as it returned to make it difficult to avoid in a short matter of time.
A puff of smoke appeared in place of Cunil-lin as the shuriken made its rotation.
"The hell! A smoke bomb!"
Yuffie suddenly felt uneasy when she felt something come behind her.
To avoid the returning shuriken and the thing behind her Yuffie cart-wheeled to her left.
"I must say, not bad, for an expert with weaponry. Why do you not simply use this magic I've heard so much about from Celeste?"
"My natural skills will suffice here, thank you so very much!"
Yuffie turned to face Cunil-lin in her new position. Cunil-lin was still holding her hands together and shifting her fingers.
"I'll give you one more chance to strike me first, though your returning shuriken won't be of much use to you now."
"I don't need your pity, bring it on!"
Yuffie reached into her pocket and grabbed two of her remaining throwing stars and flung them at Cunil-lin. They passed right through her and hit the wall behind her.
Suddenly Cunil-lin grabbed onto Yuffie's waist from behind, "I'm still waiting for you to actually hurt me. But you're out of chances for the first strike."
Cunil placed four fingers onto the ninja's back, "Wind Strike!"
A sharp blast of wind attacked Yuffie's exposed torso slicing her flesh painfully.
After a cry of pain Yuffie wrapped one leg around Cunil-lin's and used it to drop her to the ground.
"Come on; just orient your chakra already! I want a real fight!"
Yuffie ignored her and threw another shuriken at her striking her leg.
Cunil-lin's leg made a thunk sound upon impact.
"Fool, you aren't even a real ninja!"
In Cunil-lin's place was a stone pedestal.
"That's a substitution jutsu! How'd you do that?"
She scoffed, "I've already told you, using chakra, chi. You do have chakra don't you?"
"How do you know about chakra?"
"I spent a year learning your ninja arts. I visited the place you call Wutai ten years ago. To think that all I needed to do to study under the best was to climb the Pagoda and defeat Godo."
"You beat pops? I had a hell of a time defeating the guy."
"I'll show you what I learned," she said as she placed her hands together.
Yuffie knew then that she was in trouble, the reason she had it difficult herself when she faced Godo was because she had zero chakra. She was a failure in the higher ninja arts such as ninjutsu and genjutsu because of it.
'Damn, I only have two shurikens left. And I can't use them on her cause I'll just miss. What can I do?'
On the ground some distance from her she saw her boomerang shuriken lying on the ground, it was a long shot, but it might just be worth going for.
As Yuffie charged for the shuriken a large gust of wind blast her away.
"It's the result of my summoning jutsu, modified of course for Lu'sto. I like to call him Ahirm, my personal wind beast of lust!"
She looked at the beast that attacked her and saw its horrendous appearance, what little of it that was truly visible. The energy outline of the beast made it visible, but it seemed to Yuffie that it was the wind itself. Its translucent appearance reminded her a lot of Bahamut, just windier and viler.
"Ahirm, I want you to desecrate her!"
Yuffie quickly jumped up, desperate to avoid the monster, but failed miserably, as he moved with the air itself.
"Yuffie, I want your last experience on this world of mine to be filled with fear and hatred! You'll be raped by my fine and horrendous creation!"
'Impossible,' Yuffie smirked to herself, 'I've sealed my clothing, and they can't be removed.'
Gasping for air she got back up and braced herself. Before she knew it the creature charged her and totally shred her shorts to bits.
"Hmm, you have such cute hair down there. I may join Ahirm in raping you after all."
Yuffie was thrust forward several meters when Ahirm shoved her down onto the ground from behind.
"Shit!" she cried out.
Two appendages grasped the ninja's waist forcing her still.
Ahirm immediately penetrated her cunt using a sharp appendage. It roared in dominance.
"I must beat this thing, I must survive this!" Yuffie started silently chanting to herself as it thrust into her.
As it continued to thrust Yuffie then noticed that she was only a short distance from the boomerang shuriken.
"Ahirm, don't forget to enter her other hole. I'll handle the mouth myself."
Yuffie begin stretching for the shuriken when the beast Ahirm thrust another sharp appendage into her asshole.
She screamed as it tore into her deeply, "Get the hell out of my ass!"
"No, no, my dear he will never pull out of you, not unless you destroy him or me!" Cunil-lin promised.
Yuffie then grabbed the shuriken and swung it at the rapacious apparition, praying to the ancients that she'd hit something.
The beast horribly roared in pain as the shuriken tore him in half.
"How the hell did you do that?! A mere shuriken can't hurt wind!"
Painfully wounded Yuffie pulled the two appendages that were buried inside her out. After she removed them she pushed herself back up.
"It does not matter Cunil-lin, your monster is gone, I shall defeat you next. Hahn" Yuffie staggered as she walked towards the woman.
Unexpectedly Cunil-lin smiled again, "I underestimated you child. You've deemed yourself worthy of facing my ultimate attack!"
She began another swift series of hand signs and disappeared.
'This is it, I can prevent this attack. All I need to do is avoid the first attack!"
This was easier said than done, considering she had no idea where the first attack would be coming from.
Yuffie went about in a full bodied kick swing, hoping to counter the strike before she had the chance to launch the attack.
Suddenly, she felt tongue saliva above her crotch; a moment later she found she was nearing orgasm.
"Oh God, you landed it."
Cunil-lin reappeared in front of the brunette's face smiling widely, "The Gingerly Kiss, my personal ultimate technique. And I'm not done with you yet! The second side effect of this is paralyzation, and then succumbing to my will. Give up now child, you've lost!"
Yuffie forced herself to calm down a moment, she imagined Cunil-lin not moving for some time. She knew this had to work, elsewise she'd probably die.
Cunil-lin didn't continue her attack.
The orgasmic feeling in her body faded away, allowing Yuffie the time she needed to grab the slim woman. She quickly slid behind the blond haired beauty and grabbed her arms.
The commander resumed motion; she immediately realized that Yuffie had moved.
"You've won; your ninja skills outmatched mine. Please keep your word, I need death."
A voice cried out from above them, "Mother! Don't let that bitch win!"
"Celeste..." Cunil-lin's voice started breaking up as tears started to form in her eyes.
Yuffie allowed her captive to turn to look at Celeste then she whispered to her, "Even though you deserve to die something inside me tells me to let you live. I don't like the idea of destroying family bonds, but if I don't kill you many others will suffer worse fates."
"If you let mother live, I'll give you the girl unharmed. Please!"
Yuffie continued, "Do you know why I came here to battle you?"
"To retrieve the girl, why else?"
"I came to free this city from your wicked control. Forcing people to have sex with you isn't just wrong it's pathetic. R.A.P.E. has done more than just that though just to accomplish their goal, you're also destroying the very land you live on."
"Then you should just kill me, I want to die anyway, and free this city. So you lose one innocent child, you'll at least have accomplished a larger goal."
"Damn it no. Collateral damage is what I'm trying to avoid, lest I'm no better than the people you represent. And besides if I kill you now I'll have Celeste to deal with as she's your successor, and that'll defeat the purpose. I could simply kill Celeste first with the remaining shuriken stars that I still have on me while holding you, and that'd free the girl and the town. But that'd be cruel. I didn't kill your husband either, but you could easily think that was because his death would not be of importance."
Celeste then began laughing, "Ahirm you survive! Kill that woman now!"
Yuffie never had a chance to even look at the creature before it thrust its sharp appendage through her back. After releasing Cunil-lin she fell to the floor, unconscious.
Before Ahirm could finish the ninja off the commander quickly unsummoned it.
"Sorry Yuffie, it seems you weren't strong enough to overthrow R.A.P.E. I know I'm not."
The area around her was white, a bright white. It was so bright in there that it unnerved the ninja girl.
"Did I just die?" she asked herself.
"You're close to death if that's what you mean." a voice familiar to her replied.
"Aerith! It's you!"
"Not exactly, but it doesn't matter. I'm only here to keep you going long enough."
"But I did fail to save Tess's daughter didn't I?"
"I don't know if you failed whatever it was you were doing. All I know is that you're extremely hurt."
"Where am I?"
The woman who looked and sounded like Aerith smiled, "In the limits of your consciousness."
"God, I'm so tired."
"That happens when you nearly die. Your physical body needs to rest. You can't afford to die here, not yet anyway. Just try to hang in there a little longer, I know you can."
"It's so quiet here.'
"That's what this place is quiet. But you can't stay here; in fact I shouldn't have brought you here. Survive please, the future depends on you."
As they approached the mansion they saw Minnie running out to meet them.
"Mommy!"
"Minnie, you're safe!" Tess cried out as she reached for her daughter.
"There's a lady in there who's been hurt by the mean lady who kidnapped me."
"Did they hurt you any?"
"No mommy, I'm fine, but that lady who came to help me isn't."
Marion ran into the mansion ahead of them.
"Did the nice lady free you from the mean lady?" Tess asked hugging her daughter tightly.
"No, she's too hurt. The mean lady's daughter let me go after the nice lady fell down."
Tess didn't like what she heard, after picking up Minnie she went in after Marion.
"Come on Yuffie, swallow it! Why did they do this to you?" Marion demanded as she began crying.
"Damn, what ever they did, it really was thorough. I don't think even a Mitsu nut can help." Tess quietly commented to herself.
Marion tried cutting the brown nut again that she had retrieved from her guardian sack.
"How are you supposed to take my virginity if your sex organs are destroyed?"
Tess asked aloud, "Why didn't they kill her when they had the opportunity to?"
From above them they heard a loud voice, "This will explain everything!"
Tess looked up and saw a woman drop something light. It was a piece of paper of some sort. It floated down slowly.
"Mommy that was the mean woman!"
The paper finally made it within arm's reach and Tess grabbed it.
"It say's it's about the fight with nice lady Minnie."
"What does it say about it?"
"To the friends of Yuffie. I wish you to know that she did not die completely in vain. I'm releasing control of Hardin to its residents. My daughter doesn't understand why I've done this, but it doesn't matter. I'm going away to somewhere R.A.P.E. can't find me. I only hope that her friends are strong enough to keep Hardin safe. I asked Yuffie to kill me, but she refused to. She even pondered the option of killing my daughter first just to rescue the girl. If you are as strong as she is I only ask one thing of you, I want you to put an effort to destroying the very group I had originally supported. Farewell, Cunil-lin Iris former ruler of Hardin City."
"What's that mean mommy?"
Tess looked back up to the balcony of the courtroom, "I think it means she regrets what she's done dear, and we're free for now."
Marion then finally forced a third of the brown nut down Yuffie's throat.
"Please work; I need you to live Yuffie!"
Marion lifted Yuffie up in her arms, still crying, "Why won't you wake up?"
Minnie replied, "I heard that in some stories that only kisses will wake up sleeping maidens."
"Those are just stories dear, I'm afraid that girl won't wake up ever again."
Marion was desperate; she placed her lips on her protector's and tried to taste of her essence using her tongue.
Yuffie's eyes widened immediately, "MMPH!"
She pushed Marion off her feeling very uncomfortable all of a sudden.
"What are you trying to do, suffocate me?!"
The princess smiled, pulling out Yuffie's other shorts from the sack, "I was afraid you had died, despite the Mitsu nut."
"No, but I am in pain. I've never come that close to death before. How did I survive a wound like that?" She asked, trying to feel her back.
"I used the power of the Mitsu Tree, well a small part of it. I fed you part of one of its nuts. The Mitsu nut has tremendous healing power; you can use its power at full strength up to three times with one nut." Marion explained as she showed the ninja the remains of the nut.
'So that's what that brown materia like object was, nice. I sure as hell needed it.'
Yuffie looked over to where Tess was standing and saw the small girl that had been kidnapped standing next to her.
"She released the girl?"
"Yes, she also released Hardin. I don't know what you did Yuffie, but I'm grateful anyway. Next time you need weapons I'll let you have them no charge. Come Minnie, let's go home."
"I just hope there won't be a next time Tess," Yuffie said as she got up.
"Bye nice lady. I hope the other kids are safe too." Minnie waved as she left with her mother.
Yuffie turned to Marion, "Are they safe?"
"I don't think Vicks has had time to escape from that cage of his. All we need to do now is escort the children safely to their homes, or find them new ones. And of course root out the remainder of the R.A.P.E. troops in town, to keep them safe." Marion commented.
Yuffie groaned, this was sometimes more trouble than it was worth, but this was normal considering they had just defeated their commander. This was gonna take some time.
"Not that we have to be the ones to do it though. I can always call up father and ask him to help fix up Hardin, I'm sure he'll agree after he learns this town has been freed." She continued.
"You can do that?" Yuffie asked, seriously wanting to get out of there.
"You could too, I put a mirror device in you pack so you could, if you so needed to." the blonde headed girl replied.
Yuffie recalled seeing the mirror device, "Uh you do it, I don't feel comfortable talking to King Raron."
She smiled, "Very well."