Hi this is Benji Himura I am starting a new fanfic. I don't own Ragnarok online I also don't own the characters of that story or the plot; taking out the changes that I will make and the characters that I will create. I own Benji Himura and others characters that will show up in the story. It might be violence and sex in the story so if you are underage of seventeen are warned the content might be too improper to your age. Read by your own will and risk. In anyway enjoy the story.

Signed: Benji Himura

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Chapter twelve: Arrivals

Two days had passed since Erika's monster destroyed the kitchen and seriously wounded every one in the guild, Alexis was still bedridden recovering from her near death experience. Benji was starting to consider the military use of Erika's food, but the risks were just too big to be practical.

Layla was in silence still nursing her ankle, the damage were extensive and the creature's poison was strong, it would take few more days for her to walk normally again and the scar vanish. She was happy that no one noticed her scream of master when calling Benji; the situation was so dire that it was dismissed.

"Goshujin-sama since that day you are very silent is there anything bothering you?" Layla asked worriedly, while happy that Benji was in the castle for more than one week in the last two days he barely spoke more than to issue some orders or thank for something.

"That incident damage us badly." Benji said. "Sure we got a huge amount of experience and everyone gained an average of ten percent of experience from it, not to mention the divine loot, but it destroyed several of our weapons and armors."

"All that was lost can be reposed." Layla said from her chair, an addition that Benji placed on his office. "We lost some elemental weapons and damaged some carded armor but other than that nothing else was lost, Alexis is recovering."

"Still I am not confident, if we suffered this much to fight that creature I don't want to think how it will be in a siege." Benji replied. "WoE is hard but isn't as hard as that monster." Layla said in a gentle tone moving to him and gently embracing him. "That monster had total magical and elemental immunity and could only be killed by neutral damage. Adventurers aren't like that, you know it."

Benji remained in silence as Layla comforted him; it was the realization that his subordinates could die that was making Benji so silent, he feared for their safety since that creature overcame the safety. So he let Layla comfort him, it felt good to be the one relying on someone else than being the one relying the others, and even if was just for a while, just as they are alone in that room until they are interrupted he wants to forget that he has to be reliable to everyone else, just letting go of his responsibilities for a while.

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Benji sighed in pleasure in the only place that he could find solitude inside the Silver Moon castle. Inside the man's bath Benji made sure that the barricade was solid and walked around the entire area searching for hidden girls, he wanted privacy to at least bath alone. Finding a naked Haruka wrapped in a towel and hiding in the closet with the shower pails and stools Benji walks to the dividing fence of the man's and woman's side and throws the naked wizard to the other side.

Benji smiled hearing her screams and the slash that drowns her scream as she lands inside the woman's hot spring. Dusting his gloved hands Benji walks to the changing room and takes out his clothes, he didn't want any of the girls seeing the extension of his scars and that was why whenever he was with Layla he kept his clothes on. In Haruka's case he was playing hard to get and fending off her advances as punishment for what she did when he was speaking to Erika.

Benji's body from the neck bellow was covered with countless patches of darkened and rough skin, wherever he took a serious wound was marked by those scars, even the ones gained saving Haruka only lessened a little, it was almost like his skin had gained the stripes of a tiger's hide.

Benji ignores his image on the mirror as he grabs a towel and moves to the hot spring, those scars were the price that he paid as a melee fighter, even having an extremely high dodge rate Benji still took hits as any other assassin. Sinking neck deep on the warm water Benji sighs and relaxes; if he could he would hide those scars from the girls as long as he could. But with his new relation with Layla that might prove to be hard.

Just Atsuko saw the state of Benji's body; she also contributed with some of the scars in their time fighting together. Benji hoped that the scars would vanish giving time, at least other than the rough darkened skin he had no other sequels of the wounds.

In six weeks the first battle in of the WoE would take place, if he could keep those as a secret until then the morale won't be affected as badly as it would if were exposed earlier.

………In Amatsu city……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Atsuko scratches her blonde hair, she was lost in the city were she knew nothing about. It took her some time but she had acquired the permission to take a small leave from her guild and aid Benji's in the WoE.

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"You are sure of this Atsuko?" Helen asked to her protégé. "Why you want to be there so badly?" Atsuko smiled. "Because I have lots and lots of fun with Benji." Atsuko answered sincerely. "I really like being with him, fighting with him, laughing with him. I want to be there in his first WoE battle. I want to aid him to protect his home."

Helen smiled at the shine in Atsuko's violet colored eyes, it was the same shine that she had when she spoke about becoming a priestess because she looked up to her. "I don't see why you are refusing her Helen." Aiko an assassin cross said looking at the high priestess. "Atsuko is old enough to want to see other guilds, besides it is just a temporary leave of three months, she is with us since she became a monk three years ago."

Helen sighed at her friend's words, turning to the raven haired assassin cross Helen said. "I just want to know if she really thought well about this." Helen points to Atsuko. "She traveled with him for months, I can understand that she had fun and enjoyed partying with someone that could look over himself and her, but wanting to fight his battles is a bit too much."

"I want to aid him on his battle and not fight on his place." Atsuko said seriously, she place her right hand over her left breast. "And I feel that he is the best that I can find, I saw him helping out a total stranger without asking for nothing back, he gave her items as well advices, the worse is that I seem to be the cause that the girl seems to hate Benji now."

Helen sighed and Aiko smiled. "She got jealous of you didn't she?" Aiko asked playfully. Atsuko nodded seriously. "Well considering your size and how friendly you can get around someone that you like I am not surprised." Aiko commented. "So what class was she?"

"When Benji met her she was a thief, once and a while he met her, when he went mobbing by himself when I was helping in the WoE here he met her in some dungeons and aided her, so she not only got a crush on him but became an assassin because he was one." Atsuko answered. "I think that he was even considering inviting her to join his guild since they are still recruiting."

"Young love is something beautiful but very frail." Aiko commented. "But you got him first, and if he is that kind of a nice guy I don't see why not let Atsuko hang out with him."

"He is that Benji Himura." Helen said seriously. "The Blue Dragon also known as the Knight Killer." Aiko gasped surprised. "You met the Knight Killer?!" She asked in shock to Atsuko. "Better than that you bedded him?!"

Atsuko nodded blushing fiercely. Aiko let out an impressed whistle. "You set your aim high." She commented teasingly. "He is first rate material, even not being a sinx he can pack loads of damage on the heavy armored butt of Dante. I can't wait to see his powers when he transcend. But girl the blue dragon! Damn!"

Atsuko only gets more embarrassed. "See why I am reluctant?" Helen asked to the sinx. "No." Aiko replied flatly. "Look if he did all that the news said that he did even before dueling with Dante, which I am mad for not seeing it. He is first rate material and his guild is too, we should have them as allies and not enemies."

"Actually considering his past we might end enemies." Atsuko commented. "Even me." "Why that?" Both Aiko and Helen asked. "The extension of our guild the Stone King guild is aiding their allies the Gurishinu guild on the siege to the White Eyes."

"And why that would make us his enemies?" Aiko asked confused. "Benji once confided to me that just before he became an adventurer and on his early days he met an assassin named Mana and a crusader named Shina, and I can only think in two people with that name who would give items worth several millions to someone in a flick of a hat." Atsuko replied seriously.

"Dante does that." Helen commented. "Yeah." Aiko agreed. "I mean there are adventurers who kill so much and get so much loot who have zenys to throw out the window. Just because he met two girls with those names doesn't mean that he met the shinigami Mana and divine buster Shina of the White Eyes."

"His Mana had emerald hilted daggers and ruby katars with a sapphire hair band tying her pony tail." Atsuko said flatly, denial was such an ugly thing. "Shina used a sapphire clip to tie her hair and had rubies and emeralds on her choker cross. It is them, they were his godmothers that is why he multi-classed, they paid for his development."

"Fuck." Aiko cursed at the idea of having the knight killer as enemy, she was a very high level sinx but she was smart enough to avoid problems and making powerful enemies, with given time the shinigami and the divine buster could make claims of their knight killer, and that alliance could result in a huge shift in the balance of powers.

"Another reason that I want to go to Benji is that if he knows and trusts me he won't make rushed judgments when he learns the truth." Atsuko said. "But it would be wise telling to the Stone King stop aiding the Gurishinu."

"You know how Dante and the other males feel about giving support to others." Helen said in a dry tone. "Especially now that the White Eyes have stained the pride of all the seventy guilds involved on the siege for holding so long only with three guilds inside the castle. The invaders can't even see the entrance before being killed and sent to their save points."

"We have to give those girls what they deserve, they are strong and resourceful." Aiko commented with a smile. "Ten months without any outside help and against all the odds holding their home from the enemy we have to give credit to where it should be given."

"So what we are holding the five castles of Prontera for ten years." Helen said seriously. "We are but we are a guild with twelve years of existence and a total of three hundred and fifty members divided in our guild extensions, we also count with several official and unofficial allies to aid us." Aiko replied. "The White Eyes count only with two allies who are aiding them."

Helen sighed. "We are drifting here." She said. "Listen Atsuko you have my blessing to be with him, however remember that he is a killer, his whole reputation is based in the face that he killed around seventy men and totally destroying the Wasted Years, you saw what his guild did to the Golden Years and what he did to Dante's armor, I don't want to see you meeting that kind of force." Helen embraces the younger monk gently. "I am worried that he might hurt you."

Atsuko closes her eyes and responds to the embrace. "Benji wouldn't hurt me." Atsuko replied. "He is a kind man, he did all those things with the purposed of protecting, saving or avenging someone."

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Atsuko had to admit that Amatsu was beautiful but being lost wasn't all that nice. Atsuko spun on ball of her feet when hearing girls shouting, she striked mostly by reflex than will.

But her naked fist haven't connected with anything, instead she felt the wind moving unnaturally between her legs, she saw a blackish blur sliding between then, with a jump she turns around and sees a familiar face, the face that she wanted to see.

Benji stared surprised at Atsuko as she did the same to him. "Benji get back here!" Aline one of the guild's rogues shouted as she leads the group of girls from the guild who wanted to be tanked. Atsuko grabs Benji's hand and leaps inside a sudden cast warp portal.

In Prontera the two are standing in the middle of the crowd it wasn't unusual for adventurers appear in the thin air like that so no one took notice of that fact. "What was that?" Atsuko asked still holding on Benji's hand. "My guild members wanting me to tank them." Benji answered. "They believe that since I am a level 99 now I have to worry about leveling them."

Atsuko chuckled at his answer. "But what you were doing in Amatsu?" Benji asked. "You said that it was your home and since I finished what I had to do so I decided to look for you, I was trying to find your castle but I couldn't find it." Atsuko answered. "I planned to call you when I was outside and surprise you."

"You should have called and I would have picked you and maybe arranged a party, we use them a lot to relieve stress and raise the morale." Benji replied. "So what you went to do that took so long?"

"I asked for a vacation." Atsuko explained. "Technically I left the guild, but I plan to return to it later, I did this to join yours if you are still recruiting, but is just for the duration of your first WoE and maybe a little longer."

"Well you see we are really short of vacancies." Benji said thoughtfully, actually there were still three empty spots in the guild. "I am sure that I can convince you that I am the best to fill one of those remaining spots." Atsuko purred sultrily while pressing her body against his and her large breasts against his chest, she suddenly wraps her arms around his neck, actually jumps when doing it unbalancing them and making both of them fall, she lands on top of Benji kissing him.

No one really pays attention to the two as hearts fly from the monk as she convinces Benji as much as she can in public. Ten minutes later they are in a restaurant in Prontera having some lunch. "So it is really okay for me be a temporary member?" Atsuko asked between bites of her steak. "Sure, we need more fighters." Benji answered. "But we also lack hunters, but we are working on that, we are still check on prospective members."

"You are very selective." Atsuko commented. "Why you are so careful?" Benji cuts a piece of his steak. "My guild was originally composed of women who were raped by the Wasted Years, originally the guild was just to be a place for them call home and people for them call family, people who understood their pain it was a place for them to heal." Benji answered seriously. "Later we recruited friends and family from those twenty three girls that I rescued, it was to aid them in the healing process, and I only haven't recruited males because most of them are only interested in fame and sex."

Atsuko nodded understanding, men like that would end hurting even more the girls that were raped. "Now that I realized the extension of the grudge that we carry I am more selective to prevent information leak." Benji continued. "I don't want anyone outside my guild to know the castle's layout, our strength, defenses, weak points and anything that they could use against us."

"As enemies you mean?" Atsuko asked unsure of what he meant. "Allies of the Wasted and Golden Years." Benji answered. "Clients of the Wasted Years who would wish to avenge them, males that were pestering me and my subordinates to join the guild because our fame and female population, well also family of the adventurers of the Wasted Years that I killed."

Atsuko nodded in silence, it was a rather broad list of unknown people that could hold grudges against him and his guild, even enemies of his members should be added, no wonder he was so selecting and trusted only on his circle of guild members and friends, unless someone he trusts vouch for them Benji shut them out, it was wise but at the same time damaging since makes hard for him to get new members.

"So changing the subject." Atsuko said sipping some grape juice. "Have you thought about us?" It was blunt and direct; there wasn't a way to the question being misinterpreted, Benji kept a straight face even after hearing it. "Things have become a little more complex since you left." Benji answered. "But here is the situation."

Atsuko heard in silence, it was at the same time surprising but expected, after all she knew that she wasn't the only one who would detect his qualities and fall for him, she felt a little jealous but the experience made him more open, so she could live with sharing him. Benji was surprised with Atsuko accepting it so well, he thought that maybe what Layla said was true and polygamy was indeed common.

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Atsuko remains sited in the bed of the room that she was given on the Silver Moon castle, she couldn't deny that was awfully comfortable and had a great view cherry trees of the mountainside, her welcoming was rather uneventful. While she was able to feel some tension coming from Haruka and Layla the arrival was peaceful and the dinner was cheerful.

The design of the castle was also very surprising, while the outside were clearly of a WoE castle it was possible to see traces of Amatsu's architecture on it, especially the roof, in the inside the design changed drastically it was fully Amatsu styled, at least the halls and most of the large rooms.

The bedrooms were also in Amatsu's style, but furnished with normal Rune furniture and beds of the best quality, the dinning hall also covered in tatame mats but held tables and chairs instead of eating sited on the floor as happens in Amatsu.

The bathroom was definitely Amatsu's styled and she fell in love for it as Benji once said that she would, soaking in the water was great and the view of the bath was gorgeous. Sure took some getting used to and instructions from Erika who were helpful to explain how it works.

The castle was well ventilated and welcoming, she wasn't sure that the decoration of the castle came with the castle or it the guild members brought in their personal tastes and souvenirs to live up the large castle.

Atsuko stretches on her sleeping clothes, actually just a white cotton undershirt and a pair of loose gray slacks, it wasn't like she wasn't used in sleeping in different beds or even in the ground if needed, thing that she did often, the bed was comfortable and invitingly she was certain that sleeping there would be wonderful, but she was there to be with Benji.

He had asked her to not make advances while the others were around, that when possible he would let her know about it or visit her. So she was anxious waiting for him to appear, but she knew that waiting for too long wouldn't be good either.

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Benji was sleeping in his bed, the day was tiresome after he escaped from the girls, meeting Atsuko and moving to Prontera was followed to a visit to an inn initiated by the blonde.

Tsugumi was sleeping in her own bed, much smaller than Benji's but by far bigger than Ruri's. The two pets settled in having their own beds because Tsugumi's habit of moving on her sleep.

The castle is in total silence, the rhythm steps of the guardians barely echoing on the halls, there wasn't a curfew at the guild but most of the guild members moved to their room a couple hours after the dinner that normally takes place around 9PM.

Benji's eyes shot open and he bolts out of the bed grabbing his weapons' belt and leaving the bedroom. He wasn't the only one just the first as Haruka bursts out of her room holding her Soul Staff wearing only her long nightshirt. Makie left her room wearing only a pair of panties and a white tank top holding her Queen's whip.

"Benji-taisho what is this?!" Haruka asked chasing Benji, a hard task because his high agi. "Same as yours!" Benji answered without making sense he was too busy casting increase agility and leaping out of a window. "What he meant?" Makie asked. "I guess that the same thing as when I arrived." Haruka answered jumping out of the window and sitting on her staff. "Witch's flight!"

"What the…?!" Makie stared in shock as Haruka instead of falling flies a couple meters from the ground as if her staff was possessed by an invisible motorcycle. "I should stop trying to make sense of things here." Makie muttered leaping out of the window and using her whip to lessen her fall. However the noise and shouts woke the members on that hall and that included Layla and Atsuko.

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Benji knew what was happening, it was his second time feeling that horrible sensation, a feeling of dread, something hard to explain or describe, and it impelled him to go to that place fast. Fearing that it would occur again Benji started to leave part of his equipment next to his bed on arm's reach to get it and run.

Benji had already equipped his armored gloves and pauldron, the belt is around his waist with two daggers, one his anti mob double doppel Baphomet gladius and the other was a doppel and Drake Damascus, it was the best to combo for high speed mass killing. Benji hoped not to find enemies able to break weapons or he might have a hard time.

Benji doesn't really know why he could feel the new arrival but a secret theory of his was confirmed since both Haruka and Makie felt it, which was good since mobbing alone an unknown amount of monsters of an unknown level doesn't appease him. But Benji wondered why they could feel the newcomer, and why no one felt his arrival, but he was in the middle of the desert it was understandable that he wasn't detected, however he finds odd that two new arrivals happen in 'his' city when he was on it, within detection range.

He was running in the direction the west Amatsu fields, normally avoided by travelers and off limits for adventurers because the danger of that area. Other than a strong and sickly sweet scent of countless flowers of different species Benji couldn't see anything wrong, but the sensation was growing stronger.

Benji could feel the now very familiar rush, the adrenaline flowing on his system as he readies himself to battle, the seductively addictive embrace of the battle lust, it was different from when fighting with others, he knew that in those times the chances of dying weren't as high as when facing alone a more powerful or numerous enemy, Benji had to fight hard to not succumb and start seeking those feelings willingly.

A shrill scream cuts the air and it is enough reminder for Benji of why he is going to battle, it helped to lessen the grasp of the lust on him that would allow him to fight with a clearer mind.

Benji could hear the sound of many feet trampling the ground, leaving the cover of the sakura forest and reaching a flower covered field Benji can see a little girl with short blonde hair running in despair, she is using a cream colored sundress and sandals. Less than ten meters away from her there are a group of what appears to be women clad in kimonos brandishing sickles, they looked like Japanese commoners of the feudal Japan, similar but different from the Miyabi ningyos.

Benji leaps over the girl, his speed plus the chasing mob makes Benji land neatly in front of the group, actually before Benji even touched the ground one of the women was running without a head before falling dead in the ground, the head flying in the air before landing several meters away from the spot where it was severed.

End of the chapter twelve:

Author explanation corner:

Witch's flight: Original flight spell created by Haruka, with careful study of Ruri's moon and months of trial and error the result is a low height high speed flight technique.

Mana and Shina: Just some more information on them, let's admit that anyone who can just give out items worth at least one million has to be not only rich but somehow famous. The nicknames was something that I made up at time that I thought that would suit the two.

Okay Benji's investigative skills aren't all the best in Rune-Midgard but hey he is in another world, he has not much of an idea of where to go to get reliable information. A female only guild that famous should be easily to locate, but then there could be way more than just one guild like that.