This took sometime too, but it is here. I am now trying to juggle multiple fics, but they are coming up lively. They are all late because of massive amount I send it to my BETAs...Sorry.
Also, I like to remind the readers, that english is my thrid language, so don;t expect perfect grammar and structures. I know that there are alot of picky readers who focus on that, but I don't think mine is that bad...At least bad enough to affect the story.
Enjoy the ch20, and I promise to update THIS FIC sooner, because my beta said he can get it done by this week...I hope.
Ch20 A Gentle Summer Evening…And the Declaration of War.
(Ichika POV)
7:30pm
We are having our dinner in the large banquet hall.
"Ho? This is an impressive setting" I said out loud as I look around the hall.
The hall has the perfect collaboration of modern and traditional culture. Something that I don't expected when I arrived. After all, this is a traditional inn so I expected something that more traditional….
"Also, I didn't expect them to make so many sets of dishes for all of us." I let a small smile as I look at the food in the front of me.
"That's right"
I look at Charl who is sitting beside of me.
"IS Academy's really influential." Charl said as she nodded away.
Personally, I think that IS Academy have a high standard rather than influential but looking at Charl who smiling happily… I kept my mouth sealed.
Right now, she is dressed in a blue yukata like everyone here. I too was wearing a blue yukata with haori over it. We were sitting in a seiza position with a small individual table in front of us.
The dishes are sashimi and a small hotpot with a salad of mountain herbs, red miso soup and pickled vegetables. From my experience, the sashimi's actually made from a Thread-sail filefish, and there's even a fish liver to go with it.
How impressive, this is an expensive set elsewhere.
But, how about the taste?
After all, from my experience in culinary world an expensive food does not equal delicious food.
I raised my chopstick…
My first target…. The Sashimi.
But before I eat it…
First, put some wasabi in the corner of the soy sauce tray…
Second, swirl the wasabi around a bit using the chopsticks…
Third, pick up the sashimi and dip it in soy sauce tray…
And…
"Ahh, it's so delicious!" I said with a sense of euphoria," And this wasabiis real! How impressive, I always hated those paste wasabis in the stores, but this is a homemade one prepared with a lot of skill."
Ah….,It's perfect….
The taste…
The texture….
It's like….
"A real wasabi?" Charl asked me, bringing me back to my sense.
Phew… I almost lost it… thanks Charl.
"You don't know?" I asked and Charl shook her head a little.
"The wasabi sauce that's grounded directly through a wasabi root is a real wasabi. People made some marketing version that comes out like toothpaste in the super market, but these wasabis here are not altered to last long like the ones in the market. These are freshly made with good ingredients." I explained.
"Huh? Then the one at the school cafeteria is..."
I shook my head, "That's the manufactured version I was telling you about. The main ingredients are the wasabi root and horseradish. After coloring and mixing them, it will look and tastes like wasabi."
"Oh~ so this is a real one?"
"Yup."
"I see. Uu..." Charl said as she suddenly…Picked up the small green glob.
"A…" Before I could warn her, she swallowed it.
"U~...!"
As I expected, Charl pressed her nose as tears swelled up in her eyes.
What a silly thing to do.
I thought that wasabi was famous enough that foreigner would not making that mistake.
"Oi oi, Are you alright?"
"U-Um allbite..."
Charl forced her words out with her nose as she tried to force a smile. However, the smile wasn't too successful because of the tears in her eyes. That's too bad, because she looks cute when she is panicking like this.
"It-It's flavorful. Not bad...ni...ce."
"Now now, That's forcing it too much, isn't it?" I scolded her gently as I gave her a cup of water to ease her pain. Charl quickly took my cup and drank it down.
"Are you feeling better now?"
"Wuaahhh…Ichika it burns…" Charl moaned out as she squirms in her seat. I gave her another cup of water, but it was in vain, as the spicy fury of the wasabi took their course. I remember my first time having wasabi with my dish and I too was not expecting the spicy taste…
What did Nee-chan do again?...Oh that's right.
I pat her on the head.
"Ehh?"
"Pain, pain go away, leave my little Charl with no ill. Pain, pain go away, leave my little Charl with a smile." I muttered to her just as Nee-chan did it for me…When she let her guard down.
"Uh…Ha…?" Charl's face suddenly got really red. It seems the wasabi was too hot for her after all.
"Charl? You should eat something else to wash way to sensation." I advised her.
"O-Okay…Thanks Ichika…" Charl said as she turned away.
(Charl POV)
"Waahhhhh! What is this? I-Ichika! This is too much! Everyone is watching!...Oh my! oh my! Mom! What should I do? I am soooooo happy right now." Charlotte thought as she melted by his warm touch and her ears drown out all other noise except Ichika's gentle song …Yep the pain is gone and it left her a shit eating grin…In her mind.
"Go Charl go!" The entire mini Charls chanted as they danced in cheerleader outfits as they cheered for their representative that hit the jackpot.
The mind of a maiden in love is a complex place indeed.
Leaving Charl to her celebrations, let's turn to our young flower from the island of Brittan.
"...Uu..."
By the sound of it, she is having a hard time.
Cecilia was sitting right next to Ichika for this dinner. She went through many challengers to get the place and she is not going to lose it. However sitting in seiza position is very difficult for someone who is not accustomed to it.
"Oh the pain…But I can't …lose."
"Are you alright, Cecilia? You don't look so good." Ichika said with a worried expression as he noticed her painful look.
"I...am...okay..."
Nevertheless, Ichika's expression didn't change as he noticed her lie. His single remaining left eye observed the shaking in her legs and the tensed form of her body with critical analysis.
His gaze really didn't help her trembling form.
"Oh that Ichika-san, he is too sharp with unnecessary things!" Cecilia thought as she drank some miso soup from her bowl.
"How could someone be so sharp but also dull at the same time…" Cecilia lamented as she put back her bowl. Nevertheless, that is also one of Ichika charms…. However, sometimes she hopes that he not that dull to not realizing her feeling for him.
"Cecilia, if you can't sit like that, shouldn't you move over to the dinner tables over there? Many of our classmates are there. You don't have to be embarrassed about it, you know?"
Now, that`s not the solution she likes because she had to argue and fight all those girls from before and to give up now will tarnish her pride! She is Cecilia Alcott! She will not bow to pain!
...Oww
"I'm-I'm alright...compared to the effort I spent just to get this seat, this is a trivial thing..."
Yup, trivial things…. No pain, no gain…
"Hm? Get a seat?" Ichika-san asked with a raised eye brow…
Better change the subject.
"Ichika-san, girls consider about a lot of things."
"Really?"
"Yeah."
She hopes that that will buy her some time to get used to…
"Cecilia."
"I'm not going there." She replied with certainty. She is a woman of pride, so what she said first is her path of action!
"Very well. I of all people understand the value of pride, but you can't eat anything like this, right? That is being too stubborn over nothing. Do I need to feed you like what I did to Cha-"
"I-Ichika!"
"-Sorry."
Charl scolded Ichika for his slip but it was too late.
Feed you…That were all she heard. If that is the case…she will be fed by Ichika-san like how couples do it…Oh MY!
"I-Ichika-san, was what you said true!"
"Huh-at that time, Charl wasn't feeling..."
"FORGET ABOUT CHARLOTTE-SAN! YOU-YOU SAID...YOU-YOU'D FEED ME...!"
"Uu…yeah."
"Ohh…Th-That's right! Mn, mnn! It will be rude to the chefs if we waste such a delicious meal! In addition, you said you would do it. A man must not say such things lightly to a lady so I will make sure you live up to it." said Cecilia as she passed him the chopsticks.
She is going to be fed by him and there is no way the others can stop her!
(Rin POV)
"That witch…" Rin muttered as she snapped her chopsticks in rage.
Oh, she knows that Cecilia will took an advantage of her position tonight, but to think Ichika would offered a prize like that…That baka…
"You may have won the battle Cecilia, but not the war." Rin swore as she chewed her share of Sashimi like an angry lioness would chew her meat.
(Houki POV)
"That…That baka! What is he doing? He! IS he doing what I think he is doing? Why that &%$#*! He better make it up to me! I am his first childhood friend! I should have priority over the others!" Houki thought as she took a piece of fish and ate it with vigor.
"My sword may have been shattered, but for war there is always another sword!"
(Laura POV)
"Hmmm….That is an effective frontal assault…She even found an unexpected prize." Laura muttered from her table.
The one eyed girl felt that she has won a great deal during the day, so she did not fought the complex battle for the seat next to Ichika…She could always get to him next time.
"A wise general doesn't pursue too deep into enemy territory. A skilled general never antagonize the cornered enemy too much…Sun Tzu, it seems while your strategy was sound, but fortune was on the side of the British." Laura thought as she eased her lost to the prize, but content with her share of victory to not feel the greed.
(Yukihana POV)
"This is a blunder! How could I have lost to her…It was the coupon to that salon she bribed me with! Curse you Cecilia Alcott! I will have my revenge!" the Kai no Waka Tora thought as she ate her meal with vigor of a samurai in a middle of battle or tiger…..
She may lose this round.
However, she is going to use this coupon to her advantage.
"Just you wait Cecilia-san! When those miracle workers are done with my nails and skin, I will be able to steal and beat Ichika to be mine!" Yukihana thought, not realizing her irrational thought was rather flawed…Polished skin and nails wouldn't help in a fight after all. But she is on the right track…Beating him will work after all.
(Charl POV)
"Ha ha…Already done that…when we were alone~ I'll allow you this small victory. However, remember that it was I who has done this first, so ha! And now, back to the song." Charl thought as she pressed the imaginary player in her mind.
"Pain, pain go away, leave my little Charl with no ill. Pain, pain go away, leave my little Charl with a smile…"
Ah…she is at peace.
(Ichika POV)
Once I received the chopsticks, I turned to her.
"Do you dare to eat wasabi, Cecilia?"
"Just a little."
I nodded to her demand.
I mixed the wasabi in her soy sauce tray just like what I have done to mine.
Then I picked and dipped the piece of the fish in the soy sauce tray.
I lifted up my chopstick and cradled the fish with the bottom of my palm. I turned my body so that I faced Cecilia and smiled.
"Here."
"O-Ok, okay. Ah-" Cecilia opened her red lips and I placed the sashimi into her mouth. She closed her mouth and blushed as she chewed.
"How is it?"
"Very delicious hohohoho." Cecilia replied with a smile. That is good. I was about to pick up another one for her, when the trouble began.
"AHHH! YOU'RE TOO SNEAKY, CECILIA! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!"
"YOU ACTUALLY LET ORIMURA-KUN FEED YOU! YOU'RE DESPICABLE!"
"CRAFTY! SINISTER! BLACK-HEARTED!"
Well it was expected to be found out. After all, we are facing each other and in we are sitting in a row so it was impossible to hide our action.
"That, that's not crafty! That's the privilege of sitting beside him!" said Cecilia as many others agreed to her call.
"THAT'S CALLED BEING SINISTER!"
"ORIMURA-KUN, I WANT IT TOO!"
"HURRY UP, HURRY UP!"
"AHM-MMN!"
A group of girls opened their mouths at the same time. What, are you all nestlings! I did not sign up to be a mother bird! Or a bird….I am a Dragon, the Doukugan Ryu!
However, before things become ugly the sound of sliding door rolling alerting everyone.
My savior has arrived…And she had a scowl on her pretty face.
"Why can't all of you eat your meals quietly?" Chifuyu-nee commanded as her voice froze all actions.
Truly the mistress of IS Gakuen.
"Yo…Nee-chan!"
"Seems like all of you are rather energetic, right? Very good...well, 50km should be alright, so go run a round on the beach and come back, is that alright?" Chifuyu-nee asked or ordered with a nasty smile on her face.
""NONONO! PLEASE DON'T SAY THAT! WE'LL EAT OBEDIENTLY!""
After saying that, everyone immediately returned to their seats. Upon seeing this, Chifuyu-nee stared at me. "Orimura, stop creating commotions. It'll be troublesome to control them."
"Oi oi, I am a victim here. You could show some mercy to me, nee-chan."
Chifuyu-nee's reply was to kick me slightly and left for her own dinner table with other teachers.
After she left I turned to Cecilia with a small smile.
"That's how it is, Cecilia. Sister's order is absolute. Sorry..."
"...Hmmmm…" Oh boy, she is not happy. "I got it, alright? I got it! Ichika-san values his sister the most." Cecilia said with a cute pout.
Hm...seems like I really made her angry-oh, that's right.
"To make up for it, Cecilia, come over to my room."
After I said that softly, Cecilia blinked.
"Later to your room...? That means…"
Cecilia has struck gold!
"Ah…That was good." Ichika said as he drank a bottle of Onsen milk. He just finished his bath in the open-air hot spring and recently returned to his room. He stretched his arms as he relaxed.
"Kojuro called few minutes ago to tell how the boys are partying somewhere else…It is too bad I can't join them…At least not with Nee-chan keeping her eyes on me." Ichika thought as he sat down on a chair and enjoy the silence.
"Huh? You're alone? You didn't bring a girl with you? How uninteresting."
Ichika turned to the door to find his sister who too recently took her bath and came back. Her hastily dried wet black hair caused her allure to be even more brilliant…She is such a beautiful treasure.
"Hey, Chifuyu-nee." He called out to her while he removed his haori and rubbed his hands.
She glared at him, sharply.
"Call me Orimura-sensei."
Ichika walked behind her, grabbed her yukata top, and slide it off slightly.
"What's the problem, there is no one here but us." Ichika said as he slowly pushed her to her knee and to the futon.
"There's only the two of us left, and we just bathed, and we haven't done it for a long time…Let me enjoy this" Ichika said as he got closer to her and Chifuyu let out a moan soon after.
(Anime version what happened in Cecilia room)
"Uu, uu...that was too much..." Cecilia moaned as she left the molesters in her room and headed toward Ichika's room. Having been harassed badly by the other girls, Cecilia looked thoroughly worn out as she walks on the corridor.
"My underwear is not lewd…Just mature." Cecilia said to herself, however the idea of going to Ichika's room was too much for her and she smiled. Thinking about this, all the damage and fatigue she suffered up until now disappeared in a puff of smoke, and the ruffled yukata recovered in just a few seconds.
"I-I need to adjust my voice too. Mn, mnn."
Her excitement caused her to walk like the breeze, moving faster as if she was dancing as she moved towards her destination.
However-
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
She saw her five friends in front of Ichika's room door. Their ears were pointed toward the door as they eavesdropped on the noises from the inside.
"Minna(Everyone)? What are you all-"
"Shh!"
With Rin hushed her, Cecilia immediately quieted down.
Not understanding what was going on, she suddenly heard some voices from behind the door.
"Chifuyu-nee, you're a bit tense because you haven't done it in a long time?"
It was Ichika-san's voice.
"How is it possible, idiot-mm! A-A little more forceful..."
"A little more forceful? My my, sister you are a glutton for pain. Fufufufufu…Let's see how much force you can take until you are satisfied…If you ever get to rest."
"Ah! Ah ah ah…It feels.. I-Ichika..!"
"Yes yes, how about...there?"
"Ah! Th-There, there's...no good, UU! So warm! It is reaching all the right places! I-Ichika you little devil…How much did you practice?"
"Hmmm? I have many willing people to practice on…Let's see... There's quite a bit of fatigue you've accumulated...Is it…here?"
"AHHH! Oh god! Oh God! I-Ichika…Ah! Ha..Ohhh! I am…I am…!"
"Tell me what you want Chifuyu-nee…and asked nicely."
"P-Please…I…"
"Hmm? The great Orimura Chifuyu…begging…Oh my, this is very satisfying…Here."
"Ahhh! Hah…Ghah! Hahhh!"
...
"Wh-Wha-What's going on...?" asked Cecilia as her mouth trembled and forced a smile as she asked. However, she only got the silent response of the other five.
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
All the other girls looked dead serious like they hadn't slept the entire night.
"Well well sister…You held it well, but let's see how you deal with this…"
"Wait! Huff huff…Hold on, Ichika."
Their conversation was interrupted. Just as the three people with their ears at the door felt that, it was weird-
*PAM!*
"""Eeek!""" The girls shouted as the door to the door slid opened out of nowhere.
"What are you idiots doing?" Orimura Chifuyu asked as she redressed herself and displayed a red blush on her face.
"There is a good reason for this."
"Ah! I was lost and…"
"Good evening, Orimura-sensei..."
"Instructor! I was in the middle of eav-"
"Bye...bye bye, Orimura-sensei!"
The five girls intended to escape like rabbits, but they were playing on top of Buddha's palm. With a successful throw, Chifuyu managed to throw Ichika's Rokuso like spears and managed to nail their clothes on to the wall. Some of them she stopped by stepping on their clothes and another by her sleeve.
"I can't allow eavesdropping. But since you're here, come in."
"""WHAAT!"""
As the girls were dragged in.
Ichika poked his head toward them.
"What are all of you doing here?"
"Well you see…" one of them tried to excuse herself, but Ichika waved her off.
"Its fine, Hey Cecilia, you are late. Let's get started."
"Eeeh? But everyone is here and…" Cecilia shuttered at Ichika's bold claim.
"It is fine, I don't mind them watching. It is actually better; it might be a learning experience for them." Ichika said with a smile on his face.
"Eeeeeh!"
"Well this was not what I expected…" Cecilia mumbled as she laid down on the futon with Ichika massaging her back. While her maidenhood was not taken by her crush in front of her peer and friends, but she was experiencing a first class massage.
"Do you feel anything wrong?" Ichika asked as he gently rubbed and rolled the muscle and flesh on her back as he slowly traveled down her spine. Since he saw her with less clothes and more skin during the beach time, our Doukugan Ryu was not as nervous as he could have been.
"It is wonderful desu."
"That is good." Ichika said as he moved further down as he rubbed her legs and later to the sole of her feet. He circled and rubbed all the right part to maximize the relaxation and relieve her of all her pent up stress and pain.
His hand glow and shone in the light as the massage oil he applied on his hand glistered against the light. As a martial artist Ichika studied many branches of fighting art and naturally he ran into the oldest recorded in history…India's Kalari Payattu.
While the martial art itself was unsuited for Ichika's rough and powerful combat style, but its teaching suit him just fine.
The knowledge of the Kalari massage became a great asset whenever he was hurt or his family or friends needed it. While he was not experienced Guru who understood all the pressure points and chakra points to heal their patients perfectly, he was capable of performing its basic function. The relaxation, rejuvenation, and improvement of the human body.
He felt Cecilia's body on the palm of his hand and he rubbed and relaxed all the clusters of muscles and helped her blood flow by following her veins and vessels.
The pinnacle of this skill would allow the patients to fall asleep, because of the relaxation is too much to resist.
"Mn...I really...feel like sleeping..." Cecilia thought as her mind wondered off every now and then.
Suddenly, she smelt a male's scent on the bed sheet she's lying on. The musky and sweaty smell…This is a smell of a man huh? It was making her head even drowsier…Wait a moment…This is Ichika-san's scent!
That thought caused her heart to beat wildly again.
"Such a wonderful smell.." Cecilia thought as she was about to fall asleep with the scent, until suddenly-
*Grope!* *Grope!* *Grope!*
"!"
A hand! A hand roughly groped her butt!
"I-Ichika-san!" Cecilia shouted as she woke up fully and turned around.
"Yo-you precocious brat." Chifuyu said as he pulled up Cecilia's rob top see her black panties.
"Wearing such underwear that really doesn't match your age. And it's black too."
"HUH...KYAAAAAHHHH!"
Chifuyu revealed Cecilia's secret weapon of the day as it was displayed proudly. It was black laced 'special underwear' with extremely little cloth. Both sides were tied using strings, and it looked like it was designed to be taken off easily.
"...Oi…Nee-chan that is too mean don't ya know?"
"I don't know I think it's cute." a voice said out of nowhere.
From Ichika's dragon bracelet came out a red haired woman with a playful smirk on her face.
"Ah? You haven't been out in ages Masurao. What is the occasion?" This was true. While Masurao can communicate and materialize in the real world, she remained within her confinement and talked to Ichika through mental means.
"I simply thought Cecilia and I could talk about what kind of underwear's may turn you on master." Masurao said in a matter of fact tone.
"There is no need!" Ichika said as he turned away in embarrassment. When Cecilia heard Masurao's perverse suggestion she was actually tempted to ask, but she then realized her state of clothes.
"SEN-SEN-SENSEI! PLEASE LET GO OF ME!" She shouted out while blushing. Chifuyu snorted as she let her go.
"Oh my, to think that you would expect to do such an erotic thing in front of a teacher. You 15-year-old girl. And you Masurao! Don't corrupt my brother."
"E-ER-ERO-EROTIC...!"
However Masurao waved her hands as she smiled in assuring manner.
"I assure you…He has been thoroughly corrupted to suit my taste…(Looks at Chifuyu) Or is it yours? Who cares, he just need to taste a sample of a woman's body and he is-" She was cut off as Houki stood up and punched the hologram in the face, which caused it to fizz.
"Enough, out of you! You evil spirit!"
"Hey! Don't blame me! If you want to blame someone, blame master's sexual view and that damned mother of mine!"
"Excuse me, I would like to know my wife's preference…" Laura said with a poker face.
"Laura! That's too…" Charl said as she debated whether or not to peek into the knowledge from someone who lives in Ichika's head.
"Wow, I am envious of your straight forwardness…Or is it your lack of common sense?" Rin said with a mocking tone.
"What was that?"
As this group of girls got into an all-out chat, a certain samurai maiden decided to strike up a conversation from the source directly.
"Wow, Ichika-dono, that was Kalari Payattu was it not? Very impressive."
"While the massage is from that branch of art, but not the martial art." Ichika replied while shyly scratched the back of his head.
As the talking got louder, a certain teacher was getting annoyed.
"ALL OF YOU SHUT! UP!"
By her command, all the students shut up immediately. There was absolutely no noise as they all had deer caught by headlight look on their face.
The silence was deafening until…
"…Hikari o kazashite tamerai o keshita…" It was ichika's ringtone music.
"Hai? Moshimoshi…Ah it's you Kojuro what is it?...WHAT! YOU GUYS GOT INTO A FIGHT? WITH WHO?...LOCAL YAKUZA?...DID YOU GUYS AT LEAST WON?...Good job Kojuro…Alright, I'll be there in a bit." He hung up the phone and turned to his sister.
"Chifuyu-nee, I got to-"
"JUST!...Go…I swear to god, if I hear about you from the police, I will…" she left that threat left unsaid.
"Hai!" Ichika said as he picked up his jacket.
"I'll be back soon, you girls have a nice talk and good night!" Ichika said as he ran outside…Into an all-out war with the local gangs..…Be honest, you'd also pick the gang fight over that situation.
As soon as he left the room got quiet and all the girls remained silent as Chifuyu turned to them.
"Now that he is gone…I think you girls and I have a lot to talk about."
The girls felt a sense of dread filling their heart.
(Few drinks of non-alcohols and beers for Chifuyu later)
"So, let's get to the main point." Chifuyu said with a serious tone. Before this, the girls and their teacher had a relatively pleasant conversation; however, the change of tone ruined their shaky, but okay tension.
"I just want to ask this…Why do you girls want my brother?"
The girls had uneasy and shy looks on their faces as they fidgeted. However, the super teacher was relentless.
"True he cooks, cleans, and washes. He gives great massages and he is a great looking guy, but he is hardly a boyfriend material is he?"
"Well…Ichika is…Ichika?" Rin said with a light laugh.
"I mean he is a battle maniac. He seeks conflict over love and he is as sensitive as a rock. Do you girls really think he will be a great boyfriend?"
"Ichika still means well! He is gentle and kind and very considerate!" Charl defended, but her resolve weakened as Chifuyu laid her eyes on her.
"He is cocky and brash. He is taught to be respectful and a gentleman, but he will always head toward where blood is spilled and where a fight has occurred. Don't tell me you don't see it."
While Chifuyu scolded Charl, Yukihana interfered.
"What is wrong with finding conflict? This Yukihana loudly can say that she met and fell for Ichika-dono is the midst of battle."
Chifuyu-turned to her.
"Sanada Yukihana…truly perhaps you suit my brother the most. Your twisted sense for battle and power go side by side."
By her words, Yukihana puffed her chest out and other girls looked envious.
"However you are also the worst match for him…No, it is more like you will never stand by his side as a woman."
"WHAT!" exclaimed all the girls, but Yukihana's protest was the loudest.
"You may fit the bill as the most likely person to be acknowledge by Ichika, but it will not be as a girl, but as a warrior. He will only see Sanada Yukihana, the Kai no Wakatora, not Sanada Yukihana, the girl."
Chifuyu turned to all of them.
"My brother is a distorted guy, he doesn't see love or relationships, but comrades and rivals. He only looks forward, never back to those who walk alongside him…He is too goal driven."
All the girls silently thought over her words and remembered his declaration at the mall, that day…During the banquet of the Kings.
"My goal is to conquer the world for one thing I desire! This is my way of the king!"
That was what he said…He is a fighter who desires to conquer the world…But he never revealed for who…But deep inside they all figured it out.
"…Your words may be true Orimura-sensei…However…" Chifuyu turned to Houki.
"I don't wish to give up on Ichika…Someone who accepted and saw me as who I am…" the Samurai girl said as her face was that of a samurai ready to die for something special.
"I don't wish to give up on Ichika, for I stood by his side during his rise to power and as a man." Rin said with her eyes full of resolve.
"I don't want to give up on Ichika-san, who opened my narrow and prideful view and allowed me to see the world from the view of the sky." Cecilia said while waved off a strand of her hair.
"I don't wish to give up on the man, who swore to protect me and who allowed me to stand by his side." Charlotte said with her face filled with conviction.
"I will make him my bride…The man who given me a new purpose to live on as Laura Bodewig." the German girl said.
"I will never stop attaining Ichika-dono! A warrior who moved my very soul to cry out!" Yukihana finished as her ever-resolved brown eyes stared into Chifuyu's own.
Chifuyu stared into their resolved faces and sighed.
"You girls are gluttonous for hardship…This path might be more dangerous than you know."
The resolved eyes didn't turn away.
"…As a woman, I will never help another or urge another in a foolish quest, but let me clue you little birds in on a fact."
The girls paid her with all their attention.
"To make Ichika fall in love, you need more than a pretty face and a sexy body. Your looks and history means little in matters to attaining his love. I assure you, spreading your legs open for him will not make him fall for you." Chifuyu said as she judged their reaction. "Ichika seeks something simple and at the same time very complicated in a girl. And that thing is…"
The girls leaned in closer.
"…Power…He seeks a woman who is powerful."
Chifuyu's aura suddenly got a lot colder.
"He is like a wild beast with no restrain and control, but if one is strong enough…One can tame even the most ferocious beast."
She took a drink from her beer and turned back to the girls.
"He is a strange one alright…It is like he is turned on by the idea of someone able to tame him…To control him and able to overpower him…And guess what…" She put down her drink with a clank!
The sound of metal can hit the table echoed in the heart of all the girls.
"In his whole life, there has never been a girl stronger than I. I am the only woman in the world who managed to tame him and not gotten tamed in return…In a way, if you want him to worship you and devote his entire being to you and you alone…You just have to be stronger than the one who had him now…Which is me."
She stared into the eyes of her students. "Like I said…It is simple and yet very…very complicated."
"The condition to claim him is simple, be powerful. However being powerful means that you not only needs to be stronger than Ichika himself which is already a huge challenge, but you also have to be stronger than the one who already tamed him…Do you believe you girls can reach up to me without being burnt away?"
At that very moment, the girls realized that this woman in front of them is the final boss in their quest for love…The most powerful woman in the world…Orimura Chifuyu. She is known for her power and skill as an IS pilot and someone who actually abandoned her throne as if it meant nothing…It seems she had another title to go by now…
The Dragon Tamer.
Chifuyu's eyes analyzed and pierced into all the girls very soul. It was as if she could read their mind with her glance alone. Her gaze held such a pressure that the girls felt a powerful sense of fear run deep into the corners of their hearts.
"I will not stop you girls from following your heart and soul, but I am going to make this clear…I am not going to let him go without a fight. I have always had him…Ever since he was a little baby, his world was me…You want him…then you have to be greater than me." She stared with the piercing gaze of a sharpened katana.
"Only the strongest can claim the man aiming to be the strongest under the heavens and above the earth. This title and position may break you before you can even reach for it."
Chifuyu's eyes narrowed.
"Do you feel that you are the strongest of your era to match me? Well?...Do you?
This was a challenge.
She was confident enough to declare this in the open to all the girls that have strong feelings for him and that had a significant impact on his life to matter.
This is a challenge the girls cannot and will not refuse….
Orimura Ichika can only be claimed when Orimura Chifuyu has been defeated. She is a height that all now will have to measure up to and surpass it.
None of the girls spoke up, but their eyes held all the answers.
They might not fit the bill now…But they will get there one way or the other. Their deadly staring match continued as it seemed as time slowed down, but it was cut off by Chifuyu's voice.
"You girls should go back to your rooms now. You guys have class tomorrow."
"…Hai, Orimura sensei."
One by one, the girls silently left the room. Their spirits weren't so high, but their resolves are more solid than ever. This challenge issued by their teacher…They swear to overcome it!
"Ichika…If you want your woman to be the strongest…Than I will be her! I can start this by attaining that…Sister, for the first time your little sister begs you…let your Akatsubaki be strong enough to let me claim him!"
"Chifuyu-san, I stood by that blockhead longer than any other of other girls here…If there is anyone that can take him it's me! The one Ichika titled Tenryuji! The Great Dragon Goddess!"
"I was deaf and blind to this world until he opened my eyes and showed me that I was a caged bird…Now that he freed me from my bondages I am a bird in the sky that sees all! I am Sora no Me! This Cecilia Alcott will definitely steal Ichika-san's heart and claim it as my own!"
(I realize the Mei is not the word for 'eye' but 'Me.' I will not be going over all of my past chapter to fix this. I lost all the original copies of my work when my computer was fried.)
"Ichika gave me hope and sheltered me without asking anything in return…He said if there is nowhere for me to go, then I should stand by him…Orimura-sensei, I will show you that power alone is not the answer! Ichika…I will be the one to tame him! I swear in the title of Bishou no Otome!"
"Instructor…Both you and Ichika have shown me that I should to true to myself and be Laura Bodewig…it was you two who allowed me to be the me that stands here today…Instructor, this Kingan no Yousei will not give up! You taught me how to fight and Ichika taught me how to be greater than what I was! Now! I will learn how to tame Ichika and make him my bride!"
"Orimura-dono, my warrior heart sings at your declaration! Very well! To this Sanada Yukihana, there is no such thing as 'Giving up!' Your words change nothing as I always desire to be stronger than Ichika-san, and now I will aim to surpass you as well! I Sanada Genjirou Yukihana will claim Orimura Ichika as my own!"
A great new goal is set for the young maidens of IS Gakuen…This goal will be the ultimate challenge for these girls to aim for.
(Few Hours later.)
Chifuyu was lying on her futon, with her brother across her. It seems he solved whatever the gang related problems were and returned without a scratch…Only a bit dried blood on his jacket that she was sure it was not his.
She looked at his sleeping face, which was rather cute, as he is not constantly trying to maintain a tough face as he sleeps. Without his eye-patch, he looks peaceful in the bed.
She slowly got off her bed and walked toward her brother. She kneeled down to get closer to Ichika and patted his hair.
"You silly boy…Being so bright to attract so much moths…Don't you know that those girls will be burned by being next to you? They need to be strong to claim your and that means being stronger than me…You know I am the strongest…I will never let that position slip from my hand Ichika…Never." Chifuyu said as her finger lingered around his artificial right eye.
Every time she looked at his eye-patch, the sense of guilt resurfaced, but she also felt warmth and love…
He is scarred forever because of her, because he fights and lives for her…All for her, not for any other.
"I guess I was lying a little to those girls when I said I tamed you, the truth is… I was also got tamed by you…" Chifuyu muttered as she leaned down and kissed her brother on his lips. He moaned in pleasure and her heart jumped at the thought of him being pleased by her mouth alone…What if she offers her bod-!
No! Don't go that far!...He is all hers…There is no need to cross that line…yet.
"You girls can chase him, but he is mine…Like a monkey hops for the moon through its reflection across the water…You girls only get to watch…Oh god, forgive me, but I will not let him go…He is mine, he always been mine alone…please let me…please don't let him leave me." Chifuyu muttered as she lay next to her brother.
She is his sister…This was still allowed.
"My feeling for you is a grave sin and wrongness…But Ichika…A king is allowed to have everything he wants right? So get strong soon…Until then I can only help myself with nibbles." Chifuyu muttered as she licked Ichika's lips. Her face blushed, as she tasted her brother's mouth. It will be so, so easy to force her tongue in…Just a taste will be fine, but she resisted the temptation.
Her heart quickened and its beating became rapid as her body gotten warm.
She reached into her Yukata pants and reached for her private parts. She felt her secret valley getting wet as she silently moaned. She was so glad she managed to slip a sleeping pill into Ichika's nighttime cup of water when he asked for one.
The normally sensitive and sharp Ichika will notice something like this, but his senses are clouded and he is deep asleep. Now he is completely under her mercy. His sleeping body didn't resist the sense of pleasure as he moaned in his sleep.
She licked and sucked on his lips and slowly traveled lower to kiss his neck and his chest. She felt herself underneath her clothes and worked herself to pleasure. Her wetness increased as her mind filled with taboo thoughts and the idea of them breaking in a furry of passion.
"Ah, ha ha…Ichika…I am so sorry…Your sister is a sinful person." Chifuyu moaned as she desperately resisted raping her brother. Chifuyu grabbed hold of Ichika's hand and put his index finger into her mouth. She sucked on her brother's finger while moaning into it.
"I-Ichika…All for you…Forever for you alone…My body and my soul…It is for you and for you alone….So please…Take notice…Make me your own as you are mine…" Chifuyu said as her face blushed a deep red and her eyes tear up in pleasure by the forbidden romance.
Her sinful pleasure last through the night. Her silent moans only heard by her and her alone.
Okay so I got little dirty in the end, but hey, compare to Fujin of Shadow I feel incomplete. This chapter and the last one has nothing to do with fighting, but more with romance and character development…Next one will be mind-blowing action filling chapter…The Fallen Angel Cross Blades with the Rising Dragon.