"Isn't this great, Flare?" Esdeath asked.

"Great?"

During a dark night, the stars and white full moon had shined within the night sky. Within Esdeath's chamber inside the palace... Flare and Esdeath were currently naked and showering together in Esdeath's golden and personal bathroom. Flare was currently standing in front of the sprinkling showerhead while Esdeath was standing right behind Flare, washing his upper back and head with shampoo. The soap and shampoo suds had run down their bodies as they showered.

"You know... the two of us showering together like a newlywed couple. All alone and with no one to bother us." Esdeath smiled. "This sort of feels like heaven."

"Uh, yeah. If you put it that way, I guess." Flare had replied.

"Esdeath and I have been showering together for the past thirty minutes and she has not let me out of her sight, since we started. Earlier tonight, she asked me if I wanted to "get to know her better." I never thought she meant showering together like this!"

Flashback

On the same night when the Jaegers had destroyed a bandit unit... Flare and Esdeath had continued sitting on a cliff watching the Jaegers finish their own mission.

"Hey, Flare." Esdeath had called.

"Um, yes Esdeath?" Flare had replied.

"Once we return to the palace, let's get to know each other, more?" Esdeath smiled with a blush on her face.

"Oh, okay." Flare had nodded.

End Flashback

Flare then gasped a bit when he felt something soft press up against his back. 'This feeling...'

"Hmph," Esdeath smiled as she pressed her pair of firm breasts against Flare's back. She then wrapped her arms around Flare's neck and hung her hands on his shoulders.

"This feels... amazing. Whatever's pressing up against my back. It's soft. Gentle. And firm." Flare said in an honest tone. He enjoyed the back rub from Esdeath

Esdeath's smile had grown bigger after hearing Flare's compliment. 'He really likes them. I'm glad.' Esdeath then loosened her arms from Flare's neck and then grasped his shoulders. She then begun moving her body up and down rubbing her breasts up and down Flare's back, which earned a moan from Flare. Esdeath continued rubbing her soapy breasts for the next minute, until Esdeath had stopped on her own. "Did you like that?"

Flare let out a sigh of relief and pleasure after having his back rubbed by Esdeath's breasts. "Yeah. It was great."

"Good. Now, let's begin with the next phase." Esdeath then gripped onto Flare's shoulders, harder.

"The next phase?" Flare asked.

Without saying a word, Esdeath then turned his body around and have him face her. She then shoved him against the bathroom wall and then moved her body toward it. She leaned her back forward closer to Flare and pressed her hands against the bathroom wall, trapping Flare into one spot. She smiled and looked at him like a predator wanting to eat its prey as they made eye contact.

"Eh..." Flare embarrassingly chuckled a bit when he saw the perverted smile on Esdeath's face.

"You're so handsome." Esdeath said with a small blush on her face.

"Eh, thanks. And you look..." Flare then slightly glanced downward and noticed her body. Flare saw her hanging breasts. 'Wow. Those breasts... are big!' Flare had thought to himself. 'I've never seen breasts this big on a woman, before!' Flare thought as his eyes were glued on Esdeath's breasts a small blush appeared on his face.

"Hmph," Esdeath followed Flare's golden eyes and saw that he was staring at her breasts. This action made her excited, really as she is getting much attention from the person she had fallen in love with. 'He can't stop staring at them. I'm thrilled.' Esdeath thought. Then, suddenly... Esdeath's pink nipples had erected right in front of his eyes.

Flare saw Esdeath's nipples erect and was somewhat surprised to see it. 'What's with her nipples?'

"You can touch them." Esdeath said.

Flare glanced up at Esdeath and saw a happy blush on her face. "Are you..."

Esdeath nodded. "Mm-hmm. You can do whatever you want with them. Touch them. Grope them. Squeeze them-or even bite them. I won't mind." Esdeath said smiling, giving him permission to fondle her breasts.

Flare blinked in front of her. 'Okay.' Flare then glanced back down at Esdeath's breasts. 'She said I can touch them.' Flare then begun moving his hands toward Esdeath's breasts. 'I'll take it easy and slow with her. I'll try not to be too rough with them.' After thinking of it, Flare had slowly moved his hands forward, made contact with Esdeath's pair of breasts. The center of Flare's palms was pressing against Esdeath's nipples, and his fingers were groping her breasts.

"Ah..." Esdeath moaned in pleasure. She could feel heat coming from Flare's bare hands.

'This feels amazing! I'm actually touching a woman's breasts!' Flare had blushed a bit as he continued fondling Esdeath's breasts. He then looked up to see her moaning in pleasure. 'And it looks that Esdeath likes it.' Flare thought as he continued fondling Esdeath's breasts.

'This feels so good...' Esdeath thought as she continued to let Flare fondle her breasts and moan in pleasure at the same time while in the shower. She really liked the heat. The touch from Flare's hands. 'His hands are so warm. And so... tender.' Esdeath was feeling a sensation that she had never felt in her life, before. It was lust. Pleasure.

After one whole minute, Flare had stopped groping Esdeath's breasts and lowered his arms to his sides. Which had confused her.

"Oh?" Esdeath had gasped when she no longer felt Flare's hands caress her breasts. She looked at him with a bit concern. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing," Flare blinked, once as he looked down at his bottom left corner with a mild look on his face. "It's just..."

"Were you not pleased fiddling with my breasts?" Esdeath asked, feeling a bit disappointed.

"What?" Flare had quickly looked at Esdeath's concerned face. "What? No. It's not that-your breasts are... amazing." Flare had complimented Esdeath's breasts. "Something else is on my mind, right now."

"Oh?" Esdeath slightly tilted her head to the left. "Then, what is it?"

Flare hesitated to get it off his chest, something mentally. "Well, you see..."

"Are you in a romantic relationship with another woman?" Esdeath asked Flare.

"No. It's just... I've been thinking why I came here." Flare said as he and Esdeath stared into each other's eyes.

"We're showering together, because we're lovers." Esdeath told Flare, assuming that she solved his reasons.

"No." Flare shook his head no in front of Esdeath. "It's more than that."

"Hm?" Esdeath raised her right eyebrow.

"Please, don't take this the wrong way. But I didn't travel all the way to the capital-just so I could start a romantic relationship." Flare had told Esdeath.

"Then, why did you come?"

"I came here, because I have a personal goal." Flare had informed Esdeath.

"A goal?"

"Yes." Flare nodded. "You see, the Empire in a bad state right now..."

"I can imagine a lot of its people can agreeing with you. What's your point?" Esdeath asked.

Flare gulped. "The thing is... I don't know if I will get in trouble for saying this-"

"You have my word. I won't tell anyone." Esdeath smiled.

'Good.' Flare had let out a sigh of relief. "I want to overthrow the Empire."

"Eh?" General Esdeath had paused for a moment.

"You see, this capital is corrupted and is filled with cruel people that wants to do harm to others. I want to stop them from hurting or killing anymore innocent people who lives here." Flare had explained to Esdeath.

Esdeath tilted her head forward to where her blue bangs covered her eyes. Esdeath had frowned for a moment. What Flare did not know was that Esdeath's ears had muted, momentarily when Flare had begun talking about why he truly came to the capital.

Flare had noticed that Esdeath had frowned and had not said a word in response. 'Did I upset her?'

"Flare." Esdeath had mumbled Flare's name.

"Uh, yeah?" Flare asked, in response.

Esdeath slowly raised her head-just to look Flare in the eyes. "Are you... planning on joining the Revolutionary Army?" Esdeath asked in a cold and dark tone. Suddenly, a dark blue aura-which was cold, dark and sinister had generated and coated her entire body. Suddenly, all the water within the bathroom begun to freeze and turned solid. All of the water on the shower floor... the water from the shower head... Esdeath's body had begun releasing a cold temperature. Flare could feel Esdeath's dark aura and cold temperature. He could feel a small chill in his back. 'This aura. This chill I have, right now... is this her bloodlust?' Flare asked himself as he stared into Esdeath's cold eyes.

Esdeath continued staring at Flare, dead in the eyes.

As Flare stared at Esdeath, he knew that Esdeath wanted an answer. He had not forgotten the question she asked him. 'She's still waiting for an answer. If I don't give it to her, soon, then she might freeze the entire bathroom.' Flare had thought to himself. He shook his head no. "No. I'm not. I have intentions in joining them. I tend to overthrow the capital, my way." Flare had told Esdeath.

Four Seconds Later...

"Oh!" Esdeath said in a calm and happy tone. Her dark aura and bloodlust had disappeared. "Thank heavens, you're not joining them." She then placed her gentle hands on Flare's shoulders and leaned her head closer to Flare's left ear. "Because if you did, then I would have no choice, but to torture you. And we both wouldn't want that, now would we."

"You're right. We wouldn't." Flare had answered in response.

Esdeath had pulled her head back from Flare's left ear.

"But, anyways. I want to live in a nation where everyone can live happy normal lives-instead of worrying about being controlled or oppressed." Flare had continued with hi speech.

"Flare..." Esdeath had muttered.

"Do you understand what I'm saying?" Flare asked.

"I do, and I don't care." Esdeath said, bluntly.

Flare gasped, in confusion.

"The strong shall hunt and conquer the weak. That is the law of nature. Those who die are not strong enough to survive in this world." Esdeath said in a normal tone.

"Tch!" Flare lowered his head in disgust after hearing Esdeath's words. "How could you say something so cruel?"

"I'm sorry, Flare, but this is reality." Esdeath said.

Flare had taken a moment before lashing out at Esdeath. "Well, if that's the case... I'll be stronger. I'll work to be strong enough to protect the weak and innocent!" Flare placed his right hand on his heart. "And that way, the weak won't have to worry about the other strong and cruel to oppress them, ever again!" Flare shouted. Not out of anger... but in determination.

Esdeath had gasped when he she stared into Flare's pair fiery golden eyes. She could see flames burning within them, which had not only intrigued her... but also mesmerized her. A big pink blush had appeared on her cheeks and her blue eyes were filled with lust. 'The determination in his eyes. And his headstrong personality. And the mentality of wanting-no. Needing to be strong enough to protect the weak... That must be why he can smile so easily.' Esdeath had then thought of when she saw Flare smile, within the Tournament she had created. She lowered her head to hide her blush. After eight seconds, Esdeath opened her mouth to speak. "Flare?"

"Uh, yes?" Flare had responded.

"Do... you mind if we finish our conversation within my chambers?" Esdeath asked, kindly and nervously.

"Um... okay." Flare said, easily. 'I wonder, why she wants to finish this in the bedroom?'

A Few Moments Later...

'I'm not gonna lie. When Esdeath asked me if we can finish our "conversation" within the bedroom..." Flare had quoted, then looked at what's in front of her. 'I never thought of anything like this!'

After the Two Elemtntal-Type Teigu users had finished showering, they had hit the bedroom. And when they had hit the bedroom... Flare had found himself within Esdeath's personal chamber, lying on top General Esdeath's queen-sized bed. He was completely naked, lying on the bedsheets. While a naked General, named Esdeath whom had crawled over his body. Her hands were planted on the bed, trapping Flare's head. And her knees were planted on the bed, trapping Flare's knees. Her back and bottom were in the air. Her breasts were hanging downward.

The white full moon in the night shined its light onto both Flare and Esdeath through Esdeath's large window within her chambers.

"You know. The positions we're in right now isn't really that bad." Esdeath said with a smile and a blush on her face.

"Um... no. It's not. Not at all." Fare replied as he shook his head no. He saw that Esdeath's arms were on each side by his head. He honestly blushed a bit.

Esdeath giggled as she noticed a small blush on his face.

"So, um... now what do we do?" Flare asked.

"Now... just relax and let our bodies take over." Esdeath then leaned her head in and gave Flare a deep and passionate kiss on the lips. Her tongue had slipped in Flare's mouth.

Flare's eyes widened as he had been surprised when Esdeath had not only kissed him... but also slide her tongue into his mouth. And when their tongues had met, for the first time...

Spark!

Their eyes had surprisingly opened up all the way when their tongues had met. They had suddenly felt a powerful surge course throughout their bodies. Like an electrical shock.

Meanwhile...

Within the hideout of Night Raid on the hill of a mountain... Tatsumi and Ieyasu were busy sparring with each other on the training ground with wooden sticks in the late at night. They have been going at it for the past half-hour.

Tatsumi was currently on the offensive. Pushing Ieyasu back, whom was on the defense. Tatsumi had landed a few hits on Ieyasu's body and Ieyasu had yet to land one hit on Tatsumi's body. Tatsumi had hit Ieyasu's wooden stick, causing Ieyasu's arms to swing upward and almost causing him to lose grip of his stick.

"Tch!" Ieyasu grunted when his upper chest was left open for Tatsumi to hit. 'Oh, crap!'

Tatsumi smirked. "Alright, I got you!" Tatsumi said as he ran toward Ieyasu and attempted to land one last hit to his upper chest. As he attempted to swing his stick...

Suddenly, Tatsumi had felt a cold chill pass by him, which made freeze a bit. 'Huh What is...?' Tatsumi thought after feeling a bad omen. Within the moment, Tatsumi had hesitated.

Ieyasu blinked, then took the opportunity to swing down and strike Tatsumi on his left shoulder.

"RRRGH!" Tatsumi grunted when he felt the strike and landed on his left knee.

"Hah! I got you! Finally." Ieyasu said as he bragged about hitting Tatsumi at least once. "It's about time I landed a hit on you, Tatsumi!"

As Ieyasu bragged about finally landing a blow on Tatsumi... Tatsumi couldn't help but wonder about the omen he just felt. 'That feeling I just felt... what was that?' Tatsumi had wondered.

Meanwhile...

Within Esdeath's chambers inside the capital... Flare and Esdeath had sat next to each other on the queen-sized bed within the bedsheets. They were staring at the white thick coats of auras that were coating their own bodies.

"Huh? What is this?" Esdeath asked as she stared at her hands.

"I... I don't know." Flare had responded as he looked at his own hands. "This is the first its ever happened to me." Flare had begun to think to himself. 'This feeling I have coursing through my body, right now... It feels like my potential had gotten a lot stronger, all of a sudden.'

'It must've happened when Flare and I first touched-no. If it did happen like that, then this aura... this feeling would've awakened at the Tournament.' Esdeath slightly glanced at Flare and smiled. 'It must've been when we attempted to make love all of a sudden. When our tongues met for the first time.' "Hmph."

"I wonder, how do I make this aura go away?" Flare asked himself as he continued staring at his hands while the white thick coat of aura was still coating his body.

"Hey, Flare?"

"What's the matter?" Flare had slowly turned to Esdeath. Only to see Esdeath lying on her left side, staring at him, lovingly.

"Do you want to continue our lovely conversation, this minute?" Esdeath asked with a blush and smile on her face.

"Eh..." Flare had paused as he saw and read Esdeath's body language. The lost in her eyes... the erected nipples... her right hand slowly caressing her own vagina. He could tell that Esdeath wanted to finish what they had started. 'Shouldn't we worry about getting rid of these auras, first?'