Utsuki wasn't sure what to think of her current surroundings. The days had moved fast, and she found that she hadn't truly been prepared for it. Now, she was doing her best to dodge the mass of people that were making preparations for the battle that was occurring in the next few days. She found it, somewhat terrifying.
She also found it, exhilarating. She knew the conflict that was on the horizon was a serious matter, but her quirks as, what ever she really was, kept bringing to mind the thought that Tekeshi was going to be fighting. In a way the thought helped to distract her from the fact that she might be. She wasn't a trained warrior like any of the people she knew, and she wasn't sure if she was confident enough in her powers to use them in any kind of combat. She wasn't even sure if she was going to be able to face any combat without having a panic attack.
She had never been around this many people. There were literally thousands, of so many types of yokai, that she didn't even know what all of them were. Few of them were bothering to maintain any semblance of a human form, not that it was really of any consequence given why they were there. What was more of note, was how at ease she actually felt around them. The impending battle notwithstanding.
Maybe it was from having lived among yokai for almost a year. She was just used to their presence. It was rare for her to leave her dorm room and not see at least five girls in their true forms. It was just business as usual, and felt right to her now.
"You seem very calm for the circumstances, Lovely Mistress," Deesseedra said from within her aura.
Utsuki shrugged as she stopped to look at a mess tent being erected, "I'm not exactly a human anymore, though I really don't know just how far from being one I actually am. I almost feel like I have always had more in common with yokai, than I ever did with humans."
"As I didn't know you back then, I really don't have much I could say either direction. Still, even I feel a little crowded in all of this. Oh for the love of, I wish we had a map of this place. I don't think we are any closer to finding Delicious Bloodsucker or the others than we were an hour ago," the demon complained.
Truthfully, they were seriously lost. The whole valley seemed, wrong in a way. It wasn't just her experiencing it either. More than a few times she had seen someone walk up talking to people who were confused as to the person approaching them only to find out that they had somehow ended up in some cases over a mile from where they had intended to be. In fact, that was how Utsuki and Deesseedra had somehow ended up among a number of red and blue, seven foot tall, horned women.
"Hmm," Utsuki looked at the oni, and then down at her chest, "I can't help but be a little jealous of their proportions. I wonder if Tekeshi would like it if I made my boobs a little bigger?"
She could almost feel the roll of Deesseedra's eyes, "For the love of, what is this obsession with thinking your titties are too small? If anything, you should make your ass a little bigger to balance them out. Either way I don't think he cares, and in fact is probably having a fit trying to find you. Still, those chicks do have some titties, I kinda want to bury my face in them. I know that Sex Crime would be all up in them."
"You know, I want to tell you to find a better name for Machiko, but even she agrees it is right on the nose. Wait, is my butt small," Utsuki did her best to look at said body part in question.
"Somewhat, but, oh god damnit. Ok, that isn't important, finding our part of the camp, and your boyfriend is. You remember your boyfriend? The one who sings you songs, and beats the hell out of people for you? Why don't we go look for him."
"I already know what direction he is in. It is small, why haven't I noticed this," Utsuki's answer wasn't that concerned in tone.
"You, know... so why aren't we going in that direction," Deesseedra typically had quite a bit of patience, timeless semi-extrademensional being after all.
"Because I want to look around at all the yokai I have never seen before. Tell me when it is big enough," as she said that her skirt shifted slightly.
"Perfect, now stop worrying about your ass, before you have to worry about your ass. You are still human enough to end up on someone's menu. I can't believe I am actually starting to miss the days when you were more timid," the demon was starting to reach something she didn't even know existed, her wit's end.
"Fine. I do like this better, but, I may need a slightly longer skirt. Maybe some slightly larger panties too. Hey, Deesseedra, are you worried about, what is coming up," Utsuki's tone changed as she started walking.
"As far as you are concerned, yes. As long as you are alive, I can't die. I can't even feel pain like you do. When I say I have a headache or something, it is more akin to my mind not being able to process something. That sword of Delicious Bloodsucker's, is the only thing that has ever made me feel actual pain. I would prefer if you tried to find something off the battlefield that you could help contribute to. It would put me and everyone else at ease."
"I already decided. I'm going to act as a field medic for our, regiment? I don't know anything about military divisions, so I don't know what we actually would be. I do know that with what I am the best at with my powers, that makes the most sense, and I can achieve more in the thick of things, instead of back in camp."
"I want to argue," Deesseedra started, "but you are actually right. Just, try to avoid anything that looks sharp and is held by someone you don't know. I will do everything that I can to protect you, but I don't know how much that I can do by myself if things go bad. Were it not for you having something to live for, I might not even be as concerned, though granted, without what you have to live for I would have eaten you and none of this would be a concern. I didn't have the chance to decide back then, but I might have eaten you in every context."
"Oh, I see it now. You are trying to embarrass me enough I go running to Tekeshi and tell him you are being mean to me, and I want kisses. While I do want kisses, it isn't going to work this time. Plus I keep forgetting you are a lesbian," the girl did turn a slightly redder hue regardless.
"I believe that the actual term would be bisexual. Trust me, I wouldn't mind getting a stab of Delicious Bloodsucker's short sword, though given by what I have noticed of him in some of his tighter clothes, it may not be all that short," demon's were not known for playing nice.
Blood seemed to migrate to Utsuki's cheeks rapidly, "You're a bitch, you know that? Though, I kinda... I don't know if he would be ready for that. Oh focus 'Suki. Fine, have it your way."
A rather large finger tapped Utsuki on the shoulder, "Pardon me, but you said the name Tekeshi. You didn't happen to mean Aono Tekeshi, did you?"
"Uh, ye...," Utsuki turned around to see a pair of the large red and blue women looking at her.
"Such a small world, we used to babysit him when he was a kid. Well, I guess he still is a kid. He was only four, and we were like, sixteen. Oh god, we are almost thirty now," the blue one said.
"Yes, Aoi, we are almost thirty, and still aren't pregnant. You can stop bringing it up at any time now. Please pardon my sister, she has an absolute obsession with her uterus, and its lack of occupancy. My name is Akane, Kasagawa Akane, and this is my sister Aoi," the red sister said rolling her eyes.
"Oh, wow, I'm...I'm Shiraishi Utsuki. I'm Tekeshi's girlfriend," Utsuki was in awe at how pretty they were up close.
"AKANE, she is probably going to have a baby before me," Aoi started crying.
Akane had to pinch the bridge of her nose, "I swear to whatever deity actually exists, that that werewolf better knock you up soon. Like I said I am sorry, she had a false alarm about a month ago, and she has been like this ever since. So, I knew he would be pulling them, but I never thought he would pull someone that could show up Moka-san. We were a little inebriated the last time we ran into him, so I must not have noticed. I thought he was going to the school Old Man Aono runs, ahhh, it would have been suicide to try, but I wouldn't have minded going in a coffin for that hunk of man," the oni trailed off lost in some thought.
"Uhh, ok. I hopefully won't beat her to having a child. I would rather not. Uh, I like your clothes," she was trying to turn the subject to something a little less traumatizing, and strangely arousing.
The red skinned woman looked down at what really amounted to little more than a hide bikini, "Oh, you mean our lounging clothes? Ok, well they are comfortable, though don't leave much to the imagination. I mean, I own underwear that covers more than this. I actually like what you are wearing."
Utsuki looked down at her clothes. Moka had told her to not care too much what she wore, given that they had taken her measurements to have appropriate armor made for her. Still it was clothing fairly typical to what she had usually worn on the weekends most of her life. Band t-shirt, Motley Crue at the moment, dark checkered skirt, and black high tops over black thigh highs. She wasn't really into the whole goth scene, but she liked how everyone left her alone when she was dressed like this.
"Uh, thanks, I guess. I just put something on earlier. So, that isn't what you wear all the time?"
Aoi had finally calmed down enough to contribute to the conversation, "No, most of the time we wear business suits. Me and Akane are attorneys. Usually we fight with words, but we never turn down the chance to fight with big sticks. If only that big stick would do what it was made for."
Utsuki could hear Deesseedra snickering with the sexual innuendos being thrown out by the two women. Honestly, it was kind of funny to see the older woman fretting over wanting a child, and also a little pathetic. In a way, it kind of made Utsuki think about what it would be like to have a child with Tekeshi, and for really the first time, the process of making that child.
"Oh god Aoi, we need to find Gunther, and have him keep stuffing you until it comes up a plus. She finds herself a German with thirty six siblings, and he has to be the one that might be shooting blanks," ear-shattering peals of sobbing started sounding, "and I just had to say that part out loud. I am going to have to get Craig to work me over good tonight to get rid of this headache. Utsuki-san, it was nice to meet you, and I would love to give you some stories to torture poor Tekeshi-kun with, but I need to take care of this. Please have a lovely day, given the circumstances. Ok, come on Aoi, as much as I would rather not, it looks like we are going to have to engage in special sister time to get you to quieten down," Akane proceeded to take her sister by the shoulder and lead her off to a tent a little ways down.
Utsuki was a little confused as she turned to walk in the direction she could feel Tekeshi. It was neat to run into someone who knew him, and could have told her stories. Though, it was also refreshing to be reminded that they had the same problems that humans had. Who knows how many women had that same amount of anxiety about not having children by their age.
"Heehehehhe, oh, Lovely Mistress, that was just so much fun right there," Deesseedra finally got tired of her little pocket dimension and formed to walk beside Utsuki.
"I like them. Though, I wonder what Akane meant by special sister time," that last was a question that seemed to completely surprise the demon.
Deesseedra took a breath, "Lovely Mistress, please tell me you aren't that dense. I don't know that I could actually handle it."
"I really don't understand what she meant. Is it something weird?"
"Please help me," Deesseedra stopped and thought about the best way to put it, "Ok, let me say it this way, they are close, in a way that most sisters aren't. More, how do I explain this so you don't have steam coming out of your ears. Nevermind, I am just saying it, they know each other's tongues very well."
It took Utsuki a moment to fully process what Deesseedra had said, "OOOOHHH, that's, I, oh my, that is all kinds of wrong."
"Is it? It didn't sound like either of them were being forced into it. Just because you find it weird or distasteful, doesn't mean that it is. If you ever said yes to it, I wouldn't mind introducing you to the things that a woman can do to another. Sadly for me, I know you won't."
Utsuki had to think about that. While she highly ever doubted she would have sex with Deesseedra, maybe that didn't mean there was anything wrong with two people of the same gender. She still couldn't find it anything but weird for two sibling to do that though. Though, it wasn't like they were going to get each other pregnant, probably to the blue sister's disappointment.
It also started her to thinking about Tekeshi. She wasn't sure why she started this particular line of thought, given how hesitant she had been to devote more than a moment to it in the past. She wouldn't have minded Tekeshi holding her much closer than he typically did. Having more of her body open to his touch.
She shook her head, confusing her companion. She was, sixteen. She hadn't even thought about her birthday having passed with everything going on. She hadn't done more than notice that it had come for most of her life, that she couldn't even remember having actually celebrated it in her life. She thought about telling Tekeshi that it come, and them celebrating it somehow.
"Earth to spaced out witch, are you receiving," Utsuki suddenly realized that she had stopped in the middle of a road that had trucks honking at her, and Deesseedra trying to get her to move.
"Sorry, I just, got a little lost in my thoughts. We shouldn't be too far away from everyone now," she started walking off, leaving the demon ready to start pulling her horns off.
"Thank God, if it wasn't for the fact I can feel you, I would have been having a panic attack. Did you have a good walk," Tekeshi's arms encircled Utsuki warmly as her and Deesseedra arrived at their portion of the camp.
"We did. It was fun, we even met a couple of women who were red and blue, and said they used to babysit you," she said returning the hug.
Tekeshi took a second to think, "Red, and blue, and babysat me? Aoi and Akane are here, wow Dad did call in everyone. Yeah, they did used to babysit me, and apparently thought that it was fine for teenage girls to walk around in their underwear in front of a young child."
"Oh, like an animal skin bikini? They were wearing those. Akane said that was their lounging clothes, and that her underwear usually covered more. Though, they do seem rather, free spirited, especially considering their careers."
"Huh, I have no clue what they do. Me and your dad ran into them while we were rescuing you, and I didn't get a chance to ask before they ran out in a panic. I rather liked them, they were really fun despite the amount of skin they showed. I am also pretty sure that Akane wanted to sleep with Dad. I don't know for sure, but I don't think she wanted to chance losing body parts," the sound of Tekeshi's voice brought a smile to her face.
"She sounded like it. They kind of drove home how, human, yokai are. Aoi is having some kind of a complex about not having a baby. She somehow thought that I might have one before her," Utsuki chuckled, but couldn't miss a small, satisfied smile that passed over Tekeshi's face.
He turned his face down to hers and then seemed to look down her back, "Are you ok, your ass seems a little swollen? Did you fall or something?"
It took her a second to remember, "Oh, no. Deesseedra mentioned something about my butt being a little small for my boobs, so I made it bigger. I thought you might like it."
Tekeshi just gave one of his warmer smiles, "I don't care, as long as it is you, and not something that was done to you. I never thought you needed to change anything about yourself, and anything you do change, I will still love you."
Utsuki felt a strange sensation start to gather in between her legs, and she wasn't quite sure what she was really feeling. All she knew was that she wanted to see how far down this man's throat she could get her tongue at that moment.