Chapter Eleven

     Jess ran as quickly as possible to meet up with Reina, and opened the door without knocking. When she noticed that Reina wasn't in her throne seat, Jess headed for her room. She wasn't there either. Fortunately, she heard something, knowing it had to be Reina. A devilish smile crept onto her face.

     Meanwhile, Reina was enjoying a nice shower, the water like a brisk massage all over her body. The temperature was perfect, and she was more than comfortable in her solitude, and her fingers crept downwards as pleasure swept her body. The solitude she had was a false solitude, unfortunately.

     Jess sneaked into the bathroom, and undressed. Reina heard it, and glanced over. She shrugged, and went back to her shower. Then she realized what was happening, and looked back towards Jess.

     "Whoa, whoa, whoa!!! What are you doing, Jess!?"

Jess looked over. "I'm sorry! I'll leave, I knew it was too much!"

     Reina calmed herself down rather quickly. "Wait, Jess, it's okay."

     "..."

     "I was just masturbating."

     Jess burst into laughter, and fell to the floor, laughing harder than she had laughed in a long time.

     "You wanna hop in?" Reina asked Jess, smiling.

     "Oh my God, hells yeah!" Jess replied.

     Reina opened the shower door, and Jess walked into it. "Just know that I'm not gonna stop masturbating."

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     Jess wrapped her arms around Reina's waist, walking out to the kitchen with her. "That was the best thing I think I've ever done."

     Reina raised her eyebrows. "Embrace it now, cause it's not gonna happen again."

     "Why'd it happen this time?" Jess asked, head against Reina's waist.

     "..."

     Jess smiled. "Okay, sweetums."

     "When did you start saying that?" Reina asked, in reference to the word 'sweetums'.

     "My mom says it, so I began saying it ironically. Then it kinda stuck around, and it's cute, just like you."

     Reina's face reddened ever-so-slightly. "Um... Okay, then..."

     Jess looked up in time to see Reina blushing a little. "Ooh, I see you blushing, you little sweetheart."

     Reina turned away. "No flirting. And no, I'm not blushing."

     Jess smiled. "I haven't asked in a while, but I really want you to be my girlfriend. What do you think?"

     "I don't know. If you beat me, you can have me."

     Jess smiled. "Now we're talking. Get ready."

     Reina shrugged. "I guess."

     About one minute brought them to their readied stances.

     "I'm not gonna go quite as easy as usual on you," Jess said, grinning.

     "Good. I've been getting lazy lately."

     The two breathed, and Reina nodded. Without a word, Jess walked over to Reina, and Reina rolled her eyes. "Come on, Jess. You can't get this if you don't try."

     "What, are you scared?" Jess said.

     Reina, annoyed that Jess wasn't going to try, raised her hand, increasing the air-pressure around Jess to a crushing pressure. Jess, however, showed no labored breathing, no pain, nothing. Reina squeezed her hand tightly, but nothing resulted. She began to wonder what was happening.

     "Allow me to introduce my actual ability. You thought I could amplify my strength. I can," she said, eyebrows raised, "but I can also increase or decrease my strength. Maximum defense means I can't use any offensive. I can sit here for three days, never running out of magic, and then switch to the offensive when you least expect it." Reina raised her eyebrows in shock. "But that wouldn't be any fun, now would it?"

     Reina looked at the floor, shocked that Jess had been tricking her. "You... I... What?"

     Jess smiled. "I'm gonna fight you, full-on."

     Jess walked back to her area, and told Reina to start the match over. In a moment or so, Reina nodded. Jess rushed forward, and maxed out her defense. Once Reina had begun using her magic, Jess increased her attack the tiniest bit, only hurting herself a little. She began to punch Reina in the stomach.

     "What, is that supposed to hurt?" Reina said, loosening her magic.

     When she felt the tension release, Jess increased her attack until she could no longer take the pain, then punched Reina again, this time letting loose a mini sonic-boom that blasted Reina into the wall.

     When Reina got up, she coughed. "Nice, I'll give you that."

     Jess was already coming towards her. "You're mine."

     Reina raised her eyebrows. She decided things would have to get serious. Her hand clenched, not hurting Jess, but inhibiting her movement entirely. Reina kicked her in the chest twice, then released her magic, needing to take a break. The trapped inertia sent Jess flying, and she slammed against the wall. She felt a huge amount of magic drain from her body, so she started to get more conservative with her ability.

     Reina rushed towards her, and began to fight normally. Jess dodged, which showed that she was being a bit more careful. Reina rushed forward, going for a more fighting style approach. She went for a throat chop, expecting Jess not to have any fighting skill, and just use her ability; instead, however, Jess leaned to the side, and caught Reina's arm, then dragging her to the floor.

     "What the fu-"

     Reina was cut off by Jess lowering a finger to her belly extremely slowly. She realized too late that Jess had increased her offense to the max, and when Jess' finger made contact, Reina was winded.

     "So, like, what do you consider winning? I can go more, if you want, but-"

    Reina put a hand on Jess' shoulder. "You win," she said, between labored breaths.

     Jess stood, holding out a hand for Reina. "Do I get to say it now?" Reina nodded, and Jess cleared her throat. "As the official winner in this fight, I hereby state that my wish..."

      Jess looked over, and saw the state Reina was in. More importantly, however, she saw how unsure of this Reina was.

      "My wish... Reina shall come to me when the time is right in her eyes, and no sooner. I also state that I want no part in being crowned the new queen of the country or the like. I simply will stand back and watch as she deals with everything in her own elegant grace."

     Reina looked straight into Jess' eyes. "You... Mean that?"

     Jess nodded. "Of course. Love isn't something you can force, sweetums. Love requires two to tango, you know. Whenever you're ready, let me know."

     Jess left Reina to wonder what the fuck was going on.