Chapter 9

"Eh? Me?" I said brilliantly pointing at myself. I mean, yeah sure, I did 'beat' them, but not really. "Now, now, calm down girl."

"What do you mean calm down!? You calm down and get ready! Here I come!" She shouted running in the wrong direction and waving at me from one of the arenas in the temple.

"..." Seriously, this girl is hilarious. "Aren't you going to do something, Tesshin?" I asked to the presence hiding behind the door. Like a stalker. Or a curious grandma... Watching from the small aperture between the door and the wall.

"Ehehehehe...Ehem. You're right. Lu Yi! Bring Kazuko here, we gotta talk,"

"Yes sir!" Green jumpsuit, bowl hair-cut, extreme physical training; hell, he's jumping sideways with only one foot towards Kazuko. What a strange person. His eyes are closed as well.

"Anyways, I'll be leaving," I said as a Bikey came out of my shadow, neighing and shaking its head. "Let's go, boy!"

Two hours later, after wandering around the city and locating a restaurant to eat I started considering my next move.

I have opened a few paths. First of all the Grandmaster of the Kawakami Temple has promised his help in looking for the feather if I beat Momoyo. I have beaten her before, so really, it's a piece of cake. However, that's still a week away. The Kuki Corporation has promised to help me if I finish their two jobs, one can be considered done... The other... It's kinda annoying.

I can stroll around looking for Ishmallah by myself, but finding him would be a stroke of luck. Also... I haven't felt luck since my fight with him. The potion... It did something to my soul.

"Perhaps... I can search for it during the job." Alright, I guess it's time to babysit.

With the decision taken, I go to the tallest point in the city. You might think it's the Kuki Building again, but no, it's an old rusty antenna, perched atop a round building.

From here I can see everything. Sitting cross-legged on the highest horizontal beam I take Aspidochelone chalk and warlock bone-dust, cupping my hands I gently blow. Mist slowly descends from my hands, dripping. Slowly falling like a cascade, yet disappearing after a few meters.

As my hands empty, I bring them to my sides, closing my eyes. "Tel' il Ath Tel' ama oro fills Tel' Rûn, Delimbiyr Arta Tel' nevae lythi."

My voice is gentle and light. Whosoever speaks this language will always speak it with gentleness. It has no darkness or rage, it has no emotions except clarity.

Moreover, normal people can't hear it, only those heavily attuned with darkness or light can hear it. A misconception is that its users are always good people.

You can be gentle and slaughter a thousand innocents. Elves. Amazing creatures and gifters in wonderful magic, their very language it's magical. But most of them are pieces of shit.

When I open my eyes, I find myself looking at broken scenes of the past. Shattered windows, echoes of history, whispers of important acts that transpired once. I can't see it all, I miss most of the context. I do see the best scenes, the climax if you will.

"What exactly am I looking for..." I mutter as hundreds of scenes flash me by. "Ah, found you" I smirk. "Takae Tachibana."

The second work is to find Takae Tachibana and change her fate. Takae has ash-colored hair that is tied to a ponytail and she wears hair clips on the left side of her hair. She wears a whitish-yellow sleeveless track shirt with a star on the left breast and sports black and yellow yoga pants with a belt and a tuft of white long fur on it.

She's a cute pitiable girl, always running away from everybody, living in different shacks, bad luck surrounds her. Forcing Takae to take actions she does not want. She used to be one of the 'Big Four' She lost her title against Green-sword-girl because she slipped. -sigh- what an unlucky girl. Very well, I shall fix her fate.

Smiling I clap my hands, making the smoke disappear. Standing on the edge of the beam I look towards the direction of the shack she's living in right now.

"Let's go, Bikey," I say as my shadow expands and forms the silhouette of a horse. "Do you think she'll like pizza?"

A neigh answers me. "Alright, then let's go to the pizzeria first."

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"Ding-Dong!" I shout. After all, I have my hands full of pizza... And the shack does not have a bell. It's a shack, made of cardboard at the side of the river. This girl is making me sad.

"Eh?"

"I said Ding-Dong! Open up Tachibana, I know you're there!" I shout with a smirk.

"No, no, no." I hear muttering inside and pacing. Can she even pace around inside that sad shack?

"Girl, if you don't open up I am gonna blow so hard your home will fly away!" I shout and mimick the sound of gulping air.

"Ah! Ah! So-sorry!" She says opening the door and looking at me with tearful eyes and biting her upper lip. When she looks at the pizzas her eyes widen and her stomach rumbles. "I-is that for me?" She asks pointing at herself.

"Yup, here. Let's go eat beside the river." I say pointing with my head towards a comfy sofa and a table I brought outside, what do you know, modern picnic.

"Ah!" As she thinks about what to do, she looks downtrodden towards her stomach and pats it. "Okay... But you have to eat fast or you will have bad luck..." She says, as she instantly teleports her doorstep to the sofa.

No, that wasn't teleportation. She's just that fast, it almost seemed like thunder surrounded her when she moved. Curious.

"Hmm, you're fast huh," I said smiling as I open one of the pizzas. "Hawaiian?" I offer.

"Thank you. Umm, who are you? You seem to know me, but I don't know you." She mumbles after gingerly taking a piece.

Aw. She's so cute. She eats like a hungry rodent. "My name is Belatsunat. I understand you know how Ki works right?"

"Yeah, I know. I use it to run." Cute pie #1 answers. "Why? Do you want me to teach you or something? I can't. It would be very dangerous." as her misfortune would strike me was unsaid.

"No, no, it's because it's easier to explain to someone in the know. I am proficient in the use of certain energies, like Ki, to do what most would consider... Miracles." I say removing my sunglasses. "The Kuki Corporation hired me, apparently you're important to them. Take the sunglasses, look at your hand. What do you see?" I ask as I hand over my sunglasses.

Even if she uses Ki, even if she has fought Momoyo, even if she has seen weird things; she's still skeptical. After all, in a world where Ki is only used to battle, miracles are something she hasn't seen yet. But she will.

As she looks around in wonder, she looks at me in shock, and she proceeds to look at her hand, she recoils in disgust. "Ah!" She screams as she waves her hand back and forth as if removing a bug. "It won't come off like that. Besides, it's been with you for more than a decade." I say as I remove the glasses from her head. I don't put them on yet, as I make them disappear, and I don't move away from her either.

She's cute, and she needs a hug. I close my arms around her and bury her face in my bosom. "That's your bad luck. Now you know it's actually there, now you know it has eyes." I say as I pet her head. "But also know this, if it can be seen; it can be removed. And there's nothing completely unseen."

"Thank you, Belatsunat." She said half hiccuping. "I-... Can we finish eating? I am hungry." Mhm, her voice has gained strength.

"Yeah." I smile as I sit beside her.

I brought fourteen pizzas... And she has eaten twelve in an hour. "So... Nat, how do I remove that thing from me? and what is it? It's the source of my luck?" Even if her tone is somber, she has a slight smile on her face and a hand on her stomach.

"Well, first of all, we have to understand what exactly is the entity that cursed you and when it did so. However, I doubt you'll remember everything with precision. Let me contact that Hellsing boy, we need a chamber with a large pool. We're gonna dive into your memories." I say with a grin as I wink at her, making her redden in embarrassment. She likely lacks human contact, not used to it.

As I put my sunglasses on, I snap my fingers, bringing all the furniture, including the trash of the pizza into my ring.

"Eh?!" Screams Takae as she falls to the ground, the sofa missing from her butt. "A little warning next time!" She pouts.

Hehe, adorable. "What do you need now, little baby." comes the annoying voice of Hyume Hellsing himself. A person who does not even let the phone ring once. Tsk.

"Yo! Well, I need a chamber. With a pool, if possible I need it to be large and deep." I am trying to sound serious here. But I can't help but smile lecherously as I think about Takae on a swimsuit.

"I see. Very well, I will send you a direction to your phone. Follow it, a pool will await you." Aaand he hung up. Bitch.

"Hm. How do you get the Kuki to do things for you?" She asks in wonder.

"Eh, they don't. Not really. I am just in their employ, for now, they are probably monitoring and observing us with their technology. Besides, imagine I am actually swindling them, they lose nothing and once they discover I am a swindler then they will either sue me or simply stop working with me. Is that simple, they're so powerful they don't need tricks. And since they're so powerful, no one is willing to trick them." I explain as we walk towards Bikey.

"Come, grab me tight." I smile cheekily. Mm~ Those wonderful orbs pressing on my back.

"You know, I could go faster running by myself." She mutters.

"Are you really going to abandon me so fast, Takae?" I ask with a quivering voice. tears pooling in my eyes.

"Ah! Sorry, sorry! No, no, I am not leaving you!" She hurriedly answers.

"Heh, you said it yourself." With a glint on my eyes, my previous tearful act disappeared. "Now you're sworn to me, my lovely speedster," Before she could refute me, Bikey started dashing through the river.

It took us six minutes to reach some kind of warehouse, it was some kind of dome, the walls were made of a one-way cristal material. We could see the outside from within, but couldn't see the inside from outside.

There was a big circular pool and a minibar with seats beside it. Maybe this is where some butlers relax or something. No matter. Our conversation was pleasant and I liked every single minute of it, watching Takae come out of her shell so fast was interesting. Then again, she's the personification of speed in this world. I can feel it.

"Alright, so, first things first, I am gonna prepare the water. Start stripping." I commented with an amused tone as I was suddenly stripped of my clothes. "I am gonna prepare the water. Meanwhile, anoint this ointment around your body. Everywhere. Don't miss a spot. Hm. In fact, don't. I'll do it for you in a second."

I say with a smile as her cheeks turn red and her eyes roamed my body. "Uh... Okay," she mutters as she slowly removes her clothes. Hm. Sexy.

"While I do love seeing you flustered and beautiful. Let me tell you in what consists the ritual. For starters, while I can't exactly say where or from whom the curse of misfortune comes, I can tell it's from a bird. There are... Way too many birds capable of manipulating casualty and fortune in the world. So without knowing the exact species that cursed you, I can't exactly remove it." I say taking a few bags of blood from my ring. "To do that we're gonna see your past, I am gonna see every single secret you hold and every moment of your life. But you're special and strong. Normally to see the past of someone I could do it without much trouble, but you've been blessed and cursed." -sigh- "This is the blood of a Sirin. They're birds. More or less... Hehe. Sirins have the top half of a woman, an owl-like body, and they usually wear a halo. Do not think they're greek Sirens, they're Sirins. Owl-women who sing and bring luck to saints. Their blood brings good fortune, their halo brings resonance and comfort, their bones bring the essence of the past." I smirk as Takae grunts in disgust. "Now, now. Respect the dead birds, they were good."

"Um, Nat, did you kill them? Recently? The blood smells fresh." She points at the bags.

"Eh, yes and no. My dimensional ring stops time, so whatever it's inside the storage dimension always comes in the state I put it in. And about the Sirin blood... Saints stopped being a thing in the past. And Sirins had no one to sing to, these ones blessed a rather bad Russian Tsar, who used their despondence to mind-control them." -sigh- "Now, let's prepare the balm and anoint us both. Don't make that face, the anointing is not made of blood. it's made of Amanita Muscarias, a type of shroom. It's cute."

We started working, she followed my instructions to the letter, always doing exactly what I wanted. Worthy of being a trained warrior and a retired soldier.

Once she was laid on top of a towel, I sit on her thighs and slowly daub my hands on the shroom oil. Whoever said ceremonies are boring has never seen Takae's amazing body.

Slowly rubbing her sides, I press and push with my hands, my fingers grabbing her skin as I slowly apply the oil on her skin, back and forth in the same places. "Once it shines gold, move to another area. Remember, all must shine gold." I whisper as I move from her sides to her back and her waist. "You're beautiful, Takae," I whisper in her ear, as my chest barely brushes against her back.

I keep rubbing her back, and as soon as it turns to gold I go to her legs. Strong, taut muscles coiled on her legs. The strongest legs I have ever seen, while they are strong because of her training, the hidden strength on them comes from the blessing of Fujin. Curious.

"Mn! Ah," Her moans, no longer constricted by the bitten towel echo through the bare dome. Smirking, I start rubbing the oil on her arms, interlacing our fingers from time to time, slowly touching every single corner of her body.

Her body is squirming a little, her breath starting to become labored. And she is slowly twisting her hips to the sides.

Slowly, passing my fingers through her scalp, kissing the back of her neck. "Don't. Move. Unless. I. Tell. You. Too." Each word is emphasized by a kiss or a light bite to her neck.

Slowly turning her around, her eyes locking on mine as her rosy cheeks grow more pronounced. "I... I haven't done anything like this. A-and I don't know if I am good or... Are we gonna continue?" She meekly asks.

Caressing her cheek, I lightly kiss her lips. Watching her eyes widen, as the shock slowly fades, she closes her eyes in contentment as she hums as I kiss her.

"We are gonna play a little bit, but we're not gonna have sex right now. We're gonna do it in the pool, in the middle of the ritual. As it's tantric in nature." I kiss her as my hands start roaming the top of her incredibly 84 centimeters bust.

My hands went to her pubic bone and her abdomen. As I touched her, she closed her eyes and bit her lip as she tried to hold the moans. Her privates were wet and swollen, as my hands started roaming the underside of her boobs. I smiled as her hands grabbed the towel in a desperate attempt to not move.

Her smooth skin and erect nipples made her breasts a temple to be worshipped, I bring my thumb and forefinger to her nipples, and gently pinched and pull forward. Releasing her boobs, making them jiggle as they bounce back to their proper place.

"Oh god!" She moans as the pleasure melts the last of her inhibitions.

I grab her legs and hips, bending her legs back and spreading her eagle on the towel. Wow, what a beautiful body. I start to think about what I want to do to that perfect pussy staring at me. Her smooth skin is silky-white, but her pussy is pink; she's not bald like I am; just neatly trimmed.

Reaching for the oil on the floor, I pour it over her mound, I bet she can feel every ounce drip between her legs. I pour it on my own hands and directly drip a bit of the oil over my own pussy.

My fingers reach her labia. Systematically, I massage every inch of her labia. I pinch her clitoris and the base. As I turn her clit inside out and I heard a scream of pleasure. She's quite sensitive.

I smile as my index finger slides on her vagina, rotating with a massage motion around every wall. Until I have two fingers inside. Massaging; rhythmic moves. Her moans are lower in volume but increase in quantity. She's pushing her hips towards me. Mhm, needy girl.

As I slowly increase the number of fingers inside of her, I started fisting her, she was going crazy. Pinching her clit and removing my hand before she cums I can her confusion.

"Eh? Bwuhg? Nat?" She whispers, her body flushed. Barely can communicate.

"Not yet" I whisper back as I slowly but steadily bring her to her feet, "You can't climax yet love," I say as I kiss her. "The ritual. Don't forget about it. Give me a second."

As her confusion clears, her eyes still look at me with fondness, not confusion, not love. But I am pretty sure she likes me.

Bringing my hands in a clap, the oil floats towards me and envelopes me, turning my body gold in an instant.

"Eh? Couldn't you do that to me as well?" She asks pointing at herself dumbly.

"Yep." I smirk, "Come, now we need to bless the water with the blood and the bone dust. It is all imbued in Sirin essence." I smack her ass as I pass her by.

With a yelp, she reluctantly moves toward the leather bags filled with blood.

"Now, don't just pour it on the pool. This is simple, we start in the north and the south, at the same time. we slowly walk anticlockwise. I will also add the bone dust from the middle to the sides." I say as a cigar appears in my mouth and fire suddenly lights it up. The smoke of the cigar forms a hand that grabs the bone dust bag. "Remember Takae, at the same time." I wink at her as she flabbergasted watches the smoky hand and shakes her head.

"Sometimes you remind me of Momoyo." She mutters.

As we get into the position I count from three to zero, and we start walking slowly pouring the blood and the dust on the pool.

"Of Momoyo? How so?"

"Well, she's unreasonable too. She's a flirty girl too and is always doing weird nonsense with her powers. Also, she's strong, like you. So you reminded me of her." When I was about to speak, she suddenly interrupts me. "Not like you only remind me of her! Don't think I think about her, or anything like that. I, uh, I don't. Really. Frankly, I thought I was straight! Now I don't know? Ah, this is weird. I am not comparing you two, Belatsunat. I promise." She says in a high pitch.

-snort- "You're way too cute. Relax, I am not offended by that. However I am curious, I don't think Momoyo is that strong to be honest, with your speed you could defeat her easily couldn't you not? I bet you can run from the Kuki Corporation building to the Kawakami Academy in a second." I say curiously.

As we keep circling the pool, with less than half of the blood, we pour it slowly. the pool slowly glowing, a purple vortex slowly forming.

"No. Momoyo is... She's the strongest, there's no doubt about it. She was born with the power to destroy the earth. In fact, she has already proven she can destroy the world with one of her attacks. She just heavily restrains herself since no one is on her level. She's also capable of seeing all kinds of energies, and imitating every single attack she sees once, even if it's an internal movement. I am fast, yeah, but Momoyo while not as fast as me, copied how I move, and in short bursts, she managed to catch me in our fight. She's called the Goddess of War for a reason." She says in the most serious tone I heard from her.

"Hm... It seems I underestimated her. Maybe our fight next week is gonna be interesting after all." I say thoughtlessly.

"What!? Are you gonna fight her? Oh god, she's strong are you sure about that? Last time we fought I spent a month healing back. And I usually heal quite fast." As she starts to explain her woes of battle, she trips. And falls directly to the vortex.

"Oh, Lord." I facepalm. At least the blood was fully poured. Jumping to the middle of the vortex I grab Takae as she struggles to breathe. She fell face-first while talking, no air on her lungs. This luck... Is hilarious.

I hug her, bringing her head outside the water. Suddenly pressing her stomach from behind, forcing her body to expel the water she drank.

Turning her around, so she could face me, I slowly rub her back. "There, there. Next time you fall do it with your mouth shut." I smirk as she hacks and coughs.

"Ugh, disgusting. I can taste the blood! And the dust!? Oh god. I am gonna be sick." Lamenting herself, Takae hugs me back, probably involuntarily. Something to grab on amid the disgust she feels in this water.

"Nah, don't be like that. First of all, the blood and the dust dissolved. Second, this is not water either. Right now, it looks like water but it's a vortex of energy, it is quite similar to water, but not really." I explain, while gingerly bringing one of my hands to the back of her head and the other to her lower back.

"Now, this vortex will help us see your past, but it needs a little bit of your life essence, to do that, you're gonna need to cum. Are you ready?" I smile as I bring her closer and closer.

With a smile on her lips, her face is as close as it can be, I can feel her breath, I can feel her reply even before she answers. "Yeah." as her lips meet mine, our tongues wrestling as I grab her ass.