"Partially. I just don't want a relationship where you two would think of me as your master. You aren't my slaves, and I don't want that type of relationship." Kuma moved his arms so that he could caress Amitie and Kyrie's cheeks. "Maybe one day, but for now, I just want to make sure that you two are able to live happy."
The specific wording gives the impression Kuma may want a slave/master relationship later. I don't think it's what you intend.
Teana shook her head. "The Riot Force is under-staffed at the moment and I don't want too many people over-hearing. If I had my own apartment, I would have invited you to my place to talk." When Zelgadis raised an eyebrow and smirked, Teana blushed and shook her head. "Not like that. I meant over this case."
Zelgadis chuckled at her embarrassment. "It's fine, you're lucky that this place is slow right now, what did you want to talk about?"
A man, covered by a cloak, slowly walked up a grassy field. As he reached the top, he paused a bit, before heading toward the 2 tombstones residing there.
For a while, he stayed silent. The wind gently flew by, blowing away the hood to reveal a head of blond hair.
"Hey, how are you two doing?" Finally, he spoke. "I'm ... fine. Been travelling a lot."
"Your sisters are doing great. From what I heard, they've becombe quite accomplished actually. Sette is actually very famous now." He chuckles "Never though she would become such an idol."
"Chrono and Carim is expecting their second kid now. Their first child resemble his father in looks, but his personality is more like his mother. It drives Chrono up the wall."
"Nanoha and Fate finally married a while ago. Funny, I would have been devastated if that happened years ago. They're planning on adopting a sister for Vivio."
"Hayate and the Wolks are fine. Although there's rumor going around that Zafira finally propsed to Arf."
"As for the rest of the Stooges, as you like to call them, Verossa got through to Schach, while Vice is settling down on Cranagan."
"I'm ... sorry it took this long." Slowly, he took out two small black colored box. "But... it's better late than never, right?"
Gently, he set them down in front of the headstone. For a long time, he just stood there, a nostalgic look on his face.
"Wait for me. Whether it be hell or heaven, I will meet you two again." He promised "So until then, wait for me."
Putting his hood back up, he left the hill.
***** Next day
A group of people had gathered at the foot of the hill. Most of them were female, with only 4 males among them.
As they make their way up, no one spoke anything.
"Hey look!" A girl with blue hair pointed at the two tombstones. "THere's something there!"
The other in the group noticed the black boxes. A man with dark blue hair pick up the one on the left, while another one with long green hair pick the other one. Nodding, they slowly opened the boxes.
A gasp ran out. In each box lies the same object: A golden ring, with a rainbow colored stone on top.
"It's that ... the Kaiserstein?" A blond woman spoke up.
"It is" The man in green confirmed.
"But... who put it there?" This time, it was a girl with light blue hair
"I think it's him." Finally, the man with blue hair spoke up. "At the spaceport, I noticed in the record a person named YS who arrived and left yesterday."
"Deed..." A tall woman spoke up. "Can I borrow one of your blades?"
"Uh, sure Tre. But what for?" The one called Deed hand the over a small cylindrical device.
Tre said nothing, only activating the blade and begin carving on the stone on the left. At first, they were shocked, a few were horrified. But then they noticed what the woman were doing, and their eyes light up in understanding. Tre repeated the process with the other.
Finishing her work, Tre returned the blade to it owner.
The left gravestone read "Uno Scrya", while the one on the right is "Due Scrya."
Nanya-muse: Mouuu... You make it sound like I make him write only harems!
DC-muse: And you don't?
Nanya-muse: *Dramatic pose* That's besides the point!
DC-muse: Uh huh, I think I'm going to leave now...
Nanya-muse: *Glomps DC-muse* WAAHHH! Don't leave me! Besides, I haven't washed your clothes from last night yet!
DC-muse: *Red* Guh! I told you not to bring that up!
It was getting to be late in the day when Teana found herself in a small cafe. "Thanks for meeting me, Mr. Zelgadis."
The older man nodded and sat down across from her. "While I appreciate the meeting, Enforcer Lanster, I wonder why we didn't meet at the Riot Force building or at the Midorya cafe."
Teana shook her head. "The Riot Force is under-staffed at the moment and I don't want too many people over-hearing. If I had my own apartment, I would have invited you to my place to talk." When Zelgadis raised an eyebrow and smirked, Teana blushed and shook her head. "Not like that. I meant over this case."
Zelgadis chuckled at her embarrassment. "It's fine, you're lucky that this place is slow right now, what did you want to talk about?"
"It's about this case, actually." Teana sighed and looked at her drink. "Tell me," she looked back at him, "what do you know about necromancers?"
Zelgadis raised an eyebrow. "Necromancers? Even where I was from, they weren't very common. Mazoku were the most common type, since they could animate bodies easily. But for humans, well, it depends. A novice necromancer can maybe control up to three zombies at a time. A more experienced one can have an entire army, the size depends on the amount of power they have. For example, if you were a necromancer when you joined Riot Force and had some skill, you could control maybe twenty zombies at a time. If Hayate was the one who made the zombies, she could control several thousand easily."
Teana stared at him. "There were necromancers that could do that?"
"Very rare, despite how strong myself or Lina are, most people where we came from aren't quite at that level." Zelgadis leaned back in his chair and thought for a few minutes. "Actually, if you want to know, if my grandfather was into that stuff, he could have revived every dead body on a continent within an hour. But then again, his skill and power was practically unmatched by any human."
Teana shuddered, she couldn't imagine having someone that could do that raise an army of undead to fight again.
"Of course, this assumes that you're just wanting cannon fodder that can march forward without fear of death against your enemies. If you put some actual effort into creating a zombie that's a bit tougher than those or has special tricks, you'll create less of them, but the rewards are more impressive."
Teana sweat-dropped as she listened to Zelgadis. "You... Know a lot about this. Why?"
Zelgadis sighed softly. "When I was younger, I searched tirelessly for a cure to a problem I had. Along the way, I came across several scrolls and tomes that described necromancy in various forms and details. Some even described just how much power was needed by comparing how much energy it took to develop a fireball spell and how much it took to create one zombie and explained how the energy requirements worked at higher levels. I just used math to figure out the rest."
Teana nodded and lightly bit her lips. "Actually, is there anything in there about turning fresh corpses into zombies?"
"Fresh corpses?" Zelgadis blinked and thought about it. "Well, I never heard of anyone turning a fresh corpse into a zombie right away, unless they made it so that their zombies could do it, why?"
"Because I'm thinking that there's a necromancer that's turning fresh corpses into zombies." Teana twitched as she thought about her choice of words. "Okay, I'm never going to use fresh and corpse in the same sentence ever again."
Zelgadis chuckled at her discomfort. "I wouldn't worry too much about it. If there was a necromancer with that kind of skill, I'd like to think we would have heard of them by now." Teana nodded at that. 'Actually, I'm more worried about the fact that she might be right.' If Zelgadis could read minds, he would have found that Teana was thinking the same thing that he was.
"Still, I should be going, it's late, and I need to get home before Subaru gets too worried about me." Teana's face went red when Zelgadis chuckled and gave her a knowing smile. "Knock it off, it doesn't mean anything."
Besides, Teana wanted to get rested up for the next day, Caro and Erio were going to be coming in and she couldn't wait to see the two of them again.
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The next morning...
Blinking as he woke up, Kuma merely raised an eyebrow as he saw Kyrie on the left side of his body while Amitie was laying on top of him. The two girls were wearing over-sized, long-sleeved shirts that covered their upper bodies but revealed a hint of their panties as the two girls moved. "Bad dreams again?" He whispered when he noticed that the girls were both awake.
"Yeah..." Amitie said as she moved her arms to hug him more and push her chest against his. "I'm sorry, I just..." She trailed off and smiled as he put an arm around her shoulders. "Thank you."
Kyrie was practically purring as she molded her body against Kuma's. "Mmm..." She put her head on his shoulder and sighed happily. "Can we stay like this for a little bit?" As Kuma's arm wrapped around her lower back, she smiled happily and looked up at him. "Hey, Kuma... Want to have some fun?" She let out a yelp as she felt him pinch her sides. "Hey, come on, I'm serious."
"That's why I pinched your side." Kuma rolled his eyes. If it wasn't for certain things, he wouldn't mind taking Kyrie or Amitie up on their advances. But whenever he thought of what they went through, it was hard on him to reciprocate the feelings.
That didn't mean that he didn't entertain fantasies of the two of them at various points. He did have an appreciative eye for good looking women, after all.
"Why?" Amitie asked softly as she looked at him. "Why do you keep pushing us away?"
Kuma took a deep breath as he thought about his answer. "Because, you two are hurting." Ignoring their confused looks, Kuma hugged them tightly. "If things were different I would have already taken you up on your offers."
"Kuma..." Kyrie whispered, burying her face against his chest. "I'm sorry."
"It's okay," he smiled at her and looked at Amitie, who was looking as depressed as Kyrie sounded, "you two aren't bad girls, and I do like you. I'm just worried that if I got into a relationship with you right now it would hurt you."
"Because we were used by our former masters?" Amitie asked, sighing as she felt his hand gently squeeze her back.
"Partially. I just don't want a relationship where you two would think of me as your master. You aren't my slaves, and I don't want that type of relationship." Kuma moved his arms so that he could caress Amitie and Kyrie's cheeks. "Maybe one day, but for now, I just want to make sure that you two are able to live happy."
Kyrie looked at Amitie out of the corner of her eye and sighed as her sister snuggled against Kuma. She didn't blame Amitie, Kuma was comfortable. "Can we still stay like this?"
"Sure." Kuma said and went back to rubbing their backs to get them to relax.
Spoiler for Wall of MST3K Review:
Reia: I wonder if a certain sorcerer with an insane love for a valkyrie can create the same type of zombies as BTF!Miriages?
Xiaomu: Another wall of boobs?
Me: *Looks at Val.* How in the world that 765 yr old fox got here anyways?
Val: I don't know... I'm sure I was alone when I leave.
Mariemeia: You mean a wall of undead boobs, Xaio... That multiplies.
Xiaomu: Mouuuu! *looks at her own bust.*
Me: Anyways... It could be worse...
Xiaomu: Huh? How bad it can get?
Me: Viral infection. If you're not immune or vaccinated from it, you're screwed anyway.
Odin: I think we need to deport this fox back to her home something else gets here?
Xiaomu: Wah! Why?
Odin: *points to a certain blue bear in a red and white suit.* That answers your question, fox?
Kuma: Hello, kuma! Kuma's name is Kuma, kuma!
BTF!Kuma: Someone else named Kuma too?
Me: Well... In english dub and translation of persona 4, He's called Teddie... And beside, you got a pair of girls giving you the attention that Kuma fails to get.
BTF!Kuma: Heh!
Kuma: ARGH!!! Why Kuma can't have girls hug Kuma like him does?
Odin: Don't bother asking, you overgrown stuff bear.
Me: We might as well tell TSAB to start planting some Plants that shoot at Zombies for defense.
Odin: *Raise eyebrow.* This is not a Plant Vs Zombie scenario, Mega...
Me:
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And I can't still make fanfic without restarting from the start when new ideas comes in...
DC-muse: The last time that happened... *Turns red* No! I'm not thinking about it!
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Spoiler for Another universe, another end:
A man, covered by a cloak, slowly walked up a grassy field. As he reached the top, he paused a bit, before heading toward the 2 tombstones residing there.
For a while, he stayed silent. The wind gently flew by, blowing away the hood to reveal a head of blond hair.
"Hey, how are you two doing?" Finally, he spoke. "I'm ... fine. Been travelling a lot."
"Your sisters are doing great. From what I heard, they've becombe quite accomplished actually. Sette is actually very famous now." He chuckles "Never though she would become such an idol."
"Chrono and Carim is expecting their second kid now. Their first child resemble his father in looks, but his personality is more like his mother. It drives Chrono up the wall."
"Nanoha and Fate finally married a while ago. Funny, I would have been devastated if that happened years ago. They're planning on adopting a sister for Vivio."
"Hayate and the Wolks are fine. Although there's rumor going around that Zafira finally propsed to Arf."
"As for the rest of the Stooges, as you like to call them, Verossa got through to Schach, while Vice is settling down on Cranagan."
"I'm ... sorry it took this long." Slowly, he took out two small black colored box. "But... it's better late than never, right?"
Gently, he set them down in front of the headstone. For a long time, he just stood there, a nostalgic look on his face.
"Wait for me. Whether it be hell or heaven, I will meet you two again." He promised "So until then, wait for me."
Putting his hood back up, he left the hill.
***** Next day
A group of people had gathered at the foot of the hill. Most of them were female, with only 4 males among them.
As they make their way up, no one spoke anything.
"Hey look!" A girl with blue hair pointed at the two tombstones. "THere's something there!"
The other in the group noticed the black boxes. A man with dark blue hair pick up the one on the left, while another one with long green hair pick the other one. Nodding, they slowly opened the boxes.
A gasp ran out. In each box lies the same object: A golden ring, with a rainbow colored stone on top.
"It's that ... the Kaiserstein?" A blond woman spoke up.
"It is" The man in green confirmed.
"But... who put it there?" This time, it was a girl with light blue hair
"I think it's him." Finally, the man with blue hair spoke up. "At the spaceport, I noticed in the record a person named YS who arrived and left yesterday."
"Deed..." A tall woman spoke up. "Can I borrow one of your blades?"
"Uh, sure Tre. But what for?" The one called Deed hand the over a small cylindrical device.
Tre said nothing, only activating the blade and begin carving on the stone on the left. At first, they were shocked, a few were horrified. But then they noticed what the woman were doing, and their eyes light up in understanding. Tre repeated the process with the other.
Finishing her work, Tre returned the blade to it owner.
The left gravestone read "Uno Scrya", while the one on the right is "Due Scrya."
So I'm feeling sentimental. Sue me.
Fairly sentimental.
Good grammar, vast improvement over what you did when you started, but you've got some spelling errors in there. It's nothing major, thankfully, but it's something you should work on.
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*sulk in a corner* What am I? Chopped liver?
BTW, great chapter Nanya.
Thank you, as for chopped liver... *Looks at the grill* Huh... I think I'm cooking it.
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A man, covered by a cloak, slowly walked up a grassy field. As he reached the top, he paused a bit, before heading toward the 2 tombstones residing there.
For a while, he stayed silent. The wind gently flew by, blowing away the hood to reveal a head of blond hair.
"Hey, how are you two doing?" Finally, he spoke. "I'm ... fine. Been travelling a lot."
"Your sisters are doing great. From what I heard, they've becombe quite accomplished actually. Sette is actually very famous now." He chuckles "Never though she would become such an idol."
"Chrono and Carim is expecting their second kid now. Their first child resemble his father in looks, but his personality is more like his mother. It drives Chrono up the wall."
"Nanoha and Fate finally married a while ago. Funny, I would have been devastated if that happened years ago. They're planning on adopting a sister for Vivio."
"Hayate and the Wolks are fine. Although there's rumor going around that Zafira finally propsed to Arf."
"As for the rest of the Stooges, as you like to call them, Verossa got through to Schach, while Vice is settling down on Cranagan."
"I'm ... sorry it took this long." Slowly, he took out two small black colored box. "But... it's better late than never, right?"
Gently, he set them down in front of the headstone. For a long time, he just stood there, a nostalgic look on his face.
"Wait for me. Whether it be hell or heaven, I will meet you two again." He promised "So until then, wait for me."
Putting his hood back up, he left the hill.
***** Next day
A group of people had gathered at the foot of the hill. Most of them were female, with only 4 males among them.
As they make their way up, no one spoke anything.
"Hey look!" A girl with blue hair pointed at the two tombstones. "THere's something there!"
The other in the group noticed the black boxes. A man with dark blue hair pick up the one on the left, while another one with long green hair pick the other one. Nodding, they slowly opened the boxes.
A gasp ran out. In each box lies the same object: A golden ring, with a rainbow colored stone on top.
"It's that ... the Kaiserstein?" A blond woman spoke up.
"It is" The man in green confirmed.
"But... who put it there?" This time, it was a girl with light blue hair
"I think it's him." Finally, the man with blue hair spoke up. "At the spaceport, I noticed in the record a person named YS who arrived and left yesterday."
"Deed..." A tall woman spoke up. "Can I borrow one of your blades?"
"Uh, sure Tre. But what for?" The one called Deed hand the over a small cylindrical device.
Tre said nothing, only activating the blade and begin carving on the stone on the left. At first, they were shocked, a few were horrified. But then they noticed what the woman were doing, and their eyes light up in understanding. Tre repeated the process with the other.
Finishing her work, Tre returned the blade to it owner.
The left gravestone read "Uno Scrya", while the one on the right is "Due Scrya."
So I'm feeling sentimental. Sue me.
This was indeed, quite the improvement.
And I did feel a sadness from the scene. Heartwarming and tragic indeed. T_T
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Hey, take your time. I was just wondering, seeing as you seem to be busy.
And graduation? From highschool or from university?
No worries. Chapter 8 will probably be the end of Swords and Shields. Then I can put more work into Medieval Belka's planning and crank out these Yuuno/Fate bunnies which won't leave me alone.
As for graduation, I'll finally be graduating college. With a BS in Geographical Information Systems and a Minor in Computer Science. Then its off to the job market with me. =3
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