On the dice roll.

There are a few advantages about being away from the church. One is that everyone appears to groom and shower themselves, I haven't seen a single person with rotten teeth since I left holy ground, absolutely no idea what that's about.
Two: trade is more free flowing and less restrictive. And three: Bouceroc is right on a major road, so once every few months we get enough traders at once that they set up the medieval equivalent of a shopping mall just outside of the town limits.

“You did good on the red-manor job...” Wolfgang complimented, his halberd hugged between his arms and his helmet lazily pressed against his skull. We walked through the crowds of people, examining exotic foods and treasures from far off lands.
“It was just a bunch of kids.” I explained. “No monster stealing valuables from the nobles like reported.”.

“Hurm...” Wolfgang mumbled, rubbing his chin. “Church influence must be spreading if people are losing their nerves over monsters whenever the wind pushes over a bucket...A job is a job though.”
He reached into his pocket drawing a small pouch of coin and dropping it into my palm.
“I'll let you know if I find anymore work for you.” he said as he started his march in the other direction.
“Always a pleasure, Captain.” I called back, throwing the back once into the air before pocketing it. I may as well get a little bit of shopping done while I'm here. Maybe I'll find something for Cleo while I'm here.

...
And Abigail...And Lupa...Sweet lord have mercy what have I gotten myself into? I breezed from shop wagon to shop wagon, carefully picking out something that a lady would like, I mean, if a lady likes them so should a monster lady, right?  I went by what I knew about them, Cleo had very girly likes, Abigail was a warrior, and Lupa was...Well I don't know much about Lupa, really. Though I'll probably being seeing her again sometime soon.

I looked at the purchases resting in the bags. A silk scarf for Cleo, a ornament dagger for Abigail, and, out of pure gut feeling, a fuzzy winters hat for Lupa. Cost me a pretty penny all together but hey, I'm nothing if not sentimental.

I stopped in my tracks, looking behind me and watching the sun slowly set behind the little wagon shopping mall I just came from. I took in a deep breath, appreciating the beauty of nature like a filthy hippy before turning back to go towards my house, when suddenly I felt an impact against my shoulder.

“Hey!” The man barked as we bumped into one another. “How 'bout you watch where yer going!?”.
He was roughly a foot shorter than I was, clad in lamellar armour, staring up at me with a bushy beard and a balding head.
“Jeez, sorry man, didn't see you there.”.
“What was that?” He barked.
“What?”
“You didn't 'see' me there!?”
“Are you seriously picking a fight over this?”.

Our little conversation was cut short when a third voice interfered. “Ahem...” a woman's voice chortled, I looked around the man to see an even shorter individual standing behind him. Her hair nearly touched down to her shoulders , the bangs casting a shadow against her golden eyes. Its amazing that I noticed her hair before the two giant ears resting atop of her head with a green leaf between them. She wore a very light armour over a green sleeveless kimono, her shoulders bare against the air. Though around her arms were two, large puffy sleeves with small ropes tide at certain points. Most of her legs hid behind two, large, round fur leggings, though her thighs were visible. But most of all was the large box on her back, carrying bottles, some heart shaped, on one side and a variety of swords on the other.  A large, fluffy, almost raccoon like tail swished impatiently behind her, I almost wanted to touch it.

“If you are quite done picking fights with strangers, I would like to keep moving.” The little monster girl stated. The man growled at me, shoving into my shoulder again before moving on. The monster looked up at me from the corner of her eye, a sly smirk on her lips as she passed.

“Asshole...” I murmured, rubbing my shoulder and putting the event behind me, heading back towards my home.

I whistled to myself, swinging my key on my finger as I climbed the hill towards my house. Ready to bathe and crash for the night. I didn't sleep early that often, but I always liked the colours of the twilight sky as I drifted away with the open window and the wind brushing gently against my face.

But as I came closer to my home, my whistling stopped and I furled my brows at the sight of three people waiting at my door.  A man a woman who was holding on to a child. They looked similar to a Japanese family would back on earth, robes and kimonos and all. The man saw me, his eyes widening as he came running over. His hair was tied back in a traditional knot, wearing a blue robe and carrying a wrapped object in his left hand.

“Y-you are Marcus, c-correct?” He tried to be polite, though he was visibly shaking.
“Woah woah, easy there, buddy.” I did my best to try and calm him down. “Whats the rush?”

He cleared his throat, taking a deep breath before bowing his head. “Please, forgive my rudeness... I am Hondo, this is my wife Hitomi and this is my son, Hiro.”. Triple H's, I like that...
“Its a pleasure to meet you.” I gave him a slight bow, not sure if this was correct or not in his culture. “But why are you here? What can I do for you?”.

Hondo took a step backwards, “We heard of a hero who bested a monster in unarmed combat.”.
“I wouldn't really say bested...Or hero for that matter, I'm a mercenary.” I interrupted.

“Of, of course, forgive me.” Hondo started again. “We didn't know what else to do, we've been running for so long... She took everything from us.”.
“Alright, slow down. Who took everything from you?”.

“A tanuki...” He explained. “Her name is Moriko...I...I didn't make enough money to feed my family one month so I took out a loan from her. Though when I tried to pay it back she continued to raise the interest! The next thing I knew we lost our house!”.

“But that wasn't enough!” Hitomi chimed in, her eyes welling with tears. “She said it didn't cover the cost! She wanted our son! We didn't know what else to do! We had to flee!”.

Hondo took over from his wife, “We fled west, but Moriko was always one step behind us! We're tired of running.”

Hondo dropped to his knees, bowing until his nose practically touched the ground and holding up the long wrapped object in his hand. “Please! We don't even want her dead, we just want her out of our lives! We want to start a new life away from it all here! We can't pay you with anything...Anything but this...”.

I looked down at him, swallowing the saliva in my throat. Hesitantly I reached  for the wrapped object, taking it from his hands and unwrapping it. It was a sword, a Katana to be exact. I pulled it away from its ivory coloured sheathe, staring at the steel blade as it shone majestically against the fading lights of the sky. The hilt of the blade had a marking, a family crest by the looks of it. Who knows how many generations this has been passed down.

“Hondo...I-I can't accept this...” I told him, sheathing the blade and wrapping it in its cloth.
“Please! I beg of you! We don't know where else to tur-!”
I crouched down and put my hand on his shoulder, cutting him off.
“Listen, you stay here tonight, she won't even think of looking for you here. I think I know who this Miroki is, I know she's in town. You just leave everything to me.”.

Hondo looked up at me, wiping tears away with his palm. “We are indebted to you forever! Every generation of my family will know your name!”.

“Take it easy.” I laughed. “I'm not going to let her just nab a kid, alright? Stay in doors, make yourselves comfortable, and uh. If a sphinx or a lizard girl or a werewolf comes by. Just stay calm and do your best to explain the situation...”.

I handed Hondo the key and turned away from my house, giving them one final wave before heading back down the hill and back towards town. The Guard post would be my first destination.


Wolfgang sat back in his chair, rubbing the bridge of his nose before looking back at me.
“A Tanuki?” he repeated my explanation of the situation. “You can't be that bright to begin with if you think signing a contract with a Tanuki is a good idea...”.

“I don't want to make a big deal out of this. I'm just going to talk it out like adults and then go our separate ways.”.
“You aren't familiar with a Tanuki, are you?” Wolfgang asked, his brow raised.
“I'll take my chances.”.

He sighed, dragging his hand down his face before shrugging, “Right then.”.
“Tanuki's are usually disguised as normal women.” He explained. “But since the king doesn't have a problem with monsters as long as they behave themselves, she's probably not going to be hard to spot in a crowed.”.

“I already know what she looks like, I walked past her before meeting Hondo and his family.”.

“She's probably going to be at the Inn.” Wolfgang stated, stretching in his chair. “If not there, than the Tavern, not many places for a visitor to be in Bouceroc.”.

I left the guard station behind, making a straight journey towards the tavern the sign from my exploits in the boxing competition still visible up front.
Gunther's eyes lightened up as I entered, he waved me over.
“Friend Marcus! Come in come in! Sit!” he insisted, pointing to a stool with a open hand.
“Sorry buddy.” I said bluntly. “No time for games, I'm here on business.”.
“Oh.” Gunther's tone changed abruptly.  “Then what can I help you with?”.

I looked to my right deeper into the tavern, spotting a family leaf atop of a head at the back of the room. “No need.” I told him, standing up from the stool and heading passed the tables and drinking patrons.

Moriko was sitting at the very back, her feet up on the table and a mug of ale in hand. Her and her body guard spotted me right away, the short balding man standing up to intercept me.
He stood before me, his arms crossed, not saying a word.  I sighed and rolled my eyes.
“Look, buddy.” I started. “Clearly we got off on the wrong foot. I just want to talk to your boss about something, no reason to turn this into a big event. Just...Step aside...And let me through.”.

The man grunted, uncrossing his arms and cracking his knuckles. “I suggest you turn around and walk out that door, weakling...”.

I sighed again, shrugging my shoulders. “If you really want to do it that way.”.
The man lunged forward with a sloppy punch. I dodged to the side, pushing his fist downwards with my left palm and smashing my right elbow into his jaw. He staggered, trying to stand himself up right before my fist smashed into the side of his cheek, sending a tooth through the air and him to the ground.

The tavern erupted in laughter, cheers and claps, but Moriko herself didn't look too happy about it.
“Hm...” she grunted, reaching for a small coin purse from her wooden box and tossing it on top of the downed body guard.
“There's a days pay, you're fired...” she stated bluntly before taking another drink from her mug.

I stepped over the man, moving to her table and twisting around a chair, sitting down and leaning against the back rest.
“Hi, I'm Marcus, how are you?” I greeted.
“Fine, until you floored my former guard at least.”.
“I've come to talk business.”.
“Oh?” Moriko's eyes twitched at the word, pulling her feet from the table and placing her drink down. She leaned in towards me. “What kind of business?”

“I want to talk about Hondo and his family. You've been chasing them for what I guess has been months...”
“A year and a half, actually.”.
“Don't you think its time to just let them go? You've already got their money and home, what more do you want?”.

“Hondo and I made a deal.” Moriko stated, a look of defiance on her face. “He couldn't keep his end so I'm changing the contract. I want a husband, I want to raise his son to be the perfect husband.”.

“That...Is extremely fucked up, actually.” I told her, leaning away from the chair. “There has to be something I can do to make you walk away. I would like to resolve this without any more violence...”.

Moriko glared at me, her frown turning into a smirk. “Are you a gambling man, Mister Marcus?” she asked me.
“I play dice poker here in the tavern every now and then, but that's about it...Why?”.

“Dice poker, huh?” She giggled, bringing her fingers to her mouth and pressing them against each side. “Lets make a deal, mister Marcus... I'll let Honda and his family go if you join me in my inn room for a game of dice poker...”

“...That's it?”

“I'm not done!” Moriko pouted, “If you lose, then you are mine forever. You have to drink a potion that makes you unable to go on without being around me. You will become my body guard, my property, and my slave...”

I winced, those were some heavy terms. But I wasn't going to back down.

“Alright...” I choked. “But I have terms of my own.”.

Moriko raised her brow, “And what terms are those?”.

“If I win, then...Then...” I had to think of it, what could she give me? I didn't want any of her things, nor did I want money. There was only one thing left that she could give me.
“If I win then you are mine for a night.” I made my terms.
Moriko was taken aback. Flustered and caught off guard, she tried to speak.
“Y-yours for a night?” She repeated.
“That's right, for one night I can do anything I want to you.”.

She gulped, her face visibly red. “Fine! Its not like I'm going to lose anyway!” she growled. “I hope you like the taste of feet because that's all you're going to be kissing when I'm done with you!”.

Moriko leaped from her chair, jabbing her palm against my shoulder as she walked passed. I followed after her, the sounds of patrons chuckling under their breaths filling my ears as I left the tavern behind me.

Moriko threw her things in the corner of her room, a rather quaint place for someone with so much profit. It was a single round table with a chair in the corner of the room and a twin sized bed, neatly made at the side. A small, red rug making out the interior of this wooden inn room.

She sighed and tossed the leaf on her head to the side, rummaging through her things until she found a handful of dice and two cups.
“Alright then mister Marcus. Lets get this over with so you can spend the rest of your life obeying my every command.” She stated with confidence.  Moriko sat down on the ground, crossing her legs and waiting for me to take my place across from her.

I unfastened my sword from my side, putting it down on the ground before sitting down myself. Moriko practically threw the cup at me, somehow I think I struck a nerve. I rubbed my eyes, realizing that my future rested in the hands of a more complicated form of Yahtzee.
“I don't think I need to explain the rules, mister Marcus.” Moriko said bluntly. “You may go first.”.

I looked at her, blowing air from my lips before grabbing five dice. With a quick shake of the cup I tossed the dice on to the hardwood floor, rattling until they came to a stop.
“Two pairs.” I stated, putting the four to the side and throwing my spare back into the cup.

Moriko took her dice, shaking them in her cup before staring me straight in the eyes and tossing them down on the floor.
“Two pairs. Looks like we might have a draw...”.
We both took another turn to toss out our last die, each of us getting nothing.
“A draw it is then...”.

The game went back and forth. A pair here, a full house there, five of a kind, four of a kind, a flush, and a whole lot of nothing more than once for both of us. Somehow we managed to stay toe to toe from one another.

“Feeling nervous yet?” Moriko taunted, her sleeve drooping over her hand as she grabbed her dice.
“Not a chance.”  I snapped back, throwing my dice into their cup.

Moriko made her roll, her dice slamming down into the ground with five sixes.
“Oh my, five of a kind.” She laughed.

I gritted my teeth, tossing down my own dice...Nothing...
“That puts me in the lead, doesn't it?” She mocked me with a laugh. “Just two more and you're all mine...”.

I grabbed my dice, rolling them in the cup and tossing them to the ground. Two pairs, good, at least something.
Confidently, Moriko threw down her own dice, three three's and two fours slammed down in front of me.
“A full house!” She giggled. “One more and its over for you, mister Marcus...”

I looked at her smirk, sighing as I reached down. “Don't count me out just yet...” I muttered as I reached down, grabbing the dice she had just dropped on the field.
“Wai-!” she tried to say something but stopped herself. I looked back at her, shrugging my shoulders. “What?”
“N...Nothing...”.

I glared at her before shrugging my shoulders, shaking my cup and dropping the dice down on the ground.
“Hey, look at that!” I laughed, “Six high straight! Man, these must be some lucky...” I froze, staring at the dice, the gears in my head turning. I didn't grab the dice I had on my side of the field, I grabbed her dice in a fit of frustration. The dice that landed a five of a kind, a full house... And now a six high straight. I looked at Moriko, she refused to make eye contact, biting down on her lower lip.

I scooped up the dice in my hand, tossing them up and down before rolling them. Then again, and again, always coming up with a great, if not unbeatable hand...

“You fucking cheat!” I shouted, jumping up from the ground. Moriko yelped, crawling backwards on the ground until her back smashed against her night stand.
“I-I-I can explain!” She cried, throwing up her hands to shield herself from me.
“You were trying to fucking play me!?” I roared, “Then you were going to pump me up with that demon shit, weren't you!”.

“Nononononono! Its not like that!” She pleaded. “Okay its exactly like that, but I had good reasons, but I just don't know what those good reasons are right now- please don't hurt me!”.

I was furious, my teeth grinding together, I wanted to pull her limb from limb. Until I realized one little detail.
“You...Cheated...” I started.
“Y-yes?” She squeaked silently.
“And you. Got. Caught.”
“Y-...Yes?”.
“That means you're disqualified.”
“...”.
“That means. I won.”.

I looked down at her, my furious scowl turning into a devilish grin. Moriko's eyes widened, her ears slouching down against her hair.  She quickly stood up, trying to dance past me.
“Heehee, yeah I guess I did! Well, I guess I'll just go now, you can get in touch with my agents and claim your piz-heee!”
I caught her by the tail, pulling her back and tossing her to the other side of the room, away from the door. She grabbed her tail, looking up at me with pouty eyes as she blew on the area my hand had gripped on to. Her features had changes significantly over the course of our little outburst. Her eyes seemed less sunken in, now complimenting her young face rather well. The change from the constant frown and narrowed  eyes did wonders to her face, like a young woman had just leaped out of the shell of a cracked older hag.

“Jeez, fine...” She pouted, dropping her tail from her hands. “A deal's a deal, I'm all yours.”
“Is it really that bad for you?” I asked, sitting down on the bed.
“No, not really...” She looked up at me, puffing up her cheeks. “I just hate losing.”.

Moriko turned away, pulling at the sash that held her kimono together. When it loosened she moved her hands up her shoulder, pressing her fingers against the fabric and pushing them against her skin. Her kimono hung down her arms, Moriko looked back at me over her shoulders with sultry eyes, unbinding her cloth and letting them drop to the ground, leaving her in nothing but a pair of blue striped panties.

She kicked her slippers away, turning around with her hands covering her chest. While biting her lips, she slowly revealed her body fully to me, a visibly fit stomach and two, small, A cup breasts that rested contently against her chest.

She looked away, her hand rubbing her other arm. “Sorry it isn't much of a prize...” She mumbled in defeat.
“Not at all...” I objected. “You're actually really cute when you aren't always scowling and glaring.”.

Moriko's ears straightened, her tail wagging back and forth excitedly for a second at my words. “R-really?” She mumbled with a small smile. With a new wave of confidence, she stepped forward, reaching up and pressing her hands against my shoulders until I complied and sat down on the bed.

She moved in between my legs, plumping down against my lap and throwing up her legs on my other lap.
“A deals a deal.” She repeated her words from earlier, throwing her arms around my neck to hold herself up. “I'm yours for the entire night...”.

I wasted no time claiming my prize, With my hands under her knees and the other against her back, I lifted Moriko from my lap and plopped her on to the bed below. She tensed her body, bringing her hands up against her chest and pressing her legs together while she looked to the side.

Gently, I grabbed both her wrists and pulled them apart, pushing my leg in between hers until I pinned her to the bed. I moved in closer, the sweet smell of hazelnut suddenly filling my nostrils as I got closer to her skin. Moriko suddenly squeaked as soon as my tongue touched her body, I licked up her rib cage, moving up her body and tasting her breast and her nipple until I reached her collar bone.

Moriko gasped, arching her back forward with every movement of my tongue. Her hands gripped the sheets of the bed as I pressed my mouth against her breast, toying and playing with her skin with the use of my tongue. Moriko was not shy to touching, she grabbed a hold to my hand on her left and guided it to her chest, pressing my hand against her firmly. I complied and rubbed my hand against her breast, having long forgotten how I ended up in this situation to begin with. My hand began to trail, my fingers brushing against her stomach and finding their way to her panties, pushing under the fabric of her underwear.

The Tanuki girl yelped as my fingers pressed against her, toying and fondling her folds. She began to moan sweet little moans, her voice turning from the harsh and commanding tone to a more gentle and girlish one.
“H-hey!” She whimpered. “Not so harsh!”.

Moriko pushed against me, sitting up and wrapping her fingers around my arm. I moved around her until I sat behind her, pulling her between my legs and pressing my chest against her back. My hand refused to let up even with her resistance until she finally relented herself, throwing her head upwards and leaning against me, her moans turning into desperate gasps.

“S-stop! Please!” Moriko begged, pressing her fingers against her lips. She writhed and squirmed against both the bed and myself as I continued to play with her, fondling her body with one hand and pushing my fingers inside her with the other. I kissed both her shoulders and neck gently, losing myself in the passion and smells of it all. Soon, Moriko ceased her resistance, pulling her arms away from mine and wrapping them behind her and around my neck. She  continued to writhe and push against my hand, her moans turning into loud yelps.

“I'm going to....” She resisted, biting down her teeth and arching until she was standing on the balls of her feet. She curled her toes and let out a long howl into the air. My hand was suddenly drenched in her juices, Moriko's breath frantic while she rested against me, her hands pressed against her cheeks.
“Not much to set you off, huh?” I joked, leaning back against the bed. Moriko swung her head around, giving me a look of defiance as she pouted her lips.

“You caught me off guard, is all!” Moriko cried, pulling herself away and turning to face me. She crawled over me, her face inches away from mine with a look of determination on it. Her eyes started to trail down, then back up to me, her frown turning into a smirk.

“My turn~.” She whispered, kissing me once on the cheek and once on the lips. She trailed down my body until she reached my jeans, a puzzling look her face. I went to try and help her, only for her to stop my hands with a quick slap. With another glare she reached for my jeans, tilting the button downwards with her finger and pushing it through the hole, and then grabbing on to the zipper. Carefully she tugged on it to no effect, finally pulling it up and then downwards, loosening its grip on my torso.

It was almost like she wanted to cheer, but instead her smile just grew wider. She sat up, grabbing on to my jeans and pulling them off my legs rather expertly. She pulled back my underwear, letting my dick jump up like a spring, much to her amusement.
“Had a lot of fun with my body, didn't you?” She asked me, wrapping a hand around the base. She pulled it towards herself, hovering over it before gently pressing her tongue against the tip. Her touch sent sparks through my entire body, my skin heating up with every action she made. Moriko wrapped her lips around the head of my cock, stroking it firmly with her hands and playing with the top with her tongue.

I felt a tingle course through my muscles, my limbs going limb as they coursed with pleasure. I could feel my brain practical melt in my skull, lying my head against the pillows of the bed with a stupid grin on my face with the occasional “Heh...Heh...” chuckles leaving my lips. Moriko used her mouth expertly, taking the shaft into her mouth with my cock resting firmly against her tongue. She noticed my reaction to her mastery of fellatio, her tail beginning to wag back and forth excitedly. She began to move her hips from left to right seductively, pushing me deep into her throat with every movement. Moriko finally pulled away, continuing to stroke me with her hand and lick down the base gently.

“Does that feel good?” She asked with a giggle, already knowing the answer. I answered with a lazy nod and a “Uh huh.” Like a dumb struck caveman.  She gave it another good lick, dragging her tongue up the base and the head before pulling away. I almost protested, stopping myself from reaching my arms forward and pulling her back. She crawled over me, giving my chin a little kiss and turning her body around, revealing herself to me. She once again took my member in her hands, toying the tip with her tongue and taking it in her mouth once more and once again sending me to paradise.

I did my best not to fall into another stupor, keeping myself occupied by rubbing her legs. Her tail wagged back and forth happily, I looked at it, almost hypnotized, and reached forward. I touched fluffy tail, petting and stroking it gently in my hands, the fur felt good against my fingers, well kept brown fuzz obviously taken care with some form of shampoo. I felt her shake against me with each stroke of her tail, obviously stimulating her. I continued to play with it, sitting up straighter to get a good view of her pussy, still dripping from my fingers earlier. I gave it a slow lick, spreading the folds slightly with my tongue, enough to send shivers through her body.

Moriko began to man and gyrate against me until she finally gave in, pulling my cock out of her mouth and moaning loudly. She continued to stroke me as best she could until she lost the strength in her legs, falling down against my stomach. I was winded for a second, regaining my breath and moving away from her sweet folds. I placed both my hands against her hips, pushing against them until Moriko complied and moved her body until she was sitting up, hovering over my bulging erection.

Moriko looked down, her breath still frantic. She reached for my cock and took it in her hands, guiding it towards her as I slowly lowered her down on it. Her body resisted every step of the way, even with the wetness that had lubricated her inside. Moriko bit down on her lower lip as the head began to spread her lips apart, the walls pushing against me and almost denying entry.

“M-Marus!” She stammered, her breath made out of yelps. “Its too big!”.
I had to admit, this was a major boost to my self esteem, but still I pressed forward. I sat up and wrapped my arms around her, toying and tweaking her nipples playfully while I kissed her shoulder and neck. Her breaths became panicked as I forced deeper into her until I finally breached, sliding inside her to the sounds of her screams.


Her eyes were wide, staring off towards the ceiling with her mouth agape. Moriko was suddenly brought back to reality as I began to thrust inside her as gently as I could manage despite the vicious hugging of her walls. Each movement of my pelvis was met with a loud moan from Moriko as she fought against my hold around her. I refused to let go, playing with her beautiful body while I lost myself in her warmth. I could feel her tail brush against my chin, catching it in my mouth and biting down playfully with a small tug. She continued to resist and push against my grip, trying to push away from my thrusting and pry her tail from my mouth.

“Please stop!” She pleaded with me, covering her eyes behind her hands. “I can't take it anymore!”

I stopped biting her tail, leaving a trail of kissing from her back to her shoulder to her neck and finally her cheek until my mouth rested beside one of her twitching tanuki ears.
“A deal's a deal.” I whispered before nibbling on the tip of her ear. Moriko wailed and fidgeting in my grip, finally prying herself from my grip and falling on to her hands.

I pulled my legs out from under her, positioning myself behind her and thrusting deeply and lovingly into her overflowing pussy. She continued to moan and grit her teeth with every thrust but no longer tried to pull away, burying her head into the sheets and biting down on her blanket. In time she began to match my movements, slamming her hips against me with each thrust. She once again positioned herself upright, her moans loud and ecstatic. Her hand trail down her own body, pressing down and rubbing her clitoris lovingly with each thrust.

I could feel my own body giving up however, the pressure in my groin growing more and more prominent with each and every thrust. I leaned over her, wrapping my arms around her stomach in the process. She held herself up on her knees as best she could, pressing her arms against mine and rubbing her head against me.

Her moans turned into loud yelps as I thrust harder and faster inside her, my body felt like it was on fire. And then finally my legs began to tumble and twitch, my resistance having finally given out and I exploded inside her, trying my best not to let out a moan myself. Moriko cried out, twitching and fidgeting against the bed as I poured everything I had inside her. Her cries soon turned into high pitch whimpers, her tail going limp and her legs giving out.

I fell over to my side, narrowly dropping off the bed in the process. To save face, I sat up sitting on the side of the bed and doing my best to regain my composure. Moriko herself crawled across the bed and dropped herself against a pillow, rubbing her hands up and down the opposite arm and grinding against the mattress.

I didn't know how she would react to what had happened, though she seemed to be enjoying herself this was technically all against her will. Not wanting to anger the Tanuki any further I went to stand up and leave, not wanting to over stay my welcome.

“Where do you think you're going?” Moriko asked. I turned back to her, having bundled herself in the beds blanket, an angry look in her eyes.

“Uh...” I coughed. “I didn't think you would want me around after that...”.

“Tsk.” She clicked her tongue. “You're really stupid, you know that? The deal was “All night.” if I recall?”.

“Y-yeah?”

Moriko raised her blanket, “Get in here...” she ordered. I complied, pulling my legs back over the bed and sitting against the back. Moriko pushed her hands under my hoodie, pulling it off in the progress and tossing it off the side of the bed. She eased me in, having me slide down the bed until my head pressed against one of the pillows before she pulled her blanket up over me as well and cuddled up against my side.

She reached around and grabbed on to my arm, pulling it over herself and nuzzling her head against my chest, taking in a deep, satisfied breath.
“I'm sorry...” She muttered under he breath.
“What was that?”.
“I'm.” She coughed, speaking up. “I'm sorry...”

Moriko's eyes trailed off to the side as she spoke, “I didn't mean for it to get so out of hand...I was just so tired of being alone...”
“So you tried to take someones kid?”.
“I stopped thinking straight!” She protested. “It just seemed like such a good idea with all the thoughts and desires going through my head...I guess no matter how much of a business woman you try and make yourself out to be, no matter how much time you put into your jobs and your profits. Deep down you're still just a monster...”.

“Hey... Come on.” I tried to reassure her, giving her a squeeze with my arm. “Every problem has its solutions. You haven't done anything yet that can't be reverted.”.

“You think so?” Moriko asked, looking up at me with those big golden eyes.
“Come on, all we have to do is apologize to Hondo and find a solution. Maybe a renegotiation if he hasn't already paid off the original amount.”.

“Yeah...” Moriko whispered. “Maybe...”.

“You obviously want to be a good person.” I said to her. “There’s absolutely no reason why you can't change.”.

“Person?” Her eyes widened and began to sparkle. She giggled and rested her head on my chest. “I kind of wish you didn't catch on to me cheating. Then I could have you all to myself...”.

I stroked her ears until I heard the familiar light breaths of sleep, using that as a indication to doze off myself.

-
“Please forgive me!” Moriko was on her knees, bowing low enough that her forehead was grinding into the dirt.  “I wasn't thinking straight! I was being brash and running on emotions!”.

I stood back with my arms crossed, leaning against one of my porches support beams. Though I myself thought she was going a bit over board with the apology, but if it gets the weight off her chest, then whatever.

Hondo and his family were dumb struck, staring at her and at each other in disbelief until he managed to find the words to speak.

“P-please stand up!” Said Hondo, bringing his hands up like he wanted to help her stand. “I accept your apology but I was the one who took that outrageous loan in the first place!”.  Was everyone from the east so polite?

“I'll give you back your property and everything!” Moriko announced as she jumped back to her feet. “I don't even want your baby anymore!”.

“Well, actually...” Hondo let his eyes wander off in the distance. “We decided to stay here.”

“Really?” Both Moriko and I asked at the same time.
 “The reason we took the loan to begin with is because there was no work in Zipangu.” Hitomi, Hondo's wife, explained. “Here we can at least get by on farm work, find a new place to call our own and restart our lives.”.

“Oh...Well...” Moriko locked her hands behind her back and kicked up a little dirt with her sandal. “Then I guess this is goodbye then?”.

Hondo nodded, walking past us with his family behind him. He looked back at me and smiled.
“I owe you much, my friend.” he told me with a bow.

“Its alright, I wasn't going to leave you high and dry.”.
“But to stand up for complete strangers like you did. If only more people were half as brave as you!”.

I waved the three off, the Hondo family marching down the road towards Bouceroc.  With them gone I turned back to Moriko.
“And what about you?” I asked her.

Moriko's ears fell down against her head. “I have to go back to Zipangu...At least for the time being.
“Oh...” I jumped at her answer, trying my best to hide my disappointment. Sure she was a manipulating monster who used money to control men, but she was trying to not be a manipulating monster who used money to control men...

“Then I guess this is good bye, then.”

Moriko smiled, wagging her finger as to beckon me to crouch down. I bent over slightly and received a small kiss on the lips and fluttering eyes from Moriko.

“For now~.” She reassured me before turning away and walking down the road. As she reached my fence she turned back to me once more, waving up at me one final time before making her way east.

I watched her until I couldn't see her in the horizon, sighing to myself and turning back to go inside.
I sat down on my couch and stretched, feeling the knots in my back crack. Today was going to be my day off, maybe someone will visit, maybe not. But for the most part today I'm just going to lounge around.

Or at least I thought. I heard a knock on the door, a loud, banging knock. Must be Wolfgang with enough job...

“Quit banging so fucking hard, I'm coming!” I yelled at the door.

I swung the door open, ready to give Wolfgang a good, stern, mocking. “Alright old man, what do you wa-”.

I froze, my eyes widening in horror as a different figure stood before me. A familiar giant imposed himself at my door step, his eyes staring down at me from behind his shouting helmet.

“You're a merc, aren't you?” he asked bluntly, the head of his axe resting against the ground. I could do nothing but nod, taking a step back from the door. Emperor Tiberius Crom has come to pay me a visit, once again not being tailed by a personal guard or cohort.

“Good...Lets talk business...”.