MG roulette (Ryu)

I started my morning eating cereal and watching a topical news show on the kitchen TV. The news program was being hosted by 3 people seated around a desk, a middle aged man and woman, along with another woman that was younger than the first.

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“Welcome to the Morning topic, I'm Steven Kyle, as usual with me are Penny Davis and Amy Blair”. The host introduced himself as the other two nodded in acknowledgement of their respective names. “Today our main story is the continued rise of mysterious women appearing around the smaller parts of London and how it is effecting our city. Amy here will do most of the talking as she is the one with the most knowledge on this subject.”

The older woman frowned “Mysterious? More like a whole bunch of girls focused on a new craze of costumes.”

Steven rose a eyebrow. “Costumed girls, Penny?”

She nodded and responded. “There is nothing special about this and I don't see why this is so important. Do you really expect me to believe that these women aren't human?”

“Haven't you seen any of them?” The younger lady, Amy, chose this time to speak up. “Didn't you see the video of that fashion show that when Viral?”

Penny's frown only got even deeper. “Ah yes, the Julie smith breakdown, that farce with those three actors and special effects to destroy that poor woman's lively hood.”

“Farce!?” Steven was shocked. “Did you not see what she did to that man? What she tried to do to him after her blackmail was exposed? And what effects do you know that could to that? About 20 plus angles of camera veiws that were there will disagree!”

Penny didn't react to her co-host's outburst and calmly replied. “Do I need to remind you that it was on a stage? The whole event could just be one well planed attack on her. I don't care what was on those videos, those women are actors, this is simply a fad that these women are going through, there is no way you can prove to me that its paranormal, that what happened to Miss Smith was nothing but cruel and that Miss Rose should be ashamed for her involvement in it all.” she finished sternly.

A uncomfortable silence fell on the room as both Steven and penny stared each over in the eye in disapproval.

“...Um... getting back on topic.” Amy said nervously. “Outside of the twin greens incident there have been other viewings. One particular sighting involved a duel in a local park between a man and a woman who apparently had red lizard scaled limbs and a tail that was on fire.” her eye's turned to a paper in her hands “What's more, the fire grew in intensity as the fight carried on. Since then, they've been fighting at the same part weekly.”

Amy looked up to the faces of the other hosts. Unlike most times on the show, penny didn't look like she was going to be part of the conversation. Steven on the other hand was fully invested. “Does anyone know why they are fighting?” he asked.

The young host's eyes returned to her notes “According to a unnamed source, the woman's name is Lara and her she is apparently a salamander, they enjoy fighting and she's simply spending time sparing with her fiancée.”

“Interesting.” Steven said as he took out a note pad and pen. “Are there other sightings?”

Amy looked like she was questioning Steven's actions but continued. “Well there is a large bi-monthly pub crawl/ drinking party led by a tall red woman known as `Oni`. They Invite all they can on drinking runs. Its only recently that they've managed in reduce the property damage they cause.

“I see I see.” The male host muttered as he wrote something down. “And do you know why these women appear?”

“Well not why but I do know how from what I've heard, single males from 16 and up receive a e-mail named `MG roulette` or something like that and clicking on the like it supplies will `summon` one of these weird women. The creature the woman is based on is apparently random, gaining the best example of `results may vary`.

“And is there anyway to apply with for this?” Steven asked.

At this penny exploded. “You cannot be seriously buying this! I cant believe you!” she was trembling with rage. “That is it! I'm through entertaining this bullshit! You can sit here and imagine having some confused little bitch of a girl that's stuck cat ears on herself and told herself she's not human, but I will have no part of the ridiculous rubbish! Call me when this is over and we get back to topics worth researching!” And with that, penny rose from her seat and stormed out of the studio. Leaving the other two in awkward silence.

Amy cleared her throat and chuckled nervously “Um... to answer your question all people are chosen at random. There is no way to request one.”

Steven visibly deflated and looked somewhat disappointed, but still wrote town on his notepad. “Oh well, worth a shot.” he half mumbled to himself as he finished taking notes and put the pad away. He then turned to the camera “Seeing as this is going to be a subject for quite some time, I doubt we will see Penny again for a while, so I would like to apologise on her behalf for her outburst and pre watershed language.” he looked to Amy who looked lost on what to do. “Well then Amy, I think we might have to wrap this up a little early today seeing as Penny was meant to lead the next 2 subjects.”

Amy snapped back to attention. “Actually, I got notes and info on the other subjects here” she said as she held up her papers. “I'm sure we could salvage today's show.”

Impressed by the improvised backup plan Steven nodded in appreciation and turned his view back to the camera “Well things will be somewhat different today, but join us after the break for info in the our next topic.”

The shows theme music kicked in as Steven got up and walked to Amy's side of the desk and they started to go through the notes together.
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As the show when into a ad break my attention drifted from the TV to my laptop. I wondered to myself if I was one of the people `Chosen` to be a part of this, but being a single man cant be the only thing can it? And what of the women involved? Are the really Inhuman like they said?

I opened my e-mail and was surprised when I found the email in my outlook. After watching the video, my curiosity shot thought the roof, what would this woman look like and would it be like the events the show mentioned? the whole thing hadn't really hit around my parts or if it didn't know about it. So maybe I could be start it of in my neighbourhood, that would be interesting.

So seeing that I had nothing to lose I gave the button a click.

*RYU*

While I was wondering what kind of woman a ryu is and when will they appear would appear the sky out side darkened as a sudden rainfall started which was weird as the weather was supposed to be sunny all week. Then there was a blinding flash as lightning struck my garden! The flash along with the deafening noise of the thunder startled me and knocked me to the floor as the doors leading to the garden blew open, luckily the glass didn't break.

Slowly stood up as I regained my senses, looking outside I noticed that the rain had stopped as fast as it had started and that there was someone I my garden. Stumbling in to my garden to take a closer look, I realised that it was a beautiful woman with long pale blue hair that reached down her back and dressed in a light green robe pacing back and forth and muttering to herself. Then I saw that she was floating instead of walking.

It was clear to me that this woman was not human. While her face and body was human as far as I could see, there were horns growing out her head, she had scales for arms and In stead of legs she had a long green scaled tail. In all, she looked part woman, part eastern dragon.

While she is a amazing sight I might as well get started I decided to call out to her as she hadn't noticed me. “Er...Hello?”

The dragon woman came to a halt and slowly turned her head to look at me. Her face hand a grace full smile on it as she looked me over with golden eyes. “Greetings human, are you the one who responded to the e-mail?” for having such a grand appearance she was also soft spoken.

“If your name is Ryu then yeah I did.” I said. I did not expect her reaction to be giggling. “Did I say something funny?” I asked with a raised eyebrow.

“No, it's just that is the name of our kind, not myself.” she in formed me.

“Oh, sorry. The E-mail result only really puts up one word.”

“Don't be, Its not like you would have known otherwise.” she replied as she got closer to me. “I go by Kozui, once again it is a pleasure to meet you.” she gave a small bow.

Well she seemed nice enough, certainly polite at least, maybe I cold make something of this. “Likewise, come inside, we can talk over a drink or something.” I turned and walk back into my house and gestured her to follow me, she seated herself in the living room on the sofa as best as she could while I brewed a pair of mugs and came in to see Kozui gazing around the room in wonder. I gave her a mug and I and down myself on a chair. She simply held the mug in her claws, must be heat resistant or something.

“You know, you kinda gave me a little fright with the lightning and all.” I told her

Her cheeks grew a little red. “Um... my apologies, we usually use the clouds and lighting to get to places and where I come from people are so used to it they don't really get scared.”

“Must be cool to actually control lightning like that.” I commented.

“Actually our kind has dominion over the rain and clouds, we have no true control over lightning.” she corrected me as she took a sip of her tea. That already serene smile of hers grew brighter. “This is a fine drink, what's in it?”

“Its just peppermint. Have you had herbal tea before?” I asked with a raised eyebrow.

“Not peppermint, mother and sister are strict with food and drink at the temple.” the smile had faded into a kinda neutral face

“Really?” I was actually quite curious. “Why?”

Kozui sighed. “Because its tradition, status and manner are all to ones such as us. There is little to do other then maintain the shrine.” She took another sip of her tea and her shoulders slumped as she took in the flavour.

“I thought you said you use the clouds to travel and have met humans before?”

Her face had fallen to a full frown at this point. “They are never there to see me, people come to the shrine to see mother for the rainfall seasons and together with my sister receive gifts and offerings. I, along with the maidens are told to just `smile and wave`.” she finished with her tone being a little bitter.

“Well that sounds annoying. Cant you just explore the town on your own or some thing?” I asked.

She huffed as she sat up, the tip of her tail was started twitching. “Mother would never allow it. As she would say `One must be a proper lady at all times`.” she quoted her mother in a high pitch, mocking tone. “So I'm subjected to the same set meals and lessons day after day without change and it is... well... displeasing to me.”

“And what about your sister, why is she treated differently?”

There was a sense of dignity in her tone that was slowly leaving her as the conversation when on. Even then her way of speech and her actions were still soft. So I was a little taken aback by the loud unladylike snort she just did. “She's next in line to inherit the temple as the next local `goddess of the rain` she pretty much basks in the attention that mother and those foolish farmers give her, if you ask me she's just mommy's stuck up little-” she stopped herself from ranting as she had seen the look of surprise on my face. Her face reddened in embarrassment and she hid the lower half behind the tip of her tail.

“Um... you okay there Kozui?” I asked with concern.

“I am sorry” She was trying (and failing) to regain that upstanding tone of hers, I found it charming. “Its just I don't talk about my feelings that often and mother tends to not listen. It's part of why I used the sages game.”

“To escape your mother and explore?”

“Not just that, I... just wanted someone to talk to on the same level.” she stuttered out.

“What do you mean on your level?”

“Where I come from I am lady Kozui, its all people call me, its all people treat me as, but with no future as temple goddess I am not that important in the grand scheme of things, everybody talks and acts towards me like I'm a expensive doll and I'm told I am meant to accept that.”

The then stared into my eye's “But here... here I'm simply `Kozui` I'm just a woman that can make friends and eat new and weird foods without my status blocking it, And maybe something more...” she blushed as her speech drifted off and she returned to her tea. “Okay, I may not be `just a woman` being what I am, but you wouldn't mind me getting to know you more... right?

“Sounds good to me.” I replied.

“Really?” she asked nervously.

“Well I think you will be fun to hang out with and I'd would like to talk to you more.”

Her face lit up like a sunrise. “Thank you!” the put the mug down, came over to me and hugged me tight with her hands around my neck.

I thought it was best to return thee sentiment so I put my arms around her only to feel something odd on her lower back. Feeling around, I found the odd object and tapped on it.

Still in my arms, the Ryu gave a yelp like a little girl and started to squirm. “That's... no!”

I paid no attention to that and sated to rub the strange thing, it felt like the rest of her scales, only out of place.

“Please stop doing that...I...” Kozui moaned into my ear, her breathing was starting to get heavy and her arms started to weakly flail about. I on the other hand was so fixated on my curiosity and solving what this weird scale was that I I forgot I was messing with someone's body and thought it just maybe needed to be just pushed down back in place, so I pressed hard on it.

May be I should not have done that, as her moans had turned into feral growl.

In the next moment, I was being thrown to the floor from my chair and was about to sit up before two green claws pinned me me down and a tail was hastily wrapping around my legs, immobilizing me as I was stared down by my apparent captor. Her face was flushed red, her eyes were glazed over and the grin she was giving me was predatory.

She leaned in and took a long sniff that look like it sent shivers down her whole body. “Ah!, so nice! The smell is so strong... So manly! I want it...I need it!” her whole body was squirming with some weird kind of delight and with me being wrapped up in it, I felt the rubbing of smooth scales all over me.

“What the hell! What's wrong with-” I was silenced by Kozui kissing me deeply on the lips. When we parted started to grope at my shirt. She looked like a frenzied beast that could not be reasoned with.

“You… I want you... now!” she all but screamed as she returned to kissing me and tore my shirt off.

(Several hours later)

It was lucky I didn't have to do anything important to do, as I was only late at night did Kozui return to her senses and stopped her ferocious intimacy. Even so, she had not released her embrace and was repeatedly telling me that she was sorry. After about a minute or so it was getting so frustrating so I wrestled a hand free and covered her mouth with it.

“First of all, please let me up.” Kozui nodded and slowly unwrapped herself from me, allowing me to stand up. I tried to ignore the fact that she had discarded her robe and my clothes where in shreds “Do you mind explaining what that was all about?”

The Ryu's face was trying to invent a new shade of red with her embarrassment. She turned her back to me and pointed at her back, show where skin ended and sale began, just below that was a oddly shaped scale, this was probably what I felt earlier. “This Is my reverse scale, when somebody touches it... well...” she hid her face in her clawed hands.

Oh! I get it now. “Then I should be the one apologizing then.”

She faced me in shock. “What!? But I was the one who-”

“Tell me.” I cut her off. “Would you have done that if I hadn't touched it?” I asked her.

She shook her head “Not like that.”

“Then I am the one to blame. Besides, I cant say I didn't completely dislike the experience.” she seemed to lighten up at that. “Right, now that's settled for now, we can eat after we clean up. After that I want to sleep. We will talk more about this in the morning.” I told her and she nodded in agreement. We spent the remainder of the night pleasantly talking about trivial things, mostly about what things in the house do to feed her curiosity .

(Next morning)

Kozui and I where preparing to eat breakfast, I was showing her things in the fridge she might like to eat. We had already agreed that the events of yesterday will be put aside as a `semi-happy accident`. I had also told her to loosen up a little and be happy expressing her feelings.

“Apple pie? What is a pie?” she asked curiously looking on a fridge shelf.

“You seriously cannot be that sheltered when it comes to food.” I told her.

Kozui rolled her eyes. “Didn't I tell you? Mother was strict with meals, the majority of what I eat is bread, rice and beef along with the meat and fruit offerings from the farmers. Other things where not worth knowing as `a proper lady should never eat such things. Simple meals are all that one needs`” There was that mocking tone again. She must really like imitating her mum.

“Well you can try some later. For now. I'll make egg and bacon for us.”

As we ate our food at the table. I could not help but stare at her as she enjoyed her food like a kid with a happy meal. She had the most beautiful smile, witch only got better when she didn't need to keep up appearances. Or that cute questioning look she had when she nibbled the toast and then was happily comping down on it after finding she liked the taste.

My thoughts drifted to our time yesterday when she first showed up, about how she wanted to get away from her mother. That brought up a worrying thought.

“Kozui.” I spoke out loud to gain her attention.

“Hmm?” she looked up at me while munching on some more toast.

“Does you mother even know you signed up for this?” I asked.

Her face grew red and she refused to look me in the eye. “Uh...” she was trying to find a good answer “No, but don't worry, its not like she could follow me here!”

As if on some sort of cue, the sky's outside darkened and a downpour of rain followed with thunder and lightning. Fierce winds forcibly opened the garden doors and I could hear... roaring?

In another show of true unladylike behaviour, Kozui shouted “Oh for fu-”

Like the appearance of Kozui yesterday there was a lightning strike, only this time I was seated so it didn't effect me as much. After regaining my sight from the flash, I immediately walked out to the garden. Unlike last time, the sudden storm was clearing up slower.

In the garden was what I could best describe as a older Kozui. The major differences being the embroidery on her robes and the fact that her hair was pulled into three long braids. Her face held the same beauty and grace that Kozui does, only that it came with a imposing sternness.

The new Ryu and I stared each other down for some time before I spoke “Um...Hi?”

Her response was a huff. “I know not who you are human, but I am here for only one thing, Kozui!” she went into a shout with voice that almost made the floor rumble as she looked at the house. “I know you are here, present your self in front of me this instant young lady!”

The Ryu in question slowly drifted to the garden and look sheepish “Hello mother...”

Oh joy, one day with the girl and now her mother shows up. I hoped this won't be a problem.

“Do you realise how much trouble your in now young lady? Didn't tell you that you are not to leave the temple grounds without me and here I find you, lazing about with some fool while you duties and lessons stand neglected.” The older Ryu said in a level tone, but the anger was clear.

“He is not `some fool` mother! he is a kind soul who I wish to spend time with! And why does it matter if I'm not there.” Kozui sounded as offended as I was about being named a fool.

“We talked about this, Kozui.” her mother said with a sigh. “While Ameko will be the one to inherit the rites as goddess you are still to uphold the style of a proper lady. Staying here with this man will not be beneficial to you.”

"But I want to know people outside the farmers and priests, look at this place, I could learn a lot more then than the temple."

"I can a arrange for a scholar to teach you more about the was of others, you need not stay here. We shall return come along now." the mother Ryu turned away."

"No"

Kozui's mother froze in place and turned back slowly to look at her daughter. "What did you say young lady?"

"I said no mother! I wish to stay hear right with him" Kozui declared as she moved closer to me.

"I will here no more of this! My daughter will act as the proper lady she is meant to-.

“I am sick of this `proper lady` stupidity!" Kozui's outburst shocked and silenced her mother "Day after day its the same thing, lessons on etiquette, rice and beef for dinner and not being allowed to go beyond the temple gates and if we do is brief visits to the same village! I did this because I wanted change!” she then held on to my arm. “This man is a potential husband! I may have been only a day, but I have grown to be... fond of him.” her cheeks reddened as she finished.

The mother looked at her in silence for a while then turned her gaze to me. “And you young man. What do you think of my daughter?” she asked with a raised eyebrow.

“She's got enough curiosity to match her beauty and politeness. She's fun to have around and I don't think I will ever get bored with her.” I said honestly.

The mother put a claw to her chin and close her eyes in thought while Kozui and I looked at each over in worry. After a minute or two she opened them and said “I have decided. You shall stay with this man on two conditions.” She turned fully to me. “What is you profession, young man?”

“I don't have a job.” I answered honestly.

This for some reason only made her smile “Then I shall give you one, as of this moment you will work for me. I will have one of my attendants arrive and we shall discuss this later. And as for the second. Kozui.” she turned to her daughter. “You are to help him in this while learning about the ways of this land.”

"It appears I may have been a little too strict with our lifestyle of the last few years if you shouted at me like that. I also need to sit down with you and your sister, the three of us should have a long talk.”

The younger Ryu squeaked in happiness and hugged her mother “Thank you mother! Thank so much!” her mother did little but return the embrace.

When they separated, the mother looked at the me. “There is still time before I return to the temple, tell me, is there any tea in this land?”

Kozui spoke up “There is a herbal tear called `peppermint` I shall make some for you!” she said as she excitedly rushed inside, I hoped after seeing the kettle used twice she knew how to use it right.

With Kozui gone, her mother turned to me. “It is pleasing to see that you like my daughter beyond sex.”

“Wait what how-” I babbled off until she put a hand up to silence me.

“Do not worry about how I know, she is a strong girl and the fact that she is happy with you is the only reason I'm not tacking her back to the temple.” her expression be came frighteningly cold as she floated towards me. “I Will warn you now, break my daughters heart and the people of this land will speak tales of how one man was subjected to floods, lighting strikes, storms and one. Very. Enraged. Ryu! Do I make myself clear?” she ended when she was right in my face.

“Very.”

She pulled back as the tension evaporated. “Excellent! Now then, let me try this peppermint tea, it is as good a time as any to try something new.” she said as she went inside my house. I simply followed her in, worrying what was in store for me in the future.

On a side note, I thought to myself if her life was so strict, how did Kozui learn to act any other way?