Chapter 14:Warning: Language, and some surprises inside...No one ever says anything about the SatocestThe sun was fading into the horizon, as groups of shewolves were gathering at the food tent for dinner. Almost everyone was there, stuffing their faces, as it was an abnormally warm day, making everyone a bit hungrier than normal. Yuka was still looking for her student, but hasn’t seen her since she ran off.
“Where is that pup?” She voiced aloud, as she scanned all the faces happily eating around her. Her searching came to a halt, as she felt a hand on her shoulder. Looking behind her, she saw her two advisers behind her. “Have you two seen Jurina anywhere?”
“No I haven’t seen the brat since she kissed me earlier. But that’s not why I came over here. I noticed something about her when I did see her though. She looked like she had been bathing in dirt.” The elder Sato mused. “And then it came to me. You two were training even after I requested that you didn’t do it. Are you two stupid or just stubborn?”
Yuka tried to think of an excuse, but she was unable to do so. She was stuck being scolded, and when she looked over at Kumi for help, the girl was giving her a knowing look, her words from before echoing in her head.
‘Don’t come whining to me when you get in trouble.’
Noticing the glance, Mieko looked over at the young girl. Just as she was about to question her involvement with the two idiots, nose caught a new scent she had a bewildered look at her face for a moment and a wide grin spread on her face. “I was going to scold you too, Kumi-san. But I simply can’t find it in me to do so now. But I will say one thing before I leave you two alone.” Leaning in so that only the two bondmates could hear her, she whispered, “Congratulations.”
Seeing the two looks of confusion, she chuckled before leaving them alone. Seira was frowning, as she missed out of what her sister said to them. Mieko whispered something to her, got the same look as Meiko but she looked back at the still confused couple, before throwing a thumbs up at them.
“That was odd. What was that about?” Kumi asked, as she lifted a spoon of food to her mouth.
“I’m just as confused as you are.” Yuka shrugged, continuing with her own eating. A few more wolves stopped by and repeated Mieko’s words to them, a few of them nudging Yuka and laughing before continuing on.
“What the hell?” The Caravan Leader wondered again, the words of praise was coming more and more, and she was getting a bit irritated.
Miyuki and Sayaka joined up with them a few moments later, the shewolf carrying a tray of food for the both of them, leaving Miyuki to sit down happily and wait to be served. “How come more and more people keep coming over here? I saw them as we were grabbing food.” Miyuki wondered, as Sayaka placed her food before her.
“I don’t know, but it’s starting to annoy me. If I find out this is some kind of joke…” Yuka trailed off, her gaze shifting to Sayaka.
The shewolf seemed to freeze half way while placing her mug on the table, her expression changed from her neutral scowl to something else, her nose began flaring, as she caught a new scent, while her whole being tensed up immediately. Her face morphed to one of rage, as her head shot up, eyes ablaze, then she locked eyes with Yuka. The mug in her hand slammed on the table, causing the shewolf to jump.
Hearing the slam of the mug, the shewolf gained the attention of not only her mate, but a few of the wolves in the area. Yuka started to break into a sweat, the gaze on her was worrying her a lot, and she had a really bad feeling about what was about to happen next.
“Sayaka? What’s wrong?” Miyuki questioned, just as surprised as everyone else at her action.
“My problem?” She scoffed. “My problem is this fucking stud right here!” Sayaka roared in anger, standing up sharply, pointing at the Caravan Leader.
The onlooking crowd doubled in size, as they stared at the table, which became the center of attention. They were just as confused as Yuka, at the visiting shewolf’s anger towards their leader.
“What did I do!” Yuka asked defensively, she too stood up. She wasn’t too sure if she should stand her ground or fear for her life. She’s never seen the shewolf this angry. The crowd around them wasn’t helping too much as well, she hated being the center of attention unless deemed reasonable.
“Are you stupid! Look at Kumi and sniff her. Then you’ll be able to figure of why you’re getting all the praise.” Sayaka hissed, her jaw tensing up, as she resisted the urge to bare her fangs.
Doing as the pissed off wolf said, Yuka’s eyes widened, Kumi’s scent had changed since the last time. It had a renewing smell, one that only came when new life was emerged.. “I didn’t-” The Sakae shewolf tried to explain, but was cut off at once.
“You didn’t what! It only takes one time and it’s supposed to be impossible! I should kill you! How could you be so reckless!”
“Sayaka, what’s the problem?” Miyuki questioned, tugging on the wolf’s hand.
Looking down at her mate, Sayaka replied. “She got Kumi pregnant before even bonding with her! I should've caught on earlier so I could have murdered her while you two were away.”
The on-looking crowd was stuck between being amused and irritated, they found the whole argument pointless. A lot of them were shaking their heads, and continued on with their own business, some even mutter about how ‘idiotic’ the leaders were being.
Miyuki’s face morphed from confusion to shock, as one hand covered her mouth. She stared wide eyed at Yuka and then at Kumi. “I don’t know what to say to you two….” She started, then she looked back at her mate. “Do you know what this means, Sayaka?”
Confused at Miyuki question, Sayaka raised her eyebrow, as if motioning for her to continue on.
“We’re going to be grandparents! Congratulations you two!”
Both Alphas choked at Miyuki’s words, while Kumi smiled sheepishly.
Feeling a headache coming, Sayaka sat down, she would talk with Yuka privately about holding a proper ceremony, that would not involve Kumi getting even more pregnant. Even though it wasn’t really possible for the last part to happen, if a couple wanted to have their pups there’s a special place where could go and be blessed by the goddess of fertility. It would also be pointless to argue and try to kill Yuka or else Kumi might cry. She didn’t want her little girl to cry.
She paused. ‘Since when did I think Kumi as my little girl?’
“I didn’t expect it to happen nor did I meant for it to happen. I don’t even know how it happened.” Yuka said carefully, she took Kumi’s hand under the table and squeezed it tightly. “But as I said I will take responsibility for this, and I will protect to Kumi and… our child.”
Sayaka didn’t say anything, opting to glare at Yuka.
“Yuka-san.” Miyuki called out to the shewolf. “I’m sure you would have understood by now that Sayaka and I treat Kumi like she’s our own daughter.”
At the word ‘daughter’, Miyuki stole a quick glance at her mate and Sayaka looked away, hiding her face behind her drink. Sayaka still hadn’t answered her if they were going to have babies and now that Kumi was pregnant, Miyuki also wanted her own with Sayaka.
“So we leave Kumi in your care from now on and Kumi, we’ll always be here when you need us.” She smiled when the soon to be parents nodded at her statement. She nudged Sayaka and the shewolf leaned forward, looking Yuka straight in the eye.
“She cries and I’ll cut your tail off.” Sayaka warned and Miyuki smacked her head. “I meant, we’ll always welcome you back Kumi and I’ll punch Yuka for you, if need me to do it.”
“Thank you.” Kumi whispered, too shy to say anything else. She was truly lucky to have been found by these two and is eternally grateful for everything they’ve done.
Yuka should feel insulted by the threat but actually found the way Miyuki and Sayaka acknowledge her relationship to Kumi fitting to their personalities. She watched Miyuki scoot closer to Kumi and started talking about the baby. Now that she was aware of Kumi’s condition, she was finally able to take a closer look at her mate.
Kumi seemed to be radiant and glowing, her smile a little brighter and her eyes filled with joy. She subtly sniffed Kumi and caught a sweet pleasant scent from her mate, her tail wagging in response. She felt something hit her face and she turned around to see Sayaka, throwing peanuts at her while sending deadly glares at her. The shewolf stared back, challenging the other alpha on a staring contest.
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Jurina woke up with the feeling of someone prodding her back gently and a voice cooing gently just behind.
“You poor, poor thing.” She suppressed a twitch when she felt something cold press against her back. “Look at what they’ve done to you.”
Jurina recognized that voice, it was the person that knocked her out earlier. She tried not to move or let the stranger know that she was awake but she did her best to find out what kind of trouble she was in now. Since she couldn’t see anything, she assumed that she was blindfolded, there was a tight grip on her wrists and she could feel them burn a bit from whatever they used to bind her. Besides the hand pressing the cold and wet substance against her back, she could also feel soft fur brush against the front of her body.
She cursed herself inwardly. Here she was; face down, bound on a bed of furs, most likely half-naked from the cold air she felt brushing against her skin with a nut whispering sweet nothings at her. This would have been an ideal romantic situation for her if it was the other way around and not tied up.
“You can pretend all you want, but I know you’re awake.” The stranger whispered into her ear. Jurina’s body froze upon hearing those words. “Your breathing changed and I heard your heart start beating rapidly.
“Why am I bound up?” Jurina asked, trying to make herself sound intimidating, but in reality, she was scared. When she didn’t get an immediate reply, she repeated the question, only to be hushed.
“You talk too much. Just let me treat you.”
Jurina bit down on her lip, she was irritated, as the stranger continued treating her back. Her ears were trying desperately to pick up any familiar sounds, but the only thing she could hear was the strange shewolf muttering to herself, followed by giggling.
“...Who ever did this is going to pay~” She sang, before giggling again. “There all better. Let me fix your robe for you.” She added, before fixing Jurina’s clothing back to how it was post kidnapping. The stranger also decided to remove Jurina’s blindfold, before moving back.
Sitting up in a flurry, Jurina blinked around, trying to see where the stranger was, but her temporarily blindness was taking forever to ware off. “Where are you!” Jurina barked.
“Right in front of you, if you’d stop looking around.” Feeling a hand on her face, Jurina stiffened, her eyes finally adjusted to her surrounding, and she was finally able to see before her. “You look so cute when you’re frightened.”
Jurina squinted her eyes, as she looked at the strange wolf before her. The turban she wore earlier was off, and she could see shoulder length black hair, most of it on one side. Trailing her eyes to the wolf’s face, her eyes widened, as she realized who kidnapped it.
“You-!”
“Ah, you recognize me. Yay~” The shewolf cheered, removing her hand on Jurina’s face to clap her hands, before smirking. Seeing the glare directed at her, she frowned. “Why are you frowning? Ah! Don’t tell me...You’re angry!”
Taking a deep breath to calm herself, Jurina opened her mouth. “Why have you kidnapped me, Rena?"
Rena tilted her head, while physically it may of looked cute but Jurina could see the crazed look in her eyes.
“Because you’re mine.” She replied a simply as that. “And when my army attacks tomorrow. I’ll take my rightful place as Alpha.”
Jurina gaped at Rena, this nut had the audacity to claim her as her mate. It was hard to believe and it was too convenient just when she decided to look for her own mate. “Tomorrow! It takes at least two days to get here, and we would of know about your attack already!”
Rena giggled, the dangerous gleam in her eye twinkled once again. “Do you honestly think it’s hard to bypass those defences? I was able to wander around freely in there. I even snooped by the guards on duty. Drinking and playing games. Great job I’d say.” Reaching out, Rena pinched Jurina’s cheeks, prompting a growl from the young girl. “Don’t worry, J. I’ll protect you, since you are my mate after all. I’ll just kill Yuka-san and anyone else who dares stand in my way.”
Jurina’s eyes widened at the news, and before she was able to say anything more, she found her lips covered by another, more demanding pair. Her lips were forced open by an eager tongue, and she left something else enter her mouth. She realized it was a drug, but it was too late for her to spit it out. Rena pinching her nose, forced her to swallow the pill.
Once satisfied with the kiss, the older wolf pulled back and licked her lips. “Just as I expected...Delicious. Too bad it was not your first, but at least you have practice. I can’t wait until we bond.” She chuckled, releasing the wolf’s face.
Jurina turned her head and spat to the side. She felt dirty at knowing her mate was her enemy the whole time, if Rena was telling the truth. She was still trying to stomach the fact that the kiss did affect her, even if she didn’t like it mentally, her lips were tingling.
“You can try and fight it all you want. But your body knows who you belong to.” With that Rena stood from her spot and exited the tent, upon leaving she stared at the moon for a moment before shifting. She had one last thing to do, before retiring for the night.
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“Yuka-san! I have a message for you.” A guard announced, as she approached the Leader. She held a rolled up piece of parchment, before Yuka.
“Do you know who’s it’s from?” Yuka asked, as she unrolled message, still looking at the guard.
“No ma’am. All I heard was a growl, near the storage tents, before this rolled towards me feet. It was really odd.”
“I see. You’re free to go.”
Bowing the guard left, a manic grin blooming on her face, before anyone could see her.
“What’s the message?” Sayaka wondered, as she raised her mug of ale to her lips. She has already lost count on how much she’s drank tonight, but she wasn’t too worried, as it obviously wasn't enough to make her drunk. With Miyuki leaning on her shoulder, she was in a more pleasant mood than previously.
As Yuka read the letter, the look on her face darkened. Kumi placed a comforting hand on her mate’s arm when she noticed the change in Yuka’s mood. She couldn’t read what was on the letter, it was on a language that she wasn’t familiar with and could only read Yuka’s expression.
“Yuka?” Kumi said to get the shewolf’s attention but she jumped back when Yuka crumpled the letter in hands.
The shewolf’s face contorted with rage, she clenched her teeth in an effort to hold back her urge to go on a rampage. It wouldn’t be good for morale for her to lose it in front of so many and tried to keep her rage controlled.
“Seira! Mieko!” She bellowed as she stood up, her voice immediately silencing the chatter in the food tent. “I need you two in my tent now!”
The two shewolves immediately left for the tent, intending to prepare whatever they needed for this sudden meeting. She looked at Sayaka and gestured towards the tent’s exit and Sayaka quickly stood up, taking Miyuki with her to the tent’s exit.
When she was about to make her own leave, a tug on her sleeve stopped her. She turned to find Kumi was looking up at her worriedly, she helped the girl up to feet then took her outside where they could talk privately. She led Kumi to a secluded corner behind the food tent.
She turned around to face her mate and Yuka held her arms open, letting Kumi step into them.
“Did something happen?” Kumi asked, her head tucked into Yuka’s shoulder.
Yuka tightened her hold on Kumi, being able to hold her mate was enough to sooth her. She wished that they didn’t have this damn war to deal with so she could only think of Kumi and their pup.
“Jurina’s been taken by Rena. Do you remember what I told you about her?” When she felt Kumi nod, Yuka continued. “She’ll be here tomorrow with an army.”
“What are you going to do?” Kumi asked, pulling back a bit so she could look at Yuka.
“What I have to do.” She kissed the top of Kumi’s head. “I need you to stay at my tent, I’ll send some of my personal guards to be there for you.”
Kumi shook her head, she wrapped her arms around Yuka’s waist. “No, I want to stay with you.”
“But-”
“Please!” She implored, tears starting to form on her eyes at the thought of being away from Yuka. The feeling of Yuka being taken away right in front of her eyes was still fresh and she still isn’t ready to go through that again. “I don’t want to be away from you.”
“It’s not safe.” Yuka argued weakly but Kumi buried her face into Yuka’s neck again and muttered a please.
The shewolf sighed, she cupped the girl’s face in her hands and gave her a kiss. They took their time to trying to remember each contour of their mate pressed against each other. When they pulled away both pressed their forehead against the other.
“Alright.” Yuka breathed out. “I love you.”
“I love you too.” Kumi returned, leaning forward for a quick kiss. She stepped back, her hands trailing down Yuka’s arms to take the shewolf’s hands. “They should be waiting for us.”
Nodding, Yuka intertwined their fingers together before leading Kumi to her tent. There she saw her advisors along with Sayaka and Miyuki. Yuka could tell what everyone wanted to ask, so she held up her free hand to halt any oncoming questions. Preferring to tell them everything she knew rather let trickle in the information.
“Rena has Jurina hostage and is attacking tomorrow.” The caravan leader walked up the table were a map had laid on the table, ignoring the surprised exclamations from the others in the room. While Kumi quietly moved away to sit on Yuka’s fur bed and Miyuki joined her preferring to stay out of it.
She planted her hands on the table as she took in changes in the map, Jurina’s side had decreased significantly since the younger wolf insisted that she bring most of her forces to Yuka’s side while hers was barely recognizable at all. Because of the increase in their numbers, they rearranged the positions of tents, making it nearly impenetrable but the new arrivals also meant difficulties in sorting out the spies.
‘I should have taken more time to find traitors.’ She sighed, pointing to Rena’s side of the map. “Jurina said that Rena’s side have been quietly lately and that she’s been waiting to finally lose her mind.”
“Wait, this Rena you are all talking about, she’s crazy?” Sayaka asked, she didn’t remember this being mentioned from their previous meetings.
“Not just crazy, she’s batshit crazy.” Seira crossed her arms, making her blessedly busty bosoms more blessed. Many of the people in the room, except for Meiko who practically has those things shoved up her face everyday, eyed them subtly. “But that just makes her a more unpredictable enemy.”
“From the information we’ve gathered, she stopped all activities a few days after we sent out our messengers. They all came back alive and unharmed, I expected one to at least go missing because of Rena.” Meiko added. “So, she could have been making her own plans.”
“Just waiting for us to defeat Jurina and most likely have been preparing her own army.” Yuka concluded. “Anything else we need to know about?”
“Other than we got out maneuvered by a nut? Nothing can be done just by talking about her.” Sayaka remarked. “What’s our plan now?”
Sayaka had a point, talking about Rena won’t help their situation. They’d made several plans before hand and, Yuka knew that Meiko and Seira were only waiting for her orders to act. For now they’ll prepare for a possible siege from Rena’s army.
“Arm ourselves and prepare for a battle tomorrow.” Yuka answered grimly. She was expecting to take the fight to Rena with her student by her side and not like this along with feeling like a fool. She took a deep breath, preparing herself to give out orders. “Seira, make sure that everyone in the camp is informed… let them know of what happened to Jurina, especially those under her command. That will piss them off.”
With a nod from Meiko and Yuka, Seira left without a word. The caravan leader turned to her eldest advisor.
“Meiko… and Miyuki-”
“Hold on, I’m not gonna let you put my mate into danger.” Sayaka protested.
“We need her expertise, she won’t be in the front lines.” Yuka reasoned. “She’ll be with Meiko in medic’s tent, preparing the supplies we’ll need tomorrow.”
“I’ll make sure she’s fine. I promise.” Meiko consoled, gesturing for Miyuki to follow her.
Miyuki walked up to Sayaka and kissed her shewolf’s cheek, whispering a quick reassurance to Sayaka before following Meiko. Namba’s Alpha started after her mate and when Miyuki was gone, she felt a nudge on her shoulder.
“You can stay with her if you want.” Yuka suggested, she now understood the need to be near her beloved and Sayaka might prefer to around Miyuki too.
“Thank you.” The shewolf replied after a moment. “What are you going to do then?”
Yuka took a step back, she realized now that she’d given everyone their own tasks she didn’t give herself one. “I don’t know.”
Sayaka was about to suggest something but Kumi came up next to her, nudging her surrogate parent’s arm. “Go with Miyuki. I’ll be with Yuka.”
“Are you sure?” At Kumi’s nod, the shewolf gave the young girl a hug then pulled away. “We’ll be at the medic’s tent if you need us.”
“I know.”
“Take care of yourself.” Sayaka added and Kumi blushed at how Sayaka doted on her.
“I will. Please go, Miyuki’s waiting.”
“I know.” Sayaka replied.
When the shewolf still hadn’t left, Kumi turned her around and pushed her out of the tent. Sayaka let herself be pushed and when she was gone, Kumi turned around to find Yuka smiling slightly.
“You’re a little like Miyuki, you can handle Sayaka just fine.” Yuka remarked but Kumi only shook her head. “Come here.”
The girl nearly ran into Yuka’s arms and the shewolf lifted her mate, setting her down on the table. She kissed the girl slowly before moving to kneel between the girl’s legs.
“W-what are you doing?” Kumi asked, trying to stop herself from blushing.
Instead of answering, Yuka planted small kisses on Kumi’s belly before resting the side of her head against it. There wasn’t a second heartbeat yet but she could feel an undeniable warmth coming from her mate’s belly. She closed her eyes simply to enjoy being near to those she cares for the most.
“I just wanted to hold both of you.” After several moments Yuka finally answered, her eyes still closed. “I know it’s a bit early but I just want to do this.”
Kumi stroked the top of Yuka’s head, a little surprised at how Yuka was acting. She kept forgetting that she’d only known Yuka for barely a month but somehow it feels like she’d known the shewolf much longer.
“We’re going to be okay.” Kumi said soothingly. “I know you won’t fail because you have me and our child to come back to.”
“I won’t fail.” Yuka promised. “I’ll come back, make Sakae our home, I’ll provide you and our pup anything that the both of you would want.”
The shewolf opened her eyes and stood up. “We’ll raise her together, I’ll teach her everything I know, you’ll tell her all the weird things I do and when she’s old enough… we can have another pup.”
“Yuka…” Kumi said softly.
“Our first daughter will be a perfect big sister, she’ll teach her little sister everything she knows, tell her weird stories about us and when she’s old enough, we can have our third pup.”
“Yuka, please be realistic.” Kumi pleaded but she was smiling stupidly at the shewolf.
Yuka kissed her again. “But I am, I want to see that happen. We will make that happen.”
“You’re dumb.” Kumi retorted.
“I love you.”
“You’re such a hopeless romantic.”
“I love you.” The shewolf repeated, nuzzling her face into Kumi's midriff once again.
Kumi hummed as she ran her fingers through the wolf's messy raven locks. While playing with her mates hair, Kumi started singing softly, a song she remembers from somewhere.
"That's a.. " Yuka yawned before continuing. "Nice song. You should sing for me more."
Kumi blushed at the compliment, before tapping on the shewolf's shoulder. “ As much as I like our current position, my butt is starting to fall asleep, and so are you.”
Mumbling something, Yuka unwillfully broke away from Kumi, and helped her off the table. Now that the excitement of giving out orders was gone, Yuka had a strong need to show her love to Kumi as much as possible. Escorting her to their bed, the two laid down. Feeling an arm wrap around her waist, Kumi leaned into the embrace, a sigh slipping past her partially parted lips.
“You know...I was hoping to do that again tonight.” Yuka broke the silence that formed around the two. “But I’m too exhausted, and it’s going to be a long day tomorrow.”
Kumi bit her lip, knowing what ‘that’ Yuka was talking about. She had been thinking about it all day but Yuka was tired and didn’t want to push it.
“We can do more of it…” She hid face into Yuka’s shoulder. “After this war, we can do more of that and that’s another reason for you to come back to me. We can do more things than what we did last time, you can do anything you want to me.”
The shewolf tightened her hold on Kumi. “Don’t tempt me.”
“Good night.” Kumi said before, closing her eyes.
Yuka on the other hand, remained wide awake her mind racing from different ideas on what she and Kumi could do. She looked down at her mate, finding her already fast asleep.
“Damn it.”
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As soon as Sayaka was pushed out of Yuka’s tent she noticed the drastic change in the camp’s atmosphere. Everyone had been aware about the war but many of the residents were still able to keep up a jovial mood but now everyone was on edge. A few did their best to keep the mood light but sounds of weapons being sharpened and people donning their armor was a stark reminder.
A collective warcry could be heard somewhere in the camp and judging the direction where it’s coming from, it came from Jurina’s people. She smirked, they won’t go down easily with them backing Yuka’s forces.
She reached the medic’s tent and found it more crowded that she had expected. Unlike Yui’s hospice where there only a few volunteers to help, in here Meiko nearly had an army of medics to order around. They seem to be packing up instead of making preparations like the ones she’d seen Yui and her volunteers do.
Sayaka walked up the older shewolf. “This isn’t how I expected your preparations to be. Why are you all packing up?”
Meiko spared the shewolf a glance, giving out an order before answering the question. “We’re setting up several medic stations around the camp and this will be a prime target if we stay in one place.”
“I see.” Sayaka nodded, Meiko’s reasoning did make sense. “Where is Miyuki?”
“She’s helping the other nurses make more remedies.” She paused. “You can take her, we can handle everything by ourselves. I’m sure it will be easy for you to find her.”
Sayaka muttered a quick thank you before walking away to find her mate, she used her nose to follow her mate’s scent and on hindsight, she could’ve done that instead of asking Meiko but the scent of disinfectant was too strong for her to use her nose. After a few minutes, she found her mate almost doing the same thing as Meiko but she was mostly making sure that the nurses were using the right ingredients or adding in the right amount. From what the shewolf learned, this was where her mate excelled in the most besides being a huge tease towards her.
She walked up to her mate, tapping the girl’s shoulder to get her attention.
“Sayaka…” She sighed as she walked into the shewolf’s embrace, a moment later she pulled away to look around curiously. “Where’s Kumi?”
“I left her with Yuka-san.”
“And you don’t mind?” Miyuki asked.
“I figured that they needed some time to be together and it’s exhausting to fight their relationship.” The shewolf shrugged after finishing her sentence and Miyuki smiled at her. “What?”
“You’re starting to like Yuka-san.”
“No.”
“Respect?”
“Meiko told me you can go and they can handle things here.” Sayaka deflected, she wrapped an arm around her mate’s shoulder and started to lead her out of the tent. “We should get some rest for tomorrow also.”
Miyuki let herself be led by her wolf but she was still grinning at Sayaka. They reached their own tent without much trouble and as soon as they entered Miyuki pried her answer from Sayaka. The shewolf avoided answering her question and sat on the furs.
“Why won’t you answer!” Miyuki asked, standing in front of the shewolf with her hands on her hips.
Sayaka blushed. “Cause it’s embarrassing! It doesn’t matter anyway.”
“It matters to me.” Miyuki straddled the shewolf, wrapping her hands around Sayaka’s neck and playfully tugging on the shewolf’s hair. She pressed herself against Sayaka, laying her head against a strong shoulder while giving the shewolf her best pout. “You can tell me.”
Sayaka blinked several times, her head suddenly felt a little fuzzy and whenever she would look at Miyuki, her gaze can only see her and nothing else. “Well… It’s just that, I’m starting to think Yuka-san makes Kumi happy. She’s fine with us but with Yuka-san… she’s seems to be at her best with Yuka and I’m jealous of that. Kumi is our baby and we may not be her real parents but she’s still ours. We found her first. I’m not ready to let her go just yet.”
The shewolf sighed. “I sound pathetic.”
“You don’t sound pathetic.” Miyuki reassured, she straightened up so she could look at her wolf in the eye. “I feel the same way too. So, you’re not alone.”
Sayaka cupped her mate’s cheek and kissed her. Miyuki opened her mouth, allowing Sayaka to deepen the kiss. It could have been a few minutes or more before they pulled away and Sayaka snaked her arms around Miyuki’s waist to pull her closer as they pressed their foreheads against the other.
“I love you.” The shewolf sighed, tightening her hold on Miyuki.
Miyuki gave the wolf a quick kiss, feeling giddy after finally hearing Sayaka say those words. “I love you too!”
Sayaka sighed again, this time with a sad tone to it. “When did I become such a sap?”
“When you decided to rescue me, a damsel in distress, from bad men.” Miyuki joked and she kissed her wolf’s cheek. “But I like the sappy you, it’s cute.”
“I’m not cute.”
“But you are.”
“I’m not.”
“But you reall-” Sayaka silenced Miyuki again with a kiss.
Sayaka laid Miyuki on the bed, settling herself between the girl’s thighs like she did when she teased her mate earlier. She ravished Miyuki’s lips, making the girl moan and dizzy with lust again.
“You’re teasing me again.” Miyuki complained when they ended the kiss, half-heartedly slapping the shewolf’s arm.
Instead of saying anything Sayaka leaned down for another kiss and Miyuki welcomed it, burying her hands in her wolf’s hair.
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Seira stomped towards the tent she shared with her sister. After making sure that the necessary preparations were done and that every shewolf was armed to the teeth, she went around the camp looking for her sister. It turned out, Meiko had been all over the place mostly in medic stations that they’ve set up and it took her longer to track down her sister, putting her in a bad mood.
She pulled the tent flap open, nearly ripping it off and surprising the person inside.
“Seira! Close the flaps, I’m changing!” Meiko snapped, doing her best to cover herself up.
The blessedly busty woman did as she was told and she crossed her arms over her chest, making them look more impressive. The frown she’d had on her face since she started looking for her sister deepened when Meiko didn’t even spare her a glance. She was exhausted from today’s tasks as well as frustrated that she had to look around the whole camp just to find her sister.
She needed attention and she wants it now.
“Where have you been?” Seira asked, she walked closer to Meiko.
The older shewolf was struggling with tying the back of her shift and Seira batted her sister’s hands away to finish them herself.
Meiko thanked her younger sister before answering. “I was overseeing the medic’s stations being set up and make sure each one is well stocked. They were located in several areas in the camp, I tried to catch a glimpse of you but I wasn’t able to. Did you need anything?”
Seira noticed the weary tone Meiko answered her and she felt a bit guilty for wanting a bit of attention when the elder shewolf might need it more.
“No, just wanted to know what you were doing.” Seira finished tying up her sister’s shift and Meiko turned around smiling slightly.
Despite being the older of the two, Meiko was so tiny. When they were younger, Meiko was the taller one and would be the one to take care of Seira but as they grew older the roles reversed. She became taller and her busts became bustier, ending up to be the one to take care of Meiko instead. It was a bit strange but fitting at the same time.
The height difference between them was the reason why she could pick up her sister so easily but Meiko’s height worries her sometimes, especially during a sandstorm. She had worried more than once that her sister might be blown away by the strong winds and was thankful that hadn't happened yet.
“Did you eat yet? We didn’t have time to finish our dinner, I’m not really hungry but we can still go to the food tent-” Meiko suggested but was interrupted with Seira picking her up and walking them towards the fur bed. “Seira! Dammit, how many do I tell not to pick me up! I am older than the two of us!”
“I don’t want to eat and you're smaller than me so I get the privilege of carrying you around.” Seira retorted before dropping her sister on the bed. “I want to cuddle.”
Meiko rolled her eyes. “You could have just said so, manhandling me is not necessary. I swear you act more of a brute than Yuka does.”
“I don’t want to talk about Yuka. You always talk about her.” Seira growled out. As much as she loved Yuka as her best friend it still made her jealous that her sister still doted on their leader more than she should. If Yuka wasn’t mated with Kumi or preoccupied with being such a noble leader, she would’ve have seen her as a threat and gotten rid of her.
“Fine.” Meiko sighed, her little sister was being difficult as usual but she loved that about her. “Go change, I’ll stay up for you.”
Seira quickly shimmied out of her clothes, dropping them carelessly on the ground and ignoring Meiko yelling at her for making a mess. Unlike Meiko she prefered not to wear anything when going to sleep and didn’t bother putting on a shift like her sister, despite Meiko’s protest. She laid down next to the older shewolf, resting her head on Meiko’s breasts and wrapping her arms securely around Meiko’s waist.
Meiko allowed her sister to make herself comfortable, as it was a habit they do every night; they would hold each other like this and talked until they fell asleep. When she was sure that Seira had found a comfortable spot, she began to rub the younger shewolf’s back.
“It’s a bit hard to believe that by the day after tomorrow, this war could end.” Meiko remarked. She’d been around Kuwabara’s leadership and Sakae was thriving during her time. She didn’t know Kuwabara personally but Yuka did and their leader had been quite distraught when she had disappeared.
Seira nodded. “I think it’s been five years…” Rubbing her face into her sister’s bosom, she sighed. She could feel that tomorrow was going to be a really long day, and it could go any way. Either they will win or they will lose, there is so much on line. “I haven’t felt this scared in forever. It’s like the first time I picked up a blade.” Seira chuckled to herself.
“I’m scared too you know. But we have to trust in our clan’s strength.” Mieko spoke softly, her hand free hand holding her sisters, she intertwined them, her thumb stroking the back of Seira’s hand trying her hardest to comfort her. She was worried about her sister, since she was going to be in the front lines, while she treated who ever entered her tents. “If I find any wounds on you, I’ll punish you.”
Laughing at the threat, Seira retorted. “I’m not that strong you know. Beside war scars are sexy I heard.”
“Seira-”
“I’ll try not to get to banged up. I can’t say the same for who ever is on the receiving end of my blade though…”
Rolling her eyes for the nth time tonight, Mieko slapped her young sister’s back. “Go to sleep. You’ll need all the rest you can get.”
Seira lifted herself up to give a plant a kiss on her sister’s cheek, missing Meiko’s lips by a few centimeters then returned to her usual spot on laying on Meiko. “I’ll see you in the morning.”
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