Magic Knight Rayearth Fan Fiction ❯ Just Visiting ❯ Indulgence ( Chapter 10 )

(Authors Notes: I've updated! Can you believe it? Can you also believe that this chapter was written all the way back in August of 2003? It just wasn't typed. Took me long enough to finally post it didn't I? Sorry about that. Shame on me. I've gotten so lousy with updating stuff. Half of the next installment of Cross has been typed up, the other half I have written somewhere it's just a matter of finding the energy to type it that's the problem. My computer's right near the living room so I end up with a lot of people walking by. I should think that its safe to say that there a lot of distractions which prevent me from typing and editing properly because of my comp's location. I always have some lame excuse for not having updated don't I? Shame again.

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Not too soon after they said their `good nights' to one another, they fell asleep. However, Hikaru had awoken sometime in the night and found that she had the sudden urge to use the washroom. The unfortunate thing was that she didn't know where one was.

She continued to lye on her side as she debated her course of action. Should she go off in search of a facility or should she ignore it, and try to go back to sleep. On one hand, her bladder was generally able to wait until the morning, but on the other hand, she doubted she would fall asleep easily due to Lantis' snoring. That was partially why she had stirred from her slumber.

She slowly sat up; not wanting to wake the Kailu. He mumbled something incoherent and made a smocking noise with his lips. He rolled over onto his stomach, the snoring abruptly stopped but he continued to sleep.

Hikaru went in search for the room key. Due to the lack of light she'd stubbed her toe twice on different bed legs. She also, narrowly avoided walking into one of the room's walls before finally coming across the key.

Now came the task of finding the door. If only she'd paid more attention to the décor of the room, this whole thing would have been a lot easier. It took her a few moments, but she was eventually able to find her way out.

The hallway was considerably brighter when compared to her temporary bedroom. She was rather relieved by this. Upon entering the main room, she saw that at the desk where the elderly man had been earlier, sat a woman who looked to be about the same age as the previous keeper.

Currently, the old woman appeared to be knitting something. With her attention still fixated on the yarn and needles, the women asked, "Is there anything I can help you with deary?"

"Huh? Oh, uh," Hikaru took a step further into the room, "Yes. Good evening, I'm sorry to bother you, but I was wondering where I might find a washroom?"

The old woman looked up. Mild surprise etched her haggard face; standing no more than ten feet away from her was but a young, though somewhat odd looking girl, not a lean warrior, but a little girl. How strange that a child would be staying in such an unstable place.

"There's an out house round back dear. I suggest you be careful. These days you never know when you'll find yourself face to face with a Glixcksaur or worse, a Parshaumoore."

"Thanks…" she said slowly, "I'll ah, keep that in mind."

"They're monster breads deary. Most common round these parts," the old woman stated as she searched for something in one of the drawers under the counter.

"I see."

"Come here a moment child. Take this with you. Give it back to me when you return. It's a charm made by my late sister, a high ranked shaman in her day, it will repel any creatures who intend to do you harm."

Hikaru nodded and gazed at the trinket a moment before heading out. She returned several moments later to the shabby inn. She thanked the old woman and for a moment the two exchanged pleasantries.

She made her way back to her room and as quietly as she could, she unlocked her door and proceeded into the room. She felt the urge to wash her hands and remember the wash basin that sat on the desk she'd bumped into earlier. This time around, she nearly spilled the contents of the basin when her hand shad brashly prodded the desk in search of just that. She dipped her hands into the small pool of water and was surprised to feel that it was warm. A moment later suds of soap sediment appeared though rather than see this-as it was so dark, she felt it. She then felt it drain and refill again with seemingly fresh water.

She came about a cloth and a towel hidden in one of the desk's drawers and seeing as she was up and none too tired, she chose to strip down and wash up.

In doing so she felt very much relieved. The dried sweat and dirt that she'd felt molded to her body some time ago from her day's activities, were now long gone and as she toweled herself down she smiled at the bubbly-clean scent which now emanated off of her and filtered the room's air.

The only thing she wasn't pleased with was the fact that she hadn't washed her hair but surmised that she could get away with not doing so for at least another day or so.

Her clothes were next to be cleaned in the magic wash basin, followed shortly after by what Lantis had discarded. She wrung each article of clothing as best as she could and hung them strategically outside the room's window on the branches of an exceptionally close tree.

By this time weariness had once again set on her eyes and in her body. Her head ached slightly- a sure sign that she was tired and so, she chose to retire for the night.

She crawled into bed; careful not to unsettle Lantis' sleep and laid down. She could smell him now, and though he didn't stink horribly of it, one could easily tell that he had been perspiring earlier in the day. It wasn't a particularly bad smell, just a noticeable one and after a few moments, she thought-albeit somewhat oddly, it was nice.

She fell asleep with that smell.

She did not wake up to it. There was a dripping noise which stopped abruptly and was replaced by a fractious sound. As Hikaru stirred, she realized she'd been on her stomach. She sat up on her shins and yawned.

Something hit the floor, "what a pleasant sight to be greeted by in the morning."

Hikaru turned to look at him and the smirk that was apparently on his face broadened and threatened to develop into a grin. A towel was wrapped at his waist; another towel lye a few feet away from him. She looked down at herself and realized that she wore nothing.

"G-good morning," she said sheepishly. She shivered and brought the covers over her goose bumped skin.

"Don't do that." Lantis commanded as he made his way over to her.

"What?"

His towel loosened and fell to the floor as he leaned over. He reached out and grabbed a handful of bed sheet and roughly pulled it back.

There was a yelp from Hikaru.

"That's better."

"Lantis!" Her arms flew up to hide her small chest. Her face felt very hot at the moment.

"Don't do that either." He then grabbed one of her ankles, throwing her off balance as he held her leg up.

"Hey-ha, ha, ha, no stop it! STOP IT!" She pleaded through her giggles as he ran his fingers over her foot.

He let her go and she fell back into the mattress and sighed in relief.

She then felt the mattress dip down and his hands closed around her arms, pinning her. "Lantis…"

"Don't be so modest," he began. She watched him look over her body and she squirmed underneath him. "I want to look at you. I want to have a good look at you."

"But…"

He frowned. "You'll bed with me but you won't allow me the pleasure of gazing at your form. . ."

"I just. . ."

"What?" he prodded, loosening his grip on her.

"I-uh, I don't look that good-my breasts are small. . . and you've probably. . . with women far better than me. . ."

"Hikaru." She fell silent. "I don't care about the size of your breasts."

"But I thought guys really liked. . . Big ones."

"It's not that I dislike them," he said as his hands idly ran over her, "They wouldn't suit the build of your body. Besides, I'm more enticed by one's legs." A free hand ran over her hip and caressed a smooth, firm thigh.

He lowered himself and kissed her, drew away and kissed her again, deepening the kiss. When he pulled away for a second time, his head rested near hers, his lips nipped her shoulder and eventually trailed their way over to the base of her neck. A hand of hers swam through his locks of hair and held him against her.

His hands had found their way to her sides and now slid under her to grip her shoulders. Her legs fidgeted as though uncomfortable.

His ministrations fell over her breasts, moved across her belly and continued lower still.

"Lantis."

He responded by nipping at her flesh. "Is it okay to be doing this?"

"Near everything I've done with you would not be considered "okay", considering."

"But," she said with a rasp. "It's the middle of the day, what if someone catches us?"

"I can't be bothered to think of such things. Would you rather me stop?"

Her back arched under his touch, she gasped.

His hands continued to tease her, stroking and exploring more intimate areas of her body. He hardly noticed her hands ball the sheets underneath her. Lantis quickened his hand's ministrations and found himself grabbing at himself with his free hand reveling in his and her ecstasy.

Their uneven breathing and a clacking noise were the only sounds to be heard in the room. It seemed to further excite Hikaru. She kept her eyes closed and sought out a way to give herself better leverage. His hand, his fingers. . . they elicited a sensation somewhat different from what she'd been growing used to. . .

Hikaru had found her peek just moments ago and now was strewn across their bed lost in her own afterglow. She bore a sheen of sweat and looked over to Lantis lazily as she pulled what she could of the sheet over her goose bumping skin. He had yet to find his release and was in a fury to obtain it. She watched the act he was performing on himself in interest.

From where she lye, she had a good view of his lower back but opted to follow the muscle movements in his arm. After a while, he slowed almost to the point of stopping she chose now to sit up. On her knees she pressed up against his back.

"Hikaru."

She looked over his shoulders to steal a glance at his size. She heard a voice that was not his, it was quiet but she knew it was Nova, and she was soon straddling him curiously examining him with her fingers before she went on to do to him as he'd done to himself.

His hands became his brace as his back arched. His gaze was on the ceiling as she sloppily played with him. When he began to tire of it he pulled her nearer drawing her onto him. She began to rock as his hands slithered down to her waist. Her hands were warm and they gripped his shoulders tightly. Neither was able to stop the harsh breaths from sounding.

At one point she pushed him down into the mattress so that he was lying rather than sitting. She shifted trying to get a better feel of him. After angling her self accordingly, her thrusts seemed stronger, better controlled. Her hands had yet to find a good area for bracing, however. They went from his chest, to his sides, to the bed sheets, moving them every couple minutes. Her leg was cramping but she endured the twisting discomfort. She was making love to him for his pleasure, hers time had passed a while ago. She wanted to return the favor.

When he'd ejaculated, she rolled off of him quickly. Relief washed over her as the pressure was released from her leg's muscles. I guess I'll need to have another wash down.

* * *

Umi lye staring up at her ceiling, debating whether she should get up or go back to sleep. There was still a bit of sleep in her eye, but it felt as though it must have been around mid-day. She mulled it over a little longer but before she decided whether she was ready to get up or not, Mokona came out of virtually, nowhere and dove for her face.

"Wa! Mokona!" She sat up quickly and caught the creature in its flight. "What on earth are you doing in here?"

Mokona simply shook its head.

"Hey, don't get smart with me. Not when I'm just getting up."

It "puu-d" in response and wriggled out of her grasp.

"Why can't you just talk like regular people Mokona?" Umi whined.

It shrugged, then opened its mouth and made another strange Mokona noise.

"Useless." She stretched and rubbed her eyes. "Has Hikaru come back?"

Mokona murmured and shook its head. Umi sighed.

"Oh well. She'll be here, when she's here. Right."

Mokona nodded with enthusiasm.

Umi pulled back her covers and stood up. The act flung Mokona off the bed but she didn't pay that any mind. She did however shoo Mokona out of her room with her foot. The fluff ball protested but she cut the creature off. "Nope. Out you go. I don't need or want an audience while I change thank you very much." At that she closed the door on him.

She changed relatively fast, for her, slipping into a sleeveless blouse and short skirt that clung nicely to her thighs. Then complimented the outfit with a plain old necklace she rather fancied. When she headed out the door, she nearly tripped over Mokona who had apparently waited for her.

"I take it you're tagging along for a while."

Mokona nodded and hopped about as Umi went to call on Fuu, but she found the wind knight's room empty save for the girl's overnight bag and the brush and comb left lifelessly on the nightstand.

"Now Fuu's gone too. Guess I'll just have to settle for hanging with-" she looked down at Mokona who tentatively pointed at itself. "Why me?" she groaned.

They made their way over to the dinning hall and had themselves a small breakfast. Some toast and some tea and that was it. As Umi finished her meal, Mokona's ears perked up.

"Oh no. Not you again!"

The blue haired fairy had just entered the hall and was already being "attacked" by Mokona. She attempted to fly away and Mokona chased after her.

"And now I'm on my own." Umi announced, but she wasn't sure whether she really liked that or not. A few minutes later she was off idly wandering the hallways. Occasionally humming a melancholy tune to herself. It was the one her old fencing captain would hum if she found herself unsatisfied with matches she'd watched her girls participate in, sometimes they were her own matches as well. . .

When Umi returned to earth, she would have to look the girl up. There was no sight of Fuu anywhere and that got her thinking about Hikaru again. Her brows furrowed. She really didn't like Lantis. Really, really didn't like him. Everything about him rubbed her the wrong way. Just what did Hikaru see in that guy anyway? He was antisocial, and in the time Umi had known him, he hadn't really done anything, maybe kill the odd monster. Other than the fact that he was seeming more and more pedophilic to her, that was it. That was all that was to the man.

Perhaps she should seek Lafarga. From what she could gather, he liked Lantis less than she did. Maybe we could form an "anti-Lantis club" she mussed.

She then wondered; more like assumed that Fuu was off with Ferio. He was a pretty good guy. Kinda annoying at times, and his swordsmanship could use a little refining, but other than that, she had no qualms with him. Or maybe it was simply that the idea of Fuu and Ferio being an item was old news to her. She's had a lot of time to adjust to him being an important factor in his life, but then again hadn't she had a fair amount of time to adjusting to Hikaru and her feelings towards Lantis after the mess with Debonair was done and over with. She'd gone on about him for months. . .

Her travels brought her to the castle's inner garden. As she recalled, she'd only visited this area of the palace a few times in the past and back then it had been filled with children, or monsters. . . or children and monsters. So when she came across no one else in there she was somewhat surprised.

Umi then came upon a fountain and sat upon its ledge. Hikaru had someone, Fuu had someone; was she doomed to be the odd-man out from their visits to Cephiro from now on?

She looked down into the calm fountain water and pulled a few loose strands of hair behind her ear. "Maybe it's about time I look into getting a boyfriend. . ." She did have a few people to choose from. Clef came to mind first.

After the knights defeated Debonair, she had nearly told Clef she was in love with him. It was on the tip of her tongue, but then, she just. . . didn't and for along time afterwards, Umi thought about herself and Clef quite a bit.

There were many times where, in the confines of either her room, Hikaru's of Fuu's room they would speak of their respective loves. Umi had never told them about her feelings for Clef because; quite frankly compared to how she thought of him. . .they seemed so much more intense. To her, it kind of felt like comparing a well cooked diner to a bowl of instant ramen. Really, it did; and after a while, the love she'd thought she'd held towards him began to wear and she stopped indulging herself in the silly little fantasies that involved him.

The only other person that came to mind was Ascot. He was maybe a foot or so taller than her, an ideal height she supposed. A fair built. They'd probably look really good together, and she knew that if they were to become an item he'd take really good care of her. It was obvious the boy thought she was the center of his universe but. . . She really didn't want or need anyone to take care of her and she didn't feel anything overly romantic towards him.

There was something about him that she just couldn't get over, either: when she'd first met him he'd looked and acted like a seven year old. She had no doubt in her mind that in actuality, he couldn't be any older than ten. If that. Even though he'd forced his body to mature, his mentality was still that of a child. That was a bit of a turn off. Try as she might she couldn't see him as anything other than a little boy. To think of herself involved with someone only a little over half her age rubbed her the wrong way. She felt pedophilic just thinking about it.

At least with Clef, he could legally drive a car if he had a license. . . and was able to reach the breaks. Umi couldn't help but chuckle a bit at that. With all seriousness, if you stopped to look at Clef, really look at him. You'd stop seeing a kid and start seeing the wise old man that he was. His body moved tipped this off but his eyes confirmed it. They didn't hold the naïve spark that seemed to accompany youth. She could still see it in Ascot and Hikaru and even in Fuu who is for the most part a fair mature, well composed young woman. . .

She sighed, feeling defeated. There are other people in this country other then Ascot and Clef, Umi reminded herself. She drew a circle in the fountain's water with her finger, watching it as it rippled and settled. Her eyebrows narrowed in suspicion at the sight of something dark, like a shadow that was reflecting in the water. She a heavy breath thick with moister on her neck and back, she could feel it through her clothes. Her spin tingled and she mustered everything she had to spin around and confront whatever it was behind her.

Staring her in the face was a rough deep blue snout leading to deep set eyes. "Selece!" she barked. "Don't do that you nearly scared the crap out of me!"

The water mashin stared at her a moment that hadn't been the response he'd been expecting. "Uh, sorry."

"You should be," she huffed. Something caught her eye; she walked around her guardian dragon as he followed her movements with curiosity.

"Umi, what are you-"

She poked him in the side several times.

"Don't do that."

She retracted her hand, "Oh, sorry." The anger she had had moments before seemed to have vanished. "You feel really smooth. Kind of sandpapery, it's weird. Hey, weren't you bigger before?"

She could see his tail flip about behind him ". . .I was. The palace however is not an ideal place for me to be."

Umi leaned up against him, "So then what are you doing here?"

The water dragon turned his long neck and brought his head near hers as he spook. "I came in response to your summons."

"But I didn't call you here."

"Didn't you? I was called here by your strong desire not to be left on your own. You were practically screaming for someone to keep you company. It's all I could hear."

"Sorry about that."

"My place is by your side Umi." Selece nipped at her hair with affection.

Her hands came up to stroke the creature's face, "Always around whenever I need you huh?"

"Of course." Then, as Rayearth had done on previous occasions, Selece grouched down so Umi could climb onto his back. "Get on."

Umi complied. "What's going on?"

"You will see soon enough I assure you." He said as he began to slink out of the garden.