Original Stories Fan Fiction ❯ Muma Oni - The Succubus Demon ❯ I'll Do It ( Chapter 16 )
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Miscellaneous: Original Stories Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama / Comedy / Action | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 01.03.2010 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.4K | Visits: 162 | Status: Completed
Sato and Ina were quiet as they stared at Muma. She moved slowly into the room, checking her towel to make sure it was secure around her body. “Can we talk, Sato?” she asked.
“Sure,” Sato replied. “What is it?”
Muma looked at Ina. “Please, Ina, I need to talk with Sato alone. It’s about something that I don’t want you to hear.”
Ina looked at Sato. He nodded to her, so she got up and left the room, closing the door gently behind her. Muma sat in front of Sato and stared at him. She gripped the bottom of her towel, looking flustered about something.
“Come on, tell me Muma,” Sato said gently. “It must be super important for you to quit calling me ‘Sati.’”
Muma closed her eyes and inhaled deeply. She released it slowly and opened her eyes. “It’s about my powers, Sato,” she said. “I’ve told you before that only you can return my powers, right? The reason behind that is because it’s passed down through the bloodline of Teshi Higuro. It’s given to the first child of the person carrying it. Once it’s been passed down, the generation before can no longer give it. What I’m trying to say is that only you can give it to me. If I ask your grandfather, he’d be unable to do it because he’s already passed it on.”
“Okay,” Sato said, barely understanding what she was saying. “So, what’s the point of this talk?”
Muma took another deep breath. “It’s really hard for me to say this because I like you so much, Sato.” She put her hands before her on the floor and placed her forehead on them. “I’ve come to you to ask for my powers back!”
Sato felt a twitch in his right eye. “Muma, you needn’t be so formal.”
“You don’t understand,” said Muma, looking up. “That phantom is trying to release Kaiban Zenochi. If she succeeds, all of Japan will be in danger. With my powers, I was a strong and terrible demon myself. But since I met you, I never really cared to get my powers back. All I wanted was to be with you, and be accepted by you. I know you have feelings for Ina, so being just friends is fine for me.”
“Muma, you’re going off topic. What’re you getting at?”
Muma put her head on the floor again. “That’s what I’m trying to get at. When we first met I tried hard to get you to love me. That’s when I was bent on getting my powers back to pick up where I left off. But now it’s a life and death situation, and I need you to be willing to do me this favor. If you don’t do it willingly, then it won’t work. I’m not allowed to force you into it. But I would hope that my begging is enough for you to say yes.”
“Muma, we’ve known each other for about half a year now,” Sato said. “Whatever it is I have to do, I don’t mind. Anything at all, really. Just tell me what I have to do.”
Muma sat up. Her face was red. She twiddled her fingers. “Well, it’s embarrassing to say,” she said. “I figured, though, that with all I’ve tried, you’d know what has to be done.”
Sato’s face went blank. He thought about it hard, but didn’t possibly know what she could be talking about. “Really, Muma, I haven’t the slightest idea,” he said.
Muma sighed. “Do you even know what a succubus does?”
Sato thought about that. “Well, sure. They sneak into unsuspecting men’s rooms and––” He realized it then. He froze. That was something he couldn’t possibly do. Muma had a small smile on her face, nodding at him.
***
“Thank you, Kanate,” Ina said as she accepted the tea from Kanate.
Jibushi turned to Grandpa. “The phantom was tough, it seems.”
Grandpa nodded. “Very tough. What bugs me, though, is that this isn’t the end. Something doesn’t seem right.”
“Gramps,” Otta said, “what kind of demon do you think is locked up at the shrine? Was it that phantom, or is something greater there?”
“Muma mentioned something in the bath,” Kanate said. “She thought that phantom was the demon Kaiban, but it turns out that the demon is trying to release Kaiban.”
“It’s as I feared, then,” Jibushi said with a look of dread on his face. “The legend is coming true. Kaiban will awaken again, and claim the world as his kingdom.”
“We have to stop it,” Ina said. “What will we do?”
A loud slam filled the house. Everyone peered into the hall and saw Sato stomping down the stairs. He turned back a moment and said to Muma who was at the top, “I’m not doing that! You can forget it!”
“Kannin, what’s wrong?” Ina called to him.
Sato ignored her as he put his shoes on and stormed from the house. Ina stepped into the hall and looked up at Muma. Muma looked away fast and rushed from sight down the hall of the upper floor.
Ina turned back to everyone in the sitting room. “I’m going after him,” she said, and then rushed out the door.
***
Sato stood at the end of the pier, looking out over the blue water. He sighed. “How could she ask me to do that?” he said to himself. “She said she knew about Ina and me, yet she asks me to do that.”
“Sato.” Ina was coming up the pier, her hands before her, gripping her skirt. She looked nervous. “Sato, what’s wrong? You can tell me.”
Sato looked back to the lake. A light breeze glided through the air. Cool water splashed on Sato’s face from the wind. He couldn’t possibly tell Ina what Muma asked him to do. He couldn’t betray her; not now, not ever.
Ina hugged Sato from behind, taking him off guard, almost making him stumble into the lake. They remained silent for the moment. Sato kept his mind clear; he never knew if women really could read minds or not.
“Whatever it is, it’s okay,” Ina said gently. “I’m here for you, no matter what is going on. You can tell me anything in the world.”
“Can I really?” asked Sato.
Ina released Sato and backed away. “How can you say that, Sato? We’ve known each other since we were kids. We’ve never held secrets from each other. Now that we’re a couple, why should it change?”
Sato sighed. He looked down at the water, seeing his messy reflection. “I suppose you’re right, but us being together is why this is so hard to say.”
Ina reached for Sato’s hand and grasped it gently. “Whatever it is, I’ll stay right here at your side.”
Sato smiled softly. “Thank you, Ina. Then, here goes …”
***
Muma stood before the shrine. She clenched both her fists and teeth, baring her gums. “Even if Sato doesn’t come around to it,” she said, “I’ll do whatever I can to keep you from taking over this world again, Kaiban. For once, I love life. I’m proud to stand where I am now.” She looked up to the sky. “You’ll not have me as your slave again!”
“You told Sato?”
Muma jumped forward and turned back, surprised to see Grandpa at the shrine steps, holding the sword across his shoulders. “How long have you been there?” Muma asked.
“Long enough,” Grandpa answered. “This Kaiban … he’s powerful?”
Muma nodded. “He’s very powerful. That phantom is child’s play compared to him. Over a thousand years ago, when Japan’s borders were still closed to outside countries, he ruled as the shadow king to us demons of the Earth. It was during the Kamakura period that he controlled every shogun emperor that ruled. When the Mongols attacked by water, it was him summoning the great typhoon known as the kamikaze that saved Japan from their attacks, and kept him as the ruler. That’s how powerful he is.”
“Where do you come in at?” Grandpa asked.
“Like you heard, I was his slave. There was nothing I could do to stop him. In the last year of the Kamakura era, though, I was fortunate to meet a strong samurai who possessed great powers. I helped him in the background, and he sealed that tyrant Kaiban away for nearly two millennia.”
Grandpa nodded. “So this Kaiban doesn’t know of your betrayal? I see. You must fear his return.”
“Of course!” Muma said angrily. “All of Japan should fear his return! It took that samurai’s life just to take Kaiban down. Unless I face him myself, it might take Sato’s life, and I don’t want that to happen.” She choked suddenly as tears streamed down her face. Gently she said, “I love him.”
***
“I see,” Ina said as Sato finished telling her the ordeal. She still held onto his hand, but seemed sad as she glared into the water like Sato did. “I understand why you wouldn’t want to tell me that. It was kind of hard to hear. You have to do that for her to get her powers back? Do you think she’s making it up?”
“No,” said Sato. “When I first met her and she was acting crazy, I would’ve, but not now. She was serious about it, and she says it needs to be done or this Kaiban will rule all of Japan.”
Ina’s grip of Sato’s hand tightened. “Well, if it has to be done, then it has to be done. I can’t stop you, Sato. This is your destiny, isn’t it? Only you can save Japan, and possibly the whole world.”
Sato scratched his cheek and said with a weak smile, “When you put it that way, it makes the thought of it even harder to bear, let alone going through with it.”
Ina turned to Sato. “Just promise me one thing. Promise that you’ll still be mine, through and through. Promise me that after your sensual time with Muma that you’ll still love me and want to be with me.”
“Ina,” Sato said, watching her reflection in the water.
“Promise me, Sato!”
Sato turned to Ina. He wrapped his arms around her and brought her close to him, hugging her tightly. “I promise you it all, Ina,” he said. “You’ll always be number one in my heart.”
“Thank you, Sato,” Ina said, crying into Sato’s chest.
***
Muma and Grandpa sat side by side, watching the shrine. Muma sighed. “That bastard should be coming up soon,” she said. “I don’t think it would take too long for her to release Kaiban. I’m not sure what the tomb looks like. I’ve never been in there myself.”
Footsteps came toward them. They looked around and saw Sato approaching them. Muma got to her feet and met him half way, but made sure to keep a good distance from him. “Hey, Sato,” Muma said gently.
Sato looked passed her to his grandpa. “What’re you doing up here?”
Grandpa gave a small shrug. “I thought Muma was lonely waiting up here by herself.”
Muma said, “Kaiban should be awakening soon. It’s only a matter of time. I wanted to be here when he woke to try and stop his plans.”
“I see,” Sato said shortly. He finally laid his eyes on Muma, unable to believe what he was about to say. “Muma, I’ve thought long and hard about this, and have even spoken to Hirashi.” Muma’s jaw dropped slightly in disbelief and slight embarrassment. “Muma, if it’s to save Japan, I’ll give your powers back. It’s a hard choice for me to make, but I’ve decided that this is it.”
“Sati,” said Muma softly, her eyes glistening.
Muma slowly reached for Sato, stepping toward him, but quickly found herself ducking and covering her head. Sato put his body over her, shielding her from the debris flying through the air. Grandpa shielded himself with his gi.
The shrine had erupted into flames, shaking the entire hill. Sato glanced around at the shrine, shielding his face with his arm each time he saw debris coming at him. From the flames rose three figures. Sato recognized the two on either side of the middle one as the sibling phantoms. The middle figure was a new face to him.
The man in the middle, floating high above where the shrine was, had long black hair, layered over by a ponytail. He wore large shoulder pads with a cape that draped over his body. Across his face was a long scar that stretched from above his left eye to the bottom right of his jaw.
Kaiban Zenochi smiled as he gazed over the shrine hill, looking down upon the three below. He raised his arms, giving a huge stretch, and said loud enough it sounded like he was using a megaphone, “It feels good to be alive again!”
“Sure,” Sato replied. “What is it?”
Muma looked at Ina. “Please, Ina, I need to talk with Sato alone. It’s about something that I don’t want you to hear.”
Ina looked at Sato. He nodded to her, so she got up and left the room, closing the door gently behind her. Muma sat in front of Sato and stared at him. She gripped the bottom of her towel, looking flustered about something.
“Come on, tell me Muma,” Sato said gently. “It must be super important for you to quit calling me ‘Sati.’”
Muma closed her eyes and inhaled deeply. She released it slowly and opened her eyes. “It’s about my powers, Sato,” she said. “I’ve told you before that only you can return my powers, right? The reason behind that is because it’s passed down through the bloodline of Teshi Higuro. It’s given to the first child of the person carrying it. Once it’s been passed down, the generation before can no longer give it. What I’m trying to say is that only you can give it to me. If I ask your grandfather, he’d be unable to do it because he’s already passed it on.”
“Okay,” Sato said, barely understanding what she was saying. “So, what’s the point of this talk?”
Muma took another deep breath. “It’s really hard for me to say this because I like you so much, Sato.” She put her hands before her on the floor and placed her forehead on them. “I’ve come to you to ask for my powers back!”
Sato felt a twitch in his right eye. “Muma, you needn’t be so formal.”
“You don’t understand,” said Muma, looking up. “That phantom is trying to release Kaiban Zenochi. If she succeeds, all of Japan will be in danger. With my powers, I was a strong and terrible demon myself. But since I met you, I never really cared to get my powers back. All I wanted was to be with you, and be accepted by you. I know you have feelings for Ina, so being just friends is fine for me.”
“Muma, you’re going off topic. What’re you getting at?”
Muma put her head on the floor again. “That’s what I’m trying to get at. When we first met I tried hard to get you to love me. That’s when I was bent on getting my powers back to pick up where I left off. But now it’s a life and death situation, and I need you to be willing to do me this favor. If you don’t do it willingly, then it won’t work. I’m not allowed to force you into it. But I would hope that my begging is enough for you to say yes.”
“Muma, we’ve known each other for about half a year now,” Sato said. “Whatever it is I have to do, I don’t mind. Anything at all, really. Just tell me what I have to do.”
Muma sat up. Her face was red. She twiddled her fingers. “Well, it’s embarrassing to say,” she said. “I figured, though, that with all I’ve tried, you’d know what has to be done.”
Sato’s face went blank. He thought about it hard, but didn’t possibly know what she could be talking about. “Really, Muma, I haven’t the slightest idea,” he said.
Muma sighed. “Do you even know what a succubus does?”
Sato thought about that. “Well, sure. They sneak into unsuspecting men’s rooms and––” He realized it then. He froze. That was something he couldn’t possibly do. Muma had a small smile on her face, nodding at him.
***
“Thank you, Kanate,” Ina said as she accepted the tea from Kanate.
Jibushi turned to Grandpa. “The phantom was tough, it seems.”
Grandpa nodded. “Very tough. What bugs me, though, is that this isn’t the end. Something doesn’t seem right.”
“Gramps,” Otta said, “what kind of demon do you think is locked up at the shrine? Was it that phantom, or is something greater there?”
“Muma mentioned something in the bath,” Kanate said. “She thought that phantom was the demon Kaiban, but it turns out that the demon is trying to release Kaiban.”
“It’s as I feared, then,” Jibushi said with a look of dread on his face. “The legend is coming true. Kaiban will awaken again, and claim the world as his kingdom.”
“We have to stop it,” Ina said. “What will we do?”
A loud slam filled the house. Everyone peered into the hall and saw Sato stomping down the stairs. He turned back a moment and said to Muma who was at the top, “I’m not doing that! You can forget it!”
“Kannin, what’s wrong?” Ina called to him.
Sato ignored her as he put his shoes on and stormed from the house. Ina stepped into the hall and looked up at Muma. Muma looked away fast and rushed from sight down the hall of the upper floor.
Ina turned back to everyone in the sitting room. “I’m going after him,” she said, and then rushed out the door.
***
Sato stood at the end of the pier, looking out over the blue water. He sighed. “How could she ask me to do that?” he said to himself. “She said she knew about Ina and me, yet she asks me to do that.”
“Sato.” Ina was coming up the pier, her hands before her, gripping her skirt. She looked nervous. “Sato, what’s wrong? You can tell me.”
Sato looked back to the lake. A light breeze glided through the air. Cool water splashed on Sato’s face from the wind. He couldn’t possibly tell Ina what Muma asked him to do. He couldn’t betray her; not now, not ever.
Ina hugged Sato from behind, taking him off guard, almost making him stumble into the lake. They remained silent for the moment. Sato kept his mind clear; he never knew if women really could read minds or not.
“Whatever it is, it’s okay,” Ina said gently. “I’m here for you, no matter what is going on. You can tell me anything in the world.”
“Can I really?” asked Sato.
Ina released Sato and backed away. “How can you say that, Sato? We’ve known each other since we were kids. We’ve never held secrets from each other. Now that we’re a couple, why should it change?”
Sato sighed. He looked down at the water, seeing his messy reflection. “I suppose you’re right, but us being together is why this is so hard to say.”
Ina reached for Sato’s hand and grasped it gently. “Whatever it is, I’ll stay right here at your side.”
Sato smiled softly. “Thank you, Ina. Then, here goes …”
***
Muma stood before the shrine. She clenched both her fists and teeth, baring her gums. “Even if Sato doesn’t come around to it,” she said, “I’ll do whatever I can to keep you from taking over this world again, Kaiban. For once, I love life. I’m proud to stand where I am now.” She looked up to the sky. “You’ll not have me as your slave again!”
“You told Sato?”
Muma jumped forward and turned back, surprised to see Grandpa at the shrine steps, holding the sword across his shoulders. “How long have you been there?” Muma asked.
“Long enough,” Grandpa answered. “This Kaiban … he’s powerful?”
Muma nodded. “He’s very powerful. That phantom is child’s play compared to him. Over a thousand years ago, when Japan’s borders were still closed to outside countries, he ruled as the shadow king to us demons of the Earth. It was during the Kamakura period that he controlled every shogun emperor that ruled. When the Mongols attacked by water, it was him summoning the great typhoon known as the kamikaze that saved Japan from their attacks, and kept him as the ruler. That’s how powerful he is.”
“Where do you come in at?” Grandpa asked.
“Like you heard, I was his slave. There was nothing I could do to stop him. In the last year of the Kamakura era, though, I was fortunate to meet a strong samurai who possessed great powers. I helped him in the background, and he sealed that tyrant Kaiban away for nearly two millennia.”
Grandpa nodded. “So this Kaiban doesn’t know of your betrayal? I see. You must fear his return.”
“Of course!” Muma said angrily. “All of Japan should fear his return! It took that samurai’s life just to take Kaiban down. Unless I face him myself, it might take Sato’s life, and I don’t want that to happen.” She choked suddenly as tears streamed down her face. Gently she said, “I love him.”
***
“I see,” Ina said as Sato finished telling her the ordeal. She still held onto his hand, but seemed sad as she glared into the water like Sato did. “I understand why you wouldn’t want to tell me that. It was kind of hard to hear. You have to do that for her to get her powers back? Do you think she’s making it up?”
“No,” said Sato. “When I first met her and she was acting crazy, I would’ve, but not now. She was serious about it, and she says it needs to be done or this Kaiban will rule all of Japan.”
Ina’s grip of Sato’s hand tightened. “Well, if it has to be done, then it has to be done. I can’t stop you, Sato. This is your destiny, isn’t it? Only you can save Japan, and possibly the whole world.”
Sato scratched his cheek and said with a weak smile, “When you put it that way, it makes the thought of it even harder to bear, let alone going through with it.”
Ina turned to Sato. “Just promise me one thing. Promise that you’ll still be mine, through and through. Promise me that after your sensual time with Muma that you’ll still love me and want to be with me.”
“Ina,” Sato said, watching her reflection in the water.
“Promise me, Sato!”
Sato turned to Ina. He wrapped his arms around her and brought her close to him, hugging her tightly. “I promise you it all, Ina,” he said. “You’ll always be number one in my heart.”
“Thank you, Sato,” Ina said, crying into Sato’s chest.
***
Muma and Grandpa sat side by side, watching the shrine. Muma sighed. “That bastard should be coming up soon,” she said. “I don’t think it would take too long for her to release Kaiban. I’m not sure what the tomb looks like. I’ve never been in there myself.”
Footsteps came toward them. They looked around and saw Sato approaching them. Muma got to her feet and met him half way, but made sure to keep a good distance from him. “Hey, Sato,” Muma said gently.
Sato looked passed her to his grandpa. “What’re you doing up here?”
Grandpa gave a small shrug. “I thought Muma was lonely waiting up here by herself.”
Muma said, “Kaiban should be awakening soon. It’s only a matter of time. I wanted to be here when he woke to try and stop his plans.”
“I see,” Sato said shortly. He finally laid his eyes on Muma, unable to believe what he was about to say. “Muma, I’ve thought long and hard about this, and have even spoken to Hirashi.” Muma’s jaw dropped slightly in disbelief and slight embarrassment. “Muma, if it’s to save Japan, I’ll give your powers back. It’s a hard choice for me to make, but I’ve decided that this is it.”
“Sati,” said Muma softly, her eyes glistening.
Muma slowly reached for Sato, stepping toward him, but quickly found herself ducking and covering her head. Sato put his body over her, shielding her from the debris flying through the air. Grandpa shielded himself with his gi.
The shrine had erupted into flames, shaking the entire hill. Sato glanced around at the shrine, shielding his face with his arm each time he saw debris coming at him. From the flames rose three figures. Sato recognized the two on either side of the middle one as the sibling phantoms. The middle figure was a new face to him.
The man in the middle, floating high above where the shrine was, had long black hair, layered over by a ponytail. He wore large shoulder pads with a cape that draped over his body. Across his face was a long scar that stretched from above his left eye to the bottom right of his jaw.
Kaiban Zenochi smiled as he gazed over the shrine hill, looking down upon the three below. He raised his arms, giving a huge stretch, and said loud enough it sounded like he was using a megaphone, “It feels good to be alive again!”