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Chapter 4 Cold comfort
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A week had waxed and waned since the encounter in Motoko/Brian's
room. A week of reflection and speculation. Halfway within that week
Brian had shaved his head and his disposition soured . Coincidenilly
rumors about as mysterious new playerr in the Japanese crime
syndicates or Yukkuza sprang up about a certian person known by
the alias 'Darksoul' had sprung up. Rumors about how vindictive
he was thanks in part to him hospitalising two recruiters.
The leader of the recruiters winced as he went over the report
Broken ribs limbs dislocated and an ominous warning of more
to come should he be pressured by stupidity.
*The boss ain't going to like this one bit*
And he was right. His boss scowled breifly and looked impassive
"You do realise after hearing this report, you managed to piss
off a Ninja? Worse still a psychopath! What is stopping this
Darksoul from coming here and wiping us out in our sleep.
I have met with this so called Darksoul you have discribed.
A meek fellow that prefers to keep to himself. However he
does have quite a unique take upon what is deemed
appropriate."
The boss sighed and looked at her subordinate.
"We should consider ourselves fortunate that he is showing us
mercy. It would be benificial for us not to cross him. He may not
like killing? But he could very well easily wipe out a fewe lives
without remorse. Take a few of the boys and offer him a place
within our ranks descretely. Offer him my services politely. We
may have need of his services in future and I for one prefer to
be allied with him rather than have him agaisst my back with
his sword at my throat. I allready felt the sting of his wrath
once. I do not wish to feel it again."
She stated dryly as she shooed her subordinate away as she
raised a teacup and sipped upon the warmth of her green tea.
*Brian you are an enigma to me? First in Hong Kong now here
in Japan Hinatasou to be blunt about it. What is it that drives
you. What inner demons hound you so persistantlly.*
Mantis thought to herself with some disquiet. She had come up
against the traveler once in her life. And she had witnessed the state
of his sanity. A shiver coursed through her as she remembered their
last encounter. In a way Brian was still her husband but it was all for
naught. She had used him as a scapegoat in a sham of a wedding
whilst in Hong Kong and she was still the leader of the Sissor Gang
A tear fell from her left eye as she looked back in reflection
He had loved her and that bastard Koji had used whatever means
possibnle to force Brian back to whatever reality he came from
"I will not lose you, not again!"
She stated in a low determined whisper. Her eyes narrowing
meaningfully as she took out from her drawer a hidden picture
of Brian when he was about 28 years old. A picture that had him
embracing her Both smiling although hers was forced at the time.
Mantis sucked in a fortifing breath as she gazed in pained longing
at the picture and nearly choked on her own bitter recolections at
the argument they had before Koji exposed the fact that it was HIS
doing that caused the rift between herself and Brian.
"No-one takes what's mine you bastards. I will see you burning in
hell for this Koji!"
She snarled bitterly as she placed the picture away in her secret
drawer again and looked out the window. Her expression hard
and jaded.
"I lost you once, I will not lose you again, Whatever it takes!I
assure you this, I never relinquished my hold on you. I will make
you remember me. Even if I have to kidnap you myself."
She stated in quiet resolve as she made preperations about her day.
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Brian was walking along with Motoko and Shinobu when he was
approached by two black suited men. They bowed respectfully to
him whilst ignoring the other hinatasou resients.
"Mantis sends her regards and appologies, and for the
unpleasantness earlier. She thanks you for not killing her
subordinates and wishes to extend an oppurtunity to work
with her. It will differ from last time. "
Brian narrowed his eyes as he recognised the name. Haunting
memories of his past and the incident with the White Tiger
gang rushed to the forfront of his mind.
"So, your boss wishes to make amends with the man she conned.
A rather amusing diversion? I will meet with your boss but tell her
this. I am no longer the easy going fool I once was and I am no
doormat either."
Brian inclined his head.
"This is my subordinate for lack of better teminology. Her name is
Aoyama Motoko a member of the Shinmei school a family tradition.
I respect tradition especially family ones that make sense. She has
dishonoured the code she covets and as such is under my rule
in attempts to appease the situation. It will be interesting to see
Mantis again. A rather odd coincidence that I would be thrust
into the same reality again even if I no longer am 28 years old."
Here Brian inclined his head to the 5'8 tall Motoko.
"To Mantis it must be a few months but to me it has been 4 lonely
agonizing years filled with anguish pain regret and despair. Tell
your boss I shall be waiting, and unlike my youth I will not wait
for long."
With that stated the two underlings hustled awasy back to
their superior. Motoko looked to the 6'1 tall man in trepidation.
"They were Yukkuza."
She stated in a disturbed tone as she looked at Shinoubu.
Brian nodded and looked to the young Mahara girl.
"Sissor Gang if I am not mistaken if they mentioned Mantis?"
Here Brian looked straight at Motoko in a stern way
"My buisniuss with Mantis is ... Complicated as this is the
second time within your reality. The first was a tragedy that
Shakespere would roll over in his grave at. Quinten Tarentino
would give his left nut to get the rights to make a movie
out of the first time I came here though. Lots of blood
violence and all that fighting."
Motoko looked at Brian carefully.
"What is your connection to this Mantis? And just how
dangerous is she."
Motoko had a feeling of disquiet roiling within her stomach.
Brian heaved a sigh.
"Mantis is a very dangerous woman if crossed, more so than your
sister Tsuruko. She can be very sensitive at times but she is definitelly
no pushover. She's the Boss of the Sissor Gang and a subordinate of
one of the higher ranking Yukkuza. Coincidentilly I was roped into the
seemy underworld of the Yukkuza as a scapegoat. A 'Husband' for
Mantis a subdefuge by her to appease her dying sister before she
died of Leiukemia. However thanks to a rival boss I was thrust back
to my own reality. Now all I thought I had was bitterr memories of
death and destruction as the last thing I saw was the woman I loved
being attacked by a sword weilding psychopath. So excuse me if I
seem dry and sarcastic towards kendoists and swordsmen."
Brian retorted with sarcastic dry humor.
Shinobu looked distressed.
"How horrible."
She murmured to herself as she looked up to the redhead fretfully
*He saw the woman he loved being attacked by a swordsman
then thrown back to his reality? How horrible!*
Brian shrugged and looked at Shinobu.
"That's life, it can either be pleasant or horrible and unkind, hence
the alias I made for myself when I first returned to my reality. Rather
fitting an axiom indeed. Darksoul befits my temrement and experience
in life. All I had was morbid reccolections of a failed marrige and a
mockery of love. There is nothing healthy about what happened in
my past so I live for the present. If Mantis wishes to make a go of it
with me as I am now? Then kudos to her I never was one to rip out
a persons heart and feelings and stomp on them like rubbish in the
past. And I am still not so much different now although I am
subsiquentlly darker in nature? I am not a heartless bastard."
Motoko mulled over this new insight to her roommate
Having ties with the Yukkuza was bad enough but being an
estranged husband to a Yukkuza boss was even worse! It
made what happened earlier look like a pleasant inturlude
to say the least . Brian was married and from what she could
assertain in love with this Mantis person. This was not going to
be easy to contend with as Yukkuza were no laughing matter to
deal with. Once you were in the Yukkuza? You were in for LIFE!
Motoko narrowed her eyes although she was dishonoured by her
past actions toward Brian and Keitaro? She would be damned to
see Brian dragged down to the seemy underbelly of crime and
vice not without a safety net of course. One that wouldn't stab
him in the back at the least oppurtunity presented itself.
Both were supprised when the lakeys returned with Mantis.
Mantis looked at the two girls, then toward the man that brought
forth many conflicting emotions. She nodded to her subordinates.
"Take the child to this Hinatasou. I will have words with my....
Husband."
With that stated Shinobu was spirited back to hinatasou as Mantis
inclined her head to the small cafe beside them. She arched a brow.
"Humor me, It's been a while? I have never given up on you."
Brian took a seat opposite his 'Wife' and stared into her eyes
although she was indeed shorter than himself and Motoko the
woman intimidated him. Clearing his throat he composed himself.
"Did you ever truelly love me? Or was that too a mockery."
Brian stated this leadenly
"I have been angsting and tormenting myself with this question
for four long years. Now things are getting complicated a cursed
sword Hinatasou and now a Samurai girl wannabe. Mantis what
else could you possibly do to me that can cause me any more
heartache? I LOVED you with all my heart and you took it for
granted and used me like a disposable cammodity."
Brian stated in a leaden pain filled tone.
Mantis kept her composure although her eyes narrowed at the
apt apprasial of the former situation that was before she actually
realised what she inadverantlly lost all those months back.
Admitedly it had been four months for her? In Brian's case it had
been four YEARS of anguish and torment that he seldom relished
to encouinter again. Bad memories and agony was the only thing
this woman reminded him of now four inhumanly cruel yrars of
loneliness and doubt.
Mantis narrowed her eyes as she looked speculitive at the long raven
haired black eyed japenese girl. Her smile thinned to non existance.
"Originally it was a ruse to keep my sister happy? But I found out too
late that I do have feelings for you. Your My husband, weather you
like it or not. And I will not give you up without a fight! So is she
your mistress? Or some stupid little girl trying to muscle into a place
that is not hers to begin with."
Mantis stated tersely and with a hint of possessiveness that was
not lost on the younger Aoyama sister. whom heard the challenge
within the words.
"I am his to do with as he see's fit, however you are sorely mistaken
if you think me as nothing? I am second only to my elder sister in my
family style of swordsmanship. I may have shamed my family style
admittedly but I am nothing to look down your nose at."
Motoko stated serenely although a hint of venom was within her
assured tone. Mantis ran her knuckles along side her nose as she
snorted in slight contempt at the 16 year old upstart.
"How many men have you killed, to keep what is yours?"
She stated with an arrogant tone as her gaze flicked over the girl seated
beside her husband. Here Mantis was seated like a man would be
seated and looked dispassionitelly at the now pale Aoyama
"I have killed many people to keep what is mine. My position ,
my gang, my husband."
She finished the last bit in an ominous tone.
"I should kill you and your entire family for trying to take
what doesn't belong to you? But that would result to an unwilling
husband within my bed. I want my husband, and he will be in my
bed. Where he belongs showering me with the love I damn well
deserve!"
Motoko arched a speculitive brow.
"Deserve? What makes you think you deserve him. You treated
him worse than I used to treat him and Keitaro... At least I didn't
try to RAPE him like you did! You are a sick bitch to claim what
you did to him was an act of love! You scarred him psychologically."
Mantis's lip twitched as she forced herself not to slap this irritating
child to make her realise what a dangerous game she was playing.
"Maybe so, at least I am not as sadistic as you are. If I were you,
I would practice sucking up to the boss? Who knows maybe Brian
would like to have you as one of his bitches. He fantasised about
you before. I for one am sick and tired of hearing your or Raven's
name when I bring him to climax."
Brian frowned slightly at Mantis at her baiting.
"Cut the crap Mantis! It may of been four months since you
lost your 'husband' but it's been four damn years for me.
Things change and so did I. You won't like me when I am
angry. I was leniant with those two hoods, I let them live!
Trust me things are VERY different now. I don't think you'll
like the NEW me one bit. I don't take kindly to being anyone's
bitch. Matter of fact? Your getting off lightly? Isn't she my pretty
little bitch."
Brian stated in an ice cold tone that Mantis never encountered before.
Quite frankly it was making her edgey and rather nervous. She had her
subordinates do a background search on Motoko earlier on and she
knew damn well that Motoko would NEVER be deffirential to a man or
submissive to one thanks in part to Motoko's past. What she saw now
was making her re-evaluate her husband's temprement and his priorities.
When she knew him before he was submissive and gentle? Now seeing
the Swordswoman acting so docile towards Brian made her apprihention
rise another notch. Had Koji's taunts to him scarred him more than she
first thought? What inner demons were plauging her once loving
'husband' to make him have such an about face like this.
Motoko shivered slightlly as she sensed the darkness within her
roommate rise and take presidence like an entity.
"Yes master, please calm down, there is no need to release him,
She is not worth going to death row for , please dont allow him loose."
Motoko stated in a shoothing cajoling timbre
"I'm yours, and Shinobu likes you when your calm. I will allways
belong to you master, not that demon. Believe me. I belong to
you willinglly."
Here Motoko stared down the yukkuza woman.
"I am something you will NEVER be, and are AFRAID to be. I
belong wholey to HIM and that is something you will never
allow. And that scares you. I live and am myself for him. Should
he ask? I'd do anything for him. If I can sacrifice my pride to
belong to a man such as My master? It just shows how much
strength of purpose I truely have. How can you claim his heart
when you abused it far greater than I could. "
Here Motoko placed a hand upon Brian's as she stared
impassivelly into the Sissor Gang boss's eyes.
"Your pride can make you strong yes. But pride in what? Raping
a man! That makes you scum. The same scum that haunts my
masters dreams nightly. Koji I believe his name is. Never will I
forget that name. I know wiping your memory out of his heart is
futile. Your a hypocryte a bigger bitch and hypocryte than I
can ever be. My family knows of you and your dealings. You
USED Brian and threw him to the dogs like a peice of garbage!"
Here Motoko's eyes narrowed to slits.
"You don't deserve a scrap of his love or forgiveness. But
denying even that will hurt my master greatly. I HATE you
for what you did to him. Thanks to your abuse? You allowed
a family demon to attack him! An ancient demon my family
sealed away in a sword that HE bought unwittinglly. A twisted
alternate of a hybrid he considers his dream lover. Raven of
THIS dimention is Trigon's WILLING servant. And she won't
rest until she has my masters soul broken to her twisted ways."
Here Motoko snorted
"As I see it? I am aligning myself with the lesser of two evils, you
have access to Raven's Meditation mirror of the realm that he was
within before this one. That Raven is no puppet of Trigon. Then
again we are not appealing to Raven? But one of her most dangerous
of emotions... Rage! Rage claimed Brian her mate and you know how
possessive demons are of what they consider theirs."
Mantis paled slightlly at the flippant suggestion.
"He was claimed by Rage... you mean that Brian wasn't being
ecentric?"
Here Mantis unveiled the object in question a sister mirror to Raven's
from the depths of her breifcase. From the inky blackness of the mirror
four slits of malefic hate was seen as the three vanished into the mirror
itself and the mirror teleported into Mokoto's room
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Nevermore Rage's domain.
The red cloaked emotion stared down at the two trespassers
and her expression was far from kind as normal.
"You DARE to contest my claim on MY mate!"
The emotion hissed in malice as she strode purposefully
upon the thrtee beings within her realm.
"HE'S MINE! HE BELONGS TO US!"
The acidic tone stated as the wrathfull emotion glared balefully
at the two now shit scared humans. Her eyes ensnared Brian.
" "Mine?"
She hissed posessivelly a creeling hunger within her hate filled
tone. Brian looked at Rage a bittersweet agony within his eye
s a need.
"Yours."
He stated hopefully a wavering smile pathetic and longing. Rage
scowled as she sensed the other Raven's foulness. Since in essense
Rage was directlly linked to Trigon, and Trigon hated giving up
anything that was considered his. Rage became incessed at this
alternate Raven's plotting. Brian BELONGED to Raven of this
dimention and by proxy HER and she was not amused by some
alternate her POACHING what she considered hers for all eternity.
"Yes MINE! My HANDSOME mate!"
Here Rage swept the man into a possessive embrace as her
eyes glared balefully as she read her mate's mind. Her expression
became stoic as her grey skin paled further. She was absolutely
LIVID with Rage. She stared at Mantis
"I should devour your soul for your pedrify? You RAPED my Mate!"
Here the nearly out of control emotion glared at Motoko
"And you tried to kill him!"
It was only sheer good fortune that the 'REAL' Raven
was meditating and within her mind that brought them out.
The stoic hybrid looked at Both women and her emotion's mate.
"You are very fortunate that I was within my mind? Or else Rage
would of consumed BOTH your souls for your transgressions
against her 'mate' ,whilst I and most of my 'emotions' are bound
in wedlock to Beast Boy? Rage has claimed Brian her mate a
claim that is not easily denied. This mirror will be intended for
whomever is closest to Brian's heart a Shibobu Mahara or
Motoko Aoyama.. however the vision is blurred. Consider
yourselves fortunate to escape her wrath this time."
Here Raven teleported them back to where the three originally
started from. Her look of distain at the pair was poingeint at best.
"What you two did was inexcusable! Now My rage needs a
substitute atavar. And although she has her realm within my
mind. She no longer is within it. If I were you two? I would be
very carefull. She is like my alternate here 24/7 and I assure
you it isn't pleasant."
Here Raven smiled faintly towards Brian sizing him up.
"In a way I should be very jealous of your dream version of me?
After all she gets to fuck your brains out and actually ENJOY it
without restraints or consiquenses. See you later .... Sugar Daddy."
With that provocotive comment Raven utalised her soul self tallent
and rematerialised within her original realm and proceeded to make
one now majorly confused Garfeild Logan one of the luckiest
bastards in existance by wearing him out with hot kinky demon sex.
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Shinoubu opened her eyes and a perverse sneer of malice was
seen upon her lips. Her eyes were flame red with malice and
hate as a second set appeared above the first.
The posasessed timid resident sneered in the mirror.
"Hello Mahara? My name is Rage! We are going to have LOTS
of fun now that I kicked that bitch out? We are going to be
such good freinds, and good freinds share things...."
A dark amused chuckle escaped the normally shy girl's lips
as she cupperd her breasts.
"Hmm not bad? Not too big but mine were bigger. Nomatter he has
two bitches with big tits fighting over him allready. Follow my lead
kid and you'll never be lonely ever again! You'll never sleep alone
ever again."
Shinobu closed her eyes as Rage retreated back within her new host's
mind and smiled darkly as the Meditation mirror appeared in
Shinoubu's hand and a chakara gem appeared upon her forhead.
Shinoubu looked wisde eyed at her reflection as she uttered a strangled
cry of the manner that no 13 year old like her would say for kicks.
"Holy Shit!"
There was a grasp as she was pulled into the meditation mirror and was
Face to Face with Rage. age sneered at the timid creature before her.
"Now listen to me bitch! I chose you because your weak and look
simmilar to me. Unlike Raven you don't have a consient control over
all that rage of yours? So I ATE HER! Your other emotions are fine,
but just you remember I call the shots here! Keitaro you can like
but not touch he's married to Tsuruko and quite frankly he's safe
with her. That little snatch of yours or should I say ours? Is going
to be purring for my mate. After we whip those skanks into shape
that is. NO-ONE abuses what's mine and Brian is OURS!"
Here Rage sneered at the cowering girl.
"I don't trust any of the other borders here. That samurai bitch tried
to kill my Mate! She is now his slave it's OUR duty to help her in
the transition on what that entails. Besides that I know your secret
desires are split between My Mate and Motoko I know it was
originally between Keitaro and Motoko. Nomatter you keep being
yourself? And let me handle the rough stuff. Unless you think
yourself brave enough to outfight that skank Narusawaga?"
Rage stated clinically toward Shinobu. Her sdneer softened
"I'll scratch your back if you'll scrath mine, in other words?
I'll do 'Favours' for you if you'll do 'Favours' for me. I feed
upon souls HUMAN souls. I will tell you when I hunger
and when I simply want to fuck my man. Oh don't you
worry? You'll be humping him too! As well as those two
bitches will be paying that pussy of ours lip service.
That is if they want to live with their souls intact."
Here Rage sneered and stroked between Shinobu's legs
a feral smirk was upon her lips as she caressed the virgin
area her eyes ensnaring Shinobu's as shinobu gulped
audibly. Rage laved her tonuge alongside Shinobu's
left side of her face.
"Good my host is pure! You can give him what I couldn't
because of that bastard SLADE. He RAPED Raven thus
sullying my wedding night? You however are my special
little gift to him MY mate and Myself need a wedding night
I want my first time in this reality to be special! We are the
brides, so tonight we fuck our man then feed upon that
delicous energy of his, you will get me pregnant if you know
what's best for us. I need his baby. I will NOT be denied a heir."
Rage stated coldly as she sneered and dismissed Shinobu
from the mirror.
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Damn and here I thought Naru was queen bitch of the roost?
Haste to see what Shinobu will be like on her rags now that Rage
is in residence.
*Coughs and begins the lords prayer*
"Our father whom art in heaven......."
Shinobu bitchslaps the author
"Quit it I'm pissed off as it is without your sarcastic humor
what's the big idea impanting the PMS poster child in my mind!"
Shadoe Megatron shrugs
"I think she's sexy."
Naru sweatdrops
"Are you SURE your not machoistic. A sadistic demoness
teenager on her rags is hardly sexy."
Shadow Megatron looks at Naru
"Compared to you? Rage is the most STABLE of the girls here."
Naru looks sick to her stomach
"Your a real sicko you know that right?"
Shadow Megatron shrugs
"I KNOW you are? But what am I."
