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Ninja Gaiden Koibito	By : Tycho Category: +A through F > Dead or Alive Views: 202667 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 5
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Ninja Quest: Sonia

Ryu and Ayane sat in silence as the helicopter flew toward their destination. The shimmering sea below and brilliant blue sky above were in stark contrast to the troubled look in Ayane’s eyes.
“Speak your thoughts, Ayane.” Ryu said softly, gazing out over the grand vista outside.
“So much has happened so quickly since your return.” The kunoichi took a deep breath. Ever since becoming his lover, Ayane had been treated as nothing less than Ryu’s equal. He was a caring, tender and passionate lover, and for such a deadly warrior, he was capable of great understanding; particularly after Ayane’s tryst with Hayate. But despite all that, part of Ayane still considered Ryu her mentor, and at times she almost missed the days of calling him ‘Master’ Ryu. But she had to have answers. “I know that Bayonetta believes we shall face a great unknown threat in the future, and that you must seek out those women who can receive the Dragon Essence to prepare for that threat. But can you trust her? You yourself swore vengeance on her after Hayate and I…”
“I trust her.” Ryu said firmly. “I trust her because I know her. I was with Bayonetta for… a very long time. Longer than I can describe, longer than I can truly comprehend. There were no secrets between us, for time washes away everything but the truth in the end.”
“You seem changed.” Ayane said, reaching over to place a hand on his knee. “Like a ship drifting out to sea. Distant.”
“You speak the truth.” Ryu nodded, covering Ayane’s hand with his. “I will need someone by my side on this journey, an anchor to keep me steady.”
“Ryu…” Ayane smiled as he pulled her hand to his lips. “I will always be at your side. If only Kasumi were…”
“Kasumi must follow her heart.” Ryu clasped Ayane’s hand tightly in both of his in an encouraging squeeze. “We must trust that her heart will lead her back to us.”
“Yes,” Ayane pursed her lips. “But with everything that has happened, you never had a chance to be with her since your return.”
“My desire for Kasumi does not wane,” Ryu set his jaw. “But the Dragon Essence in her is still strong enough to see her through her quest.”
“Nor have I received your attention in our bed.” Ayane raised an eyebrow.
“That will be addressed.” Ryu stroked Ayane’s cheek with his thumb. “I assure you.”
“We could address it now.” Ayane winked, wanting to straddle Ryu’s lap and have her way with him. “But with our strength and passion, we would likely bring this flying machine crashing into the sea.”
“Indeed.” Ryu agreed.
“Then the anticipation begins.” She kissed him. Even though she was now certain some dire, nebulous threat lurked in their future, she felt more at ease now than ever. Her Ryu was still here after all.

* * *

On a small island wrapped in fog, a woman clad in black leather emerged from the gentle surf in the dark of night. She knelt on one knee, catching her breath as she scanned the shore. The thick fog made it impossible to see further than two or three yards in any direction, and the night was silent. She whispered into the small microphone embedded in the high collar of her leather combat dress.
“Command, come in.” She hissed. “This is agent Sonia; I have trailed the fugitives to a small island. Location unknown. They’re carrying some sort of jamming device that has disabled my uplink. Please, someone come in!”
Sonia paused for a moment, but heard nothing but humming static in return. It had been a long shot, but even now she hoped that someone back at the command center might be able to pick up her signal. And if worse came to worse, it was all being recorded to her personal black-box tucked into her utility belt for the official record. She had been hunting down an escaped mass-murderer for the past few days. The notorious Klaus Noskov, the Mad Bear Bomber, named for his penchant for psychosis, explosives and the fact that he was hairy, burly beast of a man. It had been hours since Sonia knew where she was, and that was easily a hundred miles or so worth of travel time. Between this damn fog and Noskov’s jamming device, Sonia only knew that she was somewhere south of Nova Scotia, but north of the Mason Dixon line. In other words, she was well and truly lost.
“I’ve left my boat a mile off shore,” she said for the record’s benefit. “If only I knew why Noskov brought his men here, wherever here is. I estimate he has at least a dozen followers with him, all heavily armed.” Sonia only had her twin high-caliber pistols, holstered on her hips. Noskov’s men had assault rifles and assorted high explosives. It would be unwise to confront them.
Sonia looked up, trying to find the moon to get a sense of direction. The fog was thick, but she had seen the soft glow of the full moon just before leaving her boat to swim ashore. Then she saw it, and her blood froze in her veins. The moon’s diffused sphere of light was moving slowly behind something in the distance, something massive and very, very tall. Backlit by the illuminated fog, a towering woman’s figure could be seen with one arm raised high, holding what could only be a torch.
The Statue of Liberty.
“I’m on Liberty Island.” Sonia said, for the record and also to make herself come to grips with the implication. “Noskov’s target is...”
Switching off her microphone, Sonia drew her pistols and ran stealthily toward the silhouette of the statue.
Sonia reached the base of the statue, keeping her pistols tracking left and right searching for targets as she began her ascent. A stocky short man rounded a corner and Sonia dropped into a slide, sweeping her leg out and knocking him off his feet before he knew she was there. Wanting to keep the element of surprise, Sonia did not shoot him, instead simply kicking the man’s head. His neck broke with muffled snap, and Sonia cursed under her breath. Langley would prefer to have a prisoner or two to interrogate after this was over.
There was just a whisper of movement behind her, and Sonia spun around on her bottom, coming up in a kneeling firing position. Another goon was standing just a few yards behind her back at the entrance to the statue’s base. His rifle was not pointed at her, however, in fact it was lying in two pieces at his feet, along with the man’s forearms up to the elbows. The unwashed, beady eyed face of the man was filled with confusion as he looked down at his ruined weapon and the stumps of his arms. He looked to Sonia as though to ask what had happened, and she sensed that his next intention was to take a step toward her, but instead the upper half of his torso toppled forward, everything above his sternum falling to the floor. His bottom half tilted back and fell, as though slipping on the now blood-slicked floor.
He’d been cut in half. Sonia blinked in confusion, her pistols still at the ready. She heard nothing else, no sound at all. Taking a deep breath, Sonia got to her feet and headed up the stairs; whatever had happened didn’t matter as long as Noskov had Lady Liberty at his mercy.
She passed the rest of the Mad Bear Bomber’s men as the ascended the statue’s inner stairwells. Their bodies were in various states of dismemberment, blood splattered across the walls in wide swaths around them. Sonia tightened her hands around her pistol grips, focusing on finding Noskov and stopping him from whatever he planned to do to the statue. She reached the observation deck in the crown, but there were only emptied storage cases of some sort. Noskov was nowhere to be seen.
“Damn it.” Sonia hissed under her breath. Then she noticed a few of the viewing windows on the right side had been broken open. She crossed over quickly and saw a rope ladder trailing over the edge down to the statue’s right shoulder. “Where the hell were you going, Noskov?”
Then she spotted the climbing ropes dangling down the raised right arm, leading all the way to the hand clasping the torch. The fog was so thick she couldn’t make out the torch, but if Noskov was anywhere, he was up there. Why hadn’t he just used the torch’s direct access? No time to ponder that, Sonia holstered her pistols and leapt out of the window, narrowly grasping one of the ropes and hauling herself up the Statue of Liberty’s right arm as stealthily as she could manage. She flipped up over the torch’s short railing and was drawing her pistols when she spotted him.
“Noskov!” She yelled, trying to resist the urge to air out his thick frame with a few dozen large caliber holes. But her gut told her to wait.
“Agent Sonia,” His heavily accented voice growled as he turned slowly, his arms raised above his head. The enormous brute was wearing simple grey overalls. “I was hoping you would be here to see the fireworks.”
“Afraid the show’s cancelled.” She snarled, but then she saw the dead-man’s trigger in Noskov’s enormous right hand.
“I see you understand the situation.” Noskov practically giggled, a grotesque sound coming from such a savage man. “You shoot me, I let go of the trigger, and the Lady loses her head.”
Sonia cursed herself for not checking where the ladder led; she had been too focused on Noskov to ascertain his plan first. All those empty containers up in the crown.
“I gave the copper girl a beautiful necklace of high explosives. More than enough to send her crowned head flying into the middle of Manhattan.” Noskov grinned, showing his yellow teeth. “And we have the perfect view, you and I.”
What was she going to do? What? Stand here and watch this maniac destroy a national treasure? She didn’t see many options.
There was a sudden series of flashes, obscured by the fog, from where the statue’s neck would be. Sonia froze for a moment, thinking she was seeing detonators going off, bracing for the horrible explosion. But nothing happened. Noskov was still looking at her, seemingly oblivious to whatever had just happened. Then suddenly it all clicked in her mind and she felt a rush of exhilaration that fear couldn’t hope to match.
“Sorry to disappoint you,” Sonia holstered her pistols and strolled toward Noskov with a sly grin on her face.
“Keep your distance.” Noskov warned, frowning in confusion. “Take another step and I let go.”
“Go ahead.” Sonia shrugged.
“Arrogant bitch.” Noskov hissed, releasing the dead man switch.
Nothing.
“What the…” Noskov’s question was interrupted by Sonia’s heel impacting his gut. He doubled over and charged her, knocking her over the rail. Her hand caught the edge and she used her momentum to swing back up onto the narrow platform. Noskov swung at her, and she ducked the blow, bringing her fist up into his throat and sending him reeling back, coughing violently. Sonia kicked high, breaking his collar bone with a satisfying snap. He staggered on his feet, eyes watering with pain.
“It’s over, Mad Bear.” Sonia relished the words. “You’ll be spending the rest of your miserable life in prison, and only after I’m done wringing every last detail of your crimes out of you in interrogation!”
“I don’t think so.” Noskov shook his head, grimacing at the pain it caused him. “But you’re right… it is over.”
A fragmentation grenade appeared in his left hand and his right reached for the pin. In the blink of an eye, working on instinct and training, Sonia drew her pistols, firing each just once into Noskov’s face. The grenade dropped harmlessly to the grated floor and Noskov’s limp body tumbled over the railing. Sonia closed her eyes as she heard the wet splat a few seconds later, muffled a bit by the fog. When she opened them, Ryu Hayabusa was standing in front of her like a ghost in the night.
“I knew it!” Sonia’s face lit up in a smile as she threw herself into Ryu’s arms, hugging him fiercely before releasing him and pointing an accusatory finger at him. “Why didn’t you just take out Noskov?”
“I trusted you were far more than a match for him.” Ryu’s calm green eyes looked into her. “And would you rather have anyone else finished this?”
“No.” Sonia shook her head, grinning at his insight. “You’re right. Strange, isn’t it? I picked you up here after your fight with Alexei, and now here we are again. Thanks for the backup anyway.”
“My pleasure.” Ryu bowed.
“You didn’t come to New York just to help me bust a mad bomber, though.” Sonia narrowed her eyes. “My contacts with the JDF kept me up to speed with the Regent of the Mask crisis, and I saw a few reports on that latest DOATEC operation. Is everything all right? What do you need?”
“You,” Ryu said simply, before he could stop himself, taking a step toward her. She looked up at him, her eyes filled with a mixture of confusion and a vague excitement she could not quite put her finger on.
“Me?” Sonia asked, sounding dumb to her own ears. “You need my help? A mission of some kind?”
“No,” Ryu reached out and placed his hands on her shoulders. “I need you, Sonia. Do you have feelings for me?”
Sonia felt like her heart was about to climb out of her mouth. She thought back to that day, standing atop Mount Fuji with Ryu. He had just saved her and the entire world from the Archfiend’s return. In that moment of relief, of just being happy to be alive, she had felt a burning desire for Ryu. Sonia was a seasoned agent, and she knew that was a common hormonal and emotional response after high stress situations. But if Ryu had made a move on her, she would have gone along with anything he’d asked just the same. But he hadn’t. He had walked away. He could have taken advantage and he had not. He was a brave, handsome man that had put her life and dignity ahead of his own life, and his own desires. Did she have feelings for him?
“You’re damn straight I do.” Sonia said, grinning like she was a teenager again. “Never been asked out by a ninja before.”
“A ninja does not date.” Ryu spoke low, pulling her against him. He felt her enormous breasts press against him through their form fitting outfits. How much better would it feel flesh to flesh?
“Right here?” Sonia asked, half laughing with excitement. “Right now?”
In answer, Ryu leaned in and kissed her. Sonia’s mouth opened into the kiss, and he felt her hands roam over his back as their tongues played together. When he pulled back, he saw no hesitation in Sonia’s pale green eyes, only that same look of longing and promise he’d seen on Mount Fuji. Sonia pressed her left hand against Ryu’s chest, pushing him back a step. With her right hand, Sonia leisurely began unzipping the front of her combat dress, keeping the front closed, while she unhooked her utility belt and holsters with her left hand. Keeping her eyes on Ryu, she slowly pealed open her front.
Ryu had to restrain himself as Sonia’s glorious breasts were revealed before him. Tina, Rachel and Dixie Clemets now had a third contender to join their rivalry. Sonia’s bosom was spectacular, her creamy orbs of flesh caught the diffused moonlight with an enchanting glow that was utterly mesmerizing. Fighting back the urge to grab them, Ryu instead reached for the clasps of his ninja attire, but Sonia shook her head.
“Let me,” She licked her lips, now wearing just her thigh-tall boots and shoulder-length leather gloves. Her fingers worked over every strap and fastener with the same precision she brought to bear with her marksmanship. Pulling off Ryu’s black garb, Sonia felt her mouthwatering as she saw the ninja’s perfectly defined abs, his chiseled pectorals. He was the impossible ideal of masculine perfection, and yet here he was in the flesh. Then she was pulling down his under garment… “Oh… oh my… I knew it… oh, wow.”
Ryu’s erect member swung up proudly as it was released from restraint. Sonia gazed at it, marveling at his size and feeling her heart beat heavily almost in perfect time with the long, thick shaft’s throbbing motions. She leaned around to the side, her lips curling in a satisfied grin as she studied his toned butt. She forced herself to look back up into Ryu’s eyes, and they stood there for a moment in their nakedness, wrapped only in the thick fog of the night. Ryu was content to wait for Sonia to make the first move. He did not have to wait long.
Sonia grabbed Ryu’s wrists and brought his hands up to her breasts, pressing his palms against her aroused nipples.
“You should know something about me before we get going.” She said with a wink. “Some girls get real self-conscious and shy about their boobs; I’m not one of them. You think I wear that outfit half-unzipped for comfort? I can’t count the number of times I’ve dodged a bullet because the guy doing the shooting was having an acute case of hormonal dissonance. These puppies have saved my life. I have big breasts; they’re beautiful and I know it. Enjoy!”
Ryu’s hands groped her, kneading Sonia’s breasts with his strong fingers. They were soft and supple, warm in his hands. Sonia took a deep, luxuriating breath as she savored his touch. Her own hands moved over Ryu’s broad chest, feeling the incredible power of his hard muscles just beneath the skin. She trailed her fingers over his arms, feeling his muscles flex as he continued massaging her breasts. She had seen firsthand what these powerful arms could do, and right now all that power was focused on worshiping her body. Sonia reached around behind him and grabbed Ryu’s butt, digging her gloved fingers into his glutes. She then quickly pulled off her gloves, wanting nothing between Ryu’s backside and her greedy fingers.
“Finally!” She took a deep breath in through her nose, closing her eyes as she squeezed the pure muscle. “All those times I followed you, watching that gorgeous ass of yours in that that tight outfit! Rarrrr!”
Ryu could not help but smile at her. Sonia’s voluptuous body had certainly not gone unnoticed to Ryu during their time together, why should he not expect the same to be true for her? He released her breasts and wrapped his arms around her, pulling her against him. Their perfectly sculpted bodies pressed tight together, soft breasts against rock-hard pecs. Sonia gasped as the length of Ryu’s erection was pressed up against her belly, she could feel the pulsing of his member against her navel, and impressive bulge of his testicles beneath. The heat of him was incredible. Ryu savored the sensation of Sonia’s bare breasts against his chest, feeling her hard nipples pressing into him as he held her tight, looking down into her eyes.
“I want you inside. Right now.” Sonia purred, her breath coming shorter.
“Your boots,” Ryu reminded her softly.
“I’m a boots-on kind of girl” Sonia shook her head, grinning at him with a fire in her eyes. “Now bend me over this railing and get this party started.”
He didn’t need to be told twice, and he found Sonia’s decisiveness as alluring as ever. He released her, and she turned, bending over and bracing her hands on the ornate guard rail. She spread her feet apart, wiggling her shapely butt at him for good measure as he stepped into position behind her. Ryu took hold of his member with one hand and gently parted Sonia’s nether lips with the other. Her arousal was intense, dripping down her smooth thighs and over her tall black boots. The tip of his cock slid in, and Sonia shivered in anticipation. Then, with one smooth thrust, Ryu sank himself to the hilt inside her.
“Oh GOD!” Sonia lurched, sucking in a breath as she felt herself filled with Ryu’s throbbing, hot cock. “Ungh! That’s… oh, that’s good! Damn it, Ryu! Whew! I can barely breathe!”
Ryu leaned down against her, covering her back with his chest and setting his hands on top of hers on the railing. Sonia parted her fingers, letting Ryu’s fingers entwine with hers as they both gripped the guard rail. Ryu gently kissed the back of Sonia’s neck, and she giggled with delight, squeezing down on his manhood inside her. Ryu began a slow, gentle rolling of his hips, grinding his cock inside Sonia’s tight confines, gauging her responses with each subtle shift of angle.
“Nnnngh! Oh that’s lovely!” Sonia inhaled deeply as pleasure radiated up through her like a fire being stoked by a bellows. “I knew you’d be good, but… Oh, Ryu! It’s never felt like this! Ungh! Ah! That’s it! Right there!”
Ryu found the spot, angling his hips precisely and churning against Sonia’s toned butt, working his cock against that particular area deep inside her. She felt marvelous around him, tight and hot and unbelievably wet. Her body was strong and vital, trained to her physical peak. She humped back against him, complimenting each motion of his hips with her own. She was good, that was undeniable.
“I never thought you would be so gentle! Oh!” Sonia moaned as Ryu’s cock churned around deep inside her. “I always figured you would…ooooh!.... you would be a jack-hammer, hard-sex kind of guy.”
“I can be.” Ryu growled in her ear, his chiseled abs rubbing against Sonia’s butt. “But I do not wish to break through this railing and send us falling to our deaths.”
“Good point. Let’s save rough stuff for round two.” Sonia suggested, her voice rising in pitch as she felt her climax approaching. “Oh! And that might be sooner than later! Oh, yes! Tell me you’re feeling this!”
“I’m with you,” Ryu nodded, pleased that she was as in tune with him as he was with her. This was the delicate part; he had to ejaculate inside her during a mutual orgasm for the Dragon Essence to take hold. It was likely too much to ask during their first time, so Ryu would have to wait until…
“Do me one favor,” Sonia said, trying to keep her voice even in spite of the pleasure coursing up her body. “I know this sounds crazy, but… Unngh! I want you to come inside me! I read about your tantric orgasm thing…mmmm… and it’s impressive, but I want the real thing, raw and all. Don’t worry about me, I’ll be fine right now, so just let it all out, Ryu!”
“Of course,” Ryu smiled with relief and pride that such a strong woman would request that from him. “It would be my honor.”
“Oh, Ryu! Yes!” Sonia set her jaw, squeezing her eyes shut as the simmering pleasures between her legs boiled over into a frothing orgasm that wrenched a long, straining moan from her lungs. “Ryu! OOOOH!!!”
“Sonia!” Ryu squeezed her hands as Sonia’s womanhood clamped down on him. He leaned heavily into her as his loins heaved, pumping his seed into Sonia’s hot vessel, and she bucked against him in her own throes of ecstasy. Even as he rode out the last spasms, he smiled at Sonia’s sudden exclamations.
“Oh WOW!” Sonia inhaled sharply, feeling incredible waves of energy flowing through her, washing away any hint of fatigue from her long swim and the subsequent battle with Noskov. While Ryu’s manhood shot the last spurt of his warm fluid inside her, Sonia was already straightening up. She spun around to face Ryu, poking his chest with an accusing finger while her other hand reached down and wrapped around his still very hard member. “I knew it would be good, but what the hell was THAT? I’ve never felt better in my life, and that’s more than the afterglow talking.”
Ryu took her in his arms, pulled her close and explained everything; the Dragon Essence as well as Bayonetta’s dire warning about a looming threat in the future. He touched upon Ayane and Hayate’s forbidden joining and the fear and suspicion it had put in Ryu. Never once did Sonia look at him with anything other than rapt attention, taking his word for everything without so much as a question before he finished his story.
“You’re saying that after the Archfiend was destroyed, and we watched the sunrise on Mount Fuji…” Sonia said, gently stroking Ryu’s chest as he held her to him. “You didn’t trust this… witch that gave you the Dragon Essence. You thought it might be dangerous.”
“Yes.” Ryu nodded. “But now my fears are quelled.”
“So if you hadn’t been worried about the Dragon Essence back then…” Sonia looked up at him.
“I would have ravished you atop Mount Fuji from morning till dusk.” Ryu said huskily. Sonia’s face flushed red and her eyes virtually glowed with excitement.
“I think it’s time for the rough stuff.” Sonia whispered before suddenly leaping up onto him. Ryu’s hands caught her shapely butt in and underhand grip and Sonia’s wrapped herself around him, her booted legs crossing behind Ryu’s lower back and her arms around the back of his strong neck. With a deft undulation of her hips, she mounted his erection. “I want it hard, and I want it fast.”
His arms bulging with muscle, Ryu fulfilled her request and then some. He pumped Sonia’s on his cock, lifting and plunging her entire body with ease. For her part, Sonia leaned forward, setting the side of her head in the crook of Ryu’s neck. She let him work her on himself, letting her body relax in his arms. She was giving him complete control, trusting him completely.
Her trust was well placed.
Ryu kept a steady, quick and forceful pace. He could not get enough of feeling Sonia’s incredible breasts sliding up and down his chest with every bounce. Sonia’s moans and cries of pleasure spurred him on, wordlessly begging him to make her come. Ryu handled her body with a master’s touch, lifting and plunging her onto his hard shaft. Sonia could feel his powerful muscles against and around her naked body, and how all that power was intently focused on pleasuring her. It was intoxicating, and Sonia let herself be overwhelmed, simply clinging to Ryu as he pumped her onto his utterly extraordinary cock. She constantly lived her life on the edge of death, constantly staying on her guard. Now she was in the arms of a man she trusted with every ounce of her being.
“Come with me, Ryu!” Sonia cried, her finger nails raking across Ryu’s broad back. “Come with me!”
“Yes!” Ryu grunted, feeling Sonia’s inner muscles beginning to spasm. “I am with you, Sonia! Aaargh! SONIA!!!”
Ryu slammed her down on himself, burying his cock to the hilt as his climax exploded through him. Sonia let out a strangled cry as her own orgasm ripped through her, and she buried her face in the crook of Ryu’s neck, muffling her screams as her entire body shook wildly in the ninja’s strong arms. Ryu’s fingers dug into Sonia’s buttocks, feeling her toned backside flexing in spasms as she squeezed down on Ryu’s member, which pulsated with each forceful ejaculation deep inside Sonia. Ryu staggered back, leaning against the sculpted flame of the torch. As the last shivers of pleasure diffused through their bodies, Ryu set Sonia gently to her feet.
“Oh, Ryu…” Sonia held his face in her hands, staring up at him with pure affection. “Kiss me, ninja.”
And he did. When Sonia finally leaned back, breaking their kiss, she was gasping for breath. “Ryu, there’s something you should know.”
“Yes?” He asked, gently caressing her bare back as he held her to him.
“My name… ‘Sonia’ is just a code name.” She sighed. Divulging her true name was a serious breach of security protocols, but she didn’t care. Ryu deserved to know, and she wanted him to know her, completely and truly. “My name is Irene Lew.”
“Thank you, Irene.” Ryu smiled at her, and she felt her heart flutter hearing him say her name. “I know you risk much confiding in me.”
“I know this sounds crazy, and maybe it is…” Sonia shrugged. “But what the hell: I love you, Ryu Hayabusa. I’ve known that for a long time. For a while I figured it was just the stress of what we went through, you know… you save my life, I save yours. You have an amazing body, you’re mysterious... of course I wanted to sleep with you. But it’s always been more than that. I’ve never met a man like you, and I don’t think I ever will again. You have your family already; I know that, so I don’t expect you to…”
“I feel the same.” Ryu interrupted smoothly. “You fought by my side with great courage. You are a valiant warrior and a beautiful woman. My love is yours if you will have it.”
“Oh wow.” Sonia blinked away sudden tears. “I didn’t think you would… I mean, I hoped you would but… Oh, Ryu!” She kissed him again, then grinned excitedly. “I have my choice of assignments at the agency. I can transfer to the embassy in Japan, and keep an eye on Reiko and your kids!” Her eyes shined brightly at the mention of the children.
“Sonia… Irene,” Ryu corrected himself. “Do you wish to…?”
“No, no.” She shook her head. “Not yet, anyway. This is happening so fast! Let me get my bearings first. I’ve never been… well, in a harem before.” She winked at him. “And you can call me Sonia whenever you want, I don’t mind. How about we save ‘Irene’ for our next liaison in bed? Ha! And we really should try to do it in bed next time.”
“Indeed.” Ryu agreed.
“I never asked,” Sonia cocked her head to the side. “How did you get here? Did you bring a boat?”
“I ran.” Ryu said simply.
“We’re on an island, Ryu.” Sonia raised an eyebrow.
“I ran.” Ryu repeated.
“On water.” Sonia deadpanned.
“Yes.”
“I’ll never get used to ninjas, but I look forward to trying.” Sonia pulled him into another kiss that she ended with great reluctance. “Oh, I suppose I should find that jammer Noskov had, and turn it off so I can contact HQ and… wait.” Sonia blinked.
“What is it?” Ryu asked.
“The detonator.” Sonia frowned. “The detonator Noskov had, it was a wireless transmitter on a dead-man’s switch. How was he going to detonate the explosives with the jammer still on unless he…”
Ryu’s keen ears picked up a low frequency thumping. He released Sonia and she turned toward the approaching noise.
“…unless he turned the jammer off.” Sonia finished her thought. She looked over to her discarded combat dress and saw her communication kit blinking with a strong transponder signal. Then she looked back up toward the source of the thumping sound and saw a bright, though diffused light approaching. It was an agency helicopter, homing in on her signal. Sonia turned to Ryu, who was somehow already fastening the last buckle on his ninja outfit. “How did you get into that so fast? I…” She stopped short, looking down at her completely naked body. “Oh, crap!” She dove for her combat dress, pulling it on as fast as she could. She fumbled with the zipper, the thrumming of the helicopter growing louder by the second. Just as she managed to zip up, the downdraft of the stealth-chopper blew the fog clear of the statue, and an amplified voice called to her from the sleek helicopter.
“Agent Sonia, are you all right?”
“The situation is under control.” Sonia tried to keep her voice even as spoke into her communication device. “Noskov has been neutralized, but I’ll require a bomb-disposal team for clean-up. The ninja has my clearance.”
“Please repeat. Did you say ninja?”
Sonia turned and realized that she was now alone atop the torch. She smiled to herself before addressing the chopper again.
“Disregard my last.” She shook her head ruefully. “And patch me through to Langley. I need to make some travel arrangements.”

* * *

Ayane was waiting for Ryu on shore.
“All is well with Sonia?” Ayane asked.
“Indeed,” Ryu acknowledged. “Though I am unsure where the next Dragon Essence recipient will be found.”
“Perhaps I can offer you some inspiration…” Ayane reached for the clasp of her ninja garb, but a beeping from her communication device brought her up short. She sighed and keyed open a channel to their helicopter pilot waiting for them further inland.
“Message for Hayabusa.” Their pilot reported. “Miss Douglass relayed a call she received from a… Lisa Hamilton.”
“Go ahead.” Ayane said, raising an eyebrow at Ryu.
“Message reads: Got another one to try out.”
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