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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: Kiss From a Rose, Marie

The helicopter carrying Ryu, Ayane, Momiji, Rachel and Miyako touched down on the Freedom Survivor’s landing pad as the sun began dipping beneath the horizon. Leon met them as they disembarked.

“Madam Miyako,” He said in his gruff but respectful tone. “We have your personal yacht prepared on the starboard side. Madam Helena needs you in Tokyo by tomorrow afternoon.”

“Back to business.” Miyako sighed and then moved to embrace Ryu. “Thank you, Ryu, for everything. And tell your father that he certainly has not seen the last of me.”

“I thank you, Miyako.” Ryu replied, holding her tight. “You have restored my father his sight and, I believe, much more than that.”

She took a deep breath, released him and strode away, with a spring in her step and humming a pleasant tune.

“If you’ll follow me…” Leon gestured and escorted them down below deck to Helena’s office suite.

Helena rose from her grand desk as they entered, sweeping toward them in a gorgeous red dress that made her blond hair seem even more radiant than usual. Leon saluted her and then turned and left with his customary military precision.

“I’ve given up asking him to stop saluting me.” Helena sighed, shrugging in exasperation after the door closed behind Leon. Then she smiled as she turned to Momiji. “Ryu’s pride herself! Welcome, my dear Momiji!”

“Thank you, Mistress Helena.” Momiji bowed deeply, her cheeks red with embarrassment.

“I trust that Ryu wasn’t too brutal with you.” Helena winked. “He can be a real animal in bed.”

Momiji flushed, averting her eyes and remaining silent.

“She’s just teasing, Momiji.” Rachel nudged the young kunoichi with sisterly comfort. “Hey, Helena. You’re looking fine as always.”

“As are you, Rachel, vous renarde voluptueuses!” Helena purred, looking Rachel’s scantily clad body up and down. “That armor of yours never fails to arouse.”

“Your message was urgent.” Ayane interjected, rolling her eyes at Helena’s flirting.

“Yes, of course, forgive me.” Helena nodded. “We discovered something in a hidden lab deep within the Freedom Survivor.” She walked back to her desk and pressed a few buttons on a control panel. A large video display descended from the ceiling, on which was footage of a large machine, all wires and circuit boards. It towered over a technician, making it at least twenty feet tall, and just as wide and deep.

“What is it?” Ryu asked.

“It’s a multiversal cross-over machine.” A woman’s voice said from the door.

Ryu turned to see Sarah Bryant walking in wearing her signature tight blue combat suit. Ryu saw that she had acquired a very nice tan, and wondered just how long she and Tina had spent on that island together.

“Ryu,” Sarah smiled, walking up and kissing him. “I’m glad you’re back.”

“Your memories truly have returned.” Ryu returned her smile.

“They have. And I know that this machine is something that Donovan had been working with J6 to create.” Sarah nodded.

“So, this multi-uh…” Rachel trailed off.

“Multiversal cross-over machine.” Sarah repeated. “MCOM for short.”

“Multiversal cross-over.” Rachel frowned. “I don’t like the sound of that.”

“Donovan has always been obsessed with creating the perfect warrior for himself. First with Hayate in the Epsilon project, then with Kasumi’s clone in the Alpha project, and then Genra’s transformation in the Omega project, and most recently his near success with Project Alpha once again. He has sought to control some of most powerful fighters in the world. But it seems his ambitions were extended to other worlds as well.”

“A threat to your entire world; perhaps all worlds.” Ryu said quietly, almost to himself.

“What?” Ayane asked, seeing the look on Ryu’s face. “What do you mean?”

“It was something Bayonetta said to me, when she first warned me of the unknown threat.” Ryu recalled the very real fear in Bayonetta’s eyes.

“This machine may be able to bridge our world with others… other dimensions. Other earths with different histories than our own, or other planets all together.” Sarah said. “At least that’s what J6 was wanting, and what they commissioned Donovan to accomplish.”

“Does it work?” Rachel asked.

“No, it is incomplete.” Helena shook her head.

“Good, then let us destroy it.” Ayane said simply.

“No.” Ryu shook his head. “Bayonetta was clear that I would need to strengthen the Dragon Essence as much as possible.”

“There might very well be women in these other worlds that can do that.” Momiji said quietly, not wanting to directly contradict Ayane while supporting Ryu.

“My thinking exactly.” Helena nodded. “This is why I need you all to retrieve the last few items that will get the MCOM up and running.” She zoomed the video in, showing a metallic ring resting on the floor just in front of the machine, with wires running from it to the main body of the device. The ring had a deep grove arounds its entire length. “You see this? We believe Donovan’s technicians were tapping into arcane energies. Ryu, you spoke of portals in Tairon that led to other planes of existence.”

“Yes.” Ryu said, “There is a ring of stones in my village that connected to the same network of mystic portals.”

“Excellent.” Helena clapped. “From what little information Donovan’s scientists left with the machine, we believe that those stones are to be placed in this ring in a very particular order.”

“That ring is at least three times the size of the ones in Tairon.” Rachel grimaced. “It’ll take the stones from every portal we know about to fill that ring out.”

“Then we have no time to waste retrieving them.” Ryu spun on his heel to leave, but Helena grabbed his arm.

“The others can handle the stones.” Helena said. “But there are other women still on this world that you need to attend to before worrying about other universes.”

“I can organize the search in Tairon.” Rachel assured him. “I know that city like the back of my hand.”

“I’m with you.” Ayane agreed. “Momiji, you retrieve the stones from Hayabusa Village.”

“Yes, Mistress!” Momiji nodded enthusiastically.

“I’m sorry I couldn’t have told you to bring them over the radio,” Helena apologized. “But I…”

“You couldn’t risk the security breach.” Ayane finished her thought. “No apologies necessary, Helena.”

“Well, let’s go.” Rachel led the way while the two kunoichi followed her out, leaving Ryu with Sarah and Helena.

“Do you know how to operate the machine?” Ryu asked.

“Actually, we have two very capable agents on their way to ‘acquire’ one of J6’s head scientists that assisted in the building of the MCOM.” Helena said with a smirk.

“Christie and Bayman?” Ryu asked, assuming the two assassins would be ideal.

“No.” Helena shook her head. “Christie still needs to keep her cover with Donovan, and having her and Bayman kidnap one of his fellow cohorts wouldn’t do. No, my hand must not be detected in this. So I have outsourced to two American and Japanese special operatives.”

“I hope their agents can handle it.” Ryu crossed his arms, uneasy trusting unknown spies with such a critical mission.

“They assure me they’re the best.” Helena smiled. “And they’re hardly strangers. They both volunteered, in fact, because I mentioned you.”

“Who are they?” Ryu frowned.

“CIA agent codenamed Sonia and JASDF special agent Mizuki McCloud.” Sarah answered. “Helena says you know them?”

“I do.” Ryu nodded, his stomach in a knot. He looked sharply at Helena. “You should have told me before sending Sonia and Mizuki…”

“I do not take orders from you, Ryu.” Helena held up a finger in warning, her voice severe and her French accent growing thick with emotion. Her eyes shined with regal authority. “I intend to help you fulfill the Dragon Essence. But Donovan, as well as his MIST and J6 operations, are my concern and fall under my prerogative. I’ll point out that both agents insisted on leaving before you were briefed.” Her eyes softened. “Agent McCloud in particular was adamant that she owed you, and Sonia was certain that, if you were aware of their mission, you would have attempted to join them.”

Ryu clenched his fist for a moment, furious.

“You don’t think they can do it?” Helena asked pointedly.

Suddenly Ryu exhaled, relaxing his fist. “It isn’t that. They are both excellent agents.” He looked down at the floor, thinking. “I am… unaccustomed to having my friends undertake such dangerous missions in my stead for my sake. A ninja is to sacrifice his life for others, not the other way around.”

Helena stepped forward, placing a hand on Ryu’s shoulder. “Before all is said and done, Ryu, I expect we will all be faced with grave danger. But these are our decisions… your friends and lovers… WE decided to stand by you no matter what.”

Sarah stepped up beside him, setting her hand on Ryu’s other shoulder. “I only met you a few days ago, Ryu, but I already know that you’re a man that I would fight beside, and die beside if necessary. Trust in your friends… they’ll be all right.”

Ryu nodded slowly, a grim smile on his lips as he looked back up at Helena. “Forgive my arrogance, Helena.”

“Mon amour,” Helena leaned in and kissed him deeply. She pulled back, caressing his face in her hands. “You’re a man of fierce loyalty, protective and passionate. That’s the man I fell in love with, and you never need to apologize for it.”

Sarah managed to choke back a tear, blinking furiously as she cleared her throat. “Ah… Helena, you did want Ryu to stick around for a reason, right?”

“Yes, of course.” Helena smiled, taking a step back composing herself. “I had our sons brought on board, Ryu. They’re down in my private suite. Sarah and I have several more intelligence reports to go over tonight. I thought you would like to see them while we’re occupied here.”

Though still concerned for Mizuki and Sonia, the thought of seeing his two boys struck a chord in Ryu that brought a smile to his face. “I would love to. I shall be discreet; I do not wish them to be confused as to who I am.”

“They should be in bed soon.” Helena smiled. “Look in on them.”

Ryu bowed to Helena and Sarah and swept from the room.

Helena watched him go, and she wondered if she had made the right decision in not telling him what he would find. Time would tell.

* * *

Ryu made his way deeper into the enormous cruise ship, finally arriving at Helena’s private suite, which was essentially a self-contained mansion buried inside the Freedom Survivor. He went in, making his way to the children’s wing of the suite. He entered a play area full of large stuffed animals that connected to the children’s bedroom. As he approached the bedroom door, he heard a child’s cry of excitement. He carefully knelt at the old-fashioned keyhole and peaked inside.

He saw his two sons within. The youngest, Joseph, was curled up in a cozy crib, his brown hair wispy, and his little chest rising and falling as he slept soundly. Ryu’s older son, Fame II, was a dark haired child, running about the room and giggling in his pajamas. Chasing Fame around the room was a young girl, obviously a servant of some sort, wearing a black skirt with white trimming. The girl had a soft, round, youthful face. Her hair was a light blond, styled in two long ponytails that trailed behind her as she pursued Fame around his bed.

“Shush, Fame!” She whispered in a light bubbly voice, smiling and trying to hold back a giggle as the little boy ran in front of her around the bed. “You’ll wake up Joseph! Let’s get you into bed.”

She finally caught up with Joseph and scooped him up, swinging him up in the air as the little boy squealed in delight. She plopped him down into the bed and pulled the soft sheets up to his chin, tucking him in. She kissed him on the forehead and patted his thick head of dark hair. “Good night, Master Joseph.” She said softly as the little boy’s eyes closed as he settled in, finally relenting to the call of sleep.

Ryu had always known that Helena would love their children, but he also understood that she was head of an enormous business in DOATEC, and her time was stretched thin. It was obvious that the raising of their sons would be supplemented by her retinue of servants, but Ryu had always pictured them as impersonal workers. This young servant girl’s affection for his sons was something Ryu had never anticipated, but it was a most welcome surprise.

He left the door and walked to the center of the play room, contemplating this new realization. The door opened a moment later and he saw the servant girl backing out quietly from the bedroom, closing the thick, ornate door as quietly as possible. Ryu was overwhelmed by gratitude toward the girl and instinctively moved to her. Before he could speak, she turned and saw him.

“Eeeek!” The girl cried out, kicking out so fast and suddenly that Ryu was caught completely off guard. The girl’s booted foot came up square between his legs, and though his combat suit absorbed most of the impact, Ryu still felt the queasy pain as his testicles objected to the assault. The girl’s fists were then flying into his face, punching him as she spun on her heel. The strikes were not powerful, but their speed and enthusiasm were impressive. Ryu backed away, realizing how terrifying he must appear in his full ninja combat suit. The girl’s face was pinched in fierce determination as she hissed at him. “You stay away from the children! Back, you assassin! BACK!”

“I am no assassin.” Ryu spoke as calmly as he could. “I am Ryu Hayabusa!”

The girl froze at once, her eyes wide in surprise. She looked him up and down and her cheeks flushed red with sudden embarrassment.

“Oh! Oh, no! Forgive me, I… I didn’t know!” She stammered, her hands coming up to cover her mouth in despair. “I just saw you there and thought… Oh, forgive me, Master Hayabusa!” She bowed so low that her face brushed her skirt. “I was just so worried about Mistress Helena’s sons!”

“You did no wrong.” Ryu returned her bow, grunting a bit as the pain in his groin lingered. “I should have announced myself, Miss…”

“Rose.” She said, smiling nervously as she transitioned her bow into a classic curtsey. Her voice was sweet and young, fitting her apparent youth. “Marie Rose, at your service, Ryu Hayabusa.”

“Marie, your devotion to Helena’s two boys is admirable.” Ryu complimented her. He winced again at the discomfort between his legs. “As is your combat prowess.”

“Oh dear!” Marie’s eyes went wide with panic again and she rushed to him, placing her delicate hands on his chest. She was short; the top of her head was barely level with his collarbone. “Are you all right? I kicked you…” She glanced down briefly before looking up at him with eyes filled with tears of regret. “Have I damaged… anything?”

“It was a formidable kick indeed.” Ryu sighed. “But I will be fine.”

“I know just the thing to help!” She said, perking up suddenly. “I’ll draw a hot bath at once. With some proper salts and oils, you will feel as good as new!”

“That is not necessary…” Ryu shook his head but was brought up short by Marie’s finger held up in front of his nose. Her youthful face was now severe and brokered no argument.

“I insist, Master Hayabusa. It is for your own good!” And with that, she grabbed his hand and towed him out of the play room, down a hall and into the guest bath.

While the bath behind Helena’s office suite was enormous, more of a small pool than a simple bath, this was a traditional, classical European bath. A shining white tub stood on golden legs at its center, with fine ebony tile work along the floor and walls. Marie started the bath’s faucet, filling the room with steam as the tub filled. She added soap, which bubbled nicely, filling the tub with suds. She then suddenly moved toward him and before Ryu knew what was happening, Marie was unbuckling his combat suit.

“I can undress myself.” Ryu protested, his voice edged of irritation.

“I am Helena’s servant, and you are her guest, so I am your servant.” Marie replied cheerfully, either oblivious to Ryu’s tone or ignoring it. “You will receive the same treatment my Mistress does and that’s that!” She said with such finality that Ryu didn’t bother with a retort.

She stripped him down to his undergarments and then grabbed those as well. Ryu drew the line here, and he grabbed her hand. “If you don’t mind.” He said gruffly, gesturing for her to turn around.

“Oh, for heaven’s sake!” Marie sighed in exasperation. She crossed her arms petulantly but turned around as requested, rolling her eyes as she did. “I’ve changed more diapers than you, I wager. There’s nothing you have that I haven’t seen before!”

Frowning with unease, Ryu slipped off his undergarment and climbed into the tub. The hot water was fantastic, loosening his muscles as he sank up to his shoulders in the large porcelain tub. It was large enough to stretch out in, with enough room for someone else at the other end. Ryu thought wistfully that Helena would fit nicely in the bath with him but his momentary fantasy was interrupted as warm water was abruptly poured over his head. Ryu turned to see Marie with a bucket in her hands, smiling at him.

“Thank you.” Ryu said flatly, reaching up to sweep his wet hair from his eyes.

“Of course, Master.” She replied cheerily, setting the bucket down. Ryu turned away from her again, shaking his head. Marie reached for a bottle next to the tub and filled her hands with an oil of some sort. She moved around behind him and began rubbing the oil on his neck and shoulders. Her petite hands were strong for their size, and they worked the tension out of him with ease. “Mistress Helena always enjoys this.” She chirped as her hands worked at his muscular arms. Ryu leaned forward, letting her rub down his back. It did feel good, and the tension in his back slowly went slack, freeing up his energy considerably and improving his mood.

“Mistress Helena has mentioned you, of course.” Marie said, working the heel of her hand into the small of Ryu’s back under the water line. “She thinks very highly of your skills, so I guess it makes sense she sent you to look after her sons.”

“Have you looked after Joseph and Fame long?” Ryu asked, curious as to how much Marie knew about the boys.

“Since little Fame first started crawling around.” She replied, giggling to herself at some memory. “I’m very lucky to be in the service of such a woman as the Lady Helena Douglas. She is so elegant! So beautiful! Graceful and kind!”

“That she is.” Ryu nodded, smiling to himself. “And she is a fine mother.” He said mostly to himself, happy to know that even though Helena was a busy woman, she had made sure their children were well tended and loved. Marie Rose was evidence of that. “I want to thank you for looking after the boys, Marie.”

“Oh, that’s…” Marie stammered, confused but flattered. Her small hands moved back up to Ryu’s shoulders, working at the thick muscles there. “It’s my duty to Mistress Helena, but I wasn’t sure if I was really nanny materiel…”

“The boys adore you.” Ryu said simply, he had seen that much.

“They’re darlings.” The girl blushed, massaging Ryu’s neck. “They must take after their mother.”

“Ah.” Ryu nodded slowly, careful not to give anything away. “You do not think much of the father?”

“Well he isn’t here, is he?” Marie said spitefully. Her fingers dug in harshly at Ryu’s shoulders, he could feel her anger in her touch. “A man gives Helena two beautiful boys and doesn’t marry her? My Mistress deserves better!”

“Yes she does.” Ryu agreed, taking a deep breath. “But perhaps this is how Helena wishes things to be.”

“I suppose.” Marie shrugged, the anger suddenly gone and her light tone back once again. “It isn’t for a maid such as me to decide these things. I suppose you and I are a lot alike.”

“Are we?” Ryu asked, amused at the random assertion.

“Well, no, I know you are a legendary warrior and I’m just a maid.” She giggled again. “I mean that we’re both on the outside of Mistress Helena’s life, even if we’re closer to her than most people.”

“Perhaps.” Ryu paused, struck by the simple but profound nature of Marie’s insight, so much so that he didn’t notice how her hands hand descended down from his shoulders and dipped below the water line. “Perhaps you are right.”

“Of course I’m right!” Marie laughed. “The maid and the ninja, all alone and together. We could…”

Suddenly Ryu felt Marie’s small hands running down his abs toward his groin. He leapt to his feet, spinning around to face her in shock and surprise.

“Oh MY!” Marie gasped, covering her mouth with her hands as she stared at Ryu’s nude body, suds sliding down his muscular frame. Then her eyes dropped to Ryu’s groin for a moment before rolling back. Marie Rose promptly dropped to the tiled floor, fainting dead away.

Ryu’s shock was overridden by concern and he hopped out of the bath, kneeling over Marie. He leaned down, placing his ear next to the young girl’s lips to listen for her breathing. He heard nothing. Ryu instantly pinched her nose with his fingers and covered her petite mouth with his lips to breathe air into her lungs. But as soon as his lips were on hers, Marie moaned, her pouty lips opening under his as she was suddenly kissing him. He pulled back at once on his haunches, staring at the blushing girl as her eyes blinked open.

“Did…did you kiss me?” Marie asked, eyes dazed and her voice high and breathless. “That was so nice…”

“No, you are mistaken.” Ryu shook his head adamantly. “I thought you had stopped breathing and I…”

“You saved my life!” Marie sat up quickly, wrapping her arms around Ryu’s neck in a hug, puckering her pink lips and closing her eyes, leaning in to kiss him. Ryu stood up, trying to get away but Marie held fast, and she was lifted up with him. She held on, clinging to him as he stood, her booted feet dangling in the air.

“Miss Rose, please!” Ryu protested futilely. She weighed next to nothing as her slim frame dangled against him. Against his naked body, that was. Ryu reached behind his neck, prying her arms away. She lost her grip and fell, sliding down. It was then that Ryu realized that his manhood was erect. He knew it because he felt Marie Rose’s perfectly smooth thigh slide along the length of his shaft and then felt the elastic band of the girl’s panties slip over the head of his cock, sandwiching the organ between the stretchy band and the girl’s warm skin. The elastic stretched taut as Marie Rose landed on her feet, Ryu’s erect member now tucked up under the band of her panties like a sword tucked under a belt.

“Nyyaaaah!” Marie yelped, her eyes wide as the fabric of her undergarment tightened as the band was pulled to its limit, forcing the white fabric into places it was not meant to go. She instinctively rose up on her tip toes, trying to alleviate the pressure.

“Unngh!” Ryu grunted, the elastic band of Marie’s panties now wrapped around the base of his cock, though mercifully hidden by the maid’s skirt.

They were both so shaken by the sensations that neither of them understood exactly what had happened. Ryu tried stepping back as did Marie, but that only served to pull her panties up higher and deeper between her legs. An involuntary moan escaped the young girl’s lips and her eyes fluttered. The edge of the tub met the back of Ryu’s knees and he fell backwards into the water, pulling Marie along with him by her panties. She tried to keep her balance, waving her hands around wildly and leaning away from the tub. The elastic band finally snapped, but not before she lost her footing, falling on top of Ryu in the warm water.

“Are you hurt?” Ryu asked, sitting up and ignoring the pain at the back of his head where he’d hit the tub

“Oh, I’m so sorry!” Marie apologized, face to face with Ryu. “I just got excited and now I’ve ruined everything!”

She rushed to stand up, but her boots slipped in the deep bath water and reeled backward, her feet flying out from beneath her. She fell, now without anything on beneath her skirt, directly in Ryu’s lap, hard.

“Ah!” Marie voiced a short cry that caught in her throat.

“Nngh!” Ryu’s hands clung hard at the edges of the tub, cracking the porcelain.

There was a very sudden silence in the room. Marie Rose’s entire body went rigid, her eyes wide with shock and pain. Ryu felt every muscle in his body flex in alarm and damnable excitement. His mind refused for a moment to acknowledge what had happened. It could not be.

“M-Marie?” Ryu whispered, cursing the sensations in his loins.

“It… it hurts.” She said in a very small voice, her eyes unfocused, staring past Ryu.

“Forgive me, Marie.” Ryu apologized, seeing tears in Marie’s eyes. “Let me help you up…”

Ryu grabbed her waist, realizing just how small Marie was as his hands nearly encircled the entire diameter of her waist. He lifted her gently, trying to ignore the unbelievable tightness and heat gripping his cock. Damn, but it felt so…

“N-no!” She protested suddenly, beating Ryu’s shoulders with her fists. “No, don’t! Leave it… leave it inside! It hurts to move!”

“All right.” Ryu released her waist, leaning back against the edge of the tub and trying to think of a way to salvage the situation. He closed his eyes, willing his erection to end. A ninja has complete control over his bodily functions. Or, rather, he ought to. Ryu’s manhood ignored his orders, staying hard as ever, sunk to the hilt inside… “I have shamed us both, Marie Rose.” He looked up at her, charming and cute in her maid outfit.

“What?” Marie asked, her breathing finally getting under control. “This is very awkward, and not how I wanted my first time to start out, but… I’m glad it’s happened.”

“You’re just a child!” Ryu lamented, reaching up to cover his face in his hands. “I shall never live down this transgression.”

“Child?” Marie Rose repeated incredulously. Ryu took his hands from his face to see the girl scowling at him. “I am of legal age, Ryu Hayabusa! I, uh, I think…” She looked panicked for a second and glanced at a clock on the wall. “Whew! Yes, since, uh… thirteen minutes ago. Today was my birthday, I’ll have you know.”

“Are you… are you being honest with me?” Ryu asked.

“Of course I am!” Marie shot back. “Why do you think I’m not… oh.” Her scowl deepened, and she crossed her arms disapprovingly. “Oh, I know why you’re asking. This is about my figure, isn’t it?”

“You are very… youthful in appearance.” Ryu answered, feeling very odd arguing with a girl who was currently and very accidentally impaled on his cock. His erection, however, did not soften in the slightest.

“I know what that means!” Marie huffed. She reached for the buckle of her maid dress. “This is about my breasts, isn’t it? It is always about my breasts!”

“No, Marie, don’t…”

But Ryu’s words were ignored as Marie pulled her maid outfit up and over her head, tossing the soaking wet black and white dress across the bathroom. Ryu looked upon her and cursed his manhood as it throbbed with approval. Marie Rose was a beautiful girl; her face was cherubic in the extreme, even angry as she was now. She was fit, with a runner’s physique. She was also, however, the least developed woman Ryu had encountered as far as his sexual adventures went. Her breasts were indeed small, though they appeared exceedingly firm and perky, with deep pink nipples fitting of a girl named Marie Rose. He hips were also rather slender, but her figure overall was well balanced for her size.

“They’re tiny, aren’t they?” She demanded, her face scrunched up in frustration. “Go ahead and say it! I don’t look old enough to drive, not to mention…”

“Beautiful.” Ryu said quietly.

“Don’t say that just because I fell on your… you know.” Marie sighed, crossing her arms under her petite breasts.

“I do not exaggerate, nor do I lie.” Ryu said, finally allowing his mind to settle. And there it was, though it had been buried beneath his feelings of shame and his assumptions about Marie’s age, the Dragon Essence called him to action. “Are you ready for me to take it out?”

“Well… it doesn’t hurt so bad.” Marie shrugged, nodding. “Maybe I can…”

“Or do you want me to make love to you?” Ryu asked evenly, looking her straight in the eye.

Marie was speechless for a moment, simply staring in disbelief at Ryu. Finally she could speak. “Really?” She smiled nervously.

“The choice is yours.” Ryu said, not wanting to pressure a young girl with the knowledge of how important the Dragon Essence was. If she wanted to make love, then so be it, but it should be because she wanted it, not that she felt obligated.

“Oh yes!” Marie nodded, biting her lower lip. “Make love to me! Please!”

“Shift your weight forward and then back.” Ryu instructed. “Slowly.”

“Like…” Marie shifted her hips and her voice caught in her throat as Ryu’s massive manhood moved inside her. “…Oh! Like… uhhhh…like this?”

“Nnnngh” Ryu groaned, taking a deep breath. Marie was ridiculously tight. It was a wonder his cock had managed to fit as far inside her as it had. “That’s… very good.”

“This feels so weird!” She cried, her hips moving a bit faster now. “But it’s good! I can feel you… so deep… almost to my tummy!”

“Marie!” Ryu gasped her name, reaching up to touch her breasts. He covered the small mounds with his palms, feeling the firm flesh, so warm to the touch.

“Yes, Ryu!” Marie laughed with pleasure, Ryu’s rough hands on her breasts felt incredible, heating her blood. The bath water sloshed around as she increased her pace, grinding against Ryu’s loins. They both looked down, seeing the red mistiness of her virginity diffusing into the water.

“Does it still…nngh… does it still hurt?” Ryu asked.

“Yes. Just a little, but it’s…oooh…ahhh…” She closed her eyes for a moment, working her slender hips around in a circular motion. “It’s starting to feel a lot better! Ahhh! My breasts, oh! Your hands feel so good!”

Smiling to himself, Ryu brought his fore fingers and thumbs to the young girl’s nipples, tweaking the rosy tips.

“Aiyeeeee!!!” Marie squealed, her eyes bulging wide open. She reached out and slapped Ryu’s chin playfully, giggling despite herself. “That almost hurt, Ryu!” She chewed on her lower lip, a mischievous look in her blue eyes. “Almost.”

Ryu pinched her nipples again and Marie moaned, grinding faster on his cock, sending water sloshing a bit over the edge of the tub. Her ponytails bobbed as her head rolled back, the girl giving herself over to the pleasures rising up through her young body. Her cheeks were a deep red, her eyes glistening with tears that hard started from pain, but were now flowing from happiness and pleasure.

“It’s so big inside me!” She moaned, wiggling her hips back and forth, feeling Ryu’s cock throb within her. With a furtive look in her eyes, she had to ask. “Does it… do I… ?”

“You feel wonderful.” Ryu assured her, meaning every word. The tightness was spectacular, squeezing his cock in her slick, wet and deliciously hot flesh.

“Good!” Marie half moaned and half laughed with relief, her slender torso arching as the pleasure began to build. “Oh, it is good! Oh my! Oh…oh, Ryu! I’m starting to feel… I’m going to come!”

“Yes, I know. Mmm…” Ryu muffled a groan of pleasure, feeling Marie’s inner muscles beginning to spasm. “I am close as well.”

“Oh, please! Please, don’t take it out!” She pleaded, her voice pitching higher as she approached the inevitable crescendo. “Please, come inside me! I’ve always dreamed of…oooh…oh, YES! Ahhh! Ryu, PLEASE! Come inside me!”

“I will, Marie.” Ryu nodded, gritting his teeth. Marie Rose was no kunoichi, no warrior that needed training in the sexual arts like Momiji had. There was no reason to delay granting this girl the Dragon Essence, and it would not be a burden for her to bear, only a gift. Ryu gave Marie’s nipples a particularly brutal pinch and the young girl came on him.

“RYU!” Marie wailed, arching her back as her eyes were filled with dancing lights and her entire body filled with the most incredible tingling and throbbing sensations.

“MARIE!” Ryu called her name, letting his orgasm take him over. His cock erupted up into Marie Rose as the young girl’s naked, nubile body convulsed atop his cock.

Tears streamed down Marie’s face, streaking her cheeks as she cried out in orgasmic delight. She could feel the hot, forceful impact of Ryu’s seed against her cervix, flooding her womanhood. Yes… her womanhood. She was a woman.

The moment of fulfilment was the perfect entrée to the Dragon Essence itself. Suddenly Marie felt a miraculous energy and power fill her small, thin body. This magical infusion filled her with wonder as the last spasms of her climax swept through her, leaving her gasping for breath in the wake of such a momentous event. She looked down at Ryu to see him gazing kindly at her, his hands now resting reassuringly on her shoulders.

“That was amazing!” Marie sighed, at a loss for the proper words. “I feel better than I ever have.”

“I will explain in detail later.” Ryu nodded. “You have had an eventful night as it is.”

“Thank you.” Marie wrapped her arms around him, hugging him tightly. “I know this was all a crazy accident, but… I think it was meant to happen. And… I’m glad it was you, Ryu Hayabusa.”

“It was my honor, and a very potent pleasure.” Ryu returned her hug, kissing the girl’s forehead in an oddly brotherly way considering his cock was still deep inside her.

“I should…probably go.” Marie smiled, pulling back from the hug reluctantly. “The boys will be up early in the morning.”

“That sounds very wise.” Ryu nodded.

“All right then.” Marie took a deep breath. “Uh, can you give me a lift?”

Ryu grasped Marie’s waist and lifted her off him. It took more effort than expected, not because Marie weighed much, but rather just how insanely tight her vagina held his cock. The head of his member came out of her with a loud pop.

“Oooh!” Marie squeaked embarrassedly at the obscene sound, getting up on her knees and slowly rising out of the water.

For the first time, Ryu actually saw her bare nether lips. They were delicate and beautiful, with immaculate, pure skin. The slit now appeared so small, that Ryu was utterly baffled that he had been able to enter her without causing serious injury. Marie hopped out of the tub and turned to face Ryu, her hands covering her breasts in a delayed show of propriety. She was blushing even more now, her cheeks burning as smiled shyly at him.

“I can’t believe this all happened.” She giggled with nerves. “You’re a very kind man, for a ninja, Mister Hayabusa.” She found her maid dress and quickly pulled it down over her head. She seemed visibly calmer with her body covered. “Can I ask you for a favor?”

“Of course.” Ryu nodded.

“Please don’t tell Lady Helena that we…” Marie averted her gaze. “She would banish me from her service, I know it!”

“Marie Rose.” Ryu spoke her name firmly, and she looked back at him. “Helena will not learn of this encounter from me, I promise you.”

“I’ll prepare your bed, sir.” Marie bowed, smiling broadly. “Lady Helena informed me she will be traveling off-ship tonight, and will not return until noon tomorrow, so she instructed that any guest of hers be allowed to sleep in the Master Bedroom. I should turn in soon myself… the boys do like and early breakfast!”

She picked up his ninja garb and practically skipped out of the bathroom. Ryu finished washing, smiling to himself at Marie’s boundless youthful cheer. Presently he exited the tub and dried off, wrapping a towel around his waist and heading out. It was quite a trip through the silent hallways of the massive suite. Were it not for the subtle shifting of the floor beneath him, Ryu could easily forget that he was deep inside a cruise ship. In fact, the furnishings and layout were very much like the Douglas Estate itself, regal and elegant, so much like Helena Douglas herself. At last Ryu neared the Master Bedroom itself and reached for the ornate door handle.

Inside he saw the largest bed he had ever seen, easily twenty feet across. It was circular with a white silk canopy suspended above from the ceiling, which was closed around the bed. Oil lamps glowed on the walls of the room, bathing all in a golden hue. Ryu heard a murmur from behind the closed white canopy and approached the bed. He pulled the hanging silk aside and his breath came short.

Marie Rose lay face down, completely naked. Her delicate, perfectly tight, round little backside was sticking up in the air facing Ryu, wiggling madly. The skin seemed to glow in the light of the lamps, the skin of her butt utterly sublime, creamy and without the slightest imperfection. Marie had her right hand between her legs, fingers plunged to the knuckle inside her recently virginal nether lips. She looked at him, eyes filled with passionate tears. Her small mouth was full of silk sheets, muffling her cries of wanton pleasure.

It was possible that Ryu had achieved an erection faster than he did then, looking at the young girl writhing as she pleasured herself. It was possible, but he could not have sworn to it. His manhood engorged rapidly, actually forcing the open the knot in the towel around his waist and sending it falling to the carpet.

Marie spat out the sheets from her mouth, eyes focused on Ryu’s throbbing cock as he stood at the edge of the bed.

“I…ahhh…I don’t feel sleepy.” She moaned, her eyes pleading with him.

“Neither do I.” Ryu growled, crawling onto the bed like a lion stalking a gazelle. He moved over her, his hard cock sliding between the quivering cheeks of Marie’s derriere.

“Put it in!” She whimpered, burying her face in a pillow, embarrassed but not enough to keep from asking for what she wanted. “I want it! Put it inside me, Ryu! Please, put it in!”

Ryu reached down, grabbing hold of his cock. He angled it down, and looked to see Marie’s nimble fingers spreading her creamy nether lips for him, the pink flesh reminding him very much of the girl’s surname. He placed the head of his member at her entrance, and he had a moment of doubt; there was no way it would fit inside this girl. But his primal desires overrode any concern he might have. He pitched his hips forward and plunged himself into her.

“YES!” Marie screamed into the pillow, curling up a fist and punching the bed as she felt Ryu’s cock stretch her most intimate space.

“Oh! Yes! Argh! YES!” Ryu echoed her reaction, taking a deep breath to steady himself. He watched as inch after inch of his shaft disappear into Marie’s slit, and marveled as the girl’s flesh managed to accommodate his sheer girth and length. It must have been on the very precipice of agony for her, but the screams that came from the young maid were most certainly of the pleasure variety.

“Be gentle with me, Ryu!” Marie turned her face to look back at him, her eyes full of eagerness and anxiety in equal measure.

Ryu started to pump her slowly, driving his cock deep inside her and drawing it back out with care. Each stroke took a half-dozen seconds at first, letting Marie’s novice womanhood adapt to its new role as sheath to Ryu’s hard shaft.

“You are so… big!” Marie gasped in awe, feeling a lump in her throat that she half believed might be Ryu’s manhood. She swallowed hard, holding back her tears. This was no time to cry. She wanted more. “Ahhh….mmmm…. faster…”

“Are you sure?” Ryu asked reluctantly, wanting desperately to truly ride this girl with all his strength. “Once I begin in earnest, it will be difficult to stop. I could hurt you.”

“You won’t.” Marie said with complete confidence. She smiled knowingly. “I know you won’t. Faster, Ryu! Do it… do ME faster!”

“Very well.” Ryu nodded, reaching down and placing his hands on Marie’s bare shoulders, holding her down against the bed. Then he started in on her, at fist doubling his speed and the tripling.

“Oh! Oh! Yes! Oh! OHHHH!!!” Marie wailed. Her slender legs began kicking involuntarily back behind Ryu’s muscular butt as he thrust on and on, faster and faster. She could feel his testicles slapping against her clitoris now, the impacts sending pulses of ecstasy through her, accentuating the pleasures his cock was already stirring up inside her.

Once again, Ryu was pleased to be with a partner outside the world of ninja responsibilities and expectations. There was no need to be concerned with Marie Rose’s sexual discipline, no cause to prolong her resistance to her body’s natural reactions. With Kasumi, Ayane and Momiji, an orgasm was a sacred rite to be cherished and pursued with great effort. With other women, Ryu could simply let them come, whenever and as often as he could manage.

“Aaaaaaahhh!!!” Marie started to spasm beneath him, and Ryu arched his back, feeling the young girl’s vessel clamp down as she began to orgasm. As he attempted to draw back for another thrust, he succeeded only in dragging Marie’s entire body along the bed, pulled long by Ryu’s cock, stuck fast inside.

“Nngha! Hah!” Ryu laughed in amusement even as he came, his manhood held hostage by the sheer tightness of Marie Rose’s sheath. His ejaculations were powerful, milked by her spasms.

“It’s so warm! Oh, yes, so warm!” She cried out, shivering as her orgasm washed over her. Ryu’s seed pelted her womb, hot and thick and surely potent.

Perhaps she loosened as the climax ended, or perhaps her copious arousal and his seed combined into a sufficient lubricant, but at last Ryu managed to wrench his cock free. He wasted no time, and was feeling the old fire in his blood of sexual hunger. He flipped Marie over, leaning down to bury his face in her modest bosom, sucking on her delicate nipples, first one and then the other.

“Ungha!” Marie squeezed her eyes shut, burying her fingers in Ryu’s thick dark hair as he nibbled and licked her breasts, his teeth and tongue teasing her sensitive nipples. She brought her feet up under him, catching Ryu’s hard cock between them.

“Aaargh!” Ryu leaned back on his knees, surprised. He looked down to watch as Marie began pumping his erect manhood with her tiny feet.

“Do you like it?” Marie asked coyly, licking her lips as she saw Ryu’s eyes roll back in pleasure. She raised her right foot up, curling her little toes over the head of the ninja’s cock.

“It is…good!” Ryu said in a grand understatement. It wasn’t just the surprising dexterity of Marie’s toes; after all they could hardly compare to the skilled hand jobs that Leifang was capable of giving. No, there was something about the fundamental mischievousness that was so arousing. The sight of Marie Rose’s cute, innocent looking face giggling and smiling with carefree happiness juxtaposed against her stark naked body while her dainty little feet massaged and rubbed Ryu’s throbbing cock…

The only real surprise was that Ryu lasted as long as he did.

“I’m…AAAAGH!!!” Ryu arched his spine, flung his head back and roared. His hips thrust forward and his cock bucked between Marie’s feet, his seed shooting out in a long arc of white, ropey liquid.

Marie was already leaning in, her mouth wide open, catching the ejaculate neatly on her extended tongue. Before the second volley even started, she was already closing her lips around the head of Ryu’s member.

“No, you should not….Nnnnnghaa!!!” Ryu’s protest was fleeting as he felt Marie’s wonderfully warm mouth fasten down on him. As he ejaculated again, the girl sucked fiercely, downing the entire load of seed. Ryu looked down, watching in abject shock as Marie Rose bobbed her head on his cock, her lips moving over his long shaft. He felt her soft, hot tongue wiggling around his pulsating organ as it continued to pump his liquid fire into her hungry mouth. He grabbed her head, meaning to pull her off him, but she was so earnest, so eager and excited, that he instead leaned forward and began thrusting into her mouth, giving her what she so clearly desired. He came and came, the orgasm drawing out as the Dragon Essence decreed. The sounds Marie made only made the pleasure more poignant; she moaned around his cock, gulping down the seemingly endless supply of white nectar erupting from his manhood.

At long last Ryu forced himself to pull Marie’s head away from his groin. He managed to internalize his orgasm just as her lips slipped off the tip of his cock; his ejaculations ended suddenly but his entire body shook as he rode out the remainder of his climax. He had never attempted to transition to a tantric orgasm while already ejaculating, but it worked, and he was spared the shame of seeing Marie’s adorable face ruined by his seed. This night was already far more unorthodox than even Ryu was typically comfortable with, or, as Bayonetta might have called it: kinky.

“Hey! I wasn’t done!” Marie objected, sticking out her lower lip in pout that managed to be cute and dangerously sexy all at once.

“No you aren’t.” Ryu growled, reaching out and grabbing Marie around the waist and lifting her up off the bed as he stood up. Without even a moment of preamble or ceremony, Ryu impaled Marie on his cock.

“Eeeeyaaaahhh!!!” She shrieked in strained ecstasy, her slender legs wrapping around behind Ryu’s butt instinctively, arms reaching to grasp his shoulders.

“Ngh! Argh! Mmm!” Ryu grunted, starting a brutal rhythm with his hips, pounding Marie’s nubile body with his cock as she clung desperately to him. She felt so light, so insubstantial in his arms. But the insane tightness of her vessel was very, very substantial indeed. A thought occurred to Ryu in that moment, a thought so lewd that it had to be acted upon before he came to his senses. He released Marie’s waist and pulled her legs free of his back, then immediately wrenched away her arms from his shoulders.

“What are you doing? Wha—aaaah?!” Marie asked, flailing in a panic as she reeled back, sure she was about to fall to the bed.

“Unnnghhh!!!” Ryu absorbed the sudden shift of weight, leaning back as Marie tilted away.

“Oh dear!” Marie gasped in surprise, looking up at him. She was now suspended in the air by nothing more than Ryu’s manhood. “Is this… is this a ninja technique?”

“Not even remotely.” Ryu shook his head. He focused, flexed his abs and constricted his perineum

“Yes! Oh, YES!” Marie moaned, her entire body lifting up as Ryu moved his cock up and down, raising and lowering Marie like the arm of a crane. His shaft rubbed right up under the girl’s belly button and Marie was soon squirming as the pleasure built. Marie covered her mouth with her hands, her high voice strained with ecstasy. “Ryu, I’m… I’m…aaaiiiiieeeee!!!”

Ryu watched her come on his cock, her lithe naked body convulsing wildly. She convulsed madly, young and nubile and utterly wanton. She looked so innocent, so pure and untouched and yet she screamed in orgasm while hanging in midair, connected to nothing but Ryu’s hard, throbbing cock. The ninja held his own pleasure in check, wanting to see Marie Rose experience a prolonged climax that only the Dragon Essence could make possible. After a minute her cries grew quiet, her eyes staring at nothing as she continued to come. Her arms and legs flailed as though a lightning bolt’s worth of electricity were coursing through her. All the while Ryu watched her, watched the pleasure turn Marie’s face into a flushed, radiant sun of sensual nirvana. He could tell she was no longer really here with him. At that moment, Marie Rose was flying through the heavens, buoyed by ecstasy the likes of which she had never known nor even guessed existed.

When Ryu let himself come, he was surprised with the intensity of his climax. He ejaculated powerfully into Marie, so strong in fact that the force of his seed managed to push her off his cock, sending her falling to the bed. He barely transitioned into another tantric orgasm, keeping his seed from shooting out with the remainder of his climax. He looked down to see Marie shaking on the bed as her climax slowly ended. He lay down beside her, his hand gently moving up her slender legs and up her delicate torso, all the way up her slight chin before gently caressing her small nose. She giggled at his touch and rolled over onto him, straddling his waist.

“What do you like about me the most, Ryu?” She asked playfully.

“Your loving heart for Helena’s sons.” Ryu said at once.

“That’s so sweet!” Marie blushed again, but shook her head. “But that’s not what I mean, silly! What’s your favorite part of me?”

Ryu was just opening his mouth when she placed a finger over his lips.

“And don’t say my breasts, because we both know that’s not true!” She winked.

“I would have to say…” Ryu gazed up and down, admiring Marie Rose’s shining blond hair, her beautiful light blue eyes. In truth, her breasts were lovely, even if they were just budding compare to the ripe bosoms of the other women he had known. Her slender waist was gracefully drawn, and her legs were immaculate. But if he was honest with himself, and he believed Marie deserved honesty… “I cannot see my favorite part of you from here.”

“Ryu, come on!” Marie sighed, amused. “If you say my heart is your favorite part, it’s very, very sweet, but I really want to know…”

“That’s not it.” Ryu shook his head.

“No?” Marie asked, arching an eyebrow. “I’m naked, right? I’m sitting here on top of you in my birthday suit, right?”

“Very much.” Ryu nodded. “But I cannot see it from here.”

“I don’t understand what…” Marie stopped suddenly and then glanced over her shoulder behind her. When she turned to face Ryu again, she was grinning with impish delight. “I see. Well, then I’ll give you the best seat in the house.”

Marie Rose turned around to face away from him, reaching down to guide his manhood as she lowered herself onto the pulsating organ. She took him into herself slowly, as though she were gingerly immersing herself into a bath that was just a bit too hot. “Oh! Ah! Almost…ngha!... You are just…Ungha!...enormous! YES! There!”

She finally settled on him, rocking her hips as she took a few steadying breaths. Marie looked back at him over her shoulder. “Can you see it now?”

“Yes.” Ryu nodded, his eyes on Marie Rose’s perfectly formed backside. It was utterly sublime, lissome and tight. “Yes indeed.”

“Okay then!” Marie laughed and began bouncing on him, fast and hard. She leaned forward, bracing her hands on Ryu’s knees as she worked herself on him. Ryu watched the taut cheeks of the girl’s butt jiggle with each impact against his hips, quivering ever so slightly. He reached out, grabbing her calves, caressing the smooth skin as he watched Marie’s butt bounce as she rode his cock. Marie looked over her shoulder, locking gazes with him. She chewed at her lower lip, her face scrunching up in a strained expression that was constantly shifting between pain and ecstasy. Her torso undulated faster and faster, working her hips up and down the pillar of Ryu’s manhood. “Ryu, this is the best…the best night of my life!”

Ryu looked her straight in the eye and spoke in a firm, steady voice. “We’re just getting started.”

* * *

“Coming again! Gaaagh! Coming! SO! HARD!!!” Marie screamed. Ryu had her bent over on her hands and knees and was drilling her from behind. His hands were grasping her twin ponytails, pulling hard as he pounded her, forcing her head back as she cried out in pleasure.

The bed was a mess, pillows and sheets in total disarray. If she weren’t currently experiencing yet another insanely powerful orgasm, Marie Rose would have been worried that they had stained Helena Douglas’s prize linen so thoroughly. However, Marie Rose was indeed reaching a climax that completely occupied her mind and body entirely.

“Ungha! EEEYAAAAHHH!!!” She squealed, her girlish voice pitched high. She shook wildly as she came, squeezing down on Ryu’s raging erection as pleasure coursed through her in yet another overwhelming wave.

“Raaargh!” Ryu roared, burying himself to the hilt in Marie’s impossibly tight slit while his loins flooded the young girl’s depths with his seed. He watched her butt clench as she squeezed his shaft inside her.

“Hahahahahah!!!” Marie laughed hysterically, giddy with pleasure. She tried crawling forward to dismount Ryu, but her inner muscles were like a vice, bringing her up short. “Help, Ryu!” She giggled.

Ryu moved his hands to Marie’s waist and grabbed hold firmly. He pulled, but it was no good. He pulled harder, arms bulging with muscle. Finally, with an obscenely loud popping sound, Ryu’s cock was free.

“Okay, now lay back, I want to try…” Marie trailed off, her eyes catching sight of an ornate timepiece on a dresser across the room. Her eyes widened in panic. “No…no…no…no, no, no, no!”

Ryu followed her gaze and saw that the clock had both hands standing straight up. “It is only midnight.”

“No it isn’t!” Marie gasped, pointing at a smaller dial beneath the large hour and minutes hands. “It’s….”

“Noon?” Ryu blinked in disbelief. It couldn’t be. They had just started their night of passion a couple hours ago, surely. They had only had a few orgasms… But when he began a mental count, it suddenly became starkly obvious they had been at it far longer than a couple hours.

“Fame and Joseph are probably half-starving!” Marie exclaimed, scrambling out of the bed and scooping up her maid uniform. She threw it over her head, and then pulled on her boots, lacing them as fast as she could. “A late breakfast! And they’ve already missed their first story time! And here I am without even a pair of panties to wear! Aaaaaah!” She screamed in exasperation, tugging her laces tight. She turned to Ryu. “This is all my fault…”

She trailed off, seeing Ryu somehow already fully clad in his ninja combat suit. “How did you…?”

“Ninja.” Ryu said simply.

Marie shook her head, bemused, and darted from the room with Ryu following close behind as she ran to the boys’ room. Marie burst through the door.

“… and that was when the great giant looked down at…” A gruff voice was speaking, and Marie came up short with Ryu looking over her shoulder.

Inside the playroom, Joseph and Fame II were sitting, listening with complete attention to a man dressed in military fatigues, standing and reading to them from a book. The boys were facing away from the door, and they were too enraptured with the story to notice Marie and Ryu’s entrance. Ryu recognized the man at once; the hulking soldier Leon. He was reading with such gusto that the boys were utterly enthralled, hanging on his every word. Leon saw them, of course, but made only a subtle gesture toward the door itself. Marie turned and saw a piece of stationary taped to the wooden panel. She and Ryu backed out slowly and quietly, closing the door and leaving the children to Leon’s story.

Marie read the letter aloud in a soft whisper.

“The young masters have been fed and are well in hand. Lady Helena informed me that I will be their caretaker for the week of your exams.” Marie glanced up at Ryu. “I have finals at university this week… Oh, never mind…” She continued on reading aloud. “Lady Helena has taken Sarah Bryant…” She made a face that showed she had no idea who Sarah Bryant was. “…to the mainland on business. Ryu Hayabusa is…” She frowned, confused, but continued on. “Ryu Hayabusa is to escort you to university to guarantee your safety until Helena returns and contacts him with new orders.”

Ryu bristled at the notion that Helena was issuing him orders, but he nodded his ascent. He trusted Helena, and knew there had to be a good reason for her to ask this of him.

“Well…” Marie sighed, folding up the paper slowly, looking embarrassed.

“We should be on our way.” Ryu said.

“Wait! Will you really come with me?” Marie asked.

“Those are Helena’s orders, are they not?” Ryu said with a barely discernable smirk of amusement.

“I just need to grab my bags and we can head to the helipad!” Marie jumped, clapping her hands excitedly. “Oh, this is dream! You won’t regret it! This is going to be so… much… fun! Ha! And she’s not going to believe this!”

“She?” Ryu asked.

“This…uh, friend of mine.” Marie said, a coy grin on her lips. “You’ll like her, I know it!”

Ryu would later remember that as an example of the most grandiose understatement.
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