Without Control ((FULL))

[Dreaming_Drifter]

Sakura

Sakura glanced up at the funny hanging spider demon and growled halfheartedly. "You think you're displeased? Not only do I not get to fight, my mistresses might as well be a million miles away, where I can't protect them..." Sakura yipped sadly and wrapped her arms around her knees, watching the crowd of demons with a chagrined expression and wishing she was old enough to go with them. It would take her mind off her most recent failure.

 

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Sakura

Sakura blushed and embraced her lover in return, kissing her chest softly before lifting her head to look into Kina's beautiful eyes. "Hai. Arigatou, Kina-san. I am glad you are here." She sighed and tugged Kina down to sit in her lap, resting her head on the other girl's soft chest. "I suppose I'm glad I'm not going to fight... You, either. I'd be worried about you the whole time."

 

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Kirrah Tayashi

Kirrah stood on the porch, arm in arm with Amilia, glaring at her husband with a look that would kill if looks could. "You have no right to keep me from this battle, Satoshi," she hissed at her husband. "I have as much right to fight for the safety of the human realm as you do. Perhaps more so, considering I'm actually human. And remember? I won our first battle... Arguably, I'm a better warrior than you. So don't presume you'll stand in my way, you scruffy dog."

 

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Satoshi Tayashi

Satoshi growled and yanked Kirrah close to him with a hand on her arm, dislodging her from Amilia's hold. "No. Out of the question. Kirrah, you fool, my soul would cease to exist if you were killed again. Can't you see that and just stay out of it for once?" He snarled and shook her slightly at the mention of their first sword fight. "That was centuries ago, Kirrah! Don't assume that I've not improved at all in our time apart!"

"Well, then, shall we fight again?" he heard her ask, seeing the glint of fury in her eyes that had intrigued him all those years before. "If I win, I get to come and join the fight. If you win, I'll stay here like a good little wife. How does that sound, husband? After all, it should be no trouble for a demon like you to defeat a little human woman like me."

Satoshi saw several of his subordinates looking at him curiously. His pride would be grievously wounded if he declined her challenge. He looked back at Kirrah, the love of his existence, with eyes like stone. "I accept. Let us battle." At a gesture from him, one of his soldiers handed him a pair of swords. A large space opened up on the lawn for the two duelists. Satoshi tossed Kirrah a sword, which she caught and unsheathed with a rather flashy show of grace.

The demon had to smirk at how similar this was to the day they'd met. Not alone by any means, but for all they cared it was as if they were the only two in the world. Just the two of them and their swords, locked in a passionate, violent dance. "Ladies first," he offered, his tone ironic as he repeated the words from long ago, gesturing for Kirrah to take the first blow.

 

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Kirrah Tayashi

Kirrah laughed at Satoshi and twirled her blade experimentally, getting the feel of it before taking a casual step toward her husband. "You know... That's the same mistake you made last time, my love... Are you sure you've improved?" With that jab, Kirrah ran at Satoshi, feinting left before landing a strike on his sword arm with the flat of her blade, not cutting him... yet. "What's the matter dear, gotten slow in your old age? Perhaps you should be the one to stay behind..."

The redhead just giggled in response to Satoshi's ferocious snarling; she knew very well that though he'd do his best to disarm her, he'd never hurt her no matter how she taunted him. She had to do some fancy footwork to escape his violent slashes that would have cut her in half if she hadn't moved, finally getting serious about the fight.

'Hope this doesn't end up like the last time...' she thought with sudden worry, remembering how they'd ended up with their swords pressed to each other's throats, in a stalemate. Truly, the only reason she'd won their first battle was because her sister had intervened... Stabbing Satoshi in the back, nearly killing him. How angry Kirrah had been at the interference...

Kirrah was jerked from her reminiscing by the clang of Satoshi's blade on hers, gasping as the weapon was jerked from her grasp. She stumbled back as Satoshi tossed aside his own sword, lunging at her and pinning her to the grass. "I win," she heard him whisper in her ear before his lips grazed her neck. In the next moment he was on his feet, with a displeased and dazed Kirrah in his arms.

"Very well... I'll stay," said Kirrah in a subdued voice, embracing Satoshi tightly around the waist. "But you'd better come back, you scruffy dog... I won't forgive you if you don't." She saw him nod and leaned up as he leaned down, pressing her lips fiercely to his. 'He'll be alright... He has to be...'

 

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Satoshi Tayashi

Satoshi very reluctantly removed his lips from Kirrah's, holding her to him greedily for a minute more before lowering his arms with a sigh. "I will miss you... But you will be safe here. I've seen to it." He smiled and ran a hand through her soft hair. "If it makes you feel any better, I wouldn't have won if you hadn't been so distracted." The demon kissed his wife once more, softly, before she walked back over and embraced Amilia. He turned back to organizing his troops, feeling a bit less excited than before.