Succubus: A Soul Shared Ch. 18

This is chapter 18 of my urban fantasy, harem series about a succubus who believes she is a real girl, the human couple helping her investigate that belief, and all of their friends and enemies.

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Character Guide

Lead

Harrison 'Harry' Whitaker (18) - friendly neighbourhood succubus summoner, pov character

Liliana 'Lily' De Rosa (??) - succubus who believes she is a real girl

Alice Crawford (18) - alt babe who is definitely not a goth, Harry's girlfriend

Friends

Poppy Beaumont (18) - harem member, gorgeous redhead, maths whizz, unconventional bond with her maths teacher

Grace Bellamy (18) - artist, Mason's girlfriend

Mason Caldwell (18) - animator, smut artist, Harry's best mate, Grace's boyfriend

Esmeralda 'Esme' Everleigh (18) - pub quiz friend, shy supergenius, fancies Harry, former host of Meredith

Elira Holloway (18) - hosted the party in chapter 1, barely been seen since, Franklin's daughter

Family

Caroline & Simon - Harry's parents

Salem - Harry's family cat, ludicrously old

Nanny Rosie - Alice's grandmother

Kitsune & Catgirls

Keiko - kitsune, formerly known as Scully, Lily's pet cat

Linney - bipedal, humanoid tigress of unknown origin

Kyouko - bakeneko, mature and motherly protector of her allies

Yukari - tiny, fierce, blonde bakeneko

Orihime - nekomata, long-term captive, now mute

Kaede - deceased kitsune, Keiko's friend who helped her escape the brothel

Teachers

Fiona Evans (39) - strict, cold maths teacher, Poppy's tutor and muse

Deborah 'Debbie' Harris (47) - geography teacher, best friends with Harry's mum

Miss Bishop (30) - sociology teacher, Caribbean heritage

From Lily's Past...

Zachary Rivera (1969-1995) - Lily's first human love

Bethany Ellwood (34) - Retired tennis pro, unattainable goddess, one of Lily's best friends

The Underworld

Serena - elder succubus, head of the now disbanded council, creator of Lily

Meredith - elder succubus, council member, Lily hater

Malachorio - elder incubus, formerly bald

Dorian - Lily's friend, incubus, gay

Tim, Winston and 34 others - incubus simps

Diana - underworld pub landlord

Zachariah - brothel owner, evil Aetherial

Daphne - cyclops, brothel madame

The Upper Plane

Seraphina - Aetherial reaver, searching for answers on Lily's origin, tall elf-like humanoid with long, white hair

Lumiel - reaver, sent to kill Lily, didn't go well for him

The Demon Hunters

Franklin Holloway - demon hunter leader, Elira's dad

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Chapter 18

Tuesday-Wednesday 3rd-4th March, 2026

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I woke up with a kitsune tail tickling my nose, which was a good sign. Keiko was still in bed with us. It genuinely warmed my heart that she had chosen to stay. I didn't want her to think she was doing something wrong, or that she needed to keep it a secret from the other girls. There was always going to be space for her with us, however she desired it, and that didn't just mean cuddling up with me. Everyone else would want a piece of that cuddling to themselves.

"Good morning," Lily said, while the kitsune stretched. She had turned to face away from me during the night, and she blushed a little when our eyes met again.

"Good morning. I missed sleeping with you, Liliana," Keiko said, lifting up onto her knees and cracking her neck and back in quick succession. "You are very warm."

"You're going to hate me when it's summer," Lily said.

"I think we will leave before then," Keiko said, which was a bit of a downer, even if it was expected. "They want to go home. I will be there to protect them."

"I couldn't think of a better bodyguard than you," Lily said, and the kitsune smiled.

"There really is no rush on leaving," I said.

"It's not that they feel they are overstaying their welcome. They just want to go home. The quicker they're home, the quicker they can find any loved ones they left behind," Keiko explained.

"That makes sense. We're never going to be far away if you need us. The portal is always open," I said.

"You said that yesterday," Keiko said, covering her mouth when she giggled.

"Did I?" I said, laughing with her. "That just goes to show how true it is."

"He just doesn't want you to leave," Lily said, teasing me, or teasing the both of us. I scowled at her. That was not the direction we were going to be taking the conversation, though what she told me the day before was still on my mind. I still didn't have a grasp on what the kitsune wanted. She didn't have to give me anything in return for helping. It must take some time to come to terms with your freedom, and having the ability to choose what you want and not just do what is most likely to keep you and your friends alive.

"I will visit," Keiko assured us.

I valued that her priority was protecting her friends. She got them out, and now she would ensure their safety back home. I just hoped there was something there waiting for her, whether that be some semblance of peace, or any kind of happiness. She deserved it.

Keiko went downstairs to meet up with the others and enjoy some breakfast. Poppy returned, having been in the shower. "I woke up with one of her tails between my legs last night," the redhead said. She claimed my computer chair and started to get herself ready.

"Did you like it?" Lily asked.

"Perfect cuddling texture," Poppy answered.

"What happened during your tutoring last night?" I asked. It slipped my mind the night before. I was too busy fucking her, and making her my new girlfriend.

"I told her about us in excruciating detail," Poppy answered.

"Really?"

"She listened to me talk shit about sex and boys for years when it was bad," Poppy explained, working on her foundation. "She was relieved that you were telling the truth and she could finally listen to some happy stories. She knows you're a good slut now, but you still have to go to detention."

"Does she know about me?" Lily asked.

"I told her that part myself," I said. I was very keen to get my message across and ended up spilling everything. I spared her the taboo details at least. She could get those from her protégé. It was a little bit weird that a teacher knew so much about me, but she called me out and it really mattered to me that we set the record straight. "I mean, not the succubus part obviously, but the fact that you are also my girlfriend."

"My innocent persona is ruined," Lily moaned.

"I didn't tell her the demon part either, so she just thinks you're a proper old fashioned slut like the rest of us. Alice, especially," Poppy said.

"Alice especially?" I said, turning her words into a question.

"Yeah," Poppy said, laughing. "I just said it was all her idea originally. I didn't want to take the blame."

"I need to teach her about the succubus lifestyle so she knows that it's not my fault. I was bred for this," Lily said.

"Maybe your former human self was a slut," I said.

Lily gasped. "I never thought about that. I know deep in my heart that she was a hottie, but the other details are up for discussion."

"We're going to know who you were soon," I promised. One search for answers had ended, and another had just begun.

"We should all make a prediction," Poppy said.

Lily gasped again. "Please. Oh fuck. The only thing I love more than talking about me is talking about another version of me. Everyone has to make a guess, and whoever is closest gets the last super orgasm before Serena and Meredith kill me. Harrison, you first."

I fell back onto my pillow, running my hands through greasy hair that badly needed a morning shower. "I'm leaning lesbian," I said.

"Really?" Lily said, jumping up onto her knees on the bed and maniacally shuffling closer to me. She was locked the fuck in.

"Short, masc, lesbian sports writer. 5 foot 3 at most, always dating pretty femmes that are at least 5 foot 10."

"The era is important," Poppy reminded me. "Not to bring up new wounds but if you died, it was obviously before your first full body summoning."

"You're right," Lily said, humming to herself. "I had to have died in the early 90s at least and it could have been a lot earlier for all we know. Could this butch lesbian sports writer exist in ancient times?"

"I said masc, not butch. There's a difference," I said.

"Are you speaking for lesbians?" Poppy teased.

"I'm a huge advocate for lesbians, especially the ones who were sports writing about chariot racing back in the 3rd century or whenever the fuck that shit was going on."

"You were definitely picturing me as a modern lesbian," Lily tutted.

"By the way, what's with all the gay demons?" I said, a thought that had been on my mind more than a few times. "Dorian is gay. Meredith is gay. Serena is gay. Linney might not be a demon, but apparently she's gay too. We're surrounded by them."

"Serena's not gay. She told me some mindblowing stories about some of the dick she's taken. Meredith just claimed her for herself after the wars because she likes a pretty blonde and her other options were incubus," Lily said.

"I've never seen what she actually looks like," Poppy said.

"Meredith?" I asked, and the redhead nodded. "She's hot."

"How long have you been holding that in?" Lily said.

"I would have betrayed you during the trial if she made me a serious sexual offer," I teased.

Lily gave me a fake laugh and then turned away from me. "Your turn. What is your prediction for my life story?"

Poppy tapped her thumb against her bottom lip as she was thinking. "I'm thinking of a sexy, curvaceous older woman," she said, painting the picture in her mind. "A complete MILF. 40 plus years old, all your son's friends have a crush on you. A cheating husband threatens to kill your vibe, but you take revenge with the hunky son of a neighbour. He's 21 years old, back from university for the summer. Eight inches, long sessions, huge loads."

"I'm genuinely going to come," Lily said, bouncing on the spot.

"Fucking hell, you need to try erotica or something," I said.

Poppy pulled her tongue at me in response. "Maybe I already have," she said.

"I don't know why you made him eight inches tall though. Weird twist."

"Don't spoil my fantasy," Lily said, before finally rolling off the bed in a rush to get ready for college. "I'll take either of those lives, if they turn out to be true. Remind me to ask the goth later. She's probably got something weird in store for me."

We all got ready as quickly as we could, which meant sharing a shower with the succubus. She tried not to tease me too much to begin with, but she wasn't letting me wash my hair without a cumload and before too long she was wanking me to orgasm. She squatted down to swallow my seed, before making me hard a second time and doing it all over again.

We left it too late for breakfast, and had to say a few quick goodbyes to our guests before a rush to college. Alice was waiting for us at the gate, just to give me a smooch before she headed off to her first lesson of the day. Poppy had been added to the official soul squad group chat the night before. She didn't get in until she was officially my girlfriend, which made it seem more like a harem group chat than anything related to our original soul squad journey into the underworld.

Miss Evans apologised to me during the first of two maths lessons during the morning, one either side of break time. I was first to arrive so she pulled me into her classroom and let me take my seat early. She stood in front of my desk, as sternly as ever, with the only notable colour on her being the bright orange blouse she wore beneath a grey blazer and pencil skirt combination.

"I apologise for my accusations yesterday. I want the best for Miss Beaumont. I thought you were going to hurt her," she said, before swallowing dryly. "I shouldn't have assumed the worst... but..."

"I get it," I said. I couldn't exactly fault her for the but. It was an unusual situation. "I know why it's confusing. You don't need to explain. I probably didn't need to be so defensive either."

"I would get defensive if falsely accused, too," Miss Evans admitted.

"I know she means a lot to you, so it's normal for you to get annoyed when you see me kissing another girl."

"It's not normal, but it's our normal and you understand that. I appreciate your care for her," she said, before circling around her desk and sitting down on her chair. "I won't judge beyond that. It's unorthodox, but if she is sharing it with friends she trusts and that makes her happy, then so be it."

I was glad she had accused me by now, because it sent me on a warpath to a new girlfriend. Poppy wasn't mine until the night before. I might never have made it official without the inadvertent shove, from our maths teacher of all people. I felt like bragging about it. "Poppy is my girlfriend now. It wasn't official until last night, so it's probably worth thanking you," I said.

Miss Evans ignored me for a moment, clicking away at her laptop keyboard. "I'm not interested in the details, Mr Whitaker. This will be our last time discussing this. Take care of the girl and we won't have any more trouble," she said, coldly, before a few more students started to file into the classroom. Lily and Poppy arrived together and took their places at the front of the class. There was some excitement in the knowledge that our teacher knew they were both mine.

The demon hunters were still patrolling the grounds and stressing everyone out. Mason was called in to a meeting with them, but it seemed he kept his composure because nothing came of it. I heard about a few other people being interviewed, but he was the only member of our group who had been dragged in so far. Their presence was still incredibly stressful, but it hadn't blown up in our faces just yet.

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My day took a surprise turn after lunch. Sixth form students are allowed to leave school premises during the day, as long as they have a free period. It's mostly used to go to the local bakery and get some food, or over to the garage across the road for snacks. I had a double free period to finish the day, and planned to use it for some revision. Lily was in the library with me, and decided she was hungry, which meant it was time for me to go on an adventure so that she could be fed. I was even forced to pay because she was too lazy to come with me and use her succubus powers to get a freebie.

It was only a 10 minute walk there and back, but on the return to school my attention was grabbed by a couple of familiar faces hanging out on a small tree-covered field not far from school. Seraphina and Keiko were talking, though neither of them looked quite like themselves. Seraphina was easily explainable. She was in her glamour form. Keiko was slightly more confusing, though it clicked when they both noticed me approaching.

"You shouldn't sneak up on people," Seraphina said.

"Where are your tails?" I asked the kitsune, before noticing her fox ears were gone too.

"I can conceal them," Keiko answered, before they briefly flashed back into view. Seraphina reverted to her usual self. "Some people don't care to be reminded that monsters and spirits exist."

"Well, that's their loss then, isn't it?" I said, before taking another look at the two of them. They were both dressed in hiking gear, including windbreaker jackets, waterproof pants and trail boots. They were almost matching sets, meaning they must have gotten them from the same place, but in two different sizes. "Where are you going?" I asked.

"Japan," Keiko answered, lifting a backpack up off the floor and putting it over her shoulders. "There was a village in Shirakami-Sanchi, a forest in the north of Honshū. It was a refuge for kitsune. I visited a few times in my life, but not for a long time. We are going to see if it still exists. I think it would be a great place for us to go, if it is safe and we are welcome."

"Why do you need all this gear?" I asked.

"You cannot just teleport in. Spells and charms protect the village. We can teleport nearby, and traverse the wilderness to find it. I don't remember exactly where it was," Keiko explained.

"Will it be safe?"

"It is the safest place in the world, for me and my kind, and any of our friends."

"Much of the land is virtually untouched by humans," Seraphina added.

"But we are not human," Keiko emphatically added. "If we can find a home there, we will be safe. We are all from different parts of the country, so if we are to find our old friends and loved ones we will need to travel eventually, but this would be a valuable safe haven before and between our travels."

"Sounds like the perfect place for you," I said, even if part of me wished she didn't need to leave. I turned my focus to the other member of the group. "Nice of you to help out. I remember a time when you were only here for that bloody succubus and all the trouble she causes."

"Keiko brought you all back to me, when they had me hostage. I owe her my life," Seraphina said.

"You can just say we're growing on you," I said. The Aetherial didn't budge. I had been completely fascinated by her since her arrival, but she was still a mystery in many ways. Perhaps we would never be friends, but she was still a valuable ally. "How long are you going to be?" I asked.

"It shouldn't take too long. Same realm, so we won't lose time in the portals," Seraphina said.

"We just need to find the river," Keiko expanded, before she caught wind of the brown package in my hand, and the food inside.

"Do you want one?" I asked. Lily had ordered a few pies, and she was probably fuming by the time it was taking me to get them back to her.

Keiko shook her head, and that changed into a nod partway through. I offered her a meat and potato pie, and she gladly indulged. "We just need to find the river," she repeated, speaking through a full mouth. "The river flows through the village. If we walk the right way, good. If we walk the wrong way, bad."

"Just walk the right way then," I said, and the kitsune laughed. Her laughing always warmed my heart, and it wasn't just innocent anymore. The late night cuddles were clearly doing something to me, even if there was a guilt attached to that feeling. It was complicated, but it also guided my next thought. "Can I come?"

"No," Seraphina answered.

"Yes," Keiko answered simultaneously. She turned to her companion and scrunched up her face, before emphasising her answer one more time. "Yes, you can come."

Seraphina sighed, but relented. Lily wasn't going to be getting her two remaining pies, but my bakery adventure was turning into a real adventure, and she was going to have to deal with it.

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Seraphina opened her portal, and our first stop was one of her reaver safehouses. It wasn't the same one as last time, but one based in our realm. It didn't look all that different from the first, but there were a few more cobwebs that suggested it wasn't getting much use. I messaged the girls to tell them that I was going on an important quest with Keiko and Seraphina, so they wouldn't worry about me. Seraphina found me some appropriate clothing, and her next portal took us to the land of the rising sun.

Shirakami-Sanchi was a world away from the normality of a walk back to school. We were dropped into a dense, untamed part of the forest, surrounded by green but a whole lot of white too. The forest floor was still quite thick with snow, though if the rushing streams were anything to go by, the melt had begun. Lost and alone, it could have been the most terrifying place on the planet. With friends by my side, it felt almost otherworldly.

It was night, though the sky was more blue than black and the world around us was lit up by buzzing fireflies, and the snow reflecting back at our feet. This place didn't belong to my species, and it never had. It belonged to the mystical, and to the spirits. It belonged to the kitsune.

"Wow, this is beautiful," I said.

"I'm cold," Keiko moaned, perhaps a little less surprised by the beauty at her fingertips.

"Streams lead to rivers, rivers lead to villages," Seraphina said, eyeing up a couple small streams either side of us. "We'll head this way."

I should have done some stretches. The hike to the river took us about 45 minutes. Keiko shifted into her fox form, using her smaller and more nimble stature to traverse the terrain and thick foliage to keep us a step ahead, always reporting back to us if any difficulties lay in store. Seraphina couldn't just portal us 100m in all directions until we found it, because they simply didn't know what spells and spirits lay ahead of us at any turn. Portal in the wrong direction and the three of us could end up engulfed in flames. That wouldn't actually be a first for me, but surviving was less likely this time around.

I had been provided with a pair of waterproof hiking boots, but they were a couple sizes too big, which left me slipping around and unbalanced for most of the journey. Melting snow would sneak in at the loose sides, quickly soaking my socks. Seraphina was my only company for most of the walk, but she wasn't very talkative.

"Upstream or downstream?" I asked, when we reached the riverbank. The water was crystal clear, slow-moving and in pristine condition.

"This way," Keiko said, guiding us upstream. "I can smell the foxes up here."

Our hike continued for another hour or so, before we stopped for some backpack snacks, and then another half an hour after that. It had been so misty since our arrival and we could never see that far ahead of us. Wet feet was my biggest struggle, followed by the desperation to keep up with them. Seraphina was unfazed by all of it, and would occasionally become a shadow in the mist before stopping and waiting for me to catch up. It became a little bit easier when the kitsune started to recognise sections of the forest, promising we were close before shifting again and disappearing into the distance.

There was beauty around every corner, which acted as a rejuvenator whenever things got tough. The sound of macaques was distant, but unfortunately we never saw any. We did spot a black bear though, patrolling the riverbank, and thankfully on the opposite side to us. We stopped to watch it for a few minutes, and marvelled at its presence. I wondered if it had ever seen people before, though it didn't seem to care too much about us either way.

Keiko was back in human form before too long, and she waited for us to catch up, before declaring we had arrived. "Good news or bad news is through this way," she said. I sat on a rock and ripped off one shoe, before scratching at my wet sock and the wrinkled sole of my foot beneath.

I didn't want to sound stupid, so ignored the fact that the only thing we could see ahead of us was more snow-covered forest. I was learning my lesson from past mistakes. "Some sort of veil over the village?" I asked, and the kitsune nodded.

"Walk a few metres that way and you will pass through the shroud," Keiko said.

"Will it feel like anything?" I asked.

"It depends what's on the other side," Keiko said, though she was smiling as she said it. "You first. We brought you as a sacrifice."

I chuckled, and climbed back to my feet, before following her instructions and taking those last precious steps into the veil, passing through an imperceptible barrier that felt like nothing more than a warm blanket, and a brief tingle on the skin.

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A new landscape materialised around me like it was part of a dream. All but the river and a few trees vanished into thin air, replaced by a village that looked as if it had been frozen in time. The snow and mist were gone, and it was a whole lot warmer, as if we had changed seasons as we passed through the boundary. There was a gravel road beneath my feet, tempting me towards civilisation.

The other two made their way in behind me. Keiko took in a long inhalation, smelling the damp earth and charcoal, and then collapsed to her knees. She pressed her hands into the gravel, and watched the dust fall from her palms. "I used to avoid this place like it was a plague. I am seeing its beauty far too late," she whispered, before climbing back to her feet.

The village looked like it was active, with smoke rising from the chimneys of thatch-roofed buildings. It looked as if there was maybe about 5 or 6 square kilometres of land, and that included rice paddies and vegetable gardens in the distance. Fireflies continued to hum around us, and it was them and torches that lit the streets of the town ahead of us. The river forked halfway through town, with one seemingly manmade channel leading to a small pond and the main branch continuing on its natural path until it reunited with the forest beyond the veil. On closer inspection, it was clear there were a few people milling around on the streets ahead of us. I didn't know the exact time difference between here and home, but with that and the time spent hiking, it was probably close to midnight.

"Who is this person we are looking for?" Seraphina said.

"We're looking for someone in particular?" I asked in response.

Keiko had recomposed herself. She took my hand, interlinked our fingers and started to pull me in the direction of town. It was warmer inside the veil, but her hands were still cold from our time outside of it. "I have a debt to pay," Keiko said, walking a few paces ahead of me as she dragged me along after her. "We need to find the teahouse."

The village was quaint and peaceful, and the air was crisp and fresh. The warmth brought feeling back to my nose and cheeks after a couple of hours or more in the snow. We passed other kitsune along the way. Most presented themselves as younger, no matter how many tails they had, and the majority were dressed in kimonos. A few looked older in their human form, matching their tail count. There weren't many of them who seemed overly comfortable with my presence. Keiko had stopped hiding her ears and tails. Seraphina was using her own glamouring abilities to present herself as a kitsune, though she'd only added a few tails. The rest of her looked no different to usual. I assumed the magical fox spirits here could see through the ruse of a more than six foot white woman masquerading as one of them, but her new orange tails swished all the same.

The place looked like it had been untouched for centuries, built in the style of the time of its creation, and preserved in the years that followed. The thatch roofs of the buildings had lost their natural colour, and been greyed by the passage of time. Most of the man-made structures looked weathered, with mossy exteriors and vines growing up the walls, but there was still a vibrancy there. It didn't just look old. It looked like it had lived, and loved, and most importantly it had survived.

Keiko led us past workshops, forges and a collection of storefronts. She pointed out a distant shrine on the eastern edge of the veil. There were no schools, or children, but plenty of communal buildings and guesthouses for visitors. She emphasised that they had visitors, and not tourists. You didn't come here for a holiday. You came to find sanctuary and to heal, and then you could choose whether to stay or leave.

Keiko stopped outside of the teahouse she had been searching for, and hesitated to enter. The owner had spotted us though, so she couldn't hide from whatever debt she had for long.

A frail old lady walked out beyond the wooden shutter at the front of her store. She was tiny, with dark grey hair, and walked using a stick. She had nine tails, all of them white and without the red tips that Keiko had on hers. The many lines on her face scrunched up as she opened up her stance and pointed back towards the teahouse, inviting us inside.

Keiko fell to her knees and leaned forward, her forehead to the ground and her palms flat out in front of her on the gravel floor. She was bowing. When she sat back up, she spoke in her mother tongue. The ladies communicated for a moment, emotion swelling in the expression of the older kitsune. The old woman, at least 800 years old, approached my friend and tried to drag her to her feet. Keiko bowed lower, refusing to accept that honour. I didn't know if it was an argument, but it was intense all the same.

The old lady eyed me up, and drew me in with a curled finger. She prodded my lips as soon as I got close. "Is she in trouble?" I asked.

"English," the old lady croaked, before clearing her throat. "Pick your friend up before she causes a scene."

Keiko climbed back to her feet without my help, and reached to take the older kitsune's hands. "I'm sorry. Your sister saved me. I couldn't save her. I will dedicate the rest of my life to your family, and serve you as you please," she said.

The old lady smiled, and nodded. "Would you like some tea?" she asked.

Keiko sniffed, and nodded back. "I like tea."

"I know. I remember. You told me almost a century ago. I'm sorry for what the years that followed took from you, little fox," the old lady said, before guiding us inside her teahouse.

"Kaede's sister?" I asked. Keiko nodded, taking my hand again as we were placed at a short square table, sitting on small cushioned seats on either side.

"Cross your legs, or sit on your knees. Either is fine," Keiko said. I crossed my legs. Seraphina's long legs were left flat out under the table.

"Are you okay?" I asked the younger kitsune, while the old lady took her place at the head of the table.

"I came here to be your servant. Accept my wishes, and put me to work," Keiko said, ignoring my question and returning to her plea. "I only ask that my friends may take refuge here for a short while."

"Oh, hush," the old lady said, before her eyes found mine again. "We don't get many of your kind here."

"Human?" I asked.

The old lady laughed hoarsely. "Males, but yes, also human."

"Thank you for the hospitality."

"Thank you both for helping this young thing. She told me of your heroics during her ranting. I don't think one of you has ever passed through our village. What are you?"

"I'm Aetherial," Seraphina answered.

"That's one word for it," the old lady said, before she reached to take the hand of her younger kin, trapping it between wrinkled palms and stroking her skin softly. "My sister has been missing for so long. I accepted that answers would never come, and then when they did, they were enough to break an old lady's heart one last time. To know that she was loved by you amidst all of that horror means you owe me nothing, little fox. I am so glad she was able to free you, and in turn you freed the rest of your friends. Her sacrifice was worth it, as long as you continue to live on with that freedom."

"I can take you to her grave," Keiko said, still sniffling.

"I would like that," the old lady said.

"What is your name?" I asked.

"Tsuki," the older kitsune answered. "Kaede named me."

It had never even crossed my mind that they didn't have their human names when they were foxes. "How did you get yours?" I asked Keiko, desperate to know more about her.

"I stole it from the first human who talked to me," Keiko answered, taking a deep breath and laughing as she relived the memory. "My fifth time shifting. It only lasted about 15 minutes. I spoke to a girl on the outskirts of Edo, testing my language skills. She told me her name was Keiko and asked what mine was. I told her that my name was Keiko, too. I thought it was pretty."

"It means blessed child," Tsuki explained, releasing Keiko's hand and dragging herself back to her feet. "What would you like to drink?"

"Kaede told me about your famous honey tea," Keiko said.

"That was her favourite," Tsuki whispered, smiling. Seraphina and I both ordered green teas from her, before she shuffled to the back of the teahouse to prepare them.

"Trying to return yourself to slavery?" I asked. Keiko snarled, before taking my hand and placing it in her lap. She started to draw on my palm, using her fingernails to write characters that were unrecognisable to me.

"I just wanted to give my life to her, to make up for her sister's sacrifice," Keiko said.

"Everyone wants you to be free. No more service, no more expectations, just do what the fuck you want," I said.

"Okay, maybe you shut up," Keiko said, putting me in my place, before she quickly fell into a sheepish smile. "Sorry. That was mean."

"Being mean to me is allowed. Have you met the other girls in my life?"

"I won't be mean," she said.

"I didn't come here to watch you flirt," Seraphina said, very matter-of-factly. "You need to confirm whether we can bring your friends here."

"I will ask her," Keiko said, looking away from me a little nervously but refusing to let go of my hand. It belonged to her now. "I used to own a teahouse like this one."

"Really?" I asked.

"I lived in Edo, which became Tokyo, with my husband. We owned a teahouse. I was in charge. He was an artist, but his workspace was in the backroom so we could spend time together while we both worked," Keiko said, revealing depths about her life that none of us had ever heard.

"A husband?" I said, and she nodded. "What was his name?"

"Seikichi. He was human, of course. I met him here. He passed away in 1907. I forget what year it is now."

"2026," I said.

"A long time," she replied softly, her amber eyes glistening a little.

"You met him here?" I asked. I wanted to know more about her, and the life she lived before she was a slave. She hadn't opened up much except in her desperation to free her friends, so this felt like a real opportunity to learn who she truly was.

"He was an explorer, and he believed in magic, and the supernatural. He drew and painted kitsune long before he knew they were real, but he believed and he came looking for us. He learned of the village, and came searching for it. He almost died, so we had to go and save him. I wasn't here often, it was only a coincidence that our paths crossed in this place. When he recovered, he asked me to model for his first true to life drawing. I was fascinated by him because he was fascinated by me. He had to leave eventually, because they weren't sure if they could trust him. I followed after him, and chose to live as a human alongside him. We were together for 52 happy years."

Tsuki returned with our tea, and sat back down at the head of the table. "You are talking about the invader," she said, wheezing a little. Both of them laughed, so it didn't seem serious. "Sorry about snooping."

"It's okay," Keiko said, reaching for her drink. The ceramic mug was handleless, but she didn't seem affected by the heat. "He was very scared when you all called him the invader at first."

"It's fun to tease them, when they make it this far," Tsuki said, sipping on her own tea. "He fell for you right away."

"You remember me so well," Keiko said, clearly guilty that she couldn't manage the same.

"I remember everyone. You never crossed paths with my sister during your visits?"

"No, we talked about it when we were imprisoned. I think only my first visit would have been before she was taken prisoner, but we did not meet. I only came here three times, and never for more than a few weeks," Keiko said, before she sighed. "I didn't want to be just a kitsune. I thought it was a prison, forced to watch the people you care for die over and over while you lived for centuries. I wanted to be human, like him, to live and love and die. I aged myself with him until we were both old, and then he died. I kept aging myself after he was gone, for twenty years, living that same human life. I came here one last time, to beg for death, but nobody would grant it to me. I didn't want to restart my human life over and over. I didn't want to replace him. I decided to become him instead, to believe that something more was out there. I became an explorer, and found pathways to new realms and worlds. Kaede comforted me after the monsters captured me, and she taught me to be proud of my kitsune heritage, the life it had given me, and the life that she promised lay ahead after she freed us all."

It was incredible to learn about her life, but difficult because of the hardships she had faced. I had never been forced to face the prospect of immortality. I wouldn't want to imagine a life that went on for so long that the people who had loved me became such distant memories.

"Kaede promised you that life lay ahead, and it does, so what are you going to do with it?" Tsuki asked.

"I don't know," Keiko said, processing her options in the moment. "I'm not scared of this place or what it represents anymore. I'm not afraid of staying. I don't want to explore anymore. It was fun, but there are bad people out there and it's not worth taking the risk again. I don't know if human life is worth it. I made new friends and one day I will lose them. All those years as a whore have tainted my body-"

"That's not true," I interrupted, from nowhere. "You're not tainted, and you weren't a whore either. You were a slave."

"He's right," Seraphina said, backing me up. It was nice to have some support, especially from someone who typically held their opinion back, and operated on facts. "You fought to stay alive, and you get to choose what that next life looks like."

"I can understand why you might be afraid to choose human life over and over, because of all the loss that comes with it, but you don't need to hide away here and avoid something that you love because it will hurt you occasionally. You can have both," I argued.

"The loss is inevitable, little fox," Tsuki said. "You will always yearn for more of that life you lived with your husband. You had him for 52 years. Was that enough, or do you want more?"

Keiko hesitated on her answer, still drawing characters on the palm of my hand. It tickled in the best way. "I want to keep my friends safe first, and the rest comes after," she said, before turning to the elder kitsune. "Please, take my friends in and protect them. They won't stay for too long. They all have their own freedom to chase, but for now there is nowhere better for them."

"Any friend of my sister is welcome here," Tsuki confirmed.

"We will serve the village however you see fit. We can all work," Keiko said.

"You will serve no one," Tsuki said, reminding the desperate kitsune of her terminology.

"We will contribute, and help," Keiko corrected herself, and the elder kitsune's eyes closed in a deep, warm smile.

"I can't wait to meet them all," Tsuki said, before leaving her mug on the table. "How was the tea?"

"Kaede was right, it was perfect. Even better than mine," Keiko answered.

**

The decision was made to bring the rest of the girls the following day, so we could have one last night together at home to say goodbye. Tsuki gave us a small tour of the village, introducing us to a few members of the leadership council. All of them were happy to take on new residents, even if one of them hesitated at the mention of a nekomata. Apparently those things can be troublesome. Keiko assured them that Orihime would be no trouble at all.

Tsuki also arranged for Seraphina's portals to be granted amnesty within their veil, meaning we could teleport in and out at the push of a metaphorical button. It would make it easy for us to keep in touch with the girls once they were gone, given we wouldn't need to go on a three hour hike each time after being dropped off in a random unguarded sector of a spiritual forest. Seraphina sighed at the prospect of constant reunions, and declared that she wasn't a taxi service, but she was beginning to accept her position in our group. She might not admit it, but we were friends.

"Will you be joining us, too?" Tsuki asked me at one point, and thankfully it was a private conversation, just the two of us.

"Oh, no," I answered, quick to correct her. "I'll be staying home. Keiko has people here to protect. I've got my people back home to protect, in a way."

"I understand," the elder kitsune said, watching her younger kin take off her shoes and socks and paddle her feet in the cool water of the pond. "I thought you were perhaps something more to her."

"It's not like that. We're just friends. I think so, anyway. I mean it could be more, maybe. It's complicated," I said, talking myself into knots.

"It's easier to understand why she might be scared of falling in love again. Love as a distant fantasy isn't as scary as it sounds. It's when it's so close you can almost touch it that it starts to terrify you," Tsuki said, before drifting away towards the pond and leaving me to fester in her words.

Given the time difference, we had arrived late at night, and it had only gotten later during our hike and the time spent in the village. Tsuki started to tire, and we decided it was time to head home. It would be late evening when we got back, but it would still be the same day so hopefully my girls wouldn't be too mad at me.

We bid farewell to our new friends, knowing that we had found the perfect sanctuary for the slightly less new friends waiting for us back home. Keiko was so excited to share the news. "I'm glad you came," she said, the last words uttered before we stepped through the portal together and fell back into reality in my bedroom.

Alice almost fell off my bed when we arrived, before she spent a quick minute scolding me about going on holiday without her. We explained the situation to her, and though she was upset that everyone was leaving so soon, she understood that this was the best opportunity for them. "We also realised we can just go on holiday pretty much anywhere in the world, at any time," she said, giving me a quick peck after the kitsune ran downstairs to tell her friends the good news.

"I don't think that's true," Seraphina said, as she lounged on my computer chair.

"It is," Alice said, correcting the frustrated angel. "Lily wants to go to the beach soon. Also, she wants to kill you."

"Why is that?" I asked, but an answer was staring me right in the eyes. The pointed tip of a succubus tail was a few inches from my face. Lily wrapped her arms around me, leaving me with no means of escape.

"What the fuck did you do with my pies, you little bitch?" she whispered into my ear, before releasing me from justice.

"Sorry," I said, and she grunted moodily before falling onto the bed. "Keiko ate one first, and after that there was a free-for-all over the other two."

"I'm going to get my shower now," Alice said. Lily was in a towel, answering where she had been when we arrived. "Poppy wasn't going to stay but she knows that it's the last night for the others so she's coming over now."

"Can I ask you something?" I said, sitting alongside the succubus, who was still half in demon form due to her pie-based rage.

"I suppose," Lily said.

She was lying back on the bed, staring at the ceiling. I fell back too, imitating her. "You can tell when someone wants something, and when they're horny, and not just because they feel they owe someone something, or that the only way they can repay them is by giving them their body. You know how someone feels, and if the feeling is genuine and not just coerced by her past experiences," I said. Lily's breathing slowed as she listened, and she turned to rest on one shoulder, facing me and placing a hand on my heart as it beat faster by the second.

"Harry, do you want me to tell you, or do you want to find out for yourself?" she asked.

I rolled onto my shoulder and looked into her eyes, and gave her the slightest nod of understanding. "I think they will be happy there, and then they can go searching for everything they lost when they are ready."

"Another mission accomplished," Lily said, leaning in to give me a kiss.

"Alice is alone in the shower. I was thinking about joining her," I whispered.

"What a coincidence. I just started thinking the same thing," Lily said.

We joined our lover in the shower, and the two girls bathed me in kisses, before my tongue made its way up and down their bodies. The two of them wanked me to orgasm before too long, and then we finally got out and went down to spend the night with our soon to depart guests.

Poppy arrived, and we spent the next few hours hanging out and learning more about the girls. Keiko had told me some details about her life, but she had to spill for a second time to keep the others up to date. She revealed she was a talented artist, having learned from her husband, and the other girls made her draw a picture of him. Seikichi was undoubtedly handsome and he sounded like the most wonderful guy, though it was quite fascinating to think about how different the world was when he was around. He was born in 1833, and lived to 74 years old.

Keiko explained that he gave up his dream of being a father to love and marry her. She couldn't conceive or carry a child, though every year they were together she wished that she could just a little bit more. She had been close with his sister and her husband, but both passed in the years after his death. She lasted twenty years without him, before she informed her nieces and nephews that she was leaving to find eternal peace, and return to her husband. With no easy pathway to death and no willingness to do it herself, she chose to explore instead, though she returned home to visit family sporadically before her kidnapping.

"Some of his bloodline might still be out there, descendants of your sister-in-law," Alice said.

Keiko nodded her head. "I will look for them one day," she said.

Orihime never showed her face, which was a shame, but hopefully the village would be healing for her in the long term. Linney definitely had a thing for Poppy. I wasn't going to tease her about it, in case she took it as a challenge and tried to seduce my new girlfriend. Kyouko taught Alice some more crocheting techniques, while Yukari woke my parents up performing karaoke songs. She had lived a much more modern life than the others before her capture, and actually knew some of the K-pop groups that my sister had loved when she was growing up.

It was a nice night spent with new friends and old, and we took a group picture before heading to bed. Looking back at it on my phone, it was still baffling that one of the people smiling in it was a tiger, but that was probably never going to get normal.

"Are you staying with us?" Lily asked, before we went up to bed. It was going to be another night, with at least four in the bed, but all of us wanted there to be five. Keiko agreed to join us, and said goodnight to the others who were splitting up around the house to sleep on the beds and sofas they had been using since their arrival.

"See you all in the morning. One last big breakfast," I said, because my mother has promised it. They were going to be leaving early, before we left for college.

Keiko didn't need to sneak into bed with us this time, but spent the rest of the night gossiping with the girls either side of me as we all drifted off to sleep. She told us a little more about her time as a kitsune, especially the earlier years when she was still getting used to her abilities. She revealed that she spent a part of her life during the mid 1800s working as a performer for a misemono, which she likened to a circus. She could use her abilities to entertain while still hiding her true identity. She had visited the kitsune village once before then, but didn't want to stay. It was during her second visit, in the 1850s, that she met her husband.

Keiko cuddled me again before bed. She had actually been further away from me as we chatted. I had Alice and Lily on either side of me then. Before she drifted off to sleep, Lily wrapped an arm around the kitsune and rolled her over, so she ended up between our bodies. The succubus was playing innocent, but knew she wasn't fooling me.

I couldn't fall asleep while those amber eyes were still on me, and we engaged in this deep, long eye contact that sent shivers down my spine. Keiko didn't look away for a second, and the intensity only broke occasionally when she giggled at the loud snoring of someone else. She shuffled closer to me and curled up into a ball in my arms, one knee resting on my hip. "I have to go and protect them," she whispered.

"I understand," I said, putting my hand on her leg, and sliding up and down the soft skin of her calf, passing over her knee and edging up her thigh. I could feel the ridges and divots of scars on her body, each of which came with a story of horror that filled me with rage. I couldn't fathom that she had called herself tainted. She was so breathtakingly beautiful and strong, and she had fought through the most horrific odds to claim her freedom.

"I'll be back to protect you soon," she said, the tip of her nose touching mine.

I laughed a little through my nose, and her expression turned serious. "I believe you," I said quickly, and she softened.

"Go to sleep now," she said, before finally closing her eyes. I drifted off with her warm breath on my skin, feeling her body tremble every time she twitched in her sleep. Tsuki was probably right. When love was this close, so close you could touch it, it could be so scary. I just wasn't scared anymore. I was going to love her without fear.

**

Breakfast was immense the next morning. Mum was at her absolute best. She woke up early to cook up a masterclass of a fry-up, and the smell was so good that everyone was at the dining table in their pyjamas before they even thought to get showered or ready.

"The water bill is going through the roof," Mum said, perhaps her first complaint since our house became a hotel. "I'm not complaining, but maybe some of these showers could be a couple minutes each, rather than ten minutes."

"I'll pay more keep," I said. Some of those showers lasted longer because my girlfriends were wanking me off during them. The least I could do was pay a little bit more. I made most of my money online, doing freelance work such as transcription, editing and subtitling. I hadn't done any in weeks, since the summoning. I needed to get a part time job. I was going to need more money once college was finished, and we stopped getting a bursary at the start of every term. I needed to cover the summer at least, before my first student loan hit my bank account at university.

"I could just steal some money, from a bank or something, if you want," Lily offered.

"That won't be necessary, sweetie," Mum said, turning to my first girlfriend in the process. "Alice can start with £50 a month if she's going to be staying here so much, and she can cover your 50 as well."

Alice's eyes bulged, and she coughed into her food. Her problem was that she was never going to challenge my mother. "That's fine. No problem," she said, forcing a stressed smile.

"I'm only kidding," Mum said, entertaining herself.

"Poppy is rich. You should ask her," Alice said.

"She could buy the house and give it back to us as a present," I said.

"Lucky for you that the mortgage is almost paid off," Mum said, teasing the redhead alongside us.

"My parents are not as rich as they say," Poppy argued.

"If you say so," Alice said. Poppy sighed, and accepted defeat.

"What is this?" Linney asked, pointing at her plate.

"It's a black pudding, dear," Mum said.

"It's very nice," Linney said. The black pudding was a new addition to her breakfasts as we didn't have any in stock the previous times my mother cooked something up. Linney was now in a race with my dad to see who could eat the most of them.

"I want to say one last time how incredible you have all been, and how thankful we are for that," Kyouko said. She was easily the cleanest eater at the table. "We will make up for it some day. Whatever we can provide from the village, we will send through as a gift."

"That's not necessary," Mum said.

"Rice, vegetables, weapons, whatever it may be. We will send something," Kyouko continued, ignoring my mother's comment.

"Weapons?" Dad asked.

"Keiko said there was a forge and blacksmith," Kyouko said.

"We could probably do with a couple of axes, in case shit gets crazy with the demon hunters," I said.

"Do you think it comforts me to hear you say that?" Mum asked.

"It's Lily's fault," I said, making them both groan. "That being said, if either of you ever get interviewed about a demon in town, please try and push them away."

My parents agreed, before refusing to accept any more thanks from their guests. We finished breakfast before heading upstairs for a final goodbye. Seraphina was waiting for us on the bed. "When did you get here?" Lily asked.

"There's breakfast downstairs if you want it," I said.

Seraphina didn't seem interested. "Are we heading out?" she asked.

"Are you okay?" Lily asked, approaching the reaver and sitting next to her. Seraphina said she was, but no one really believed her. "I'll get a proper answer out of you eventually. You don't get to be my bodyguard and not be my friend, you know?"

Yukari provided a distraction that Seraphina was desperate for. "This is for you," the blonde bakeneko said, offering her sequined microskirt to Alice before she left. It was the only thing she had been wearing when we first saw her in the underworld, pole dancing in the brothel. "It will look nice on you."

Alice looked astonished by the little piece of fabric in her hands, her jaw falling open as she turned my way. "Thank you," she said, before giggling a little.

"It's only fair. It fits you well. Also, I will keep your pyjamas. I hope this is okay," Yukari said.

"Sounds like a fair trade to me," I said. I was going to get her in that skirt one day.

"Okay, that's fine. I'll send you some more through if you need them," Alice said, and the bakeneko seemed keen on that.

There were hugs and some tears as our guests prepared to leave, and one by one they were transported through the portal to a place that was built for people like them, and a community that would keep them safe and help them recover before they each went on a search for the lives they had lost.

Keiko was the last one standing. "I won't do a big goodbye, because I will be back. I am going to visit and see you all the time, because you will be my friends forever. Even when I am old and you are all dead, you will be my friends," she said, making herself and the rest of us laugh. "Thank you for everything. Thank you for trusting me and saving my friends. Thank you for giving us a second chance."

"It was all you," Lily said, but the kitsune wasn't having it.

"Thank you for being so kind when a scared fox needed a friend," Keiko said. Lily had kept her composure up until that point, but the tears started flowing as the two of them hugged.

"I thought you were a cat, to be honest," Lily said, while they laughed and sniffed all over each other.

Keiko hugged Alice and Poppy and she even forced Seraphina into one too, and then it was my turn. I stepped into her, and held her head to my chest as her hands wrapped around my lower back. She looked up at me, amber eyes glowing. I rubbed the tears off her cheeks, and then leaned down to kiss her. I caressed one cheek as our lips met, and just held against her for a moment, feeling her warmth and the softness of her touch. I kissed her a few times, bathing in the gentle feeling of her lips pressing back against me, gentle and nervous. Her cheeks were flushed red when she fell back to her feet, having been on her tiptoes while we kissed. "I'll see you soon," I said.

"You will," Keiko confirmed, before we kissed one last time.

"Time to go, little fox," Seraphina said.

Keiko gasped a little. "Who said you could call me that?" she said, before finally letting go of my hand, and backing away towards the portal. Everyone waved goodbye and blew kisses as the two of them left, and the portal disappeared. I stood in a sort of stunned silence, and fell back onto the bed when they were gone.

There were a few minutes of quiet sniffles as everyone recomposed themselves and slowly dressed. Alice sat next to me on the edge of the bed, and kissed my cheek. "That one definitely counts as cheating," she teased, before kissing me a couple more times. "Harry, this was never just a silly little game. I wanted it to be me and you forever. As soon as we had Lily, I wanted so much more. Poppy is more. Keiko is more. Esme, when she comes to us, will be so much more. I want you to love all of them."

I kissed her again, my heart fluttering. I had fallen for Keiko, and it all felt like it happened so fast, but it felt so real. "I will love them all," I said, and my first girlfriend and the first love of my life pressed her hand into my chest and felt my heart beating, smiling beautifully and leaving a few more soft kisses on my skin.

"My dildo is gone again," Poppy said, sighing, and quickly changing the tone in the room.

"No one suffers like you," Lily joked.

"They can just ask if they want it," Poppy said.

"I have a feeling it's probably just gone through that portal," I said.

Lily gasped. "I just remembered. Alice, you need to answer something we were talking about yesterday."

"What is it?" Alice asked.

"We were making predictions of my life before my untimely and heartbreaking death. Whoever is closest gets to ride my shapeshifted dick to 100 individual orgasms," Lily said.

"Pretty sure that wasn't the reward," I said. I didn't want to ride any dick. She would use me like a complete slut too. I would be better off with a man than whatever she had in store for me.

"What do you think, princess?" Lily asked.

"Didn't we determine that your accent and voice are probably from your human life?" Alice said, which hadn't crossed my mind when making my prediction. "It's depressing to pick something young though, but your voice sounds young to me. I don't think you died old. This is making me sad."

"It's depressing me now as well, so just pick something and make it sexy."

"You were just a sexy little blondie, from the south, about our age which is just so sad. You worked at an arcade, and your boyfriend came in every day to try and win you teddies from the claw machine."

"A boyfriend?" Lily yelled.

"He still has a tattoo of your name on his arm," Alice said, panicking and somehow making it sadder.

"He was so sweet. I miss him," Lily said, playing along.

"Make it sexier," Poppy said.

"You were big into public sex, and you used to fuck him on the pier late at night or ride his dick on the bonnet of his car," Alice said.

"He was so good. He fulfilled all of my fantasies," Lily said, before we all broke down in laughter.

"You all need to hurry up or you'll be late," Dad shouted, as he walked past my room. My parents were out the door and in the car a few minutes later, while the rest of us rushed to get ready.

Seraphina's portal reopened in my room, a couple minutes before we were due to leave. It arrived in a bright flash, making a couple of the girls jump. Nobody came out for about a minute. I thought about pushing my head through and checking what was going on, when someone stepped out of it.

Keiko paused for only a second after her feet touched my carpet, and then she ran at me and jumped into my arms. My hands went under her thighs as she wrapped her legs around my waist, and she kissed me desperately. I kissed her back, feeling the hunger in her lips and the tickling sensation of her fingernails stroking my scalp and the back of my neck.

I felt the bed at the back of my legs, and sat down on the edge of it, bringing her with me. She released little hums with each smack of her lips, sitting in my lap and starting to push me back onto the mattress. Her hands slid up my arms, trapping them against the bed when she got to my wrist. She pushed her tongue inside my mouth and mumbled incoherently as she wrapped it around my own, and then backed away while a string of saliva still connected us.

She sat up, and chewed on her bottom lip when my hardening dick twitched against her inner thigh. "Sorry," she said, before turning to the girls. "They convinced me to come back."

The looks on the faces of the other three were hilarious. They were as shocked as me. Alice took the lead. "Maybe you can afford to be a little bit late," she said.

"Are you sure?" I said. I was being straddled at the time, and wanted to be late.

"See you later," Alice said. She had to take the hands of the other two, because without that they would have remained frozen in place staring back at the kitsune who traversed a portal just to come and fuck me. Alice pulled Poppy and Lily out of the room, and then eyed us up one last time. "Have fun," she teased, before closing the door.

My eyes diverted to the kitsune, who looked down at me with rosy red cheeks. She was wearing a long white dress, with a tighter bodice that had a lace design, spaghetti straps and a long flowing skirt. The fabric of the skirt was a little more sheer, so you could faintly see the colour of her skin through the bottom third, but there was a thicker inner lining at her midsection, reaching down to the middle of her thighs. She loved this colour. When Lily went shopping for the girls, she requested a few dresses just like this one, and got exactly what she desired. She had been wearing something similar during her first shift in my bedroom, when she attacked me. I didn't know if there was a story behind it, or if she simply knew how beautiful she looked in white.

The triangular ears on either side of her head twitched occasionally. The fur on them was white, with faint red tips, just like her tails, and her long black hair made them stand out even more. Keiko leaned down and kissed me again while my hands stroked up her legs and over her hips, stopping at her waist and helping her with the light grinding she was providing me with. My dick ached against her touch.

She kissed around my lips, and pecked my cheeks, before those amber eyes locked on me again. "I want to do this. Do you believe me?" she asked.

"I believe you," I said.

"I haven't wanted to do it for a long time. I am choosing you," Keiko whispered.

She kissed me again, and then shuffled back onto my knees so she could start unravelling my trousers. She helped them and my boxers off my legs, before climbing back into my lap. My stiff cock was lightly squashed below her body weight, while her long dress covered my view. She put her hands under the skirt, and guided my cockhead to her opening, her mouth dropping open as she took me in and slid down my cock, inch after glorious inch. I watched her pretty face twist in pleasure, and listened to the sweet exhalation of her breath as she made it all the way down my cock and her body weight settled back on my waist. I held onto her sides, my thumbs pressing into her flat stomach.

My cock throbbed inside her, but she didn't move. Keiko lay me flat on the bed, kissed me a couple more times and then started to undo my shirt. She pulled it apart when all the buttons were dealt with, and then tickled the wound that she had inflicted on me. She brushed her finger down one claw mark at a time, and then leaned forward to press her lips into the scars. She kissed them lightly, before looking back up at me with tear-filled eyes.

I pulled her close and kissed her, a hand on each cheek, our noses smudged together. "It's okay," I whispered.

"I did to your body what they did to mine," Keiko said.

"You were protecting someone you loved," I said.

"Do you want to see me?" she asked.

I nodded my head, and removed my hands from her waist. Keiko started to pull her dress up her legs, before gripping it at her waist and slowly lifting it up her body. She wasn't wearing any underwear, so inch by inch her nude body was revealed to me, and there was no question that it carried the many scars of her time in slavery. She dropped her dress to the side, and sat nervously on me, my cock still buried deep inside her. She put a hand over her chest, covering one of her most significant and heartbreaking injuries.

I put my hands back on her body, and started to stroke up her thighs, passing scars and blemishes on the way. She had incisions over multiple ribs, as if she had been cut open so the bones could be fixed. Her arms carried similar marks to her legs, and then there were the burns too. Small, circular burns on her skin, likely from cigarettes, and another thicker patch of burned skin on one shoulder. Her flesh was discoloured in places, like old bruises had never fully healed. My hands moved up her stomach, before stopping below her chest. "Let me see," I said, and she dropped her arms to her side.

I had caught a glimpse of it before she draped an arm across her chest, but looking again made my blood boil. One of her breasts had no nipple or areola, and it was clear from the scars and the deep cavity in her skin that it had been carved off of her body. I moved a hand to the maimed breast, and let a thumb circle around the hollow area, while her breath hastened and her teeth started to grind. "Is it okay?" she asked softly.

I looked into her eyes and then rolled us both over, so she was on her back. My dick was still inside her. "Keiko, you are beautiful beyond belief," I said, before leaning in to kiss her and prove it. She wrapped her arms and legs around me as our tongue danced, and then when my body pulled back and my cock started to slip out of her, she dug nails into my bum to force me back in. I laughed into our kiss. I wasn't puling out, just starting to fuck her, but she was desperate to make sure my cock stayed buried deep inside. I fucked her with deep, short thrusts, to make sure she didn't have to worry about that again.

I broke the kiss to stare into her eyes as we started to make love, my heart racing any time she smiled. Her pussy grip was so fucking tight that it felt like she was milking me, and she was so audibly wet that every time our fucking made a squelch she would recoil in horror. I laughed with and at her, and kissed her, and held her body as she rocked back against me. I felt such a deep privilege to be sharing this experience with her and watching her body writhe in pleasure made me fuck her a little harder.

Keiko asked me if it felt good, a few different times in the space of a minute. I said yes the first two times, and then told her that she knew it did the third. When she tried to argue back, she was kissed and shut up. I kissed her for long minutes, fucking her a bit harder when it felt like the nails digging into my skin called for it, but most of the time the pace was measured, focusing on her feeling every moment rather than collapsing under some sort of bombardment.

The slower pace seemed to work, because it didn't take long for her body to shake and an orgasm to overwhelm her. It seemed to take her by surprise, her chest heaving as the pleasure engulfed her, and her face a picture of shock as the feeling rolled through her core and out to every limb. I buried myself balls deep inside her and let her shivering, twitching pussy massage my cock. She ran her hands over her face and through her hair as desperate, mewling moans escaped her lungs and she squirmed herself through the aftershocks.

"What the hell," she whispered, still panting.

"What the hell," I repeated, before pulling my cock out of her and exploring downwards, coating her body in kisses. I kissed along her jaw, and then down her neck, before arriving at her chest. I pinched her nipple, feeling the stiff bud harden a little more in my grasp, before leaning in to kiss and suck on it as she held onto my head and scratched the back of my neck. I moved across to embrace her second breast, showering it in the same affection, kissing around her scars and reveling in the little whimpers that escaped her lips. Her tits were different sizes because of the chunk that had been taken out of one, but they were both a handful, with a teardrop shape and a firm bounce to them as they moved.

I kissed down her stomach, before climbing in between her legs. She had a thick, dark tuft of pubic hair, and a sopping wet pussy that was begging to be eaten. Her pussy lips were darker than any of the other girls, only starting to pinken as my finger grazed her folds and she parted her legs further until her labia began to flower for me. I ran a fingertip up one side of her slit, and then back down the other side, watching her pussy throb back at me. I looked up at her, and she pouted back. I laughed, and moved in to kiss up and down her sensitive folds. I could feel her legs twitch with each kiss.

I started to run my tongue along her slit, flicking at her clitoris at one end, before travelling back down and pressing the tip into her opening. She moaned when she liked it, which made me repeat actions a few times over. Keiko put her hands under her knees, pulling her legs back further. I placed a fingertip at her opening and pushed it inside, feeling her contract around it, and focused in on her clitoris, swirling around the perfect little jewel and showering it in warm breath, kisses and firm laps of my tongue.

Keiko started to roll her hips slightly, matching my pressure with her own, tempting me to bury myself deeper inside her. I licked up and down her slit, slathering her in my saliva and coating my face in her juices in turn. She tasted so sweet. I added a second finger, and started to reach deeper inside, curling my fingers as soon as my knuckles were pressed against her opening. A third finger followed, while my lips wrapped around her clitoris, pulling on the little nub while sucking in the hood too. After long minutes teasing her, she squirmed against me, and came again.

Keiko wrapped one leg over my shoulder, using her heel to pull me in, and used her now free hand to grab and hold my hair firmly. She pulled me up and down her slit, controlling my movement, while my tongue flapped endlessly against her. She went stiff as a board, her legs shooting out either side of her and her back arching as the pleasure cascaded back down her body. I kept devouring her until long after she went limp, the only force left in her body being the hand on the back of my head. She used that hand to pull me up her body. I planted kisses all over her again, taking both breasts into my mouth, and then kissed her until she rolled us both back over.

"I put it in like this, then you stole it from me," she said, clearly desperate to ride me. She climbed back onto my cock, and slid back to the base. She had hidden her tails when she was flat on her back, but as soon as she was straddling me again, they returned. I watched them swish behind her, the bottom of each one tickling my bare thighs.

Keiko started to lift herself up and down my dick, bouncing on me expertly, using her hands on my chest to lift herself up and down every inch but never threatening to slip off my length. Her pussy kept contracting around me, like those prior orgasms were still seeping through her. Her tits bounced with her body. I took them in my hands, circling my thumbs over the sensitivities that existed in both.

"Fuck, you're incredible," I said, leaning back onto the bed and watching her hips and waist sway perfectly as her pussy swallowed my cock over and over. The light slap of her bum hitting my legs made me reach around to grab it, squeezing her firm little cheeks as she bottomed out on me once more and started to roll forwards and backwards in my lap.

I grabbed a handful of hair to pull her closer, and kissed her until we were both slobbering, a mixture of our saliva's sliding down her chin. Her velvety, vice grip pussy was going to drain me soon enough. "You fill me up," Keiko said.

"Tell me how it feels," I said.

"I meant with your come," she said, giggling. "But it feels so good. It feels so real. It feels so warm."

I laughed too, and kissed her again. "It's real, beautiful. I didn't want you to leave. I know you have to protect them."

"You need protecting too, we agreed," she said, a little dimple forming in her cheek as she smirked at me.

"I need protecting," I confirmed, and she pressed her hands into my hips, giving her more leverage to lift higher on my dick, bouncing harder, and driving me to euphoria. I held onto her waist and fucked back against her, and started to come. Keiko's perfect kitsune pussy drained me, and my load filled her up, just as she requested.

I pulled her into my body, arms around her waist, and her tits squished against my chest. I puckered my lips and she chased after them, kissing me, her hips still lightly rolling on my cockhead as my load seeped out of her and onto my body. It took me a couple minutes of gentle kisses to catch my breath, before she finally released my cock and rolled onto the bed beside me. She kissed my shoulder, and then draped an arm and leg over my body, similar to our cuddling the night before. "I will come and visit you all the time," she promised, and it was clear how much she meant it. "Thank you for making me feel beautiful again."

"I won't stop telling you until you believe it," I said, and she smiled. "I should probably get ready for school again."

Keiko shook her head. "No, you stay home today," she said, licking the tip of my nose. "We will do it again soon."

"Oh, really?" I said, chuckling.

Her amber arms glowered menacingly, because she wasn't joking. "You will fuck me all day, okay?"

"All day?" I asked.

"All day," she said, and the pretty kitsune smiled, leaning in to kiss me once more, and she didn't stop kissing me until my cock was ready to get hard all over again.

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