Rock the Boat
by SpaceWhaleWorship
Ch. 01 Raise Anchor!
At this school, many types of En (humans and human like races. locally spelled Humen") come to study from nearby towns and villages.
One student comes from further west, all the way beneath the waves. Her name is Newt'Onion, an Amzen, or one born from the ocean.
Her petite, blue body has long, red fins that form the visage of hair, kept to one side, like a droopy, wet, mohawk.
She bears two pairs of gills, each on the sides of her torso and neck, which are usually kept closed while on the surface.
Her body bears clusters of purple stripes, all which glisten under the wet mucus that coats her body. Her tail stretches out, with more fins at the end, and her head stretches out meekly with a small snout, that hides a menacing set of sharp teeth!
Atop her forehead, rests her lure, gently glowing red.
Her aqua eyes dart around, seeking her friends, as classes have just finished for the day, and the small blue beauty seeks her clique.
She spots Puppy, another petite girl, with light grey fur, walking alongside Karen, a much taller Lomen, that is, to the envy of Newt, stacked with fat in all the right places.
Karen's red hair, and brown fur, bounce to the side as she turns her head, spotting her aquatic friend, her large breasts bouncing to and fro beneath her shirt, as she waves Newt over.
Puppy turns to greet Newt with a small smile, her lime eyes filled with joy, while Karen wraps her arms around Newt, lifting her off her feet, and hugging her too tightly, the air getting squeezed from her gills!
"Oof! Too tight! Too tight!!" cried Newt.
"Oops! sorry!" apologizes Karen, as she lets the amzen go, who barely manages to stand on her feet after that close encounter. "I just missed you so much!" lamented the brown-furred Lomen.
"Karen, it hasn't even been a whole day since we last saw each other, what's there to miss?" Newt grills her eager friend.
Puppy gently interjects, "Its a Lomen thing, please understand."
Newt rolls her eyes, but doesnt press further. "Well whatever, where's everybody else?" she asks.
"we're meeting at room 12, Chika has some free time, so we're meeting her there while she cleans up." Karen exposits.
"Ooh I like the lower level rooms, they retain moisture better!" the girls all giggle as they make their way to room 12.
As they climb down the stairway, they pass by Jack and two others from the football team, with all three girls following the fit human captain with their hungry eyes.
"Ooh, how I wish he'd tackle ME with those big, strong arms!" moans Newt, practically drooling over the young blonde man.
"I'm surprised you haven't 'been tackled' by him yet. what happened to that dragon ambition of yours?" teased Puppy.
"I WISH!" the amzen complained, "but he's always dating some bimbo with big titties!" she exaggerates an exhale, "I don't think he'd ever notice an amzen girl..." Newt looks down at her chest, completely devoid of breasts.
"Maybe he's intimidated by your... passion?" Puppy reassures the amzen girl in question.
"Bimbos, you say?" Karen ponders aloud, as she realized that she may qualify as one such girl, her short, stubby tail wagging in excitement. Newt turns to her bimbo friend, annoyed at the audacity!
"Why are you like this!?" she shouts, slapping each breast with her webbed hands.
"Im sorry!" pleads Karen as she withstands the assault.
"Newt!" Puppy interjects, "we've been over this! You can't get mad at others for having breasts!!" she scorns the envious amzen, who proceeds to cease her assault. she notices that the handful of nearby students are staring at her. She shrinks, as her lure curls in, glowing brightly from embarrassment.
Karen massages her sore breasts, mumbling something about becoming aroused...
The trio makes it to classroom 12, a room that, like every other room in the underground levels, has simple, but elegant, stonework, featuring archways in the architecture, as is the style that is favored by the Necrozen, an undead race that lives beneath the surface of the continent.
Within this old, but very cleanly kept room, Chika and Bernice awaited the trio. The room is well lit, despite having no natural light, a feature that the resident Necrozen Vampire, Chika, is appreciative of.
Chika's pale skin seems even paler under the artificial light, and within darkness, her red eyes seem to actually glow.
"I heard you shouting in the hallway, Newt. Were you having another fit?" the ancient being scolds, despite having a near identical frame to the amzen girl, her young body betraying her elder status.
"N-no..." protests Newt, meekly. "I was just... having a discussion about something I'm passionate about! Y-yeah!" she confidently bluffs.
"Oh? Have a little extra energy in you today?" the undead postulates.
"Yup! Thats it! I got a little pep to my step!" Newt commits to that explination.
"Good" Chika suspiciously praises, "Then you wouldn't mind sharing some of that pep with me today? I've neglected to arrange something for the week, and a fresh drink would do well for my thirst..." Chika admits, licking her lips as she eyes the amzen, who is now staring, wide-eyed at the Necrozen's fangs.
"We all gotta do our part to support our friend!" preaches Puppy, as she takes a step back, tail between her legs.
"I-I'm recovering from your attack, Newt, I can't donate today!" protests Karen.
"Don't look at me" Bernice asserts coldly, crossing her arms, pressing her perky breasts together, accentuating her cleavage.
The Razen's aqua colored scales were visible on her exposed skin, showing off her two-toned scale pattern, with a vivid green covering the outer portions of her body.
As she threw her short snout up at the amzen, she also managed to flick her bright yellow feathers that make up her hair, revealing the small light-blue patch on the inside of her neck.
Newt reluctantly crumbled under the pressure, and slowly reached out her arm to the vampire, offering her soft flesh to the waiting fangs. "Blessed are the peaceful dead..." Newt recites, nervously.
Chika reached for her raven black hair, flicking it dramatically, before producing a crimson handkerchief from her purse, as well as a small first aid kit.
She wipes off Newt's mucus layer, and then firmly sinks in her fangs, closing her lips around the bite. Newt manages to hold back flinching, but her face still scrunches up in pain.
The Vampire sucks out only a few ounces of blood, as Newt is small, so she does not want to risk taxing her friend's body, and the amount is enough to satisfy her thirst, while Chika properly arranges a full meal.
As she pulls her mouth away, she waits for the wound to overflow with blood, licking it away before the surface tension breaks, and then applying the balm and wrapping the holes in sterile gauze.
"Thank you, Newt." Chika declares, her posture is better, her long ears are perkier, her short, useless wings stretched out, as if they wanted to grow, but settled back along her forearm, barely poking out past her elbow.
It is said that Vampires can sustain themselves off of any blood, fresh or old, but right from the source is the most invigorating, and Chika looks like she just drank an energy drink.
"See?" Burnice blurts out, "that wasn't so bad? Come on, lets get ready for tonight's party. We're using your boat as home base, because it's the closest to the venue." she explains, picking up her bag in anticipation of leaving.
"Where's Viki? and Sneckee?" asks Newt, pondering where the two may be.
"Viki ran out of class, eager to find Burr." Karen responds, leaving an opening for somebody else to answer the other half of Newt's question.
"You haven't heard? Sneckee has a boyfriend!" Puppy sings, eager to gossip about their mutual friend.
"Is she FINALLY dating Doug!?" asks Chika, as she scoffs in disbelief. "I thought those two would play 'will they wont they?' for at least another semester!" everyone laughs, clearly sharing the Vampire's assessment on the pair.
"Im not surprised she ended up with that Lomen, their families were always really close, I'm guessing that their parents will be overjoyed!" guesses Puppy.
"A Lomen, huh?" Newt comments, "I guess it would work out for Sneckee, seeing as she's a Razen. fur might feel good on her scales..." she concludes.
"who DOESN'T like the feel of fur?" Karen asserts.
"Amzen don't. Loose fur clings to our moisture, and don't even get me started about how it gets in the gills!" Newt complains.
"Is that why you broke up with Grass? his fur?" Puppy inquires, raising one ear, and drooping the other, slightly tilting her head as she asked.
"Sort of," Newt answers, "I mean, he's a cute dog, and the sex was GREAT! but that's all it was, really. Sex and fur in the gills. We weren't really dating." she shrugs, trying to dismiss the topic.
"Grass? wait, I thought you were dating his cousin, Shawsan?" Karen asked. Bernice got a puzzled look on her face.
"Shawsan, the Fen? He's Grass' cousin?" she asks, confused on how two different En can be related.
"Yes" Karen and Puppy answer in unison. "Fen are our cousins!" Karen elaborates.
"wha... do you mean that literally, or endearingly?" Bernice probes, and once again, the Lomen answer "yes" in unison. Bernice is still confused, but shakes her head, and doesn't bother responding.
Karen takes the opportunity to repeat her question to Newt, to which she replies, "No, I never dated Shawn, I was trying to rope him into a three-way with Grass! Wasn't as fun as I thought it'd be..." she laments.
"Wow, two at once!? that's our Newt, ambition of a dragon! I could NEVER do something like that!" Puppy remarks, turning her head to look away, raising a hand to hide her mouth, but her grin is too wide for her dainty hand, and her tail began to swing pretty wildly, giving away her true opinion.
"Thats too bad," remarked Karen, "I know some Humens on the baseball team that wanted to try some group stuff with Lomen. oh well!" Puppy didn't even try to hide her shock, and disappointment, at the opportunity that she inadvertently ruined.
"Humens, huh? you know, I've never actually dated, or fucked, a Humen before..." Newt confessed.
"Seriously!?" Bernice almost shouted, "'Run a train on me' Newt has never been with the most common En!?"
Every other girl discussed their shock amongst each other, as well as debated how such a thing was possible. in the end, they concluded that at tonight's party, they will fix this absence in Newt's En Bingo.
Meanwhile, in the nearby men's restroom, Viki, a red scaled lizard, was doing her best to keep quiet, while she rode on top of Burr, her Humen lover. Rising and falling atop her man, the Razen gave each thrust the utmost care to balance rhythm and penetration.
the Humen held her petite frame in his large hands, switching between caressing her tail, squeezing her breasts, and holding her steady as she bounced up and down, her outstretched hands supporting herself on his plump belly.
Each would grunt and squeak in ecstasy, as they intermingled for the next hour, barely escaping notice of the janitor.
They did not join Newt and friends for the night's party.
Ch. 02 All Hands on Deck!
There is nothing particularly inhospitable about these waves, its merely too far away from anything, besides the city, to be worth settling.
The city itself is already on the fringes of society, but it has enough around it to be self-sustaining.
The Boat in question, Here I Am, is currently occupied by Newt and her two Lomen friends, Karen and Puppy, plus Bernice. The four had just finished getting changed for the party, and the sun has set for the day, leaving a soft blanket of darkness over the land.
Newt, being an Amzen, has a very limited wardrobe, so she wore her usual hot-shorts, with a custom waterproof jacket, styled to resemble a leather jacket. It's sleeves are slightly oversized, and open on the sides, leaving plenty of space for the fins on her arms to remain comfortable. like most En, she remains bare-foot.
Bernice wore a button-up white shirt, with a black tie. She completed the look with a skirt, and dark leggings beneath, giving her an office worker appearance. she wore her feathers like she always does, the top bound tightly towards the back, with the ends arranged like a flower, blooming out the back of her head.
Karen wore a small, tight, black dress that hugged her pleasantly plump body, showing off every curve and feature, while struggling to contain her large breasts. She wore some cheap, simple sandles, expecting to lose track of them during, or after, the party.
"I'm ready to get laid!" she exclaims, reaching up her hand, palm open, ready to recieve a high five. Newt has to jump, but she manages to land the slap on target, each girl screaming in excitement! Bernice just rolled her eyes.
Puppy wore overalls, with a sports bra underneath. Newt and Karen did not looked pleased. Bernice was helping herself to some of Newt's moisturizer, applying a tiny drop to each cheek, making her scales shine.
"Seriously, Puppy? your always complaining that you want a man, but you wear somehting boring like that!?" scolds Newt, gesturing angerly at her friend.
"B-b-but you said to wear somehting that can come off easily! Doesn't this count?" the small Lomen pleaded. Karen put a hand on Newt's shoulder, quelling her rage as she gives Puppy a closer look.
"No, I think this could work!" Karen reassures, now reaching over to Puppy, undressing her, and then putting the overalls, and only the overalls, back on.
"Vee-law!" Karen exclaims.
"Karen, it's VOILA" corrects the distant Razen.
"Whatever, this will totally get the guy's attention!" the brown bear defends.
"WHAT!? I can't go out like this! My breast's are completely exposed, I'll get in trouble for sure!" the shy lomen protests, pulling up her overalls to cover her small chest. Karen reaches over and adjusts the straps, making the overalls cover higher, helping to obscure Puppy's brown nipples, but still leaving some of her breast exposed.
"There! camping-ized!" Bernice corrects her bimbo friend again with a quick "Compramise." to which Karen simply nods in agreement.
Puppy whines some more, in that adorable way her breed does, but the other two pressure her to commit, almost forcing her out the lower deck, and onto the dock, heading towards the stone steps, and eventually, the party.
The walk was quite scenic, as the small city still employs oil lanterns to light the streets, giving the city a more romantic feel, as opposed to the more modern electic street lights that central cities utilize. As she presses down with her paws on the road, Puppy admires the stone work put into much of the cities architecture, as even the streets are arranged in a pleasing pattern, even if they're built with simple bricks and cement.
They quickly arrive at the clubhouse, a space available to rent for parties and gatherings, with one being held for the young students of Pentavus Liberation to unwind, mingle, and maybe even explore each other.
At the entrance, a brown Human waited, dressed in a black button up, and black pants, looking similarly professional to Bernice, despite his wild, curly hair poofing atop his head. His yellow eyes brightened at the sight of the green Razen, as she also smiled at the sight of him, picking up her pace to a jog, each swinging their arms open to embrace each other.
"Nice!" he exclaimed, right before they collided.
"Cool!" she reciprocated, as she was lifted off her feet by the man.
Newt looked at Puppy, who shrugged in response.
"Huh? Bernice, do you know this guy?" Karen asked, to the delight of the smaller two girls. Sometimes it pays to have a stupid friend.
Bernice, with arms linked to the man's, clears her throat. "Girls, this is Cole, my boyfriend."
The girls gasp dramatically in unison, as if they have practiced it, trading looks to each other as they do so. Puppy sniffs the air, "Oh, so THATS who I've been smelling!"
"Ah, your right!" Karen confirms. Newt tries to sniff, but is too far from Cole to smell him. She remembers that Lomen's noses are the absolute best on Diamond, so they must have detected his scent on Bernice from time to time.
"Wait, that scent has been on you for a while, why are we just now hearing about this?" Puppy whines, putting on her best sad, begging face. It's quite effective, as Bernice and Cole both bear a frown and crumpled brows as they trade a glance.
"Well..." Bernice hesitently explains, "I was worried that SOMEBODY-" her brow shifts from sad to angry, giving Newt and Karen a glare of daggers. "-would TRY something FISHY!"
Karen exhales in relief, believing that shes been absolved. "Wow, I cant believe that you would try to steal her man, Newt!" the Amzen recoils at the accusation.
"Ah-PTT!! I would NEVER! Bernice, how could you!?" Newt defends. "I-im not a cheater!"
"No" the razen responds, "BUT you WOULD try to squeeze in to our love life!"
Newt deflates, unable to refute the accusation. "Lord 'Pehnt says to love freely, I can't help it if I love you, too..."
"Newt" Bernice interjects, "'Pehnt is a Himbo!" Newt recoils in shock, unable to speak after the slander that her friend just threw at her beloved Diety.
"and YOU!" Bernice shouts, turning her ire at Karen. "You CONSTANTLY get into awkward situations with almost ANY man your around!"
"Bernice, we've been over this, I'm just Lomen! Its how we act!" the big girl retorts.
"Puppy doesn't act like that!" Bernice counters. Puppy looks at the Razen with a wide smile, wagging her tail at the thought of Bernice percieving her as a 'good girl'.
"Puppy is a weird Lomen" Karen retorts, shattering Puppy's joy.
"Come on, Nice, have some faith in your friends. They seem sorry, so how 'bout we all forgive and forget?" Cole asserts, trying to calm the situation as he takes a step towards the other girls, giving Puppy a pat on the head.
with a harumph, Bernice relents, gently making her way to Cole, sliding her arms around him and resting her head on his shoulder, whispering something to him, to which he wraps one arm around, caressing the top of her tail with it, and wraps the other arm around her back, caressing the nape of her neck with that hand.
Newt is surprised, because Bernice can get really bitchy at times, and this looked like one of those times. Normally Newt would continue to fight, as well, especially after she slandered sacred 'Pehnt, but she was distracted by how Cole was able to pacify her friend.
Inside the more modern looking bulding, within it's cool grey drywalls, the guests intermingled. As expected, the majority was Humen, with Lomen as the next largest presence. Despite being quite rare, there were three Fen present! Though Newt wasn't sure if any of them were students, as Shawsan was one. Despite being about the same height as her, they still stood out, with their very similar appearance to Humens, Fen are often mistaken for adolescent Humens, though how anybody could miss the pointy ears and wooden skin on their limbs is beyond Newt.
fortunately for them both, Shawsan was understanding about the nature of their one-off experience, and was probably more dissapointed than Newt was out of the experience, thanks to Grass' selfishness. They gave each other a nod, and continued on their own lives.
Karen had already found herself a man, a Human man, shorter than her, if only by a bit, but the bear was aggressive! He didnt seem displeased, especially with how close her breasts were to him, and how glued his eyes were to them. maybe he was just surprised at a woman coming on to him? Newt was happy that her friend was already enjoying herself, even if the Amzen was envious of the effectiveness of her fat repositories.
Bernice went with Cole to grab some snacks, and meet some of his friends.
"So what's the plan? gonna finally get that train on you today?" Puppy teased. Newt smiled in response, but something has been bothering her.
Newt was thinking about their earlier conversation, about how Sneckee had finally become official with Doug, and how everybody was so relieved, and happy, for them.
Though shes not sure if they've gotten to the point of having sex yet, Newt doesn't think that matters to them, and even if they did, the relationship would continue on. Theres more to their story than the brief moment of ecstasy.
"Actually... I think im just going to mingle tonight. The only sex im thinking of tonight is getting YOU laid!" she turns towards her meek friend, bearing her toothy smile at her Lomen friend. "Aren't you still a virgin? Isn't that like, super embarrassing for a Lomen your age?" Newt drills.
"I-I-I-I've done... stuff!" Puppy protests, but Newt did not relent.
"Yeah? like what? Butt-stuff?" the Amzen quizes. Puppy gasps, but Newt wasn't sure if it was from shock at the prospect, or excitement to try something new. Either way, it confirmed her suspicion that Puppy was surprisingly innocent. Either way, she knew that it was up to her to get her friend's cherry popped.
Newt saw David, and cooked up a scheme that would make 'Pehnt proud! "Come on" she ordered, taking Puppy by the shoulders, and pushed her towards the Humen.
"David!" shouted the Amzen, getting the attention of the handsom man.
"Newt? Hey, it's been a while! Who's your friend?" he asks, turning his attention towards Puppy.
"This is Puppy!" Newt introduced, to which David shrugged and commented on how Lomen have such funny naming practices. sometimes TOO on the nose.
"You still on the Tennis team? Puppy here LOVES balls, you should tell her all about them!" Newt teases. "She'd chase down balls all day, if she could."
"Yeah? Well we're short on ballboys, sorry, ballgirls, too, so maybe your friend here should try out?" David offers, to which Puppy's ears perk up.
"Really?" she squeaks out, tail already starting to wag.
"Damn, I was talking about testicles, but I guess this works, too?" Newt confesses, which makes her Lomen friend shrink in embarrassment.
"O-oh... I" David laughs to himself, "I should've known, considering who I was talking to." He and Newt give a small chuckle.
"Well, I was hoping to set up Puppy, here, but I guess a spot on the team wouldn't hurt, either. Maybe after the game, she can help you with some other balls...?" Newt gives a cheeky, wide grin.
David looks over Puppy, and reassures Newt. "She IS a pretty girl... what kind of music do you listen to?" he asks.
"I like anything upbeat and fun, but I've been listening to Jazz, recently." Puppy confesses.
"Jazz? I didnt expect to hear Jazz from you! Have you heard..." David drones on, clearly taking a liking to the Lomen. Now it's up to Puppy to get to the next level. Newt leaves her friend with David, her work being done.
But now she finds herself alone with her thoughts. For once, shes looking at the men with curiosity, rather than lust. She wonders what kind of music they listen to, what kind of hobbies do they partake in?
Her gaze falls upon Bernice and Cole, who are just standing close together in a corner. They're not doing anything, besides holding each other. they're whispering something back and fourth, but its short, and sparse, so not quite a conversation, and yet, theyre smiling.
Ear to ear, they're smiling so wide. The closest Newt has ever seen such expressions was when she is riding her current lover, and he is orgasming, but even then, it never seemed to be this... genuine?
No, Newt DOES remember seeing someone smile like this at her before... it was her father, when he saw her off to school. He was so happy, so proud of his daughter, the first Onion to attend University!
She may not be a prodigy, but she is still studious, and hard working. They don't compare her to a Duraken for no reason!
(Duraken is the proper term, but Dragon is a slang term used for the race of winged, fire-breathing reptilians. Since Newt is a devout follower of 'Pehnt, she uses the proper names that 'Pehnt himself has given each race, rather than the popular slang terms coined by Humans and their numerous cultures)
Ch. 03 First Mate
Their target, a Human male, a bit short for one, but still taller than Newt. He is almost jogging away from them, until he spots the Amzen, sitting alone at the outdoor balcony. He goes to sit right next to her.
"I'm only here to see my old friend!" he lies, his voice is ashy, but pleasant.
Upon noticing that his 'friend' is Newt, the girls scoff, and without a word, stomp off, deeper into the building. The man, too pleased with shaking his persuers, doesn't question their reaction.
"Sorry," he apologizes with a small bow to Newt.
His skin is a soft tone, not quite as pale as the undead Chika, but on the lighter side of Humens. His face looks soft, despite having sharp features, such as a well defined chin, and a nose that doesnt dominate his face, but isn't small and unnoticeable, either. His eyes are slanted, as if he's always honned in on whatever he is looking at, and he was currently looking at Newt with those dark purple eyes.
"I didn't mean to intrude, but those girl's wouldn't take 'no' for an answer, and I didn't know what to do." He explained, as he brushed his slender fingers through his bangs, which were covering his forehead, but now were brushed back, exposing more of his face, and the black strands settled in an elegant spread.
"Ah, my apologies, My name is Ryu Lee. yes, 'Really'" he jokes, to which Newt giggles.
"Well I think I have you beat! I'm Newt'Onion." she smiles, and Ryu manages to catch a big laugh in his throat, almost choking on it.
"Newtonian? The laws of physics NEWTONIAN!?" he drills, perplexed by the pun.
"Dad swears it was a coincidence, and sadly, I believe him. He says thats just more reason for me to go to university, to be the smartest, most educated Onion in the ocean!" She explains.
"Oh, so you have a lot of pressure from your family to do well in school?" He asks, his tone hiding a sliver of worry and hope.
"Yeah? I guess? Nobody else in the family has ever gotten a higher education, despite, well, 'Pehnt being 'Pehnt." she confesses.
"Is 'Pehnt the patriarch of your family?" Ryu inquires.
"Sort of- wait, do you not know who 'Pehnt is?" Newt demands. Ryu offers a small bow in penance.
"Sh-should I? My family is very... unwilling to learn other cultures. Is this 'Pehnt an important figure in your community?" He asked, to which Newt gladly took the opportunity to overshare about her culture, and told Ryu the tale of creation, the age of the Progenitors, and what 'Pehnt and Ferrus did for Diamond.
Ryu listened eagerly, amazed at the story told to him, and at the passion that his new friend was exuberating.
"Amazing!" He exclaimed, "Is this your people's religion? I've never met one of your kind before, so I had no idea such a rich culture hid below the waves!"
"Duraken are also devout followers of the Old Ways, as are many Razen." Newt informs. "But did you seriously not know any of that!? our school is named after Saint Pentavus, who is also named after 'Pehnt!"
"My family cared not for what the other cultures practiced. we lived in an almost exclusively Humen part of the city." He confesses, his face melted to a somber expression, much different than the bright, child like one he bore not too long ago, listening to the tales and lore of the world.
"Well, dont worry, friend, I'll gladly tell you all about the teachings of 'Pehnt, and the fountains of wisdom they produce! Just remember to ignore anything that says the Moon is good!" she asserts, jabbing an angry finger up towards the ever shinning moon, spitting on the nearby floor as she does.
"Do you really believe that the Moon is a sleeping God?" Ryu asks, his eyes transfixed on the distant pearl, seeing it again for the first time. Meanwhile, Newt herself is staring at Ryu, a man more than his handsom features, someone who learned what was everyday common knowledge to her, but was also humble enough to ask to learn.
"You dont seem like a party-goer, what were you even doing here in the first place?" she asks.
Ryu sighs as he hangs his head low. "My roomates dragged me along. They said I need to go out and meet some girls, but I don't know, dating is hard, and a lot of women here seem to be interested in only one thing!"
"O-oh?" Newt hesitantly asks.
"My family grew up Christian, but... they aren't very good Christians." Ryu spilled his family's shame, "Father would cheat on Mother... Mother then began to indulge in drugs... My older brother took after Father, he had a child outside of his marriage." he paused, then continued,
"And the worst part? They were so PREACHY! They judged anyone and everyone for doing exactly what they did! It's so disgusting! I..." he takes in a deep breath, then turns to Newt.
"Yet again, I must apologize for... imposing onto you." He starts to get up to leave, but Newt reaches out to stop him.
"You dont have to leave." she quietly reassures. Ryu sits back down.
"Thank you... I... I've never really had someone to listen to my issues... Thank you, Onion" he smirks, with a single little chuckle. Newt smiles back, her hand still holding his sleeve.
"Well, enough about me, tell me about yourself, Mr. Onion. why did YOU come to the party? You get dragged along as well? And if you don't mind sharing, what's that thing on your forehead? Is it glowing? Or is that just the lighting?" He shifts forward, eager for answers.
"Oh wow, you really HAVEN'T seen an Amzen before, have you? Thats my lure, which does glow, and... I have one because im a girl..." She states, catching that 'Mr.' he threw out earlier.
Ryu's face starts to turn a cute shade of red, which makes Newt's lure start to glow out of awkwardness, as well.
A long silence fills the space between the two.
Newt decides to break the tension with a tease and a challenge. "Do you want to see?" she asks, as she spreads her legs, placing her hand on the inner edges of her shorts, ready to pull them aside. Ryu's eyes are almost bulging out, losing their slant. Newt can't help but grin a devilish smile.
Suddenly, he covers his eyes with his hands, and almost shouts "NO! I-I can't!"
Newt's joy shatters, her mind already turning on herself. But before she can scold herself, Ryu explains "It would be disrespectful to you!"
Of all of the reasons that flooded her mind as to why what she did was a mistake, this was not one of them. Instantly, her mind froze.
"What kind of a man takes advantage of a maiden like this?" he continues, taking his hands away, only to grab hers that threatened to reveal too much.
A maiden? Newt thinks to herself. I'm FAR from a maiden.
"Once again my ignorance has offended you. Please, miss Onion, let me make things right, by..." he swallows his nerves mid-sentence. "By letting me take you out to Dinner!"
A new sensation washes over her body. It seems familiar, yet so new. Like taking a piss that you've held in for hours, but with your feelings? Or is it like dunking into the freshest water, after bieng dry the whole day? Both?
"Yes" she whispers. Why is she whispering? He just asked her to dinner, not for her hand in marriage! "O-okay, YES! Um... s-sure, I accept your, erm, I agree to a date!" Newt is stumbling over her words, and her thoughts. 'Run a train on me' Newt, nervous like a virgin schoolgirl on her first date!
"Does... this mean your my girlfriend?" Ryu meekly asks.
"Only if you say it like a Duraken!" she teases, but Ryu does not dissapoint her, as he stands as tall as he can, and takes in a deep breath.
"You ARE my girlfriend!" he almost shouts. This passion makes her heart skip a beat, her lure glow brightly, and her loins moist. Shes also smiling wide, something warm swelling in her chest. Is this what Duraken feel, when they breath fire?
Sensing the mood is right, Ryu starts to lean in, as does Newt, after recovering from a slight shock, as she did not expect him to be so bold! However, as quiet as Death, Chika interrupts.
"I don't mean to cock block, Newt-" the vampire is interrupted by the new couple's unified scream. Chika continues as if nothing happened. "But I lost track of time, and won't be able to make it back to the university in time, can I hide in your boat?"
The startled pair recovers, and Newt replies "By 'Pehnt Chika, don't you know how startling you can be!?"
"Newt, please." Chika pleads, "If we don't rush, I dont think we'll make it back in time!"
Newt realizes how serious the situation is, and quickly pecks Ryu on the cheek with a small kiss. "I'm sorry Ryu, we'll have to pick this up another time! Please understand!" She let's his hand go, and hurridly makes her way out with Chika, making a full sprint once they get outside.
Ryu is left wondering what happened, but then remembers how little he understood so much that day, and that other girl WAS indeed a Necrozen Vampire, so he'll just have to wait until he meets with Newt again.
At Here I Am, the sky begins to turn a deep blue, sunrise will soon follow.
"What happened? How could you get so close to getting caught in the sun!?" Newt quizzes her elder friend.
"I... got sidetracked." The Vampire confesses.
"Sidetracked? Doing what?" Newt shoots back.
Chika groans, reluctant to explan herself. "It's your fault, you know! Your blood was e-e-e-extra... horny!" she snaps, giving away what she was doing. Newt looks her over, finally noticing how her cothic dress is put on very rushed, her leggings uneven, her hair disheveled, her lipstick smeared and drained, especially on the inside. Newt audibly gasps!
"You were FUCKING!?" her mouth wide with a devious smile. She never expected her literally coldest friend to get so hot and bothered!
"Can you make fun of me later!?" she pleads. Newt, wants to press on so badly, but she knows what will happen to her friend if she gets caught in the sun's rays, and her lower deck has a massive opening, already showing the blue sky start to brighten.
Newt opens her wardrobe, throws everything out, and gestures for the Vampire to enter. Chika doesn't hesitate to step inside, turning around, and crossing her arms, as if she were to rest in a coffin.
Newt then grabs a tarp, and throws it over the closed wardrobe, making sure it gets behind as well, and then fastens some rope around it, to ensure the tarp doesn't come loose.
She then makes her way to the deck, closing the metal doors, and covering them with another tarp, ensuring no light threatens her friend.
Newt makes her way back down, and asks Chika if shes fine, to which she gets no response. Vampires can sleep at will, so she must have already gone to sleep.
Dang, she thinks to herself, I wanted to brag about Ryu. Or did she want to ask about what Chika did...? Drowziness answers her question, so Newt heads out for a quick dip in the ocean, to refresh her moisture, then makes her way to her hammock, hoping to dream about her new boyfriend.
Ch. 04 Sails Unfurled
She dances past Newt, towards a brown furred Lomen, his grey skin is plain to see, as they are both wearing similar garbs of thin silk dresses around their waists, with many gold and jeweled adornments integrated throughout the clothing, and worn on their bodies.
They begin to dance in unison, enbracing each other, while still dancing.
Newt recognizes the two as Sneckee and Doug. The silks are very thin, allowing each of their genitals to be visible beneath. As the rythm intensifies, their crotches begin to converge, until...
Newt opens her eyes, hearing a knocking rythm, exactly like she was just dreaming, from the roof of her lower deck. What a funny dream, she thought to herself, yawning and stretching, and losing the memory as her focus shifted to the knocking.
Newt opened the door to see who was knocking on her boat, and found Karen waiting for the sleepy Amzen.
"Karen? what's up? it's the weekend and I was up late last night..." Newt informs her friend.
"Newt, have you seen Chika? She didn't return to the University, and they're worried." she replies, a sad look on her face.
"Oh, she's down below, she stayed the night here." Newt replies, before opening wide for a big yawn, her lure curls in as she inhales. Karen perks up, happy to know that her friend is well.
"Chika came home with you? But you were with someone last night, weren't you?" suddenly, she gasps in shock! "Did you rope Chika in on a threesome!? Thats crazy!" she exclaims, surprised, but impressed, at Newt's influence on the normally very stoic Vampire.
"Yeah right!" the smaller girl shoots back. "Actually, you won't believe what REALLY happened!" Ryu Lee shot throught her mind, derailing Newt's enthusiasm to share what really happened with Chika, to Karen.
Newt shook her head, she wanted to get everybody together and talk about Ryu, but she figure's she should do the same about Chika. Necrozen Vampires ARE a national treasure, after all.
"Nevermind, I'll tell you later. Did the school have you go look for her?" Newt asks, to which Karen nodded.
"I was at baseball practice, when the dean came out and asked if any of us saw Chika. I told them she joined us at the party, so maybe she was hiding at your boat! Because it was so close?"
Karen blinks twice with an epiphany. "Hey! I was right! Wow, I never knew I was so smart!" She smiles widely, absolutely pleased with herself.
Newt smiles, then sends Karen off to report the status of the Vampire to the Dean, but not before arranging for a meetup tonight for Barbeque at her boat. Newt takes a morning dip in the ocean, then gets ready to go out and inform her friends of the upcoming grill session, as well as to buy supplies for said feast.
Ryu was at the library, a stack of history texts next to him. he was currently buried in a book detailing the Hallowed King's invasion, and his resulting children, the Necrozen. His Razen roomate was scolding him for being nose deep in books, instead of some girl's legs. Ryu tried to defend himself, but his friend had already walked away. Well, jokes on you, Ryu thought to himself, I have a girlfriend now!
Before going to the market, Newt watched Karen's team practice, and the big brown girl managed to go the whole session without her top bursting open! Oh, wait, narrated too soon, it popped during high-fives.
Everyone could hear Newt screaming and rambling from the bleachers. A pretty typical weekend, really.
While shopping, Newt had hired a courier to find and invite Ryu to her dock barbeque. She had managed to stumble accross Viki and Burr, and asked them to attend, and find Sneckee and Doug, for the same reason. Karen was tasked with finding Puppy, Bernice, and Cole.
Within Here I Am, Newt had found herself with plenty of time to spare, so she made sure to get some assignments completed. Gotta make Papa Onion proud! Though, math is pretty boring, and english is so hard! Who designed the language?
Once the sun had set fully, Newt had begun to make preperations for her little get together, letting Chika out. After scavenging something clean to wear from Newt's limited wardrobe, she had managed to find a pink nightrobe.
Puppy was the first to arrive, followed by Bernice and Cole, who had brought chips! Karen was accompanying Viki and Burr, which left Sneckee and Doug as the last couple.
Newt had begun to get nervous, wondering where Ryu was. Did the courier fail? Ooh, they would be getting quite the talking to if that QQrien (pronounced ki-ki-re-eh-n) had failed to deliver! Those bird-brains are worse than Karen, she thought to herself.
As the small Amzen began to work herself up, she decided to shake it off with a quick dip in the ocean. As she dived into the depths, Ryu began to descend the stone steps, making his way to the one and only boat present.
Karen had noticed him approaching, and went to intercept, not knowing that he was invited.
"Um, H-hello." Ryu began, bowing slightly, "I'm here for the Barbeque? My name is Ryu..." Karen took a step forward, but not too close, to smell the man. She frowned when she smelled no trace of anybody familiar on him.
"Who invited you?" she grilled. Ryu gulped in fear, as the Lomen stood quite a bit taller than him.
"Newt? Blue Ah-Amzen, red light?" He raised his hand to his forehead, emulating a lure with his finger. Karen tilted her head in confusion, as a male was claiming to know Newt, but didnt bear her scent? even if he had showered, he would have had to have been very thorough to get HER scent off, especially when Karen knows that her fishy friend can make quite the splash on her lovers.
Noticing the exchange, everyone else began to look, but only Chika stepped forward, recognizing the boy from the night prior.
"It's alright, Karen, he is indeed here for Newt." the vampire reassures, walking off the Here I Am, and onto the dock, her feet making absolutely no noise.
"But-!" Karen protests, pointing to her nose. The Vampire reaches up with her small hands, grabbing the big brown bear by the fur on her cheeks, and pulls her down to reach her ears.
"I sort of cock-blocked Newt when she was trying to bag this one, and I don't need her getting any more mad at me!" Whispers the embarrassed Vampire. She lets go of her friend's fur, turns her head to face Ryu, and gives him a big smile, making sure to keep her lips closed.
"My apologies for the confusion, Mortal, welcome aboard the Here I Am!" She announces, her red eyes seem to shine within the dim light of the dock, unintentionally intimidating the Humen.
With that, Karen smiles, and bows toward's the Humen, but unlike Ryu's bow, her's lingers. Chika gestures for him to pat her head, to which he does. This satisfies the Lomen, and she returns aboard, with Chika and Ryu following behind.
Upon scanning the group, Ryu notices that Newt isn't present. "Um..." he mumbles. "Where is the... host?"
most of the girls point towards the darkness that is the ocean.
"Huh!?" He exclaims, not fully grasping what it means to be Amzen.
Newt was trying her best to calm herself, but her stomach turned, her nerves boiled. What if he was bored of my lectures? What if he didn't really lke me, and was just being polite? What if he found out I wasn't very maiden-like? Her thoughts betrayed her, and she lost track of how long she was beneath the surface, until someone else dived within.
It was Ryu!!! he was holding a blue glow stick, and wearing some swim trunks a previous lover had left at her boat.
He was barely able to swim down, and was going down blindly, his light not enough to show him the way. Slowly, a red light began to shine, and he noticed it. he was trying to swim towards it, but was very slow, so Newt made her way to him. She came face-to-face with her new boyfriend, overjoyed that he plunged below, just for her!
She tried to give him a big smile, but his cheeks were bloated full of air, clearly at his limits! She grabbed his hand and swam him up to the surface, her aquatic body slide out of the water, never actually breaking the surface tension. Ryu, on the other hand, came out with a splash and a big gasp.
"Sorry! I didn't mean to almost make you drown!" She apologized. He wiped the water from his face as he caught his breath.
"What can I say... you take my breath away!" he states between breaths, to the delight of Newt.
All of the girls "Awww!" in unison from above, moved by the cheesy, yet effective, line.
Newt's lure begins to glow from the mood.
After climbing back aboard the Here I Am, Newt begins to introduce Ryu to everybody, he bows several times to the group, but the men protested, offering a hand shake instead. Burr almost crushed Ryu's hand, the bigger Humen forgetting his strength.
Ryu mentions how his family kept him pretty shaeltered, so to please excuse him if he does anything insensitive to the non-Humens. many exchanged a worried look, but Newt moved the conversation along by grilling Viki and Burr.
"Where have you two been? we haven't seen scale nor hair of you!" she chides, to which the pair starts rambling empty excuses, contradicting the other.
Puppy leans in for a sniff, with Karen following suit. The smaller girl gets a nervous smile, but bright, knowing eyes. Karen simply smiles widely, "They've been having non-stop sex!" She reveals.
The two start to ramble even louder, denying the accusation, but immediately taking it back. They did not expect to get called out so precisely, so quickly. Ryu ceased their blabber with a question, "What makes you say that, Miss Karen?"
She points to her nose, "The nose, knows!" She giggles, while Puppy nods in agreement.
"How can you tell the difference between them hugging, and them fornicating? Furthermore, how could you discern once from multiple?" He continues.
"Y-yeah!" the Razen protests. "We could have just been snuggling! I-I like to take naps on his chest, thats all!" She doubles down.
"Nuh-uh!" Karen replies, "We can smell 'you' in his breath!" She points to Burr's mouth, which he raises a hand to cover, then tries to smell for himself. "And we can smell 'him' in your loins!" She finishes, shifting her finger to Viki's crotch.
The Razen girl shifts her pelvis back, and brings her knees in closer, as if to hide her shame.
Puppy takes the opportunity to point to Bernice and Cole. "They haven't had sex since the day before, and they took more care to clean up after!" She spills, to the displeasure of Bernice.
"Puppy! You shouldn't be gossiping about other people's busniess!" Bernice shouts, causing Puppy to shrink behind Karen, her ears curling over in fear, her tail shaking between her legs.
"Wow! Lomen smell is THAT powerful!?" Ryu blurts out, Newt, Sneckee, and Cole burst out laughing, while Karen and Doug puff out their chests, and turn their noses to the sky in pride, Puppy softens up and does the same, but meekly.
Bernice scoffs, "Don't praise them too much, or else they'll start howling..." she warns, but she realizes her mistake too late, as at the suggestion, Doug dashes towards the stern of the ship, past the mounted machine gun, and gives a big howl!
Puppy rushes to be next, giving the biggest howl she can, but her smaller body cannot compete with the output that Doug can produce. Karen walked up last, and gave more of a roar than a howl. The other two Lomen scold her and try to coach her to howl properly, but she can only growl and roar.
Bernice is shaking her head, her hand massaging her temple. Cole is comforting her, saying "They're Lomen, they can't help it!"
Sneckee informs Ryu that Lomen take some getting used to, but it wont take long.
As Burgers and ribs get passed around and devoured, the group is exchanging stories with Ryu about their cultures, and the diffrences between each race. He listens in amazement and awe, lamenting on how he didn't know that he lived in such a rich world!
"So are Demons and Iiqxzs just made up stories my family told to keep me in line?" The group was speechless.
"Absolutely NOT! Demons ARE real, and you do NOT want to ever underestimate them!" Chika almost shouts.
Ryu gasps in shock "I-I'm so sorry! I had just finished reading about The Hallowed Invasion!" he groans in dissapointment, hiding his face in shame. "Your living-! Erm, un-undead proof?" He groans again, burying his face in his knees. Newt pats him on the back.
"It's alright, you are just a little baby, after all." Chika condescends, "All of you are so young, really. Don't fret, we noble few will guide you, and your children, and their children, and-"
"Does that mean you had sex with a child last night?" Newt shoots back, a shit-eating grin on her face. Chika turned to face the Amzen at an angle that would have her face hidden in shadows, but still light her eyes ablaze!
"No way!" Sneckee gasps dramatically, "Little miss 'I'm so old, show your respect to my dusty cooch!' got that stick out of her butt!? Or-or-or did she get a stick IN her butt!? AHAHAHAHAA!!!" she laughs, with hyperbole, enjoying the mst pompous one getting knocked down a peg. Newt is trying her best to hold back, letting Sneckee take the heat off of her.
"See? It's not just us." Viki says under her breath, glad to see someone else getting embarrased that night.
The disgruntled Vampire Hisses at the group, but only Puppy and Ryu flinch. She then stmops off towards the opposite end of the boat, takes her robe off, and leaps into the water.
"Did she just skinny dip?" Ryu asks, a bit shocked at the bare white butt he just saw.
"Babe, don't look!" playfully cries Newt, as she covers his eyes.
"I-I didn't mean to!" He pleads, not noticing the sarcasm in her words.
"Hey, thats not a bad idea!" Doug asserts, standing up and taking Sneckee's hand. "C'mon, lets go!" He says, as he reaches to pull up his girlfriend's top. She giggles as they make their way towards the edge that Chika leaped from, stripping as they go. Karen follows suit, bearing it all.
Viki looks to Burr, then towards their naked friends, then back to Burr, a smile slowly growing accross her face. He tries to avert his gaze of both, but a smile is growing on his face too, and they both get up to join the swim.
Puppy is wagging her tail, and pawing at her clothes, she clearly wants to go, but hesistates for unknown reasons.
"If you want to go, just go!" Shouts Bernice, annoyed at Puppy's indecisiveness.
"I-I just wanna play in the water, OK? I-I don't care about getting naked!" The meek girl asserts, before dashing off and stripping, only to stumble off the edge, rather than dive. after the splash, she barks in excitement, playing in the water.
Bernice looks to Newt, confused as to why she hasn't joined in with the others. "Well?" she asks, raising one eyebrow while looking at her aquatic friend.
"What?" Newt fires back, Ryu looking back and fourth, trying to understand the situation.
The green Razen's face becomes flat, and she turns to face Cole, who merely shrugs, then he wraps his arm around her waist, and brings her closer to his body, leaning his head on hers. Ryu and Newt look at each other in confusion, but the small blue girl takes a page from Cole's book, and shrugs.
"Come on, Ryu, let me show you Here I Am!" Newt takes his hand, to the confusion of Ryu.
"I know you're here... is this some Amzen idiom or metaphor?" He asks, not understanding that it is the ship's name.
Newt giggles, then tells him that is the name of her home. She takes him forward, to the front of the ship, where she turns on a small generator, showing him how it's done, then pointing the light near her friends in the water below, highlighting the side of her ship, shouting that it's there to help them see once they're done.
Towards the back, where the dogs howled earlier, Newt shows Ryu the captain's wheel, the radio, and the mounted machine gun.
"Thats a big gun!" he exclaimed. "Is it really necessary? can you even shoot it?" he asks.
"Yeah! What if an Iixqor gets close? Or a Wizard! You NEED a big freggin' gun to take out those guys!" Newt exclaims, throwing up her arms in an attempt to emulate the size of the heavily armored menaces.
"Can I try it out?" He smiles, no man capable of resisting the urge to fire a 'big freggin' gun'. Newt throws her arms around the weapon, sheltering it from his lusting gaze.
"No!" she scolds. "I only have five shots!" She confesses as she points to the drum magazine, which looks completely empty. The final rounds are hidden behind the magwell. The man is dissapointed, but the tour continues.
While Newt was showing her boyfriend her hammock, Chika came below, in search of towels. Newt direct's Ryu to look away, and Chika takes this opportunity to strip once more, revealing her pale, adolescent body, still glistening with the ocean's water.
She is one of few Vampires that were made using the corpse of a adolescent. Newt and Puppy's equally small frame let her feel less concious about her exceptional nature, well, even MORE exceptional, being an eternal undead and all.
Putting on an oversized hoodie, surely a remnant of Newt's past conquest, Chika takes her black-frilled dress from the night prior, and heads back to the university, to her own room.
after distributing towels, and Using a modified leaf-blower to help dry Doug, Ryu is the next to leave, citing a commitment to help an instructor set up for a class in the next morning. Before he departed, he held Newt's hands, and stared deeply into her aqua eyes.
"Your eyes are the same color as the ocean." he whispers. "I hope I made a good impression on your friends."
"Your already one of the gang! It would have been weirder if you DIDN'T see a Lomen naked!" she jokes. "I'm... glad that you made it." she confessed, Ryu unaware of how she doubted him earlier.
"Me too! It was a lot of fun." He reassures. "When I first... made it to the city, I thought I left my small island and found the world, but after meeting you..." He leans in close to her face, his nose almost touching her snout. "I feel like I'm REALLY seeing the world. you've shown me so much, and I'm grateful for every bit."
He leaned in for a kiss, but squishes his nose on hers before he makes contact. She giggles, then tilts her head to avoid his nose, pressing her lips against his. She lingers for a moment, then pulls away.
"And I'm REALLY glad that you turned out to be a girl!" He teases "Because I thought your stripes are so beutiful!"
"Keep that up, and I might not let you make it in time for your prior engagement!" She teases back. He pulls his head back, seemingly calculating some perplexing formula in his head, then shakes it off, and finally lets go of her hands, but keeps his eyes on her for longer, before turning to leave, periodically looking back and waving.
Bernice is the first to approach the Amzen, a serious expression on her face.
"Newt, Chika told me that she had interrupted you two the night prior, and now you DIDN'T sneak off with him below deck, OR get naked in the water with him, and he DIDN'T stay the night?" Worry was woven within her words.
"You're not possessed, are you? An imposter!?" Bernice grabs Newt's mouth, forcing it open to inspect her throat, as if to spy a pair of eyes within, or somehting out of place to explain her friends odd behavior.
"I'H 'OT AH 'OSTAH!!" The suspected one tries to vocalize, unable to speak with her friend holding her mouth open. She manages to swat Bernice's hands away, then repeats herself. "I'm not an imposter!"
"Isn't that what an imposter WOULD say!?" speculates Doug, getting a bit worried now.
Karen approaches the accused, then spins her around, grabs and lifts her tail, then pulls down her shorts enough to expose her butthole. Puppy cautiously goes in for a sniff, and breathes a sigh of relief, giving everybody the all clear.
Newt protests loudly to what the Lomen just did, asking if that even works as a bonafide verification method. Puppy nodded enthusiastically, but then Karen just shrugged agnostically, so Puppy now shook her head, contradicting herself.
"So whats the deal, then?" Bernice inquires. "I hate to complain, but you're not being your usual horny self. Like, you passed up skinny dipping! Your two most favorite things are swimming, and being naked with boys, so what gives?"
"Wha- WHO do you think I am, some sort of sex-crazed beast!?" Newt blurts out, but she already knows what Bernice is going to say. Right on cue, the Amzen raises her green brow. Yup, Newt thought, She's going to say it...
In unison, the whole group speaks "Run a train on me.", Newt included. She flings her head back, wanting to shout in frustration, but chooses to groan instead.
"Look, guys, I just... REALLY like him, OK? I don't..." She stiffles back a tear. "I don't want to mess this up..." she pleads. Bernice loosens up, looking back at the other girls, and they all exchange a look of worry, as well as relief, and they all surround the Amzen, wrapping her in a gentle embrace.
"I never thought the day would come, but our little Newt is past her Slut phase!" Bernice teases. Newt reaches up with her arm to slap the offending Razen in the face with her fins.
cH. 05 Shore Leave
Newt states that 'Pehnt, who has returned to Diamond as an undead guardian, collaborated with the Savior to deny many powerful demons entry.
The Archangel Virginia claims that the Savior is an agent of her God, sent to save the world of DIamond, from the demonic incursions.
The Artesian Temple claims that the Savior was the mercy of "Whopper", their god-moon, citing the Skypearl steel in his blessed blade.
How could one being served three opposing masters? Each side does have some merrit, however, so despite Newt's insistence that 'Pehnt is correct, he can't help but wonder.
"So what do YOU believe?" She asks.
"I'm not sure, as it makes sense that Whopper would do somehting about his own angel falling to evil, and your side doesn't dispute the fact that the Savior had Skypearl steel..." Ryu debates.
"No, I mean which RELIGION do you follow? You said your family is Christian, sort of, but are YOU a faithful?" She asks, her eyes narrowed in on his. He lifts his hand and runs his finger across the edge of her fin that makes up her 'bangs'.
"... I don't know..." He admits, holding her gaze, hoping she understands his doubt. "But..." He trails off.
"...But...?" she repeats, quizzically.
"...get your BUTT going, because it's lunch time!" He concludes, loading his books into his backpack, his nose gesturing toward's the clock. Newt turns to see that lunch hour has begun, and she doesn't want to miss out on the best dishes again.
As they make their way to the food court, hand in hand, Ryu moves a hand to shade his eyes, so Newt moves her tail and spreads the fins on the end, to provide her man some respite from the sun.
"Wow, tails are so handy! Where do I get one?" he jokes.
Later that night, after escorting his lady to her domacile, Newt's grip lingered on his, and she pulled a bit, rather than letting go. "It's the weekend, Ryu, and I've been having so much fun with you... do you... want to stay the night?" She finally asks, her tummy grumbling nervously.
He gulps his anxiety, and reluctantly decrees, "Earlier you asked me what I believed in, and I said I wasn't sure. Well I lied. I DO believe in something. When I saw father being unfaithful to mother, I told myself that I would be different. I would respect my... woman, and I would do what father and brother could not- what they CHOSE not to do, and I would save myself for marriage."
"I know that may not abide by your teachings, Newt, but... it's what I want to do. As a man. I NEED to know that I can! I... I need to know that i'm not like them. I'm sor... I know this might be asking a lot, but..."
Newt simply smiles "I understand." She lies, her anxieties swells in her gills. Ryu feels her grip loosening, so he decides to be bold, and pulls her in close, one hand reaches for the back of her neck, as he leans in for a strong kiss.
To Newt's surprise, hes going in with Tongue! He's so bold, making his way into her mouth, his tongue taking hers for a secret ballet! She reaches for his face, clasping it between her hands, heart racing with excitement.
After what seems like an eternity, they finally pull away, breathing heavily, a trail of saliva hanging between them.
"Believe me, I'm regretting my vow, but I need to do this. I WANT to do this! As much as I love you, I have to dem-" He's cut off by Newt.
"Wh-SAY THAT AGAIN!?" She almost screams in disbelief. "Wh-wh-what did you say??"
"I-I said... I love you, Newt!" He confirms, a heavy feeling in his gut, but an even lighter one in his heart.
She pushes away from him, Lure glowing brighter than either has ever seen before. She begins to pace around, almost manically laughing to herself. Ryu chuckles nervously.
She sprints towards the end of the dock, screaming as she jumps into the water below. Ryu walks up to the edge, and sees a red light darting back and fourth, in every direction, then it plunges deeper below, almost fading away completely, before rapidly getting brighter! no, closer!?
She breaches the surface with an intensity that Ryu has never seen before, and crashes right into the unsuspecting humen, toppling him over, Newt sprawled out on top, all four of her limbs wrapped around the man.
"I LOVE YOU TOO!! REALLY! REALLYREALLYREALLY!!!" She blurts out, uncontrollably giddy at their mutual confession. It's only been just over a month together, but Newt can't help but feel like this is right! If 'Pehnt appeared before her and said they don't love each other, she would doubt her progenitor with all of her passion.
After making out for hours on that lonely dock, they eventually make their way into Newt's boat, and fall asleep, wrapped in each others embrace, within her suspended hammock.
As the summer progressed, a unique carnival came to Lonely Coast, one that was a roaming Kshii hive! these friendly insectoids brought joy and amazement as they performed daring feats of bravery, agility, and coordination!
Their special nectars and smoothies offered guests some delicious sweetness, as well as the other usual festive treats. Ryu got a great opportunity to show off his archery skills! He even got some purple stripes to match Newt's at their face-painting tent!
Bernice was delighted to have double and triple dates with Newt and Sneckee, though she wishes Viki didn't run off with Burr at EVERY opportunity. Karen went on many dates with many different men, though it was unclear if she was 'sampling every dish', or simply forgot who she was dating at any given point.
Puppy was very busy with her new tennis team, only it was later discovered that she was busy with THE TEAM, rather than the team activity. Well, the NORMAL team activity. Through sorrowful tears and sobs, she reluctantly confessed to Newt that she had beaten her fishy friend to getting that train ran on her, the small dog fearful of usurping the Amzen's dream, ruining their friendship.
To her surprise, Newt was not bothered at all, and instead congratulated her friend on winning the title. 'Run a train on me Newt' is over, all hail the new queen, 'Tennis team Puppy'! The lomen hid her face in embarrasement, but her tail couldn't stop wagging.
In no time at all, He was one of the gang. One of the pack. He even helped groom the Lomen, amazed at how they enjoyed getting their fur brushed.
Even more amazing was how they cleaned each other; they licked. They licked both their own, and each others fur. Just hours of licking.
Bernice always made sure they wouldn't go to far in front of Ryu, but he was pretty sure they would lick every inch of each other, if they could. Sneckee seemed to be okay with two other women licking her boyfriend...
He's glad Newt doesnt need such grooming. Unless...
At the end of summer, Ryu surprised Newt with some custom fireworks he comissioned from the carnival hive, made to fire from her mounted machine gun! He made sure not to waste any of her precious live rounds... after firing one off by accident. oops.
Newt made sure to thank Ferrus and 'Pehnt for all that they sacrificed, so that she could love Ryu. She also began to plan out baby names!
Ch. 06 PIRATES!
During her last class for the day, Newt opened her textbook, discovering a lavender flower betwen it's pages, a sweet little gift that Ryu hides in her books from time to time.
Noticing that she has begun to lose herself to the romantic gesture, Karen gently elbows her love-struck friend, snapping her back to the lesson.
Shortly after class, Shawsan, the small Fen, wearing nothing but a loincloth and various baubles on a string belt, came running towards Newt. "Newt! Newt!" he cried out
"Shawsan?" She responded, confused by his haste. "Wh-what is it?" She asked, nervously.
"Your mate is that-" He stops to pull at the edges of his eyes. "This guy, right?" He blurts out, while strill trying to catch his breath.
"Ryu?" She confirms.
"Yeah! That guy! I saw him at the outskirts, surounded by some big, buff, mean looking dudes! One of them was ARMED! I tried to follow them, but they went inside the old woodmill warehouse, said somehting about his family waiting inside? I think your guy is in trouble!" He concludes.
Newt is paralyzed in fear. Ryu only has bad things to say about his family, and Newt got the impression that they weren't on good terms, but kidnapping?
"Newt!?" Shawsan's shout snaps her out of her stasis.
"R-right! Shawsan, can you go to the Justicar's office? Tell them what you saw, they should help-!" She is cut off by the Fen.
"Newt, the Hunters are all busy, and the Justicar is out, I don't think anybody is in the office right now!" He dreadfully informs her of the dire circumstance. Did they scope out the city before hand? Her gills began to quiver in panic, her lure coils in, fear draining any light it might produce.
Shawsan and Newt speed through the city, then he leads her into the trees that line the edges of the city, taking her through the forest, for a speedier route to the old mill.
Once they got close, they slow their approach, Shawsan instructing Newt to step where he steps, and he'll get them as close to the abandoned warehouse as he dares.
At the front of the metal building, they see a clean car. Ryu said his family did have money. So he did run away, she thought to herself. Why didn't he ever tell her?
On the opposite end of the warehouse, Shawsan led Newt to a gap in the wall, where an old metal plate was bent out. With a little bit of gentle prying, Newt could squeeze through, but just barely, thanks to her moisture.
"Opening it any wider will make too much noise." Shawsan whispered.
"Be careful!" He warns, handing her his small knife.
She nods in appreciation, and asks the Fen to watch from the distance, in case he needs to give a report to the Justicar.
He reluctantly agrees, but not before verbalizing a blessing of Esphorus to her.
Carefully, Newt creeps within, deeper into the overgrown metal building. She follows the words of an older man, who is scolding Ryu.
"-not even doing well at it. Only a 4.9?" The man spits on the concrete in front of a sitting Ryu, who is tied to a metal chair.
"And even worse, I hear your with one of THEM!?" he shouts, spitting again. "Your dead-set on ruining the family legacy, aren't you?" Newt didn't expect to like his family, if she ever met them, but she is still hurt at his disgust.
"One of the ugliest races, no less. Pfft, no breasts... how will she feed your young? WOR-"
"YOUR WRONG!" Ryu shouts, cutting the man off. He seems shocked by Ryu's assertiveness.
"Shes BEAUTIFUL!! Her stripes mark her body with the nobility of her SOUL!!" He roared.
The man tried to shut him down, but Ryu was undettered. "She is as PURE as you PRETEND to be!" He finishes, only to be struck by the back of the man's hand.
"You will show RESPECT to your FATHER!" He barks.
"That little whore of yours has a reputation, you know. REALLY, she's known as..." He picks out a paper from a folder one of his goons is holding.
Newt's throat fills with dread. Please, not like this.
"Run a train on me Newt." He reads, his face curling in disgust.
Newt's heart dropped.
When Puppy had usurped her title, she had hoped that meant he wouldn't have to hear about how 'unmaiden' like she really was, and now, his asshole father was unraveling her before her beloved.
Ryu didn't seem to react.
"Not gonna defend your little play-thing?" mocked his father.
Ryu spat out in front of him, hoping to reach his father, but failing. "She lived her life according to the teachings of her faith. Even if it's different than what you pretend to follow, she did so with REAL conviction. She doesn't need me to defend her, she is without flaw."
The fear that filled Newt gave way to joy, and her loins flared up, inapropriate for the situation at hand.
She let herself be temporarily distracted by thoughts of how to suck his balls dry, without violating his vow of celebacy.
The man quickly approached his helpless son, and raised a hand to strike him once more.
Ryu held his head up in defiance, ready to take the hit, but his father ended up backing down, swearing under his breath.
"Just you wait until your mother gets here..." He threatens, as he walks away. The leader of the thugs orders one guy to follow the boss, he will watch the door, and for the last man to watch Ryu.
The guard says he will after taking a leak, and follows the others out the front door. Seeing her chance, Newt creeps forward, thinking of the feats of courage that her idols demonstrated before her.
She makes her way to Ryu, and puts a finger over his mouth. He almost shouted in shock, but managed to keep it to a gasp, then scolded Newt for being there.
"Newt, what are you doing here!? It's too dangerous, get out of here!" He pleaded, but She was already slicing through the ropes that held him in place.
Once freed, he clasped her face within his hands, and she grasps his in turn, but rushes, "Talk later, escape NOW!"
She leads him to the hole, slips through, then tells him that they will need to run for their lives. Ryu, nods in agreement, his heart pounding. He hopes, no, PROMISES that he wont let her get hurt!
They coordinate the pull, and as expected, it makes a loud creak and snap! Without hesitation, they both flee, hand-in-hand, retracing the path that Shawsan had previously taken them through.
"It's his little fish! AFTER THEM!" Can be heard out front. They trample through the forest, disrespectful of the domain of Esphorus, and in their rush, they often end up slowing themeselves down.
It wasn't a large margin, but Ryu and Newt were still ahead, their throats shuffling air through as fast as they could.
Two loud pops screamed from behind, and two branches above the couple burst open, their bark punctured by gunfire. They lower their heads, but press on their flight.
The boss thug scolds his underling, reminding him that they are there to CAPTURE Ryu, and not to kill him.
The pursuit continues through the city, and though the thugs may be bigger and more athletic, Newt knows her home better, able to temporarily shake the men through the aesthetic architecture.
Bystanders look on, not immediately understanding the situation.
Some scold Newt, thinking her promisccuous ways have finally caught up to her.
Others believe that she and the boy stole from the men.
The thugs had wisely hidden their weapons by this point, keeping the panic to a minimum.
Nearing the coastal cliffs, the men slowed down, thinking the lover's cornered. Before they could say anything, Newt held onto Ryu's hands, and they lept off the edge, diving for the water below.
The men panicked, believeing that they had commited suicide, but upon approaching the edge, saw that the couple had just barely managed to make it to the water.
One man began to back up, ready to dive in after them, but the boss had stopped him.
"Never chase an Amzen into the water!" He asserted.
"But boss, how-" the minion was cut off by the boss directing his gaze to the stone staircase, and single boat sitting at the dock.
"C'mon! That thing is chained up, and our target is a HUMEN, so they'll have to come up eventually!" The boss correctly reasons.
As the men make their way down, Newt and Ryu made their way up the netting that wraps the boat, climbing up.
The men stomp further down the stone steps.
"What now?" he asks, frustrated that they just ended up cornered. Newt smiles a big, menacing grin.
As the men approach the dock, the sails swing out of the way, creating an unobstructed view of Newt's mounted machine gun, which is already swiveled in the direction of the pursuers.
"Holy SHIT!" one man shouts, shocked by the sheer size of the weapon, too aware that he's on it's business end.
Another thug draws his gun, and takes a quick, wild shot at Newt. The bullet flies high, carelessly aimed, but Newt's aim was focused.
She pulled the trigger, and after the boom, there was a bloom.
The armed thug exploded in a blossom of red gore, the shot landing dead center!
"Fuck me!" shouts the other goon. The boss drops his pistol, and it bounces off the dock, into the waves below. He throws his hands into the air, surrendering, and his associate followed suit.
"Don't shoot! Yield! Yield! Damn client said this was supposed to be an easy job! Fucking hell, Bill EXPLODED!" The boss rambles to himself, cursing his involvement in the situation.
Those were EXPLOSIVE ROUNDS!? Newt had no idea that her father armed her with such potent firepower. That explains why he left her with only five bullets. Well, three now.
Not long after, Puppy and two Union soldiers came down the stone stairs, followed by the QQrien Justicar and Shawsan.
The feathered authority took everyones statements, including the thugs, who confessed the Lee family's attempted kidnapping.
A crowd of onlookers gathered at the top of the cliff, gossiping about what was transpiring below.
As the two nare-do-wells were escorted away, Puppy growled and barked at them, then approached Newt and Ryu, who were holding each other in silence.
"Newt! Newt!" she cried out, "You really killed that man!?"
The battered couple traded a look, then turned back to Puppy, but before they could say anything, she shouted in awe!
"Amazing! Newt, you really ARE a Dragon!! -erm, I mean Duraken!" The meek Lomen corrected, then began to howl in excitement. some of the Lomen in the crowd above began to howl as well, and even some non-Lomen joined in!
"Are you okay?" Newt soflty asked Ryu, her fingers gliding over the bruise his father gave him.
"I'm better than okay, I've got you..." He whispers, running his thumb over one of her purple cheek stripes.
"Good." She replies, "Because I heard what was said in there." She confesses.
Ryu pauses, unsure of what she's talking about. "Newt, what my father sa-"
She took his hand, and ran it along more of her stripes.
"You said my purple stripes mark my nobility?" smiling as she retells his speech, "That my convictions are pure." She paused. Her smile faded away.
"Do you... really not care about my past? I...I'm not a virgin." she's nearly crying at the confession.
Ryu lifts her chin, and meets her gaze with his own, unwavered by fear and doubt.
"You are PERFECT, don't ever question that!" He boldly claims, never losing sight of her eyes. The amzen lets herself get lost in his, the sun highlighting the rich purple hue, as if to light them ablaze.
"Ryu?" She finally breaks the moment.
"Yes?" he replies.
"You just HAVE to let me gargle your balls after that speech! No way I can hold back any longer!" She teases, laughing in his arms.
"No way, I gotta gargle YOURS! You blasted that guy, fo rme! Gimme that lure!" He shoots back, grabbing her lure and sticking it in his mouth, sucking on the glowing appendage. Newt shouts back, playfully.
Puppy has taken a seat on the floor in front of them, just giggling to herself at how cute they are.
Ryu's father, Jin Lee, was arrested for his kidnapping attempt.
His mother, Jun Lee, had plausible deniability. The shame of the patriarch crippled their household, and his mother 'apologized' for the incident, likely an attempt to save her own hide from the mess her husband had been pinned with.
In the same letter, she disowned Ryu, which only pleased him, grateful that he may be rid of them for good.
Ch. 07 A Storm's A-Brewin'!
Viki and Burr have finally slowed down and ceased dissapearing, as they've kept the sex to their bedrooms now, at least.
Newt caught Bernice getting pounded in the supply room by Cole, so add another friend that she annoys to no end by oversharing. Bernice got her revenge by trapping Newt in a chastity belt for a day.
Puppy ended up going steady with The groundskeeper, Begeda. Who knew she liked older men?
Ryu had another close-call with death when he had to reign in a drunk Karen, who tried to get in a fight with another girl! Shes bigger than him, so it was challenging, to say the least.
He had managed to pacify the bear by letting her lick his neck, but Newt understood, she was in his position before, and at least it was just his neck.
Cole tried to share his plastic miniature hobby, but only Ryu was willng to build and paint tiny plastic soldiers, roll a bunch of dice, and make a bunch of measurements. Bernice is happy that her boyfriend found SOMEBODY to indulge him.
Ryu had found out that Amzen DO have social grooming that invlolves licking!
Amzen like to get their gills cleaned out with some friendly licking, as tongues are soft enough on the gills not to hurt, but firm enough to scrape their membranes clean.
Usually Puppy would help Newt, but Ryu took it upon himself as Newt's beloved to do this job.
Ryu wondered if Humens were the licking exception?
Big news came when a big shot Duraken came by the school, looking to poach some talent! It was Daiana Lutheran Nazareth, Or DaiLuNa for short.
(Duraken demand that you speak every name, but understand that it could be a mouthful, so they allow others to use the first syllable of each name. only very close friends, or family, can use their personal name. All others must also show respect to their Family names!)
"DaiLuNa is HERE!?" Newt's shout fills the subterranian room, unable to believe the news.
"President of THE Black Tree corporation is HERE, in our little Lonely Coast!?" Shes violently shaking Puppy, who is an innocent bystander, despite Chika being the one to slip this knowledge to her.
"Okay, Newt, you can tell me who Dai...loona, is?" Ryu struggled to properly pronounce her name, to which Newt snaps her attention to the offending humen, who has already raised his hands in surrender.
"All you gotta know is if the big Duraken lady asks you to jump, you jump as far and high as you can, do you understand!? This BEAUTIFUL daughter of Ferrus is like an actual Queen! We are just lowly peasants! UNDERSTAND!?" She asserts, to which Ryu and Puppy nod zealously, fearful of the wrath of Newt!
"She'll be overseeing the graduating classes, trying to get a head start on scouting talent BEFORE finals! She'll be giving special attention to YOU, Ryu, so be on your best behavior!" the Vampire forewarns, spilling the privaledged info she got her cold hands onto.
"M-me??" He asks, failing to make the connection as to why the VIP would take notice of him.
Newt and Chika give him a look of annoyance, which is the push he needed to make the connection.
"O-oh, right, early graduate..." he mumbles.
"Do you think he'll get invited to Drake!?" Puppy enthusiastically shouts, excited at the possible prospects for her friend. "To walk atop the Glass Floors!?" She elaborates.
As the girls discuss this opportunity, Ryu remembers how his parents would drill the significance of the Glass Floor, a social, financial, and lateral, threshold that can make nobles of nobodies!
The gravity of the situation finally fell upon him.
Well, he thought, as long as I have Newt, I can handle ANYTHING!
A worry haunted the back of the Amzen's mind...
Newt was pacing in front of the main entrance to Pentavus Liberation University, as the moment of judgement had come. DaiLuNa herself had approached Ryu, and asked him to join her for an interview!
The Duraken was bigger than life itself! Her orange scales glistened like gems, her obsidian horns shone with the polish of a mirror! Her hair was slick and uniform, every strand in perfect unison! Her wings could blot out the sun itself!
Her attire seemed a bit out of place, looking more practical than stylish.
Much of it was covered in pockets and pouches, made to hold files and folders. She wore a leather jacket, it's inner layer lined with soft fluff. An oxygen tank and breather mask was hung on her chest. A pair of goggles propped up above her eyes.
Is this a Duraken high-altitude flight-suit?
Oddly, her religious adornment, a metal band in the shape of a serpent, wrapping around her left thigh, was only gold.
Their material is meant to show one's level of dedication as a follower of 'Pehnt, with Newt herself owning a bronze set.
DaiLuNa should have been Dragold, or even Skypearl Steel. The set looked old, as well.
Regardless, Newt was in absolute awe of the majestic En!
Her amazement was short-lived, however, as Newt awaited the fate of her beloved. The archways that adorned the entry seemed to have grown taller, their ominous shape looming over the small Amzen.
By this point, everybody but Chika had joined Newt, reassuring their friend that Ryu is a very capable man! These words had the opposite effect on Newt.
Then, the heavy, decorative wooden doors swung open, and the feline assistant walked out, opening the doors in their entirety, making way for the prestigious Duraken to duck her way out of.
The school was built by Vampires, so Duraken ergonomics were not considered during it's construction, leaving the hallways and doors a bit cramped for the fire breathing En.
After clearing the doorway, DaiLuNa smiled at the waiting group, bowed her head, then decreed, "Blessings of the Progenitors upon you, children."
They each bowed, respectfully, silently.
DaiLuNa stretched her wings out as she troted past the group, heading towards another part of the campus. She must have been pushing the edges of the rooms while inside.
In an anti-climactic fashion, Ryu emerged next from the building, unable to be anything but dull after the dramatic exit that DaiLuNa made.
Everyone seemed to have held their breath in anticipation, no one knowing when, or how, the tension would break, until Ryu help up his Diploma.
"Mistress DaiLuNa offered me a job in the Ferrus Pillar, and the Dean agreed to fast-track my graduation. I'm... I'm going to Drake!" Ryu exclaims, the group erupting into cheer!
"Congradulations!"
"Way to go!"
"You did it!"
"Great job, Ryu!"
"AWOOOOO!"
The praise and excitement almost blotted out Newt entirely, who was eerily still and silent.
She slowly advanced to the graduate Humen, tail dragging along the stone floor, Lure illuminated only by the sunlight raining down upon it.
With trempling hands, she held onto Ryu's worried face, and opened her mouth to speak.
No words left her lips.
"Newt, whats wrong?" He finally asks, Newt flinches in response, her hands still shaking, even after Ryu clasped one in his own.
"I... I can't... I can't be... with you anymore." She admitted, her words drenched in sorrow.
"WHAT!?" Everyone exclaimed, all trying to speak to over each other, trying to make sense of this sudden turn, but none able to take control of the situation.
"I don't understand, what are you talking about?" Ryu pleads.
"We're together RIGHT NOW, wh-where is this coming from!?" He asks, his mind running all sorts of questions and answers through.
"Yeah, Newt, he just got a job, wh- why are you talking nonsense!?" Sneckee finally gets through.
"Yeah!" Puppy joins in, "You can just go with him in your boat!"
The rest agree with their words, hoping that Newt will join the concensus.
"No, I can't." she whispers, her eyes look like they want to cry, but she's holding back the tears. She's still holding onto Ryu's face.
"You can't just... pull up to Drake. There are rules..." She answers.
"And Amzen can't just... live several Kilometers above the ocean, in the hottest, dryest continent on Diamond..." She explains. Ryu's eyes grow wide, his grip squeezes her hand.
"N-No! I-I won't-" Ryu tries to protest, but Newt cuts him off.
"DaiLuNa just gave you the opportunity of a lifetime! I won't let YOU throw it away for-for just some stupid little fish!" She cries out.
"You won't have to worry about Imposters, or Thugs, or Iiqxzs, or anything else ever again! Your family won't even be able to approach you!" Newt states, tears now running down her cheeks.
"Newt! I don't care about that! I-" He tries to shout back, but Newt is not relenting.
"And I care about YOU and YOUR future!! How could I live with myself if I selfishly let you throw all of that away!" She shouts, her voice cracking with nearly every word.
"I won't let you ruin it all for me!" She continues.
"Really... Goodbye." She pulls her hands away from her stunned beloved, then pushes him away, as she turns to sprint away.
Puppy is the first to give chase, followed by Karen, then the rest. Cole is the last to leave, and assures Ryu that they will talk some sense into Newt.
"W-what about what she said... Amzen can't live where I'm going...?" He asked, to which Cole had no answer.
Ryu is left standing there, alone, but not in shock.
DaiLuNa was at a nearby coffe shop, just having finished a light lunch, and was wrapping up her business in the city of Lonely Coast.
"Last file." Her Lomen assistant secures the paperwork within one of her many pouches, patting it in affirmation. Her short ears pull back in shame, as she apologizes for patting the thigh of her mistress, uncomfortably close to her posterior.
Right as the Duraken walks upon the clear streets, bafore she finished extending her wings in anticipation of take-off, Ryu comes around the corner, screaming for the illustrious guest.
"DaiLuNa!! DaiLuNa!!" He shouts between breaths.
Her assistant, a Cheetah breed, steps forward to converse with the Humen.
"Mister Lee. If you have questions about your travel arrangements, I'd be happy to discuss them with you." She asserts, trying to take charge of the dialogue, allowing her busy Mistress an opportunity to leave.
"Mistress Dai... DaiLuNa..." He speaks, ignoring the assistant, his breathing labored.
The Duraken rolls her eyes, expecting yet another kiss-ass in the making.
"I must... Respectfully decline your offer!" He manages to blurt out, bowing as he does so.
This is a surprise, the Mistress confesses to herself. And a shock, for what reason would a lowly Humen in a nowhere little cottage, REFUSE what amounts to Heaven?
Before she could speak, he follows up with a question. "And if I may, would you do me a personal favor!?" He boldly requests, head still low in penance.
DaiLuNa trades a look of confusion wih her assistant, then turns to finally speak with the humble Humen.
"You just refused my GENEROUS offer, and now make a personal request of me? If 'Pehnt himself did not teach me the value of such... BOLDNESS, I'd likely burn you to cinders myself..."
She watched the Humen for any signs of fear, or weakness of his will. She was silently pleased to see he had raised his head to meet her gaze, his purple eyes burning with the passion of his resolve.
Ch. 08 Abandon Ship!
Saint Pentavus knew he would get executed when the Artesians learned what he had done, but he released Kopa-pii because he knew it was the right thing to do.
Newt knew that She had to let Ryu go, so he could fly free.
It was for the best.
He would resent her if he had stayed.
She couldn't be selfish.
Hes going somewhere far better.
He'll meet beautiful Humen women, with plump breasts, and they will give him the family that he always wanted.
She tried to reassure herself that what she did was the correct thing to do... and yet, she couldn't help but regret every second of what she had done.
If 'Pehnt appeared before her, would he praise her selflessness? Or would he brand her a fool? For once, the teachings of 'Pehnt held no answers.
For once, Newt the Duraken felt no fire in her bosom.
She is just Newt, the Onion that makes everyone cry. She could still hear Puppy on the other side of the metal doors, whining and crying for her friend to let her in.
The rest of her friends are probably still on her boat, hoping for the same chance to be there for their fishy friend.
Suddenly, her boat shakes, as if a large weight was dropped on it!
She hears Puppy barking, but not of anger or fear, but of confusion.
"Neeeeewt! You really should come out this time!" Viki calls out, something new in her tone.
"Child of 'Pehnt, would you grant me an audience?"
Newt shot up from her bed.
That was Mistress DaiLuNa!
But why would she be here, of all places, seeking her, of all En?
slowly, she unlocked the door to the lower deck, and cautiously climbed the stairs, seeing some of her friends standing there, with their eyes transfixed on the main deck.
Newt turned cautiously, and sitting patiently on the Here I Am, DaiLuNa awaited the amzen, but she wasn't alone.
A jolt ran up her spine, quivering her gills.
Ryu stood there, next to the Duraken, the ocean breeze running through his hair.
"As you know." began the surprise guest, her wings half-furled, her body partially wrapped around the mast of the ship.
"I offered one Ryu Lee a spot atop the Ferrus pillar." She proclaimed. Newt managed to speak up to the Duraken.
"Mistress, please accept that man! He's dedicated, and hard working! He deserves to go with you to Drake!" She pleads.
Unmoved, DaiLuNa continues. "He has made me a counter-offer..."
Everyone was shocked to hear this. What kind of counter-offer could Ryu offer the Duraken?? She could only be there if She accepted, right?
"I asked her to be the Maid of Honor at our wedding!" Roared Ryu, the ocean winds giving way to his decloration.
Newt's heart skipped a beat.
"I refused her offer, because it would cost me everything that I cared about!" He shouted, lifting his hand to release his Diloma, and the winds swept it up, as if Kopa-pii himself accepted his tribute.
He stepped forward, the boat swaying in tandem with each step, as if to yield to his will.
"Because what I want the most in this world is YOU, Newt'Onion!" he decreed, his words shaking the strength of Newt's knees.
"I want to spend the rest of my life with you, and only you!" He roared.
As he came within arm's reach of her, he fell to his knees, and asked the question.
"Will you Marry me?" He reaches out, offering his hand to her.
"Oh nonono! This will not do at all!" DaiLuNa gasps, crawling forward to reach the couple, quickly scanning her hand for a ring that will work. She pulls off one from her middle finger, and drops it into Ryu's hand.
"Think of this as my wedding gift!" She sings, smiling from ear to ear, taking a pace back to give the young couple their space.
Newt, mouth agape, is unable to speak. Newt, the loud, brash, annoying Amzen, is unable to utter a word.
Then, a massive wave crashes on the back of the boat, sending Newt forward into Ryu's arms.
Did 'Pehnt himself intervene?
"Yes!" She finally shouts. "YES! YES! YES! YES!! I WILL marry you!" Newt cries out with all the breath in her body! Ryu scoops her off her feet, and they share a long, passionate kiss.
Puppy and the guys all howl in unison! The girls all cheer and scream for joy, hugging each other tightly.
DaiLuNa turns around to hide her face, wiping away the tears in haste.
The ring that was gifted to them is too big for Newt's fingers, and wouldn't be wearabl ethanks to her webbing, but fit around her wrist well enough.
Ch. 09 I Christen Thee, Here WE Are
As soon as the sun set, the graduation ceremony began, and Newt'Onion graduated with her Bachelors in Geology, marking her as the first Onion to complete higher education.
Her father screamed VERY loudly when his daughter recieved her diploma!
After the graduation was complete, everybody threw off their caps and gowns, to reveal formal attire for the wedding!
Puppy's dress came under much scrutiny, as some asserted that it was Black and blue, while others believed it to be gold and white.
Chika also recieved some grief for her elaborate crimson dress, som eclaiming it too fancy for a wedding. At one point, it was suggested that this be a NUDE wedding, but it was shut down once DaiLuNa was brought into the discussion.
Then, the moment arrived, and the main event began! Ryu, dressed in an immaculate purple suit. On her cue, Newt waked out of her Boat, dressed in a humble white-silk toga, a traditional gold-plated belt, her bronze arm and leg band of serpents, her engagement ring on her left wrist, and her lacey-black panties beneath.
Puppy was the ring-bearer, but carried the rings in her mouth, and took some wrestling to get her to relinquish them. They had to bring in a rolled-up newspaper.
"You may now kiss the bride!" Squaked the Justicar, who is also authorized to officiate weddings!
And oh boy, did those two kiss! They were already starting to take each others clothes off, when the Justicar had to remind them that it was NOT an Artesian wedding!
They tried to run off to consumate their marriage, when DaiLuNa screamed for the bouquet toss. She was VERY eager for this part, as she left no opportunity for anybody else to catch the flowers.
Ryu was glad that she enjoyed his counter-offer.
And finally, after waiting more than a year, the newlyweds made their way aboard the newly christened Here We Are, headed below deck to their brand new bed, and began to
Rock the Boat.