Fire From the Darkness Chapter 10

Story by Firus Lupinalos on SoFurry

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#11 of Fire From the Darkness


Chapter 10

Convincing the others the next day was not as easy as he hoped. None of them wanted to travel extra for a maybe when they had a certainty. They were suspicious and curious to a one. Only Sayuri acted differently, but even she seemed uncomfortable with the idea, only in a different way.

"So let me get this straight," said Hatako, and incredulous look on her muzzle. "You expect us to follow the word of a dream to a place that is several days away, and when we don't even know for sure that anything is there? You expect us to do that when we have an area that we know for sure is involved in some way?"

Firus rubbed at the back of his neck. "Trust me, I know, I know. I didn't believe it either. Not until we got here and everything he said was somewhat confirmed by the people here. But I believe him. He seems familiar to me, like I should know him. I don't know, but I think it's at least worth checking out."

"Did he say anything else?" Sayuri piped in for the first time since he had said where he wanted them to go. "Anything other than where to go and what was happening?"

He shrugged. "Just riddles mostly. He called me and Kanto by names that invoked painful memories. Names no one should know, but then he said he knows everything so..." He shrugged again. "Oh and he said to tell you that the only person he wishes he could have met says 'Hello'." He added as an afterthought to Kanto.

Kanto started and widened his eyes. "Say what? He said-" He cut himself off and thought a second. When he finally came to a conclusion, he looked up at his brother saying, "I believe him. We need to go where he tells us to."

The others all turned to stare at him, except Sayuri who flattened her ears and tried to bury herself in her mate. He adopted a serious look. "We need to trust him. If he's who he says he is, I'd trust him with my life. Gods know others have done so often enough in the past."

They looked at each other reading each others eyes as to what they were going to do. They reached the same conclusion that if they both believed it then there was no changing their minds.

"It seems we have a new destination." Travol said. "Let us pack up and leave immediately."

Firus turned his attention to the female trying to cut off the circulation in his arm. "What's wrong Lily?" He asked in a low sweet voice.

She looked up at him with sadness in her eyes. "I- I'll tell you later. In a few days. When we get to Tiljan."

Firus hugged her close. "He said you might have something to show me."

She buried her muzzle in his shoulder. "I guess I will."

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It had taken longer to get through the woods than the Knowledge has thought. Bad weather had delayed them for a day, but they made it through intact. When they first walked into town they noticed that some curious looks were directed their way, but they chalked it up to being new in a very small town. They got rooms at the tavern from the Brockan innkeeper, who looked quite shaky and nervous under his calm exterior. They went up to put their belongings into their rooms and went down to the common room to get some food for their ignored stomachs. Before Firus could order his own dinner, Sayuri grabbed his hand and dragged him out of the tavern. Shouting back to the others, "Don't expect us back for a while."

"Just come with me, there's someone I need to talk to," she said, cutting off his protest.

She took him close to the end of town past the houses, the shops and the only other inn, towards a small little cabin at the edge of the village. When she saw the cabin, a tear showed itself in her eye. Firus wiped away the moisture and she smiled up at him. "C'mon, there's someone we need to see."

She led him up to the door of the rustic building, and knocked on the door and waited. When the door opened, a slender white, silvering mink who looked about fifty showed herself to the wolf pair. She looked up at them and lifted a hand to her mouth when she saw their faces. "Oh, bless my stars you came home my precious flower." She exclaimed as she grabbed Sayuri into her arms. The wolfess returned her hug with just as much warmth.

"Mrs. Vison, it's good to see you again. I'm sorry I didn't come back sooner, but I couldn't face it." Sayuri explained. She looked up at her mate. "But now I have to."

"Please, call me Minerva," the mink said said. Mrs. Vison released her and invited them inside as she closed the door behind them. They sat on the couch while she sat in an old rocking chair as she looked him over. "Your second mate then?" She asked blatantly. She saw Sayuri start and splutter at such a statement. "Oh come off it dear, you didn't really think you could hide just how much you missed your brother from me did you? Please dear, give an old silvertail some credit. I knew from the night you finally regained consciousness what had happened. You had such active dreams. You kept whimpering for poor Ren. I would have thought it normal until I realized you weren't only whimpering in sorrow, but desire." She realized what she was saying and remembered they weren't alone. "Oh shit. I'm sorry dear, I assumed you told him. I shouldn't have done that."

"It's alright, he does know. In fact, that's why I'm here. Do you remember when I came back that night I had something in my hand?" Sayuri replied.

"I still shouldn't have done that. Now let me think. Ah, yes. I remember, a large piece of bark right? I think I put that in an old glass case. Let me see if I can find it." she said this as she got up out of her chair to go rummage around in a back room. "Now I know it's in there somewhere," she mumbled to herself as she left.

As soon as she was out of the room, Firus turned to Sayuri. "Are you taking me where I think you're taking me?" He asked her.

"I'm taking you to a very special place. There I hope we'll meet who I want you to." She said softly, looking at the floor with her ears back.

He put her arms around her shoulders, hearing the sadness and dismay in her voice. "Wherever you're taking me, it's going to be alright. You know I'll be with you through anything."

She leaned into him and wrapped an arm around his waist. Minerva returned with the bark in her hand and said "Awww. That's so sweet." She handed the piece of tree to her old charge before asking sweetly, "Would you mind terribly if I stole your mate for a while dear?"

Sayuri smiled. "Of course not," she said as she disentangled herself from him. She gave him a pat on the back and said, "Don't tell any embarrassing stories now. Either of you."

"Oh, now that I can't promise ya dear." The white female said with a wink. She led Firus into the kitchen where she sat at the table, motioning for him to sit across from her.

When he did so she asked him, "You really do love her don't you? You know about her past. You know she killed her father. You know she loved her brother. And yet you still stick by her and support her and hell you just plain adore and admire her. I see it in your eyes." She realized that she was missing something about him. "I'm sorry, I never got your name."

He smiled at her words. "I'm Firus, and if I may say something..." He got up and walked to the other side of the table. He put his arms around her and pulled her to him. "Thank you for taking care of my lily. Thank you very much. You could never know just how important she is to me."

She put her arms around him. "Oh, son I couldn't have done otherwise." She leaned back. "And trust me, I know. I had a friend in the academy you both attended. He told me the basics of what happened between you. And I have a small ability for reading people's surface thoughts, just a random gift that my family shows every now and then. And not once did your mind stray from her while you've been in my house. But she's very conflicted right now, her thoughts are mingled with you and her brother. Is there something I don't know about this situation?"

Firus smiled. "It would seem I'm in a polyamorous relationship. It seems the gods deem that we shall all be together when we die. I think she hopes that I'll be able to see him tonight."

"Now that explains her mind. Well, I've kept you long enough. But let me just tell you, if you ever let my precious flower be harmed, I'll make her father's corpse look as unmarred as iron compared to yours."

Firus gave her another hug. "You don't ever have to worry about that. I'd see myself die before she was hurt."

She rose from her chair and walked him back to the room where Sayuri was waiting. "Well then," she addressed them both. "I believe you have a lot of ground to cover for one night." She hugged Sayuri goodbye. "I wish all three of you the best of luck."

She hugged her friend back. "Bye Minerva. It was good to see you again."

With that, they left the place that had been like a second home to Sayuri and set out to find the place on the map. The place where much love had been made, and where a Moon Flower was buried.

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Tazina awoke that night to a voice she would never forget calling her name. She rose from the bed, careful not to wake her son. She walked to the small desk in her room and looked back at Aodh. When she saw he was asleep, she raised a paw level with her face and used a claw to rip a hole in space. In the hole was the crimson leonine face of her summoner.

"What do you want?" She asked in a low volume, careful not to wake the child

He smiled. "I just thought you'd like to know that your victim has arrived in town." he said in a booming voice.

She hissed. "Keep it down. I have company."

"Oh I know. You forget I'm keeping tabs on you. My seers tell me you've taken a child as a lover. Most disappointing Tazina, common pedophilia."

"It's more complicated than that." She snapped. "You know that if your seers see everything."

He chuckled darkly. "Of course, but I enjoy getting a rise out of you. But enough of that. The Whelp is in town. Kill him. Whenever, however, just get it done. You know what will happen if you don't."

"I know that already. He'll die, alright? And honestly I don't see what's so dangerous this 'Firus'. I've made my own scrying of him and he just seems like a romantic fool with a good amount of skill. But he'll die don't worry. He'll die."

He studied her a second before replying, "Good, see that he does." The hole they had been speaking through closed itself with a sizzle as of burning flesh.

She sighed. Why am I doing this? She thought about his threat to kill her if she didn't and Aodh. She thought of becoming a goddess on Condea. Oh yeah, that's why. She thought with a grin. She turned back towards the bed and stopped.

She saw pair of small eyes gleaming at her in the dark. She picked out Aodh's outline sitting up on the bed and hesitated. It was all the opportunity he needed. "Momma, who were you talking to and why did you say you were gonna kill somebody?" He asked her.

She sighed again and sat next to him, petting his head. "It's complicated Aodhàn. That thing I was talking to is actually the reason I'm here. He summoned me from my home to kill a threat to his plot. He couldn't hold me against my will, so he made me a deal. If I killed the "whelp" as he calls him, I'll be a goddess in the new world he creates."

"But you're not going to do it. I mean, you're not like that. You can't kill him, you've never even met him. You have no reason to kill him," he told her.

She brought him close to her. "Oh little one. I have every reason I need to kill him. Personal gain, and protecting you."

He jerked away from her. "What do you mean protecting me?"

She leaned forward and kissed his forehead. "If I don't do it, then that feline son of a bitch will kill me. And then he'll kill you. I don't even really have a choice. I never did." She explained as she hugged him to her again.

"I don't want you to do it Momma. But I guess you're right," he said, snuggling between her breasts. "Just don't do it where I can see. Please?" He begged her.

She laid her head on top of his and whispered in his ear. "I promise son." She looked down at the young boy in her arms. He really is a handsome boy. She thought to herself. She looked down at his waist. She saw a small bulge in the crotch of his trousers that hadn't been there before. Hello, is it finally time? She extricated the boy from her chest and slowly slid his trousers of his legs.

Just as she had thought, her little boy finally had the erection they had wanted. Except she saw he wasn't such a little boy after all, already having a shaft of four inches. She purred as she thought, Oh how delicious, he'll be at least ten inches when he's grown. Her mouth started watering and her slit started to moisten at the thought. "Aodhàn, son, rmmm. Take your clothes off. I believe it's time to make good on my promise."

She suddenly found her form constraining, not right for how she was feeling. She ran through a mental list of ideas and settled on one she hadn't taken in a long time. She stepped away from the bed and shifted her form. She took off her clothes as her bones elongated and as her body slimmed, her tail thickened as fur grew from it. Her muzzle shortened and her ears became rounder. Her fur became yellow and sprouted black rosettes. I haven't been a leopard in a long time, She thought to herself as her body settled into the new form. She turned around and saw her little boy admiring her, lying on his side with his clothes off.

He looked her up and down. "Turn around," he said.

She spun in place for him, showing off her body. He smiled and said, "You, are, so sexy."

Tazina found herself actually blushing under her fur. "Ohh, you little charmer." She said, swinging her hips as she padded to the bed. She sat next him and asked, "So, how do you want to do this?"

This time it was his turn to blush. "However you want." He replied.

She purred again. "Perfect." She laid on her back next to him and said, "Get up here love."

He straddled her hips and leaned forward to kiss her, their lips meshing, opening to allow their tongues to touch and explore. She broke off and said "Now scoot up here. Let me see you up close."

Aodh shifted forward until his knees were on either side of her shoulders. His small rod was completely stiff and pulsing above his sleek furred balls. Damn kid, you do think I'm sexy don't ya, She thought. She gave it a lick from base to tip, her rough tongue an extreme sensation on his unused shaft. He moaned and leaned his head back, giving himself over to her and her whims. So willing, so trusting of a succubus. She took him into her mouth and licked around and up his member making him shudder at the new feelings. He reveled in the feeling of her feline tongue on him, caressing him. It was like soft sandpaper gently scrubbing him clean. The wetness around him was bliss to the virgin child.

Tazina grinned inside at the boys reactions. She began to gently suck on him as she moved her head up and down along his small length. He groaned and started to thrust into her maw. She decided to see just how long he could last under pressure. She brought up a paw and massaged his balls, rolling them around gently squeezing the small orbs. She dipped a finger on her other paw into her dripping sex, using the lubrication to slip the finger into his tail hole by a knuckle. She squirmed the finger inside him, working the nerves in the anal ring. Aodh moaned and whimpered at the pleasure, but he continued to hold out on her. Damn assholes building his endurance massaging his prostate, She thought. She purred on his little dick, causing yet more new sensations. Finally she felt him start to spasm and buck into her. She sent her thoughts to him his time, screaming, Come for me baby. Come for momma.

Aodh screamed as he thrust himself one last time into her waiting maw. She moaned around him as he sent small spurts of his semen down her throat. She swallowed the small amount, enjoying the taste of the substance. She cleaned him off as he started to collapse. Tazina caught him and layed him down next to her, spooning him and cuddling him from behind. "Did I do alright momma?"

She smiled. "If you can keep going that long while mating, you'll be better than alright baby," she said, kissing the back of his head. "And you'll never have to wear clothes when we're alone. In fact, I'd prefer you didn't so you could show off your cute little body."

He yawned. "Good, I never liked wearing them. Does that mean you wont be either?"

"Of course little one." She replied with a small laugh.

"Good, 'cuz you really are very sexy," he said before drifting off to sleep.