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Disclaimer: I don't own Katt or Tigerishka. They're owned by Capcom and the Leiber estate. Tigerishka's book is called The Wanderer, as can be seen in the cover image above. Nor do I own Kogenta, or Gensokyo of Touhou.

On board the planet-ship The Wanderer_, somewhere in space..._

Tigerishka hated two things, being bored and not having anyone or anything to play with. Well, except for the little one called Miaow. The grey four legged feline was frolicking amongst the vegetation of her cabin room, enjoying zero grav for the umpteenth time. The little feline flipped round and round, looking over at her big sister who stood on two legs. The lithe yellow furred, purple striped female was currently staring into space.

"All crew, prepare for jump, in three, two, one..."

The viewport shifted, multicoloured lights danced around the vessel. There was a feeling of being stretched by the molecule, and then...

A planet, blue and green, an assortment of continents.

"Engineer Tigerishka, report to the core. You've been selected for contact."

The feline alien sighed. No Paul... although he really wasn't worth it. She remembered what she'd told him when they mated...

Your anthropoid genitals would be shredded after a full mounting... I only used you for your seed, like horses and bulls... And from that, she got Miaow. And knowledge of Earth, the human homeworld. However, amongst the things she revealed to the human, two were of utmost concern. Using a planet-ship required vast amounts of energy, so this meant that they were stopping for fuel, and to see if anyone was free enough to join their ranks. The crew of The Wanderer, the adopted name of the ship, were always looking for new experiences. The second was why they were constantly on the run.

The IFP... Surely they wouldn't dare make the jump here, to this unknown backwater of space? But that's what was said about Earth... and they barely made it out alive. The Intergalactic or Interuniversal Fun Police were just that, a band from an advanced sector of space that sought to put down anything that defied the Will of the Cosmos. Of course, the ship and its' crew would have none of it.

*

She approached the core of the planet, following long hallways and twisting passages that to the outside would seem to be a mishmash of environments plucked from a fever dream. Wild, garish colours and irregularities abounded. Each biome was built for a specific species, for both the crew and whoever decided to come along. Felines like Tigerishka and the main crew were very abundant, while there were some canines, avians, and insectoids, they were rare.

As almost as rare as humans. So she thought as she approached the Captain's chair.

"You wanted me, purr?" She was wont to speak like this, given she was feline, and naturally superiour. Or so she thought.

"Ah... Engineer. You've recovered from your dalliance with the human? He was never one to satisfy your needs, hm?" The Captain was a slender, golden pelted male who was either entertained by plowing both male and female crew, or giving out orders such as this. In truth, he was carefree, though if that were a masque against what chased them, she'd never know.

"But of course. He wasn't enough for a full mounting, and I am ready for duty." She give a bouncy nod, her indigo nipples bouncing as she did so. What she lacked in bust size, she made up for in curves. Her nipples were more than enough to produce milk for offspring... if she would have any, according to the med-techs onboard.

"Good." The Captain flicked his ears and tail as he looked back to a holoscreen showing the unknown planet. "There is a ripe source of energy... somewhere here. You will take a shuttle, go down to the planet, and scout. Just like on Earth, yes?" His purr filled the room and Tigerishka with a sense of giddiness.

"As you wish, Captain! For feline freedom!" She did a mock salute and went to prepare. Travelling back down to her cabin, she reengaged gravity, causing Miaow to flop indignantly on the surface of the floor. The housecat gave the alien an annoyed look, before sauntering off to find a worm to eat.

"Now, little sister. I will be off to a new world. Here you go." She went over to the ejection port and dialed up one of the feeding worms for the other cat to eat. She got down on her haunches, her digitigrade stance allowing her to do so, and lowered the worm to the cat's eager jaws. Miaow began to rip and tear at the worm, her tail swishing happily. Satisfied with the smaller feline having something to eat, she left her quarters, headed to one of the hangar bays that held their shuttlecraft.

"Ahhh... sister Tigerishka. At it again, are we?" A lean, black fur with red stripe male sauntered on up, nude. She could see his sheath and sac, and didn't say anything. Nudity was a common thing amongst the ship, as well as orgies, if her nose was telling her anything.

"Well met, brother Rezin. How many mountings?" She gave a feline grin at the male's damp fur and sexual scent.

"At least three... four." He chuckled, shaking with laughter.

"But you, off to another planet? Bring me back some new beings to play with, will you?" The male rubbed his tail against hers as he padded away, his hips moving sensually from side to side in a rhythm that Tigerishka had to resist not following.

She padded over to the hangar bay, where a shuttle was prepared for her. Next to the single seat craft was a light silver jumpsuit and helmet, built for her species. The ship was disc shaped, made of a fine metallic silver that the crew had developed as premier spacefare material, perfect for ships. She donned the flightsuit, zipping the material over her curves as she adjusted the helmet. She tapped a button on the neck, and a display came up to her.

Atmosphere- Normal

Oxygen levels- Normal

Location Data- Hangar Bay, The Wanderer

Systems Check- Normal, Ready for Takeoff

Satisfied with the report, she sent a thought up to the Captain. 'Ready, let me loose!' She giggled mentally, as she strapped in for the flight to the unknown planet.

'All right, good luck, Engineer!" The whirring of the ship's hangar opening was soon overshot by the sound of the engines of the shuttle growling to life.

'Systems check normalized, Freedom protect you.' Tigerishka nodded at the mental command, engaging the shuttle to take off and head to the new planet.

*

Elsewhere, the planet's surface

Topical scans of the new world were found to contain life, and what careened through the night sky surprised the inhabitants of the arena town of Coursair. The sentries on watch, both human and woren, were surprised by what they saw.

A great moon was high in the sky, illuminating all with its' vast, yellow and purple light. All who could were in awe of the sight, as it had, to them, appeared as if out of nowhere. The more beastlike woren, felines mostly, were very intrigued. In the arena itself, standing on one of the stadium's seats, as high as she could get up, was one of the fighters.

She had short, straight red hair styled in a short bob, two tiger ears emerged from the top of her head. She was a fighter, and it showed. Her top consisted of a steel and leather chestpiece, that strained against her modest bust, while her lower half was uncovered. This would strike one as odd, but for the fact that from the waist down, she was a tiger. Bright orange fur covered her hips and very plush rear, down her lean, strong fighter's legs, to the ends of her quasi-human feet that were more paw than anything. Her eyes were a sharp, eager green, and her expression at that moment was very curious.

"Look! It sends a messenger!" All eyes, including the female fighter, were drawn to a silver object that careened and wove through the night. By the light of the mysterious object, it appeared to be round shaped, landing away from the arena.

The crowds murmured and muttered as the fighter made her way to the arena entrance.

"Over there, in the woods... Find it!" A great many warriors were assembled, led by a stern tiger woren male who was more beast than man. He was in a leather waistguard, and that was all he needed.

"Augus, let me go! I could easily find it with my eyes shut, naked!" The assembled turned as one towards her, and the elder warrior sighed.

"Very well, Katt. But be careful. I'll not suffer the arena's up and coming to be devoured by whatever's out there..." She nodded at his response, hefting her signature pawstaff, giving it a spin.

"Not to worry, I'll pummel whatever it is and bring it back as a trophy for the woren!" She laughed as she and several other warriors went out into the deep, dark forest. The object, it had seemed, had touched down near the forest's centre. The path ahead of them was lit by the garish thing in the night sky, it even outshone the moon!

"What do you think it is?" Was only one of the questions that whirled through all of their heads.

Katt took a sniff of the night air. There was something off about a certain scent in particular. It was metal, and sky, and cat, and woman... Very weird. She hefted her staff and continued on down the path, the way given a purple light as the object above spun round and round. Soon, it became apparent that many of the warriors started to turn back, one by the other, until it was just her. Katt now stood alone in the dark, under no man's sky, and before a sight unseen. It was a good thing that the faint of heart had left, for the sight before her was one that would have sent the bravest to their knees in terror.

Before the woren female was a large, disc shaped object, sitting on three metal legs. There was a glass dome atop, she could not see inside. Her senses went about the object, but detected nothing but the strange scents from before. Suddenly, there was a whirring, clanking sound.

From the bottom, an opening appeared, revealing a ramp that fully extended on its' way down. And down that ramp came a figure.

"Whoah..." Katt gaped in awe. The figure was a lean, tall two legged being that was in silver garb that hid everything. A strange, clear helmet that also obscured was on top of its' face. The figure looked down at her, and Katt readied her staff, just in case.

"You face Katt, the great warrior of Coursair!" She brought the double headed staff to bear, hoping for an attack. Outside, she was calm, but on the inside... Fear.

*

Tigerishka knew there was life on this planet, but this... Was this a mockery?

Before her stood a female, if the top was any indication. From the chest up, she looked like a human. The only things that were offputting were her ears, and her lower half. Her legs, rear, and feet were like an Earth tiger. If the information she gleaned from that moonless world was correct.

"Don't move!" She took out her stun pistol, primed it, and aimed. "Drop the staff, I won't harm you." She noted the staff had two heads, shaped like paws with their claws unsheathed. She'd have to be careful. She beamed _calm, no harm_into the lifeform's head, hoping it'd work. If her telepathy even got through... she hoped.

Shaking her head, she looked at her monitor.

Atmosphere: 25% Higher Oxygen Content

Location: Unknown Planet, Arboreal Environ

Systems Check: Under Threat from Indigenous life, Recommend Subduing Immediately

She disengaged the monitor and pressed a tab on the side of the neck that released the helmet from her head. Slowly, the helmet depressurized, hissing softly. Tigerishka now stood bare headed and levelled her pistol at this Katt.

*

Katt got her staff ready, then relented as she felt something in her head.

Calm, be calm, no harm, no harm here... Where was that coming from?

The hiss of something made her look up from her inward gaze to see the figure press something on the side of the glass bubble that was its' head. There was a click, then they reached up to reveal...

Whoa... what?! When the silver being undid its helmet, Katt saw the unthinkable.

A feline face stared back at her, yellow and purple stripes, although she could have sworn it looked green at some angles.

"I am Tigerishka! Terrible tiger toes dancer! Lay down your weapon at once!" Tigerishka, as she now knew the figure, kept the weapon pointed at her. It was a silver, solid looking thing with what seemed to be a trigger, like a small crossbow. Katt readied her staff.

"You wanna fight? Fine, let's fight!" Katt rushed in, her staff braced to attack. She crouched low on her heels, going in for a sweep of the leg...

Chuum! A burst of light, then she found that she couldn't move. She willed her body to move, but nothing happened!

"Shame it had to be this way..." Katt looked up at Tigerishka, defiant. The female tapped something on her arm, and a beam of light, green, shot out and wavered its way up and down her body.

"Scan complete." The voice came out of nowhere, leaving Katt rattled. If only she could move, then she could fight. Slowly, Katt felt pins and needles give way to twitches. Her staff lay at her feet, her claws unsheathed.

"Very interesting readings..." She looked up, lost in thought. A grave mistake. Katt felt her twitches turn to movements, then she rushed for her staff, picking it up and sweeping Tigerishka off her feet.

"Hah! I got you. Now, you're coming with me..." Katt moved to pick up the silver clad cat, when her head throbbed.

_Submit, submit, submit, lay down your weapon, lay it down..._Her hands shook as she tried to resist.

She felt her hands lower to the ground, holding her staff. She twitched, then fumbled. Katt grit her teeth as she willed her body to move. She saw her arms shaking with tension, her muscles trying to resist the mental command of Tigerishka. She heard her staff clink onto the ground, but then Katt focused. She stood up, and struggled to sweep the other female off her feet. She felt the other trip up, not expecting it to work.

*

Tigerishka was quite shocked when she saw the other, Katt, stand and deliver a blow to her legs. The move caught her by surprise, and down she went. Fwump! She fell on her back, as Katt stood over her, panting hard, sweat dampening her fur.

"Now, you are coming with me." Katt held her staff in one hand, while reaching for Tigerishka with the other. She saw the other female reach for something, then Katt fell to the ground, limp but alive.

"Stupid stun beam..." Murmured the alien as she hauled up her cargo into the storage compartment. It wouldn't be pretty, but she had to get back to scouting. She engaged a security latch, the passcode based on her own genetic makeup, and put Katt inside. The chamber was bigger than it looked, and there was a hatch that the pilot could open from the cockpit, this is what she did to Paul.

"Now who caught who?" She smirked as she went on her merry way, bringing her helmet with her, putting it back on to activate the sensors.

System Protocol: Scan_For_Energy Type III

Scanning Immediate Area: 76% Percent complete

Scanning Complete

Result: High Densities of En. Type III approx. 59 Km. NW

Surrounding environment stable for pickup

Call in Trans Shuttle?

'Yes. I have definite readings on a possible energy source. I also have captured an indigenous lifeform, will upload data when I get back.' She beamed back with her mind. Tigerishka continued along, in a north westerly direction. The path before her was no path at all, wild flora everywhere. She made a mental note that this was similar to Earth, but with obviously different lifeforms.

No monkeys here... She suppressed a giggle. If Katt was anything to go by... then even if they were humans here, she'd hope that they wouldn't mind the loss of another moon. A series of pings, mentally set to find the source of energy, began to speed up. She was getting close. The alien explorer broke through a thick series of brush to emerge at a rock wall. Natural stone, but what drew her attention was the orange, glowing mineral ore scattered about. This was definitely the energy source she was looking for.

Now, let's see here... She went over to a particularly rich formation, and began to scan it.

*

"Hey! Lemme out of here! Heyyyy!"

Bang, bang, bang!

Nothing, there was nothing from the outside. She had woken up as a prisoner to Tigerishka...

Katt fumed. Stupid light magic weapon! When she'd get out of here... She reached around, trying to find a door, but nothing. The only light came in from a blinking red and green set, and then...

Grrrrrump Whirrr! There was a rumbling that made Katt roll head over heels, so that her bottom was on the ceiling, and she felt... movement. The thing was moving. Moving where?

*

Good thing she still had the tracker on the ship. The transport shuttle would be on her way, and there was a clear patch where she was for her own shuttle. Hopefully, Katt hadn't woken... yet.

Tigerishka paced in front of the tagged ore deposit, waiting. Her tail, in her suit, thrashed with impatience.

The shuttle that would take her back to orbit soon thrummed into view, and landed neatly a couple of metres away. She stepped up to the ramp as it extended, the transport craft dropping in from orbit, a box ship with claws on the bottom of it. She heard the rumbling and crunching as the transport began to pick up the resources.

Another day in paradise... She though sardonically as she entered her craft. There was a sense of movement, and banging from the cargo hold.

"Looks like she woke up. Ah well..." She got into the pilot's seat, put her helmet back on, and began the take off sequence.

"Can you hear me down there? You are going to my world now, little Katt."

"You mean that moon?! If you let me out of here..." Suddenly, there was a _fwoosh_and the hatch opened, revealing a cute taut, striped bottom and two cute paws. It seemed as if Katt had flipped end over end. Tigerishka shook with suppressed laughter.

"You can stand now. Get up and see." She heard Katt stand up, and heard her gasp in awe.

The alien looked forward. "There is my world."

*

"There is my world." And what a sight it was, to Katt. A great moon, yellow and purple swirling on its surface, a great many lights. From where she was standing, she could see outside. A great blackness, sprinkled with stars, and to her right, her world, spinning.

_Where are the gods? Aren't they supposed to be here?_The gods were said to live in the heavens, watching over human and woren, protecting them against demons. She shook her head as she continued to look on in awe, seeing the great moon get closer and closer. The thing she was in flew over to one of the blinking lights, revealing a large, metallic door that opened to reveal what could be described as a dock. She could see other beings, some beyond description, moving to and fro.

The vessel soon landed, with a silent thump. There was more whirring, then the hatch below started to open, letting Tigerishka saunter on out. Next to them, Katt saw the box shaped thing land beside them, and open up to reveal strange, glowing orange ores that she'd never seen before. This ore was quickly recovered by strange metal things, with two sets of three pronged claws. They whistled and whirred as they carried the ores away.

"Ah... Tigerishka. You never fail to please." Katt let out a suppressed gasp at the sight before her. Unlike Tigerishka, this one was black furred with red stripes. He was a male, naked. The woren blushed hard as she saw his sheath and testes, hanging freely between his lithe thighs.

"Does the alien see what she likes? Maybe later, we three can all get... acquainted." He chuckled, male laughter. His sac shook when he did this, much to Katt's embarrassment. Her legs crossed, her fur suddenly feeling that much hotter.

"Ummm... so you beat me, Tigerishka? How? I'm one of the best arena fighters around." She slumped her shoulders.

Tigerishka beamed. "A stun beam. It allows me to handle threats without killing them."

Katt headtilted, feeling very confused. "And then I heard these... feelings in my own head. Was that you too?"

This was answered with only a coy grin, revealing feline fangs to the woren girl. "Follow me." She had taken off the silver suit, revealing curves that would make goddesses weep. Her chest was marked with two indigo nipples, an odd thing to be sure. Katt's rested on two decently plump breasts, underneath her top. Now the woren saw that she had stripes like her lower half, but the colours matched that of the moon that they were now on. Yellow with violet, with delicate looking paws on her hands and feet. Her stance, too, indicated that she was not from Katt's world. Her stance was that of a beast, her legs bent at the knee, the toes of her paws providing her only balance. Then there was her tail, swishing about pleasantly as she rubbed it against the male's.

"Rezin, this is one of the inhabitants of the new world we found. Katt." She purred and gave a mock bow, the grin on her muzzle getting bigger.

She also had Katt's staff, taking it from her when they took off. She gave it a twirl, while Katt blushed profusely.

The two followed each other down a strange landscape. Metal clanked underneath their paws, and as she took a look around, everything seemed to be... out of sense. Wild, garish environs met her eyes, acts of raw carnality that made her shiver, furry bodies writhing in pleasure. Still more were dancing erotically, males pumping their hips slow, then fast. Sheaths hung heavy, some starting to open from the thrusts, slips of pointed pink visible, while taut, heavy orbs rocked in sync, heavy with promised seed. There was strange, pulsing music, and what they stood on lit in response to their motion, all kinds of colours. Katt continued to follow Tigerishka, but then stopped, amazed and blushing hard. The woren just stood there, her tail thrashing as her mind struggled to deal with such raw masculinity. Her legs crossed again, and her hands went up to her face to try and hide the massive blush as her chest heaved.

Tigerishka looked back over a sensual shoulder and saw her guest spellbound.

"Come, you can play with them later... if you want." She tapped the staff against the floor with a clank, and bid Katt to follow.

*

Katt was awestruck by the sensual males, and the sheer carnality of the place. The moans, gasps, and yowls of lust filled her ears and made her blood burn hot. With every step, she followed Tigerishka.

What was this world? Pure pleasure and indulgence was all the fighter saw, her claws digging into the floor as she stepped away from the arousing and confusing sights. Much of what she saw was wild and strange. Garish fur colours and wild abandon, and the lack of clothes were the norm on this strange world that flew above the gods. She followed the yellow and purple striped feline down several hallways, strange lights pulsing throughout.

"I will take you to my quarters, little Katt." Katt glared and stamped her feet, making her claws scrape the metal. She should have sheathed them, and now they hurt. A little.

"Fine." She huffed, still not happy about being defeated by a stun beam. She followed her host to yet another door, which had the yellow feline knelt to bring her head to a blinking light. There was a woosh sound as the door opened, and Tigerishka's hips wiggled as she stepped into the room, bidding Katt to follow.

Katt was amazed at what she saw. It was simply... exotic. There was a vast amount of strange and colourful plants abound, a warm temperature, and a sort of desk, metal, clean. It was the only metal object in an otherwise forest looking room. She felt something rub up against her leg, and looked down to see a four legged cat, small and grey, eyes curious as it looked at the stranger in its midst.

"That is Miaow, a gift from the last world we were at. Took out its moon in order to keep moving..." The last part Katt barely heard, her ears twitching.

"And why are you here? Do you mean to invade or capture our world?" She got tense again, wary.

Tigerishka went over to a wall and tapped a space with a delicate paw. Two stools appeared from inside the wall, plain metal.

"Sit, and I will tell you."

*

Tigerishka sighed, remembering.

"It was about... a while ago. Time has no meaning here. We had been running low on fuel, and we needed to stop."

"Wait, fuel?" Katt headtilted, confused.

Tigerishka nodded, letting out a breath.

"Yes, this world is actually a giant ship, capable of acting as a planet. It has its own gravitational field, magnetics, poles, and a core. The core is what powers the ship, and allows us to jump to wherever we wish to go. I am an engineer on this ship, a proud, if but boring duty. I'm getting ahead of myself. Where was I?"

"You were saying... uh, you had to get more fuel?" Katt put her hands on her bare furred lap, tail swishing as she noted Miaow looking at it suspiciously.

"Yes, there. We had just made the jump to these unknown coordinates-"

"What's a 'jump'?" Katt interrupted, causing the alien to sigh. "You want me tell you? Then listen, little Katt." Katt hmmphed and crossed her arms under her chestplate.

"Good, now, as I was saying, we had made the jump, and were low on fuel. Our readings picked up a object that would be ripe with fuel, and we had scans show that there was a planet attached to this object, which was a moon. This moon contained the energy we needed, so we broke it open. We managed to get the fuel, but we overlooked one thing: the planet below was inhabited. My Captain sent me down to see if the natives were worth the effort to save."

"And, were they?" Katt's eyes grew big, adorably so.

"They were... to a point. Sentient monkeys. They were not as great as we felines." Said with a note of pride, and Miaow looked up at her foster mother, meowing. "Humans."

"Like in Coursair... humans are there too." Katt looked out the window at the planet below, her home. Tigerishka nodded.

"They were pigheaded and stupid, I even took one up here. Paul."

"A human?"

She nodded. "We talked, and talked, and then, in a moment of weakness, I mounted him. Actually, pawed him off." She mused. "His member wasn't much to look at, solid flesh, same with his balls. They were not as big or as productive as males of our species." She giggled, again. "But he twitched cutely when he thought he was inside me."

Katt's eyes widened in surprise at how frank the alien was, but from what she had seen, it was expected.

"He wasn't much between his legs, nothing exciting. Didn't even give too much. Two millilitres worth of seed." Tigerishka sighed. "Males of our species go on for hours, and fill you up." She giggled and rubbed a paw on Katt's exposed tummy. "And give females both pleasure and young." She sat back, leaving Katt to wonder what that was like. A nice, plump, big belly, feeling new life inside her that was hers. No, what was she thinking? She was a fighter, not a mother. She'd never thought about settling down and breeding, although she was sure her people would want more fighters...

"What is it?" Tigerishka looked intently into her eyes. "I can hear your thoughts, you know." That got Katt's attention, and she jolted back to reality.

"I'm sorry, my mind was... somewhere else. Continue. So, you pawed him off, and what then?"

The alien nodded.

"He tried to seduce me, saying that the monkeys, the humans, could be as great as us. 'Superbeings make mistakes', he told me. But we, our world, our people, have moved beyond such petty things. But there are those who would try to stop us, to make us heel. They have chased us across the cosmos for.... I don't know how long."

"Who?" Katt asked, her eyes slightly widening.

"My people are fleeing a faction of the universe known as the IFP, Intergalactic Fun Police. They come from the centre of the cosmos, quelling any threat to their drudge of a routine. All they do is compile, and despise change..." She sighed. "But we, and our ship, escaped, picking up new crew, new experiences and finding uncharted planets like yours, and Earth."

Katt nodded. "Oh, so why do you not fight them?"

Tigerishka smiled grimly. "We are but one world, one ship. I've heard there's others, but we've had no word from them. The IFP has thousands of ships, and great weapons. We have the element of randomness, and we blind jump every time we can."

Katt nodded as if she understood, then Tigeriska got up and stretched, her yellow striped bottom proudly thrust out in the woren's direction.

"Wha-?!" Tigerishka giggled at Katt's reaction. "Everything is permitted here. Everything, little Katt. Now, come, I must report my findings to the Captain, and then we can go play, purr?" With a swish of her yellow and purple striped tail, the alien led the bottomless woren through the strange and arousing halls and turns of the vessel.

*

After a harrowing and blush inducing journey, Katt and her host arrived at the core of the planet. There was only a single chair, a sort of throne. What made her gasp, blush, and cross her furry legs was the sight on said chair.

"Merowl! Harder!" There, on the chair, was a female, blue furred, bouncing up and down on a golden furred male, if the hefty and drawing up sac was any indication. He purred and held her hips, giving her bottom rough squeezes and fondles as she took his prize. Katt watched in great awe as the male rolled his hips back and forth, back and forth, until...

Splurt! "Yowllll!" A gush of clear fluid and hot sticky juices came out of the pair, and the male bit the fem's neck, making her eyes roll back as she yowled again, shaking in penultimate pleasure.

The fem panted hard, her tongue hanging out adorably as she caught her breath and came down from her high. Katt looked on, legs crossed and shaking.

"That is our Captain. Captain, I have the lifeform and obtained local ore with a high energy reading."

The Captain nodded and grinned at Katt. "You want some?" The fem had gotten off and was licking him clean, and Tigerishka purred as she went down on those dainty little paws to lick the other clean. The woren froze.

"Uh... Ah... Errrr..." She couldn't speak, her legs crossed as she felt warmth at the apex.

"I see you're enjoying the show. Would you like to be next?" The Captain chuckled at how the alien in front of him was all embarrassed. Sex was such a very common occurrence on the ship, The Wanderer prized it. Pleasure and breeding went paw in paw...

"I... uh... am more of a fighter than a... Haha." She scratched the back of her head nervously, listening to the lewd sounds of the two females being cleaned, trying not to stare at Tigerishka's rump as it danced back and forth, and the Captain's hefty orbs. She stood there, frozen, but hot at the same time.

"Mmm... Captain. Rezin wants her first, mmm..." Tigerishka purred as she cleaned her captain's orbs, licking away the fluids from the other fem's riding. She let them go and admired their heft.

Katt wiggled in place, her breath coming in hot little pants. Her bust felt very tight all of a sudden... Tigerishka got up, saluting to her Captain and the blue female before taking Katt's arm.

"Let's not keep him waiting." The alien giggled as she took the woren off.

*

And down the halls Tigerishka led Katt. Down the long, lit hallways. Katt was promptly distracted by more naked males, and an orgy. It took all of Tigerishka's willpower to not urge the woren to join in on the fun. She had to wonder if she kept her femininity hidden, perhaps that's why she wore no bottoms.

'Although she does have a NICE bottom, heh.' Ah, Rezin had picked up their thoughts. She knew they were close now. Sure enough, a few more turns and...

There he was, standing in his full male glory. She giggled mentally as Katt promptly went deep red and crossed her furry legs. She noted the other parts of what she was wearing, besides the steel and leather chest top, she wore a series of gauntlets, purple, and a sort of boot, open toed, also purple. Rezin grinned as he looked Katt up and down.

"And how was the Captain, alien?"

"He was... well..." She blushed, ashamed at such behaviour. "He was, well, occupied. I watched him be cleaned, and I..." And crossed went her furry legs, and she wiggled.

"Yesss?" He grinned, typical male grin, and led them into his room.

Katt squirmed, much to Tigerishka's mirth. She knew that the... openness of her world was a bit offputting to newcomers. She followed Rezin to his quarters with Katt, purring.

*

The two found themselves in a darkly lit room, the same size as Tigerishka's, even had the same window. The vegetation was more sparse here, and a massive bed floated in midair.

"Our Captain's quarters make this nothing." The dark furred male grinned, climbing up onto the bed.

"Come, join me." Tigerishka bounded onto it, then looked over at Katt. "Coming?"

The alien wiggled before nodding and walking up to the bed, climbing on after Tigerishka. The window here looked out into the stars, it looked like it was moving. Tigerishka beamed as she began to pet Rezin, purring as her paws wandered his body.

"It's been so long... Mmmm... I'm hungry." She giggled as she fondled what lay between his legs, cupping his sac in both paws. Katt promptly turned away, she saw, crossing her legs and squirming.

"Should I do anything?" The male purred as his sheath began to get heavy and twitch.

"No, let her come into her own. We don't force here, remember?" She chided him with a bop on the nose, licking his face.

"Mmmm... but she looks so sweet, her bottom so taut. Bet she's nice and tight on the inside."

Rezin kept his eyes on the prize, Katt's wiggling tigerbottom. He felt himself unsheathe from both Tigerishka's paws and thoughts of making the little alien squirm on his flesh as he tamed her depths. No fair that Tigerishka had the human from before... even though he wasn't much to talk about, so she said to him.

Tigerishka purred as she fondled her crewmember's sheath and bits. Mmm... it had been a long while, her duties taking her away from pleasure to keep their world going. But now.. she'd enjoy it while it lasted.

With a giggle, and much to Katt's shuddering, she got on top of Rezin and started to grind her plush rear against his sheath, teasing him against her hidden femininity. It took a little to get Tigerishka's mating drive to full rev; a simple human was not enough to get her interested. Purring into a rumble, she made her movements slow and sure, if Katt were to turn around, she'd pass out from the view of her beautiful rump going back and forth, back and forth.

She purred even louder as Rezin grabbed her hips to make her bounce harder, his oozing pointed tip battering against her now visible folds. They were a light violet, for now. She cooed as he thrust once, twice, then sank in. His pointed, tapered spear was built for their species, and if Katt was any indication, Tigerishka thought she'd enjoy it. She felt her fire burn hotter as she began to ride Rezin in earnest, making the male moan loud, seeing Katt shiver and shake. She had her back turned to the proceedings, her legs crossed.

She purred, relishing when Rezin's barbs came into play, flaring out to catch on her slick, smooth inner walls. It had been a long time since she had them inside her, just as Rezin growled out, "Hng... Tight fit." She really wanted Katt to turn around and look, noticing the alien was sitting with her arms in her lap. She ground and bounced on the male some more.

"Katt, look at us."

The younger fem quivered, and turned around. She was blushing, hard, as Tigerishka could see. Her thoughts were a mishmash of lust, want, and caution. She could see her nipples stiff from the atmosphere alone, but what intrigued her was that she kept her lap covered.

"What do you have there, little Katt? It's all right..." The alien looked flustered.

"T-this is not polite..." She mewed, looking cute.

"Everything's allowed here, relax." Another concerted wiggle, then slowly, Katt removed her arms from her lap.

What she saw... A adorable little slot, just mature, pink, in contrast to her white underfur. Katt put her arms at her sides and looked away.

"Hmph..."

Rezin grit his teeth as Tigerishka felt him pound her harder, making her gasp and shudder. "Mmm... That looks delicious." He chuckled again, male laughter, before biting down on Tigerishka's neck, making the stars in front of her glow white hot. Her walls promptly clamped down, as his barbs mercilessly tamed her inner circle. She felt his heat, his orbs pulsing as they surrendered their gift, and her womb drank deep.

"Mmmmmmm...." Tigerishka purred in bliss, feeling Rezin's aftershocks. "This is good..." Katt squirmed, blushing heavily.

"You can join us, if you want, little Katt. Take those off, you won't need them for a while. Let us explore you. Let me." Tigerishka dismounted, leaving Rezin's spear twitching and dripping. She reached down with her soft paws and began to undo the straps that held Katt's boots on. She noted that Katt's claws were out, despite her plantigrade stance.

She looked up to see Katt taking off her gauntlets, revealing human looking arms. Then she gave a look to them both, and took off her top, now naked before them. When the chestplate was removed, Katt's breasts came into view. To Tigerishka, they were bigger than her own, with pink, perky nipples that stood out firm and proud, much like her own indigo ones were. Her chest was heaving, and she got on all fours to crawl towards the two. Rezin, Tigerishka looked back to see, was getting unsheathed again.

"Second mounting... or should you introduce her, Tigerishka? Mmmm... Or you can both have me." The male grinned, thinking with the ballsack tween his legs, the sheath revealing his potent spear once more.

"I am Katt, a woren..." Tigerishka heard Katt purr, her green eyes dark and heavy. "You woke something inside me... I want that." She pointed at Rezin's weeping shaft, still slick with the purple striped kitty's juices.

"Well, well, Katt the woren. You've come to the right place. Tigerishka, if you please..." The male grinned as he saw Tigerishka get behind the woren, her pert bottom and pink nethers in her face.

"With pleasure." The next things Tigerishka felt were the warmth of Katt's fur, followed by her shudder as the alien brought her muzzle along the other's nether regions, teasing the delicate nub that lay there.

*

Katt blushed hard at what she was doing, naked, with her hostess nosing down there. She suppressed a meep as a rough feline tongue experimentally went against her gates. Her eyes were focused on that spear in front of her. Male woren boasted the same equipment, or so she had heard. However, most male woren thought she was weak, and the question of mating hadn't been brought up, despite her being of age to mate. She stared at it, reaching a hand out tentatively. Katt was both repulsed and attracted, here was something that she didn't know, was told that amongst the humans and polite society it was not to be put on display. But here it was, and she was very curious. She was cat, after all.

Continuing to reach out, she finally grasped it. The flesh was smooth, hot, but there was a texture to it. That, and the barbs on the pointed, tapered head gave it away.

"Mmmmm... This is what I want. Mating... I want it." Katt couldn't believe herself, but she was actually doing this. Something not polite, but felt natural all the same. As natural as being on a moon that was above the world, that was. She purred as she began to stroke it, her soft hand moving up and down, learning the texture, the feel of the organ before her. She purred, her cute rump wiggling as she felt Tigerishka nose her tender regions. Then the first lick hit, and Katt felt her toes curl, claws sheathed, in response. Katt dared to lick her tongue across the unfamiliar shaft, revelling in her new state of mind. The woren mmm'phed as she felt Tigerishka begin to explore her in earnest, her cunning tongue and paws doing what they willed under her tail and between her legs. All the while, Katt marvelled at the staff that was now the object of affection. She felt the barbs on her tongue and fangs, the skin of her upper half now leaning on his soft, so very soft and warm fur.

The woren purred, shuddering as Tigerishka went to work on her folds. She panted, her mouth around the shaft as she tried to think of what to do. Humans did this more than woren... She brought her head up, then down slowly, tasting all of him. She must have done something right, as his black paw held her head in place while she felt his hips begin to thrust.

"Now, now, Rezin, she's ready." Tigerishka's voice was muffled by Katt's warm sex and healthy rump, which the alien was giving lots of squeezes to. Katt gasped as she felt that rough tongue lick one spot in particular, her body shuddering and tail going straight up. She panted, getting up off of the spear, looking up and nodding at this Rezin. The black and red striped male chuckled.

"Come, woren, ride me." Tigerishka got out from under Katt, giving her rump a good grope before letting her get up. Katt crawled on top of Rezin, wiggling as she began to lower herself down on Rezin's spear. She got into a crouch, her rump and nethers lining up with the male's bits, and slowly she lowered herself. She gave a moan as she felt the male's paws go to her modest breasts and fondle them.

"That's it." He purred into her ear. "A little more..." Wiggle, wiggle, lower... Katt could feel the heat radiating off his fur, his maleness as it teased her lower lips.

"She's ready for you, nice and slick, and she's a virgin." How did she...? Tigerishka giggled as Katt took the plunge, rubbing her tender nether lips against the alien but familiar shaft, instinctively. She felt the tip catch, slick and wet, then it went in.

She muffled a meep as she felt Rezin part her gates, slowly but surely. His tapered shaft thickened at the base, providing ample girth. Katt let out a whimper as she felt him rub up against her inner bulwark, the thin membrane all that stood between him and her awakening.

"This will hurt." Simple, matter of fact, then he pushed. Katt moaned, then let out a primal aonh, the cry of the tiger. Her furry legs wrapped around the male's, and her virgin blood dripped down his black fur. There was pain, a brief spark, but that was soon overridden as the male began to pound her. Her cry soon turned to one of pleasure as she felt those barbs flare out wickedly against her walls, still not used to the length of a male inside her.

"There we go... now you will receive me, little Katt." Rezin held her hips now, making her bounce on top of him as his paws kneaded her firm cheeks and strong tail. Katt could not believe she was doing this! Her body reacted like that of a wanton, her tunnel now being spread out by the alien's invading pleasure shaft, that feline spear that stirred such strong instinctive feelings within her. She felt Rezin's strength, holding her in place while he thrust up inside her, making her bounce on top.

She could hear Rezin purring as he pounded her tunnel, fondled her breasts, and was now licking her neck, his fangs teasing the skin.

"Mmm... so lovely, so tight. Tigerishka, you sure she is not human?"

The yellow furred alien nodded. "Yes, Rezin. She is unique, a 'woren'. Speaking of which, I've a mind to send a team down to collect data on the woren..." She busied herself by playing with both herself and giving Katt's bottom a good fondling, squeezing her adorable cheeks as she was plowed. Katt squirmed and gasped as she felt those wicked, wicked barbs scrape her tender walls, making them clench all the harder on the throbbing spear. Tigerishka purred as she saw those rear muscles flex and give, and the amount of cream the woren was making. Katt could feel her body milking Rezin for every last drop of juice he had, her own soaking the male's fur. She started to lick him back in kind, her top half's skin rubbing against that fur.

Katt began to squirm even more as she felt the male panting against her neck, his hips speeding up so that she could feel him batter on her inner sanctum with that delicious, exotic spear. She could feel something get closer, and closer, until...

"Meep!"

Katt wiggled and squirmed harder, grinding on him as her walls clamped down hard, her juices squirting everywhere as she experienced her first natural orgasm. She moaned, loudly, as she saw Rezin grit his fangs and bite into her neck, then she felt it. His barbs flared out once, twice, and finally caught inside her, as she felt a hot flow inside her. His spear was pulsing hard, and she felt every hot spurt splashing in her tunnel and her womb. She soon felt him stop, his barbs still out inside her.

"Mmmm... good ride, you were nice and tight." He nuzzled into her neck, mindful of where he had bit her. He licked the wound, while Katt shivered in the afterglow. Being bit like that... it was a mark. Only mates did that, so Katt was taught. But still... it felt good, his barbs clearing the way for his hot seed as it filled her up, the male leaning on her, purring as he continued to lick her.

"Enjoy yourself?" Tigerishka got in front of them, purring as she wiggled her tail pleasantly. Katt looked over to her.

"It was... I can't describe it. But it feels good. Thanks, Tigerishka."

"For?"

"Taking me up here. It's... right, somehow."

The woren purred and nuzzled her new mate, who chuckled softly as he pulled out, leaving quite a mess. She squirmed once again, feeling empty and sticky.

"Oh?" Her host purred as she bid Katt to lie back on the soft bed. Rezin stayed by her side, purring loudly.

"Yeah... But I still wanna fight." Katt gasped as she felt Tigerishka get in there and clean her out, purring with her rough tongue licking away at the woren's most sensitive places.

"Mmm?" Rezin purred as he began to lick her shoulders and chest, his paw rubbing her belly.

"I mean, I'm a fighter first and foremost. This rush... it's just like after a battle." Katt giggled and wiggled as Tigerishka nibbled on her little bead, then finished with a gasp.

"There, all clean. You taste...exotic." The purple striped feline purred out as she used a dainty forepaw to clean herself of various hot and wet fluids that got into her fur. For now, Katt looked out to the stars, seeing how small they were against the blackness outside.

"Where are the gods?" She finally said this out loud, her body warm and content by Rezin's ploughing.

"The gods? We have no faith here, but if it were to reassure you... This is still physical reality. I'm sure they're watching over you, little Katt." Tigerishka took one of her ears and began to nibble and lick it. Rezin watched on, his body laying back lazily, spear returned to its sheath.

The male mmmed in content.

"I'll leave you two be, I must go check in with the Captain." Tigerishka then sauntered off, teasing Katt with her swaying tail.

*

Tigerishka sauntered on down the hallways of the planet, noticing the dancefloor was still active. She'd have taken a minute or two to stay and watch, but she had to follow up. Soon enough, the alien feline was in her Captain's room. He was sitting in his command chair, alone this time.

"Enjoy yourself?" He purred, grinning. Tigerishka purred in kind

"Of course, very much so. She is far superiour to humans."

This made him laugh. "I see, Engineer. But, on to more serious matters. The ore you picked up... it works, but there's a slight problem. It seems that when it is burned, magnetic fields are distorted in a close radius. The remains of this fuel are harder than diamond, and are very useful."

Tigerishka bowed. "I aim to please. Anything else?"

His expression shifted. "They have found us."

"The IFP?"

"Yes, but with the ore fuel, we should be able to jump into a instability, then out again, random coordinates. I fear we may never find this planet again... They will sweep it aside. They left Earth alone, but what of Coursair?" Due to the data that Tigerishka had sent, that is what they called Katt's planet. He looked over at the holoscreen of the planet.

"Go, get more data, and Tigerishka."

"Yes?" "Protect Katt, it would not do to have her see the wrath of the IFP."

"Yes, sir!"

She left him in silence.

*

Katt writhed on the bed, _aonh_ing as Rezin had his head between her legs, eating her out, as he called it. She was liking, no loving it! Her furry legs wrapped around his shoulders, her toes all a curl as the sounds of his licking and purring filled the room.

"Ahn..." The woren squirmed as the alien cat nipped and licked the little nub above her slot, then...

"Ah!" He got a face and muzzle full of her eager juices, and then he got up from between her legs, grinning as he licked around his muzzle.

"Delicious..." Rezin purred. In between his legs, he had unsheathed. Katt licked her lips, seeing his spear out and proud, once again. She beckoned him.

"Come, plow me..." She giggled cutely as her tail thrashed in impatience. She wanted that again, the feel of his barbs as they took her passage, and the heat of his seed again and again. She didn't care that she wasn't in heat, this was desire, and Katt shook with it. She purred with expectation as she saw Rezin lean down, getting into position.

"With purrrrr... pleasure." With that, he rubbed his unsheathed spear against her entrance, nibbling where he had bitten her not a few moments before. He took a breath, waited, then buried himself to the hilt inside her. Katt gasped and writhed into his furred chest, moaning as she felt that hot spear length go deep inside her, the tip bumping against the entrance to her womb. She purred and squirmed, bucking into his thrusts.

"Yessss.. More, more!" The fighter wanted to prove her endurance. She would outlast him, as she writhed under his pounding male power. Katt kept her legs wrapped tight around him, feeling the muscles in his back and rear flex and pump as he gave it to her in hard, merciless thrusts. She purred as she felt that nibbling on her neck, hearing his pleasant growls, then:

"Aonh!" And up arched her back as she came, again! She felt her walls squeeze down on that length buried inside her, and then she felt the bite. She screamed out her pleasure, the stars in the window flaring up as she felt his barbs flare out inside her. Rezin's fangs made their mark again as she took his seed, the male hilting to make sure she got all of it. He lay on top, panting and nuzzling her as he let his orbs drain inside her, the barbs tickling her insides.

"When is your heat? Your cycle?"

"Mmm... wha?" Rezin chuckled at how out of it she was. Two, or was that three barb and fang induced climaxes took a lot out of a fem... like that one time he had Tigerishka and this silver furred fem, he had them mrowling for who knew how long...

"S-soon... mmmph." He purred as he felt the woren wiggle in his grasp.

"Then I will give you young, or the male of your choice will. That's the way things work on our world."

"And we do this, all the time?"

He nuzzled her neck and kissed her.

"Yes, little Katt."

"This is better than fighting, but I still wanna fight... mmm." The woren promptly dissolved into a purring, afterglowing mess, liquidly melting into his fur, feeling his warmth, his heartbeat.

Rezin purred as he held her close, nuzzling into her neck where he marked her. It was a curious thing...

"You will, Katt, you will."

*

Meanwhile, Tigerishka had taken another shuttle down to Coursair, where she was promptly surrounded by humans and woren.

"It's the messenger! What news you have from the gods? Where is Katt, our brightest star?"

Questions such as this bombarded her, and she hadn't even take off her helmet yet. She did so, and all the assembled did was stare. The woren especially, the tigers looking her up and down as she looked at them with her own eyes.

"I... I... Katt is safe, that is all I can say." She felt torn. Normally, she would've lied about it, but then there was Katt to think about. Keep her safe, that was her goal. The woren soon gathered round the alien, and one strapping male soon stepped forward.

"Who are you? You stand before Augur, brother to Augus!" Tigerishka had to resist pouncing such a fine male of the woren. He was leanly muscled, but there was a two handed bladed weapon on his back. His body showed light scarring, on his chest especially.

"I am Tigerishka, messenger of The Wanderer. You will heed me." She beamed the command through the crowd of woren, and she knew it worked by how they quieted and stood at attention.

"Good, now. Katt is safe, but I must tell you. We are being followed. A great force approaches from the depths of space, seeking to snuff us out, like a candle in the wind. Your world may or may not survive, but I will try to assist you. Your gods may protect you, they may not." She shrugged her furry shoulders.

"I must ask of you woren, who among you is worthy of carrying their seed aboard the stars? Who among you is worthy of bearing the young of the woren?" At which point they started to talk amongst themselves, arguing.

"Silence!" A great, tall woren tiger male stepped forward. He was only in the most basic of clothing, a loin wrap. He bore a massive greataxe, and his body showed a lifetime of war. Ruggedly handsome, Tigerishka thought, very much so.

"So, you say we have this... 'force' who follows you. Why do you not stand and fight?" At which many of the woren raised their weapons.

"Yeah hah!"

Tigerishka shook her head.

"They are relentless. They will take and destroy this world for simply harbouring us. We lack the numbers and weapons to fight them off. The last time, we barely escaped alive."

"Hah, then you are weak!" He grinned, and Tigerishka could have sworn she saw his eyes turn red for the briefest of milliseconds. She didn't think much of it, thinking it was a trick of the moonlight.

"We are not weak. What follows us is the stuff of the gods' nightmares. Not even they would dare challenge what follows us."

A cloaked figure, another woren, she saw, came up next.

"Then whatever evil it is will be driven away by prayer. Come! Assemble the shamans, if this foreigner's word is truth, then we must go pray!"

Several of them turned and followed the cloaked woren. The others stayed and stared at Tigerishka.

"Then who are you?"

She looked fiercely at them.

"I am Tigerishka, the messenger of The Wanderer!"

The crowd of woren oooh'd and awed.

"And I am Augus, master of the arena! And I say... you must fight me!"

Tigerishka hmmph'ed. What insolence! Were all woren this battle blinded? She really didn't want to fight him, but she feared what she saw within his eyes. She'd never seen anything like it.

"Very well." She tore off her suit to stand fur clad before him. She braced her paws on the ground and brought her forepaws up menacingly.

"Ahahahaha! You will beg for my mercy, strange furred wench!" He flexed his huge muscles as he unsheathed his greataxe, planting it on the ground butt first as he undid his loincloth, not to be outdone.

"You will feel the power of the woren, and when I'm done with you, you will feel my seed inside you!" He laughed, and Tigerishka could see the hefty sheath and sac that lay underneath the clothing, gulping. She feared both of his weapon, the one he held and the one between his legs. She'd have to be careful. They were opposites, she was fast and small, and he was big and slow. It would have to be a battle of...

She barely had time to react as Augus drew his greataxe and swung to sweep her off her paws. She felt the weapon woosh on by, cutting a few hairs of her fur.

"Ahahahah! You are nothing! I'll bend you over and stuff you until you leak!" He taunted her, spinning around as he hefted his axe again. Tigerishka had enough of being on the defensive, and so...

She gathered up her strength, and launched out with a fierce kick from her soft dainty paws. Those pads, so soft, would now be as steel, the claws unsheathed for more damage. She leapt up and aimed this kick for his left forearm, hoping to get him to drop the axe. She flew through the air, only to meet his large chest, her paw impacting against his arm.

No! This couldn't be! Her paw bounced rigidly off the male's muscled fur. She barely weakened him.

"I'll have you on your knees when you address me, Augus!" Keep up the bluff, until you can run. At least, that's how her planet had survived. They had power, yes, she thought as she looked for another opening. But only for so long...

Another blow went out from that axe, the flat of the blade hitting her square between her indigo nipples, sending her flying until she came to a stop by a bush, the crowd around them cheering on the woren warrior.

"Yeah, Augus! Get her, and get Katt back!"

The crowd began to cheer as Tigerishka stood up. She wiggled her paws and checked her arms. She seemed okay... nothing hurt, yet. She had to finish this, quickly. Logic dictated that he was large, needing support, so she looked for a proper target to bring him down. His testicles seemed a good one, but she was sure that he'd see that coming. She saw how he stood, maybe...

Her thoughts were interrupted when she saw him line up and rush her with the axe. She acts by performing a slide kick, crouching low and moving forward as she sticks her paw out. This time, she unsheathed her claws, catching him above his paw. She felt him shudder, stop, and topple over. She hoped she'd hit a vulnerable spot, as she got back up behind him. He'd fallen head facing her, and he was starting to get up when she pinned him with all her weight. She'd thought nothing of their nudity, just that she'd brought him down.

"Now, submit." As she said this, she beamed the thought down into his mind, feeling something resist her. She saw his eyes turn red. Now she knew something was wrong.

"No, no!" He growled, but her power kept him still. She kicked the axe away, and continued to stare him down, focusing her powers. She felt the thing resist her mental abilities, heard it screaming.

Still she focused, her fur getting damp with sweat, body trembling with effort. She could feel the block weakening, on and on, and on, until...

SNAP!

She felt it break, whatever it was. There was a dark cloud that lifted up from him, and then disappeared. He was panting now, taking great breaths as she promptly slumped against him, mewing in exhaustion.

"Whoa... it's well... She won?" There was much confusion, and then another voice:

"She removed something from Augus. Dark has been his mood and mien of late. What power does she have? Take them back to the village! The shamans will talk with her." At which Tigerishka saw the crowd pick her and Augus up, and she fell unconscious soon after.

When next she woke, it was day. Another of the woren was humming something as they wiped her body down with cool water, she could smell something pleasant on boil nearby.

"Ah... good. You are awake." A female woren with black fur was using a cloth to clean her.

"You can purge demons? Surely you are not of the gods? The world that floats above ours, you are it's messenger, aye, but do you have word from the gods?"

Tigerisha shook her head. "I'm afraid not... what time is-..." She bolted up at the daylight.

"This can't be...?! I have to get back!" She tried to get up, but the woren healer put a paw on her shoulder.

"Nay, you've to receive a gift for saving Augus, and keeping our little Katt safe. She is one of our most promising warriors."

"But..."

"Do not worry, nothing came during the night... although I'm still impressed that you got rid of a demon on your own."

Tigerishka nodded. "I don't know what that is, but my telepathy was enough. My people are born psychics... but something like that..." She shuddered. The healer smiled and helped her to her paws.

"You do not wear clothing? But you are not in heat yet... unless that silver cloth and odd helm are what you wear." She asked as they padded outside of the home, a simple looking design hammered out of wood. Most of what the two females passed was of a rustic, wooden nature. Stonework was seen here and there, and soon enough, they came to what Tigerishka assumed was an assembly of sorts. There was a woren in only a black apron and long black gloves, hammering away at a piece of metal that glowed hot.

"Ah... you are awake. Let me cool this off and set some things..." The woren worker took the hot piece of metal out of the flames, and set it in water to cool. He then went over to a table that had many gems on it, and hmmm'd over several. He took a yellow, then purple, then silver, and set them in something. That something looked like a cup of some kind... no, Tigerishka realized, it was the hilt of something, and what he had just made was the blade.

She watched as he effortlessly attached the blade to hilt, fusing the metal together with a rapid heating and cooling process. He padded out, revealing himself to be... Augus!

"You've quite the bite, little strange Tiger." He chuckled. "You did not permanently harm me, and you used your cleverness to its full advantage." He presented what he had made to her, a long, pointed blade set with the three gemstones, the hilt forming a cup, etched with a design that looked similar to The Wanderer when seen from the ground.

"It is called a rapier, it is well suited for the fast and clever. As you defeated me and saved my mind from that... thing, it'd do me and the woren well to earn your favour with this."

Tigerishka flushed, not expecting this kind of thing.

"It's... well, very good, but..."

"Please, I insist. Take it with you when you go, we woren are great weaponsmiths and fighters."

Augus beamed as she took the rapier in paw. It felt lightweight, not heavy at all. She gave it a swing, and it whiffed through the air. She then thrust it out a little, well away from everyone.

"Here." The woren healer gave her what looked like a leather cover. "A sheath, you can do what you want with it."

Tigerishka blushed, not sure of what to do. The healer then gave a tug on her arm. "Come, the shamans want to speak with you."

*

Katt was looking out the window into the stars, while Rezin went to get them both something to eat. The stars... she didn't know there were so many. They were so white, so vast, against the darkness of space.

And to think each is another world... That's what Rezin told her. Now she lounged naked in his quarters, coming down from the high that was sex, and waiting for Tigerishka to return. She hoped the alien was all right... She heard the door slide open and saw Rezin pad in with two square plates, a sort of meat on it.

"Here, this is from our food storage." The black furred male purred as he bid her sit with him at the metal table. The surface shimmered as a light appeared between them both, glowing soft colours. She was given a silver spike like instrument, from what she observed, Rezin used it to jab at the food and eat it lengthwise, one piece at a time. She followed his example, and took a piece of the meat, and chewed upon it. The taste was... well, sweet, almost like honey. It went down alright, seemed cooked enough.

"They call this sweet meat down in mess, the cooks create it through several high protein compounds. We don't kill others for meat, we have evolved, so to speak, beyond that." He purred as he finished his plate, taking breaks to breathe as he ate.

"Well, it's... nothing I've ever had. It's very sweet." Katt smiled at him. She paused to look out the window again, seeing something moving closer. At first, she thought it was moving sideways from them, but then she saw it coming closer, towards Coursair.

"Rezin, is that supposed to be headed towards us?" What she saw was him jumping up, his ears folded back.

"Nonononono... it's them! They found us!"

Katt didn't have to ask. The IFP had found The Wanderer. Rezin went over to a console by the door, and keyed in.

"This is Rezin! They're here, Captain! Recall Tigerishka and prepare to move!" There was a rumbling then, the whole world shaking as the object drew closer.

*

Tigerishka was brought before a larger hut, round in shape. A series of plant like fetishes adorned the doorway, and smoke rose from the roof, coming from the top. There must have been an opening, but before she could look, she was ushered in. The hut was dark, save for a fire burning in the middle. More fetishes adorned the walls, some skulls here and there, of what the alien could not tell.

"So, you are the one from beyond the stars..." The one who spoke was a grey furred woren, in thick robes. The woren radiated importance, and age besides. This was the head shaman, if it were not any more obvious. Around them were several others, some younger, some more middle aged. All wore the same green and brown patterned robes. The shamans were arranged in a circle, and bid Tigerishka stand in their midst.

"She is fur clad."

"But she is not in season, yet." A sniff. "But she will be soon."

"Now, sister from beyond the stars," The leader looked at her with wise eyes. "What can you tell us about what hunts you?"

Tigerishka took a breath. It was almost as if she were back with Paul before the IFP's tribunal...

"My people and I, we hail from the centre of the universe. Our people can build great world ships, that we used to explore. For a time, there was peace. But soon, more and more grew dissatisfied with how the universe was run. Several of them formed a great collective that made to catalogue everything in the known universe, and take what knowledge caught their fancy. Immortality, power... everything was theirs to command. With their great worlds, they spanned across the universe. But where they took, they left grey, lifeless, automatons. They believed that everything would bend to their will, so called that of the cosmos. They will not stop until all resistance is crushed, and all colour, fun, life, are expunged, leaving grey, dull, and unknowing."

She sighed. "My world is but one of many who fled after they deemed themselves the IFP, the Fun Police. They will seek out our ships, and either convince them to surrender to a fate worse than death, or outright annihilate them. Several worlds we have visited have earned their wrath, and no longer exist. The threat of them finding this world and deeming it unworthy of existence is... very high. I don't know if I or my Captain can convince them to spare this planet. The woren are a good people, I would not suffer it to they were to be wiped from existence." She finished and bowed her head.

The shaman looked at each other, she could not read their thoughts. They whispered and muttered, shaking their heads this way and that. They looked to the elder, who made a couple of gestures, then turned to her.

"One from beyond the stars, we have discussed amongst ourselves what to do. The woren must survive, but if our home is lost... then we are nothing. If this 'IFP' deems us unworthy, then we will show them the might of the woren. We, the shamans, will pray, while our warriors will defend the villages. A contingent of our finest scholars and up and comings will be sent with you, to live amongst your people and breed us true in the heavens. Will that placate you, wanderer?" The elder looked up at her, the fire in all of their eyes strong.

"I..." She thought of it. The Wanderer could easily hold the entire planet, all they would need to do is form another biome. Their tech crew could easily pull it off, but then there was resources. And then there was Katt. How would she react? Granted, her species would survive...

"I will. Assemble your delegation, and I will let you know when I am ready."

The shaman nodded, and Tigerishka was led out of their hut by the healer.

"You are sure you can keep the woren alive?"

The alien looked up at her moon.

"I believe so, I believe so..."

*

Meanwhile...

Elsewhere, forces stirred. From the Aether, a deadly game was being played, across dimensions. Several great chessboards were set up, and the pieces were different from each. One featured a score of heroes facing legions of the dead, another a lone man in armour, a tattered cloak, longsword, and a large kite shield facing a great Lord. Yet still another featured a great war between Light and Darkness, aboard a great ship carved from a worm god. Six heroes faced down a great King, and one in particular held a board of worlds, each moving of their own accord.

This was labelled, 'The Continuum War', and had a barrier around it. 'Interference shall be punished with nonexistence and removal of all ideological constructs.' Immaterial shapes fluttered here and there, universes shattered by great moves, orchestrated by these figures. Some left their boards be, letting them play out by pure, limitless chance. Some would call these Fates, Keepers, Gods, Powers... they only derived purpose from conflict, caring not who won. The Aether was made up of many sections, and in one such section, a figure was watching... television.

"And next time on Gensokyo Travels, Ariana gets caught by yokai Captain Momiji! And a special report from the news desk by special guests Rin and Chen! Weather by the Fairy Brigade, led by Cirno, to follow at seven..." The screen disappeared, turned off by a yawning figure.

He, for it was obvious that he was a he, in nothing but a pair of long shorts and gauntlets, reclined on the couch.

'Damn game players at it again... messin up my chakra and my mood! They take their games soooo serious!' He flinched and went over to a door that opened into nothingness.

"Hey, geniuses! Keep the despair down, will ya?"

'None of your concern, shikigami. Let the experienced play.'

"Shut it, or I stuff my greatsword so far up your-"

Beep, beep, beep!

'Continuum unstable, return to your room immediately.'

"Oh, great. You morons trigger another existential collapse?! Only heard about the last one cause that's all Granpa would talk about! 'Those immaterials destroyed everything once...'

The white tiger hmphed and shut his door, locking it securely. "'nother day in Existential hell... What ever happened to that boy...? Oh, wait, he transcended and left me behind! 'I go, Kogenta, to become one with all. You stay.' And now he's traipsing around outside of this damn hole! Were it up to me, those dicktards wouldn't exist, let alone run around messing up everything! How many of my buddies died cause of them?" Kogenta, last of the Byakko line of shikigami, or ritual gods, slumped on his couch.

Oh, it'd been fun, killing and banishing oni with his buddy, his partner. He'd been there when he grew up, got a family, and got old. His partner became a dedicated Shinto priest, after all that happened. Last thing he did was banish Kogenta's contract, saying, "You did well, friend. Go, there is more than this." And his name... what was his name?

Fat chance. Since his kind didn't age, at least, not as fast as mortals, he was still a teen, near twenty now. That was... two, three millennia ago? Time had no meaning to him, next fight, next lay... Oh, wait, he hadn't gotten laid either!

"Grrrr...." The poor white tiger was a mass of angst and sexual frustration. In all of his existence, no female or male had seen him as appealing. Cute, yes, adorable yes, but no one dared take him to bed.

"I've got the looks, the package..."

_Teeeep!_A series of clunks, whirls, and churns followed, then...

"Ragh SHI-!!!!" Everything shimmered, and next thing he knew... Space! His stuff floated around him, his TV, fridge, game consoles... neko hentai collection.

"Nononono... FUCK!" He 'swam', not obeying the laws of gravity, and picked up the books, gathering them to himself.

"Damn things... paid HUGE for these from Momiji... Starring Chen, The Gallian Twins, and... the hell?" He looked up from the latest issue of the collection to see a great moon, a planet. Garish yellow and purple colours defined it, and the spiritual being made flesh gathered the rest of his things. He 'swam' towards what looked like a window that had opened up, a large craft of some sort leaving. The ship headed towards Kogenta, then went past him, heading towards a blue and green planet.

"Whoa..." He turned his head back from gawking at the ship and continued to 'swim'. He soon enough climbed aboard, his stuff clambering down from gravity's pull.

"Cool... At least I don't have to deal with the downer brigade anymore." His words were cut short when an alarm blared, and several naked felines came in with some sort of rifle, aiming it at him.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hey, relax, put the guns down... we can 'work' this out." He had to crack a joke, thrusting his hips immaturely with a wry grin. Humour was one of his defences, besides, kept him from going into an existential slump ala those players...

Submit, submit, lay down, lay down... Through his head, several voices.

"All right, all right, you got me, you got me. Kogenta of the Byakko line, that's me." He put his handpaws up and lay down.

They surrounded him, and he got their scent. Female, but no funbags. Wait... nipples, small, and the curves! The white tiger spirit purred, even though he was prone. He felt himself lifted up, and saw himself floating in the midst of the guards.

"Whoa... how do you do that? Where we going, the dungeon where you tie me up and..."

He heard several sighs as they tromped through a series of winding corridors, lots of neat places were shown to him. In one, he could see an orgy in full swing.

'Heh, my kind of place. Pussy, fun, no cares...' His mind flittered and fluttered as he was taken off to what seemed to be a cabin, he was tossed through the door to land in a weird looking room.

"Tigerishka will know what to do with you. She always brings in the weird ones..." Female, young, serious.

'Uh oh... that doesn't sound good.' As many years as had gone by for him, he still knew those he didn't mess with. This 'Tigerishka' sounded like one of them. Breaking from his thoughts, he took a brief look at his surroundings, the guards closing the door with a woosh as they padded out. The room he was in had a window of sorts that looked out into space. The rest was covered in alien looking vegetation, and then...

"Miaow?" He looked down to see a grey furred cat rubbing on his paw, against his leg.

"Well, hello kitty." He crouched down to get a better look. The cat looked like those he'd seen with his partner. His name... R, Ra...

"Rangetsu?" The cat miaowed again, purring as it did figure eights round his paws. He leaned down to pet it, running his handpaw through its fur.

"Who's a cute kitty, eh?" He grinned down, then stood unsteadily as the room begins to shudder.

"Great, what now?!"

*

Tigerishka looked up at the sky, when the message was beamed in:

Return immediately, we have been found! Gather whatever you can, a shuttle has been sent.

She beamed back: Will need a transport for at least twenty. Genetic contingent.

Tigerishka nodded and turned to the healer. "They have found us."

She was surprised to find behind her a group of woren, many in robes, the rest in rough armour. Scrolls, books, and weapons were what they carried. The black furred woren smiled, as all eyes turned to the sky. Two shuttles, one personal, and a box one, settled on the ground. The box one opened before the gathering of woren, all tigers. "This way, quickly. Make sure you have everything you need!" The group of twenty talked and shuffled into the craft. Tigerishka stood with the healer, her rapier in paw. The healer returned from the village with her helmet and space suit.

"The gods bless you and your people. We will do what we can, great wanderer."

Tigerishka looked back. "It is an honour... I only hope that we will meet again." She hoped that they would continue on existing. She nodded and waved to the rest as the twin craft prepared for liftoff.

We are on our way, Captain.

*

Katt looked around at the hangar, as where she arrived was called. There was a commotion in Tigerishka's quarters, she had only seen white fur and muscle. Who was he? Was he from the IFP? No, that couldn't be it. The woren stood, dressed and cleaned, as the two shuttles made their way to the ship. According to Rezin, there was a delegation of woren that would live on the planet, as a just in case measure.

"Let's hope we can get away clean... we're storing the coordinates to this planet in a safe location. The IFP will hopefully leave them alone, and you can come back, Katt." What wonders she would bring from the stars. The stories he told her of their adventures through space and in between were nothing short of the legends she had heard as a cub.

"They're here." The shuttles had landed, and Tigerishka was the first to come out. Rezin purred and pounced over for a hug, Katt following. She smiled at the alien as the ship containing her people opened.

"Katt! It's you! You're safe!" The crowd of woren promptly rushed for hugs and licks. Katt purred and wiggled from the attentions of her kin.

"We're here to learn the ways of this world, and to see what lies beyond. Our people will continue, here, with us. Long live the woren!" At which point a cheer arose.

Tigerishka smiled at Katt and her woren kin.

"There is another for you, Tigerishka. He came in with some things that look like they are from Earth, his fur is white as snow, and he is very... lewd. Brash." The alien nodded at her sister cat's words.

"Then we will see what he has to offer, sister. Is he in my quarters?"

"Yes, Tigerishka, that he is."

"Good, if this blows over... then myself and Katt will... talk with him awhile."

The guard nodded, her body fur clad, carrying her stun rifle.

"And what will happen to their planet...?" A tone of worry.

"If everything goes through, nothing. We will be on our merry way, and return in three cycles."

"And if it comes to worst?"

Tigerishka sighed. "I don't want to think about that. I told their people that I would try to reason with the IFP, maybe they will leave us alone."

"By freedom's roar, I hope you are right, sister Tigerishka."

The two felines stood in the sounds of an uncertain, knife edge future.