{"sf1_id":9779,"sf2_id":"AnK2035m","title":"Chapter Three: Foreshadows","author":"The Roseblack Dragon","words":3604,"posted_at":"2006-03-10T21:28:00.000Z","tags":["Abduction","Feudal Japan","Forced","M/F","Plot Development","Rape","Rat"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/9779-chapter-three-foreshadows","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/AnK2035m","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/af/ab/afab6dea-ba00-488e-851e-9ee3caff5042","description":"#4 of Tales of Ippon","content":"  \n_Storms can be easily seen coming, but not so easily stopped..._  \n  \n  \nThe city stank. It was not the dry, crisp reek of molten metal and burning wood  \nand coal. However, it was a moist, wet smell. The smell of masses of people packed so  \nclosely togethere there was nothing that could alleviate the overhanging funk of sweat and  \ngrime. It was not a dirty city, but Eizu was certainly worlds apart from Usuyami's home of  \nTetsumo. She walked along the crowded street, clothed in plain worker's clothing, with a  \nlarge bundle on her back that hid her normal clothing, and her swords and bow. She had her  \nlong copper hair pulled up and tied back under a white kerchief. She herself was a day early,  \nwith her formal arrival happening tomorrow. She had plans for visiting the city of Eizu without  \nAritseru knowing she was there. This was a fairly simple thing for her, due to the things she  \nhad learned from her Father when she was very little. It had been almost fifteen years since  \nher father's death, but the name of Hakkichi Shidomori was still famous, to those who knew  \nthe name, that was. Usuyami's father was renown for his skills in stealth and agility, for he  \nwas one of the few who could actually be called 'Ninja'. Unlike most Ninja, who were either  \nRonin, or simply mercenaries, like most of Aritseru's forces, Hakkichi was true to the Akanti  \nclan. He was a spy, a gatherer of information, a spreader of lies, and on the rare occasion, a  \nblade of silent death.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; Usuyami had learned most of his tricks, since from the day she could walk he had  \ntrained her in the ways of movement. She was not Ninja, but she knew things that most Ninja  \nwould never tell. She even knew secrets about their work that they would never share with  \nanyone outside their world. Usuyami sighed, unwillingly taking in a lungful of the damp  \nmarket air. She wished to be home in Tetsumo, but she knew she had to make some kind of  \nan appearance here, honor demanded it. As she walked, she passed a very odd sight. A  \nsight that was making more than a few people stare. A Jirajin Samurai of the Rokkotsu Clan  \nwas walking with a lady such as she had never seen before. Not one of the people of Ippon,  \nas she resembled a rabbit, but the girl was far from unattractive. The she recognized the  \nsamurai and her eyes goggled. There was no mistaking that spear and those eyes; he was  \nShuji Yarimoto, Lord of the Rokkotsu. Usuyami quickly turned and knelt down, reaching into  \nher pack and removing a single arrow from her bundle striding over and bowing to him like a  \ncommoner with a gift.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; \"Lord Yarimoto, I bear you this gift from a Samurai who respects you, and would  \nlike to meet with you later.\"  \n  \nShuji blinked and took the arrow, and smiled. \"I see... Very well, I shall stop by  \nher lodgings just past the Hour of the Falcon. Can you tell me where she is staying?\"  \n  \nUsuyami nodded, expertly keeping the smile from her face and not daring to look  \nup, in case another Samurai was watching, \"She is staying at the Inn of the Moon Bird.\"  \n  \n\"Thank you,\" shuji nodded, \"I would be happy to meet with her.\"  \n  \nUsuyami bowed lower, \"Thank you, lord. She will be thrilled to learn of your  \nacceptance.\" And she quickly scurried off.  \n  \n\"What she want?\" Summer asked in her halting speech.  \n  \nShuji nodded, \"Gift.\" He showed her the arrow, \"Later, you come meet Friend?\"  \n  \nSummer smiled and nodded, \"yes!\"  \n  \n  \n  \n\"You are an Idiot!\" Aritseru bellowed at the kneeling Nezujin, Kuji Morisa, \"Do you  \nhave ANY idea who that was?!\"  \n  \n\"H-he was just some arrogant samurai, lord,\" Kuji stammered nervously. Aritseru  \npaid him well, better than any other employer, but he knew that his life was entirely in the  \nLord Kajikuro's hands.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; Aritseru pounded the floor with his palm, \"That 'arrogant samurai' was Lord  \nYarimoto, head of The Rokkotsu!\"  \n  \nKuji paled, \"but... he was not dressed as a Lord would be....\"  \n  \n\"IDIOT!\" Aritseru roared, making the wood and paper walls shudder, \"that is what  \nhe does! Ugh... I had no idea he would be coming...\"  \n  \nKuji kept silent, knowing to wait until spoken to.  \n  \n\"You will go and apologize to him instantly, and if he takes your head for your  \nrudeness, I will not blame him,\" Aritseru hissed.  \n  \nKuji bowed, \"My Lord, What of the girl and her companion?\"  \n  \n\"Leave them be! Are you deaf? They are not your concern now that Lord Yarimoto  \nhas taken them into his care. Though I would like to see this foreign girl you speak of...\"  \n  \n\"I will go now, Lord.\"  \n  \n\"You should have gone when I told you to,\" Aritseru hissed angrily, his palm on  \nhis blade.  \n  \nKuji quailed. At Aritseru's waist was the famed 'Atsuta Blade'. A katana of  \nmassive proportions, easily able to cut through armor, samurai, saddle, and horse with one  \nstroke. Kuji would be nothing but a red smear on the floor if he stayed, so he hopped to his  \nfeet and did what rats did best. He ran.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; Aritseru huffed. If the Lord of Rokkotsu were in his town, he would have to be  \ncareful. The Rokkotsu were the largest clan in the south of Ippon, and Shuji was spoken of  \nas a lazy, carefree Lord, but those who had faced his forces on the field knew better. The  \nRokkotsu were known for their success in battles, sustaining minimal losses, while decimating  \ntheir opponents. This was due to Shuji's tactical prowess. He had a knack for finding the  \nseams in an enemy's forces and splitting them wide open. Shuji was also reputed to be  \nrather popular among the women, though he was still unmarried and practically aloof with all  \nof the women who approached him.  \n  \nAritseru hissed and leaned back in his seat. If everything was true about this  \nnewcomer to Ippon, he would have to see her. If she would not be his, she would be  \neliminated.  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\"But why meet him, Shidomori-san?\" The cream-colored vixen asked, confused.  \n  \nUsuyami smiled, pulling her kimono closed and adjusting the Obi as she wrapped  \nit, \"Because he is interesting. And he knows much of battles; I could learn a few things from  \nhim. Can you help me with this, Yanagi-chan?\"  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; Aoi Yanagi sighed and moved over to help Usuyami tie the Obi, \"I still think it's a  \nbig risk. Kajikuro's spies might see you, and then what?\" Aoi was Usuyami's best friend, and  \nthe two were quite close. Aoi was Jyujin, and she was small of build, even for a race that was  \nalready considered 'petite'. But despite her lack of stature, she was quite strong and agile,  \nAnd Usuyami had taken her under her tutelage, teaching her the ways of the ninja that  \nUsuyami's father had taught her. Aoi wore a similar outfit to Usuyami; the Akanti Lotus  \nintoned in red, on a pale white Kimono, with a deep red Obi. Her fur was pale crème in color,  \nand she had oddly colored tips. Her left ear was black tipped, while her right ear was tipped  \nin white. Her handfur was reversed, with the right one black and the left one white, and her  \nfeet where both white. In a separate Takonama from the one Usuyami's swords and bow  \nwere kept in, rested Aoi's weapons. Her paired Katana and Wakizashi that marked her as  \nsamurai, but her main weapons were know to many; The Five Fans of Fudou.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; The fans were considered one of the True Magical Artifacts of Ippon. Each fan held sway over  \nan element. Kazou, the Flame fan (and Aoi's favorite) could turn a small candle flame into a  \nblazing conflagration of wildfire with just a simple wave of its hardened red silk. Suizou, the  \nWave fan, could summon a tsunami from a simple cup of water, while keeping its  \nshimmering blue Silk completely dry. Huzou, the Gust fan, could topple villages with a strong  \nenough swipe of the pale green fan. Dozou, the Sand fan, could create crevices and splits in  \nthe very ground with a wide swing of the golden-toned silk. The last fan, Kuzou, was only  \nmeant to be used in small, gentle waves. Kuzou was the Seed fan, and its breeze could give  \nstrength to the sickest plants, or increase the growth of any vegetation.  \n  \nAoi guarded the fans carefully, as they had been passed down through various  \nbranches of her family, eventually all of the fans ending up in her care. She knew their  \npower well, and the devastation that could be wrought by an uncontrolled flick of one's wrist.  \nAoi thought of herself as Usuyami's grounding force. Like the child on the end of a string  \nattached to a massive kite, she was what Kept Usuyami from blowing with the winds of  \nchange that constantly buffeted the land of Ippon. She was her Friend's Center, and Usuyami  \nwas her inspiration. The two were an incredible pair, and both knew it.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; \"Then the Lord Kajikuro will know I was here early, and that'll just anger him  \nmore,\" Usuyami giggled, adjusting her hair carefully with sarcasm and open disdain about  \ntheir host in Eizu.  \n  \nAoi frowned, \"And you really want to upset him when we're guests?\"  \n  \n\"Yanagi-chan,\" Usuyami laughed, \"He's upset because I'm not his... so my being  \nhere early won't make any difference...\"  \n  \nAoi Shrugged, \"I suppose...\" She did not like Aritseru either, but Aoi was not  \nopenly confrontational Like her friend. \"I just don't want to get chased back to Tetsumo.\"  \n  \nUsuyami smiled and turned, leaning in and giving Aoi a light, playful kiss, startling  \nthe Jyujin a bit. \"Don't worry. I'm just going to talk to Yarimoto-san, and then I will be back.  \nWe have to get things ready for the arrival tomorrow.\"  \n  \nAoi nodded and tried to cool the blush in her cheeks, \"y-yes...\"  \n  \nUsuyami winked and pulled the large black oilsilk shawl over herself. It had  \nstarted to rain while she was changing. She took up the bundle that held her swords, leaving  \nher bow behind, and headed out into the city.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n  \n  \n  \nKuji Morisa stalked down the evacuating street, the rain beating down on him. He  \nseethed at having to apologize to the man who had humiliated him, and the people hurrying  \nhome near him could sense his anger. Most kept clear of him, except a younger girl who  \nwalked a little too slowly and ended up getting knocked to her backside when Kuji walked  \ninto her. She gasped and bowed as best she could from her new seat in the muddying street,  \ncowering, her eyes closed in testament to her loss of sight.  \n  \n\"Please forgive me, I did not mean to be in your way...\"  \n  \nKuji's rage bubbled at his surface. Some poor Blind girl would never be missed.  \nHe bent down and unceremoniously lifted her by the arm, holding her close and snarling in  \nher ear, \"Scream, and I'll kill you.\"  \n  \nThe small Nezujin girl shivered in fear and nodded silently, her arm pressing against the  \nswords at Kuji's waist. He knew she knew he was samurai, and he relished the power over  \nher. Looking around he dragged her down the wooded alleyway between two of the less-  \nreputable Inns, and shoved her onto a shipping crate. It had been weeks since he had made  \na trip to the pleasure houses, mainly because most of his stipend was tied up in gambling  \ndebts. He needed release, and this girl was going to give it to him. He lifted her Yukata and  \nroughly groped her backside, grinning. The girl merely stifled her whimpers of fear and tried  \nto let the samurai do what he would, the rain now beating down on them both as it intensified.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; \"I'm going to enjoy you... Your ass is so tight,\" Kuji hissed playfully, smacking the  \npoor girl's upturned rear as he loosened his sash, setting his swords against the crate. He  \npulled himself from his loincloth, already solid and throbbing at the thought of raping the girl  \nbefore him, her tightly folded sex his target. He lined himself up, feeling her warmth on his  \nskinny cocktip, and grinning.  \n  \nThe girl moaned faintly, still yielding to her attacker.  \n  \nKuji gripped her firmly shaped hips and drove himself into her small tunnel harshly, not  \nletting her get used to him inside her before he pulled back quickly and did it again, starting  \nto bang his hips against her now clenched ass. She yelped, and that only spurred him on  \nmore. After a few of his rough thrusts, she was moistened to the point where he was sliding  \nthrough her depths instead of tearing through her, and he groaned. Then amidst the rain, he  \nheard it. The girl was laughing. He stopped, confused, \"What are you laughing about, bitch?\"  \n  \nThe girl turned her head up to face Kuji and chuckled. The laugh was so evil, so  \nmalicious, it send shivers down Kuji's spine. \"You weak, pathetic man... you will be useful to  \nme in the coming times.\"  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; \"Shut your mouth you little slut!\" Kuji lashed out to slap her, but she caught his  \nwrist, and then squeezed, her strength inhuman. Kuji grimaced, feeling his wrist pop from the  \ntightness of her grip.  \n  \n\"Be silent you chittering shit,\" she hissed, \"Your will is mine now... and you will  \nserve me for the rest of your life. I will give you status, power, and perhaps, should you  \nmerit it, This girl's body will be yours to claim when you wish...\"  \n  \nKuji's mind reeled, and he hissed, \"who are you?\"  \n  \nThe girl smiled a smile of total and complete contempt, \"I am Gasara, and you,  \nKuji Morisa, are mine now.\"  \n  \nKuji growled, \"Like hell! I serve Aritseru Kajikuro!\" He pushed against the blind  \ngirl's ass to pull out of her, but a sharp pain gripped his shaft, keeping him from pulling from  \nthe girl's wetness. He screeched in pain as the pain gripped him harder.  \n  \n\"You WILL be mine... and there is nothing you can do about it now...\" The girl  \npushed him over into the mud and turned about on him, the pain leaving his shaft as she  \nstarted to ride him, her tunnel clamping around his cock, milking him, sucking him into her,  \nalmost painfully drawing him to orgasm. Kuji's mind went blank as he groaned and shot his  \nload into the Nezujin girl's depths, and his last thought was of a Massive Nezujin male in  \narmor, with burning green eyes, laughing at him.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n  \n  \n  \nUsuyami looked up as thunder split the sky. The rain was becoming too intense,  \nshe had to hurry. With a quick look around to make sure nobody was on the street, she leapt  \nup and darted up a pillar of the inn next to her, landing on the roof. She leapt once, landing  \ndaintily on the rooftop of the next building, using her leg and knees to dissipate the shock of  \nher landing, and the leaping again from the crouch, sailing over the next building to land on  \nthe one past it. Another leap took her over two inns, and she landed on the street, in front of  \nthe inn she was seeking. She walked quickly to the door and stepped in, nodding to the Lady  \nof the Inn.  \n  \n\"Oh my, come in and dry off from all this dreadful rain, traveler. How may we be  \nof service?\" the Lady, a plump Kibajin smiled brightly.  \n  \nUsuyami nodded, speaking softly, \"There is a Man here, Jirajin, with a stranger  \nwith him. I am here to see them.\"  \n  \nThe Lady nodded and bowed, \"My Lady, he spoke of your visit, please... follow  \nme.\"  \n  \nUsuyami returned the bow with a low nod, and followed the Lady through the  \nhalls, past rooms full of laughter and music, past rooms with moans of passion and lust, past  \nrooms of silence. Usuyami heard none of it. They came to a door and the lady knelt, sliding  \nthe door open, and letting Usuyami in.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; \"Hello,\" shuji sat on a cushion, leaning back a bit, while the foreign girl sat not too  \nfar away, watching curiously.  \n  \nUsuyami stepped in, and the door closed behind her. She shed the soaked oilsilk  \nand smiled softly, bowing at the waist, \"It is an honor to meet you, Yarimoto-sama.\"  \n  \nShuji nodded and bowed in his seat, \"The honor is mine, Shidomori-dono. I had  \nthe pleasure of meeting your father once. A remarkable man.\"  \n  \nUsuyami nodded and bowed, \"Thank you. I miss his wisdom often.\"  \n  \nShuji nodded politely, \"Please, come sit, I'm sure you have much to talk with me about, as  \nthere are some things I would like you to convey to Futsuyomi-dono.\"  \n  \nUsuyami blinked and nodded then looked to the girl, curious about the foreign  \ngirl's role in Shuji's being there. She nodded, \"Is she safe?\"  \n  \nShuji laughed a little, \"Her Language is limited, but yes. She is in my care after  \nOne of Kajikuro's Men attacked her and her companion. Her companion is resting two rooms  \ndown the hall.\"  \n  \nUsuyami nodded and bowed to the girl, \"Hello, I hope you do not mind my borrowing Lord  \nYarimoto's time.\"  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; The rabbit girl looked thoughtful for a moment and then looked to Shuji for  \nconfirmation.  \n  \nShuji nodded, \"It's okay. You can talk to her, Natsumi-chan.\"  \n  \nThe girl smiled and nodded to Usuyami, bowing low and politely, \"Forgive please,  \nmy words not enough. Name Summer. Shuji-sama call me 'Natsumi' Tell means 'Summer' in  \nyour words.\"  \n  \nUsuyami nodded, returning the politeness, astounded at the girl's language skills.  \nFor someone totally alien to Ippon, her speech was quite good. \"Thank you, I cannot say my  \nName now, but Yarimoto-sama will tell you my name when I am gone.\"  \n  \n\"You assume to be watched?\" shuji blinked.  \n  \nUsuyami smirked, \"This is Eizu... in Eizu I am always watched.\"  \n  \n\"Why is that?\"  \n  \n\"The Lord Aritseru wishes for me to join his harem,\" Usuyami hissed.  \n  \nShuji gawked and then laughed uproariously, rolling onto his back with laughter.  \nUsuyami blinked, as did Summer.  \n  \n\"Oh, that's rich,\" Shuji laughed, righting himself. \"I apologize, but if you are  \nanything like your father, I know for a fact you are too free-spirited to be claimed like that.\"  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; Usuyami shrugged, \"I simply do not like it here, and his arrogance annoys me.\"  \n  \nShuji nodded, \"As it does me, which is why I am not telling him of what I have  \ndiscovered.\"  \n  \n\"The thing you wished for me to tell Futsuyomi-sama?\"  \n  \nShuji nodded, his smile leaving and his face turning grim, \"There is something  \nhappening in the Firelands.  \n  \nUsuyami shivered, her scales ruffling. The Firelands were in the center of Ippon,  \nwhere the Great Wound spewed molten rock, and nothing could live under the choking  \nclouds. It was a place of nightmares and ancient legends. Where Gasara wounded the world,  \nand doomed the Lands of Ippon to a slow death.  \n  \n\"There is rumor of the Gasaran tribes Gathering there, and I am inclined to  \nbelieve it.\" Shuji sighed, \"One of our borders was under constant attack by Raiding Gasaran,  \nThe Futiki Clan. But in the past month, they have vanished. Their siege camps are  \nabandoned, and even their main villages are empty. Gasaran Clans don't vanish like that.  \nI'm sure you're aware of that fact.\"  \n  \nUsuyami went pale. A concentrated attack by all the Gasaran clans could wipe out  \nevery clan across Ippon. \"I... I see...\"  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; \"If you can Tell your Lord, then with the Akanti and Rokkotsu strengths, we may  \njust be able to hold them off here, and wear down their forces.\"  \n  \n\"If the entire Gasaran Clans are gathering, we will need more than just our clans  \nto hold them. The entire Land must be convinced to assist.\"  \n  \nShuji nodded, \"That is my goal, but it is a massive undertaking, and not many will  \nlisten.\"  \n  \nUsuyami nodded, \"well, I will help in whatever way I can.\"  \n  \n\"I thank you,\" he replied, \"so, we have some time still, how are things in  \nTetsumo?\"  \n  \nThey talked for another hour or so, the maids brought Sake, and they talked for  \nanother hour after that. Summer had takes a seat next to Shuji and was leaning against him,  \nWhile Usuyami had relaxed a bit as well. Then, something crashed through the wall, snarling  \nand screaming. Summer Screamed, Shuji hopped to his feet in front of her as the crazed  \nNezujin charged.  \n  \nUsuyami lashed out with her tail, taking the samurai's ankles out from under him,  \nand swinging to her feet. Her blade was out as the rat got up and lunged. The stroke was  \nparried in a shower of sparks, and then with a shift of weight, the rat lost his arm. He lunged  \nagain, corners of his mouth foamed with saliva as he made to bite Usuyami, but Shuji's lance  \nshot in past Usuyami's head and skewered into he roof of the rat's maw, piercing his skull  \nand killing him instantly.  \n  \n\n\u0026nbsp; \"Are you alright?\" Shuji asked Usuyami.  \n  \nShe nodded, \"Yes, the girl?\"  \n  \nSummer was on her knees, shocked, and staring at the felled rat.  \n  \nShuji nodded, \"She's unhurt. He's the one from earlier!\" He leaned down and  \nexamined the corpse, never touching it though.  \n  \n\"You mean the one who attacked you?\" Usuyami blinked.  \n  \nShuji nodded, \"the very one. Morisa, was his name.\"  \n  \n\"What could this mean?\"  \n  \nShuji growled a little, \"It means Aritseru Kajikuro has some explaining to do...\"  \n  \nUsuyami sighed, \"I agree.\"  \n  \n=================================================================  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Tales of Ippon","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/8901-chapter-two-passion.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/13306-chapter-four-revelation.json"}}