28 Setting up the Business

It has been three years. 

After the Youkai massacre in the prefecture of Kyoto, everything went still and quiet... I would have loved to say the event was called the 'Heian Calamity Night' but not such a thing happened. 

The numbers were given out, thirty human casualties, I thought it was too little at first but started to understand everything once Yasaka explained to me how terrifying the media coverage can be. An event in which approximately 'thirty' people died at the hands of Youkai was completely forgotten in a matter of months and labelled as a massacre by an unknown 'cult'.

The police investigated and soon the 'cult' was brought to justice... funnily enough the whole 'cult' was exterminated in an altercation against the Japanese army in the prefecture of Hyogo next door to Kyoto.

No witnesses, no one taken to court, and no accounts were given.

"There was never such a thing as a cult- ahn~"

"Then...?"

"Uhm~ w-we- I mean- the metropolitan police department had information of an underdog mafia based on Hyogo, one of many. We just used them as a scapegoat and labelled them a cult to maintain the secrecy of the supernatural community. So long as 'justice' was brought no one would ask any more questions regarding the incident".

"How-" I stepped a bit harder on it and she responded accordingly.

"Ahn!~"

"Efficient. What about those involved? the survivors...? Don't tell me you eliminated them for knowing too much?"

"Oh my, it hurts my feelings that you'd think so bad of your little pet".

"Yasaka..."

"This is not America~ we gave everyone involved a huge sum of compensation and a contract with plenty of clauses. If they think about revealing anything they will have to face the Japanese government in a private court, there is no need to kill anyone in this day and age, they're victims too... it has proved efficient, three years after the incident no one has come out to say a word".

"I see, good job".

"Since your pet did a good job... shouldn't you be praising her and spoiling her instead of scolding her?~"

She has a lot of audacity to request me to 'spoil' her. If what I'm doing right now is not spoiling, I don't know what is. 

"Hmph, some people may think I'm one to overly indulge my pets if they see this".

"Those people couldn't ever understand the experience that is you, Ray. Just one hour of this... it is not fair".

We were in my room, the lights were off and dimly lit candles lit up the room... a vanilla scent seeped through to conceal the fox's lewdness. We were both nude and her back was particularly oily. She shamelessly came to me asking for pleasure, this is as much as I can do for her right now without crossing that thin line. 

"Ahn~ so good~" The Youkai Priestess moaned without restraint as I stepped on her back.

I was walking on her body, it was an ancient technique called 'Ashiatsu' which involved me holding into ceiling bars and walking on her back with the precise pressure that was greater than what one could achieve with one's arms to further stimulate muscle tissue and joints. 

But I have already done this before and I'm quite an expert at it. Let alone Yasaka's body can easily hold my weight and hence, I'm not using any metal bars to hold onto.

Most people choosing this type of massage would be labelled perverts, however, sometimes it is the therapist's choice due to the customer's body being overly tense it also helps if their muscle mass is greater, which is Yasaka's case. In her case, it is not that she's overly muscular, but that her skin is though by itself, something a human can't achieve. 

She was making it difficult for me because her tails kept clinging onto me and they wouldn't let go.

"My love, do it on my waist more..."

'My love...?' She's been quite cocky for a while now, openly expressing her desires.

"Yasaka, your tails... I can't walk properly..."

"I-I can't it feels so good, every time I try to recall them they refuse vehemently, don't be a baddy and let me cling onto you, please" She was hugging a pillow and breathing heavily against it, quivering under my ministrations, completely surrendered to me. 

Ever since that incident, she doesn't come often but when she does, it is mostly to enjoy herself. I know she's working hard on her own without telling me anything because sometimes she comes back with light bruises, one time she was even poisoned.

When I ask her she tells me that it is 'nothing to worry about' and that she's merely sorting out some loose ends but soon everything will be alright. It is not that she doesn't want to tell me, she won't even tell my mom whom she sees as an equal as according to her they have the 'same power'.

I like her and Kunou-chan quite a bit, if I can help her by giving her massages, that's what I'm going to do since my schedule is not packed up or anything. I'm currently thirteen years old and Anna is going to our second year of Junior High our second semester ends in about two weeks with the start of winter.

It is at this random moment that Yasaka decides to show up. Well... not random. 

'It is just a coincidence. One day of holiday off school with your mommy working overtime and Anna-chan going to Hokkaido with her parents for a week, it was all a coincidence~'

It is also a coincidence that she always brings Kunou, but this time she didn't. It is just the two of us in this big broad house. She'd usually come to have breakfast, lunch or dinner... bring along her daughter for us to take care of her 'momentarily' while she did something and then come and pick her back up. 

This time I won't be letting her go without a proper answer.

"Yasaka".

"Yes?~"

"I want you to tell me what you have been doing... and why you are bruised sometimes, the last time you were even poisoned, I thought after becoming a ten tails fox you would be a lot stronger-".

"I am a lot stronger!"

"Then why-"

Her tails settled down instantly but didn't stop clinging onto me instead, they strengthened further.

"You don't have to worry-"

"It is not up to you to decide whether I worry or not. You come here, you have meals with us, we treat you like family... if you have problems, tell me. If you don't tell me then I will stop spoiling you altogether".

I'll have to threaten her where it hurts, the massages. As I expected fear shrouded her eyes at that moment,

"Is that-"

"Am I too powerless to help you?" I finally went downcast, is it because I'm too weak? I have been asking Anubis to help me get stronger but she keeps saying that it is 'too soon' and that I'm too young. Anna and I sometimes go out to hunt but the things we hunt are so weak... I want something more challenging to grow stronger.

I want to fight someone like Heracles!

"It is not that, Ray!"

She pulled me into her embrace with a deep warm hug. 

"Listen to me. I want your help... but for what I'm trying to accomplish, your and Anubis' help wouldn't benefit me. I seek to unify all the Youkai factions in Japan, to do so... I can't afford them to think I'm receiving external help from a foreign force or pantheon. The reason you see me bruised sometimes is because..." She started drifting and fidgeting. 

"Because...?"

"I have been betrayed a few times by the Youkais of my faction. They were not as loyal... as I thought they were".

"..."

"I was poisoned during a meeting with Nurarihyon in Tokyo. A war broke out, I thought it had been one of his underlings, even though I was careful... it was one of my underlings who did it".

I sighed and collapsed on top of her, yet she still refused to look at me. 

"There were more insiders than I originally expected. It is also the reason why I bring Kunou-chan here sometimes, I can't guarantee her security in our shrine at all times, especially when I'm travelling. To be honest, I have been thinking... of having her move here permanently but I don't know how to ask you, I wouldn't want to impose".

Her slightly lingering insecurities displayed themselves for me. I love this woman honestly... she's fearless and doesn't care about anything, but she has a cute little daughter that's like her Achilles heel. 

I caressed and rubbed her hair like she was a vulnerable little girl, that's what she appeared to me. She could be endlessly gorgeous but infinitely cute as well.

"Fool, you should have just said it! I'll protect the kid with my life... you can leave her in our care!"

I almost felt insulted... she thinks she's imposing? as bad as it sounds I'm even willing to pay money so long as I can muffle that little girl's ears, her fur is even softer than Yasaka's!