The Petals of Motivation

Tengu and the others hurried into Neko Neko Teatime shop and Miki and Momo looked at them. Tengu stopped and looked at them. Another woman, a wolf hybrid with gray fur and blue and gold eyes, ran forward.

"Enemy spotted!" The wolf girl growled.

"Wait! Suki they aren't an enemy! We can trust them." The woman said then removed her hair from her face. "My name is Hoshi, I come from a place that is in America named Heavenly Bay. It is next to Hawaii and- Nevermind that isn't important, what is important is that you can't pursue Hisumi."

"Why? She is needed by the world and if she is kidnapped that's the end of our world!" Tengu said.

"First off you can't find her and second off, look at the news." Hoshi said then pointed at the TV.

"This news goes out to someone close to me. Tengu...you have betrayed my trust. I have known you for years and you've never acted out of line and as your guardian I will put you back in line. I won't kill you...but I will find you and bring you back to your senses. Wherever you are, it doesn't matter. You can run long and far...but you won't escape me." Silent Fox said then pushed the cameraman away.

"Why is this war happening? Meowster and Mistress Kyorise are still on the other side of Japan. I don't have any magic powers or know how to really fight." Miki said scared.

"How did we get dragged into this.." Momo sighed and crossed her arms.

Tengu looked afraid and noticed a woman walking out the back and watched her. The woman had long blonde hair, gray eyes, and wore a beautiful mini dress. She had on dark colored stockings with a knife holster on her left leg.

"Vous vous inquiétez tous trop." The woman spoke and everyone looked at her. "Have you forgotten that I am skilled in combat and magic? There is nothing to really worry about."

"Clarissa...Listen I know you're strong and you come from a different world entirely where being strong matters, but these enemies albeit also humans aren't to be underestimated. Silent Fox isn't an enemy you can just go up to and defeat." Hoshi said.

"How strong is she?" Clarissa asked.

"She's near Demigod levels of power. You can't beat her. The way I see it only few can actually take her down. You've done a good job protecting us, but this isn't the fight for you." Hoshi said then crossed her arms.

Clarissa looked a bit disappointed then noticed Naora and Himeko walk into the shop. "Naora. Himeko. Quoi de neuf?"

"We need you to all to stay inside the shop at all times. Judgement is coming and we need you all safe." Naora said then looked at Tengu and the others. "I saw the news. You are safe with us. You have nothing to fear."

Tengu nodded and looked down. "I don't want to die..."

"I know. Now go somewhere safe in the shop. No one knows the outcome of this upcoming battle." Naora said then walked away with Himeko following behind.

Orishi sighed softly as she looked at the ceiling. She looked at the TV to see what song was playing. "Why are we listening to From Time by Drake?"

"I have no idea why this is playing. Ryan turn it off." Lianne sighed.

Ryan skipped the song and mumbled, "It is a good song.."

Annie hurried down the stairs and hurried to the living room. "Mama! Papa! I want to request something!"

Lianne looked at Annie. "What's up sweetheart?"

"I want to become a Valkyria. I watched the Livestream of St. Hoya against St. Fraskia and I want to learn to fight like that." Annie said with excitement.

"I don't see anything wrong with her finally becoming a Valkyria." Ryan said then looked at Orishi. "How about it Teach?"

"Sure why not." Orishi said then crossed her arms, closing her eyes.

"Yes! When can I start? I'm ready to learn and help defend my world!" Annie said with excitement.

"We can start tomorrow morning. It's getting pretty late, so get some rest." Orishi smiled.

"Right!" Annie nodded and hurried up the stairs.

I knocked on Yae's dorm door and she opened the door. I looked at her and noticed her wearing only her lingerie. "I want to talk to you about something...can I come in?"

"You're lucky I like you and I don't sleep until very late at night." Yae smiled.

I smiled back then walked in as she let me in her dorm. I looked back at her and walked backwards to sit on the couch.

"You and Saito not getting along?" Yae teased.

I rolled my eyes and smiled. "It's not that. I feel like I can only talk to you about this...It's about me being the key and the one who can save our world. I'm carrying a huge responsibility and even though everyone is training as hard as I am, I feel like...I have to go all out and get as strong as fast as I can. I feel like if I can't reach my max potential, I would merely only be a burden."

Yae closed and locked the door then walked over to me and sat beside me. "I've seen you out there training. You've definitely gotten better and honing your skills with Iaijutsu. It seems that's your real specialty, but I guess it sounds you lack some motivation to get better for yourself. You're only training to save, not training to better yourself. Even if you train nonstop, you won't be any better if you don't train for your own benefit as well."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"You're training until you get it right, but you're not training until you never make the same mistake again. You're training for the benefit of others and not training to benefit yourself." Yae said. "Yes you carry the heaviest burden, but because you carry such a burden it would make sense to train for yourself. After all you are the main target other than Orishi and Liao Ru."

I looked at her then looked away. "Because I'm a main target I feel as though I don't have the time to just train for my own benefit. I need to get stronger fast."

"We have 25 days left of training. You've got more than enough time to better yourself. You can't protect anyone if you can't protect yourself. We are training to benefit us then once we see we can't go any further we train to pick up the slack of everyone else." Yae said then looked at the TV. "I plan to pick up your slack if it ever has to come to that. You are my number one priority now. I can't allow you to fall to the hands of Judgement."

I looked at Yae. "Why would you want to do that for me? I can certainly handle myself. All I need is the right motivation...Once I find the motivation...well I have one and it is to prove to Raiji that I'm ready, but.."

Yae looked at me and smiled. "I know what you mean and I might have the right motivation for you."

I watched her lean in closer to me and I looked surprised when she kissed my lips. She pulled away and smiled. I held her cheek then leaned forward to kiss her again. She happily kissed back. As I kissed her I began to slowly mount on top of her. She held my thighs and we pulled away from the kiss to catch out breath.

"Have you found the motivation yet..?" Yae softly panted.

"I think so..." I smiled and held the rail of the couch, pressing my forehead against hers.

Yae smiled and rose my skirt and wrapped her thumbs around the strap of my panties. "Good...if you do good this week, I'll reward you..~ So make sure to do good...~"

I began to get really horny off her words. After what me and Saito did, I could barely control my urges to masturbate and pleasure myself. "I-I'll do good." I said in an almost submissive way. I found myself submitting to Yae the same way I submitted myself to Saito.

Yae smiled and held me then laid me on the couch, towering over me. She pushed her knee against my crotch. I blushed and made a soft noise. "I know you'll do good. Prove yourself out there...and I will treat you like no other woman could.."

I nodded and looked at her.

After the events transpired, I went back to my dorm with Yae's words in my head. I walked into the bedroom and noticed Saito sit up on the bed to look at me. I crawled into bed beside her and kissed her lips. She kissed back then laid back down.

I was now romantically involved with three women I really liked. All three are my true motivators because I don't want to lose them to anyone. I'll protect them no matter what...

The next day arrived and I was already ready to train and prove myself to Raiji and Yae. My training partner this time was Sumi. Sumi yawned and began to doze off.

"Are you all sure about this? She's not even awake." I said.

"She's student council for a reason." Ambrosia smirked.

Orika and Annie watched the mock battle take place.

I looked at Sumi and she was dozing off while standing. She hugged her pillow and mumbled in her sleep. I shrugged and got in my stance.

"I'll start this off with my signature." I said then quickly unsheathed and sheathed my katana. A flurry of slashes seemed to hit Sumi, but she took no damage from the attack.

Sumi woke up to the sound of the flurry of slashes. "Huh..? Oh right...I am in a mock battle.."

"Eh..? Nah nah nah, now what the heck was that?! She wasn't affected?!" I said in shock.

Ambrosia and the other members of the Student Council laughed a bit.

"Well...here I go.." Sumi yawned and lazily ran towards me. She did a lazy war cry then smacked my face with her pillow. "Pillow...Fight..!"

I had a blank stare as Sumi kept hitting me with her pillow. I blinked and caught the pillow. "Enough!" I said then threw the pillow on the ground.

Sumi slowly picked her pillow off the ground then looked at me, tilting her head to the side. "Was I doing something wrong..?"

"Now that you're awake, you're not avoiding this!" I said then slid back and unsheathed and sheathed my katana. A flurry of slashes seemed to hit Sumi again.

Sumi wasn't affected.

"Can someone please explain WHAT is going on? Why aren't my attacks working?!" I bellowed.

Ambrosia laughed her ass off and held her stomach. "Oh I can't breathe! Alright...Alright...I'll tell you why your attacks aren't working."

I looked at Ambrosia and crossed my arms, frowning.

"Sumi's battlesuit is named Dream Dimension. She has the ability to where her body in the real world is like a dream. She's practically invincible. Her battlesuit gives her the ability Absolute Invulnerability. You can't damage her at the price of she can't damage you." Ambrosia said.

I walked to Sumi and tried to punch her face. My fist connected to her face, but she didn't even react. It was almost as if I never even hit her.

Sumi gave a gentle smile and looked at me. "That didn't hurt at all."

"Is this really how she made it to the student council..?" I asked in disbelief and walked backwards.

"Well her weapon is the pillow. She can't deal damage to you, but if you strike her pillow you can count yourself out. Her pillow has the ability Damage Reflection. You'll never truly win against Sumi. Trust me we all tried, but Sumi is so lazy she doesn't even attempt to fight. We put her against you in hopes she would get a little serious." Erika smiled.

I sighed and scratched the back of my head then walked off. "I'm taking a break."

Sumi tilted her head as she watched me then began to doze off, standing up.