Into the Village, no matter the risk!

(Another warning! This chapter gets pretty lewd for a few minutes, but it doesn't turn out how I set it up to)

"First, in my opinion," Emily started with a light grin. "I think it would be best to get a general feel for your new physical capabilities. Think of bones harder than obsidian, the strength of thirty men and the nose of a blood-hound... that's usually around the level of a female beast man. It might sound stupid, but maybe you should do some jumping or running or something, climb a tree, I don't really care. It would just be bad if you tried to jump over a pitfall and ended up with your head on one side of a tree and your ass on the other; unless you're into that, of course."

"No, you have a point... doesn't that seem like an unfair advantage, though, to have abilities like that?"

"Yes and no," Emily agreed in part. "On one hand, you're strong as Hell... and I would know," the blue-skinned girl added with a playful grin. "On the other hand, though, you have a natural toughness that can protect you from a short fall or something like a sling, but arrows and blades can still easily cut into that pretty little figure. Your advantage is that you have an easier time avoiding hits, but if you do take a blow, it can still wound you."

"Damn, and I really thought I was gonna be a god-like anime protag," Hina said jokingly, not realizing that the joke probably wouldn't make any sense to Emily.

"Anime... protag?" Indeed, her quizzical look suggested more than a little confusion.

"It's a kind of story that we have where I'm from, called anime. There's a lot of them where guys get reincarnated in a world like this, but they have unfair, godly powers and nobody alive can stand up to them. Actually, it gets annoying after a while," she added with a laugh. "Anyway... jumping or running, strength of thirty men... how do I even test that?"

"Hm..." Emily looked thoughtful for a moment, and then pointed upward. A tall tree stood there, probably reaching a good forty meters into the sky and riddled with branches. "Why don't you see how fast you can climb that tree and get back down without falling? Even with new strength, it will probably take you a while to learn how to control something so new to you."

"You make a good point," Hina agreed with a soft sigh, and then, bending her knees a bit, she leapt.

She didn't really know how far she should expect to go, because she felt just like she had as a human, there was no extra strain on her body. Even so, she was surprised when she rocketed forward and up so quickly that she rammed face-first into the trunk twelve meters up and bounced off.

"No falling!" Emily's voice called out from the garden of her cabin, which they'd only just exited. A growl rising in her throat, Hina twisted and grabbed a branch, then bunched her core, swung up and tried to launch herself off the branch. It was a half-success, and she hit her shoulder and upper arm on another branch, but the girl still managed to grab onto that branch and climb, then kick off with just as much force as before, sending her neatly- for once- onto one of the highest branches. Letting out a cry of relief and rubbing the ache out of her right shoulder, Hina looked down and realized with a start that she was at least thirty-five meters up. Given Emily's deep blue skin and dark outer eyes, it almost looked as though her irises, orange pinpricks of light, and her white hair were floating down there.

"Right! Feels a little weird, getting this high so fast!" Hina called back, starting to feel a bit sick. She must have swayed a bit, because suddenly she slipped and fell with a sharp cry. Her rear collided with a thin branch- too thin, and it snapped, letting her fall further. It gave the white-haired girl enough time to grab a branch as she fell, though, and she swung before letting go, trying to land on a thicker trunk of wood further down. She made the landing, but came out off balance, and half fell further, straddling a branch with her legs and wincing.

"Well, at least that doesn't hurt as bad as when I had balls..." She muttered, and continued down. All in all, it probably only took forty or fifty seconds to get down, but that was still much longer than it had taken to go up.

"I get it, now!" Emily called excitedly, walking over as Hina reached the base of the wood. "You're a honey badger! That's why you took those hits without much of a problem, you're like, a beast man with defense times twenty. I don't know why your tails, ears and coloring didn't make it obvious a lot sooner, though, so I'm sorry for not figuring that out! Doubt you knew, either," she added, voice about as playful as Hina was coming to be familiar with rather quickly.

"No, I didn't know," Hina admitted, and followed that with a short thanks to the devil. "You're right, that's really going to take some getting acquainted with, I'll need to practice. But, about that town... should we get going? We're being so loud..."

"Don't worry," Emily assured her, smiling brightly. She still wore that white dress and knee-high boot outfit, and Hina didn't realize her gaze was being pulled toward Emily's chest until after the Devil did, unfortunately. "I live far enough from the town that nobody can hear us. To them, I'm the scary devil who lives in the forest, but there are enough people that know I mean no harm that I never actually get into any trouble. Now, as for those lewd eyes of yours," she continued, stepping closer. Suddenly, Hina was being pulled into a tight hug, and she became very aware of Emily's sizable breasts pressing into her own smaller ones.

"Mm, you're still taller than me, even if you are a girl now~ what do you say I give you a key something you're missing back, and we have a little fun, huh~?" Hina stiffened and blushed, darker and darker as Emily spoke, but at the end her eyebrows furrowed, confusion riddling her until she remembered what Emily had said. That she could turn others into demons, or mutate them otherwise...

"I don't think..." She took a moment, drew a breath, trying not to let herself become too aroused. It was... a strange feeling, as a girl, but she thought, maybe, she could, get used to it, maybe? "Couldn't you just turn me... back into a guy?" Emily was walking forward, backing Hina against the nearest tree. Suddenly she tripped, falling on her butt, and then Emily was lowering herself, pinning the honey badger against the trunk.

"That would be a transformation, not a mutation~ I can't help you with that, I'm afraid~" She was unbuttoning Hina's shorts, pulling them down, then off- why am I not stopping this, Hina thought to herself. She just met Emily! The Devil, though, who'd seemed so happy to have a peer, was pulling Hina's panties down now, too, and then starting to move her shirt up, work her bra off. Miss white-hair didn't fight at all, and soon all she wore were boots and stockings as Emily spread her legs.

"You're a good girl, aren't you~?" Emily smiled, her hand coming up and gently kneading Hina's breast. The girl under attack stiffened and arched up a bit, a breathless, choked moan escaping her as Emily's fingers clamped down on her nipple. A blue hand was moving between her legs, now, as well, and for a half second, Hina felt like she couldn't even breathe.

"N-No~" It would be a line she couldn't come back from crossing, and it would be crossed all too soon. Emily ignored her, though, and only murmured a soft "yes~" as she gently pressed the tips of two fingers against Hina's slit. Hina didn't argue verbally, but she tried to pull her hips away; this was wrong, this wasn't how this was supposed to go, this...

"You're going to take it like I say," Emily said with a smile, and she pushed her fingers forward, entering her new friend. Hina, surprised by the alien feeling, gasped sharply and bucked her hips; it wasn't the best feeling in the world, but it was damn good, she thought as Emily began to thrust her fingers, her other hand still kneading. Moving up as she did these things, Emily pushed into a kiss, and Hina moaned louder, sharper, pushing her hips forward.

"Awe~" Emily pulled her head back, smiling a sugary smile. "Kisses turn you on that much, huh~? I wonder how long it'll take you to cum like a bitch in heat~" The phrasing sent shivers through Hina, and she moaned louder still, almost desperate to do just that.

"Ever since I saw~ the sh-shape of~" The badger girl was having trouble speaking. Pleasure was lancing through her from chest to toe, curling her feet and clenching her fists as spike after spike of need and want made her inner muscles clench.

"The shape of~?" Emily thrusted her fingers faster, and Hina struggled to keep speaking.

"Your tail~ I kn-knew your mutations involved~ sex~" For a moment, Emily didn't answer, she just kissed Hina. The pleasure built, and the newly-created girl felt oddly panicked, grabbed Emily's wrist as if she wanted it to stop. Choking down a moan for a moment, only to fail and cry out happily as she clenched around Emily's oddly-colored fingers, experiencing a completely different climax than ever before. She felt hot all over, and... no, this heat was different from the kind it should be. It tingled and sparked throughout her body, making her chest heave with the force of her breaths as Emily slowly took her fingers away.

"You can feel it, can't you~" Emily sounded very, highly amused. "It's my mana infecting this adorable body~ now, I think you mentioned the shape of my tail, right?" Suddenly, she sounded totally innocent as it curled around, bending like a snake and slowly rubbing along her slit.

"No, there's no way you can-" Hina pulled her hips away, and Emily gripped her ass with both hands, pulling her forward and almost fully onto her back as the tail ground against her slit.

"I'm afraid you don't get to tell me no~ sure, badgers aren't a usual sort of pet, but~" Her tail was pushing forward, threatening to enter Hina... and somehow, between Emily's words and actions, the white-haired girl couldn't think about anything save for how badly she wanted it. Sensing that this was exactly the case, Emily clucked her tongue... and pushed her tail in. Perhaps the mana was too much, perhaps it was just a sensory overload... but in a moment, Hina felt her head swimming, and then she let her head fall back against the trunk of the tree, unable to hang onto her waking mind.

"Getting tired of passing out, you know..."

~~~

Hina woke a while later, dressed again just as she'd been before. Sitting in the grass nearby, cross-legged as she plucked the petals off of a lily, slowly, Emily smiled over at Hina. "Notice anything... different?"

The first thing she did, of course, was peek under the waistband of her shorts. But-

"No, I don't. You said-??"

"I lied," Emily giggled. "Ah, but the idea sure turned you on, didn't it~? I easily could have, but I decided halfway through that it would be much more fun to leave you like this, let you get good and used to it. Don't you agree?" She seemed completely comfortable, as if the idea that she'd taken things too far too fast was inconsequential. As if detecting that this crossed the badger girl's mind, she continued with, "I am sorry, though, I may have gotten a bit wild with you. The truth is just that I was so excited to have a friend after so long, I got carried away trying to make sure you had a good time with me. Next time, I'll not be so demanding or forceful."

"Thank... you," Hina murmured in answer. "I'm not upset, per se, it's just that... I've never. I mean, I've had sex, but I was born a guy, so that was fifty shades of wrong, for me."

"No, I figured you might feel that way..." Emily nodded understandingly, but after a moment, a coy smile tugged at her lips. "How do you feel, though~?"

"I feel... relaxed," she took a moment to answer. "A little bit... sore, but not in a bad way? I'll admit, that... that uh..."

"Orgasm?" Emily supplied helpfully.

"R-Right. That was much better than it ever felt as a guy, and the whole time, not just right at the end. Anyway, let's stop talking about this, it's humiliating..." She didn't know whether she was happy or upset that she was still a girl, and that was a scary thought in and of itself.

"Hm, sure thing," Emily answered. "First, though, aren't you going to bother to argue with me?"

"What do you mean?" Hina tilted her head, confusion written across her face.

"Well, what did I say before... you don't get to tell me no? Badgers are an unusual sort of pet, but... and I think you were unconscious for this, but I also said that you'd be stuck with me as a pet, now~ to think that you wouldn't even argue with such phrasing, really it's shameful~" Hina tried to think of a sensible comeback, but her answering utterance was somewhat childish in nature.

"There's no way in Hell I'm going to be some kind of pet for you...! You realize I was a guy, right? That I've only been a girl for maybe one waking hour, total?" Emily smiled and slowly moved over to Hina. The badger girl stiffened, but all that Emily did was softly kiss her.

"You might have been a guy, but you're clearly a giant bottom, deep down~ listen, Hina," she added, glancing away. Black-and-white hair wasn't sure, but she thought that Emily's cheeks lightened up by a few shades of blue, approaching white. "I like you," she said softly, earnestly. "You're the first person in a long time not to look at me like some kind of monster, and you seem like a genuinely decent- good- person." Aika flashed behind Hina's eyes at these words... but in stories like these... well, it wasn't like Hina was going to be headed home any time soon.

"So, of course you can still be your own person," Emily continued, moving just a bit closer and setting Hina on edge. "-but, you're going to be my pet, unless you can look me in the eyes, right now, and honestly tell me that you don't want exactly that."

It should have been easy, right?

She should say it, no problem.

No effort at all.

Hina opened her mouth, but for a long twenty seconds of silence that, somehow, weren't awkward, she just... wasn't able to speak. In the end, Emily kissed her again, lingering this time as if to make sure the memory of her touch soaked in, and then backed up. "Now, really, we need to head for the village before it gets any later, it's almost midnight, and if we don't, we wont make it before two after." She stood, and reached down, taking Hina's hand and helping her to her feet.

As they walked, Hina's mind was reeling. This was moving too quickly, and what was wrong with her? She wasn't some kind of drippy bottom... but, the idea of a female dominatrix, well, there were plenty of guys that appealed to... but, still! She'd just met this girl, and now she'd fooled around with her? If Emily really hadn't had any friends in so long, then maybe this had nothing to do with her, Hina, and everything to do with convenience, taking the first chance that arose... no, this was probably nothing to do with her, Hina, as a person.

Time to change the subject, she thought. Why were those thoughts... upsetting? This was stupid, and she was... just a hormonal eighteen year old, that was all. She should be more worried about getting back to her home, more than she was worried about some cute Devil and Status Bands! Did this count as cheating on Aika if she, Hina, was effectively cut off from the girl? Even if she did get back to her own world, would she become a guy again, or stay as a Honey Badger girl forever?

Suddenly, her toes slid under a root, and distracted as she was, Hina was sent flying forward. Instead of simply taking the fall, though, she rolled and tried to hop to her feet....with too much force, by mistake, so that she sent herself to the ground again. Grumbling, she slowly climbed to her feet as Emily caught up and helped to dust her off. Luckily, there'd been no mud there, and soon Hina was almost completely clean once again.

"Careful, girl. Are you trying to kill yourself here~?" Emily teased, at first, but when it became apparent that Hina was taking her seriously, she backtracked, shaking her head. "No, I know it's hard to control yourself right now. The Beast Men evolved under oppression and hateful eyes; they evolved for war and strife. You're built a lot differently than a human, now... to think one of the heroes would practically walk into me, and look like you, instead of the usual... I don't know if I'm incredibly lucky, or just not suffering yet. Anyway, humans," Emily's lips twisted into a smile. "They've always been at the top of the food chain, but because of that, well, they've never needed to evolve any special traits, like the races they crushed underfoot. They have the numbers on us, and that's their only advantage."

"A big one, though," Hina finished Emily's thought as they walked. "You know, I'd really like to learn some of that magic stuff, not to change the subject. Is there any surefire way to learn?" Emily was quiet for a moment before she answered.

"I'm honestly planning to leave the area tomorrow night. Another two days before you appeared, and you'd probably have died in the forest, without anyone around- but I'm going to head East, and it wouldn't be too far out of our way to sneak into a branch of the mage's college, steal some tomes and textbooks. Trust me, they have over a hundred copies of every book they own, they will not miss five or six books." The thought of stealing them seemed wrong, but only for all of a moment, as the excitement of learning magic was almost overwhelming, somehow.

"So sudden, but I can't say I mind. Got no friends or family here, after all," Hina replied with a soft laugh.

"Well, don't get too excited. Learning to cast is hard work... but it can lead to an overwhelming advantage in a fight, especially if your enemy doesn't know you're a caster."

The two walked in silence for some of the time, made idle chatter that didn't really matter in the least for the rest. Eventually, though, Emily gestured for Hina to silence herself and slipped quietly into a gap between what the badger girl had mistaken for a city wall with an open gate, but was actually the gap between two houses; though, there was still a gate installed as if to ward off intruders... but, it was unlocked. Emily simply opened it and let them both through before quietly shutting it behind them.

"Stick close behind me, okay?" Emily's voice was a whisper. "There are some who won't mind us being here at all, but admitting that in broad daylight is tantamount to suicide in this kingdom. You'll understand, eventually, why I'm so desperate to leave... and I mean that as in, firsthand." Hina nodded in answer.

"I'm behind you, just lead the way."