Elixir of Life

"EHEM," as Irene cleared her throat, her green eyes were lasers - almost burning a hole into Ryu's forehead. The faithful Ninja immediately snapped back to attention and forced a smile. "Ugh.." all of a sudden he was tired, and needed to rest his head against the comfort of the pillows.

Irene's "pillows" bounced back and forth as she spoke strongly, leaning her head to the side "Would you MIND?" she was again aggressively giving her death stare to Ayane, who was now getting bored of playing tag with Ryu's attention.

"Oh well, I'll see ya around Master Ryu, mwaah!" Ayane naughtily grinned as she strode outside, slamming the door behind her with a bit of force.

BLAG!*

The silence that followed was quite uncomfortable for our Master Ninja. He started perspiring profusely as he knew what would happen next. He wanted to transform into a falcon right there and then and just fly outside the window, and BE FREE.

However, like a mind reader, Irene stood up; she reached for the top window cover with her arms, and then closed the darned thing shut!

BLAG!*

The dead silence which filled the room bothered Ryu more than anything he has encountered from the beginning of his life. FOREVER AND EVER. His skin turned cold and clammy, and his heart rate was faster than the shadowless footsteps technique.

"Now then, DARLING.." the emphasis on the last word wasn't of endearment. Irene suddenly looked like a towering giant Ogre with big breasts, looking down at Ryu's limp body. Ryu adjusted his lying position to get more comfortable, but it felt like he was on a bed of nails, and he was about to be hammered in it.

"I see that, that WITCH is getting comfortable with you, eh?" Irene stepped closer to the edge of the bed, her juggling jugs juggling. Still standing up, she once again grabbed on Ryu's bandaged arm. This time, the grip was in quite a soft manner, as she was preparing her love interest to spill the beans.

Ryu tried his best to maintain eye contact. He was like a little girl who wanted to scream. No, he was also like a hostage being interrogated while a large knife was scraping his tonsils. He cleared his throat to dismiss the thought, and answered.

"I-I, was wounded - -" Ryu started slowly. Very slowly, since he knew that one wrong word and he would suffer the wrath that would want him to perform Sudoku right then and there.

With jiggling tits, Irene began nagging. "Wounded you say? For what, saving that witch's ass!? That wasn't even the strongest demon you've encountered! Are you HIDING SOMETHING from me? We're you DISTRACTED? *BLAH *BLAH *BLAH and it went on and on...

[nagging sounds]

Ryu spaced out as he recalled the last desert battle. There was a round 2 with Greg – the water demon god, which the author left out since he was slacking off and wanted to jump to another set of scenes.

Intermission: The rite of Bestiality part 1.5

As the burnt remains of Greg scattered on the earth, Ryu hurriedly ran to attend to Ayane to see how she was. As he reached her location, Ryu kneeled on one knee and cradled Ayane's head towards him.

"Ayane?" Ryu's eyebrows were filled with concern. He saw her as a little sister, always tailing him wherever he went, providing useful intel every now and then. Oh, how much she has grown. And now she was quite in a bad condition, with dark swollen bruises all over her body. She was also getting colder as her tattered clothes couldn't cover most of her exposed skin, not that there were enough clothes to begin with. Ryu looked at her body closer, and her exposed nipples were looking back at him, as if to tease.

'Urgh, not now..' Ryu knew that this wasn't the time for lustful intentions. He meditated and ousted unnecessary thoughts.

Ayane wasn't really built to battle stronger demons, but due to a strange order from the higher ups, she didn't hesitate to undertake it. She was lucky though, that Ryu was able to pick up an ethereal distress signal from her Fuma Kodachi weapons.

Ayane's red eyes opened, and Ryu had a sigh of relief that followed.

"A- are you okay?" Ryu said softly, as their eyes crossed paths, evident that they cared for each other. Staring into Ryu's eyes, she spoke weakly, "I-I'm okay M-Master, please do not worry..." Ryu held her hand gently, and then reached out for a bottle of elixir of life.

"Here, drink this.." Ayane did her best to open her mouth, but the opening of the bottle was too wide for her. They needed something to control the flow of the miracle liquid towards her. And time was of the essence.

"ooohh..." Ayane was sweating buckets all of a sudden, and then closed her eyes. It now seemed that there were some underlying issues with what meets the eye.

'This will not work, there must be another way!' Ryu tried to think since this was his last elixir, and if it were wasted, the chance of Ayane's survival would be jeopardized.

Ayane writhed in pain. "Ahhh Master Ryu, it hurts..." the bruises on her body were starting to spread. Touching a portion of a bruise, Ryu tried to feel the consistency and tenderness of Ayane's skin, whence he concluded that these weren't ordinary bruises! They were too dark and seemed to be burning Ayane's soft skin. It was an enchanted poison! That explains Ayane's sudden pallor and drop in blood pressure, plus the lethargy.

Ryu felt Ayane's carotid pulse. His eyes widened that he almost didn't feel anything. She was faking her strength to get rid of his worries. She wasn't ok at all.

'No! Ayane you don't have to do this for me!' Ryu observed the light of life slowly escaping from Ayane's body. It was only a matter of seconds before her pulse would cease to provide a circulation blood supply. As the poison was destroying her red blood cells, the amount of oxygen in her body was dwindling. Her breathing was also getting milder, as her chests were rising and falling weakly.

At last an idea came into fruition!

Ryu hurriedly pressed the bottle against his lips, taking in a few sips of the life elixir; he then gradually leaned forward, his lips coming in contact with Ayane's!

Their mouths were locked rigid as Ryu knew that the fluid must be consumed up to the last drop. Being closer to each other, he was treated to Ayane's sweet fragrance – that of lavender – as he gradually introduced the liquid into Ayane's open mouth. He maintained his control, making short relaxed breaths as he held on Ayane tighter. He closed his eyes to concentrate as to not spill the precious water.

Initially, it seemed that there was no reaction from Ayane. 'C'mon, Ayane! You need to be strong!' Ryu gently pushed further on her lips, her pulse now becoming audible!

'That's it! Live for me!'

After a few moments of worry, as the sensation of Ryu's mouth invaded her senses, Ayane opened her eyes slowly, then began moving her lips! She started sucking and swallowing the elixir!

They stayed like that for a few more seconds, with Ryu controlling the flow from his mouth, and Ayane, like a newborn creature being fed. After the last drop, Ryu needed to do a repeat performance with the remaining restorative medicine. He broke their kiss, and then readied for another drink.

"Good girl, Ayane, now let's do it again, one last time," Ryu hastily put the bottle in his mouth once again, emptying the contents, filling up the insides of his cheeks. With more accuracy, Ryu hurriedly pressed his lips towards Ayane's pinkish mouth, which was open and waiting. Keeping it together, Ryu parted his lips slightly in order to allow the passage of the liquid towards its intended space. The soft lips of Ayane felt good, which complimented the sweet taste of the miracle water that coursed through – gradually traversing the insides of her throat. A few moments of controlled kisses, Ryu was able to impart another mouthful of miracle water to Ayane and she was able to swallow everything, one small gulp at a time.

They stayed there, lips still locked and breathing in a relaxed manner; an aria of intimacy has surfaced, and yet, both souls were still oblivious.

It was a life or death situation, and what Ryu did was just out of his platonic love for Ayane... Or was it?