Richard was surprised he made it to a round tabletop in one piece as the crowd seemed to go insane with his appearance. Everyone wanted a picture or a chance to hold the small human zombie killing machine. Richard had always tried to remain humble but with all the praise he couldn't help but feel a little pride. Maybe he was a pretty good soldier after all, not just some glorified security guard for science expeditions.
Suddenly a familiar face slipped through the crowd. Kikata, accompanied by Kikarra and Kikala approached the table.
"I thought I heard your name being thrown around." Kikata said with a grin, kneeling down next to him.
Richard shrugged, "We're famous now apparently." He laughed, "Did you see the video?"
"Yes. I could hardly watch." She said with a groan, "They shouldn't be showing that horrid stuff in public, even if this is supposed to be a place for mature adults." She glanced around, "Which reminds me if you see Kikat tonight tell her to get her butt back home before I kick it there."
Richard nodded, "Will do. Where has Runo got off too? Making more business calls?"
"No. He's getting us girls a drink."
"So have you gotten much attention?"
Kikata rolled her eyes, "No, I'm not in it for the glory."
Richard laughed, "You'll get used to it."
"That's alright. You can go ahead and soak-"
"Kikata!" A voice blurted from behind Richards shoulder. Fisc nearly stumbled to her side, "You made it!" He grabbed her shoulder and spun her around to face the bar, "Hey! Hey everyone!" He shouted in the neko language. The room slowly fell silent, somehow Fisc had become a sort of announcer for the night. "Here by my side. The only force in the universe capable of keeping that killing machine under control. The proud captain and brains of the Nova Force. Kikata!"
"Fisc cut it out." Kikata grumbled, her cheeks turning bright red. Her ears fell as they were bombarded by a loud cheer. She couldn't help but smile.
~ ~ ~ ~
Richard swayed slightly, a little overwhelmed by the shower of free drinks. The collar and chest of his shirt was drenched, receiving a free drink generally ment an oversized sip out of someone else's drink. The night was growing late and a large portion of the bars population was slowly starting to dwindle away.
He heard the clank of glass against the table behind him. He held up his hand, "No...really I think I need a break."
"Oh? Not even if I offer it?" A familiar voice asked in a pouty tone.
Richard rose his eyebrow and turned to see a curvaceous neko sitting at his table. Her lips curled in a playful smile as she twirled an icy red drink, "How are you, Richard?" Kina asked.
"Oh...me? I'm great! If you couldn't tell."
Kina laughed, "You and that Kikata have made quite a name for yourself. I am surprised I am the first woman to come for you."
"I wouldn't say you were the first."
"Well. The first to come with the intent of bringing you home."
"Ah. I see."
"That is...unless you have made arrangements since we last met?"
"No. None. In fact I have been dying out there." Richard laughed.
A broad smile creased her lips, "Well then, you will be really glad to meet my friend!"
Richard arched his brow, "Your friend?"
Kina nodded, turning her head and shouting something. She turned back to him with a mischievous smile. A large figure walked towards them, her blonde, nearly white hair bouncing atop her tan shoulders. A set of bright blue eyes fell on Richard, a pair of bright pink lips turning upwards in a smile. "Hi!" She said, with one word her very thick accent became prevalent.
"This is Luntana. She was a friend of mine back in advanced schooling."
"Hello." Richard said with a nod, his eyes falling from her face and onto her hourglass form barely concealed behind a silky black dress.
"She doesn't speak very much english at all. But I can translate for us." She turned towards her and whispered something quietly in her ear.
Luntana nodded, giggling girlishly as her eyes focused on Richard who was standing there wondering if Kina intended to send him off with some strange alien woman.
"She says she is a huge fan. And would be delighted if you would join us back at her place."
"Us?"
Kina grinned and leaned down before him, "I don't tend to go for this. But something about these Alta women just drives me wild!"
~ ~ ~ ~
Kikata clung to Runo's arm as they made their way down the street. "Let's go to your place." She said, "It's closer."
Runo nodded, "Sure thing."
They walked quietly for a few minutes. Kikatas eyes rose upwards towards the sky. It was perfectly black, not a single star shining through the haze of city lights. It was the first time she had seen an empty night sky in so long it felt like. "I've gotten so pale." She mumbled, glancing at her arm.
"It looks beautiful."
She shrugged, it made her feel like an outsider. And for the first time since she had entered adolescence she didn't really want to be on the outside of this community. Lounging on the beach, eating nice food, perhaps she hadn't appreciated the opportunity she had been given? "Maybe you were right." She finally.
"About what?"
Kikata sighed, "This whole guard thing. Maybe I am being a little silly..."
"Oh babe you're not being silly. You want to go out and help people. That's what I love about you." He pulled her tightly to his side, "But there is a lot of danger out there now. How about this. You already have been made an official ambassador with for the Alliance so why not take that and combine it with the funding I will be bringing in and do something actually helpful. Not sifting around in these dirty military wastelands for people who can't help but blow themselves up!"
"Well...I wouldn't put it like that." Kikata muttered, "But maybe. But the problem still stands that I can't just up and leave the Guard just like that! I will need to at least finish the next month and a half and maybe theres a small chance that-"
"Let's just get married. With my connections it will serve as the perfect excuse."
Kikata blinked, "But...Runo you know how I feel about this. It is one of the few things that I have left with our timeless culture. If I throw that away I will just be another faceless number in the universe. All a part of the same gigantic consumer culture..."
"It's not like that Kikata! We're at the top of our times! We're paving a new life for ourselves? Who cares what some ancient fossils told us about how to lead our lives so many thousands of years ago? Who is better off now?"
"We wouldn't be anywhere if it weren't for our ancestors. Discovery is relative from age to age. Creating and building a culture is just as impressive as discovering how to create and manipulate rifts in space! It's not like we did this in a few years, it all builds on each other."
"Yes but now we are doing all of those things at once! Building a language that transcends species, creating a culture that spreads not just across regions on the map but from solar system to solar system!"
Kikata leaned her head against his shoulder. His reasoning did not settle well with her but it made sense in a Runo sort of way. He was always trying to turn every situation into a positive one. "So. Get married hm?"
~ ~ ~ ~
Kina climbed up a narrow set of steps that looked as if they were made of marble. She lived in what looked like an apartment complex built for the rich children of business CEO's and government officials, it would not have surprised Richard.
He glanced over his shoulder towards Kina who held him, the slightly taller Luntana peering over her shoulder with a wide grin. Luntana pressed herself to Kina's back and wrapped her arm around her, planting it firmly against a black pad to the right of the smooth white door in front of her. After a short pause and a faint beep the door slid open. As the two neko's walked inside a soft light filled the lavish apartment. Unlike the rather plain and simplistic furnishings of the outside city, the apartment was packed with colorful art and trinkets.
"Nice place." Richard said, his head still swaying slightly in his drunkenness.
Kina whispered something to the Alta, who replied with another giggle. Her blue eyes peered down at the human excitedly as they came to a pause in the middle of her living room.
"She says thank you." Kina translated with a smile, "A lot of this stuff are actually things I gave her. She shares my interest with exo-planets and alien species and so I send her little things that I find along the way."
"Is your father aware of...you two?"
Kina grinned, "Aware? Partly. He knows we are friends and actually offered that I might date her older brother, he is a rising Officer in the military, handsom one at that. But alas I am not looking for dates right now, I am looking for fun."
"And she is more fun than he?"
Kina laughed, gently brushing the girls hair who had been watching their conversation obliviously, "Of course. In a way it's perfect. We both are in it for physical means, it wont change our old friendship all too much. And the worst thing that could happen down the line if our new lovers discover our past would be constant begging to try it with two women."
"Aren't I lucky." Richard whispered softly. His eyes scanned the cluttered countertop idly, until his gaze met something unexpectedly familiar. "Is that...a guitar?"
"A what?" Kina asked, leaning down and trying to figure out Richard was pointing at. She let him off her hand, the two neko crouching down next to the small couch side table.
"It's an instrument, you know, music?"
"Can you play?" Kina's shifted as her friend whispered in her ear excitedly.
"It's been a year or so but I think I can." He said, lifting the instrument off its stand. He wondered why a neko would keep such a tiny thing around.
"She says she forgot she even had it. If you want it you can have it." She arched her brow, "If you can play us a song that is."
Luntana set her hand down for Richard to climb atop. Slowly bringing him towards a large couch. She set him down on top of the back cushion, she and Kina sat down facing inwards.
Richard toyed with the tuning, having a little trouble in his drunken state. His gaze shifted between the large blue eyes to his right and the large brown eyes to his left and smiled, "Well I don't know if you'll recognize any of this but here goes nothing."
He gently strummed down on the strings, surprised that the old guitar actually carried a nice sound. He pressed his fingers down on the fret board and began to play an old western song that he learned so many years ago. It was an old song, ancient even. But it was the first to come to mind, and he always enjoyed the sound. His hands were a bit clumsy at first, but he eventually found his rhythm.
He grinned to himself as it seemed his musical spell was working. The two girls looked towards him with wide eyes, their hands clasped together between them. It reminded him of his brief run in with college back before he joined the marines. The two neko were drawn in closer and closer to his strumming, their foreheads eventually gently pressing against each other as their faces hovered just a few fee away from the tiny musician.
~ ~ ~ ~
Kikata blushed as she felt her lovers hand gently slipping across her back, their lips deeply intertwined as they lay across his bed. His fingers undid her bra, something she aloud him to do. She pulled it from her chest and tossed it aside, smiling as more of their skin pressed together. She hardly noticed as his hand slipped down across her stomach, only when his hand slipped between her legs from under her panties did she gently grab his wrist and pull it away.
"Sorry." He mumbled quietly.
"It's okay, Runo. I know I'm a tease but just imagine how great it will be. And sooner rather than later now, yes?"
The light flicked on and Runo smiled, "That's right. I think you will realize what a good choice this was." He threw his legs over the side of the bed and walked towards the bathroom.
Kikata sighed, she was really starting to feel better about it already. He was right, why wait? Why put herself through so much stress and anxiety waiting a whole two more cycles to finally express her sexual desires. Her mind briefly fell back to that near experience with Richard on the planet they had discovered. She pulled the thick sheets up and nestled herself beneath them.
Her brow furrowed as her toe nail caught on a fabric that didn't seem to fit. She pulled her leg backwards and took hold of the light and silky cloth. She brought it out into the light and examined it, not quite sure she was looking at.
"Hey, how about tomorrow-" Runo walked back into the bedroom, stopping short as he saw Kikata with the black laced fabric.
"Runo." Kikata began slowly as she realized just what it was. It was a pair of tiny lace panties. And they were certainly not hers. There was hardly enough fabric to cover anything at all, and the back was cut in a way so it would ride right up her rump uncomfortably. Kikata hated these things. "Whose are these?"
"Who. erm. I'm not sure aren't they yours?"
"You know I do not wear these." Kikata could hardly get her mind to wrap around the obvious truth. She stepped out of bed, dropping the mysterious panties on the bed before her. "Runo...tell me...tell me you have not..."
"What? Of course not! Kikata I would never do that!"
"Then explain the fucking panties in your bed!" She blurted, tears starting to form in her eyes.
"Kikata, they probably just got mixed into the wash when I did the sheets before you came."
Kikata didn't buy it. Runo never washed the sheets and she couldn't think of anyone who might have mixed their underwear in his load. "Is this what it was all about? Sex?"
"Kikata you're just hysterical. It's not as it appears trust me."
"I came to terms that waiting would be hard for you and we made exceptions to the rule. You have been receiving all the pleasure in this relationship was it so hard to wait for real actual sex! With me? The woman you have claimed to love for all this time?"
"I do love you Kikata and I did not bring another woman into our bed..."
"Then explain it! And don't try to play me like you play your clients at work!"
Runo sighed, "All of those months up in space must have made you para-"
"Don't you fucking say it! Everyone thinks there must be something wrong! Why don't you live like your sisters Kikata? Why don't you just settle down?" Kikata pulled her dress back over her shoulders, her cheeks glistening with tears as she gathered her things.
"Because we live in a new age!" Runo finally blurted. "And you just can't seem to get with the times. Alright fine. I made a mistake one night and I regret it."
"So you did. You went behind my back while I was working so hard-"
"While you were working so hard? I am the one who created the perfect life for us! I have set us up for a trip to the easy life for ourselves and our children and their children after that. You have just been playing around with your fathers hard earned money pretending that you are out to save the god damn universe!"
"What the hell are you talking about!?"
"You think you are some hot shot now? That the military gave you some medals for putting your damn craft on auto-pilot to pick up some failed human military man from his broken up camp?"
"Don't you bring him into this."
"Open your eyes Kikata. This isn't one of those damn movies that your father took you to when he should have just left you with your mother so you might learn your place!"
Kikata's eyes shot into a cold glare. He had stepped over the line. He not only betrayed her trust and love but he put down all of her hard work, not only in the Guard but her life's ambition to get out of this place and not become just another spoiled housewife. "Go to hell."
"Alright, Kikata I'm sorry. That was over the line I didn't mean-"
"No, Fuck you Runo. I hope you find a pleasant little whore to throw your money upon because I don't want it. You can take your perfect life, and your dream vacations and you can shove them up your fucking ass, you gad damn pig! I realize now why I left in the first place. It was so that I would never have to become what you want me to be."
"Alright. Fine. Go." Runo spat. Watching as Kikata made her way for the door. "Maybe that human can wait seven god damn cycles to actually make your relationship real and intimate."
Kikata threw open the door, "Yeah? Well if I did fuck Richard at least I would be fucking a real man!" She slammed the door and stormed out of the house. She was torn and tattered, her entire life felt as if it was crumbling beneath her feet. She wanted to be wrong. She wanted to run back into that room and take him back as if it never happened. She had hardly known a life where he was not a part of it and now it was all gone. One little mistake. But no, this was no little mistake. Who knows how many times he had gone behind her back. After what she did to him, even stooping low enough to please him orally.
As she stepped out into the night a new stream of emotion intertwined itself with the depression and the anger. She felt oddly empowered. She felt as though the universe was against her and she had but one chance to prove that she could be better than the rest. She was a Nova Guard. She was a damn good Nova Guard.
~ ~ ~ ~
Richard looked up in disbelief as the two woman pressed against one other on the bed kneeling directly over him. They seemed to get lost with each other for a few long minutes, ignoring the small man between their knees.
Without even looking down Kina lowered her hand. Richard climbed on eagerly, watching as he rose past the two towers of flesh.
"Think your up for it?" She said with a grin.
"It's been a long month and a half." He laughed, feeling quite sober at this point.
"Good." She whispered. She pressed her lips against him, but instead of pulling away her tongue slipped out between his legs and pulled him swiftly into her mouth. A loud and playful giggle boomed around him as the slick tongue slid him into place.
What followed as a disorienting yet pleasurable ride within a dark, hot and wet cavern. The two women prodded and passed the small man between their lips, teasing him with the prospect of sliding deep into their mouth before pushing him up onto their partners tongue once again. It felt like hours, yet Richard grew to love the strange experience.
Once released from the wet caves of their mouths he was set gently down onto Luntana stomach. Richard watched as Kina licked every inch of the woman, seeming to take dominance over the taller woman. He could tell she got off to it, being in control. He was ordered down off her stomach, to climb onto Kina's waiting tongue. Once he obliged her demand he found himself quickly thrust into another dark, soaking cavern. The moans of the two woman escalating in the muffled outside world.
~ ~ ~ ~
There was a loud knocking that echoed through the quiet apartment. Richard stirred from his sleep, his head pounding with a violent headache and the memories flooding in as he took in the sight before him. He lay between Kika's cleavage, a familiar bed. The blonde Alta's sleeping mouth sat next to him as she apparently passed out on Kina's chest. He shook his head as the knocking continued.
"Who the hell is it..." He grumbled.
Kina moaned herself, shrugging the sleeping girl from her chest and taking Richard in her hand, "who is that?" She asked in an annoyed tone.
"What I was wondering."
Kina sighed, climbing out of bed reluctantly and pulling a silky nightgown over her naked form. She set Richard down on Luntana's stomach before exiting her bedroom.
~ ~ ~ ~
Kikata shifted her weight as the door finally opened, "Sorry, didn't realize it was still morning here."
"Kikata?" Kina asked, rubbing her bloodshot eye as a beam of sunlight burned directly into it.
"Yes. Is Richard here? Fisc mentioned he saw you leave the bar with him."
"Oh...yeah he's here. Why?"
~ ~ ~ ~
"Kikata's here." Kina said as she reentered the bedroom.
"Kikata? Why? Am I in trouble or something?"
Kina shrugged, "Maybe. She says you guys are leaving."
"Leaving?"
"Don't ask me." Kina said lifting Richard off the still slumbering blonde and handing him his clothes. "Look, Richard. Last night was wonderful, what I can remember of it. But. I think we have to call this off."
"Call it off?"
Kina nodded, "It got too intimate. With the music and the passion of the love making. I can't deal with that right now especially if you plan on returning to Earth. I know I said no strings but...I can't help it."
"I see. Yeah i guess that makes sense. Well, it was good while it lasted?"
Kina leaned forward and planted a kiss on his chest, "Too good. Don't forget this." She said, offering him the guitar, "You can put a woman in a trance with this thing."
~ ~ ~ ~
"Finally." Kikata groaned, holding out her hand to accept Richard.
"What's going on?" Richard ashed, still rubbing his aching head.
"We're heading out. Today."
"Today? Why? We still have like...two days? Three days?"
"Well things have changed. We need to get off this planet."
"Okay, well. Bye." Kina said, closing the door.
"Bye." Kikata mumbled, making her way down the steps.
"So how was your girlfriend?"
"She dumped me."
Giantess World
Nova Force by Ginbug