Act IX

by Alexander Gordon

  “Kitten, stop this,” Triska ordered. “You’re not getting it, you can’t-”

  “Enough, Triska!” Kitten yelled throwing the towel down. “I’m not like all of you! I don’t feel any bond with anyone else and I never will! I only love my master, I only desire him, nobody else! For crying out loud, I’m bound to him eternally, there is nothing else in this world I could possibly love as much as I do him!”

  She stormed out of the bathing room, leaving the other girls to quietly recover from her outburst, and made her way across the court while muttering to herself. She went into their bedroom, or rather the bedroom of her master and those that actually got to sleep next to him at night, and walked over to the wardrobe at the side while shaking water out of her hair.

  “What are you doing?” Triska asked as she appeared beside the demon’s eye line.

  “I’m going out for a flight,” Kitten snapped as she took out her own clothing rather than Triska’s that she more often than not came to be using with her body.

  “I meant why are you pushing everyone away from you. Why are you behaving that way with the other girls? What the hell has gotten into you?”

  “Just shut up, Triska. Let me be,” Kitten ordered as she got dressed in her clothes.

  “You’re never going to get on Daniel’s good side acting this way and you know it.”

  “I’m never going to get on my master’s good side anyway,” Kitten snapped back. She slipped on her boots and made her way out of the room towards the exit in the main hall. Glancing over to the bathing room she saw all the other girls under the archway, some clad in their towels while Cindy and Star were with them and watching the cambion with silent stares.

  “Why can’t you try and be nicer to them?” Triska demanded. “Why do you have to push them away like Clover always did? Can’t you see-”

  ‘Shut up, Triska! I don’t want to talk about this anymore!’

  She went out the doors and slammed them behind her, growling in frustration that was steadily building within before she took off into the air. Flying high over the campsite and forest she gazed around at the valley that was lit by only a small amount of moonlight from above, her eyes seeing the vale below her perfectly in the dark though not focusing on anything in particular. She flew around aimlessly, passing by clouds and moonbeams while she and Triska both remained silent. Flying down near the forest she soared over the trees, banking around a few taller ones before gliding low near a flowing river. She looked down at the passing stream below her, seeing her reflection along with Triska’s image that was flying beside her. Without speaking a word Kitten averted her eyes from the sight of her counterpart, looking forward as she nimbly weaved around trees and boulders before flying up high into the sky again. She spiraled around in the air, the wind pushing against her body and wings while doing nothing to budge her, then slowly came to a stop in the sky above their campsite.

  She remained there, flapping her wings and keeping her altitude while speaking not a word for a long while. Normally when she had her turn using their body she enjoyed her flights in the sky. She had even started to make small conversations with Triska when doing so, talking about things like Daniel’s caring nature, what it’s like to fly, how to better control the Hellfire’s Edge, and also what it’s like having sex with Daniel, although that last topic was something Triska more often than not didn’t engage too much with her in.

  “Do you hate them that much?” Triska asked softly, wishing to break the long silence between them. Getting no answer out of Kitten she continued again. “Do you really hate the other girls so much that you can’t stand the idea of being friends with them?”

  “What does it matter to you?”

  “For starters I have to live with you. All day, every day. So if something is going to put you in a sour mood where I have to deal with it I want to know why I need to suffer as well.”

  “I only love my master, Triska. I don’t have a bond with those girls, and I never will. I don’t even want to have a bond with them, I want nothing to do with them.”

  “Why not though? What’s so bad about having friends?”

  “I don’t need friends! I only need my master! You don’t understand me, Triska. You can’t, you’re not a demon who’s become entranced by that man as I have. Every fiber of my being craves him and only him, that can’t be changed. Those other girls mean nothing to me. Everything I am only desires my master, now and for all time. That’s what happens when a succubus is tamed as I was, remember?”

  “You know that you’re charmed into loving Daniel, don’t you? You’re aware of it.”

  “It’s… a needless feeling, Triska,” Kitten distantly replied. “I know very well I’m charmed by him, how I’m under a spell. I’m a demon of lust and power, I could kill him with my pinkie if I had the mind to, I could make all those girls my devoted slaves without any trouble. I could do all of that… but… something inside of me won’t let me now. It’s just there, a part of me that shouldn’t be but is. It makes my heart flutter when I see him, gets me soaking wet just thinking about him, it makes me… happy when he’s near me. I’m under a spell to love him forever… but I don’t mind. I don’t care that I’m enslaved as his, if anything… I like it.”

  “I suppose you couldn’t have picked a better master to have than Daniel. He really is too kindhearted for his own good, even with those like you.”

  “I need his love, Triska. I need his affection. I need him. He’s the only thing I want, the only thing I can think of. I just don’t care about having friends, I don’t care about making others happy. The only one I want is him. It’s just who I am.”

  “It’s your inner nature,” Triska reasoned. “It’s a feeling that’s driving your life.”

  “Exactly.”

  “So then fight it,” Triska sharply ordered. Kitten turned to see the teen floating in the sky next to her, her arms crossed and stern expression showing her discontent very clearly. “Do what your master has been saying monsters like you can do. Fight your inner nature, don’t let it control you. You can have a better life if you do, you don’t have to be alone anymore, and you can have real love if you would only show your heart to the world. Be an example of his beliefs, Kitten. Make him proud.”

  “An example of his beliefs? What are you saying? I’m not mindlessly raping other men, I don’t even want to touch another man’s penis. I just want my master.”

  “And he wants you to be happy,” Triska implored with a worried frown. “He wants you to have a great life, Kitten. He doesn’t want you to be alone or hated, he wants better than that for you. Don’t you see? Your inner nature is pushing you away from him, not because you’re lustful towards humans but because you’re so cold towards others.”

  “You’re saying in order to please my master I have to like those other girls?” Kitten scowled. “That I have to be all lovey dovey with them? That I actually have to care about them?”

  “If you were friendlier towards them it would make him happy, it would make everyone happy. Kitten… the only way you can truly please Daniel is to not let your inner nature dictate your life. You’re bound to him, we get that. He is literally your entire world, we understand that. But your world is still going to be very empty with just him in it.”

  “I don’t feel anything for them, Triska. I honestly don’t see them as anything but sex toys for my master.”

  “What about Snapper?” Triska asked, with Kitten showing a curious expression to that. “You love that baby, so much. You treated her like she was your own when you first saw her. Even after she bit you again and again, I see you still smiling kindly towards her. You like her.”

  “So what?” Kitten muttered looking away. “Who doesn’t love babies?”

  “You don’t see her as an object. In fact you were pissed off to hear anyone calling her as such. And you saw how Daniel praised you for showing that side of you, how he actually kissed you because he liked the girl you were showing him then. Kitten,
he was proud of you for opening up your heart to others, he was happy because you were happy.”

  “Because I was happy? I don’t understand what you mean.”

  “He wants you to be happy and enjoy the life you have. He wants you to open your heart to others and to have friends, to not be alone or treated badly. Kitten, the kindhearted girl you showed when holding Snapper in your arms was the kind of person he had hoped was inside you all this time. Someone who isn’t so cruel to others but rather someone who would smile and laugh with them.”

  “And just how am I supposed to do that for him?” Kitten demanded. “How am I supposed to be friends with those girls when I can’t stand them being near my master? How am I supposed to fight my inner nature when it literally keeps me compelled to love him and only him? What the hell am I supposed to do, Triska?”

  “The same thing those girls down below us do,” Triska answered. Kitten gave a worried glance to see the teen shrugging with a smirk on her face. “Control your inner nature. If not for yourself then for the one you love. If you really wish to make Daniel happy this is something you can’t fail with. You have to control your nature, Kitten. Otherwise you will have truly lost Daniel.”

  “Control my nature,” Kitten distantly repeated. Looking down to her body she fell silent, watching as her breasts bounced about slightly with each flap of her wings and her skirt fluttered in the wind. She felt the desire to be with Daniel coursing through her like a powerful current, yearning for his approval and affection just like a hunger that could never be quelled. It was literally the only thing her mind thought about, the only thing that mattered to her. Yet as she thought about Triska’s words she began to wonder if she could indeed gain his favor by controlling her nature, if she could get closer to the other girls, and if that was even possible for someone like her.

  “I need him. I need his love. I need… to make him happy.”

  “Then do that, Kitten. If he is to be your master then you need to do whatever it takes to satisfy him, right? You are his faithful demon, aren’t you?”

  “Yes I am,” Kitten agreed clenching her fists.

  “So prove it,” Triska dared. “If you don’t control your inner nature and get a grip on this you’ll lose your master forever. You need to open your heart to those girls, you need to fight your nature to only love Daniel and learn to value those girls as more than just sex objects. You can form a bond with them still, it isn’t impossible, you just need to try.”

  Kitten looked down to the carriage below, seeing it and Lucky lying nearby on a bedding of grass and flowers. She had a feeling of where her master was, she knew that he, Kroanette, and Pip had ventured into the nearby woods for reasons she could easily assume. It would be all too easy for her to find him or at the very least watch over him while remaining undetected.

  “Master,” she quietly said. “I can be a good girl just as the others can. I won’t let your faith in me go to waste. Enjoy your time fucking the centaur, I’ll await your return in the company of those who can only dream they were that lucky bitch right now.”

  “How considerate of you,” Triska flatly commented.

  Kitten quickly descended towards the campsite, landing before the carriage with a soft impact and a gust of wind that blew away from her. She straightened out her skirt and hair then grabbed the handle to the door, halting in place and then just staring at the entrance to their home while her tail slowly drooped behind her.

  “What are you waiting for?”

  ‘Maybe I should give one last look around the area, just to make sure Reiko isn’t-”

  “Get in there and bond with the girls, goddammit!”

  ‘Okay, okay! Ease up on the yelling, Triska, I can hear you just fine without it.’

  “I don’t care! Now move it and make some friends before Daniel returns!”

  Slowly Kitten opened the door and peeked into the court. Inside the grand hall she saw Star sitting before her clock once again, meowing to the moving pendulum while singing her song as she always did. Her tails gently twirled about behind her, eyes once again locked onto the swinging weight, and the world around her being tuned out as she meowed to the rhythm of the ticking timepiece.

  ‘Alright, I can do this. I can be… nice to her.’

  “Good. Do it then.”

  ‘I’m going to, don’t rush me.’

  “Quit stalling and get in there!”

  ‘I said don’t rush me! I just need… to figure out what to do first. Do I just meow with her? Pet her? Throw her around the place? Cats always land on their feet don’t they? That could be a game for her, right?’

  “Kitten!”

  “Star!” Doku wailed. Peering around through the crack of the door Kitten saw the harpy quickly fluttering over towards the jinx while dressed in her clothing again. She rushed over and started hopping about near the cat who turned to her with a curious mew.

  “You have to help me, please! I just can’t do this with them, I’m not strong enough! Please join us in the bedroom, quickly!”

  Star just stared at her in confusion while Kitten was showing a similar expression.

  “Please, Star!” Doku pleaded. “I can’t do this alone, and they have Luna pinned down right now. I can’t help her with this!”

  “What the hell is she talking about?” Kitten asked.

  “Cindy’s making it more difficult in there for us, we need help right away!” Doku insisted.

  Star meowed confusedly before Doku grabbed her hand with her foot and quickly dragged the yowling cat towards the bedroom. After they vanished from view Kitten slowly opened the door and walked into the court. Closing the door behind her she looked around carefully, seeing no sight of any of the girls while laughter was heard coming from the bedroom.

  “What are they doing in there?” Kitten asked, then showed a dull face and rolled her eyes. “They’re in there fucking each other again, aren’t they?”

  “I would have guessed so, but why ask Star to join in? And what about Cindy and Snapper? They wouldn’t be doing such a thing with the girls.”

  Kitten carefully made her way over to the archway, hearing laughter and shouting from the girls inside growing louder, then quickly darted over behind the archway and peeked around the corner.

  “Gonna bop you one!” Cindy yelled running forward, her steps heavy and off-balance, and a pillow held tightly in hand behind her. With a large swing she just missed Squeak who ducked down under the wraith’s attack, the ant girl clad in only her underwear and a very tightfitting purple shirt while also having a pillow held in her hands. She squeaked and struck upward, smacking Cindy hard with a loud whump and a poof of sand blasting off her body. She staggered back with a disfigured face then swung again at Squeak with a loud yell, recovering from the hit almost instantly. The two dodged and weaved each other’s attacks before striking their pillows against one another, the two locking into a power struggle as both their muscles and thighs tightened from trying to overpower their opponent.

  “You’re strong,” Cindy grunted with a stern smile. “I like you.”

  Squeak squeaked something with a similar look back at the wraith, seeming to enjoy the challenge as well.

  The two broke away and swung their pillows at each other, both striking each other hard and staggering to the side from the powerful blows. They quickly recovered and resumed their duel, loud thumps sounding off from the hits while feathers were gently fluttering about in the air around them. After a series of parries and dodges they again locked into a power struggle, both trying to push forward with their pillows against each other with daring smiles.

  “They’re too evenly matched!” Specca cried out from beside a pile of pillows near the side of the room. Dressed in only her skirt and a frilly white shirt she hid behind the stack of cushions that Clover quickly grabbed two of. The elf wore her dark panties and shirt while having her hair tied back into her twintails again, her eyes sharply set on another target that she then threw the pillows towards like
ballistic weapons.

  “Let her go!” she yelled, the shots she fired hurling towards Alyssa who was sitting atop Luna’s waist on the bed. The witch was clad in her dark panties, a red shirt, and her focuser crystal while Luna was wearing her flora clothing again, the butterfly squirming with a timid expression up at the witch who had her bound down by colorful ribbons tied around her ankles and hands which were stuck in place over her head. Alyssa giggled and held her hand back towards the incoming cushions, stopping them instantly with her magic before throwing them back at Clover and Specca with a flick of her fingers. Specca dodged aside as one struck through the pile of pillows at her while Clover nimbly rolled away to avoid the witch’s strike.

  “She’s all mine,” Alyssa playfully called out before fondling Luna’s breast, the butterfly stifling her gasp while she blushed brightly.

  “No fair using magic, Alyssa!” Clover yelled grabbing two more pillows. She hurled them towards the witch before grabbing more and throwing them as well. Alyssa laughed as she stopped all the pillows from hitting her, every one of them coming to a stop and floating in place before the witch as they collided with a magical barrier.

  “Sister!” Falla cried as she lunged at the witch with her pillow from behind. Alyssa quickly swung her hand around, throwing the butterfly over her, through the wall of floating cushions, and into a crash on top of Clover.

  “Dammit, that’s cheating!” Clover yelled as she and Falla scrambled to get up again.

  “Squeak, we can’t get to her!” Falla shouted. “Help us!”

  “Victory is ours!” Cindy cheered as she started whacking Squeak repeatedly with her pillow. “Go get them, Snapper! I’ll hold her off!”

  All the girls stopped and looked over to the side, seeing Snapper curled into a ball atop a velvet cushion at the side of the room. The swarm remained perfectly still and quiet as she slept despite all the shouting happening around her by the other girls.

  “She’s still sleeping,” Luna said.

  “She must be so tired,” Cindy sweetly cooed. “The poor baby.”