Waking up horny isn't exactly anything new for Evan - but it's not usually so literal!
...And waking up as a girl is kinda weird, too!
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Evan's days are simple. Wake up, go to work, get drunk, hit the bar, head home for the day. It's a monotonous routine, but it works. At least until he gets lost on the way home, tries to cross a river drunk, bangs his head on a rock, and... wakes up as a muscular female oni in fantasy-land feudal not!Japan?
Join Evan - now Ella - as she attempts to answer a question that no pointy toothed oni has ever dared to ponder before: Rather than eating people to get stronger, couldn't I just eat them out?
(Good luck with that, Ella! Surely not everyone you meet will assume you're an enemy out to consume them... Right?)
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Cover is by my friend/beta reader Lulla!
My first thought, upon waking, was a simple one. My head hurts. My second thought wasn’t much better. Was my pillow always this lumpy…? And my third… Well, my third was downright incomprehensible, on account of the searing pain that lanced through my poor eyes when I tried to open them.
Of course, that didn’t mean I could just keep my eyes closed. I mean, in that one moment I had them open, I’d noticed all sorts of things! Like leaves. And branches. And sunlight. Really painful sunlight. Like, so painful you’d think I’d gone years without seeing the sun, or something. Which was weird… And concerning… But slightly less worrying than the leaves and branches thing!
Did I fall asleep in the park or something?
The last thing I remembered was…. Hmmm…. Right! I’d been out drinking with my friends, Ted and Dave. Except they were both super light weights, compared to me, and had taken cabs home early. I, meanwhile, had kept going until closing time. After which I probably should have called a cab, but… Well, I didn’t live that far away. Just across the river, really.
Of course, that wasn’t to say that I’d driven drunk or anything! No. I’d just decided to take a little nighttime stroll. I mean, if there was one advantage of being a guy, it was getting to walk down the street at night in relative safety! Safety from everything except my own stupidity.
If my admittedly foggy memory serves, I made a wrong turn somewhere, and I couldn’t find the bridge. I had found the river, though! Which led to me hopping the little fence that separated the road from the water, and wading across. I mean, it was only a couple feet deep! No problem, right? Except for the moss…
The last thing I remembered was slipping on a rock, and crashing into the water. Everything after that was just darkness. Maybe I’d hit my head? It would certainly explain the headache! I could be laying on the riverbank, even now… Though I didn’t exactly hear any water…
Well, I’d worry about where I was in a second. The first step was to check my wounds. With that in mind, I raised my hand to feel at my head, and... froze. Cold sweat started to bead on my forehead, which I wiped at it with a thick and heavy hand. Then, covering my sensitive eyes with my arm, I slowly opened my eyes.
“H-Hey…” I whispered, staring at my skin. “This - this is a joke, right? Someone painted me for fun, right? Someone’s messing with my head, right?” I forced out a laugh. “Ha. Ha ha. Ha.”
The laughter sounded about as hollow as I felt, but I kept it up for about a minute, anyway. Can’t blame a guy for trying to escape reality, right? But eventually, I gave in and poked at my forehead, again. Without a mirror, I couldn’t be entirely sure, but there seemed to be two protrusions coming from either side of my forehead. Specifically, two straight horns, thick enough that I could wrap my hands around them and long enough that I actually had to slide the meaty things up a bit to hit the edge. I tried tugging them off, but it only set another burst of pain through my skull, so I quickly stopped that.
It wasn’t just the weird horns, though. Even with my eyes half shut against the sun, I could tell that my arms had gotten a lot bigger, and thicker. My skin was blood red, with orange stripes running in half circles across my forearms and thick biceps. I didn’t remember being that strong last night, but just based on how I looked and felt, deadlifting a couple hundred pounds wouldn’t have been an issue.
That was weird, right? People didn’t suddenly get stronger, right? Their skin definitely didn’t turn red, and they didn’t grow horns. None of these things were stuff that could just casually happen! Right!?
And then there was the matter of my chest maybe… protruding a bit more than I was used to. And not because of my new pecs. Not to mention a certain bit of anatomy between my legs that really should have been getting crushed by my new, thick thighs, but was (maybe mercifully) nowhere to be found.
And then I heard a scream. It was so well timed with my own panic, I had to double check I wasn’t the one making it, but once I actually focused on it, I quickly realized that it was coming from deeper among the trees. There was another sound, too, fainter than the high pitched squeal. A low thud of footsteps, and the snapping sound of someone pushing aside branches.
Alright, as much as I hated to say it, self-exploration was going to have to wait for a bit. And not because I wanted to keep denying reality for a little longer, okay? That sound was getting closer to the second, and I needed to figure out whether I was moving towards it or running away!
Of course, doing either might have been a bit tricky. Just taking a step forward almost had me falling flat on my face! I mean, my elgs were a lot longer than I remembered. And my thighs were rubbing against each other in ways that should have been super uncomfortable for a man!
Then the scream came again, much closer than before. It was high pitched, and sounded feminine, though that obviously wasn’t any guarantee that it didn’t belong to a man. More importantly, the source of that sound was definitely getting a lot closer! I either needed to get out of the way or get ready to intercept whatever was causing the commotion. My body had a lot of new strength to it, so maybe I wouldn’t have a problem either way, but I obviously wasn’t used to my new form just yet. As such, the smart thing to do would be running - or at least walking - away as fast as my newly long legs could carry me. This wasn’t really my problem, anyway… but could I really leave the screamer behind?
Before I knew it, I was moving towards the sound. The heavy weight of my muscles and my own imprecise control meant there was a definite thudding noise as I walked, which made me feel a little self conscious, but I didn’t think whoever was screaming was in any state to care. Besides, they probably wouldn’t even notice it over the noise of breaking branches, or their own scream.
“Help!” came a voice, as a figure burst forth from the trees. It was a woman, clad in a rough, homespun looking brown shirt and pants. Other than the blue hair that streamed behind her, she looked like a stereotypical peasant girl from medieval times. Or maybe feudal would be a better word, since she looked to be from Japan. Either way, the combination of peasant clothing and blue made me realize that my own body wasn’t the only weird thing going on here. The blue haired peasant and the massive red demon that was chasing her.
Like me, this demon was blood red with orange stripes across its body, and had two horns protruding on either side of its forehead. Unlike me, he was a man. Lucky? Maybe? I felt like I should be saying that, but somehow the sentiment didn’t feel quite right to me. I didn’t exactly have time to worry about that, anyway.
If we were ranking according to size, the screaming woman was definitely the smallest person here. If she was five feet tall, then I was seven, and the dude she was running away from was nearing ten. Which I guess would make me pretty damn tall, but obviously lacking compared to this brute. Also, if my muscles were beautifully big, his were just plain outrageously swollen. His abs would have put a washboard to shame, and his legs were thick as trunks. All of which was on proud display, by the way, thanks to the fact that he was only wearing a loincloth. If I’d been into men, I might have even appreciated the view.
For the woman’s part, she froze as soon as she saw me. Her face paled, and she looked rapidly back and forth between me and the man. “Two oni… Two oni? Gods above, whatever did I do wrong to deserve two oni?”
“H-Hey! Don’t lump me in with that thing!” I pointed at the lumbering monster in protest, and it turned its gaze toward me.
“....You trying to steal my meal, little one?” it - he? Let’s go with he - demanded, in a loud and low rumble that had me shuddering in place. It was all I could do not to cover my ears, or run away. “I will gain the strength of this one’s body. If you help, though, I’ll offer a leg.” The oversized oni grinned. His teeth were sharp as daggers, and just looking at them made me shudder. Sharp teeth were fine on a girl, but they sent me all the wrong messages when added to a guy!
Was that sexist…? Eh, Not the time!
“Your… meal?” I glanced between the red oni and the trembling girl. “...Well, that explains why she’s running from you. Not that she needs an excuse… I’d probably run, too, if someone like you started lumbering after me.”
The man puffed out his chest, and actually banged a fist against it before stepping forward. “...I am starting to get insulted. Little one. You will take nothing, and you will like it! Else I will rend you limb from limb!”
“Or… and how about this…” I edged forward. I had half a plan in mind. In my human body, it never would have worked. Even with this new body, I wasn’t sure I could pull it off - especially not with me being so awkward in my new body. All the same, I judged it was the best chance for me and the peasant woman to escape alive, so as the oni stepped forward to fight me, I took a brave step forward… and then grabbed the woman with both hands, slung her over my shoulder, and started running in the opposite direction with all my might.
There was an angry roar from the other oni, but it wasn’t like that was unexpected. More worrisome was the woman herself, who started screaming and pounding on my backside.
“Let me go! Let me go!”
“Calm down, would you?! I’m trying to save your life! Unless you want that thing catching up to us!”
“S-save me?” the woman quieted, for a moment, though I think it was more shock at the idea than belief in my words. “Why would an oni want to save me? You’re just trying to eat me, instead!”
I’m not a real oni… Is what I wanted to say, but there was no way she’d believe me! I mean, I definitely didn’t look human, at the very least. “Would you believe I’m a good oni?” I asked, instead. “I like humans!”
She screamed again. Right in my ears, too - I think I might have risked going deaf, if I hadn’t clasped my hands over them in time. Which was when I noticed… they were pointed. Not even the shape of my precious ears were sacred!
“Not to eat!” I quickly corrected, trying my best to put that thought out of my mind. “I just mean that humans are nice! And would you pleasestop screaming? You’re telling him right where we are!”
“Y-You really don’t intend to eat me?” she asked. I could sense the doubt in her as easily as I could hear the quiver in her voice.
Still, I nodded my head. Then realized half a second later that she probably couldn’t tell, and spoke up. “I promise I won’t hurt you! Even if you don’t believe me, staying with me has to be better than getting eaten by that guy, right? You can run away from me when I let you go, but that guy could tear you in half! So! Just this once! Please believe me!”
There was silence from my back, for a long moment, to the point where I wondered if she’d managed to pass out from the stress. Anything was fine as long as she wasn’t screaming or struggling against me, though. I could hear the oni breaking through the tree branches I was ducking under, coming after me faster and faster, as I started to zig zag and try to throw him off his pace. There were so many trees, and I wasn’t sure whether to be grateful or upset that I couldn’t find a human settlement. More people might have driven him off, but they probably wouldn’t have been thrilled to see me, either.
“T-There’s a cave…” came the peasant woman’s voice, finally.
“What?”
“There’s a cave…” The woman repeated. “I recognized the mossy rock you just passed. If you turn left, you should come across a cave. We might be able to hide in it…”
“You know this area well, huh?” There was no time to second guess my good fortune, in that regard. I turned left, feet pounding against the ground with all my might. I continued to duck through branches instead of breaking them, though, despite it taking more time and effort - especially with me still getting used to having such long legs. The sound of snapping branches would only make it easier for the other oni to follow me, though.
I saw the cave she was talking about, before long - a small hole leading into a tall, stone outcropping. An outcropping that made it easy for me to find, even on the run - which meant the other oni would likely find it just as quickly, if they managed to track us here. I briefly considered running right past it, and hoping the oni would waste time looking inside, but… I had no other destinations in mind.
“Does this thing have another exit?” I asked.
“It does, but… it’s a bit small. I don’t know if you’ll be able to squeeze through.”
“If I might not be able to, then the the big dude chasing us definitely won’t can’t,” I pointed out, trying to inject some enthusiasm into my voice. I figured if the worst came, I’d let the woman escape. I wasn’t exactly so altruistic that I’d be happy sacrificing myself, though! I was definitely hoping the oni wouldn’t find us, or that I’d be able to fit through the escape path myself!
With those happy, happy thoughts in mind, I moved the last few steps to the outcropping and lowered the woman from my shoulder. “You go first,” I told her. “If that thing grabs you, I don’t know what I’ll do…”
For some reason, the woman’s face turned a bright shade of red when I said that. I only meant that I wouldn’t know where to go!
“Why are you helping me?” she asked.
I wanted to yell at her for wasting time, but… I could understand her reluctance to trust me. Or enter a narrow tunnel with me. “Isn’t that the normal thing to do when someone’s asking for help? But please! We can talk about this after we’re safe!”
The woman nodded, and moved into the tunnel. While she only had to duck down a little to fit inside, I was stuck crawling on my hands and knees. It was a little tight, even with that - I figured there was a good chance the other oni wouldn’t be able to enter after us.
Luckily for me, the cave started to widen up a bit once we got a few feet inside. It eventually expanded into a wide cavern, tall enough that I could stand up straight and even stretch. There was absolutely no danger of hitting another wall, either! It was almost a perfect circle, maybe eight meters wide, with another tunnel at the back.
“Um…” The woman was staring at me. She had a faint blush on her cheeks, and kept flicking her attention between me and the ground. For some reason, though, she kept looking to the left and right of where I was standing. It took me a moment to realize that she probably couldn’t see that well in the darkness of the cave… actually, wasn’t it stranger that I could see in a cave? “My name’s Tanaka Akari. I-It’s a pleasure to meet you…”
“Ah. I’m…” I hesitated a moment. My name… Wasn’t exactly fitting for my body. Evan Jones - or Jones Evan, maybe, if I was in some weird fantasy Japan land? The last name was probably fine, but… No, even that felt a bit too masculine for my tastes, in this form. “Joana Ella.” Two names I’d always liked the sound of.
“It’s a pleasure to meet you, Joana-san.” She stared at me for a moment - or in my general direction, anyway. It was a little uncomfortable, and after a moment I found myself rubbing at the back of my neck. Or at least I tried, before my hair got in the way - I hadn’t even noticed it, with everything else going on, but my hair, which had previously been black, was now pure white. And far from the short cropped style I’d had it in, it now ran all the way down my back.
It was really sort of uncomfortable how much I had changed. This girl wouldn’t have been staring at me if I was still just a normal dude from the call center. Not that I’d ever really been comfortable in my body, anyway, but… “Is there something wrong?”
“N-No… I just. Never expected an oni to have such a normal name,” she admitted. “I mean, it is a little unusual sounding, but I thought it would be something like Airigo the Horrid, or Lirg the Putrid…”
“H-hey!”
“Ah. Sorry. You did save me, after all… And you haven’t tried to eat me, either. I’ve never heard of an oni who didn’t like to eat humans, and had a human-ish name, though…”
“W-Well… I was raised by humans.” I decided to go with something that was technically true, and which might sound more believable. I was pretty proud of what I’d come up with on short notice, but again the woman was just staring at me. “What is this time?”
“Well… I’ve never heard of an oni being raised by anyone. I thought you just sort of popped into existence…”
I puffed out my cheeks in aggravation. “Well we don’t, okay?” Though maybe I sort of did just popped into existence, as far as this place was concerned. “...How do you know so much about oni and the like, anyway?”
“Well…” The woman was looking away from me, toward the tunnel at the back of the cave. I couldn’t blame her. The sound of the oni was getting closer, and it was probably best that we be ready to run at a moment’s notice. “I don’t think I know a lot about oni in particular… But isn’t it normal to learn a little about yokai, when you live in the outskirts?”
“The outskirts, huh?” I wondered. So not the park. Not that I hadn’t figured that out already - I mean, between the appearance of the oni, the seemingly endless expanse of trees, and my own last memories of hitting my head in the stream, it wasn’t exactly hard to figure out what had happened to me. Still, just to make absolutely sure… “Hey. What’s the nearest city?” I asked.
“The nearest city? That would be Taeko… but that’s easily three days away from here. The only thing close is my town, Kyoi…”
Neither of those places sounded particularly familiar. So either that shallow river had taken me really far away, or - like I’d already pretty much guessed - I’d taken more than just a tumble on the rocks. It was entirely possible I had died, and been reincarnated.
Wait. If this was a reincarnation, it was going to be a pretty short one! There was an oni coming to kill me, and I could hear it getting closer and closer.
“Hey… about that escape route…” I murmured, looking down the tunnel. I didn’t think that the hulking male oni would be able to squeeze his way into the tunnel we’d come through, but I still wanted to check the route out.
“Right!” Tanaka-san started to walk to the other side of the tunnel, and I followed her a polite few steps behind. She seemed a little tense having me so close, but she’d just have to bear with it a little longer. Both our lives were at stake, after all. Before I could even bend down to enter the second tunnel, though, the blue haired woman let out a little cry of dismay. “A-ah! It’s caved in!”
“You mean the only way through the tunnel is…” Before I could even finish the thought, a red hand shot through the opening at the far side of the cave, scraping at the stone floor of the cave.
“Come out, little women…” came the bellowing voice of the oni. “Come out, and be feasted on!”
“W-Why does he even want to eat you so badly, anyway!?” I demanded, turning to face Tanaka-san. “Did you do something to piss him off!?”
“Of course not!” The woman almost looked insulted at the suggestion. “It’s because your kind have a taste for human flesh, isn’t it? I heard you even absorb our strength by eating us…”
“In that case, he should eat something a little stronger, shouldn’t he!?”
Something… Like me!? I really hoped he wasn’t a complete cannibal. Even if my life was going to end, I didn’t want to disappear down some red beast’s gullet. “How are we supposed to get out of this? I don’t think I’m strong enough to take him on…”
Strong enough…? The oni had said something about gaining strength from ‘eating this one,’ too. If I ate her, would I be stronger? Not that I really wanted to consume her flesh, or anything, but… Maybe if I swallowed just a tiny bit of her?
“Hey. Tanaka-san…” I whispered, doing my best to meet her eyes. “I think I have a plan to beat it… But I’m going to need your help.”
“What?” she asked, confused.
I swallowed hard. “Tanaka-san… in order for me to gain the strength to beat this monster up… Please let me eat you out!”
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Author's Notes
I wrote four chapters in the distant past - three of which I've edited and tweaked a bit, and the last of which I've rewritten in its entirety. I'll probably release the first three in a relatively short span, and the fourth in a week or so - want to keep it exclusive to Patreon for a tiny bit, for the sake of those who've joined.
I don't have a precise update schedule for this one. To be honest, I'm not sure how often it'll update - to be even more honest, I only have half an idea of where the story's going! Like I said, it's a "turn my brain off and write" series meant to ensure I can keep the wheels turning even when nobody's home and my mind needs a break. Y'know, to prevent rusty writing skills and the like.
It's fun to write, though, and I hope it'll be just as fun for you to read.
“Eat… me out? So you do want to eat me, after all!” Tanaka-san screamed. The look of horror on her face, at my suggestion… I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Though the whole ‘oni trying to eat us’ thing really lent itself towards option two! He had drawn his arm out of the cave, but I could still hear him stomping around outside.
“Eat you out. I want to lick your pussy! Suck on your clit! Lick your vagina! I think if I drink your sexual fluids, it should be the same as eating your flesh. I might be able to get stronger!”
“You… You want to lick my vagina?” Tanka-san’s look of horror had shifted to one of shock, which was… An improvement? Though her expression got real complicated, real fast, as she put one hand down on her crotch as if trying to shield it from me. “W-We haven’t even kissed yet! No, before that, we should hold hands… you haven’t even called me by my given name, yet…”
“We’re not even dating,” I pointed out. “But this is a life or death situation! Please. Let me eat you out!” I even went so far as to bow my head as I spoke… before realizing she couldn’t see it, in the dark. I was still hoping that my intentions would come across properly, though. I wasn’t some pervert who just randomly asked to lick women’s pussies with no warning on their first meeting! These were special circumstances, I tell you! Special circumstance!
“...I won’t be able to get married, if I do this, you know…” she whispered, looking away from me. Maybe this goes without saying, but her cheeks were bright red. “How are you planning to take responsibility for that? I won’t even be able to explain to my family if I get ‘eaten out’ by a monster. ”
“I… I don’t know…” I admitted. I kept my head bowed, just in case her eyes had adjusted enough to at least see my outline. “I’ll do whatever you want, though, even marrying you if that’s what it takes! So please! Let me borrow your strength so I can take on that oni!”
“W-what are you saying? You’re a monster, you know… A human can’t marry an oni...” Her hand was still on her crotch, but I could see her fingers curling about the cloth of her pants. She took a deep breath and, with a decisive speed, pulled her pants down to reveal a pair of black panties. “So please. Rather than marriage… promise you’ll take care of me, from now on! Promise you’ll keep me safe and never kill me! And in return… I’ll give you lots of meals!”
“It’s a deal!” I declared, desperately. I reached out to grab her with both hands. She let out a surprised squeak when I lifted her up, but I had no time to explain. I pressed her back against the cave wall, and kissed her. She stiffened at first, but then slowly relaxed and let my probing tongue work its way into her mouth. This wasn’t quite what we had agreed on, but I figured a little foreplay was going to be necessary if I really wanted to get the sexual juices flowing. Also, swapping spit might be good for testing this whole ‘gaining strength through fluids’ plan.
I did feel a little bit of a tingling sensation in my mouth when her tongue poked its way inside, and I started to suck on the muscle to get some saliva in me. I couldn’t tell if I was actually getting stronger, but it was only a little appetizer to the main show, anyway.
“Is this part of ‘eating me out’ she asked when I parted. Her eyes were wide. Also purple. I hadn’t noticed that before. They were really pretty, but it sort of drove another nail in the coffin when it came to me being in another world. That, and the fact that she had no idea what eating a girl out was supposed to look like. I mean, anyone that innocent couldn’t possibly have access to the internet.
“Sort of,” I explained. “I’m trying to make you feel good, or you’ll be dry down there. Haven’t you ever heard of foreplay?”
“Y-yes. But I expected a monster such as you to… take what you wanted, and be done with it.”
I was starting to get a little insulted by all the monster comments, but this wasn’t exactly the ideal time for an argument so I just clutched her shoulders a little tighter and shoved my lips against hers again. This time, I let my sharp teeth ever so barely pinch her lips, while sliding a hand between the two of us to run my thumb across her nipple. It hardened immediately, a good sign as far as I was concerned, and I quickly moved on to palming her breast and giving it a little squeeze. Her bust was a little on the small side, but the way she squirmed when my palm slid over one made me think that whatever she lacked in size, she made up for in sensitivity. A swift squeeze was paired with a thrust of my tongue, followed by the briefest pinch to her nipples, and then another gentle squeeze, as I fell into a rhythm. My other hand, meanwhile, squeezed between the cave wall and her back, sliding down her spine to find her ass so that I could give it a good squeeze.
She moaned into my kiss, as I slipped my thumb into the waistband of her panties and roughly tugged them down her thick thighs. She stiffened at the motion, but I quickly distracted her with another squeeze of her tit, as one of my sharp teeth grazed against her luscious lips. She whimpered, in what I hoped was more need than fear - a hope fed by my sense of smell, which had apparently gotten an upgrade as part of the changes to my body. I could literally smell her arousal, mixed with the lightly flowery scent of her body.
“Tanaka-san…” I whispered, parting from her lips. “Is it possible you have a thing for monsters?”
“Don’t be ridiculous.” She shot me down, even though she was blushing. Then, she placed a hand on my stomach, gently feeling the muscles that were at rest beneath my stomach. “It’s only natural to feel this way when you’re being touched like this, isn’t it? Even more so when it’s by a big, strong woman whose promised to protect you, care for you, and… Not eat you.” She laughed, shaking her head. “You’re a strange oni.”
Well. I couldn’t really argue with that last point. The oni outside was roaring, again, as if to punctuate the point, and there was a loud thudding noise. It didn’t seem like he was going to give up any time soon. “I’m going to start eating you out, okay? And I’d like to play with your breasts a bit more, too, if you could take off your shirt…”
“My shirt!? You really are trying to keep me from getting married, aren’t you? W-Well. Since I’m already promised to you…” she was muttering strange things under her breath, but that didn’t stop her from grabbing the hem of her shirt and pulling it over her head. Underneath was a thin white strip of cloth, the final barrier between me and the stiff peaked hills I’d been playing with. Before I could say anything, she reached behind her to untie the cloth, letting it fall away to reveal the treasures beneath.
They were a bit larger than I’d realized, now that I saw them unbound. If I had to put them in a size category, it would have been ‘apples’ in comparison to my own ‘mellons.’ Though the fact that I even had mellons to compare hers to was… something I’d have to think about, later. Right now, I needed to stop feasting with my eyes and start feeding with my mouth.
“Thank you for the meal,” I whispered, grabbing her by the waist and lifting her up into the air. It was weirdly easy to do so - it felt like she was lighter than air, in the face of my new muscles - but I did my best to shift my focus from my own body and onto hers, as I lifted her chest to my face and kissed one nipple and then the other. She let out the cutest little squeal when I let my sharp teeth graze against the flesh of her chest, tensing but not trying to pull away. It made me feel like I’d finally gained her trust, which made me more than a little happy.
Another roar outside reminded me of my main mission, though, and I slowly lowered her back to the floor. “It might be a bit uncomfortable, but I’m going to ask you to lay on the floor and spread your legs, Tanaka-san. It’ll feel good soon, I promise!”
She puffed her cheeks out a little, and I thought she was going to protest about getting her clothes dirty for a moment. Instead, she said “You don’t have to call me Tanaka-san, you know… Just Akari is fine, Joana-sama. Considering what we’re going to do.”
S-Sama? Wasn’t that, like, the super respectful honorific? When the hell had I climbed up so high in her eyes?! “Uh… If I’m going to call you Akari, then maybe just call Ella?”
“Rejected.” She frowned up at me. “After all, you’re the one I’m pledged to.” She pulled her panties the rest of the way down her thighs, and stepped out of them, before sitting on the ground and spreading her legs. My heart almost skipped a beat to see her pussy before me. I was glad my face was red by default, because the sight of those curly blue hairs around her slit made me feel like my face was going to catch fire. It really drove home the fact that I was about to have sex with this girl I’d just met.
Despite the embarrassment, I moved to get on my knees. My legs protested a little at the rough treatment as the rough stone floor pressed against my flesh, but I ignored it and leaned in as I took in the scent of Tanaka…. Akari’s pussy. It smelled a little tangy, and I found myself licking my lips, my tongue thankfully tough enough to handle my oh-so-sharp teeth.
“Thank you for the meal,” I repeated, and then lowered my head to slide between the girl’s thighs.
She tasted delicious. It was like tasting the nectar of the gods, coating my tongue with ambrosia from another world. I didn’t remember another girl who’d ever tasted this good, and I found myself shoving my thick tongue as deep as I could get it into this woman. She let out a little cry, and the oni outside roared, but I wasn’t listening to either of them. I was pushing my finger inside her, working my thumb against her clit, and casually reaching up with my other hand to grab a breast. I kept my grip light, my hold on her delicate and my pinches to her nipple tightly controlled. That didn’t stop her from crying out again, though, as I played with her hard peak, and ran my fingers across her soft skin, pushing down and feeling the springy flesh push back at me.
Fondling her, licking her, running my finger against her inner walls as they convulsed and tightened around my fingers and tongue. I don’t know how long I kept it up, before she cried out in pleasure, that sweet liquid practically gushing forth. I sealed my lips on her pussy and started to suck at it, pushing my thick tongue even deeper inside her to taste every drop of that liquid lust. I kept fucking her with my finger and tongue, and she kept screaming out, thighs tightening around my head. For a moment, I thought I was going to either suffocate or get my skull crushed from the way she was tightening around me - but then, suddenly, it was over.
My breathing was heavy, and my skin was tingling, as new power coursed through my veins. At that moment, I felt like I could break my way through a mountainside. “Damn…” I whispered, curling my fingers into fists. I wanted to go punch something. I wanted to go beat something!
“Ah…” came a voice. “It looks like I’ll be in your care from now on, Joana-sama. Since I can’t get married after that…”
“That’s fine…” My voice came out in a low growl, as I made my way to the opening of the cave. I could see the oni outside, desperately stomping his feet and clawing at the earth, trying to widen the hole enough for him to fit through. That was fine, too. “I’ll be taking care of you from now on, like I said. So please… Give me more meals like that one!”
With those words, I ducked down and left the cave that had been protecting us. It was time to get serious with this damn oni.
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Author's Notes:
Akari is weirdly stubborn about some things, isn’t she? She unilaterally decided their respective positions in this new arrangement, and now even “Joana-sama” doesn’t get a choice in the matter.
Good luck with your new girlfriend, Ella! Surely she won’t cause you too much trouble…
Next chapter on Thurs!
The oni seemed… Bigger than I remembered… Not that I was rethinking this whole ‘I can totally beat him’ thing or anything! Definitely not. Even if he had picked up a sapling at some point, with clear intent to use it like a club. I was just… Maybe… Wondering if we could talk this out? Or maybe bluff it out.
“Go away!” A strong opening was essential when dealing with tough guys! Probably! “I already ate the human. She was delicious.”
“You ate the girl?” the male oni growled at me, then thumped a hand against his overly-muscled chest. “Then I will eat you! You will scream like she did, and I will add your power to mine!”
The oni slammed his foot into the ground, hard enough to make the earth shake. I put up my fists, totally ready to battle, and definitely not at all whimpering like a little girl inside or wondering if maybe it was okay to run away. I could lead him on a merry chase! But if he realized that I’d been bluffing, and decided to go after Akari… Gah! This guy was definitely going to be trouble if I didn’t teach him a lesson! I just really hoped my idea of eating Akari out was as effective as it felt!
He really was awfully tall, though… I decided to try the whole bluffing thing again, just one more time, and stomped the ground like he had. The earth… Didn’t exactly tremble… But I think it vibrated a tiny bit? Enough to make Akari squeak, even! Of course, that had him looking at the cave again, so… Guh…
“Ignore the little cave mouse!” I roared, pulling the oni’s attention back to me. “Focus on me! Ella the Terrible!”
The oni stepped forward, completely undeterred by my posturing. Which… Okay… I couldn’t blame it. I didn’t think I’d be scared of me, either, in his shoes.
“I am Asahi the Gruesome.” He hit himself in the chest again. “You will fall to me! You will fall to my power!”
“Yeah? Well, what if I don’t feel like falling?” With the delivery of that totally cool line, I pulled my arm back, and launched a fist straight towards his stomach - only to get grabbed by the wrist before I could even connect. He twisted my arm, and knocked my feet out from under me, leaving me on the ground, with my wrist still trapped. .
“...Crap…” I twisted my body on the ground, pulling my legs back as far as I could, and slammed my feet into his thigh in an attempt to take him down. He fell to one knee, releasing my wrist in the process - and then proceeded to punch me straight in the ribs, right as I was starting to get up.
I was left laying on the floor, wheezing, feeling absolutely helpless as Asahi crawled over to me, with his teeth bared and his fist drawn back. This next one was going to hit me in the head, I just knew it. I was going to black out. I was going to die. He was going to eat me. I tried to roll over on my side, but I wasn’t going to make it in time. I wasn’t going to make it. This wasn’t fair! I just started this new life, and already I wasn’t going to make it!
It was at that moment that an arrow flew past my head, burrowing itself next to my ear.
“Ah-hm…” came the sound of someone clearing their throat from behind us. Twisting my neck around, I could just barely make her out - a short, red haired woman in a red skirt and a white blouse, with flowing sleeves. Her outfit was one I recognized - a miko! A shrine maiden! Assuming anime could be trusted, anyway! And, also assuming anime could be trusted, she probably had powers, right? I mean, why else would she involve herself in this fight?
Had she come to save us? Or, well, Akari I guess? Y’know, considering I was an oni too, and probably nowhere near her list of priorities… I wasn’t going to get sealed away or anything, was I? Assuming that was a thing.
“I smelled something foul in my forest, so I came to investigate. I didn’t think I’d find two oni roughing it out, though…”
“She ate my prey!” Asahi the Gruesome pointed at me. “She ate my human, now I will eat her.”
“Hey! Don’t tell the human I ate someone! She’s going to think I’m some sort of monster!” Of course, I was some kind of monster, but that didn’t mean I ate people! I’d only…. Told him that… Crap.
The miko turned her arrow toward me, and I felt myself pale. “Both of you, get up and away from the cave before I shoot and seal you. I will count to ten.”
The larger oni immediately climbed onto his feet - without so much as a hint of pain from my awesome kick - and started to lumber toward the girl. She in turn held her arrow. The tip seemed to glow in the dim light of the forest, and after a tense moment Asahi let out a snort - and turned away from her, walking off into the forest.
That just left me, lying on the dirt, in pain, with a fearful look on my face as she directed her arrow back toward me. “Well?” the miko demanded. “Are you going? Or am I going to seal you?”
“There’s a girl in the cave…” I whispered, slowly moving to my feet. I didn’t want to make any sudden movements. Not when there were threats of sealing me (I knew that was a thing! Though I had no clue what it actually entailed! ) “Make sure she gets back home, okay? I want her to be safe.”
“That will not do at all, Joana-Sama,” Akari called out from within the cave. A moment later, her head popped out, followed quickly by the rest of her. Her clothes were dirtied, but intact. “I promised to stay with you, and feed you, in return for your protection, did I not?”
“I didn’t exactly protect you,” I pointed out. “If anyone did, it was this miko…” Who was now looking back and forth between us with wide eyes. Bow still pointed solely at me, of course.
“No. You were willing to die to keep my presence secret, weren’t you?” Akari demanded, wrapping her arms around one of mine. “Our contract is sacred. Where you go, I go. Now, please lower the bow, Chiba-san.”
“C-Chiba-san?” Now it was my turn to do the ‘look back and forth’ thing, between the two. “You know each other?”
“I believe so.” Akari smiled. “This is her cave. That’s why I chose it.... Though I did not know it had suffered a cave in… Regardless, the local miko will be quite mad that you impersonated them, Chiba-san. Not that I currently have a reason to let her know.”
“Her… cave…” I stared at the miko. As I watched, her form wavered, the red skirts and white blouse disappearing in favor of a green dress. At the same time, her red hair shifted to a bright orange, lengthening in the process until it was down to the middle of her back. Five, fluffy fox tails poked out from behind her skirt. They matched the new fluffy ears that were sprouting from atop of her head.
“It’s not really my cave,” the kitsune protested. “I’m not so unrefined as to own a hole in the dirt. It’s just a place that I sometimes sleep in, when I need to. And which I don’t like other people using.”
That totally sounded like it was her cave! I wasn’t going to risk offending the one who’d just saved my life, though.
“So. Tanaka-San. Why are you hanging around with a dirty, people eating oni?”
“...I’m not that dirty…” I looked down at my own clothes. I hadn’t really gotten the chance to look myself over, earlier, but now I saw that the buttoned up blue shirt I’d been wearing when I tried to cross the river had been replaced by a tattered brown shirt. Worse, instead of my perfectly respectable pants, I was in a loincloth! Both had gotten pretty dirty, what with crawling through the cave and getting pounded down into the ground.
“You’re objecting to the wrong thing, Joana-sama,” Akari chided me, softly. “And I will ask you kindly not to speak so rudely of my Mistress.”
“Your Mistress?” Chiba-san’s eyes narrowed.
“W-Wait!” I lifted my hands up in protest. “I never said I was her Mistress! I consider us more partners…”
Akari shook her head, giving my arm another squeeze. “A powerful yokai like yourself can not be proper partners with a mere mortal. Further, we’re not married, but I’m pledged to you. And you did this and that to make sure that I’d never be able to get married to anyone else…”
“This and that?” Chiba-san narrowed her eyes even further, to mere slits. “After you refused me, on how many occasions?”
“I-It’s not like that!” I protested, worrying a little as a faint glow began to encompass the kitsune in front of me. If I remembered correctly (from stories, and anime), some kitsune were known to wield holy powers. Something that probably wouldn’t mix all that well with my current form. “It was to survive! To survive! I thought I’d be able to take on that oni, if I could eat something, so…”
“Joana-sama requested to eat from my loins, and I agreed. She was quite good at it. If I had to rank her one to ten… a seven?”
“A seven!? Come on, at least give me an eight…!” I protested my score, pointedly ignoring the kitsune trying to glare holes into my body. “Even my ex-girlfriend gave me an eight…”
“Ex… girlfriend. Have you perhaps done this sort of thing before, Joana-sama?”
Now both girls were trying to kill me with their gazes, and I bowed my head in defeat. There was no way I was getting out of this with my dignity intact. I’d be lucky if I got out of this with my body unscathed.
“...Well. It doesn’t change anything,” Akari murmured after a moment. “If it’s Joana-sama, one or two or even ten girls serving under her, it will not bother me. As long as you allow me to be first of your current harem.”
“Harem?” demanded Chiba-san. I flinched at the harshness of her voice. “You would make Tanaka-san part of a harem?”
“I-it’s not like that!” I protested, keeping my head bowed. I almost wished someone really would seal me away for a thousand years, just to get me out of this mess. “I have no intention of forming a harem! I even offered to marry her, you know! And I only even asked Akari to let me eat her out because I thought I’d help us survive, so-”
“...To think you’d call Tanaka-san by her first name, in front of me. Without even any honorifics…” The kitsune sighed. “Very well. You may call me Haruka. From now on, I’ll be joining you on your journey. I’m sure you’ll find my illusions helpful for sneaking into towns and stealing princesses, or whatever.”
“I-I don’t want to steal any princesses! Honestly, Chiba-san-”
“Har-u-ka.” The woman punctuated each syllable by poking me in the breast, making my cheeks flush even redder than normal. “I’ll be lending my power to you from now, on, so please take care of me.”
“H-Haruka-san, then…” I tried to compromise. She glared at me, harder, and even Akari was shaking her head.
“Joana-sama. You should learn to accept defeat with grace.”
“I-I haven’t been defeated yet!” I protested. “I’m not calling her by her first name when she doesn’t even know mine!”
“Ah… that’s a good point…” Akari admitted. She met Haruka’s eyes, and announced “This is Joana Ella. Please treat her well, as you’ll be in her care from now on. It’s quite intense being eaten by her, so you’ll be helping me out a lot by padding out her meals.”
Padding out my meals!? When had that been decided? “I don’t mind her joining us, if she can scare off other oni, but I’m not eating her out! Understand! It’s my tongue you’re promising here, y’know?!”
Both girls glanced at me. Then back at each other.
“Tanaka-san… now that we’re partners by association, I can call you Akari, too, right?”
“Of course, Haruka-san.” The girl smiled faintly. “We’re equals in our relationship , after all.”
“...Still adding san. You’re so cold, Akari…” She sighed, before shooting a bright smile my way. One that somehow made me shiver. “Well. You can eat me, like you did Akari, if you promise it won’t hurt. I’m a wimp when it comes to pain, but Akari seems fine so I’m sure it’ll be alright.”
“It doesn’t hurt at all, actually…” Akari’s cheeks were as red as mine, now. I’m not going to lie, it gave me a little satisfaction to see her be the flustered one, for once. “But perhaps we can seal this bargain at your home?”
“Ah…” the kitsune studied the floor, looking embarrassed. “My parents actually kicked me out, so I have nowhere to stay right now. That’s why I was coming to my… this cave, you see…”
“I see… Joana-sama. I changed my mind. Chiba-san is worthless to you, afterall.”
“W-Wait!” Haruka hurriedly darted forward, and grabbed my other arm. “I can cast illusions! You’ll be able to go into town! You’ll be able to find a place to stay…”
“A place to stay among humans, huh…” That did sound nice. I wasn’t sure about all this ‘eating her’ stuff, though. Akari was one thing - I probably did need to eat, after all, and human flesh wasn’t exactly on the table - but one girl I barely knew was enough for me… I could probably supplement my meal with other things, right?
“Well, I don’t particularly mind you joining us, as long as you ignore all this eating you out stuff… but… Do you have any actual money? I don’t think we can rent a place without cash…”
“Ugew!” The kitsune made an undignified sound, and looked away.
“Joana-sama… I really think that strange kitsune has no place in your care… I have money, however. I sell medicinal herbs that grow in this forest. Perhaps we will have enough to rent a small, two person room… Just the two of us.”
“Guh!” Haruka made another undignified noise. I was honestly feeling a little bad for her. Not bad enough to fight with Akari on having her join us, but bad!
She was still clinging to my arm, though, when she said the magical words. “Alcohol! I was saving it for a special occasion, but I have alcohol! Oni like alcohol, right? On top of that, I can help you get into cities that sell alcohol! And there’s no way a town is just going to let you walk in and rent a room looking like an oni, even if you do have money! You need me!”
“...S-She makes a good point. For the sake of living peacefully among humans, I’m going to need to look human, right? Right?” I looked hopefully at Akari, who in turn frowned up at me.
“Joana-sama. I’m rapidly losing respect for you.” I hung my head in shame.
Even though I was supposed to be the Mistress here, I was being reprimanded… I mean, I was asking for a girl to join us, just so I could drink, so maybe I deserved it… A little…
“Still…” Akari sighed. “I suppose if she can help us find a place, I’ll accept her as the second harem member.”
“I-I can!” agreed Haruka, rapidly. “I’ll definitely help you out, Ella-san. So be sure to eat me out and seal the deal!”
“Y-yeah… Wait… Huh?”
What the hell did I just agree to?!
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Author's Notes
This chapter got slightly more editing/revising than previous ones, but not by much. It's also the last of the 'easy mode' chapters for me - chapter 4 was rewritten from scratch, with me simply referencing the original for ideas, while chapter 5 will be exploring uncharted territory. Of them, chapter 4 is already on Patreon, and will be released on Sunday. Chapter 5... Well, we'll see how long it takes me to write it.