Last time it was more Becky and Fumblies. Now we're back to Cattaras and Sliver.. and a few others.

It's another exceptional piece. As you can tell by the title, it's very steamy. Sexualized, really. So be warned, but also know this: It's too good to skip!

Time for the next phrase in Cattaras's training!

 
sexual language and situations

As Cattaras entered the house he noticed that the Irori Hearth was blazing full, giving the house all its heat tonight. Also, many colorful lanterns were hung, chasing the evening's gloom away. But he noticed these details only after noticing the three women standing there waiting for him.

Three kitsunes, to be exact. In the center was a five tailed Vixen who was as tall as Cattaras but far more beautiful in shape- not quite as beautiful as the stories Todd had told him of the Blessed Vixen but Cattaras would say close enough. She was flanked by two three tailers, each splitting the difference between the two males in height- each almost as lovely as the first one. All three wore kimonos that were resplendent with colorful flowers- the shorter one's blue, the tall one blazing red.

Sliver smiled as he set about to make introductions. "Cattaras, may I introduce you to Kyomi, your new trainer- and her handmaidens Asami and Miyako."

Cattaras bowed low with a smirk. "It is a pleasure to finally meet you." This produced three sets of musical laughter and Kyomi smiled as she came up to him and gave him a kiss that made his brain explode, and a grope that proved to him what he had already known. "The pleasure is ours, handsome," she murred in his ear.

Sliver coughed, causing the other two kitsune to giggle. One of them- Asami?- moved to imitate her mistresses move on the old Muri-dan, causing his tail to lash about in dismay as he tried to shrink away from the touch.

Kyomi smiled at the old man's discomfort. "That's enough Asami."- see? I KNEW it was Asami! "Dinner first, entertainment later." Cattaras wasn't sure if what she meant by 'entertainment'- save that she'd just given him one hell of a clue!

They sat about the low table, which was laden with a feast suiting to one of Kyomi's status. She sat quietly and ate, while her servants did their best to make sure that Cattaras and Sliver did not have to touch a single piece of food, feeding them everything they wanted. This was fine, until Miyako licked food from Cattaras' face rather than use a napkin. This caused Asami to do the same with Sliver, to his shock, while Kyomi hid a smirk.

Things broke down soon after, with Asami leading Sliver to his room despite his meager protests, while Miyako didn't even wait to move to Cattaras' room. Cattaras looked over as Kyomi rose and began to head for her own room, meeting his glance with a smile. "Tonight you celebrate the end of one road. Tomorrow we will begin another."

She leaned in, whispering to him. "And remember this, handsome. If this beautiful creature is your celebration for defeating Sliver, what do you think you will get when you defeat ME?"

With that she was off, although Miyako did something at that moment that made Cattaras forget anyone else was in the room- or the universe.

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Cattaras woke with a smile on his face. The past evening's celebrations had left him feeling as jacked as his first time with a woman so long ago and a continent away.

He felt a weight against his side and looked down, purring. There lay Miyako, beautiful in her nakedness as she lay snuggled up against him, her paw, naturally, on his junk as if she meant to start it all over again when she woke.

Sure enough, as he watched her eyes fluttered and opened. She looked up at him and smiled, as her paw resumed last night's work. "Good morning, Catt-kun." She slid up his body to deliver another time stopping kiss without stopping her ministrations. "Did you sleep well?"

Cattaras smirked at her, caressing her body and toying with her breast. "I did... when I was allowed sleep. Someone is insatiable." He beeped her nose.

That got a giggle and a lick out of her- a lick he gladly returned. "I have to be, to keep up with your stamina." She licked his cheek again, then started licking her way...

Cattaras moaned. Kyomi's training could wait an hour.. or two.

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Some time later Cattaras, now fully dressed and ready for the day, led Miyako from his room into the main room- to discover Sliver and Asami doing the same. Kyomi was just setting out breakfast and soon the five of them were seated around the table again. Cattaras shared a knowing smirk with his former master as the two younger kitsune launched into a giggling chatter in a language Cattaras wasn't familiar with, but could guess the meaning of. They were comparing notes at to their respective nights and lovers. Cattaras was pleased to see that Miyako surprised Asami as often as she was surprised.

Kyomi spoke to them in that same language and they quieted as the five finished their meal. Then leaving Sliver in the capable hands of the girls Kyomi took Cattaras out to the field where he usually trained. "The first thing we must work on, before all else, is how you apply your Chi when you move. I have watched you, you use all of your Chi to push yourself along and this works, but it has its drawbacks."

So they worked, and Kyomi showed Cattaras how to better use his Chi to move. "Don't just use it to push. Surround yourself with it, let it pull you as well- and thus shield you from your speed. Try that and see if you move better."

Cattaras did, and after a few tweaks he got it so that he could feel himself moving even faster. He smiled at Kyomi who smiled back and nodded. "Good.. now it is time for you to train that speed, and then your fighting skills. Not your strength or prowess, but your guile."

Cattaras chuckled. "Guile huh.. it that what you call it when you smash your instrument into someone's head?" Cattaras thought of how that was one of Todd's favorite moves in a fight.

She didn't get angry, actually laughed at the joke, but sobered. "Actually bards are of high esteem in Her sight- and your friend is high among them. Even though it is rare for one to express his devotion to her so forcefully. And, actually, it is his avoidance of fighting that I am talking about."

Cattaras smirked, with half an idea. "So.. you say in order to beat you I have to not fight you?"

Kyomi smirked as well. "Well, first you must catch me. Then, if you wish you can try it your way. You might eventually beat me but not for some time- time that, even here, we do not have to play with."

"What do you mean?" Cattaras asked.

"Look," Kyomi explained, "you know how time here and time in your world seems.. unrelated?" When Cattaras nodded she went on. "Okay, You know that the forces of Darkness are on the move- they've made many thrusts into your plane from their own. You know that. We know that. We are starting to move as well. The Covenants are coming to an end. Time is dying and..."

Cattaras interrupted. "What do you mean, 'Time is dying'? How can time die?"

She shrugged. "Well... maybe 'dying' isn't the correct word. Did your sister ever tell you about her trip to the Mysterious Island?"

"She said a few things.. but not many details. I think her demon was suppressing some of her memories." Cattaras growled.

Kyomi nodded. "While she was there she befriended a dragon of great power. The Chrono Dragon...."

"Wait- a dragon? Dragons are myths." Cattaras' tail twitched.

"In some lands. like your home, yes. But Chrono is very real and, thanks to your sister, very much alive."

Cattaras nodded, putting aside the mythical ness of dragons for the moment. Kyomi said it was real, so Cattars went with it. "Okay, so what does this dragon have to do with time? Other than his name's meaning, that is."

Kyomi nodded at the question. "When Catrina and Sebastian Dash went to the Mysterious Island, all they knew was that Chrono was a dragon who could control time. But he is far more than that. For Chrono is time!"

Cattaras gave that a nod, letting it pass until later and hoping it would make some kind of sense before he had to admit that concept stumped him.

Kyomi smiled, perhaps understanding his reluctance to say anything yet his eagerness to continue listening. "Actually, Chrono is not the first Chrono- nor is he the last. Throughout the ages, his kind has been growing up, mating, and having broodlings who they raise and train- eventually to take over when their father's die and become the next Chrono."

"Wait," Cattaras interrupted, "If this Chrono is not the last, then why are you saying time is dying?"

"Because of what happened to this Chrono's broodling. Because of a curse it was held in stasis while its father continued to live- albeit in agony. When your sister broke the curse time began to flow for the broodling- but it's development was far behind schedule. Now Chrono is dying, and his son is not yet strong enough to hold time as it is. When the mantle passes, we are not sure what will happen, or even if the child will be strong enough to hold time at all. It may destroy him and through him, us all."

"But as I say time grows short." As Kyomi said this she undid her obi and let her kimono drop to the ground, revealing such beauty as to make Cattaras' jaw drop. She laughed at his expression. "This is your incentive, my tiger. Catch me, defeat me... and you may have me!"

With that she was off, with Cattaras hot on her tail!
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Later Cattaras smiled as he relaxed in the bath. He hadn't caught her, of course. Hadn't wanted to, really. He had plans and as he looked down at the beautiful body that was sharing his bath (Asami this time, seems the girls were switching off) he knew it was time to put them into play.

"Asami? May I ask you a question?" he purred.

The little kitsune giggled. "You just did, Cat-kun. But you may ask me another as well."

Cattaras squeezed her and gave her a teasing grope. "Well, when you first came here I couldn't see any of you, but you could touch me." He nose beeped the giggle that got, but couldn't do anything about her grope of him. Not yet, anyway. "Can you tell me how you guys did that?"

Asami could, and did, and from that point onward Cattaras trained twice as hard. Once chasing and then fighting Kyomi, although his willingness to fight her disappointed the vixen, making her think he had forgotten her earlier words.

But at other times, when he had time to himself, he trained in Asami's technique until he was quite sure he could do it with barely a thought.

The next day he chased and caught Kyomi, as was normal. The two prepared to fight, with Kyomi smirking. "I hope this is not another waste of time?"

Cattaras answered her smirk with one of his own. "It is never a waste of time to face you, while preparing for this!" With that he put Asami's technique to the ultimate test. He spent Chi to move- not in space but he moved his body, every molecule, until he was a blur and then... gone!

Cattaras made his move then, getting behind her and reaching around, groping her like he'd been groped for so long before they showed themselves to him. She smiled. ''Someone's been telling tales out of school. So who was it, Miyako?"

Cattaras purred as he squeezed one of her luscious orbs, his other paw sliding down her body as he dropped back into phase. "I never kiss and tell."

Kyomi twisted out of his grasp and away, smirking as she gave him a faceful of tails. She stood across from him in more of a defensive stance than she had been while fighting. "So.. you got to me. So let's see what you plan to do to win. Bring it, tiger!"

Cattaras brought it- by disappearing again. But as Kyomi twisted to avoid him getting behind her he was there where she turned, groping under those wondrous tails, making her moan before she was able to twist away.

He came back, licking his fingers as he smirked at him. She panted, then smirked back. "And what do you hope to achieve with this? Other than a few quick feel up sessions?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Cattaras purred, "I plan to win this fight, by making it so you're unable to fight!" With that he blinked out again, but Kyomi was ready for him and when she felt his next attack she swung her paw, smacking him in the head.

But Cattaras wasn't one to let a clout to the noggin stop him, he was back to his attack almost instantly- a low blow that in most fights would have been frowned upon, but here it just made Kyomi see stars and arch back, moaning. Oh! I forgot about that damned raspy tongue of theirs!

He came back, still between her legs. It didn't matter, though there had been a pool of her juices floating in mid air where he was already. Her breathing was shallow, making that sound that would cause any virile todd.. like Todd, for instance... to look for a hat to hide behind.

Then Cattaras heard her howl as she pressed harder into his licks. He held her as her knees buckled, easing her to her knees smiling into her face. "I think I have licked you, as it were." The big tiger smirked.

That earned him a smack from Kyomi- if a playful one, but she murred and nuzzled him. "I don't think anything we do from here on in can be called 'fighting'- Agreed?"

Cattaras chuckled and kissed the kitsune vixen- a kiss wholly and heartily returned by Kyomi. He then rose, showing her how their 'fight' had affected him. The sparkle in her eyes, so much like Miyako or Asami's look when confronted with that same thing, made him smile- and what she did with it made him moan and purr.

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Some time later the two rested, laying side by side on the ground facing each other. Cattars teased one of Kyomi's nipples lazily while Kyomi.. well you can guess where the lovely kitsune had her paw.

He cupped that breast, smiling as he heard her pleasured moans again, but then he drew back. "If what you say is true..."

"It is..." Kyomi nodded, drawing back as well.

"Then much as I would want our time never to end, I must go." Cattaras started to rise, only to be stopped momentarily by another of Kyomi's kisses- one never hurried something like that!

Soon, though, even this ended and Kyomi smiled. "I- we have done all we can to prepare you for the road ahead, warrior. When you are ready tell me and I will open the way for you."

Cattaras adjusted his loincloth with a smirk. 'If I stay any longer I will never leave. It is time I go."

Kyomi laughed, then opened a portal linking this dimension with Hey Deze. Cattaras gave a final look around then stepped through.

One of the cool things about a game like AIL is the variety of storytelling you get. Just compare the last chapter to this one!

"Sexy writing," as Aleena (the handler) might call it, is one of Mitch's strong points, though, and this was an excellent bit of characterization.

Just about three pieces left, then it's time for the Finale!