Kitsune of the Blue Sun

Chapter 163- Anti-Distraction Training

[Keeno POV]

In the darkness of unconsciousness all I felt was pain and a soothing heat.  The pain was slowly fading while the heat was being focused in one spot to the point that it started to sting a little.  It was only when both the pain and heat completely dissipated did I start to swim out of the darkness.  When I was able to open my eyes, I could barely see as everything was blurry, though the nice, soft sensation under my head and the faint scent of citrus in the air clued me in on where I was.

“Well, this is a pleasant surprise.”

{It really is, though, before anything else, I’d like to ask you to avoid getting injured like that again.  You wouldn’t have died, but you would have fallen asleep for a long time if I wasn’t able to intervene.  Not even Pram would have been able to help.}

“It was that bad?”

{Yes.  One of your ribs was a centimeter away from poking a hole in your second lung after piercing through two sides of the first one.  And that lightning on that hammer made your heart beat irregularly.  If you were a normal mortal, you would have died on the spot.}

“…”

I could say nothing.  My mind wouldn’t even allow me to process how close I was to dying.

“I’m surprised a mortal was able to put me in such a state with only one hit.”

{I think it was a bad matchup.  You were only back to form for a few days and have only really fought people that weren’t out to actually kill you.  Falheim doesn’t count since even if they were out for your life, they were all weaker than any other normal mortal.  And you were also taken off guard by the armor being too weak.}

“It was weird…and I’m too easily distracted.”

{I do have an idea on how to help with that, but we can get to that in a bit.  Lay still and let me check you over one more time.}

I nodded and let Ama’s hands roam over my body.  She paid special attention to where my heart was, my left lung, and my ribs.  Once she was satisfied with my condition, she let out a sigh of relief.

{It’s bad for my heart seeing you in a condition like that, even if its not life threatening for you.  I’m just glad I you were brought here to me.}

“I was wondering why I was here.”

{I’m not allowed to go into too much detail, but let’s just say a friend is being generous and allowing us to see each other for the next two days.  I’ve already asked Pram to let the others know and to not worry, so you don’t have to worry about that either.}

“Sorry, what was that?  I stopped listening at two whole days of getting my Ama vitamins.”

{Your what now?}

“Don’t worry about it.  So, what is this idea of getting me to get better at not being distracted in a fight?”

Ama didn’t answer and just gave me a sultry smile before motioning for me to get up.  I complied and turned to look at her.

{We are going to take advantage of our time together this time and spar for a while.}

“Bu-”

{I’m not done.  We will be sparring with a special rule.  No magic, only Soul Weapons, after every hit, the one that was hit must remove a piece of clothing.  We don’t stop even if we both end up naked, only when I deem you good enough will we stop and enjoy ourselves.}

“…I think you’re a genius, Ama.”

{I have my moments.}

“You’re always a genius, but that aside, let’s get sweaty and naked, Ama.”

{Someone’s excited.}

“Any time I can see your body is a reason to be excited…and I kind of want to rub it in that you are mine to that mongrel, even if he is dead.”

{I love this petty side to you, Keeno.  It makes me laugh.}

Ama stood up and held her hand out to me.  I took it and she pulled me up.  I expected a little bit of soreness in my chest but felt none.

“Your version of healing magic is amazing as always, Ama.”

{Well, when I’m the one that made all of it and am the source of the Concept it would make sense.}

“True.  Though now I wonder why Death Magic was usable before I was born.”

{Try not to think about it, it’ll only give you a headache.  Think about what I’ll look like in a bit.}

“Ehehehe.”

Ama waved her hand and the mountain peak we were standing on was cleared of all obstacles.  A cool breeze blew through the gap between us, and we summoned our weapons.  Ama’s naginata was as beautiful as always and as mesmerizing a sight as Ama herself.

{Oh, no Runes either.}

“Tch.”

{Don’t tch me, Keeno.  I’m your wife, so I know you better than anyone else.}

“Hmph.  Just because I love you doesn’t mean I’m happy you did that.”

{Then come, blow off some steam.}

Ama smirked, making me hmph again and launch myself toward her, one of my swords swinging at her as far as the chain will allow.  She leaned back to dodge and did so, though I managed to cut a single hair, causing us both to stop.

{…}

“Does that count?”

{I say it does.  I mean, the whole point of us doing this is to help you get less distracted in a fight.}

Ama’s naginata vanished from her hands and she removed one of the cloth belts that held her clothes closed.  They immediately loosened up at the chest, drawing my eyes.  Taking advantage of that, Ama swung her naginata, which I didn’t even notice she resummoned, and hit my arm with the shaft.

“…”

{I never said we stopped.  Now strip.}

I did as instructed and took off one of the belts I was wearing.  I smirked at Ama, who slightly frowned.

“What?  Wanted me to take off something else?”

{Yes.  That belt held nothing up or together.}

“Heh.  Then if you want more, you have to get me.”

{Oh, I plan on it.}

Instead of taking a cheap shot like last time, we both walked to a good distance from one another and readied ourselves again.  I silently thanked my past self for deciding to wear my Vanir style clothes today.  If we were going to play this game, it was the best choice for teasing Ama thoroughly.

We shot toward each other again.  I blocked the swing from her naginata with one of my swords while trying to stab toward her with the other, but she managed to move the shaft of her weapon to block my other sword while still keeping the other one blocked.  She then moved her arms in a way that her loosened clothes moved, flashing a small bit of skin, drawing my eyes away from the fact that she moved her leg and kicked me, knocking me off balance and then smacking my face with one of her tails when I stumbled backwards.

{That’s two hits.}

I removed a second belt and the topmost jacket of my suit.

{Much better.}

I didn’t reply and ran toward Ama while swinging both of my swords on the chains.  She blocked the attack, but I kept on the offensive.  When she blocked the attack of one sword, I had the second in motion to follow up.  I didn’t let up and kept going.  When one sword was swung horizontally, the second went vertical, then on a third swing one went diagonally.  Eventually Ama hit one of the chains on a swing and my sword wrapped around the shaft of her naginata.  I whipped the chain wrapped around it causing a wave to move from my hand to the sword, a light trail of blue flames following along until the fire exploded at the end of the chain causing Ama to stumble and allowed me to close the distance where I managed to get a good hit to her stomach and two hits to the arm with two of my tails.

“That’s four hits, Ama.”

{Sigh.}

Her naginata vanished again and she took off two more belts, the topmost layer of her kimono, and her sandals.  I could now see her curves much better than before, though thinking about it now, that was a bad thing for me.

“…This is just a different kind of foreplay, isn’t it.”

{You only now figured that out?  I mean, sure, it WILL help with your distraction problem, but we both know how this is going to end up eventually, so I might as well kill two birds with one stone and help you practice while we both work up to getting hot and bothered.}

“Again Ama, you are a genius.”

After she summoned her Soul Weapon again we shot forward. The next few clashes were intense as we both got in multiple hits on one another, resulting in more and more lost clothes.  At this point, all I had on were my panties and the wrappings I was wearing around my chest. Ama on the other hand only had her panties left, allowing me a wonderful view.

{Why not a bra today?}

“Cause they grew a little bit again and the ones I got in the Divine Domain need to be adjusted.”

{Pfft.  Silly Keeno, just circulate some Divinity through them and they’ll adjust themselves.}

“…”

Using this moment to her advantage, Ama moved forward and waved her naginata next to me. The wrappings around my chest caught fire and burned away in an instant.

“…Does that count as a hit and a strip, or do I still have to strip?”

{What do you want to do?}

I smirked at Ama and I slowly took my panties off.  Her eyes were immediately drawn down and I took this chance to poke her with one of my swords.  She removed her own panties just as slowly as I did and we stepped back from one another.

{Next hit is the one in the receiving end.}

“Game on!”

This was the most intense fight we had today. It was a struggle to not watch Ama’s chest and other parts as she moved, though I noticed she was having a similarly hard time. We continued to tease back and forth, just barely avoiding being hit for several hours until finally one of us triumphed.  I got in close and Ama swung her naginata. I sidestepped the swing and jumped over the next one, landing on the blade. Sliding a foot forward I poked Ama on the forehead with a tail.

“Hehehe.  I win.”

{Cheeky little vixen!}

Ama’s Soul Weapon vanished causing me to stumble at my lack of a foothold.  When I landed I fell backwards because a bed appeared underneath me and Ama crawled up and straddled my stomach.

{You aren’t getting a wink of sleep for the rest of our time here now.}

“Heh.  I expected nothing different.”

Chaos Realm:

*After Keeno and Amaterasu’s “fun” was over*

Keeno: Oh?  It’s been a long time since I was here.

Luna: Hello Keeno.

Keeno: Is it just you today, big sis Luna?

Luna: Order is taking a nap with Astraea and Nykuro while they wait for Nykuro’s Fated One to get time to come over.  Payto is outside handling a situation.

Keeno: What kind of situation?

*The front door blasts open and a woman with skin as black as ash, smelt of fire and brimstone, was dressed in nothing but what was essentially a bikini, with crimson eyes with flames trailing from the corners lands on the floor*

Idiotic mongrels, sending hellhounds out into the Sea of Chaos in an attempt to seduce me.  I have a wife.  Wake up, hellhound.

Hellhound: …??!!!  Strong one!  I will make you mine!

No.  Go back to wince you came and tell your master I’m not interested, and I never will be.

*A portal opens underneath the hellhound, and she falls through*

Hellhound: I’LL BE BACK STRONG ONE!  MARK MY WORDS!!!

Keeno: …

Luna: Keeno?

*Sigh* Sorry about that.  It happens every few hundred thousand years.  I’ll have to get Alex involved to see if she can get those gates closed for longer.

Luna: Aren’t you all powerful though?  Why not do it yourself?

Outside help can cover for things I don’t think about or for fine tuning I struggle with.

Keeno: Why do I feel some kind of affinity for that hellhound person?

They deal in Death.

Keeno: …

!!!

Luna: What was that feeling?

Keeno just gave actual form to the Death Spirits in her world…Though strangely enough the ones around Red will always remain the same.

Luna: Is that going to effect their personalities?

No?

Luna: How do you no-!!!

Those undeserving of Fluff?

Luna: Yep.  Aiko’s universe.  The blessing will take care of it.

Hmm.

Keeno: *Snapping out of her stupor* So, is there a reason I am here today?

Luna: I wanted to help you take care of your tails.  Tamamo is busy again and she won’t let me help her.  Says I would just make the problem more problematic.

Probably has something to do with one of Atmos’s pranks.

Luna: Most likely.

Keeno: Well, thank you, though I wish Ama could be here too.

Luna: I’m going to do the same for her, but if we had both of you here together, you’d just flirt the entire time and I wouldn’t be able to do anything.

Keeno: Oh…makes sense.