Night 48: F1-F10 Hallway

[mizuhomaiden]

This was it. This was the night she'd been working toward since she'd learned what youkai were. This was... going to fail horribly because Sheena was so damn nervous. Or so she thought it would. Yes, she'd gone over everything a couple times, but she couldn't get past the part where the fact that Yukari was, well, Yukari. Such an unpredictable

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[mind_the_sukima]

For once, Yukari had not fallen asleep after eating dinner. Though she'd never admit it, anticipation for what was coming tonight had her restless, unable to sit still for long. She'd put on the shirt and jacket, and even the tie was tied nicely - she'd worry about the implications of retaining Violet's muscle-memory later. Of course, she couldn't go out in just that, so after some debate, she'd gone with the white capris obtained from the Doyleton trip and her own shoes. It didn't match perfectly, but it blended well enough. Lastly, of course, was her ever-present hat and a few loose ribbons tied into her hair.

Done with that, the youkai was left prowling about her room as she waited for night to fall. Ah, she was looking forwards to this. So as it was, she was alert and listening as soon as the doctor finished his announcements. Soon, she heard footsteps outside her room. Was it her? Whoever it was walked away... before coming back again. Yukari smiled and the grumbling only confirmed her suspicions.

When the poor girl finally knocked, Yukari was waiting and opened the door immediately, greeting the ninja with a confident smile.

"Good evening, Sheena," she said smoothly, resisting the urge to chuckle. Now began the fun.

[mizuhomaiden]

The door opened far, far faster than Sheena had expected. Had Yukari been laying in wait for her? Despite how potentially flattering and creepy that implication was, Sheena forgot about it at the sight of the youkai. White. There was a lot of white and that white... was not purple. And it looked... really good.

"Uh...hi," she finally got out after staring at the youkai for a bit. "You look, uh, really nice."

[mind_the_sukima]

Perhaps her smile turned up at the corners into a smirk, perhaps not. In either case, her eyes did rove up and down Sheena's body once; the girl might have been just wearing her usual ninja outfit, but that didn't make it any less nice to look at.

"And you're looking as beautiful as ever," the youkai replied when her eyes came back to Sheena's. She held out a hand for the girl to take. "Shall we be going?"

[mizuhomaiden]

Sheena was not a stranger to people looking her over like Yukari was. In fact, she was quite familiar with it and usually had a bad reaction to it. Usually. But there was a different quality to the youkai's gaze than she was used to. And then Yukari called her beautiful.

Ducking her head a little as she dropped her gaze, color tinged Sheena's cheeks and she lightly bit her bottom lip. Oh, Yukari was still talking to her.

"Ah, yeah," Sheena replied, her eyes on the youkai's hand as she wrapped her fingers about it. A few more pounding heartbeats and she led the way.

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F2

[mizuhomaiden]

[from here]

Sheena grumbled to herself as they reached her room. She was still going to give Yukari some of the fudge, but perhaps she'd hold out on the youkai for a bit. Maybe Yukari would take it upon herself to try and entice some out of her.

Maybe Sheena would say no.

F2

[mind_the_sukima]

Well, that certainly wasn't the reaction Yukari had expected. For once, Sheena had launched a highly effective counterattack that didn't involve kissing Yukari (which was actually ineffective in the sense that it only encouraged the youkai more). Still, her surprise was matched equally by her amusement and she took it in good humor.

That didn't mean she had to act like she did though.

"Whaaat, no fudge?" she whined, clinging to Sheena's hand with both of hers. "But we came all the way back here for it!"

Re: F2

[mizuhomaiden]

About damn time I got one up on her.

Sheena rolled her eyes at the youkai's whining. If Yukari hadn't had a hold of her hand, the ninja would have crossed her arms. "And why should I give you any now? Maybe I want to save it for some other irritating youkai."

Re: F2

[mind_the_sukima]

"Because I'm your favorite irritating youkai," Yukari insisted, a winsome smile springing to her face to replace her pout. Letting go with one hand, she brought it up to the ninja's cheek, attempting to gently turn her face back towards her as she drew close. "Besides, there's no more charming youkai in all the land."

She gazed upon Sheena with those violet eyes of hers, willing the ninja to become enamored once more, at least enough to share her chocolate. Well, not that playing with her this way wasn't enjoyable as well, whether or not chocolate was involved. But chocolate would be nice.

Re: F2

[mizuhomaiden]

Okay, Yukari had a point; she was Sheena's favorite irritating youkai. It also helped that Yukari was the only actual youkai she knew, her comparisons to the Tethe'allan and Sylvarant spirits aside.

Sheena's cheeks flushed again at the touch and the accompanying words. It took all her remaining will - which wasn't anywhere near as much as she's like it to be - to keep from letting Yukari fully turn her face toward her. She did look out of the corner of her eyes, into those eyes she found so captivating, and wavered in regards to the fudge.

"You're the only youkai in the land," she replied in a pathetic effort to resist longer. What was it about the youkai that made her so powerless?

Re: F2

[mind_the_sukima]

"True, yet it makes my words no less true," Yukari replied whimsically, her face coming close to Sheena's. "For surely you must admit, even were another youkai to appear, they could not possibly be half as charming as I." Or as annoying or persistent, though she could think of a few that came close.

Yukari savored the feel of the girl's warmth as she trailed her fingers along her jawline, no silken gloves between them as they usually were. Perhaps Sheena enjoyed the feel of the accessories, but from the youkai's end, direct, warm contact was much more preferable.

"Don't you think so? Shee-na." She softly whispered those words into her ear, the ninja's name spoken one part after the other, each a questioning call on its own. Perhaps not as much as her words and tone suggested, nonetheless her underlying emotion was one of desire. For the chocolate, though, or something else?

Re: F2

[mizuhomaiden]

The silk gloves were very nice and Sheena did like how they felt against her flushed skin, but she'd be lying if she said she preferred them over the sensation of the youkai's skin brushing against her own. Damn Yukari was good, and Sheena could feel her will start to crumble. She swallowed, her breathing increasing a bit and was that a bit of a tremble in her hand? It was more the wave of emotion she was picking up from Yukari than the words that caused this effect.

Desire. What was it Yukari desired - the fudge or the one the fudge belonged to? Martel save me from this wonton spirit...

"I-I'd have to decide that if I ever met another youkai," Sheena replied, a bit unsteadily. She licked her lips and tilted her head back a little, directing her gaze toward the ceiling as if she'd fine strength there. "B-but they'd have... quite a challenge in front of them."

Yukari might belong to Sheena now, as one of her pacts, but there was little question who Sheena belonged to in return. "Do you really want the fudge that much?"

Re: F2

[mind_the_sukima]

Yukari simply chuckled darkly at the ninja's wavering voice, which only added amusement to the brewing mixture of emotions she was feeling. Perhaps it was wrong to tempt and tease her this way, but it was a sport the youkai enjoyed far too much to ever give up. Humans truly were interesting creatures.

"Oh, the fudge would be nice," she agreed off-hand, "but there's far sweeter rewards to be had." As the youkai spoke, her fingers brushed across Sheena's jawline up to her lips, coming to rest there as if in explanation before she spoke again. "That these lips would speak a such a spiteful denial," embarrassed, more like, "is far more painful than a lack of the actual chocolate."

Though, flowery speech aside, she would still like some fudge.

Re: F2

[mizuhomaiden]

"Oh."

Now what the hell was she going to do? She knew full well how much joy and amusement Yukari was taking in her fluster, but that didn't mean she could figure out how to handle the situation. It just served to make her even more flustered. Especially when the youkai's fingertips brushed her lips. The ninja's eyes slipped half closed for a few seconds at the contact.

Unfortunately, Sheena didn't quite follow what Yukari meant with the flowery speech. "Umm... I'm not being spiteful. Just practical," she replied, if a little breathy. The heat radiating off her face wasn't helping any.

Re: F2

[mind_the_sukima]

It really didn't matter how much Sheena understood, since Yukari's words were not meant to really convey any meaning so much as they were to convey a feeling and create a mood. Her fingers trailed down from the ninja's lips to her chin then down her neck, slowly ghosting across the exposed skin. Her other hand, which had been holding the girl's until now, disentangled itself and slid up her arm to rest at her shoulder as the youkai pulled close.

"And is it so practical to save what you have for one who may never come, rather than give it to one who is right here beside you?" she asked quietly. She let that sink in for a moment before adding, "The fudge, that is."

Re: F2

[mizuhomaiden]

The ninja twitched a little given her neck was sensitive, something the youkai clearly had to know by now. At least she hadn't gone and kissed it or anything. It could have been worse. Maybe. Sort of. No-- Maybe.

Sheena's eyes had fallen completely shut at this point, her mind falling into a bit of a haze until the fudge was mentioned. Eyes flying open, her face bright red, the ninja sputtered.

"What-- You-- The hell-- Of course, the fudge. What the hell else could you have been talking about?!"

Re: F2

[mind_the_sukima]

Giggling and dancing away from from the flailing ninja, any trace of romance or seduction disappeared as quickly as a dream, replaced by a veritable font of mirth at the girl's oh-so-amusing reaction.

"Oh, I wonder, I wonder," she laughed, coming to a stop before Sheena, a playful grin playing across her lips. "What did you think I was talking about, hmm? Or is asking fudge really something that you get so flushed over? Shee~na~"

Once more, she dragged out the girl's name, but clearly in a teasing manner this time, almost singsong. A frivolous expression that probably clashed with the clothes she was wearing.