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Hiruko x Priestess Honeymoon (Completed):

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Context: It's the first time in forever the entire family has been home, and you can't wait. Hiruko appears more concerned with the food and show than your shared love of martial arts lately, though, and things finally come to a head at the worst possible moment... When an impossible foe arrives.

Setting: Hakamura Shrine

Tags:[AMF4F][Windrunner Speaker][Himbo Oni Husband Speaker][Aggressive Mutation Speaker][Kitsune Priestess Listener][Lore Drops][Martial Arts][Windrunner][Daughters of Shade][Domestic Bliss]to[Combat][Argument][CW: Paralysis/Mentions of Death]

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[H] = Hiruko, your Oni husband of many centuries, certified himbo

[R] = Rahka, shrieking demon of the overgrowth

Italics = Yua, the Windrunner, but can be altered

[Scene opens within a dream]

[SFX: A struggling heartbeat]

[A mysterious voice permeates the darkness around you while your heartbeat struggles and wind swirls around you]

You are brave to attempt the martial art of the Windrunner, Priestess… But your body is already struggling…

[SFX: Her heartbeat struggling harder]

…You maintain. But, you are not a Windrunner. My people come from another dimension, kitsune. Our bodies are built to subtly manipulate the wind and air around us. That is why we can use it as a wholly passive martial art…

[SFX: Her heartbeat beating out of control]

If you focus… you can manipulate the very air around you with your breathing… but your heart will stop in four minutes and seven seconds…

[SFX: The heartbeat failing/too rapid to keep functioning/wind whipping up]

…We will continue the lessons in a month. I must visit the Daughters of Shade, for the time being… Stay cautious. Vigilant. And only ever use what I teach you if you have no other way to save yourself…

[SFX: A musical sting to indicate the dream has ended/the Priestess tossing and turning]

[You sit up in bed, clutching your chest and panting for air. You can hear Hiruko stirring about in the kitchen and smell tea in the air]

[H] “Priestess? Are you up?”

[Pause!]

[H] “I made tea if you’d like some. With all the kids coming home, I figured you’d want to be awake before we start cooking, hmhm.”

[You pad sleepily out, rubbing your chest as it aches and pulses]

[H] “Mmwah. Good morning, my love. Are you… OK?”

[Pause]

[He frowns]

[H] “Yes, your training… Mmh… B-But, we should focus on the kids coming home. I need to practice getting Aoki’s pronouns right.”

[Pause <3]

[Hiruko pouts as you cup his cheeks]

[H] “I know I’ve been doing good, but every time I’ve called her my son out of habit, she winces, and it hurts me… I need to do better by our daughter. Being what she is is difficult, and she deserves all the support in the world!”

[Pause <3]

[He sighs but smiles]

[H] “Thank you… You always know how to calm me down… C’mon, let’s start preparing for our children to come home and wreck the house, like normal.”

[Pause!]

[His smile fades slightly]

[H] “Erm… Yes, I am sure you’re excited to show off this new martial art from that strange dragon woman…”

[Pause!]

[You mosey about, chatting excitedly about the techniques you are learning]

[SFX: Fox noises]

[H] “Priestess…”

[SFX: Fox noises]

[H] “Priestess! “

[SFX: Fox ‘weeehhhh’ing]

[Your husband looks at you, unamused, as you hustle about]

[H] “Priestess! You’re making your kitsune noises again, which aren’t quite as regal as you might think! What has gotten you in such a hurry, my love?”

[Pause!]

[H] “The… Windrunner? Ah. Yes… She’s returning soon, yes?”

[Pause!]

[Your husband folds his arms, frowning]

[Pause?]

[H] “Hnh? N-No, I… I quite like Miss Yua, too, my love. I do… But her style of fighting…”

[Pause!]

[H] “Yes… It is definitely ‘cool’ that she can fight without ever making contact by controlling the air around her form. It is also very, erm, ‘kino’, that it’s the only one hundred percent passive martial art…”

[...Pause?]

[H] “Hunh? N-No, I… Rmrmglr… I do appreciate you are excited to try and master another form, my love, but you remember what she said. For anyone on our side of this dimension, trying to manipulate those small air fluctuations is painful… dangerous…”

[...]

[He draws you into his arms, eyes twinkling with concern]

[H] “...I’m sorry I’m not more excited, Priestess. Truly.”

[...?]

[H] “Of course, I still enjoy training with you! The children, however… Mmh. They simply want to live their lives, especially with Everfall being… gone.”

[...]

[H] “My love, it’s just… The kids have been resisting training more and more, and I know you want them to learn our traditions, but we can’t force them to fight…”

[...?]

[He sighs]

[H] “I am… admittedly tired of fighting as well. At least, for now… I just want a rest. You still need one. You lost your arm, and then you had to confront your father on our honeymoon, and then the horrors we saw at Everfall, I just… No more.”

[...]

[You both stand in silence for a long moment]

[H] “...I’m sorry. I need to start working on the food, though… I’ll give you some space to process…”

[...]

[SFX: The Priestess walking off while Hiruko preps food]

[Time Skip - 30 Minutes]

[You are deep in meditation when something hits you wrong. An eeriness in the air]

[SFX: Wind chimes picking up/the Priestess walking outside]

[You hurry outside, catching Hiruko lugging up a bag of rice when he is stopped by something vaguely woman-shaped in his path]

[H] “Oh, uh… I’m sorry, the temple is closed today. If you leave your name, I can put you on the register for next week?”

[....]

[The vaguely woman-shaped creature lets out what might be a laugh]

[R] “I… am Rahka. The demon that shrieks in overgrowth! And you, Mr. Purple, are Hiruko… yesss?”

[Your husband stances up, eyes set]

[H] “I am the Oni King, yes. What business do you have in our home, Rahka?”

[It. She. Whatever Rahka is… smiles, ear-to-ear, like a lamprey’s mouth splitting]

[R] “My business…?”

[The smile grows more, somehow]

[R] “To kill the Oni King and his family, of course… The rest of them will be here in less than an hour, hmm?”

[Hiruko lets out a dangerous snarl and you see that feral protectiveness creep into his eyes]

[H] “If you even think to lay a hand on my wife or children-!”

[Rahka lets out a laugh of pure madness]

[R] “You will do what, Oni?! Come at me, show me your true strength!”

[You watch in horror as your husband rushes her with a roar and she simply smiles, only needing to give his arm a good pinch]

[SFX: A very brief trade-off of blows]

[H] “Gah! Rrgh, all of that to pinch my arm?!”

[R, with a cackle] “No, no! TO BREAK SKIN!”

[Pause!]

[You see his eyes widen. His body stiffens. For the first time in a long time, you see your husband with honest terror in his eyes as he crashes to his side]

[H] “I-I can’t…? M…ove… Hhk…! N-No…! Leave… l-leave my family alone!”

[R, laughing cruelly] “Aww… Mr. Oni, I thought you were meant to be the King of your kind! The best fighter here! How could the great Hiruko become so pathetic and useless?”

[She kneels next to his twitching body]

[R] “Is the paralysis painful…? I modeled it after a Brazilian Wandering Spider’s venom. You’ll get to lie there in agony for about ten minutes until your heart shuts down… If I time it right, you’ll be able to die right alongside your children and wife. Kind of me, isn’t it?”

[H] “HGHH!! P-Priestess, r-run! You can’t…nnghh…touch her!”

[...]

[SFX: The wind chimes picking up]

[R, turning] “And there is the famous Shrine Maiden… Ooohohooho! Has life not been kind to you, one-armed fox?”

[Pause.]

[She grins again]

[R] “Antidote? Ha! The only antidote for my poison is killing me, which I highly doubt you’ll be able to do…”

[...]

[You look to your struggling husband and then back at the intruder]

[H] “R…Run…. Hhk… l-leave… get…. Get the kids…”

[Pause.]

[You stare each other down and you feel the air fluctuate around you]

[SFX: Phone noises]

[Rahka cocks her head as you pull out your phone and start a timer]

[R] “...What are you doing, Priestess?”

[Pause]

[R] “...Four minutes and seven seconds… until what?”

[SFX: The wind whipping up ominously]

[Pause]

[The creature takes a few uncertain steps back as the wind harshens…but only around you]

[R] “...you did it, then… You learned to fight like a Windrunner…”

[Pause.]

[Her uncertainty fades back to that malicious, sadistic glee]

[R] “Four minutes and seven seconds until your heart just explodes in its little ribcage, huh? Hehehe… Well. I guess your poor, useless husband and your poor, useless children will get to watch their mother DIE, won’t they?!”

[Pause]

[R] “Well, then…”

[SFX: Nettles/scales rattling]

[You brace yourself as she does the same, eyes darting to Hiruko once]

[H] “Hrrh… P-Priestess…!”

[Pause]

[R, cackling] “MWEEHEEHEEHEEHEE! One touch, Priestess, and you’ll be just as helpless! Just as unable to stop me from brutalizing your twitching, paralyzed body! I can’t wait, I can’t WAIT!”

[You both stance, the wind howling now]

[SFX: Howling wind]

[R] “Heeheehee, let’s GO!”

[Four minutes and seven seconds remain…]

[To be continued]

Note: If you pay attention to the shrine name, you may get a clue or two of who our favorite one-armed fox wife is a descendant of :3