Samurai Blue (Kazuya's House)

[Kazuya Hikari]

["... Don't worry about it, it's on the house."]

Lifting his hands up for a moment as Chihiro turned onto her stomach, the silk falling from her shoulders, he would return to massaging, but this time her bare shoulders and neck as well.

["I'll personally make sure to fill up the bath tub for you. I am at your beck and call, Her Imperial Majesty the Empress. I live to serve."]

Slowly moving down from her shoulders to her back, carefully pulling the silk robe down, how many top assassins could say they were pampered by the son of their employer?

[Daruma Doll~]

A low, gentle laugh bubbled up in the young woman. She would be lying if she said she wasn't enjoying this. Chihiro had no shame at this point in her life. She had seen things that most people wouldn't see in a hundred lifetimes. She had done more things than people could imagine doing. Nothing surprised her anymore. Very few things even fazed her.

She let him slip her robe down to reveal her back, enjoying the pampering she was getting. Was he trying to distract her? Chihiro was a smart woman, she wasn't likely to forget a deviation in routine. Was he trying to butter her up for a favor or secret? He already had her ultimate loyalty and secrecy, so that was irrelevant.

"うーん、あまり義務が。"

Mmmm, much obliged. She sighed. Her muscles would be slightly tense, especially in her shoulders and lower back. Sometimes being a top assassin was tough work!

[Kazuya Hikari]

Unfortunately, Kazuya was not trying to distract Chihiro, if he had wanted to, he would've chosen a less hands-on tactic, and if he was trying to butter her up for a favor or secret, he'd have to wonder if the past five years they knew each other for were all a waste.

["... It's my pleasure. ... Well now, don't we have quite the tense muscles..."]

Continuing to work on her shoulders, he'd then move and leaning over behind her, now massaging her lower back, he'd slowly work the tension out of her muscles, all with a smirk on his face. How many guys would kill to be in his spot right now? Quite a few... dozen, no doubt.

["... You're probably already aware that I didn't follow my usual routine today, haven't you Chihiro-san?"]

[Daruma Doll~]

"暗殺者の苦しい生活。"

The hard life of an assassin. She responded to his mention of her muscles. It truly was work! She needed to stay in pristine shape both physically and mentally, never letting her guard down, ready to strike at every moment. Right now she was relaxing of course, but if someone crashed in or something disrupted them, she'd be on her feet in a split second. It came with the territory.

"もちろん、私はやった。そして、私はあなたがいた場所を教えてくれと思うよ。"

Of course I did. And I'm sure you'll tell me where you were. This was said lightly of course, with a sigh in between as he worked out a knot in her lower back. They'd known each other for long enough that she knew he'd tell her, or she'd wind up finding out somehow. She was exceedingly observant (another part of the job). Kazuya was the closest thing Chihiro had to a friend, and he was basically family, secrets weren't a thing between them.

[Kazuya Hikari]

["You have my utmost sympathies Sempai."]

Kazuya would answer back dryly, though the same could be said of him. When he wasn't training his troops, he was doing his own daily training, since there was very little else for him to do. And to think five years ago, he was a lean and sinewy teenager that had just developing muscles. This was one house you would not want to be a thief and try to rob, you'd end up being sliced six ways to Sunday before even stepping through the doorway.

["Why am I not surprised. I went out to the waterfall located in Dragon Territory for meditation and a bit of training. By chance or fate, call it whatever you like, Eurydice Sudeki, Leon Sudeki's wife, came to the same waterfall roughly about half an hour after I had arrived there. We ended up doing a lot more than just meditating underneath the waterfall."]

Continuing to work out the tension in her lower back muscles, a bit of a twisted smile on his face, since it didn't need to be said what they had done, the two of them trusted each other to such an immense degree that they were willing to tell the other almost anything. Kazuya was always willing to offer an attentive ear if Chihiro had a need to talk to someone, and in turn, she trusted Kazuya to never judge or harm her. She was basically an older sister to him, and he cared deeply for her as such.

[Daruma Doll~]

Chihiro quirked an eyebrow at his news. Leon Sudeki's wife, huh? Regardless of the Sudeki's home life, she could bet the 'Lightning Dragon' wouldn't take kindly to his wife...cavorting with other men. Another chuckle bubbled up in the assassin.

"あなたは完全に無害な何かを行うことはできません、あなたができますか？"

You can never do anything completely harmless, can you? She laughed, rolling her eyes. Not that Leon Sudeki could do anything about it even if he found out. Chihiro would protect her kin with her life. Such was her vow. Even still, she wasn't the least bit worried. Chihiro hadn't felt fear in years, not since she joined the Shadow Knights when she was sixteen.

[Kazuya Hikari]

["Sempai, I'm a fire Qi user, I'm anything but harmless. If I wanted to do anything completely harmless, I'd live out somewhere underground by myself, where no one could find me."]

A wide smirk appearing on his face, this is why Kazuya told Chihiro almost anything and everything. She would never judge him or think less of him, just as he would never do the same to her. In truth, even if Leon found out, Kazuya was not worried for his own safety, but worried for Eurydice's safety. He didn't want anything to happen to her, and even though Chihiro would protect him with her life... he would protect the both of them with his own life before they could for him.

His hands working out the knots in her back, he'd then rub his hands up and down along her back, to relax her even more, the heat from his higher than normal body temperature helping with any aches she might have, before returning to massaging her upper back. His upper body pressed lightly against her, she would be able to feel his abdominal muscles even through the loose muscle shirt he wore.

["Besides, if I was completely harmless, it'd be a very boring life."]

[Daruma Doll~]

"確かに退屈な生活！"

A boring life indeed! She agreed, sighing at the heat and pressure of his hands. She had to hand it to him, he was rather gifted. She did not mind his life choices because, as previously stated, very few things surprised her anymore. Morality as over-rated. Sex was sex. Chihiro used it as a tool, used her charisma and body as a means to an end. Sure, she enjoyed it, she never completely seduced someone she found repulsive, but there was no emotional connection to it. Her lifestyle had numbed all of that for her.

"もう一度彼女に会いに行くのですか？"

Are you going to see her again? She asked innocently, a slight hint of teasing to her voice. It didn't matter to her either way if he did or not, she was simply curious for curious' sake.

[Kazuya Hikari]

["Sempai, what kind of question is that? ... I don't know, to be honest."]

Kazuya would retort back teasingly, before admitting truthfully to Chihiro, his hands running along the bare skin of her back. If only he knew what would happen later on... His hands working on a particularly tight knot of muscles of her upper back, he'd lean down even more to work it out, his abdomen pressed even closer against her. It's gettin' racy in here!

["I might, but I can't say for certain right now. How are we feeling Sempai? Any better?"]

He would ask, though it was quite obvious he was far from done yet.

[Daruma Doll~]

"好奇心が全てですただ、あなたはそれのために軽く精神にあると思われる。"

Just curious is all, you seem to be in lighter spirits for it. Maybe this woman was a good influence on him, maybe he'd just finally gotten laid. Whatever it was, it was no consequence to Chihiro. She had no emotional ties to Kazuya beyond their business relationship and casual reporte. He was the closest thing she had to a friend, but she also had long since lost the capacity to commit to anyone in anything other than a business sense. But in that regard, she was completely and utterly loyal, practically subservient. It was an interesting combination of qualities.

Chihiro, being a queen in her own mind, did not mind this treatment at all. She'd held this way of thinking since she was very young, being an only child to an upper middle class family, she got everything she wanted as a child. In school, she was bright and cute and quickly learned how to manipulate people to get what she wanted. In high school, she was a bombshell who wrapped boys around her fingers and had flavors of the week. Aureus had been her only serious boyfriend, but even that hadn't lasted. There was a short time when things weren't so great, a senior targeted her and was better at the game than she was, and she fell flat on her face. Karel Soresu. But even his darkest secrets were nothing compared to the Shadow Knights.

In short, take the world for everything its got and have no regrets. There was no one more important in the world than yourself.

"うーん、カズくん、私は。私はあなたの手で才能を持っている、と言わなければならない。"

Hmm, Kazu-kun, I am. I must say, you have a talent with your hands. She stretched out catlike, 'accidentally' brushing her posterior against him as she arched her back and melting back into the cushions. He could do this all day, who was she to stop him from pampering her?

[Kazuya Hikari]

["... Hah."]

Kazuya considered Chihiro as practically his second older sister, but it was for that very same reason he could never see her as anything but his onee-chan. That also meant he was extremely protective of her, even though she could defend and take care of herself just fine. It was just his little brother instincts that were mentally ingrained into him, he was just as protective of Kyoko as he was her.

["I am greatly pleased that my talents and services are to your liking."]

Seeing her stretch out cat-like, her backside 'accidentally' brushing against him as she arched her back and relaxed back down on the cushions, he would simply smirk and continue massaging her upper back and shoulders. Once he was finished, he would climb up onto his feet and picking up her silk robe, would hold it out and help her get it on, before heading to the bathroom and begin running the water for her hot bath, standing in front of the tub with his back facing the door.

[Daruma Doll~]

Chihiro stood gracefully, taking her silk robeback and shrugging it over her slender shoulders. She tied it loosely around her waist, a thin strip of skin showing from her neck all the way down to just below her navel where the robe tied. Stretching her arms over her head, she followed hi, her bare feet making no sound on the floor.

She waltzed into the bathroom, which she'd outfitted as her own person paradise. There was a woman in the market she bought her incense from, and light a couple sticks with a match, setting them in the holder on the counter. Another woman specialized in scented soaps. Very expensive, but nothing that some stolen goods from missions didn't afford. In a post apocalyptic world, there needed to be something of a luxury. This was hers.

As he drew the water, she slipped the robe back off her shoulders and hung it on a hook on the wall. Chihiro had no shame, and that included walking around nude. She was proud of her form, and kept it shapely like a warrior sharpened a weapon. She moved to the counter, taking a pair of hairsticks from a wicker cup on the counter. She held the sticks in one hand, twisting her long dark hair up with the other and pinning it with the skicks in a loose bun.

[Kazuya Hikari]

Once the bathtub was filled with hot water, Kazuya would twist the handles closed and step back from the tub and slowly turn around, unabashed by the sight of Chihiro completely naked behind him while she pinned her hair up with a pair of hairsticks from the wicker cup on the sink counter. She had pretty much outfitted the bathroom as her own, and Kazuya had no qualms with it, in fact, he was fine with it.

As long as he had space for his own personal toiletries and Kaori's, she could outfit the bathroom as much as she saw fit. As Kazuya walked behind and past her, his fingers would ever so slightly graze her bare back, a smirk on his face as he would take his leave, closing the door behind him unless he was stopped for whatever reason.

[Daruma Doll~]

The corners of her mouth twitched upward as he grazed his fingers across her back. He was being much more flirtatious than usual, not that she was complaining. It probably had something to do with the Dragon's wife, he was still running off the endorphin high. Chihiro stepped into the bath, her back to Kazuya's retreating figure.

"ああ、先生？よろしければのグラスは、ワイン。"

Oh, sensei? A glass of wine if you please. If he wanted to play the servant, she would most certainly let him. She enjoyed the sense of power, even if it was just for play. He was enjoying pampering her, or else he wouldn't be doing it, and she was content in receiving it.

[Kazuya Hikari]

["... But of course Your Majesty."]

Closing the door quietly behind him, Kazuya would head into the kitchen and opening his wine cabinet, would pull out a bottle of dark red wine, Chihiro's usual choice, the other being brandy, and would uncork the bottle and pull out a wine glass before heading back to the bathroom. Slipping inside, he would place the glass down on the sink counter and pour a glass for her.

["Your wine, Sempai."]

Handing the glass to her, he'd then have a seat on the edge of the bathtub, one leg crossed over the other while he rested one hand against his cheek, his elbow resting on top of his knee and a wry smile on his face.

["How is the water Sempai? Hot enough? I can heat it up for you if you wish."]

He literally could heat it up for her.