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Chapter 585 - The 'Not so Last' Airbender

"This is amazing!" Ty Lee cried out as she clung to the edge of the crows nest at the top of Zenith's mast, the wind whipping through her braided hair and clothes as they traveled faster than she had ever previously thought possible.

Even more amazing was when Ty Lee used a few simple hand movements to subtly manipulate and bend the flow of air around her, prompting a giddy feeling in her tummy that hadn't ceased from the night before. Except now it was from the revelation of her newfound Airbending, and not from Alex ticking her tummy from the inside.

Though shocked at first, Ty Lee was quickly falling in love with her new bending style the more she practiced it. Even to the point where she readily spent all of the points she had accumulated in the Chatroom shop until now on scrolls teaching her the various forms and breathing techniques for Airbending.

It was the only option available to her, since there has not been a single Airbender in the entire world for a hundred years. That they knew of.

After her initial burst of Airbending, Alex had helped her come up with a theory for WHY she was able to air bend to begin with.

His theory was that the Airbenders were all Nomads, meaning they regularly traveled all over the world on pilgrimages and such. They were the only ones actually able to do so, thanks to the flying bison that bonded with every Airbender, according to Alex.

Knowing this, it was incredibly improbable that the Fire Nation managed to actually wipe them all out during Sozin's Comet a hundred years ago. There were likely various stragglers that had managed to slip by unnoticed, and went underground to weather the slaughter.

If that were the case, then it was entirely likely that one of those Airbenders in hiding married or at least had children with one of Ty Lee's ancestors, passing down the Airbender gene without ever giving their descendants knowledge of the art.

And now she had inherited the ability, thanks to Alex unlocking it, making her the first Airbender the world had seen for the last hundred years.

*...*

A noise below drew Ty Lee's attention as she glanced over the side of the crows nest to see two figures battling it out against one another with fire bending, Azula and Anne.

When they had prepared to leave, Alex returned to Asora briefly to collect a few people to travel with them while Ty Lee had gone to say farewell to the folks at the circus. A remarkably dull affair compared to what happened with Azula...

For some reason, Azula had insisted on a markedly.....different uniform than the standard outfits Alex's combat maids wore. So, while Ty Lee and Mime Jr. were trying to say goodbye to the friends she had made at the circus, mostly the animals, Azula had also gone to dismiss the royal guards that had escorted her there. Dressed only in a pair of slipper-like shoes, a black garter belt with white lace, and a matching bonnet.

It had been quite the sight for Ty Lee to see a near-naked Azula walking around barking orders, all while those around her hurriedly tried to avoid looking at her for fear of offending her despite questioning her lack of dress. Well, they got their answer soon enough.

When Alex exited the tent accompanied by a small group of women, Azula immediately transformed from the ruthless and terrifying princess, to a smitten and devoted servant. It didn't take much for her guards to connect the dots.

Correctly assuming Alex had done something to the princess, the group of guards tried to question him about what he had done to her. But they also made the mistake of pointing their lances at him.

In her fury, Azula readily experimented with her freshly acquired magma powers by clasping her hand over the captain of the guard's mouth, and filling him with magma that melted him from the inside out.

Needless to say the remaining guards were far more...understanding of their princess's new role and duties. And they were more than happy to relay a message to her father for her stating that she would NOT be returning home. Just yet.

Soon after they finally departed, shocking everyone once more as Alex materialized a massive ship out of nowhere, and once they boarded they took flight.

Now Ty Lee took a moment to watch as Azula and Anne traded several blows back and forth, with neither holding back against the other.

Azure flames met with crimson flames as they sparred, with Anne's form improving with each passing second as she studied every one of Azula's movements.

According to Alex, Anne had an ability that made her kinda like an imposter Avatar, allowing her to bend all four elements and even enter something called the 'Avatar State'. And apparently for every Avatar one of the elements would be significantly harder for them to learn how to bend than the others, due to the conflicting styles and mentality.

For Anne that element was fire, as it was the opposite to everything she worked for in Asora.

She was best with air, due to her sky and gale dragon slaying abilities, and she could also use earth and water fairly well due to her working with them often in maintaining her garden and the plants of Asora.

To Anne though, fire was akin to destruction that would sweep through and consume everything that she had worked for, reducing it to Ash.

And while Anne COULD fire bend, especially after obtaining the scrolls written by Iroh on the subject, it was still the element she had the hardest time with.

Ty Lee watched the two of them sparring from above with keen interest, before her gaze shifted to the rest of the women Alex had brought with him.

Amongst them were the twins, Veronica and Serena, Megumin, Yurishia, Aine and Hayuru, Grayfia, even Hermione, and then finally there was Aqua.

Aqua apparently came because she wanted to induct the southern and northern water tribes into her own faith, as the goddess of water. And while Ty Lee was cheering her on, she also couldn't help but to think Aqua's chances of success weren't that high.

It didn't help that the only time Ty Lee really saw Aqua participate in the Chatroom was when she was drunk, which happened to be almost every night, resulting in her posting various comments and pictures that made absolutely no sense whatsoever.

Hermione meanwhile was a surprise to see here, as Ty Lee rarely recalled speaking to her, if at all, in the Chatroom due to her constantly studying. Yet here she was with the rest of them, stating that she wanted to learn more about their world and the people in it. But Ty Lee suspected there was more to it.

The bubbly contortionist remained up high in the crows nest for a little while, enjoying the air while simultaneously studying how it flowed and moved around her, until she saw Grayfia appear from the cabins within Zenith with an entire cart full of snacks and refreshments.

Ty Lee immediately became excited at tasting Grayfia's homemade snacks, since she had heard so much about them, and hurriedly applied weight to her hands as she flipped herself up to do a handstand on the edge of the crows nest.

She balanced there for a moment, feeling the wind whipping around her body, before letting it push her off over the edge as she plummeted down to the deck below.

Normally even this wouldn't be an issue for her, since her specialty was acrobatics, but this time Ty Lee tried something different as she spun in the air while trying to command the air currents to do as she willed. Soon a small cyclone had formed around Ty Lee that slowed her descent, and allowed her to land softly onto the wooden deck.

"That was quite the show." Veronica said before taking a bite of her sandwich.

"Thanks. I still have a long way to go. But I think I'm starting to get the basics down~!" Ty Lee declared, even as she stripped off her clothes before joining the others in eating. After all, everyone else was already naked.

It was practically the first thing they all did after taking off, either stripping down completely or donning some form of erotic wear. Even Hermione was no exception, though in her case she claimed to have been 'forced'.

It was understandable why though, with a single glance at the only four people who had yet to join them.

Alex, who was eagerly thrusting into Aine from behind. Aine, who was on all fours in front of him. Hayuru, who Alex was holding flush with his body on the left, while his fingers buried themselves into her filthy, wrinkled backdoor. And finally Yurishia, who was in a similar position as Aine on Alex's right, except her hands were bound behind her back so that her ass was in the air and pointed at Alex, allowing him to paddle it as his pleasure.

Aine was struggling to keep herself stable as Alex proceeded to rearrange her guts from behind, while also trying to keep up her usual arrogant facade. But that was a bit hard to do with a meat log inside of you.

Hayuru meanwhile was fighting to keep her voice under control, which she repeatedly failed at as Alex stimulated her backdoor. He knew her backside so well now, that he could render her a gasping and sloppy mess without going anywhere near her pussy or any other area, much to her chagrin since the other girls relentlessly teased her for being a pervert.

Yurishia however was more than happy to play the bitch in heat, moaning and crying out for her master's cock while he relentlessly paddled her butt. Even as red welts appeared all over it, she happily shook it in front of him in a plea for more. Always more.

All three would have came numerous times by now from Alex's administrations, if he had let them. But instead he was prolonging her 'suffering' while waiting for a sign that only he knew.

And that sign arrived at the second Alex could feel the tell-tale pressure building within his balls, indicating his imminent release. So, with timing honed by a ludicrous amount of practice, Alex dropped the paddle he was using on Yurishia's ass to bury three of his fingers inside her sopping wet cunt, manipulated his fingers buried in Hayuru's ass to send her over the edge, gave one last thrust while making sure to hit Aine's g-spot before burying the head of his cock in her womb.

"""HYAAAAAAAAAN!"""

All three girls cried out right as Alex flooded Aine's womb with his seed, triggering every single climax they had been denied until now as a sudden flash of pink light enveloped them all.

This was what Alex was after, as by making sure they all came at the exact same time it guaranteed that they would all benefit from performing the Climax Hybrid. Which would not only completely recharge their Heart Hybrid gears, but also temporarily grant them access to a significantly more powerful weapon than they usually possessed.

There was no real need for such power right this second, but Alex figured it was always better to top off their reserves when he could.

"That looked intense..." Ty Lee uttered as she rubbed her thighs together slightly, and felt somewhat jealous of the three girls.

Similar sentiments were shared by just about everyone else present, with the sole exception being Hermione.

Officially she came to learn more about this new world and the fascinating abilities used by the people who called it home. And if anyone asked her if she came with them for any other reason, then she would adamantly deny it. But as she watched Alex extract his fingers from Hayuru's arsehole, Hermione could feel her own clenching in NEED. Need that she still adamantly refused was there, even as her body fidgeted slightly from the scene before her.

"So what's for lunch?" Alex casually asked as he approached them, his cock dangling limply between his legs while gleaming from Aine's residual juices. The three girls meanwhile were still laying on the deck, either passed out or resting as they enjoyed the orgasmic bliss coursing through their bodies.

"I have prepared a few simple dishes." Grayfia responded professionally, as she indicated each respective dish that was available.

Neither she nor Alex acknowledged Azula as the princess sank to knees in front of Alex, and dutifully began to clean his penis with her mouth.

For a moment Alex enjoyed his food as Azula worked her way down his cock, taking more and more of into her mouth and down her throat, until she reached the base as her chin rested against his balls. And once there, Azula turned her mouth and throat molten as she channeled the power of the Magu Magu no Mi.

Alex looked down at Azula and cocked a brow, making her hum in contention since she could tell he wasn't displeased with her actions. After all, he had even swam in magma like it was a river in the past, and could relax within the heart of the hottest stars in the universe.

So Alex just enjoyed the extreme heat and movements of the magma in Azula's mouth and throat, as she skillfully controlled it to caress and squeeze his cock in ways no other woman could. No wonder she was considered a prodigy if she could already control the power of the Magu Magu no Mi so skillfully.

So Alex enjoyed the blow-job as he ate his lunch, particularly enjoying the mini sandwiches that Gryafia had made for him. However, right as he used one of the toothpicks to clean his teeth, Alex noticed something.

"Of course..." He said while shaking his head in exasperation, making several of the girls wonder what he was talking about until they saw a massive fireball coming at them from below.

*KABOOM!*

Before it ever got close to Zenith, the fireball exploded as Alex flicked his toothpick at it in mild annoyance. Though it wouldn't have actually damaged Zenith with how powerful she was as Alex's familiar.

"Are we under attack?!" Hermione asked as she hurried over to the side of the ship, to see three Fire Nation ships sailing below. And as she cast a spell to assist in farsight, she saw them all preparing trebuchets to fire burning rocks at them.

"Shall I deal with them, my Lord?" Azula snarled as she took her mouth off of Alex's cock, and glanced down to see who had DARED try to attack her Lord.

"Oh! Can I do it! I want to try a spell I learned on them!" Megumin asked as she practically bounced up and down.

"Perhaps Serena or I shall do it? We too are most adept at spells!" Veronica declared as she hugged her sister with one arm.

"All of this debate to deal with a couple of ants?" Grayfia asked in exasperation, even as she flicked her wrist to casually bat away the three incoming fireballs.

"Just decide using rock, paper, scissors." Alex said with a shrug, not really minding who it was that dealt with their attackers.

A few minutes, and several more fireballs, later, Veronica held up her hand in the shape of a pair of scissors victoriously.

"HAHA! I win!" She declared while her younger twin applauded her victory(Serena hadn't played at all).

"Now then, how shall I deal with them...?" She asked herself while twirling her staff in her hand absentmindedly, and ignoring the other girls as they grumbled at their loss.

"Aha! I know just the spell!" She declared, before pointing her staff at the small fleet of ships.

What appeared to be a miniature sun appeared at the top of her staff, radiating an intense heat before it swelled in size as Veronica lifted her staff overhead to charge it further.

Once the miniature sun reached the approximate size of a small building, Veronica thrust her staff forward as she cried out,

"KA-"

"FLARE!"

Before Veronica could unleash her attack, the world was literally up as a brilliant light enveloped the three ships, melting metal and turning everything else to ashes, living or not, instantly while simultaneously boiling the water surrounding the ships.

"!!!"

Already in the process of unleashing her attack, Veronica had to alter her trajectory slightly so that her spell instead hit the middle of the open ocean. And as it did so, a massive pillar of flame appeared that reached up to the sky, and down to the ocean floor below. Unfortunately, that meant it also ended up charbroiling everything in between.

But rather than worry about that, Veronica turned a furious expression towards the person who took her target, Megumin.

"I SUPPOSE you think that was terribly funny?!" She snarled angrily.

"Kinda, yeah." Megumin said with a smirk as she held her staff back behind her head.

With her Attention focused on Veronica though, Megumin didn't notice Serena sneaking behind her as she used a Krack spell to freeze her naked butt.

"KYAAA!"

The little mage cried out as her butt was suddenly frozen.

"I'm terribly sorry, but you DID attack out of turn." Serena said with an apologetic voice, though that only annoyed Megumin.

"You're just mad because my attack was stronger!" She declared with pomp as she smirked.

"Are you blind? My Kafrizzle spell was OBVIOUSLY the stronger!" Veronica stated indignantly.

"Yeah, RIGHT! You DO realize that was only Flare, right? I didn't even use Mega Flare!" Megumin argued, though she left out that she hadn't even gotten Mega Flare down just yet. Even with some of the boosts of the Asoran system and the items she got through the Chatroom shop, Megumin still needed more energy to be able to cast the spell reliably. To say nothing of Giga Flare and the other advanced spells.

"Well then, let's see whose attack is REALLY stronger!" Veronica challenged, matching over to the railing as she did so with Megumin right behind her.

"Oh? Is this an open invitation? Because it would be improper for me to not demonstrate the power of the ability granted to me by my Lord!" Azula declared as she joined them, her arms turning to magma as she did so.

"Shall I join as well?" Asked Yurishia, newly recovered from her multiple orgasms as she equipped her Heart Hybrid gear, Cross.

With the power granted to her through performing Ecstasy Hybrid with Alex, as well as the numerous upgrades given to her gear's core by Lala, Yurishia could now be considered a one woman army. Plus if she expended the energy she just gained then she would 'have' to perform Ecstasy Hybrid with Alex once more. How HORRIBLE would that be?

"I'm surrounded by idiots...." Hermione groaned while shaking her head, making her bushy hair bounce while her breasts jiggled slightly.

"You're always welcome to join me in my 'activities'." Alex offered her, as he pulled up a chair to watch/judge the girls' competition. At the same time he grabbed Aqua, and proceeded to impale her divine ass on his cock.

"WAAAAAAAH!" Aqua wailed as her ass was stretched open and invaded, before Alex used his hold on her hips to move her up and down like a cock-sleeve.

With the way he was holding Aqua, Alex was providing Hermione with a VERY clear view of him fucking the goddess up the ass, making the often called 'know-it-all' feel a twinge in her own bum as her body seemed to heat up.

"Humph! Why on earth would I ever WANT to do anything so filthy and demeaning?!" She practically shrieked, before hurrying inside the cabin of the ship so she wouldn't have to watch Aqua being plowed up the butt.

*BANG!*

Slamming the door behind her, Hermione tried to steady her breathing while thinking anything other than THAT, though it was practically impossible.

It didn't help that she felt the overwhelming urge to bury her fingers into her own arsehole in an attempt to find relief, which she resisted for obvious reasons.

"Damn him!" Hermione swore as she hurried further into Zenith to find a nice quiet place to read, and hopefully remove whatever effect Alex was having on her.

Fully aware of Hermione's increasing desires, Alex smirked as he speculated it wouldn't be long until she finally came to him looking for relief. And the best part? He hadn't even actually done anything to her!

What Hermione was feeling was entirely her own sexual desires after Alex awakened the beast within her, coupled with the addictiveness of his own sexual prowess/cum. But hey, it wasn't as if he could control THAT.

Leaving Hermione alone to figure out what to do with her awakening libido, Alex focused on Aqua and the rest of the girls as their competition got underway.

For the most part they were just firing their most powerful attack out on the open water, leaving it up to Alex to determine who's was stronger.

It was all good fun until Megumin's chuuni tenancy awoke, and she tried comparing herself to the queen of hell with her devastating attacks. With the actual queen of hell standing a mere few feet away from her.

To respond, Grayfia silently pointed a single finger out over the open ocean. And then, without any discernable effort or chanting on her part, the maid proceeded to summon a veritable firestorm capable of reducing several small kingdoms to ashes.

And she had barely used a single percent of her actual abilities.

Needless to say she was the obvious winner, and all of the girls were strictly reminded NOT to piss Grayfia off. Of course, instead of being intimidated by the display, Azula saw it as a goal for her to reach.

What none of them realized were the unintended consequences of this little competition.

First was that the few fishermen that saw the flames from the various attacks on the horizon hurried back to their villages, and spread word of the new weapon the Fire Nation had developed to use on them.

Meanwhile, thanks to all of the powerful fire based attacks that would even vaporize water instantly, the entire global sea level would drop by nearly two feet overnight. Of course that would only be temporary, until the evaporated water condensed into rain and fell once more. But it would still create much panic and confusion amongst many people across the world because of it.

***

Meanwhile, on a small island far to the south of the world, too far out of the way for anyone to care about them, a young woman was resting in the middle of what looked to be a dojo. Except she was wearing a thick green dress with armored plates on it, and heavy makeup that covered her face to paint her white, with deep red on her lips and above her eyes.

Sitting across from her was a small creature that stood on two legs, was covered in brown skin, and wore a skull on it's head for a helmet.

Neither moved as they calmly meditated with their eyes closed, a bone fragment sitting beside the creature while the girl had two fans on either side of her. All was calm.

*Creak.*

In an instant, both had opened their eyes right as two other women dressed identically to the first appeared, bladed fans already moving as they made to slice the two of them apart.

The woman and creature moved at the exact same moment, dodging the fans so closely that they felt the draft created by their movements on their skin.

In the same movement she grabbed her own fans, while the creature took up the bone fragment beside it. When the second fan that their attackers wielded came at then, they used their weapons to deflect them before preparing their counter attack, right as two more women appeared to attack them.

A dance began between the woman, the creature, and the other four identical women trying to attack them, distinguishable only by their varying hair colors and styles.

The attackers were perfectly concerted as they moved, needing no communication between them as they fought. Their efforts would have been more than enough if they were facing NORMAL opponents.

The woman and the creature both moved with seemingly supernatural speed and grace as they danced around their opponents, giving no opportunity to deal the finishing blow while waiting for their own chance to strike.

The moment arrived when the duo attacking the woman just so happened to line up perfectly, giving the creature the perfect chance as it threw it's bone fragment at their hands to disarm them of their bladed fans.

This in turn left itself open to attack, if not for the woman as she also threw her own bladed fans, still folded of course, at its attackers, disarming each of one bladed fan. Then, in the same movement, she grabbed two of the fans that had been dropped from her own attackers to turn the table on them now that they were weaponless.

At the same time, the creature's bone fragment flew back at it like a boomerang that it deftly caught with ease, before it too took the chance to attack.

Within the span of less than two seconds, the entire dance had shifted as the woman and the creature turned the tables on their attackers. Except the woman was having a significantly easier time due to her being armed while denying her opponents the same luxury.

The creature on the other hand struggled due to its opponents still possessing one fan each, coupled with its short stature and reach. True, its size would make it a harder target to hit, but it also made the creature need to exert more as well to compensate.

But then, the creature began to glow all of a sudden.

The entire dance halted as every eye turned towards it, watching as it's glowing figure grew to nearly three times it's original size, of just barely taller than a foot, before the light faded to reveal its new form.

Aside from its height, the skull helmet appeared to have fused completely with its head, while the bone fragment had also grown into a full-sized bone club.

"Marowak!" The creature, now Marowak, declared proudly of its new form.

"Congrats Cubone, you finally evolved!" The woman who had also been attacked stated happily.

"Marowak!" It declared, making the girl giggle apologetically due to her just now remembering that it's name changed with its evolution.

"So curious... This creature truly is unlike anything I have ever seen or heard of before..." Said an older man who had just arrived at the dojo, prompting all of the women to stand at attention before bowing to him respectfully.

"Marowak!"

"I think marowak is proud of your assessment, elder." The woman, Suki, said with her lips curled upwards in a happy smile. After all, from what Cynthia had told her after she received Cubone, its evolution meant that it had both matured and grown significantly stronger.

"And with its ability to earthbend as well, it is as if Kyoshi herself was watching over us." The elder continued, before glancing at the historic statue of the Avatar Kyoshi.

Though old and weathered, it stood as a reminder of the heritage and legacy of Kyoshi Island, as well as the Kyoshi Warriors.

"I don't suppose your mysterious benefactor would be able to give us more Cubone or Marowak to assist in the protection of the island?" The elder asked Suki hopefully, prompting her smile to shift to a rueful one.

She had already inquired with Cynthia, Nemona, Sabrina and Flannery about acquiring a second Cubone to keep hers company, but unfortunately they were apparently pretty rare and hard to find. Which made sense considering they told her that Cubone were known for being lonely.

As for acquiring a different pokemon, Suki felt that having a SECOND mysterious creature that no one ever heard of before appear would be too much. After all, while it was commonly known that she acquired Cubone, their new weapons/armor and scrolls of new fighting styles from a mysterious 'benefactor', no one knew the specifics about the Chatroom or that Cubone itself came from a different world.

And only her fellow warriors, all women thankfully, knew the price that Suki was paying for all of their gifts they had been receiving recently, when they found her buck naked and spreading herself open in broad daylight.

Of course they had all thought she was pleasuring herself until she explained that it was related to her benefactor. But unfortunately, upon learning the benefits they could receive from doing sexy and perverted things, they were all urging her to be a more active participant while also offering to participate themselves, as NO price would be too high to ensure the safety of the island.

And while Suki DID agree with them, having that mindset and actually going through with it were two completely different things. ESPECIALLY given that the 'sacrifice' involved was nothing their training could have prepared them for.

Thankfully, at that moment she was saved from having to answer the elder's request for another pokemon. But Suki wasn't thankful at all considering why they were interrupted.

*Ding! Ding! Ding!*

"Warship! There's a warship approaching the island!" A voice cried out, followed by numerous screams as people flooded inland since there was only one reason why a warship would come to Kyoshi island.

"Kyoshi Warriors, go and protect our people!" The elder quickly ordered as they all hurried outside, only to see that the alarm had been 'slightly' inaccurate.

Though what appeared to be a warship WAS approaching them, it was doing so from the sky instead of the sea.

"The Fire Nation learned to fly?!" One of the warriors cried out in disbelief, as a sense of despair filled her and everyone else who saw the warship. After all, how could they fight against an enemy who could simply rain fire down onto them from above?

Just as the feeling of hopelessness began to take them, the warship vanished.

In its place, numerous figures appeared in midair as they began to descend to the ground at their leisure.

One of them they confirmed WAS in fact a fire bender, as she shot blue flames from her hands and feet to slow her descent. The others however all descended in various different ways.

One was a silver haired woman who possessed wings extending from her back, while three others possessed strange armor with parts that looked, and seemingly acted like, wings, and then another girl was seemingly controlling the air around her to slow her descent. The rest however were being held up by the powers of the man that was in the middle of their group, a man that made Suki let out a sigh of relief when she saw him.

"It's fine, we're not under attack." She said to the others, giving them the signal to stand down as they all looked at her curiously.

Of course they could not lower their guard so easily, especially since it was obvious that at least one of the 'invading' was a fire bender. Even if she was naked for some reason.

Even as they remained vigilant, Suki relaxed completely as she began picking out those she recognized amongst the group, starting with the man and the dark-skinned woman he was holding in his arms.

As they landed one by one, the elder of the village stepped forward and asked the man as he landed softly last, "what business does the Fire Nation have here? Kyoshi island has no part in the war."

The man smiled good-naturally at the elder, making several of the warriors beside Suki grow unsteady on their feet due to how 'beautiful' he was, as he answered, "we are not Fire Nation. The fire bender you see here is princess Azula, who I have taken as my servant. The rest of us hail from a land called Asora, of which I rule over as the Dragon Emperor alongside my wife, the Dragon Empress."

Those who had yet to flee inland glanced at each other and looked at the man in surprise upon hearing his introduction, while the elder studied them intently.

"I see... And may I ask what brings such an exalted one such as yourself to our small island?" He asked eventually, to which the man directed a look at Suki, making a shudder pass through her body.

"I came for Suki of course." The man said, before moving faster than any of them could see as he appeared directly in front of her, and took her into his arms.

Suki had never once felt so vulnerable as arms far stronger than she could even comprehend wrapped around her waist, pulling her in close before lips pressed against her own.

For a moment she was shell-shocked as her mind tried to catch up to what was happening, but when it did she found she didn't dislike the current situation. Instead, Suki found herself wrapping her arms around the man's neck as she tried to reciprocate her first kiss.