Disclaimer/note: Characters and setting are property of Team Ninja. This fictional story is based on Dead or Alive Xtreme 2. The story features lesbian relationships: and some days (i.e. chapters) also feature violence or offensive language. Please don't read it if you aren't old enough.
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-Morning of Day Ten-
I woke and kissed Hitomi's forehead. Her warm body cuddled against mine almost made me stay in bed. I eased away from the gorgeous brown-haired woman and put my feet on the floor.
Hitomi shot upright, startling the hell out of me! I jumped reflexively, landing on the other side of the bedroom. For her part, Hitomi's eyes opened, as she shook off sleep abruptly. "Of course!" she said.
"G-good morning," I said.
"Oh, Leifang! You startled me!"
"That makes us even."
"I think I've got it though," my girlfriend continued. "Just give me a few minutes."
"I'll start my workout while you're doing that," I told her. "But I've got to ask: you've figured out what?"
"The numbers. Seriously, I'll be able to tell you what they mean shortly."
"Cool!" I went to the spacious living room and began my stretching.
Within 30 seconds, I was aware of Hitomi's eyes on me. I, in turn, looked at her. "I can't concentrate, knowing you're doing that," she explained sheepishly. "I'll watch you, then work on the numbers."
"Please do; I love when you watch me." I proceeded to work out, though I sexed it up a bit for my audience; I ran my hands along my legs and torso, gave Hitomi an occasional inviting wink, and other small actions.
"Oh you sexy girl!" Hitomi murmured. She crossed her arms and squeezed her legs together, obviously fighting the urged to touch herself or me.
I finished my workout and advanced on her. The couch was wide and deep enough; I kneeled, facing her, sitting on her thighs. I kissed her lovingly. She kissed back with just as much tenderness. I lost myself in the feel, the smell, and the taste of her.
Eventually, I got up, pulling her with me. I slipped off her robe and we went to the shower. Despite our strong desires for each other, we were quite content to wash without having sex. Hitomi's hands washing my body felt so great, better than any orgasm I'd ever had masturbating. I hoped she felt the same about me and listening to her quiet groans as I lathered her, I believed she did.
We split up to get dressed and ready for the day. I thought about wearing "Aquamarine" but decided to let people see it in the casino again before I wore it outside. Instead, I wore "Electra." Hitomi was coming back to my suite, so while I waited I checked my cameras. I was glad to see that nothing looked out of the ordinary.
Hitomi was back in a few minutes. "Now to solve this cipher," she said. "Lei, consider this: if you ignore the zeroes in the tens column, doesn't the typical date have a bunch of ones and twos?"
"We already know the dates of arrival, but yes," I answered.
"And if it's not the dates? Don't we also get a bunch of ones and some twos if we write the alphabet, ignoring zeroes except for the letters represented by 10 and 20?"
I understood. "It's a substitution cipher?"
"Uh huh. So the item was sent by someone calling herself Kiana. It was delivered to someone using the name..."
"...Lisa," we said together.
"Fuck," I said.
"Hey, don't be concerned," Hitomi said sensibly. "Let me check the numbers a few other ways first."
Interested and a bit worried, I helped her work on the numbers we had. Unfortunately, this was the only way that made sense. "That still doesn't mean much," Hitomi told me. "There could be more than one Lisa, or someone else cautiously using her name instead of the real one—"
"—No, it's her," I murmured.
The lovely blue-eyed woman looked at me with puzzlement.
"I remember-things that didn't register at the time," I explained. "She mentioned seeing you get jealous when Christie kissed me, but was she there to see that? She's been gone some of the time; not even Tina knows where. Besides that, there's no way to know she wasn't the first girl to the island, but she definitely could have been. And who else would be making stuff from intricate machine parts?"
"You," Hitomi said. Then she tried to keep a straight face.
I glared at her. I started making silly expressions to try to make her smile.
In less than five seconds, she giggled. She's so adorable! I tackled her to the cushions. "You smart ass!" I mock-chastised her. We kissed and wrestled around for a minute before getting serious again.
The German girl and I regained our composure and she said, "Lisa wouldn't be doing anything that could endanger us."
"I believe you're right. But then why the secrecy?"
"Maybe she just wants privacy?"
"Hm, maybe we should ask her. But let's wait a bit; I feel like now we can go play without worrying."
"That's my Lei!" Hitomi jumped off the couch. "Let's have fun!"
We went to the marina and found Christie and Helena. Christie was wearing "Aquamarine." In this environment, it looked less risqué but just as sexy. The sunlight affected the golden suit differently from the way the casino lights had. From different angles, at different times, parts of the suit seemed to vanish completely.
This could be distracting. Thank goodness I had a race to win or I probably would've stared a while.
If Christie had worn "Aquamarine" to get an advantage, she was disappointed. A new course had been formed: the toughest one yet. No one could afford to break concentration; the waves were too tall and the turns were too sharp.
This race was fun, but it was also work. By the last lap, I didn't know who was behind me or who was ahead of me, just that I was going to charge one more turbo if it killed me.
I was amazed; when the race was finally over, I'd earned second and Helena had gotten first! Christie and Hitomi had each been disqualified, thanks to the numerous hairpin turns. Hitomi confessed to me afterward that she'd gotten completely turned around at one point.
