Author's Note:
I realize that in today's world, any smart military person would never agree to risk themselves by going someplace in a foreign country with strange people. This is a fantasy after all. And I will add that I am very proud of all of our military and the job they are doing, God Bless Them!
You are sitting at a desk in an office, going over some computer work that your Commanding Officer has you doing. A courier comes to your desk and asks if you are the recipient on his delivery list, to which you affirm that you are. He hands you an envelope, made of very fine parchment paper of a soft peach color. You sign for it and he leaves. You sit back down and pick up the envelope. A gentle scent wafts up from it and you hold it to your nose. You think you recognize the scent, but can't really place it. Picking up a letter opener, you slide it under the flap and open the envelope. Removing the note, a folded paper made of matching parchment, you notice a beautifully written gold character on the outside of the paper. Underneath it, in fine writing is the English translation. "Pleasure of Heart". You are curious as to what this means to you and open the note gently. A fine sprinkling of gold powder falls gracefully to your desk, again with the same scent emerging from it. You draw your finger through the dust and smell it. Immediately, a warm feeling comes over you and a tingling emanates from deep within. Closing your eyes, you enjoy the sensation, not quite sure if it was real or imagined. You return your thoughts to the note in your hands. Looking down, you see a beautiful script written in English.
You are requested to come to the
Coral Gardens Tea House
This evening at 9:00
Please come by yourself
A limousine will pick you up at 8:40 P.M.
Of course, this puzzles you, not knowing who could possibly have sent this note. But the idea of going to a tea house draws an enticing picture within you and you decide that this is an adventure you are certainly going to attend.
After you return the note to the envelope, you notice more gold dust on your fingers, and smell once more. The headiness hits your senses again, warming you within. "Yes," you think to yourself, "I definitely will have to check this out."
The rest of the day your work goes quickly as you look forward to the evening's pleasures. Leaving the office building and heading to your housing unit, you meet up with some friends. They ask if you want to explore the night life and you tell them that you already have your evening planned out. They tease you a bit about "having to call the wife" or something of that nature and, not wanting to reveal the reality of your plans, you agree that, yes, you need to check in back home.
The creamy white limo is waiting for you at the entrance to the base. As you come up to it, a young man opens the door for you and reveals the luxuriousness of its interior. You sit down on a soft leather seat; fragrant fresh blossoms are in the small vases clipped on the inside. They are the perfect color of coral with a hint of red in their throats. They smell like the gold dust that was so intoxicating to you earlier. You sit back and let the ride take you where it may. As you drive through the city, thoughts begin to enter your mind as to what was going to happen this night, and why you were invited to the tea house in the first place. You begin to get concerned about the safety of this venture just as the car pulls up to an exquisite garden with a very old house sitting to the back of it. The limo pulls into a hidden drive that wanders through the blossoms and trees of the garden; you can almost smell the verdant coolness of the garden. As you stop in front of the door to the house, you see its antiquated structure, a traditional style that intrigues you with its simple but elegant beauty.
An older woman greets you at the door and motions for you to enter. Stopping just inside, you remove your shoes and a young woman you didn't notice before stoops down and places slippers at your feet. She quietly disappears and the older woman beckons you to follow her down a hallway, hung with silken tapestries that must be hundreds of years old. Looking around, you are in awe of the incredible scenes depicted on the tapestries. Birds, rivers, pagodas, fish, everything you could possibly imagine. You reach a room towards the end of the hallway and enter into it. The woman motions for you to sit down, and in perfect English, she welcomes you to her tea house. Noting to yourself that this must be something quite special, for the head of the house to be seating you, you respond with sincere courtesy at her invitation to be here. She replies that it was not her who issued the invitation, but rather one of her most lovely Geisha that sent the note. And that a very special patron wanted to be sure you had a most relaxing and pleasurable evening at the patron's expense. With this, she bows to you and quietly leaves the small but comfortable room. With her gone a small panel in another part of the room slides open and the most exquisite woman you have ever seen enters the room. Seeing her back as she closes the panel, you note the slenderness of her neck and the ornaments gracing her hair, tinkling softly at her nape. Her kimono is the purest shade of coral you have ever seen, with white plumed birds embroidered all over it. Her under-dress is soft ivory with pale green threads run through it, and the obi a most striking color of reddish orange that sets off the pale colors of the kimono. Green and lavender and white birds were woven into the ties of the obi and the sleeves of the kimono were laid back to reveal the under color of mossy brown with gold and silver threads worked into it. But the kimono was only a silk robe compared to the treasure that wore it. The young woman, turning around and bowing to you is the most graceful creature you could imagine. She tilted her head a little and smiled sweetly to you. In a musical voice, she bids you a good evening. Her eyes shine with pleasure as you return her greeting.
Floating into the room, she sits next to you, offering to make tea for you. Of course you wanted her to make tea. But in your mind, you wanted to make HER. This thought finds its way down through your body and you feel a slight stirring. As she moves delicately, speaking in softly accented English, you catch her scent, the same one that was in the envelope and the fresh flowers in the car. This almost drives you to push her back and strip her naked and plunder her sweetness right there, but, being a guest of who knows...you think better of it.
Handing you a cup of the pungent tea, she introduces herself as Suli. As you take a sip, you can almost smell the same intoxicating fragrance emanating from the tea, and as it courses through you, you feel that heady warmth once more. But, keeping your wits, you engage in conversation with Suli. The two of you speak of many things, music, the country of Japan, history of the local samurai and she even reveals to you that she is a huge baseball fan, and knows many of the players from their frequent visits to the tea house.
Asking if you are hungry, you respond "yes". She rings a small bell and the sliding partition opens as two young girls, training in the house to become Geisha, bring in trays of aromatic foods. They set these down, smiling and almost giggling, they leave, closing the door firmly behind them. Suli prepares a plate of the beautifully prepared dishes, and holding a spring roll in her chopsticks, feeds it to you. You bite into it and immediately you are overcome with the pleasure of its taste. You moan a little and cause Suli to smile. To which you involuntarily moan with the pleasure of her dainty teeth, perfectly white and very tantalizing. As she feeds you delicacies, you ask her who could possibly have wanted you to be here, and she replies that a very special person has bestowed the gift of her pleasure for the evening upon you. Asking again the name of this benefactor, she smiles and says that it shall be revealed to you when it is time.