"Speaking of heading out," Kal began sliding his cock in and out of the girl lying on top of him making Perra's breath catch. "I won't be seeing Bea until later in the morning and it looks like someone wants to take a little bit of me with her for the rest of the day."
Perra just nodded as Kal made tiny thrusts up into her welcoming sex. Occasionally he would change things up with some long slow strokes making the girl bite the blanket to keep from moaning. Kal was having a hard time maintaining his slow pace. He really wanted to flip her over and pound her pussy until they both came but couldn't for fear of waking his mother. When Perra's body tightened up with her climax it only took a couple more excruciatingly slow strokes before he coated her cervix with cum.
After a couple of minutes of cuddling, Kal went soft and slipped out of the young woman. Perra gave him a tender kiss before she got up from the bed. After smoothing out her shift she flashed him a quick smile and disappeared out the door. Kal was content she understood what he was trying to say but hoped he hadn't overloaded the girl with such serious talk. A few minutes after she left he drifted off to sleep again.
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Bea was ecstatic when Kal finally showed up to Aradelle's clearing, right up until the moment Aradelle's vines wrapped around her arms and legs and lifted her into the air. Earlier, Kal had sent a strong impression to Aradelle over their bond of what he wanted to do with the butterfly girl. He was almost startled at the enthusiasm of her response.
Aradelle wrapped a vine around Bea's mouth to stop her complaints about being hoisted into the air. Meanwhile, Kal stripped off his clothes as he approached the women, trying desperately to maintain the cold hard stare he was giving Bea. The way both sets of eyes were drawn to his prick like magnets when he dropped his trousers was almost comical.
"Open!" he barked at the butterfly girl. Her chitin bodice clicked as it unhooked and moved to the side even as a hint of fear worked its way into her expression. Kal had decided to play on Bea's fetish to be controlled by a strong male. Aradelle lowered Bea down and he took just a moment to line up before he sank into the butterfly girl in one stroke. He then leaned over and growled in her ear, "Time to be bred, woman." That had been the perfect thing to say judging by the burst of happiness that came through her bond and the climax that rocked her body, and he hadn't even started moving yet.
Two hours later, a pregnant and very happy Bea was flitting back to her home in the treetops. Bea had explained that she would give birth to an egg in a couple of months. Another month after that, their daughter would hatch and begin a voracious diet of milk and leaves for the next couple of years, hibernating with her mother during the colder months. She would then continue to feed on leaves for the next decade or so until ready for adulthood. At which point she would create a cocoon and months later emerge as a smaller version of her mother.
Kal was also surprised to discover that his daughter would look somewhat different from what he had imagined. Bea described her species offspring as looking like human babies with a smoky tint to their skin and bright orange spots running down the back to warn off predators, much like their smaller cousins. As strange as that sounded to him, he was very happy to find out she wouldn't have big black spines along her back.
Once Bea had left, Kal stayed and talked with Aradelle for a couple more hours. Not only because he enjoyed her company but it also allowed him to recharge for a little bit of intimate time with Aradelle before he left.
Kal groaned inwardly when he arrived at the base of the mountain and saw the hungry look on Gerda's face. After a quick stop in the cave where they had originally met, Kal was feeling more drained than he had since his night with Aradelle. Perhaps his morning tryst with Perra had been a bad idea.
Stepping out of the rock face next to Ikuno's home he was met with another predatory stare from the large blue woman waiting for them. Kal's shoulders slumped and his head drooped in resignation.
Ikuno couldn't help laughing at his reaction, "I'm well aware that you've been taking care of your women all day. Come inside and get a warm meal, then I think we should spar for a bit and you can spend the rest of the night studying. However, if you are interested in a little action before bed I'll be very happy to accommodate you.
"Knowing you put a baby in Bea today has got all of us worked up. Don't be surprised if this happens when Gerda's sisters arrive as well." Ikuno turned to Gerda, "How is that coming by the way?"
Gerda seemed to still be reveling in the afterglow from their rendezvous and Ikuno had to repeat herself before she answered. "Sandy will be coming soon. Bas will let me know when she's ready. Marble won't come until the other two are safe. Humans almost caught her when she was young. She's still very cautious."
"Understandable." She turned back to Kal. "Ready to eat something?"
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A blue clawed foot sent Kal flying up into the air. Before he could come up with a plan for either retaliation or escape, his eyes widened in surprise when suddenly Ikuno was next to him in the air. Her upper body twisted, windmilling her leg as she spun and bringing her heel down onto his back. Kal hurtled towards the ground and hit hard enough to bounce. The moment he landed he rolled away from Ikuno and jumped to his feet, gasping for breath. The strength rune shining on his arm protected him from breaking ribs but not getting the wind knocked out of him. Kal instinctively dropped into his fighting stance before realizing she wasn't coming after him.
"Dammit Ikuno. What's gotten into you lately?" Kal asked, annoyed. "You seem more interested in beating the hell out of me than teaching me anything. I can't keep up with you when you go all out yet."
"It's not 'what's gotten into me.' It's 'what's hunting me.' How do you think you would have fared if the wolf had come from the west and ran into you first? Aradelle had the help of her ancestor's memories and was able to take care of herself. Do you really think you would have done as well?"
Kal blanched at the thought. "No, I don't think I would have," he answered sounding subdued.
"Before, I could take things slow and teach you in steps, but we don't have that kind of time anymore. You need to learn and learn fast. I won't take a chance on losing you just because I wasn't hard enough on you about being able to protect yourself." Ikuno dropped into her stance, "By the way, I'm not 'going all out'... yet."
Kal groaned as the oni came rushing at him once again.
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"Enough, Ikuno!" Kal yelled in frustration, picking himself up off the ground for the umpteenth time that day. "You're too damn fast for me, I can't even follow what you are doing anymore! How am I supposed to learn anything when I can't even see what I'm supposed to be learning?"
Ikuno put her hands down and relaxed, "That's exactly the point, Kal. When you explained how you chased down Bea I knew then there was a problem. Your reaction time is far too slow, so you had to plan your moves ahead of time. While I was impressed at first with your ability to use the terrain, I quickly realized that kind of thinking is useless in combat. Any plan you make will only last until you engage the enemy. This entire time you've been trying to plan what I will do, and you've lost every time, miserably I might add. What you see as me moving too fast is just me moving in a way you didn't expect. By rights, you were doing better months ago than you did today. Remember your forms and let the motions flow through you. Don't plan, just act and react. Trust in your training, you've become more skilled than you give yourself credit for." Ikuno readied herself, "Again."
Kal closed his eyes and took a couple of deep breaths to steady and center himself. "Flow, don't plan, act, react. Don't think, just move," he repeated the mantra a few times before bringing his hands up and positioning his legs, but he didn't open his eyes yet. He looked inside himself at the roiling ball of energy that was his natural magic reserves. It was many times the size of when he first learned he could see magic, a testament to how much his abilities had grown. He let that power flow into him and fill him up, "Act, react, don't think just move," he said opening his eyes to take in the oni in front of him.
Gerda stood up straight and stared at Kal from where she had been leaning against the rock wall by the cave and Ikuno's eyes widened for a moment before narrowing and readying to attack. As the oni stepped in and began throwing punches and kicks Kal was able to block each one. He could tell she was moving faster this time than a few minutes ago but he was letting his body do the work and flowing from one kata to the next with little effort.
Ikuno smiled and started changing tactics, coming from odd angles and adding feints to the mix. Her smile got even bigger as she saw Kal's speed rune flash for a fraction of a second, allowing him to move his hand quickly enough to block a knee headed for his ribs. The oni upped the pace and began landing glancing blows on the man. His speed rune flickered in response to her attacks more often as the stamina rune began glowing to ward off his fatigue. On a particularly hard blow, the healing rune shone for just a moment, seemingly without Kal even noticing.
Ikuno managed a quick feint and even with the speed rune Kal couldn't get his arm up in time to block the real attack. Instead of connecting with his face, Ikuno's fist bounced off Kal's magic shield. Kal stared in shock at where his shield had been just a moment ago. He stared until Ikuno's fist contacted his jaw and sent him flying through the air to land a few paces away.
When her hand hit the shield, Ikuno had spun around and aimed for Kal's head with a full force backhand. She barely had enough time to see that his runes had gone dark, including the one that enhanced his strength and she relied on to protect him from serious harm. She only barely managed to check her swing, but her fist still smashed into his face with enough force to send him flying.
