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Mad Jack

I realized that I was pacing, and figured that by this time, I had probably begun wearing a path in my floor. I could feel his anguish, the growing agony that was a gift from Fuki. But it was not enough. He felt defeated, that much was true. But I knew my enemy too well to assume he would ever stay down for long until he was well and dead.

At least he couldn't return to the Central Hub again anytime soon. Not when the people there thought he'd killed all those children. He'd be a fool to return there and risk another confrontation like that again. Of course, there were other cities... But it didn't matter. We were breaking him. Slowly, torturously breaking him. I could feel his thoughts of despair, his impending breaking point. Still, until he was dead...

I ignored Ekirei as she sat perched on the square pillar at the bottom of the railing that wound down my staircase. She'd enjoyed her encounter with our originals as much as I had. The screams, the panic, the suffering, all as the city came crashing down around its citizens. The feeling of life bleeding away from those who'd dared to try to get in our way as I drained them with my own two hands. The look of shock and pain on Minamoto's face when he'd seen what we'd done.

It had been so very delicious.

Yet I knew that she, too, displeased with how long it was taking to wear Minamoto down. There was something holding him together, and I had a feeling I knew what it was. There was always someone there to help him. This time it was that damned Wind Elemental. And even if she couldn't help him, even if she couldn't fix what we were doing to destroy him, this wasn't over until he was dead, damn it! Until then, there was always the possibility that she would pull him through, or he'd pull himself through, or some blasted idiot would step in to help him!

I could feel Ekirei's eyes on me and I spared a glance at her. Her black wings were curled around herself, her green eyes lustily watching me as I paced back and forth. Something inside of me stirred, but I growled audibly as I forced it back. We didn't have time for that now. Lord Aku would flay us both alive if he caught us screwing our brains out while we were supposed to be working.

"MJ, you keep doin' that, you're gonna wear a hole in the floor." she informed sultrily.

I spun, glaring at her.

"I don't see you coming up with any bright ideas!" I snapped. "If we don't figure out a way to separate the Wind Elemental and my original for good..."

"I still don't see why we have to separate the two," she interrupted. "We can wear him down in other ways."

"We've tried that already, Eki!" I cried, frustrated. "And what's to say he's not getting stronger with each one of his little friends we kill?"

She rolled her eyes at me.

"I hardly think..."

"There's something else," I cut her off. "He's so fucking close, but I know he could still recover."

"How do you know it?" she demanded.

I growled at her, resisting the urge to tear her head off her shoulders.

"Because I can feel it," I hissed. "He's hurt. bad. But there's still that one goddamn flicker..!" I spun and punched the nearby wall, hard enough to put a few cracks in it. "...inside of him! And if something, anything triggers that, all of this is for shit!"

She tilted her head a bit as she stared at me, seemingly amused by that.

"And you think Chimitsu may do that." It wasn't quite a question.

"Why not?" I challenged. "I can feel he's in fucking love with her!"

"You really believe that?"

I couldn't tell, from the way she said it, if she believed it or not. I growled at the challenge nonetheless.

"The only reason he hasn't fucked her senseless by now is because he's fucking afraid!"

That seemed to amuse her.

"Afraid of what?"

"Rejection, getting his white sheets dirty, failure to fucking perform?!" I yelled. Eki laughed at that, nearly falling off her perch. "How the fuck do I know? She's a fucking immortal and he knows it. And he don't think it can work!"

"Technically, it can't," she shrugged.

I glared at her, if only because she was the nearest target for the hatred I felt toward my original.

"That's assuming he even figures out how the fucking parts fit."

She laughed again.

"Well, if he can't figure that out, I don't see that we really have anything to worry about," she grinned.

I let out another frustrated growl, turning and clearing the nearby table with one sweep. The contents fell and shattered on the marble floor and I began pacing again, my anger not appeased. Out of the corner of my eye, I caught her pouty look.

"So, what, we're trying to make sure the two of them don't fuck?" she asked sarcastically.

My eyes narrowed into slits as I stared at the floor beneath my feet. Getting to him and Chimitsu directly wasn't an option. They had both proven that they could kick our asses any day they wanted to. Or at least Chimitsu had. Minamoto had put up a decent enough fight, but no mortal was a match for us.

"They can fuck all they want as long as he's still ready to throw himself off a goddamn cliff when they're done!" I yelled back at her. "I could care less if..."

I was cut off as the palace doors suddenly slammed open. I instinctively reached for the katana that never left my side, not in the mood for unexpected company.

Netami stood before me in her slinky ice-blue dress. I was well aware of the fact that she would not have come here without a damn good reason, but I couldn't help but notice all that she wasn't wearing beneath the sheer, transluscent dress. I calmly held her gaze in spite of it, my hand moving away from the hilt of my katana as I slowly relaxed. She was hardly a threat.

I had never seen her outside of Aku's fortress, but she wasn't confined there and could move about as she pleased. Yet I still knew that this wasn't a casual housecall.

"Netami...to what do we owe the honor of your presense here?"

Out of the corner of my eye, I could see that Ekirei didn't look all that happy to see her.

"Aren't you supposed to be leaving to meet up with the Wind Elemental and the samurai?" Eki asked. Her voice dripped with icy sarcasm and I glanced over my shoulder at her. She looked even less happy to see Netami than she sounded.

Netami ignored Ekirei's icy glare as she walked over to me. I folded my arms loosely over my chest as she approached and watched her impassively, even as she traced a fingertip along my jaw. I could smell the pheromones that radiated from her, but ignored them for the time being. If I didn't have time to fuck Eki- and I knew she was good- then I didn't have time for her, either. Even so, I sensed Ekirei tense behind me, and heard a slight growl from her throat. The tension thickened in the air between the two women.

"Actually, Eki, I am," Netami replied, her eyes shifting briefly to Eki, then back to me. "But...I request MJ's help."

This woman never ceased to amaze me. Everything she did, every word she said, it dripped sex. I'd never in my life seen any being, immortal or otherwise, who could be so inherently sexy and yet holding so little appeal to me. I knew she had to be good as all fucking hell in bed, and I certainly wouldn't pass up the opportunity to do her. But it had never even crossed my mind to pursue her. She seemed too entirely...fake for my liking.

"You need his help?" Eki shot. "What the hell for?"

A brief exchange of glares and Netami looked to me again, fingers trailing down the side of my neck.

"It's really none of your business, Eki, just part of my plan."

"If it involves you and MJ, it most certainly is my business."

I sighed softly at the both of them Netami for blatantly trying to make Eki jealous and Ekirei for falling for it. Last thing I needed was to be in the middle of a goddamn catfight. I pushed Netami back and glanced over my shoulder at Ekirei.

"Eki, chill. If she's got a plan, let's hear it before getting all pissy, eh?"

Ekirei settled back on her perch, hunched over her knees and looking quite chastised as I turned back to Netami. The lust was apparent in her eyes, but I ignored it. It made no difference if it was me or my twin, she wanted to fuck anything she laid eyes on. I knew full well what her element was...

"What do you have in mind, Netami?" I asked, crossing my arms again and regarding her with feigned interest.

"Weeelll..." I raised an eyebrow at her teasing tone and took a small step back as she made a move toward me again. She got the message and stopped, resting her delicate hands instead on her hips. "I know you and Ekirei have been wanting to rip the happy couple apart, and I think I know how."

"Oh?" Okay. She had my attention now. "How?"

"Disguise yourself as Minamoto again."

I laughed as I shook my head.

"Netami, don't be foolish," I snapped at her. "Chimitsu and Minamoto neither one'll fall for that again."

She smiled, her fingers slipping into the dress somehow and tracing up and down her side. Must be a slit in the side of the fabric. Again, I offered a raised eyebrow. But nothing more. Seduction didn't work near as well when you were expecting it.

"I never said anything about facing them directly," she shrugged, fingers working down to her hip and then withdrawing. "It worked the last time you met them, didn't it?"

I paused, thinking back to my last encounter with my original. I hadn't faced him directly. Posing as him, I'd caused what damage I could, and was as myself before he ever saw me. Nevertheless, my charade had certainly done wonders on the townspeople. They'd turned on him without a fucking clue as to the difference.

"All right..." I admitted cautiously. "So what do you want with me dressed as my original?"

She flashed me a devious smile.

"When they enter the next city, I will cause them to feel intense lust for each other."

"Well, that won't be hard," I smirked. "Except I doubt you're gonna get 'em to fuck on the streets. They'll split up before it comes to that."

She licked her lips, her smile broadening. "That's the idea."

I cocked my head to the side a bit as I considered that. "Come again?"

"I want them to split up."

I sighed, already seeing a few holes in her plan.

"Netami, even if they split, what good will it do? Your spell is only temporary and it won't affect Chimitsu. Besides, we've brought them to Lord Aku's twice and both times they escaped. It's more than a matter of separating and overtaking them. We need to drive them apart."

"It doesn't need to affect her. Jealousy and lust will do that for us..."

Her two ruling elements and emotions. Of course she would impliment them. But I couldn't help feeling a bit confused.

"How will that split them up?"

"Not only will it separate them," she smiled. "But it will be distinctly painful for Minamoto in the process."

I was losing patience with the game. It was time for her to lay it on the line.

"How?" I demanded.

"Chimitsu will leave him. All she needs is to see you, dressed as him, and betraying her." I raised an eyebrow. "A quick glimpse is all we'll need. With all the stress those two are under, they're not going to sit and talk it out, and figure out what happened. Not when they're both mourning as they are. She'll flee, hurt and betrayed, and he'll be broken upon knowing that she wants nothing to do with him."

I studied her for a moment, a bit skeptical.

"And how do you propose to wound her enough to make her flee his very presence?"

She laughed quietly, folding her slender arms over her breasts.

"Tell me, would you want to see your lover engaged with another?"

Ekirei figured it out.

She launched herself from her perch, leaping towards her rival. With a disinterested sigh, I reached out and grabbed Eki by the waist, tugging her back and away from Netami. She screeched and swore, her wings battering me violently as I pulled her back. Netami took a few quick steps back out of the way, grinning nastily at Eki.

"Ekirei!" I snapped. "Cool it with the goddamn jealousy already!"

She growled as she struggled hard against my grip and I slammed her down hard on her feet, placing myself between the two of them and glaring at her.

"She's got a point, for cryin' out loud. It ain't like she's asking me to fucking marry her!"

Ekirei shot me a dangerous look, glaring hard first at me, then at Netami. I returned the look, standing still with my feet firmly planted. I had zero interest in Netami and doubted that she had any real interest in me but for the sake of the plan. Hell, she probably knew Ekirei would tear her apart if she'd come to me for any reason other than to kill Minamoto.

A low growl escaped Eki's throat, but she backed off, hovering back onto her perch on the banister. Her eyes blazed hate aimed directly at the other Elemental. I adjusted my leather jacket and slowly turned back to Netami, still considering the prospect of this plan. The more thought I gave it, the more confidence I had in it. If it all went off without a hitch, it would indeed be a hard blow to the two of them.

"You have my attention, Netami." I offered, eyeing her carefully. "I'll go along with it. But we must make certain that Chimitsu will pass our way."

"Oh, that will be easy," she shrugged. "That's where Ekirei comes into play."

I could sense Eki's surprise from where I stood.

"How?" she demanded.

Netami smiled wickedly at her.

"You have a link to Chimitsu, don't you?"

I turned to the side, so I could see both of them. Ekirei was not smiling.

"Yes," she snapped back. "What's that got to do with it?"

"Everything." Netami took a small step forward, running her fingers through her hair. "We'll need you to sense where she goes and where she's headed after she and Minamoto take separate paths." She shrugged a bit. "Perhaps you'll even be able to nudge her along our way so as to ensure that she sees us."

Eki growled softly, still not satisfied.

"And what do I get for sharing MJ with you?"

Netami chuckled softly, much to Eki's dismay I was sure. I didn't have to think about what I'd be getting. I would get a free fuck with a woman who was quite literally a sex goddess. She might not have been interesting to me as a person, but damn if I wasn't willing to fuck her senseless once or twice. Eki, on the other hand, was harder to convince.

"The satisfaction in seeing your original and the samurai torn apart from each other," Netami reminded. "You may even get to take after Chimitsu yourself." She licked her lips a bit as she stepped forward. "Wouldn't that be the icing on the cake for you, Ekirei? To shred off your original's wings and kill her by your own hand?"

"Lord Aku will never allow that, Netami." Eki answered coldly.

"Pah. He doesn't give that much of a damn about the Wind Elemental."

Her eyes flashed as she stepped closer still. That same lustlight that had flickered towards me just moments before was back. But now, it was a different kind of lust she was drawing out. Eki certainly had no sexual attraction to her. Yet it was still lust. For this victory she spoke of. She was drawing on Ekirei's blood lust.

"He only wants her dead to seal off the Light Elemental Circle. He'd be more pissed if you destroyed Minamoto. I think he'd excuse it if you killed Chimitsu."

I saw Eki's eyes flash as she probably unknowingly fell prey to the intentions of the other Elemental. I heard her hop down off her perch and walk over to me, her heels clicking against the marble. Netami watched us with an icy, sadistic glint in her eyes. Her gaze flickered to mine, and she smiled wickedly. I hid my grin. But it was perfectly evident that I was going to really enjoy this part of our mission.

"All right," Eki stated. "You've got yourself a deal, Netami." I felt her wrap her arms around my midsection, her hands reaching up to rub against my chest. "I'm willing to share, just this once." She straightened a bit, her grip tightening possessively. "But if it doesn't work, no more deals. You find some other way to destroy the Light Elemental pair."

Her chin rested on my shoulder, looking at Netami from over it, her breathing soft in my ear. A slow grin formed on my lips as I toyed with the idea of doing them both instead of only doing Netami. Surely that would be a surprise to my twin's dear Elemental.Eki's hands ran to my sides, beneath my jacket, and she nipped at my ear, as if to prove one last time that I was taken.

In spite of her efforts, she was wrong. I didn't belong to only her. And if it came up, I would fuck another woman just as fast. I did who I wanted when I wanted to. At this moment, that "who" was only her...and Netami for the sake of this adventure. It would certainly be interesting to have her, just to try it out. But as for ever seeing her again? Netami didn't interest me in the slightest.

She was cruel with her lovers and I knew it. She would chew you up and spit you out, leaving you wanting more, only to find she wouldn't give it to you. I'd seen it before, watching her toy with mortal men, stringing them along and then cutting them loose when it was getting good for them. Like her element, Lightning, she struck when and where she wanted, indiscriminately, sometimes destroying, sometimes striking harmlessly.

She was much too unpredictable for me to want to have anything to do with her for any amount of time. All I needed was a fucking tease in bed with all the other stress in my life.

"Where do you think they'll head next?" I asked Eki, my eyes still tracking Netami as she stepped close.

"Probably the closest one to the Highlands."

I could hear the distraction in her voice, and she stiffened as Netami approached and rested one hand on my shoulder.

"Hub Four," I considered. Eki's hands clasped over my abs as Netami's fingertips ran up the side of my neck. "Don't think Minamoto's passed through there yet." Still, Eki didn't protest, and I grinned as I placed one hand over hers, the other going to Netami's hip and the sheer fabric that glided under my hand. "Fun. He'll be wandering aimlessly there."

"Should be enough to keep him away from Chimitsu," Netami smiled, pressing in a little closer. Oh, I could definitely get used to this.

"Perhaps some insurance, MJ?" Eki prodded.

"I can take care of that." Netami assured.

"What're you planning?"

"My spell induces lust and jealousy." She smiled as her eyes ran down my body in blatant appraisal. With Eki's hands travelling downward until they slipped under my belt, and Netami's look, I could feel myself hardening slightly. "Don't tell me you haven't seen the way the women look at him."

I raised a brow at that. Of course I'd seen how the women looked at my original. It was his looks, yes, and the whole way he carried himself. Women had stared at me quite differently, even though our looks were virtually identical.

"Go on..."

Eki "went on" and I jumped in surprise as I reached down instinctively and grabbed her wrist, withdrawing it as I shot her a glare. She was smiling, in spite of it, and didn't look the least bit chastized.

"I can set all of them or a few after him and on each other," Netami smirked. "Lusting after him, jealous of each other, fighting for a piece of his cute little ass..." Her fingers traced my jaw, drawing my eyes back to her. "He'll be so busy fighting them off and trying to get away that we'll have plenty of time to deal with the Wind Elemental."

I felt a grin creep across my face. That'd work just fine to keep Minamoto busy before he realized what we were up to.

"Nice," I nodded. "We all know just how much Minamoto hates being hit on."

"Oh hell yes..." she whispered back, grinning evilly. "And if one pretty lady politely hitting on him makes him uncomfortable and shy, imagine what would happen if a whole mob of lusting women are ready to tear his clothes off..."

I tried to imagine my original being mobbed like some teenybopper boy band idol, but failed miserably. Nevertheless, I couldn't control the laughter that came with the attempt. It'd torment my original to no end to be chased like that, especially in an unfamiliar area where he wouldn't know where to hide. Oh, that would be perfect!

"I like the way you think, Netami," I laughed, relishing the bit of sadism while it lasted. "You know how to perfectly tease and humiliate him."

"And then to have Chimitsu turn on him while he knows that all he's been doing is running like hell away from such women..." she whispered back, scritching her nails lightly along the side of my neck.

"Oh, I'm so glad I have the connection to at least feel his torment if I can't see it."

"Perhaps I can watch him for you, MJ." Eki suggested, leaning up to kiss and nibble along my jaw.

"No, that's probably not a good idea," I considered, glancing at her. "If he sees you, he'll know that we're behind all this and figure everything out before he's supposed to."

"Aww, you're no fun," she pouted.

"As much fun as we'll be having anyhow, we have to stay focused and take care of those two. Minamoto will be tormented and broken by his own Wind Elemental and that'll have to be enough for us."

I smiled as I leaned in and kissed her deeply, raising my hand to the back of her head and holding her lips to mine for a long moment as I explored her mouth, then pulled away slow. Netami's eyes sparked as our gaze locked, and she leaned in to me, her lips parting against mine as she took her turn. She rubbed against me and I could definitely feel my cock hardening now. Ekirei kissed my neck as I slid my hand into the slit at the side of Netami's dress, caressing her skin lightly.

Finally, I pulled away. I needed a breath. And I needed to be able to walk. And as much as I would have liked to do them right there on the marble floor, there were more important matters to attend to. For now.

"So when do we leave, ladies?" I asked, pulling both of my hands back.

"Anytime," Netami answered, licking her lips. "Lord Aku's already expecting me to be in Hub Four as it is right now, so I've already lost some time."

I straightened a bit. That was a nice bucket of cold water...

"Then it's best not to keep him waiting," I murmured. "We all know what happens to those who keep him waiting a bit too long."

The jump was instantaneous. Once we had reappeared, I sent Ekirei off. I intended on staying right here in this alleyway, where Chimitsu could easily see us. The instant she was gone, I turned to Netami and grinned. She watched my eyes as her elegant dress changed into a halter top and microskirt, but she kept the high heels. I watched the transformation before making my own, the leather jacket and tight jeans I wore changing into a loose white kimono identical to Minamoto's.

She smiled as she slid one leg between mine and rubbed hard at the slight bulge in the kimono. With an answering grin, I scooped her up and backed her against the wall. She moaned, and her legs spread wide around my waist as I ground against her.

If this worked, then fucking this sex goddess was going to be the icing on the cake...
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