Everything is Permitted [Mission]

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Thunder could be heard rumbling off in the distance as a light rain came down on top of Arianna, protected from the wet under her cloak. "Why did I have to be the one out here..." Arianna grumbled to herself. She would have loved to be somewhere else then on this assassination attempt out in the cold and damp. Yuna, her guild master, had given Arianna this job as part of a combined operations with Tartarus. She had been assigned to go with a blonde haired girl with dog ears and a dog tail named Rachael. "Could have at least let me suffer alone..." She grumbled lowly to herself again.

Wondering around the village, Arianna tried to keep her head low. She was purely there right now to figure out the lay out of the surrounding area and what ever she could found out about her target, Major Heracles. From what little she could even see about him, he was large and quite powerful, just from the bulky armor he carried with ease. "Sure isn't making this easy..." With that she decided to buy something from a booth, trying to make it seem like there was a reason why she had come all the way out to the town, buying some fish for dinner later on. 'Hope dogs like to eat fish.' Cause if not, she'd probably go hungry.

Rachael sighed and glared at the back of the blue haired woman's head, her own crimson colored cloak around her with the hood up to block the rain. She was not in the mood for this right now. Kill the guy and then disappear, was her plan. It was short, simple, and would save her a lot of time. Befriending this blue haired girl was not something she had in mind either, and she could literally feel that she felt the same way as Rachael. As she walked with the woman, she heard her mutter something that Rachael found quite offensive.

"I heard that." that muttered angrily, growling low and viciously to display her anger and discontent with the girl. "Let's just get this over with so I can leave and pretend I never met you."

Rachael's pace increased after they bought the fish, as she was quite eager to get this over and done with. Her eyes were scanning left and right for the Heracles bastard they were sent out to kill. Lyserg had sent her here despite her declining the very notion of being forced on a job with someone else, and now she was plotting a way to get her revenge without truly pissing him off. That may not be actually possible, though... Oh well. The thought was quickly erased from her mind and she quickly went back to plotting about how she could murder Heracles and then abandon this girl as quickly as possible. Everything about her was impatient right now. Her attitude, her look, and her pace.

Forking over her a small amount of money,  Arianna rolled her eyes at her partners slight remark. One of the only things they probably could agree on. Being handed the two fish in a bag, she turned to the sight of two soldiers staring straight at them, making some inaudible talk. Cussing in her head, she had to think quick and stay calm as she quickly grabbed the girl's hand, pulling her along with a smile on her face. "Come on Allie! Everyone's waiting!" She was hoping by the fact that she called her by the wrong name would tell her that something was up. Being in such a small town was only making it easier for them both, to outsiders, to stand out like sore thumbs. As long as they kept their cloaks on and didn't use their own names, it would be just a little easier to keep hidden from the soldiers.

Able to pull Rachael out of their sight, she quickly let go of her hand and turned back around, the cheerful look she had no replaced with one of a little embarrassment with little eye contact for a small moment. "Some soldiers were looking at us..." She said quietly as she turned around, continuing forward as she tired to think of how to get closer to the Major.

Coming to the edge of the village, Arianna finally turned back around. "Any ideas yet? Its not like we can just charge in at this rate." Normally she wouldn't be talking this openly about the plans, but for now there wasn't anyone close enough to actually have a decent chance of hearing them.

Growling as she was pulled away from the guards, Rachael growled and cursed her under her breath. "How many times do I have to tell you, my name is Luna." She barked, insisting that she be called by her fake name despite Arianna knowing her real one. The moment they were out of sight, Rachael's growling intensified. "Whatever." she said, having also noticed the two guards looking suspicious of them. What even made them suspicious anyways? It wouldn't have mattered, not like their faces were exactly visible, meaning she totally could have gotten away with murdering them both without making her reputation even worse.

"You mean you're not willing to charge in?" Rachael asked. "Tch, what are you, a baby? I've dropped steamrollers on corrupt politicians and killed at least three dozen guards in a single job. I don't know about your dumb ass, but I'm pretty sure I can charge in and kill him without problem."

The doge's tone was venomous, and with that, she turned around and walked straight back out into the open. She didn't care about this Arianna bitch at all, she'd do the entire mission alone if she had to, it wasn't like it was difficult or anything.

As the doge belittled Arianna an bragged about her own accomplishments, A small twitch could be felt from her eye brow as Arianna crossed her arms and squeezed her eyes shut. She could feel her teeth grinding as her temper began to reach its boiling point. " Will.... you... SHUT UP!" Arianna exploded at Rachael. She bit her lip as she tried to breath a bit when a few people off in the distance looked over at the commotion. As they moved on after a shrug, Arianna spoke up again, this time a little more hushed. "Tell me, the instant you kill one of those soldiers, what's going to happen? They're are people here, and they WILL see you do that! And when they do, they will scream and alert the entire village, including our target!"

During the argument, Arianna had leaned in closer. She reeled herself back, trying to calm herself some more before she continued. "And I don't think you've realized it yet. Why would our guild masters send us instead of doing it themselves?" She paused for a minute to let it sink in. "Because he'll be gone as soon as they showed up. They are a threat, and we're not. He's has a plan to get out as soon when trouble shows up, or something that can deal with even our masters."

"Now, stop being an idiot and think!" With that, Arianna had turned and started to leave the village. "Now, you can either come with me and wait for nightfall, or you can get yourself captured or worst." To Arianna, regardless of what she did was no skin off her back. If she let the major get away, it was her fault. If she got captured or killed, she could just wait for an opening and use her new found wings to get out. Since taking out that cult and meeting Katherine, the one that forced her wings out, she had been practicing in private to the point where she could easily get away as along as she was outside.

Growling at Arianna, Rachael turned towards her and scowled, her eyes reflecting the doge's internal feelings of malice. "And the hell do you suggest we do then, eh!?" the doge barked, trembling in anger, frustration, and stress. She really didn't need this now. "Fine, I'll ****in' follow you, bitch, but I swear to god if you piss me off again..." Rachael didn't even finish her sentence, and instead she just drew her index finger across her throat to signify what she'd do. Arianna should have gotten a good look at her belt of grenades, her holstered guns, and the doge's eyes full of anger, the desire to rid her life of what plagued her, and the stress that she underwent daily. When she said to Arianna when they first met that she was not in the mood for this, the woman would see just what she meant by that now.

"Take me, then, to wherever the hell it is that you have planned. I'll follow, but don't expect me to loosen up. It's only going to get worse from here so you might as well deal with it." the doge said, her bitterness just as obvious in her tone as it was in her expression.

The doge's threats fell on deaf ears. Arianna could careless about what her partner thinks of her, she could just let out a sigh of relief that she wasn't going to be an idiot. Turning back around to face her, she crossed her arms with the bag dangling from her right hand. "From what I can think, we have two options. Either we stick around here and hope we stumble upon where the major is staying tonight, or we can head back to the camp and buy our time. There's no telling which hut could be his and we might cause an alarm if we're not careful enough."

Arianna then sighed as she thought about the other plan. "Or we stick it out another night and try to figure out where the Major is staying in the morning... It would make finding him much simpler, but that would mean having to spend another night..." Arianna obviously didn't want to go through with the second plan, but at the same time, rushing in and getting killed wasn't exactly all that exciting to her either. Bringing her free hand up to her head, scratching in her blue locks as she looked slightly away, she sighed as she knew what she was going to have to say.

"Look, I know, you don't like me, and I don't like you. But if we want to get through this thing, we may have to just put up with each other for a little while long." Arianna hated to hear those words, but there was nothing she could do to fight it.

Every fiber in Rachael's being was currently telling her to get out, to leave and find the major, then kill him and let this be over with. So what if they were seen? Was he really going to just let his men get slaughtered by some doge girl and... other woman? She didn't even know what Arianna was, that was how much she didn't care. She could tell, just be feeling her magic aura with her sensory powers that she was not a normal human. She was possibly something more, like her mother, or even Rachael herself. Not that she could completely confirm that, at least. Ari just felt different than others. Ari? Was the dog-eared girl giving her nicknames now like she was close to her? Rachael wanted to vomit. Then, finally admitting defeat, Rachael just sighed and held her head in her hands.

"Fine, I'll freakin' put up with you until night." the doge said. "Just take me wherever, I don't even care anymore..." Rachael sounded exapserated and tired, like she had a rough day. That's because she had. Every day was rough for her, and it usually ended with just falling into bed and sinking into a deep sleep that she hoped to never awake from. This was one of those days where she couldn't do that, because she was doing a job instead.

A soft sigh came out of Arianna, she was almost hoping Rach would come up with a reason to try to get through the night she hadn't thought of. 'Wait... Rach...?' Arianna shook her head as she turned around, amazed that she was giving this annoying brat a nickname. "Alright.... lets just head out and make camp somewhere and get these fish cooking... It's starting to get dark..."

Finding a spot that was a safe distance from the town, Arianna sat the bag of fish down on a rock as she concentrated on pulling something out of her pocket dimension. Two large, cylindrical bags suddenly appeared in her hands as she turned around and tossed one of the bags over to Rachael. "This should be far enough, take that tent and make sure you set it up well, it looks like it'll rain tonight." After the nickname incident, Arianna didn't feel like talking to much. She quickly and quietly had her tent up and was finishing up the fire pit. Her speed was thanks to her time growing up. Her adoptive father had taught her a lot about surviving out doors, but as the fire sprung up, her "childhood" memories seemed to drag her out of reality.

She could only stare into the flames thinking about everything that she had found out only about a week ago. When she found out that she wasn't even the same species as him.

Rachael had put up her tent by the time the fire was started, and she too sat around it to gather warmth. Soon she found herself hugging her legs against her chest with only the top half of her face visible over her knees. The fire was warm and tender, at least for one that wasn't destroying houses and tearing down lives. All the while she never took off her cloak, only adjusting the hood so her face was only slightly visible. Eyes flickering up to check on Ari who sat on the opposite side of the fire, Rachael turned on her emotion reading abilities and proceeded to feel around for something. The girl was staring off into space, meaning she was clearly thinking about something, and her emotions were... bittersweet to say the least. Were they memories? They could very well be, which made Rachael instantaneously jealous.

"I wish... I had nice memories..." the doge muttered, not loud enough for Arianna to hear. Should the woman look up, she would see Rachael sitting curled up in a ball, tears forming in her crimson eyes as she stared directly into the fire. Her eyes threatened to start crying, but a few slightly audible whimpers and a lot of force kept her from actually breaking out. And much to her dismay, her depression was visible both from the previously stated tears forming in her eyes and the fact that her body was trembling, not from the cold, but the almost literal ton of stress that weighed upon the doge's shoulders.

Ari was so distracted by her past memories that she hadn't even noticed Rachael sit across the fire from her. All those fond memories she had with her fath- no, her adoptive father. Him teaching her so many things, even her first memories of learning her own magic, now just felt like he was lying to her. She wasn't his daughter, she wasn't even human. He had strung her along her whole life, using magic to hide any signs of him aging. She didn't know what to even think of him anymore as she raised a hand up to her face, quickly wiping away a tear that had formed at the corner of her hand.  Having finally snapped out of her own little world, she could see Rachael curling up across from her, looking like she was on the verge of tears.

Arianna quickly looked away, in a mixture of confusion and pity. She slowly raised up, trying to distract her mind from the sight of Rachael on the verge of bawling her eyes out. Arianna grabbed the bad of fish, along with two sticks, shoving them into the already cleaned fish. A small cuss came out from under Ari's breath as she realized she would still have to talk to her eventually. Nervously, Ari approached Rachael, attempting to avoid eye contact before reaching her hand out, offering her some food. "H-here... It's already clean, just needs cooked..." The situation was more than awkward for Arianna, not knowing what she could do. She had just been butting heads with this girl mere hours ago and now... she could only feel sorry.

Arianna would find herself not getting any response, or even a look from the doge girl, as her words fell on deaf ears. After thinking about her own memories, she couldn't resist the near instantaneous flow of past experiences that infiltrated her mind. The memories of others always picking on her for her ears, for hurting her for what felt like no reason... Even when she tried to be nice and innocent she was still beaten into the ground. Her mother, the person who had given her life, wouldn't even help her. She just watched, uncaring, unloving, just like everyone else.

"The only friend I've ever had..." the doge muttered without noticing, barely loud enough for Arianna to hear. "...is myself..." And yet even then, she wasn't a very good friend.

The doge's face found itself completely buried in her thick, soft thighs, and she was crying now. Well trimmed nails dug into soft skin and drew blood. A punishment she gave herself for letting someone else see her like this. Rivers of tears flowed down her cheeks, and her body quivered and shook in both fear and stress. Her whimpers were quiet, and Arianna would have to actively try to hear them in order for her to really notice. She was trying to keep them down so Arianna wouldn't be bugged by them, because to be honest, the girl should be fully able to ignore her completely. Rachael just wanted to keep her voice down, so it wouldn't bug her. She was trying to not be a bitch for once.

She was trying to be nice.

Arianna only felt worse as Rachael never reached for her offer. The faint words coming from her mouth made Arianna's heart sink even lower. Her arm hung limply as she tried to think of something to say to her. "R-Rachael... I..." Arianna's fists curled up in a tight ball as Rachael started to break down. She tired to look away, but the sound of soft whimpering forced her to look at the sight of Rachael drawing blood from herself.

"R-Rachael!" Arianna dropped the sticks of fish in her hands, leaning down and placing a hand on the doge's shoulder. "Rachael please! Stop that! Rachael, if this has anything to do with what I said, I'm sorry! Please! Just stop hurting yourself!" Without even realizing it, Arianna had a few tears building up in her eyes as well. The sight of Rachael's breakdown seemed to hit a cord. Her simple hand on the shoulder had turned into a full on hug as she continued to beg Rachael to stop. Arianna couldn't even tell why she was suddenly so full of emotions for her. There was just something about the sight of this girl, someone who seemed to be so strong, suddenly break down that touched her.

The hand on Rachael's shoulder went unnoticed for about a full minute, before it turned into a hug. At that point, Rachael snapped completely. Without warning she swung her arm at Ari, slashing the nearest part of the woman with her sharp nails, and the doge would teleport just a few feet away so they weren't making contact anymore.

"Leave me alone!" she shouted, her tears now clear for the woman to see. Her eyes were puffy, both cheeks and eyes red with soreness from her crying. Rachael sobbed audibly once, her body shaking with anger. "Don't ever touch m-me again you... you bitch!" It sounded like she was trying to sound venomous, only to fail and just sound pained and hurt instead. And then Arianna would see it, how Rachael looked more like a scared animal than anything else. Her reaction was instinct, not from hostility. The doge didn't have it in her to be truly angry and hostile right now, she just wanted to be alone. That was how she solved all her problems, by sitting there, alone and crying. Not like she had a choice in the matter anyways. After all, she had no friends to comfort her.

Arianna was so caught up in the moment that she was taken completely by surprised when Rachael finally snapped. Being so close and unprepared, Arianna took a sever hit. Rachael's nails were surprisingly sharp as the ripped straight through Arianna's trachea. A splash of blood shot out through the air as Ari spun away, hand on her throat and one on the ground. Arianna couldn't hear what Rachael had to say as she desperately attempted to breath in, only to cause a loud wheezing noise as blood continued to pour out from the wound.

Soon, the arm that supported her weight gave out as she rolled over. Arianna knew she was in trouble now. While her body was fighting to recover from the cut, she was still in danger of suffocating or even drowning on her own blood. Her mind was being to panic as she began to see her vision blacken. 'Oh god, no, no, no!' her other arm covering her throat soon gave out as well, slowly falling away from her neck to reveal the gooey mess. Arianna's lungs began to burn from the lack of air, and it began to seem like death was setting in on her.

Just before she lost consciousness, her trachea managed to pull together. Greedily, Arianna sucked in air before she rolled to her side and hacked her lungs out, coughing up a sizable amount of blood.

Rachael gasped as she realized what she had done. Had she really...? To someone who had tried to help her? Even Rachael thought that was unnecessarily cruel and uncalled for. Rushing to the girl's side, she slid onto her knees and proceeded to tear off a piece of her shirt to use as bandages, not like she thought it would do much. This girl needed oxygen, not more blood building up in her throat. And then she saw it, the gooey mess of her throat. Rachael froze completely upon seeing it. She... she did that to the person that wanted to help her? Tears welled up in her eyes and she immediately started crying out loud, her sobs echoing through the area around them. The sound of Arianna wheezing and trying to breath only made Rachael's heart burn even more guilt. She covered her face with her hands and sobbed into them, hardly even letting up to allow herself to breath.

And then she heard it. The sound of Arianna taking in a breath and then coughing up blood. Rachael's eyes opened and she looked straight down at her, only to be shocked at the fact that Arianna's throat was fine now, as if that whole ordeal never happened. Rachael gasped and pushed herself away, holding up her hand in front of her defensively.

"W-What...?" she mumbled, confused and shocked. Looking down at her blood covered hand, Rachael winced and remembered that she had in fact cut open Arianna's throat. Yet it was fine now... right? Even so, that didn't do anything to rid the guilt plaguing Rachael's heart now.

"I-I... I didn't mean to..." Rachael stuttered, only to slowly start to break out in painful tears again. "W-Why did I... do that...?"

As Arianna coughed out what felt like the remainder of the blood, she rolled back to where she had been laying, exhausted and out of breath. The cut had also severed several neck muscles that had to go without any healing to speed up the major injury. Her head felt heavy just from that fact, and the lack of blood made her feel dizzy and half asleep. Her eyes had closed during the roll, just wanting a second to rest her eyes. She could still feel the sting of the cut still, letting out a groan before opening her eyes to the sight of a hysterical Rachael.

Arianna took a painful gulp as she tried to work up her voice. "R-Rachael... I-I'm fine..." She spook quietly, not having much strength. She slowly raised her arm up, despite the pain and softly touched the back of her hand to Rachael's cheek. "Now please... stop crying..." Her arm slowly laid back down to the ground, landing with a small thud as it gave up from energy lose, her eyes slowly fluttering closed from the lack of blood and energy her body had expended to heal. "I... Imma take a nap...." Her words were slurred slightly as her eyes closed, falling asleep quite quickly.

Rachael watched painfully as Arianna slipped into the realm of unconsciousness, her body going limp and hand falling from Rachael's cheek as a result. Why did she feel so bad for her? This only confused Rachael more. She had never felt so bad for another person in her entire life, so why was she just now feeling bad? The feeling of a raindrop on her cheek pulled the doge from her thoughts and reminded her that Arianna needed shelter for the night. The doge picked up the woman and quickly brought her inside of the tent she put up. Unzipping her sleeping bag, Rachael slowly fitted Arianna inside of it before looking back outside. It was starting to drizzle now, but the low rumbling of thunder in the distance told her it would soon be pouring. There wasn't much room in this tent and... Arianna was probably mad at her. Furious even. That was usually how people got after they were hit, most of the time. And seeing as there wasn't enough room in this tent, she would have to go to the other. But... after what she did, she was feeling extremely bad. The tears on her face showed just how bad she was feeling, too. An idea popped up in her mind, and while she didn't like it, she knew she was going to do it anyways as punishment for hitting Arianna. Unzipping the flap to the tent, Rachael reached out to feel the rain, only to quickly pull her hand back in and wince. It was freezing. So yeah, then, this would be a sufficient punishment for herself. Arianna wouldn't notice either, at least until she woke up to see the doge shivering and freezing to death. Nonetheless, Rachael had to go through with it, to make up for hitting Arianna...

Stripping down to absolutely nothing, not even her undies, Rachael stepped out into the rain and zipped the tent back up so Arianna could rest without getting wet. She would even be able to stay warm due to the sleeping bag, unlike Rachael who was going to stay out in the freezing rain for the entire night. Every time she started to nod off, Rachael would dig her nails into her arms to keep her awake, and the rain would instantly wash away the wounds. About two or three minutes after the wound was caused, it would heal up, leaving no scars behind. So in turn, Rachael just sat there weeping silently in the freezing rain, clawing herself up to stay awake and submit herself to the downfall that wouldn't let up, not even when it was morning time.

Arianna laid still as Rachael picked her up, with only her light breathing showing that she was still alive. A fair amount of blood had split down on her cloak, even seeping down into her light armor underneath. While the wound may have sealed up, Arianna's healing ability was limited when i came to replenishing blood and energy. She had slept soundly through the the night, not even stirring from the thundering or the beating of the rain.

Arianna finally started to awaken at the start of morning. Her body had finally recovered, but her mind was still exhausted and needed a few more moments of rest. Her groggy mind had suddenly placed her and Rachael, alone, inside of a tent. A weird moment that was only made more outlandish by the fact that there wasn't a single piece of cloth between them. The thought of it suddenly made Arianna burst out of her slumber, blushing bright red at the thought with a fluttering heart.

Taking a moment to snap out of her trance, she looked around at her surroundings, confused as to why she wasn't in her own tent. Looking down, she could see the mess from the cut, her blood dried clothes. The patter of rain against the side of the tent had finally died down while she inspected her clothes. Then came the thought of Rachael... She had been having a mental breakdown, and the sight of someone with their throat slit probably didn't help with the situation.

Sighing, she tired to think of a way to confront her about what happened, unzipping the tent. Her mind stopped in her tracks as she noticed the doge sitting out in the open, completely nude and shivering. Her heart practically stopped at the sight. "R-Racheal..." Arianna couldn't understand why she was out nude like that, quickly ripping her cloak and running out to her, noticing small claw marks on her arms that were bleeding.

Ari threw the cloak over the top of her, trying to cover her up as much as possible. Her arms dropped down over the doge, hugging her tightly as she felt tears building up in her eyes. "R-Rachael... W-why? Why are you hurting yourself like this?"

"P-P-Punishm-ment..." Rachael muttered, dry tear streaks running down her face. Her hair was still wet, arms still bleeding, and her body cold like ice. "P-Punishment... for h-h-hurting y-you..."

The doge's body was covered in mud, most likely from the heavy storm muddying up the ground and sending splashes of it on her everywhere. Once she felt the cloak wrap around her, Rachael felt a fresh stream of tears run silently down her cheeks. Her voice was too hoarse and weak to cry anymore, and her body too cold to react to the cloak or the hugging. Her hands were stained completely red with her blood, and the wounds on her arms were already healing. This prompted her to dig more holes in herself, this time reaching down to try and slice open her thighs.

"So m-much... g-g-guilt..." she muttered, her eyes glazing over to make Rachael look like she was either dead or broken. Her breaths were faint, strained, and painful, which could be heard by Arianna. Not only that, but her body was shivering violently, almost like she was having a seizure. If she didn't warm up soon then she would most likely freeze to death. Painfully. "I-It... hurts..."

Arianna could feel a pain in her chest as Rachael spoke with a tremble in her voice. She was really this torn up about slashing at her? Sure, if Arianna wasn't who she was, she'd be dead, but to go this far because of an accident? Arianna could feel the tears start to flow down her face as she felt the doge still shivering next to her. She was soaked, and the wind was still bitter cold. Arianna wanted to yell at her for doing what she did, but for now she just wanted Rachael to  stop being herself up.

She loosened her hug, reaching one arm under the doge girl's legs and lowered her other down her back, lifting her up into the air. She refused to let her go, regardless of what she did, keeping Rachael's closest arm jammed into her chest and her other arm gripped firmly around the furthest one. She couldn't bring herself to look down at the pathetic face of Rachael, not wanting to show the doge her bright red face.

Bringing her into the tent, she finally let go of Rachael after she dropped down onto her knees. Arianna quickly turned around and sat between Rachael and the exit. She wouldn't let the girl out regardless of how much she'd plea. "Stop beating yourself up over a damn accident..." Arianna's voice was filled with sadness, tears streaming down her face. "I-I'm fine, so-so just stop it..."

Slowly pushing herself up off the ground after being placed, Rachael sniffled and looked longingly at Arianna, like she needed the girl to love her, to make her feel whole again. Yet she wasn't there. The doge slowly crawled her way over to Arianna, still crying silently and shivering violently as she did so. Shrugging of the cloak, she let her full naked body be on display for the woman, and looked up at her as she got close.

"Y-You... don't hate me?" Rachael questioned in a very confused tone. "But I... hurt you..."

Rachael let a few moments passed and she looked into Arianna's eyes with her seemingly dead ones. There was unimaginable amounts of pain reflecting from the inside of her glazed over, scarlet eyes. Their gaze, no matter how uncomfortable for Arianna, did not break for a good minute or so before Rachael grabbed the woman, and with surprising strength, threw her onto the sleeping bag in the center of the room. After that, Arianna would find herself pinned down, with the doge's hands on her shoulders to keep her from moving. And then... Rachael lowered herself onto Arianna, her head resting on the girl's breasts while her arms hugged the woman's waist.

"I-I need w-w-warmth." the doge stutterd hoarsely before nuzzling her cheek into Arianna's breasts, enjoying the softness while she could. And then suddenly, without any warning, Rachael briefly turned her head and kissed the tip of the left side Arianna's chest before planting her face right in between them, still sobbing quietly and silently as she did so. "H-Hug me... please..." the doge begged with a muffled voice before pressing her face even further inbetween Arianna's chesties.

Arianna turned around as she heard Rachael start creeping towards her. The sight of the naked doge made it difficult to look away, her lips quivering and her cheeks reddening. "N-No! I-I..." Arianna had difficultly finding the words she wanted to say. Her words caught in her throat as she gulped. Arianna froze up as she looked into the doge's sad eyes, paralyzed by her gaze.

Rachael's sudden grab was meet with no resistance, still frozen in place from before. Looking up, all Arianna couldn't manage was a weak sentence. "R-Rachael..." Arianna could only stare up at her naked body, remembering the dream she had no more than 10 minutes ago seemed to becoming true.

Arianna bit her lip as Rachael buried herself between her breasts. To think that just the other day that they two were at each other's throats, and were now laying on top of each other like they were lovers. Rachael wrapped her arms around the doge's body, giving in to her demands as she nuzzled herself between Arianna's generous chest. Rachael's whimpering was to much for Arianna to deny. Closing her eyes, Arianna focused on her armor, recalling it back to her pocket dimension and revealing her own body, ridding the only layer between the two of them to increase the warmth for Rachael.

Suddenly, as if out of nowhere, Rachael felt and saw the clothes on Arianna disappear while the woman's arms wrapped around her to hug and cuddle her like she asked. The armor disappearing was only an added bonus, if you could call it that. Was this supposed to be some kind of trust? Did Arianna want her to do... pervy things to her? Rachael wasn't good at those kinds of things though... Yet she would still ask.

"A-Ari...?" the doge asked quietly, looking up to the woman and sniffling. "Y-Your armor... why is it gone?" Her eyes were a bit less sad, the drained emotion replaced with emptiness. "D-Do you want to do... things?" she asked before clinging tightly, but not uncomfortably or painfully to Ari. "I-I'm not good at things though... If you r-really want to do that stuff then... c-can you t-t-teach me?" she stuttered nervously, grabbing Arianna's chest lightly and giving it a good squeeze. "I p-promise I'll try to make up for hurting you earlier."

Rachael's face leaned in to Arianna's, their lips almost touching as they lay together, yet they never touched. It seemed that she was hesitant, or maybe that she was waiting for Arianna to reply.

As Rachael looked up into Arianna's eyes, she quickly blushed and turned away, avoiding her eyes. "I-I thought you'd..." Arianna wanted to say she'd thought that Rachael would warm up faster with her naked, giving her more direct heat. She wasn't able to speak in time before Rachael squeezed her tighter and asked if she wanted to do "things" to her. Arianna felt her heart practically stop. "I-I not good at 'things' either... I-I guess... W-We could learn together..."

Arianna had been looking away as much as possible up until her last words, looking down at the lips of Rachael that were right in front of her, waiting for her reply. Did Arianna really want to do this? A girl she had almost just meet, and had been at her throat with, that even sliced her own throat. Arianna hadn't a single doubt in her mind as she meet Rachael's lips, letting out a small moan into the doge's mouth, Hugging her just as tightly.

She just wanted to bask in a few more moments of the kiss, mapping out the inside of Rachael's mouth with her tongue. Arianna had never felt like this before, having such a strong feeling for someone that she hated only hours ago. She wanted to hold Rachael tightly, keep her warm and happy, no matter what.