Closed Hissing You So Much (Aka)

[Kalesserimamoru]

One day Aka might realize that when dealing with either constrictor to always expect hidden agendas. As much of a trickster as he was, Mamoru learned a lot from his elder sister during his early years which led him to being the sneaky Dhani that he was now.


Of course Mamoru could see this, and he knew that his sister was up to something, but in the end he didn't care much. He looked out for her and she did the same for him, they were a team of sorts.


"Alright Morgana, what can I help you with?"


Morgana smiled then, sparing Aka a glance before she started to speak. "Do you wear jewelry Aka? I do, I enjoy them a lot. It addss to the attire, wouldn't you agree?"


The sly Dhani slithered around Aka, checking to see if she had any piercings and moved on to stand between her and Mamoru. Reaching inside the dainty top that covered her breast, the woman pulled out a a pair of beetle ear rings and showed them to the pair.


"What do you think of thessse Aka?" she waited for an answer and continued. "They are nice yesss, but far too over priced. I sshould have gone there mysself, but I wass bussy sso I had ssomeone do it for me. Can you believe that ssnobby fool charged me 20 Bikka for thiss?"


Morgana looked at them both, fully expecting them to nod and to understand her frustrations. "I ssupposse there iss nothing to be done now. However...if you were to vissit the sshop any time ssoon.


A word or two would be nice, jusst sso he knowsss that he issn't appreciated." With those finally words she turned and slithered off, leaving Mamoru and Aka alone to act or not too.


Mamoru offered Aka a wicked smile and waved her on. "Well then, let'sss get thiss over with." If Aka would follow, then he would show her to the Art of Cunning shop, if not, then the trickster would go alone.

[Soshakuakamamushi]

Everything went perfectly. She should learn to be more confident of herself, if she put up a determined face and get over her physical insecurities, everything would work out in the end. Such was the over-optimistic views of a Dhani girl succeeded in her first "social" challenge. Aka glanced at her Master, expectantly, he accepted as well. Even he knew not to disobey his older sister. Aka listened to Morgana, interested in what she had to say.

Jewelry, Aka didn't expect that, the Viper thought Morgana's request would be more discreet or hush-hush in nature, not about glittering accessories. At this point, Aka haven't got her free make-over session by Sister Tryl. "Well, they are pretty and ssshiny. They are nice!" The Viper was interested in those shiny stuffs, but not enough to splurge her money on it, she found it unnecessary as she couldn't transform into her other forms while wearing those, she imagined it would hurt. Yep, she was right, these stuffs were too expensive. It was not worth it unless you got them for free... which was impossible considering their determined value.

"Eh..." Aka didn't really agree with Morgana, those kind of beautiful earrings would be fitting to cost at least twenty bikkas or sixty gold mizas. Well, they were jewellery, they were supposed to be expensive, but she decided to just nod slightly. Woah, Sister Morgana sure is stingy, isn't she? Or I'm just too generous? Aka had no idea about negotiating prices and the like. If something attracted, she would pay as much as the seller wanted.

"Oh..." Now she got it, Morgana's tone became hush-hush. She wanted something bad to happen to whoever the owner of the jewellery store was. "Hmmm..." This was a shady job, she didn't know who the owner was and had no problems with him. But, she supposed she could have some fun, gaining the trust of Morgana was worhth it. Aka turned back to Mamoru as Morgana left.

"Okay, Massster..." With Morgana gone, Aka's sense of subordination returned and she didn't realize she was calling that even after being all superior and proud just moments before. The short Viper then followed the Constrictor, curious on how exactly this would turn out.

[Kalesserimamoru]

Mamoru led Aka on to their target fully ready to make the magic happen. He didn't look at her, but thoughts did race through his mind. What a clever girl she was, trying to get close to his sister in order too...What was it she wanted? Some kind of equal partnership? Mamoru wasn't buying it, Aka was a Dhani after all and that said enough.


If the tables were turned, and she was his master, she would treat him just as bad, if not worse. That he was sure of, but the chance to prove that point seemed worthy of a shot at some well deserved fun. The trickster slowed his steps so that he would walk side by side with her and looked over his shoulder at the tiny viper.


"Sso Aka, do you really want to play nice? You want usss too, be nice to each other?"


It should have been clear that he was up to something, but the question had always been what. Mamoru continued on his walk, waiting to see how she would react and if she would say the same thing now that they were alone. By this time they had made it to the shop and were standing outside of it. The trickster smiled as he folded his arms and looked down at Aka.


"I'll make it ssimple. A day for a day Aka. For one day I will do whatever you tell me to, no questions assked, and in return, you will do me the ssame favor. Only thiss time there won't be any of your "you're not my massster crap. You will do what ever you are told."


There was a wicked smile growing upon his lips and Mamoru leaned forward so that he could look her eye to eye. "Sso, what will it be, a day for a day?"

[Soshakuakamamushi]

The walk to their destination was filled with bubbling tension. Aka knew Mamoru was not happy with her little plan, who would be pleased to see their slave subtly rebelling right in front of their eyes? Aka lips trembled slightly and she hissed in worry as she took a glance to the tall Constrictor, she may had succeeded in befriending Morgana, but now they were alone, what would the Constrictor do to her? She tried to ignore it and kept following him. He suddenly slowed down, that only accentuated her worry, him walking by her side meant he wanted to talk to her.

"....yesss." She didn't want to explain anything and just looked to the side, breaking eye contact with Mamoru. His question sounded like a prying blade trying to tear her up inside-out, exposing all of her desires to be the Mistress. She knew it, he would not just stand there like an idiot while she cuddled with his older sister. "I don't want you treating me like a ssslave..." She stopped when they arrived and seeing Mamoru folded his arms, Aka's fists were clenched at her sides.

His idea was... strange, so they would play "Master and Slave", alternating the roles each day. Aka found the idea tempting, but it seemed to good to be true, would Mamoru hold his end of the deal and let her order him around when it was her turn? As for herself, day would continue as usual when it was his turn to be the Master. Thinking about it again, it was all to her advantage... however he made sure to drive his point home by tightening his grip on her, he was basically saying "no more tolerance" to her acting up.

"....." Aka instinctively took a step back but was stopped by the wall behind her, Mamoru's face was so close now as he leaned forward, towering over her like a predator. Aka looked to the side, her body slightly trembling at the fear. "N-n..." She couldn't bring herself to refuse, if she refused, nothing would change. Gulping, Aka tried her best to put a smug face and faced back Mamoru, softly touching their forehead against each other, trying her best to not be intimidated by his yellow-green slits. "Fine, Massster... Let'sss do it. Remember, anything I tell you to." Oh yes, she would have some fun time with him, maybe tell him to lick at her feet to clean it or bringing her food and clothes or even acting as a make-shift footrest. She was so caught up in her fantasies that she didn't realize Mamoru could do the same to her... or worse.

"Ssso, what should we do now? Burn the whole shop down?" She mused. For now, she would let him take the lead for their little task.

[Kalesserimamoru]

If it wasn't so ridiculous the trickster might have laughed. It was obvious that Aka had no idea what it really meant to be enslaved. The girl had no clue what it was like to truly be a servant. Aka had her own home, her own money, and was free to do as she pleased until Mamoru asked something of her, which in truth was very rare.


What the tiny viper took as enslavement was nothing more than Mamoru asking her to do favors for him since he helped her out.


Like with the half breed Tinnok in the jungle, it was simply an exchange of favors. One given, one taken. However it was Aka's own mind, and naive that caused her to believe that she was a slave of the trickster's. But, Mamoru being the ultimate opportunist, saw a way to use the girl's misunderstanding for his own benefit.


It worked in a way, but the viper was rebellious and wasn't punished for those actions either, which was another thing that showed just how much of a slave she wasn't.


This wager of sorts that he put before her was just Mamoru being...Mamoru. He knew that she would except, there was no way she could turn him down. A chance for her to be the lead, and him to follow, she had asked as much of Morgana only ticks ago.


But with the trickster there was always that extra layer to consider, the shadows behind the rocks that no one thought about. For him, doing what he was told by a female wasn't anything new, he'd been doing it all his life.


He wouldn't say anything to her about it, but this was Aka's chance to make a difference and do something worth wild. However, if she intended on using him for frivolous means and desires, she would easily prove to him that she didn't have what it took to be a leader. But he said nothing of this and instead took one of her hands and gently kissed it.


"Then it isss done." So far things were playing out as he had thought, and it had been his will from the start to allow her to go first. This would show him her purpose as well as the time to think up what he wanted to do when it was his turn.


"Burning down the sshop? I like that idea, but..we can't. We're the good guysss remember Aka, out to disspenssse jusstice and ..whatever elsse that good guysss do."


Mamoru paused for a moment as he thought over the strategy to use before he entered. Morgana wanted him to deliver a message, but of course no one was to get hurt or nothing seriously damaged. "Sstay here for now and keep a look out. I'm going insside to sspeak with our friend."

[Soshakuakamamushi]

Aka tried, she really tried, to keep looking at Mamoru in the eye, but with each passing moment, her courage trembled and she almost broke eye contact. "A-are we done yet?" She glanced at the shop's entrance, taking it as an excuse to finally focusing on other things than Mamoru'es green-yellow eyes. Aka was overestimating Mamoru's hold on her, she didn't realize if he wanted to truly enslave her, he would most likely keep her in chains and cages, not allowing her to act without his consent, and would not allow her to grow as powerful as she was. What kind of master wanted his slave to be as strong as he was? But of course, like lots of other things, she wasn't aware of it.

"....." She struggled to keep her calm when Mamoru's large hands took her small one and kissed it, it felt like the tip of a delicious iceberg, a preview on what would it be like for her to be the dominator for once. She berely held back an arrogant smirk and witty remark. Aka thought up of various embarassing things for him to do.

"Aw, okay." The Viper was glad Mamoru liked the idea of turning the shop into smithereens, but he was right, being the "good guys", she would have to show restraint. Mamoru's talk of justice almost made the Viper literally laughed out loud. Him? Justice? It was like saying that Myrians loved to befriend things instead of killing them on sight.

"Alright, Massster." Calling him the title came naturally for her now, she didn't feel bad as long as she didn't notice it. Aka stood guard just outside the shop's entrance, occasionally glancing inside to marvel at the shiny jewelries inside. It would be a waste to destroy them, but they would do what they must.

.........

.....

...


Only a few chimes after Mamoru entered, a potential disturbance came. It was in the form of a large female constrictor in Dhani form... called Senka, the ever plague and blessing in Aka's life. "Oh heeey! Aka! What are you doing here?" She bellowed as usual, waving her arms and slithering to the Viper sitting on the ground.

Oh... petch this shyke. She really, really, didn't need any of this right now. It was unlikely, but if Mamoru started roughing up whoever was inside and the particular person called for help, it would be a disaster. "Uuuh... jussst hanging out, Sssenka."

"I sssee..." Brutish and large Senka may be, but she was no fool. The large Dhani put a smirk, indicating she suspected something was up. "You don't mind me 'hanging' out with you then?" Then came the dooming question, Aka needed to find a way to get this giant out of the immediate vicinity.

"....Yesss! You can! Then we can have some lovely girl time together! Cuddling and kisssing!" Knowing Senka, denying her would only urge her to stay, Aka opted for some 'reverse psychology' instead. The Constrictor was visibly disgusted. She, a warrior and wrestler of the highest caliber, cuddling with a puny small fry? Unacceptable.

"Eeeeew... grossss, Aka, bleh!" Without another word, the large Dhani slithered away from the location. After she was far enough, Aka exhaled a sigh of relief before turning her head to peek inside the shop, checking on Mamoru.

Come on, Master! Hurry up!

[Kalesserimamoru]

Before Mamoru would go inside, he slithered off to the side of the door and peeked in. Luckily there were only two other men inside, likely there to buy items to impress women. It was fortunate for him that he came when he did and with so few inside he just might get away with it.


But he couldn't go in as he was, he needed a disguise, and the trickster had a good one. He needed a position of authority, one that would allow him to scare the owner into submission, or at least he hoped that's how it would work.


The trickster felt his djed rising in his body and flowing, coursing through him as it covered his form fully. Once he was ready to start, he brought into mind his model, a person he had known for years but had never attempted to clone him.


It had also been a long time since he had last saw Zharus, but the trickster was confident that he could pull it off. The morph started and his build fleshed out to become fuller like that of Zharus. He had always been slightly bigger with wider shoulders which Mamoru copied now.


The shape shifting continued as Mamoru concentrated and used more of his djed to shape out the more rugged facial features of his old friend and working to copy the diamond pattern of scales that covered his body. His eyes turned brown, smaller holes sunken further into his face, and his claw filled out as well as his neck.


The Dhani had a much greener coloring then Mamoru and he would adapt to this as well. He had gotten a lot better with the details of morphing and at this stage he was a lot closer in getting things exactly as they were supposed to be. The flesh of his body thicken, a heavier build becoming with a slightly thicker tail.


Alright then, letsss ssee what we can do.


However there were still things that weren't correctly copied. the coloring of the scales was green enough, but the brown that meshed in with it a lighter color, and the scales themselves had a smaller diamond pattern.


In the end, he looked enough like Zharus to fool most people, but for those that knew him well, they would notice a change. With his disguise on, the trickster slithered inside the shop and looked around.


He saw Linsssyssyl tending to his merchandise then turned to the other men shopping. His stare was cold, and he spoke very plainly with a deep and ominous voice. "Both of you get out now." The men both recognized him as a guard and with wary eyes slithered out of the shop, leaving him alone with Linsssyssyl. The owner of the shop hissed at him and slithered around to face the trouble maker.



"Who do you think you are? Running off my cosstumerssss. Sspeak you mongrel!"


But Mamoru didn't answer and slithered over to the first table that he saw that had items displayed on it and turned the whole thing over. "We need to talk."

[Soshakuakamamushi]

One disturbance gone, hoping no more would come until Mamoru was done. Aka kept her odd job of being a lookout, she felt so shady and sneaky it was as if she was in some kind of illegal organization or something. Aka could imagine her wearing a hood over her head, concealing her features, arriving at a secret rendezvous location, and speaking with hand gestures to her fellow sneaky brothers and sisters. She snickered, what would the odds of that happening?

She figured glancing to the shop would arouse suspicion so the Viper decided to just sat down and gaze into the glowstones litting the hallway. Two Dhanis in Dhani form slithered out angrily from the shop, not even noticing the tiny girl sitting just outside the entrance. A few ticks later, she heard some angry remarks and the echoing sound of merchandises being handled violently. Master! Don't be so loud! He was a guard though so she felt rather safe as few Dhanis would mess with him.

"Hello there, lovely."

Aka jerked at the sudden hissing deep voice and looming presence, she looked to her right to find a naked male constrictor in human form. His brown hair going just above his shoulder and green slitted eyes marked his features, this male had the usual toned body of Constrictors but he was more on the small side, shorter than Mamoru but still definitely taller than the small fry Viper. And, did he just call her 'lovely'? "Uuuh, you talking to me?"

"Why, yesss, my dear! I am Sekusepera, a humble male in the presence of you! A petite but elegant lady!" He spoke with a voice so flowing and baritone, Aka didn't know whether to be impressed or to laugh out loud at the ridiculousness of the situation. Aka never thought a male constrictor would ever see her in that kind of way. Was this Constrictor drunk or high on drugs? Aka appreciated his praises, but she never knew about this 'Sekusepera' and a male consctrictor suddenly approaching and praising her out of the blue where most of them would scoff her as a mere little girl was definitely suspicious. "Uuuh, okay, Brother Sekusepera, what can I do for you?" Still, it would be best to just be polite. Not everyday she could find a charming male such as this.

"I heard about you from Sissster Sikisenka and may I say, you are lovely, dear Sissster Soshakuakamamushi! I don't share the other's viewsss on you being an annoying sssmall fry, I see that you are beautiful, your red slits, long black hair, pale skin, flat che-"

Aka's ears perked up at the word 'flat'. She was rather sensitive to that word. "Woah woah woah, ssstop right there, Brother! What did you sssay?!" Aka momentarily forgot on what she was supposed to be doing as her emotions caught up with her.

"Uh... beautiful?"

"After that!"

"...red slitsss?"

"...after that."

"long... black hair?"

"AFTER THAT! HSSS!"

"Pale sk-"

"One more..."

"Flat che-"

"THERE! That'sss what I'm talking about! Why do you have to comment on that?! I'm not flat! I'm not! Everybody elssse jussst got some petched up bulging on their chessst! It mussst be a diseassse or sssomething! Aaaaargh! Go away, go! I don't need you here! And don't ever come back to me again!" Great, she threw a tantrum in the middle of a job. The male got his point and merely shook his head at the seemingly borderline-insane Viper.

"Ha... ha... oh ssshyke..." As the male got away, Aka realized what she had done. Her insecurities got to her, causing her to refuse a genuine attempt of flattery, a rare one coming from a amale at that. Aka's back slid down along the wall and she curled up on the ground, she just hoped she didn't ruin whatever Mamoru was doing with her little outburst.

[Kalesserimamoru]

"Get out! Now! Before I call a real guard and have you beaten with in an inch of your life!" Linsssyssyl ordered loudly as he slithered to the trickster for the second time. Mamoru turned to face him, a smug look upon his morphed features as he lightly wiggled a single finger at the Dhani male.


"I have a few friendsss that aren't happy with your pricess. They ssay that you charge too much, and we can't have that."


With that said, he slithered to another table and turned it over as well. beetles, crafts and other types of jewelry littered the floor now and Linsssyssyl wasn't pleased.


He slithered forward and locked arms with Mamoru in an effort to over power him. It wouldn't be that easy, but with his wrestling ability he was able to pull the trickster into a head lock, then quickly pulling his arm behind him.


Flamesss!!!


It had been his own fought, Mamoru had attacked an opponent without first learning of his ability and it happened that this male was a better wrestler than he was. Linsssyssyl pushed Mamoru over towards the turned table and pushed his face against the side of it and held him there.


"You're going to pay for everything you've broken!" He didn't want to fight him, but he did want him to leave, and at once. The trickster found himself in a difficult position and with a man he couldn't out wrestle.


Siku must have smiled on him, or maybe it was just Aka being..Aka. But the loud screams caused Linsssyssyl to look away towards the entrance. When he did so, Mamoru quickly spun around, changing the arm lock he had on him and reversing it.


But instead of trying to reapply a move that would end up being countered, he pushed his weight on the Dhani's back causing them both to fall and with him on top of the man pinning his arm between them.


"We'll be in touch, and when I come back. I expect to ssee better from you."


Mamoru quickly slithered away then, making sure to clear the shop before the man could call for help. Once he reached the outside and turned where Aka was, Mamoru released his morphed form and returned to his own. "I think we've over sstayed our welcome here..letsss be off."

[Soshakuakamamushi]

Aka didn't know what exactly happened inside, not until she took another glance and found a Dhani wrestling with another Dhani in a hold that looked really humiliating for the other Dhani. "..." The odd sight of two men on top of each other intrigued her. The Viper was not fickle about genders, she swung both ways, and view of two attractive Dhanis wrestling, whether they may be male or female, interested her.

Er... Where is Master? Aka didn't recognize Mamoru's morphed and she had not met with the owner of the jewelry shop either. He's transforming again... Which one is master though? Oh, must be the winning one. Of course Mamoru would win against some puny shopkeeper. Aka didn't realize her outburst earlier actually turned the tables. She rooted for the winning Dhani, but if Mamoru turned out to be the pinned Dhani, she shuddered on what kind of punishments the Trickster would do to her for high treason.

The winner then released the loser and slithered away from the shop, his form shifted back to the one she knew. I knew he'll win! She was right, the winner was her beloved Master. Wait, beloved? Ew... Aka shook her head at the thought. In truth, it wasn't so bad. However, even if by some divine intervention resulting in both of them marrying, Aka still could not bear eggs from Mamoru, it would take a male Viper to do so. In which case, the only other Viper in the cave was Jori.

Aka didn't answer verbally and dashed after Mamoru, catching up to him until she was walking by his side. "Ssso, how did it go? And uh... what ssshould we do next?" Morgana better appreciate this.