Chapter 7

Kal cautiously opened his eyes as he returned to the waking world. He paused for a moment at the unfamiliar feeling of heavy furs covering him instead of his normal wool comforter. Smiling, he remembered he was not at home and turned to the side to see Ikuno sleeping peacefully next to him. Though not as striking as the changes when he first returned to the cave, as he continued to visit her skin color had deepened to a rich cobalt blue and the triangular marks on her cheeks had nearly vanished.

Her backswept horns had almost returned to their normal golden color, with only the very tips still being dark. He had been concerned yesterday when he woke from his nap and the top halves of the oni’s horns were completely black. Ikuno waved it off as nothing to worry about, then proceeded to make sure he was too distracted to worry about anything for the rest of the day and well into the night. At least he assumed it was into the night, Ikuno seemed to be able to tell what time of day it was just by smelling the air from outside. Unfortunately, his nose wasn’t nearly that sensitive.

His bladder, on the other hand, was absolutely certain it was morning, as was his rock-hard prick. Quickly and quietly, he slipped out from under the covers and padded barefoot over to the cubby in the back of the cavern that was Ikuno’s bathroom. It was little more than a hole in the ground with a swiftly flowing stream just a few inches below that quickly swept away anything that fell in. Wincing as he bent his morning wood down toward the opening, he was about to start his morning routine when he noticed there was no water flowing below.

Deciding to not take a chance on making the cave smell like a chamber pot, Kal scampered out into the main area of the cavern. Grabbing the glowing rock out of his pants pocket he then dashed for the cave entrance, his bladder complaining uncomfortably at the delay.

A few minutes later, a much relieved, and somewhat chilly, Kal came walking back into the oni’s home. Looking over at the bed he noticed that Ikuno had shifted in her sleep. Now laying on her side, the twin cheeks of her blue bottom had become partially uncovered. Smiling, Kal quietly walked over and pick up the jar of salve. Carefully kneeling behind the oni’s rear, he forced himself to stay his normal size as he coated his prick with lube. In a single motion, he spread her cheeks and slowly began sliding his dick into Ikuno’s backside.

The oni came awake with a start and a moan, accidentally shredding a portion of one of her blankets with her claws at the unexpected burst of pleasure coming from her bottom. “Dammit, Kal,” she panted, “A little warninnnNNGG!”

Kal allowed his enchanted prick to grow from normal to oni-sized inside her rear as she spoke. “Good Morning, Ikuno! Thought this would be a nice way to wake you up.”

The oni couldn’t help but think that his tone was far too bright and cheery for someone who had his cock buried in her ass.

Ikuno ground her rear against him, “It was a very nice way to wake up. Unfortunately…” she squeezed his cock so tight it was on the verge of painful then moved forward making him slip out, nearly dragging him with. “I have other plans for you today and I’m going to need you to have a nice big load built up for later.”

“Ikuno…” Kal’s eyes pleaded with her as his member bounced slightly in time with his heartbeat.

Ikuno sat up and kissed him. “If it hasn’t gone away in a half an hour I’ll take care of it. Right now though, let’s get washed up and get something to eat, we have some traveling to do.”

Much to Kal’s annoyance, his erection had gone away before they reached the mouth of the cave, and well before the oni’s deadline. Carrying only some soaps and linen towels, they headed up the same mountain trail Ikuno had made her breakneck run the day before. Thankfully, the day had warmed and taken the chill out of the air since Kal relieved himself earlier. He still wasn’t nearly as comfortable being naked outside as Ikuno, but watching her rear sway in front of him with occasional flashes of her glistening sex as they walked towards her waterfall kept his mind off his lack of clothing.

As they neared the ledge where her shower was found, she called over her shoulder, “There have been some changes since the last time you were up here.”

Kal looked across the ledge and his jaw dropped. There was a huge basin in the ledge that was slowly filling with water from the waterfall’s runoff. “When did you do this?” he asked.

“Yesterday while you were sleeping,” she replied. Noting that her new pool had only filled about a quarter of the way since she left it, “I wanted to make sure we could enjoy ourselves without worrying about me getting drunk on magic again. Look here,” she said drawing his attention to her horns, “they’re almost back to normal again.” Taking him by the hand she pulled him towards the waterfall, “Come on we have places to be, let’s get washed up.”

The oni thankfully remembered to warm the water from the waterfall before she and Kal stepped under it. As they cleaned themselves there was almost as much touching and groping going on as washing. More than once Ikuno seriously considered letting Kal have his way with her since he was giving as good as he got in the teasing department. Somewhere amidst all of this Ikuno managed to explain that once the pool was filled, and the rest of the stream was flowing normally down the mountain, her lavatory should start working again.

Soon enough they were on their way back down, Kal in front this time much to his dismay, the view wasn’t nearly as pleasant as the trip up. Back in the cave, Ikuno made them breakfast as he put together a small lunch and some snacks for their trip, Ikuno staunchly refusing to tell him where they were going, though she did tell him why. Kind of.

“In order for you to practice you’re going to need more of those strips of leather which means I need more ink to make them. Since I used the last of the liquid for the ink’s base we need to go and get something to replace it.”

“This liquid we are getting requires me to have my balls full?”

Ikuno’s face fell in the realization that this particular condition was a dead giveaway to her surprise she had planned, “Yes,” she said.

“I think I pretty much figured out why. Ignoring the conversation from yesterday with Perra. Are you okay with this?”

She nodded, “I meant what I told her. Yes, I’m okay with this. Are you?”

Kal looked thoughtful, “To be honest I don’t know. I think so, but I guess we won’t find out for sure until we get there.”

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Packs ready and appetites sated they struck out. Their destination was a few hours to the north and they would have to cross over two mountain ridges before they came upon the flatter forested land that held their journey’s end. On the far side of the second ridge Kal called for a rest, he was fit from working on the farm but trudging up and down a couple of mountains was making him sore in muscles he didn’t know he had.

Kal kicked off his shoes and inspected the soles, “time to go see the shoemaker again, these are nearly worn through.”

“Do my man’s feet hurt? Does he need to be carried the rest of the way?” Ikuno teased.

Kal glared at her, “Your butt flap ‘accidentally’ got flipped up and stuck in your belt so I’ve been getting teased by that sexy ass of yours for the last few hours. Do you really want to put me in a position where my mouth is that close to your ears and neck?”

Ikuno’s eyes widened, and her face flushed, “Okay, no piggy-back rides then.”

“Aside from that, you’re insistent that my balls be full when we get where we are going, and if I’m rubbing against your back for the next couple hours I don’t think that will happen”

Ikuno flushed deeper purple as the thought of Kal spraying across her…

“Definitely, no piggy-back rides,” she said breathing heavily, the boy was annoyingly good at teasing her back.

The path ahead was wide and had been fairly well traveled at one time. Looking back, Kal could see where it veered off to the east as it met the base of the mountain. It likely made it’s way to the main road east of here then on through the mountain pass and into Perra’s old village.

Since they were able to walk side by side Kal decided to ask Ikuno what she knew about the origins of monster girls.

“I have a couple books about them you could read back at home,” she offered.

“I will probably look through them,” said Kal, “however, by your estimation, I’m going to be having close relationships with some of them.