A ritual

At midnight at the said hour sako put on her shoes and socks and stood at the doorframe. It was incredible,it was not just the fact that maybe she was going probably to see a tengu tonight but also the feeling of no holdings back, Could she ever have done something like this under her mom's roof?

She felt excitement and freedom, the first time she had felt something similar was several years ago just one time and never again, now with her mother several miles away there was nobody to tell her to do or not to do something, there were no punishments or barriers.

She started to make her way to the said place, to meet the boys and hunt a tengu.

Sako met the boys under a tree of nashi, now sako knew their names, the head of the crew was Renzo, the other five were Touji, Arata, Hayate, Kentaro and Nobu, they were all crouched looking up a path that went inside the mountain foliage,

Sako walked along with the crew with Renzo at the head, the moved fast and quietly walking slight footed over the dirt until the soil under their feet turned into a cobblestone covered path, soon after climbing a number of stairs they crossed a big moss covered gate, sako looked around at the place they had just entered, it was the ruins of anancient temple, from the numerous tombstones and statues sako inferred that this had been once a sacred place but now it looked like a forgotten place, she wasn't able to see one single intact tombstone in the whole place.

The tall threes made the dark of the night even darker, at the point were she could barely see anything but close objects, the boys called her over the center of the templet where they had lit a few torches _here's the plan, sako, see that cicle over there?_said renzo pointing a circle made of stones filled with ash, she nodded, _you go over there and prepare for the ash rutial to attract the tengu. _he added.

ehhhh , what's that ash ritual about? sako that have never heard of such thing asked.

_you don't know? _replied renzo like he couldn't believe sako's ignorance.

_no. _replied sako feeling a little ashamed, was she really that ignorant about the traditions of her people?

let me tell you, in ancient times once a year the firstborn of the local daimyō stripped naked after cleansing himself and in that circle he was covered in ash by the monks of the temple, this was done so the gods and spirits of the came here and grant luck, fortune and favors to the village, nowaday although this temple and this practice have been forgotten the effectiveness of the ritual is intact and we can use it to attract the tengu. said renzo.

but we don't have monks, nor the firstborn of the daimyo, and none of the things you said. replied sako feeling the way things were going.

_we're going to make it seem like it, you're going to act as the firstborn and we'll be the monks, we brought water from the river and there are plenty of ashes in the circle, that's everything in need to attract the tengu, they can't tell the difference. _replied renzo.

you can't be serious, I-I can't do that, maybe we should look for another way of attracting the tengu. replied sako nervous.

I'm always serious and no, there's no other way, you know who elusive those creatures are, we need to do this, it's our only chance. replied renzo.

But, why do I have to be the firstborn? sako asked

Because we all have already tried but failed at the moment of catching him and now the tegu know every one of us, also tegus prefer women. replied renzo.

_but-but I kinda don't want to strip naked in front of all of you. _said sako putting a hand over her neck and a silly smile.

you promised you'll do anything for the crew. said renzo raising his finger.

yeah, but not like that, I'm embarrassed. replied sako blushing a little.

_You don't have to be embarrassed, we all know each other here, also you promised it, you have to do it. _Said renzo.

I'm sorry guys but i-

_that's treason, you're a traitor! guys go get her. _said renzo to the rest of the crew cutting her off

Sako's eyes widened as she saw the boys about the launch themselves at her. wait, wait, wait, okay, I'll do it, chill out, there's no need for that, I'm not betraying you or something, don't even think of such things. said sako afraid of what they'll do to her for betraying the crew.

Sako hesitated but remembered she had promised to do anything, and she was a woman of word, with that in mind she braced herself and started to rise her shirt over her head slowly, this was not so bad after all, this is only us and also was not the first time that she was seen naked sako thought, when her breast came to view all the boy's jaws dropped, sako just blushed more then she slipped her shorts to her ankles standing in front them in just her underwear, sako looked around instinctively and found slight relief in the pitch black night around her and slid her panties to her ankles.

this is the second time I'm naked in front of people the same day, why can't they leave my clothes alone? This is embarrassing she thought covering her breast and cortch with her hands.