She arrives, but with some unexpected company

A few days have passed and you continued to keep attentive vigilance. Suddenly your ears pick up movement and you can hear voices, female voices. As you focus your eyes at where the voices came you centered to the fading fog, and low and behold there she was even more beautiful than you recall. Yet she isn't alone, you do not know who the other women is, bu you know that oufit anywhere, not to mention the devil-horned headband is dead giveaway.

Truly, what a surprise, a Kouma Ninja aiding a battle priestess, whom were supposed to be natural enemies. While unexpected in more ways than one, it certianly doesn't change anything. Well maybe it changes everything but in a good way.

As you look at the ninja and how boldly she dresses you can tell a lot about the one you hear Tomoe call Shizuka. For some reason you reel some resonance with her but can't quite put your finger on it. Between her and Tomoe your actually start feeling a bit homesick with all the nostagia of hunting a warrior priestess and a Kouma ninja.

You made a decision right then and there, not only would you catch Shizuka and Tomoe as a Hinomoto package deal, but you will keep them and use them to breed you your own new ninja clan. In the past you, after you take your prey down and take thier weopins as trophies, you say either turned them to Queen Aldra or the Swamp Witch, or just sell them to slavery, or sacrificethem as tribute to your demo benefactors, after you had your done having fun with them. You think maybe its time for a change.

Your ponderings are interuppted as your sensituvie ears pick up another sound. After some focus you determine it to be a pack of horses and footseps and a wagon, a caravan by the sounds of it. You refocus your eyes towards the source and found it was much worse. It was a army platoon with footsoldiers and cavalry and Wagons in center of them all. You even reconize the rider in the lead. The catty brat princess Elina Vance, captain of the guard. You see she is heading towards the hot springs alone, thank god for small favors, no doubt seeking to lay claim to the whole range like the spoiled cat brat that she is.

Speaking of cats your eyes pick up on another familiar face, your old playmate Irma, assassin of the Fang. You know her from your dealings with Queen Aldra who founded the dreaded organization, and has since played a dicey game of cat and mouse every time you meet.

Well now this just got real complicated, on the other hand, this may prove to be your greatest oppurtunity yet. Catching four women warriors, two you know to be Queen's Blade candidates, three if the rumours of Elina joining are true this seems to be a sign to test you. With all four of these women under your thrall starting that clan will be even more fun. Still you must remain cautious, Elina's little army is just a few miles away awaiting thier captains order and Irma is sure to get in your way if you reveal yourself too soon. Then of course takes you away from your original target.

Still you do have those summoning circles which could prove an excellent distraction to those guards, leaving you to deal with the woman. Still perhaps you should just observe some more an wait to strike. After all between Elina and Irma, Tomoe and Shizuka seem bound to be caught in conflict leaving you the perfect oppurtunity to take them while thier at each others throats.