Chapter 135 – Song of the Mountain
<span style="font-weight:400">"Mio, Saeko— Aaahhh!" Hatsumi moaned out loud as Mio started eating her out again, like a dehydrated dog drinking from a bowl of water.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Show her what you''re made of, Mio!" I encouraged her, then lifted my sister''s face close enough to kiss. Her lips quivered, breath came out hoarse, and eyes rolled to the back of her head. It was obvious she wasn''t expecting this. Neither was I. However, after having sex with a bunch of peoplest night and sleeping next to my beautiful sister, I couldn''t hold it in anymore.
<span style="font-weight:400">After all, Hatsumi was the one who initiated this.
<span style="font-weight:400">We pushed my sister onto the futon, and Mio hooked her arms underneath my sister''s legs. From up here, I got front row seats to see what made her ady killer.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Nnh… Mio… I''ll cum if you keep going like that… I can''t…" Hatsumi squirmed on her back, kicking and thrashing.
<span style="font-weight:400">It wasn''t until I sat my pussy onto her face did she calm down and began to feast on the meal presented to her. An eager tongue happily licked my pussy, quenching her thirst on the dripping juices produced by my arousal.
<i><span style="font-weight:400">Lick. Lick. Lick.</i>
<span style="font-weight:400">The sounds of our incestuous threesome filled the room.
<i><span style="font-weight:400">Slurp. Slurp. Slurp.</i>
<span style="font-weight:400">Like animals we fucked each other silly, basking in a room made humid from our own body heat and panting breaths.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Mmm… Hatsumi… Hatsumi…" I kneaded my own breasts as my sister forced her tongue into my pussy. The incredible pleasure knocked the wind out of my lungs. I found myself lying down on her belly, next to Mio where she shed a satisfied smile.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Holy fuck, I''m in heaven. I already know you taste good, Saeko. Maybe it runs in the family?" Mio sighed blissfully.
<span style="font-weight:400">I gulped.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Make room for me," I said.
<span style="font-weight:400">Both of us stuck our tongues out to tease Hatsumi''s little bean. The moment we brushed against it, Hatsumi screamed. Her entire body seized, and her two hands clenched tighter on my butt.
<span style="font-weight:400">I watched as my sister slowly learned to use her tail to tease Mio''s pussy. It flopped around at first, then began to move with more purpose. The three of us, embraced by each other''s lust and flesh, were getting close. My mind was dancing with fireworks, exploding to the beat of the tongue ravishing my sopping wet hole.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Excuse me! I''ve brought you breakfast!" the voice of a young, female worker called from the other side of the door just as we hit our pitch.
<span style="font-weight:400">"I''m cumming!" Hatsumi cried, shuddering from her orgasm.
<span style="font-weight:400">Mine and Mio''s climax followed right after, rendering all of us out of strength and lying in a heap in a heap on one another.
<span style="font-weight:400">Mio stood up first, cracked her head, and picked up a napkin to wipe her chin. She haphazardly threw on a yukata, then rushed to open the door without waiting for us or tying her own belt. When she slid open the door, it gave the woman such a surprise that a tray almost slipped from her hands.
<span style="font-weight:400">"S-S-Sorry! I didn''t mean to intrude!" The worker put the tray down and was about to leave until Mio pulled her into the room, charming her on the way in.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Alright! Let''s get this foursome on the road. Time for a good fashion cunny-train!" Mio said.
<span style="font-weight:400">However, instead of getting a resounding agreement from us, Hatsumi recovered from her climax and bonked Mio on the head.
<span style="font-weight:400">"What was that for?" Mio dropped to her knees, pouting tearfully and clutching her forehead in fear of another strike.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Saeko. You sit down, too." Hatsumi wrapped herself in a yukata and threw on another coat.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Wait. I''m in trouble, too?" I sat on my knees next to Mio.
<span style="font-weight:400">"I know now, as a subus, it''s easy to be swept up by your instincts. But you can''t drag people at random like this. Think of how they might be feeling? What if their employer and the okami scolds this poor girlter for being missing?" Hatsumi reprimanded Mio a lot more gently than I expected.
<span style="font-weight:400">Only then did I realize that I was here so that Mio didn''t feelpletely singled out.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Sorry…" Mio sulked.
<i><span style="font-weight:400">It''s too bad you never say sorry to me whenever you do something wrong!</i>
<span style="font-weight:400">Though this must be the older sister effect.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Let''s send her back to work and enjoy breakfast together as a family." Hatsumi ced a hand to Mio''s cheek and smiled
<span style="font-weight:400">Like an obedient puppy, Mio proceeded to do just that. She tinkered with the worker''s memories, then sent her back to work without any hassle. When she came back to us, Hatsumi lifted her by the chin and pecked her with a tender kiss on the lips.
<span style="font-weight:400">The act took me by surprise so much, I was dumbstruck. So was Mio, who stared at my sister with moistening eyes.
<span style="font-weight:400">"You''re my little sister, too now, it''s only appropriate I show you some love and affection." Hatsumi stroked Mio''s head.
<span style="font-weight:400">"H-Hatsumi!" Mio threw her arms around my sister.
<span style="font-weight:400">After breakfast, the three of us went on a stroll outside in the snow. Kosei had a trail built through a thicket for those who wanted to soak in sights as much as the hot spring. Mio skipped ahead along the wooden path, giddy with joy, her mood on cloud nine after Hatsumi showed her some sibling love.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Look what you did. You made the rest of her year from just that one kiss," I said.
<span style="font-weight:400">"You''re not angry with me for doing that to your girlfriend, are you?" Hatsumi asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">I shook my head. "If there was any time to be angry, that ship has long sailed after we… kind of had a threesome together… A kiss is about thest thing I''d get upset about. If anything, I''m just surprised."
<span style="font-weight:400">"I''ve been speaking with Yumi a lot moretely. She tells me a lot about Mio''s past. I can''t help but want to spoil her after hearing how tragic it was." She frowned.
<span style="font-weight:400">Some of it I only just heard recently, too. Like the whole being sold and raised on a ship.
<span style="font-weight:400">"It''s a load off my back. I was honestly worried if you would still ept Mio even after learning about our rtionship." I nced at my sister, whose cheeks have puffed up.
<span style="font-weight:400">"I ept it, and I don''t ept it! We were supposed to get married. You even proposed to me in first grade!" Hatsumi pouted.
<span style="font-weight:400">"That''s illegal! I was also a child back then! Of course, I love you. But we have to be realistic about some things…"
<span style="font-weight:400">We came to a field where people were ying, building sculptures and tossing snowballs. A couple of children picked a fight with Mio, and it quickly devolved into a war with trenches and teams.
<span style="font-weight:400">Hatsumi and I took a seat on a bench to enjoy the show. Using my phone, I snapped a picture of Mio just as she got nailed in the face by a snowball.
<span style="font-weight:400">"She really is like a child," Hatsumi gigged. "I suppose if your childhood was robbed from you, you would want to relive it no matter how much time has passed."
<span style="font-weight:400">There was actually something I really wanted to talk to Hatsumi about but wasn''t sure how to broach the subject. She of all people was possibly the most knowledgeable about our parents.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Hatsumi," I began, working up the courage with a deep breath of winter air. "What do we do about our parents when theye back?"
<span style="font-weight:400">The topic was an obvious sore spot for her, too.
<span style="font-weight:400">Both of us knew they would being back for my graduation. I was scared. So scared of what they might think of me.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Tell them the truth. Isn''t that our n from the start? I know you''re worried. I am, too. Back when they dictated every moment of my life, I knew right away they would do the same for you. Only by a stroke of luck did theirpany start a new branch overseas and needed trainers. You got to live a mostly free childhood from them, which is more than I can wish for myself. If only they stayed there." Hatsumi heaved a sigh.
<span style="font-weight:400">The truth…
<span style="font-weight:400">My sister had a very different experience growing up. While they were around her all the time, it was the opposite for me. I had neither a mother nor a father figure. Only a sister whom I was d to have, but it just wasn''t the same.
<span style="font-weight:400">What Goddess Everlight had said rang in my ears. Parents <i><span style="font-weight:400">should</i><span style="font-weight:400"> love their children. It would be so much easier if my parents were as forgiving and understanding as her, even if it took a bit of effort to get through.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Is it wrong that I want mom and dad to stop being a blur in my life? I know you could care less about them, but they… I''ve always wanted to just call them mom and dad to their faces." I twiddled my thumbs, jealousy growing as children yed with their parents in the snow.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Tell them what you told me. Maybe the sound of their own cute son— <i><span style="font-weight:400">daughter''s </i><span style="font-weight:400">voice might wear them down," Hatsumi said.
<span style="font-weight:400">"This might be a little selfish, but for my sake, can you tell me any good stories about them? I want to hear it."
<span style="font-weight:400">Memories of my parents were, as I said, a blur. I remembered them most as a child, but that didn''t mean much. We never went on vacations together, had only one family photo in their bedroom, and their strict voices were all I had.
<span style="font-weight:400">My sister opened her thermos to take an anxious sip, then cleared her throat. She did it again, then a third time while avoiding eye contact.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Really?" I squinted in disappointment.
<span style="font-weight:400">"M-Mom held you for a full minute right after you were born, and… dad was d that you were a boy!" Hatsumi revealed.
<span style="font-weight:400">"My hopes were already pretty low to begin with." I sighed.
<span style="font-weight:400">Mio came back to us, out of breath and all smiles.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Those runts really beat the shit out of me! We heading back soon? Cause I really wanna hit the baths after working up a sweat," she said.
<span style="font-weight:400">"There''s one ce I''d like us to go together first." Hatsumi got to her feet, and Mio and I traded nces.
<span style="font-weight:400">We casted invisibility on ourselves and took flight. The rural countryside of Hokkaido was nketed in snow. It would all begin to thaw out in a few months and be reced by a sea of green for theing spring season. A new start. Just what everyone wanted. Including me.
<span style="font-weight:400">WIth the wind fluttering in our hair and wings outstretched, we flew to the top of a low mountain andnded on a trail paved with old wooden steps kept tied without a spot of snow. At the end of the trail, surrounded by trees and overlooking the viges below, was a small, stone shrine. A kamidana. An altar which supposedly enshrined a god in our culture.
<span style="font-weight:400">"What is this? A cab?" Mio reached out, but I snatched her hand before she could touch it.
<span style="font-weight:400">"That''s sacred. We''re not supposed to mess with it," I warned.
<span style="font-weight:400">"I read in the Kosei brochure that a lesser known god that resides here has the power to grant people rity. It''s apparently very popr with couples trying to reaffirm their love for each other, but I don''t think love is the only thing you can ask for rity," Hatsumi said, igniting the incense that had gone out in the pot, then pped her hands three times and pressing it shut on the third to pray.
<span style="font-weight:400">I followed what my sister did, using magic to ignite an incense stick, closing my eyes, and putting my hands together in prayer.
<i><span style="font-weight:400">Is it possible for me to reconcile with my parents over what I''ve be?</i><span style="font-weight:400"> I quietly asked the enshrined god.
<span style="font-weight:400">The only answer I received was the rustling trees and singing mountain winds.
<span style="font-weight:400">Thankfully, I was prepared to be disappointed. A god living in this altar was just a superstition created by Kosei to get people talking. Deep down, a very optimistic part of me did hope to receive an answer.
<span style="font-weight:400">When I opened my eyes, Mio was standing next to me, herself in prayer. Once all three of us were done, we leapt off the cliff to head back. However, a rattling from within the cab caught my attention.
<span style="font-weight:400">I drew closer to investigate and saw a ck ring on an offering te that wasn''t there before. Before I could get a closer look, Mio flew back up to call for me.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Sorry, I''ming!" I followed after Mio, leaving the ring there since it was a bad omen to take anything from a god.
<span style="font-weight:400">The rest of our trip was surprisingly <i><span style="font-weight:400">not</i><span style="font-weight:400"> filled with sex. The three of us spent it like a family would. Mio was so happy being able to have a sister to call her own. Of course, that didn''tpletely mean there wasn''t any fun. Every night, she and Hatsumi would snuggle up to my sides, caressing my body, kneading my breasts, and licking me as their subconscious desire for sex took over. One night while my sister slept, Mio and I even snuck out of the room to leave a few vacationers with some unforgettable memories the only way we knew how.
<span style="font-weight:400">On the morning of the fourth day, we were packing to leave when I saw the same ck ring from the altar, resting on the table. Could Mio have gone back to grab it?
<span style="font-weight:400">"Uhh… Does this belong to anyone?" I asked Hatsumi and Mio.
<span style="font-weight:400">Both of them saw the ring, too, and shook their heads.
<span style="font-weight:400">Hatsumi only gave it a nce. "I thought it belonged to one of you two, so I didn''t touch it."
<span style="font-weight:400">"Won''t catch me dead wearing that gaudy thing," Mio said.
<span style="font-weight:400">"It''s not mine either…" I mumbled, picking it up.
<span style="font-weight:400">If neither of them had anything to do with it being here, did this ring just move on its own? I shuddered to think it did. The metal band was ck, with a pixel-thin silver line running along the center. Before leaving for the airport, I went back to the altar to put the ring back.
<span style="font-weight:400">However, once we got to the airport, the metal detector I walked through started beeping.
<span style="font-weight:400">"It''s probably the ring I''m wearing," I told the worker, referring to the gift Kana had given me.
<span style="font-weight:400">One of the workers pulled me aside and used a handheld scanner to check me.
<span style="font-weight:400">"We still have to check. Stand procedure. Empty your pockets for me, please."
<span style="font-weight:400">When I reached into my pants pocket, the blood in my veins went colder than the Hokkaido climate. The fingers of my right hand brushed against a cool, metal ring.
<span style="font-weight:400">"S-Sorry, I didn''t—"
<span style="font-weight:400">"It''s fine," the worker said. "Next time, double-check everything or wear it on yourself. Next in line, please!"
<span style="font-weight:400">I was ushered through, still baffled by the ring.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Whatcha gawking at?" Mio followed my gaze to what was in my palm. "I thought you said you were gonna put it back? Guess you liked it too much, huh?"
<span style="font-weight:400">"Eh… but I…" At a loss for words, I absentmindedly slipped the ring onto my index finger. The band, which should have been toorge, shrunk until it fit smug. Panicked, I try to pull it off to no sess. "I-I can''t get it off now!"
<span style="font-weight:400">"Hm?" Mio tugged on the ring and was weirded out that it wouldn''te off.
<span style="font-weight:400">Was this magic? Some borate trick? My hunch to leave the ring back at the altar was right, but for some reason it had been following me this whole time. Maybe me putting it on was what it wanted.
<span style="font-weight:400">But why?
<span style="font-weight:400">Hatsumi, alerted to my distress, brought us to the bathroom to help pull it off with soap and water. That, too, proved hopeless.
<span style="font-weight:400">"I''m not sure," my sister said. "Do you think we can use the de''s power to get it off?"
<span style="font-weight:400">"I wouldn''t do that if I were her."
<span style="font-weight:400">I spun around to meet the gaze of a boy standing behind Mio and Hatsumi, shirtless, and wearing oversized red pants with gold embroidery. The length of his pointed ears were pierced with ck rings, three on each side, but missing one on the right where a small scar should have been a third. He had peanut-colored skin and short, messy hair as white as snow.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Is… Is anyone seeing him, or am I imagining things?" I pointed to the boy.
<span style="font-weight:400">When the other two turned around, they thought I was joking.
<span style="font-weight:400">"This ring making you hallucinate or something?" Mio asked. "C''mon, Hatsumi. Get your sword out."
<span style="font-weight:400">"I <i><span style="font-weight:400">really</i><span style="font-weight:400"> advise against that," the boy warned again.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Hold still, Saeko." Hatsumi summoned the de after checking the coat was clear, but I stopped her before she could poke at the ring.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Wait, wait! I''m serious! There''s like— I don''t know— some weird kid behind you guys, and he''s telling me we shouldn''t hit the ring with the sword!" I exined.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Alright. You''re definitely off your rockers. You want this ring off or not? Gimme that!" Mio snatched the sword from Hatsumi and struck the ring.
<span style="font-weight:400">Everything went in slow-motion for me. I saw the boy put a hand to his head and sigh. Time moved again, and Mio was blown back, mming into the bathroom wall. She blinked a few times, all of us confused as to what happened.
<span style="font-weight:400">"What in the hell was that?" Mio asked.
<span style="font-weight:400">As Hatsumi went to help pull Mio out, I was left there stunned, facing the boy.
<span style="font-weight:400">"It''s obvious that I''m the only one who can see you. This ring belongs to you, right? Who… or what are you?" I asked him.
<span style="font-weight:400">"Finally, now we''re making some progress!" The boy smiled. He walked up to me and grabbed my hand. "I''m Yama-ori no Utako, and by putting on that ring, you have be my wife. Shall we consummate our marriage now?"
<span style="font-weight:400">I blinked a few times as my mind went nk. "Eh… EEEHHHH?!"