Chains Of Pride

"Cheese and crackers Makoto!! didn't I tell you to stay upstairs?!" Rikona turned her head to see Makoto heading her way with Kura in tow with a smile on her face.

"Ah come on you can't expect me to stay upstairs with Mayuri downstairs." Replied Makoto, loving how Mayuri's expression worsened when he saw him.

Mayuri ignored him and turned to look back at Rikona, "when are you going to stop associating yourself from such rabble, he is beneath you." When Rikona heard this, she slightly tilted her head while revealing a warm smile.

Kura and Makoto saw this, and both their smiles immediately disappeared, followed by a few quick steps back, obviously knowing what this meant. Anytime Rikona tilted her head and smiled like that, it never went well, for either of them. However, Mayuri saw this and believed that his chance finally came and started to say more, hoping to keep her interest.

"Only someone like me is worthy of your beauty, we can even compare notes from our findings as great minds normally do."

"Since when can a plebian like you can speak of who is beneath me? You are much too far below me to even speak of those who lick my boot heel!" As she spoke that same pressure emanated from her slamming into Mayuri without reserve rendering him speechless.

When Makoto saw this he couldn't help but whisper to Kura asking "I'm confused, is she saying I'm the one l.i.c.k.i.n.g her boot heel, or is she saying that he isn't good enough to comment about someone who's only l.i.c.k.i.n.g her boot heel?"

"Shush!"

Kura just shushed him and continued staring at the situation with a stern look on her face. "A disgusting, insipid, l.u.s.t-driven dog is all that you are, your continued existence is enough for me to lose the contents of my stomach." The more she spoke, the more pressure she subconsciously released nearly forcing Mayuri to his knees, a feeling of fear began to well up from deep inside.

"What is this, am I sweating right now? Why do I feel like I'm looking up at her?!" Mayuri couldn't help but think this the more he felt oppressed by Rikona.

Kura saw this and knowing that the pressure was beginning to stack, began to run towards her sister "Rikona! Calm down!!" Hearing this, Rikona snapped out of her state and withdrew her pressure collecting herself.

She looked back at Mayuri and shouted, "Get out of here and don't let me see you in front of me ever again! Disgusting!" Mayuri didn't wait a minute longer when he heard this, he quickly composed himself and ran away, not even caring about what it was that he felt.

"Don't lose yourself so easily! We can't reveal ourselves right now, we need more time" Kura commented when Makoto was some distance away. "I'm sorry, I couldn't really control it it's still pretty new to me, it won't happen again."

She knew she had to keep everything about her and her sister under wraps, after some time, they headed back upstairs, planning to finish their conversation from before. A conversation that continued into the late evening.

"So that's the plan? You're gonna stay here for the time being and keep trying to grasp your abilities?" Makoto asked before downing a shot of alcohol. They decided to make a day out of wasting the day, after that episode with Mayuri, research was the last thing on their minds. So they had gotten alcohol and other snacks from the compound's store while they discussed their future plans.

Additionally, because of their change in mindsets, they were able to keep their prideful tendencies in check since it was now a part of them, well at least with Makoto, which was a huge relief to him.

"That's right, we'll need Exélixi's massive resources to not only find the others but also to deceive the Exélixi itself," Rikono was playing with her little sister's hair whose head was currently in her l.a.p.

"Wait, roll it back, deceive them? Whaddya mean?"

"Hehe, don't worry about it, you'll find out within due time. Anyway, it's about time we put up, quite frankly it doesn't matter if our minds have shattered their previous limits, alcohol and Kura never had and never will agree. Yet whenever it's around, she's the first to go down." Rikono only sighed when she saw that Kura fell asleep on her l.a.p.

"Above all, the head of the institute is the one who really has me worried to be honest. Him and Mayuri's backing, the head researcher are really close, and I can't help but think that this isn't gonna be easy."

Makoto voiced his biggest concern, and he couldn't be blamed. Though the head had been strangely absent lately, he showed too much interest in the sister's work, and it was nearing obsession if not already there.

"I have an idea of what he's up to, so we're setting up for him. And don't worry about Mayuri, his true intentions are clear as day, and we'll deal with him soon enough." Rikona tried to let Makoto know that everything that would be working against them would be taken care of soon enough, but even she knew it wouldn't be easy, in fact, it would be far from it.

She took a deep breath at this time before she looked at Kura in her l.a.p and then up at Makoto ahead. "So, do you know how to solve the puzzle of Kura going in her room without waking her up?" Common sense knew that Rikona wasn't included in the answer to that puzzle.

"I feel that this happens way more than it should" Makoto took it upon himself to princess carry Kura to her room, Rikona cutely laughed when she heard and followed after him. After making sure she was tucked in, he turned around to see Rikono at the door entrance staring at him with her cheeks flushed from the alcohol, though she was able to handle it much better than her little sister.

He walked up to her and placed his hand on her cheek and used his thumb to gently c.a.r.e.s.s it. She reacted to this by leaning her head even more into it, wanting to feel his gentle touch even more.

She suddenly took hold of his hand and started leading him back to her room and as soon as they were inside and he closed the door, she suddenly turned aggressive! As she pushed him back to the closed door attacking his lips with hers, her tongue soon followed, resulting in a fierce mix of lips and tongues.

He didn't plan to have her keep the initiative for long, as he quickly took her shirt up from over her head. She wore no bra, so what greeted him were twin peaks with an intense pink dotting each top. He then took both her legs and wrapped them around him and walked with her to the bed, each step overlayed with a kiss. Her lips tasted of alcohol and a faint hint of tea, a combination that he never knew he would come to love.

He then threw her down to the bed and stared at her, as she looked back at him through dishevelled hair, painting a scene of pure primal l.u.s.t. He didn't know what it was, but there was something different about her, a power to her that he wanted to devour.

Seeing his thirst, a slight curl of her lips and a simple beckoning of her finger was all the trigger that he needed. He arrived on the bed straight in her arms which got to work on tearing the shirt from his body, while his own relieved her legs of their jeans and beyond.

Her hands started to rub his c.h.e.s.t all the way down to what lies, "I believe I said I would give you an appropriate award, did I not?"

He smiled in response to this and replied, saying "Hhhmmm I believe you did, so tell me. What are you gonna do?"