I pushed my legs together and pushed my hard nipples against Hero’s' back. YESSSS. “Though, it doesn’t look like he is going to accept, does that mean you plan to hold him down?” Melissa suddenly asked as she looked between Hero and I.

  I froze as I actually considered that. I broke his wrist this time to prevent the Sapphire incident. But… Hero had been very… unhappy then too. Maybe… My eyes fell on Melissa’s breasts and I began to drool slightly.

  “He will be fine!” I said excitedly. Moving my hand down I grabbed the hem of his shirt and began to pull it up when I was suddenly on fire. “Fuck!” I cursed as I turned and fired my bubble rifle at Ember. Ember sidestepped my bullet… She sidestepped it?! Then she launched herself and.. I respawned naked next to Hero.

  Ember immediately snapped my wrists and wrapped her arms around my throat in a chokehold. “Perfect, just like that. Thank you Ember, in return you will get first right to fight her from now on.” Hero said with a smirk as he turned back to Melissa.

  “You are all insane! Who actually runs this kingdom!” Melissa cried. As she tensed and looked between the four of us. Ember pointed at Hero, Hero pointed at me, Aqua pointed at Hero, I pointed at Hero.

  There was a moment of silence and Aqua raised a second arm and also pointed at Alia. Ember snorted and spit. “She fucking wishes she was actually queen!” Aqua slowly lowered her hand on Alia again.

  “Okay, then who am I supposed to negotiate with? Cause this is bullshit.” She glared between us.

  A moment of silence, then I spoke up. “I suppose it's really up to you to decide. If you want to fuck Hero and make peace between… gurgle” Ember squeezed my throat tighter and I couldn’t speak.

  “Actually, I will negotiate, Alia is a smart woman but all she ever has is sex on the mind.” Aqua, Ember, and a few of the guards behind us nodded at that!

  “I do not! I have other ideas and schemes!” I defended myself. Aqua giggled and looked away. Ember snorted and said nothing. Hero just smiled at me and shook his head.

  Melissa relaxed at that and nodded slowly. “Alright then, just to be clear, the sex deal is no longer an option?”

  I quickly bit Ember's hand, causing her to let go for a second. “It’s totally on the table…” Ember pushed her hand back over my mouth and headbutted me from behind. Why the fuck did Ember have such a thick skull.

  Hero sighed, Aqua actually stepped forward. “I personally think it’s still very much on the table with some…” Aqua looked over at me, then at Hero and her eyes dilated… “minor changes to the deal.”

  Hero was quiet, he seemed intent on just listening for now.

  Melissa watched Aqua for a minute, then shifted her sight back to Hero. She made an erotic smile and I pushed against Ember's arm around my neck.

  I twisted as I pushed and after a moment I strained just enough. There was a loud snap as I managed to snap my own neck.

  I appeared a moment later and instantly slammed my hand open down hard on Ember's neck as I fell.

  She hit the deck hard as I landed. Summoning my bubble rifle, I aimed and shot three precise shots.

  Aqua took all three hits, one to her left arm, and both legs. She let out a moan of pleasure as she fell to the ground.

  Hero simply turned and looked at me with a sad smile. “sit down Alia.” I paused at that.

  Melissa smirked and vanished from sight. I frowned before I felt a sudden sharp pain from behind. Everything went black.

  I shook my head as Melissa used her illusions to vanish. I watched as Alia, suddenly puzzled, fell over unconscious.

  Melissa appeared where she had just been standing. “Alright, now then, shall we discuss this like civilized adults?”

  I pursed my lips and nodded. “So, you think you're suddenly in a place to make demands, or were you just cleaning up a mess.”

  She looked at me for a long moment, then sighed and looked over at the wall. “I'm not foolish enough to believe my people would win this war. But I do know I could make you pay for every single beastkin you take. I'm tired of the games. What do you want?”

  I smiled kindly and nodded. “I'm glad we are on the same page. While we are being honest, You are right that we would win. But we can't risk the casualties. I think we could help each other though.”

  Melissa's eyes narrowed but after a moment she nodded as well. “You plan to go to war with Empress Hiss?”

  I shook my head. “Her daughter Bloom killed her and took the throne. I have been summoned to a meeting with her I fear won't go well. A war is almost inevitable.”

  Melissa bit her lower lip, but after a moment she smiled. “Then you need us…”

  I sighed, then shook my head. “Not… quite. We just don't need a war with you. I am not asking for your help. I am willing to negotiate your citizenship. But in return, as citizens and equals of the Emerald Kingdom…”

  Her eyes darted to her people and then to me. “Right… that is.. acceptable terms. As for the other terms?”

  “Right, and this is where we might reach an impasse.” I said carefully.

  She shook her head. “No, I'm fine becoming one of your harem for my people. But there is one thing you should know before…”

  “I know what you are, I accept you as you are.” I said curtly. Her eyes went wide and she hesitated.

  “I don't believe you do.” She responded quickly as she shifted to look at me out of the corner of her eye. “You clearly know my name, you probably have spied on me for some time. But there are secrets I keep from all.”

  “Would you like to make a little… wager? If I am right, you have to give me one thing I want. If I am wrong, you don't have to join the Harem and you all gain full citizenship anyways.”

  Melissa froze and she stored on open shock. After a moment she collected herself and giggled. “You seem quite sure of yourself, to so openly make such a terrible one sided deal is foolish!”

  “That, or am I just confident?” I said smoothly. “Unlike most, I wouldn't assume your species to make you a liar or tricksters most would.”

  Melissa instantly had her tail at my throat and I felt a gentle tingle of multiple tails, razor sharp, at the edge of my body.

  Her eyes were narrowed and she looked genuinely scared and confused. “How…” she growled out.

  I brought my hand up and gently began to caress her tail. Her cheeks flushed red and she began to pant. After a moment she pulled her tail from my throat. “Stop that!”

  I brought my hand down. After a moment, the remaining invisible tails retreated. She walked over to me and grabbed my arm. “Come with me” she whispered as she pulled me deeper into the forest.

  We walked for over ten minutes before we were alone in a small clearing. She looked around and sniffed at the air. After a long moment she turned back to me.

  Before I could even try to speak, she began to shrink in size rapidly. After a few seconds she was suddenly a fox. She began shifting again and growing bigger, after a moment she was a large white fox with red eyes. Around 5 feet in height.

  She tensed and 4 tails came out launched towards me. I held still and her tails stopped inches from me. “Really? You realize I can just come back. I know you aren't that foolish Melissa.” I said quietly. After a moment her tails backed away, but didn't retreat.

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  I sighed and shook my head. “So, I'm assuming you accepted the deal.”

  There was silence for a long moment. Her tails rammed forward, but once again stopped I'm front of my face.

  I smirked and gently grabbed her tail before beginning to rub up and down on it.

  She jerked and brought her legs together before making a cute little sound.

  She however did not pull away and I did something most would find gross, but K found amusing.

  I put her main tail in my mouth and sucked on it. She let out a loud moan and pulled it away.

  After a moment she shifted back to her Foxkin form and looked at me incredulously. “If you truly know what I am, then you know what you just did!” She snapped, clearly petrified.

  I chuckled. “I do, you are part of the harem. Now, right? That's just a taste.”

  Melissa looked genuinely lost as she backed into a tree. “Who.. Who even are you?!” She was breathless and I could clearly see her now naked body, her clothes on the ground when she had shifted.

  Despite her words, she was wet and her nipples were hard and standing at attention. She was massively turned on even if she didn't want to admit it.

  I sighed as I looked out over the empty forest. The chirping of birds and the whistling of the wind between the large trees.

  I swallowed and turned to face her with a serious look. “Once upon a time, I was lost. But someone found me and chose me. Now, now I am what I should have always been. I am The Hero, And it's a role I should have always accepted.”

  Melissa's breath caught, and after a moment she just… passed out and fell over.

  I paused for a moment as I looked around the still empty clearing. She was just… unconscious… naked… on the forest floor.

  I shouldn’t… I really shouldn’t… It would ruin the whole speech I just made. I reached her and looked down at her beautiful form. Kitsune, like most mythical creatures, were considered extremely attractive.

  That being said, this was because of their ethereal nature and shapeshifting. You would think I would have had a lot of fun with her. But… the only way to sleep with Melissa was to bring the Emerald Kingdom and the beastkin tribes together in peace.

  That was way harder than it sounded, even as the Hero with extreme narrative weight. Princess Ruby Princess Sapphire were notoriously racist to beastkin. Not lightly either, like extremely so.

  Most of the time, despite my best efforts in a few iterations, Melissa ended up dying in the war that happened. It was mostly that one bullshit quest where during the escort of Princess Ruby to Melissa’s camp, beastkin would attack and if even one fucking beastkin hit her, she would aggro and die.

  Like, instantly, the worst escort quest ever. A few times I tried to kidnap her, but Melissa herself was notoriously strong and protective of her people. Which means 99% of the time, all I have got was the prescription pregnancy scene where she did that weird kissing animation and her belly extended.

  She would rush off and we would kill the spider together, then she would die later in the war. The whole thing was utter bullshit and one of the many reasons I hated the toybox. Truthfully? This was actually the first time I had ever seen her naked.

  I had even seen Alissa naked more often while fighting her then I had ever seen Melissa without clothes. Alia is and would always be my everything… But Melissa really was… I felt my cheeks heat up slightly as I reached down to touch her breasts.

  I realized that it was silly, that realistically I would be able to sleep with her later anyways. Alia would make sure of that as it were. But it was like a forbidden fruit. I wanted so badly, right now.

  I once again looked around the forest. Still no one… I quickly pulled my pants down and grabbed her thighs. Then my eyes narrowed as her head lolled to the side. This was a trap.. There was no way it was this easy. After thousands of iterations, even after everything. I was.. And here?

  No, it was definitely a trap… definitely.. A… I Lined it up and pushed in anyways. I froze, all the way inside and looked at her carefully. Her pussy felt so good I almost came just from being inside.

  To say she lived up to her nature would be an understatement. I looked for any kind of movement, but she didn’t so much as sniffle. I carefully went out, then in again very slowly and carefully.

  I came… I came and froze as I finished inside. Fuck! I slowly began to pull out, but I felt a sharp tip on my back. Melissa, opened her green eyes and looked directly into mine with a smile. “Where do you think you're going? We are just getting started…”

  I paled but she laid back and wrapped her legs around me. “Keep going, make sure to get nice and deep.” She actually giggled and winked. “I am part of the harem right? You said it yourself…”

  It was at that moment I realized what the trap was. Melissa had wanted me to claim her like this. “Out of curiosity, would you have still joined the harem if I hadn’t done this.”

  She snorted. “Would I have joined the harem of a man who wouldn’t take advantage of a beautiful unconscious naked woman of my caliber? Honestly, I probably would have either way for my people. But I definitely would not have respected you.”

  I couldn’t help myself, maybe it was because I was literally inside of her and she felt fuckign amazing, or maybe it was because it was such an insane statement, but I made a kneejerk response. “So if I didn’t attempt to rape you while you were unconscious, I wasn’t good enough in your eyes?”

  In response she used two more of her tails to forcefully push me in deeper. She let out a quiet moan before her eyes lit up and she winked at me. “In Beastkin culture ‘Hero’, a beast takes what he claims. It matters not if I am unconscious, if anything that's a better time for a claim. Now make me finish or else.”

  I wasn’t sure how to respond to that, it sounded so.. Scripted that it made me narrow my eyes. Was she truly awakened? Everything up to this point had been so clear cut… But that was… toybox logic.

  I wasn’t going to let that one go unanswered. “That’s…” She cut me off as she suddenly sat up and pushed her breasts against my chest and whispered in my ear.

  “That’s what Hero? That's wrong? That's illogical? That's horrible? Then why did you do it? You didn’t have to, and yet you did. You walked over here and started all on your own. Is it because I didn’t give you my waving flag of consent, is that it? You need me to congratulate you for taking what's yours?” Her voice was smooth and she began to ride me as she spoke.

  “If you truly expect me to accept you, you have to accept me, Hero. Can you not handle that? After all.. Your..” she began panting as she suddenly twitched and I instantly finished inside of her again. She shuddered in obvious pleasure before pushing me on my back.

  “Is it because you thought I wanted your permission or you needed mine?” She nibbled on my ear. “That Alia girl, despite all her scheming, understands better than you it seems. She takes and controls.”

  She jerked down and I felt her squeeze on me. “Now then” She said, panting slightly. “Here is how this is gonna go. You are gonna prove your the Hero right now and claim me like you should. Should you fail, I will serve your little girlfriend instead and you won't touch me unless she says so.”

  I chuckled at that. “You do realize that by giving yourself to Alia, you would be sleeping with me way more often than not. The girl is a cuckqueen with extra flavor. The first thing she would do is make you wear outfits I find erotic, followed immediately by giving you the sole purpose of initiating sex in front of her.”

  I expected her to be shocked or disgusted, instead Melissa laughed, hard and her smile widened. “Then she is exactly what I expected and even better in some ways. Very well then, let's play a different game.”

  I tried to stand, but she held me down with her tails. She continued to squeeze and shift on my dick and I clenched my teeth. Damn she felt so freaking.. Good… I came again and she giggled. “Are you enjoying yourself, Hero?”

  I turned to see Alia standing there fully naked, she was leaning in and smiling. I turned back to Melissa. “Illusions? Really?” She smiled and Alia stepped forward, fell to her knees and pushed her breasts against me.

  My eyes went wide as I felt her breasts. Melissa giggled and pushed her lips against mine. Wait.. Alia can’t be here, she is.. Why did everything feel.. Distant. “Shhh, let it happen Hero..” Alia.. no Melissa.. No…

  Alia leaned in and kissed me on the lips as Aqua pushed her breasts on me from behind. “You ready master?” Alia said as she slid onto my dick.

  I frowned and shook my head. “Alia would never call me master!” I snapped as I tried to break free from the illusion. I was forced forward onto Alia’s lips again and… what was I thinking. “Oh Hero! I am going to ride you hard!”

  I nodded as Alia began to rise and fall, it felt so good.. So much..better… I frowned and pushed her off me. “You aren’t Alia!” I said angrily as I summoned my spear. Aqua rubbed her naked body against me.

  “Relax Hero, play with me instead…” I turned and punched Aqua in the face. She dissipated into smoke. Alia kicked me in the back of the knee and brought me down before kissing me on the cheek and bringing her arm around my neck.

  “Don’t fight it, let me play Hero. You know it’s not real, but that doesn't mean you can’t have.. Some..” She trailed off and Melissa suddenly appeared and wrapped her tails around me before pushing my dick inside of her.

  She looked into my eyes and everything suddenly felt distant. Melissa was.. Grunting for some. I jerked as I finished inside of her pussy and she let out a moan. I grabbed her breasts and squeezed. “Yesss!” she let out another moan and leaned back letting me grab her.

  I pushed her on her back and climbed on top. Her nails dug into my back and she pulled me towards her. “Finish Hero, make me yours, give me purpose!” I paused at that and she frowned. Her frown turned to a glare and she pushed her lips against mine.

  Alia was under me, she giggled and pulled at me wantingly. I leaned in, but shook my head. Alia frowned and growled?! Suddenly Melissa was there again and she looked livid. “What form do you want?” She snapped angrily.

  “Here I am trying to enjoy myself and you keep resisting. What am I doing wrong?” I froze at that.

  After a moment I pointed at her. “You are trying to trick me!” I said. She rolled her eyes and punched a tree.

  “What did you think I would do during sex Hero? Did you want me to sit there like a mute little duck while you plowed me? Are you such a beta male that you can’t claim me? Is it that fucking difficult for you!” She stepped forward and grabbed my shoulders.

  “Listen very closely. You get one more chance. If you fuck this up, I will make you regret it. If you have a problem with one of my illusions, then TEACH ME about them. Understand?” My eyes went wide as it finally clicked into place.

  This was … just sex for her. She wasn’t trying to manipulate or control, she genuinely was trying to get me to claim her…

  I genuinely considered for a moment as I looked at the beautiful and clearly upset Kitsune. She clearly valued strength and taking what you wanted. I hadn’t been doing that, my words didn’t match my actions.. Thus, her rage.

  I watched for a moment before saying. “What kind of relationship were you expecting from being in the harem?” She rolled her eyes and shook her head.

  “The role is less important that you understand me as I am. Which you CLAIMED to do.” I winced at that, she was right. I claimed I understood her then…

  “You are right, I am sorry, you said I get one more chance?” I smirked and stepped forward. “Then let me show you why Alia enjoys watching.”

  Her eyes lit up at that. “Finally!” She said with glee as she stepped forward and pushed her lips against mine…