Stranger From a Strange Land (canceled)

Chapter X: Ruins of War

"Hey! Could you give that back?" I query. "Nope! Not until you apologize for making fun of me!" Yells Aries, dangling my dagger from her hand. "I'm not taking it back!" I say. "Then I'm not going to give it back!" She says. I sigh. She took that way too personal, I only called her a loli, because that's what she is. Short, small boobs... Yeah, definitely a loli. But she seems to think of herself as a 'mature woman'. Sure, mentally. But not physically. Well, she leaves me no choice. I run up to her, as if I'm going to simply grab the dagger from her. She falls for it, and spins around. I do a sidestep and snatch the dagger from her hands. Too easy. "What the..?" She queries. "That's what happens" I say. "Hey, no fair!" She yaps. "Uh-uh! Thems the rules!" I say. "So when are we gonna depart?" I hear Carne ask the carriage driver. "In a few minutes. You guys best get in, the quicker we get going the better" he says. The driver's name is Audrey. He seems like a nice guy, so we trust him. Once everyone's on the carriage, it's time to leave.
I'm pretty tired, so it's probably. Good idea to catch a little sleep.
        It's lights out as soon as my eyes shut.

"...nii-chan! Onii-chan!" I hear a voice call. What? I don't remember having a sister. When I open my eyes, I get a glimpse of a very small-framed girl wearing what looks like a swimsuit with thigh high socks, sitting on my chest. Where'd she come from? "Jeez, you took forever to get here" she says. "Here? Where is here?" I query. By the looks of it, there's nothing here. Just complete emptiness. "Your mind, dummy!" She says. My mind? "My mind?" I say. "Yep! This is your subconscience!" She says. "Wait, what?" I ask. "Oh come on! This is your mind! The place where thoughts happen!" She says. Now that I look closely, she's got little curly horns and a thin tail with... A heart-shaped tip? "Who are you?" I query. "I'm Chise, I'm the succubus who lives here!" She says. This girl... is a succubus? she's rather... Small, to be blunt. Though, I can tell she's not that young, just small. "What? Are you that surprised?" She says. "A little, yeah" I say. "Just because I'm a succubus doesn't mean I'm automatically supposed to be hot, okay?" She says, pouting. "Succubi can be cute, too" she says. "I didn't mean anything by it!" I say. I suppose she's actually pretty cute. She's got long, blackish hair, and beautiful scarlet eyes. "Besides! I'm not the only succubus who's this small!" She says. "Wait, really?" I ask. "Of course! She's just shy" she says. "There's another?" I query. Her tail is flicking back and forth... I've read enough dirty succubus mangas to know what that means. "Akane! Show yourself, dammit! Onii-chan's not gonna be here forever!" She says. Seemingly out of nowhere, another succubus, even smaller than Chise, comes out of the vast expanse. "I dunno if I wanna do this, sis.." she says. Okay, that's just adorable. "Would you mind explaining all this?" I ask. "Oh, yeah.. you're probably pretty confused right now" Chise says, getting off my chest and sitting beside me. She must only be 4'5, which is small considering that Luna is 5'3. I sit up, taking a breath. "I'm Chise, and this is my little sister, Akane" Chise says. Akane has short blonde hair, and shares the same beautiful scarlet eyes her sister has, which is complimented by the blush her cheeks are taking on. She seems very shy compared to her sister. "So what are you guys doing in my head?" I ask. "We live here. We've been here ever since you were born" Chise says. Woah, what? "Since I was born?" I ask. "Yes! every human has a succubus in their head" she says. "Wow, that's quite interesting... But, why?" I ask. "You think people only get freaky because of hormones? What utter garbage! That's us going to work!" She says. That makes sense. "But what happens when we go to sleep?" I ask. "ever heard of a morning glory?" She asks. Oh. That makes.. a lot of sense. "But isn't that only a guy thing?" I ask. "Yeah, the succubi that girls end up with are so boring! They almost never do their job" she says. "That explains a lot. Wait, why am I only meeting you now?"I ask. "Well the truth is, humans are never supposed to meet their succubi. Humans in your old world that is" she says. "So you're saying this is happening because I moved to this world?" I ask. "Spot on!" She says. "Does everyone have two succubi?" I ask. "No. In fact, you're the only person ever to exist with two" she says. "Why's that?" I ask. "Well, ever since you moved over here, a whole lot of things decided to get mixed up, and it kinda ended up in me having a little sister" she says. "Woah..." I say. "How old are you guys, though?" I ask. "Our bodies are set when you're born, so we never change. Our Conscience just gets older with our humans. So in reality, we don't have an age" she says. "That's quite confusing" I say. "Well, everyone's succubus in this world actually exists in person" she says. "What?" I query. "If they'd like, they can even request to meet their succubus in person at a Mantel" she says. "What the hell's a Mantel?" I ask. "A place where succubi dwell within the human population. They can summon your succubus from within the succubus country, which is offshore" she says. "That's cool!" I say. "But if the succubus wishes to, they can look for their human themselves. It's the main reason most people in this world never die before losing their virginity" she says. Why wasn't I born here from the start! "And luckily, in the month since you arrived here, we've covered a lot of ground!" She says. "Say what?" I say. "We're very close to finding you, so you can expect to see us soon!" She says. "You're looking for me?" I ask. "That's what I said" she says. "Now, you have two very hungry succubi who need you right now--" she says, pouncing on me and knocking me over. Her tail's moving like crazy. Oh boy. "Lucky you."