Love Far Beyond the Ashes

Ways Of Leadership

Iroha pov: Koyori finished the entire bottle of mayonnaise and tossed the container at me. I caught it and properly disposed of it. "That hit the spot!" She happily said, I smiled at her sudden childlike attitude.

"Koyori, I have a question!" I brought up gaining her undivided attention instantaneously.

She cleared her throat and then opened her mouth. "What is it?" She asked me

"What will our leadership title be?" I asked her

"I don't know." She said she was perplexed by my sudden question and seemed really intrigued by what our leadership title might even be.

"So you'll be the queen, and I'll be the royal guard, right?" I asked her, and she shook her head in disagreement.

"No, Iroha. I want more for you since you are special to me and people need to know that," Koyori stated.

I nodded and walked over to the other three, gripping my katana tightly. I thought about how easily I could just unsheath my blade and lower it into their heads, but I'm not going to do that. When I went to turn around, I could have sworn Lui had moved. Koyori, there was movement!" I yelled She didn't even question me; she walked over and looked at Lui herself.

"She is awake..." Koyori growled in annoyance. Lui-nee sighed and sat up.

"Sorry for listening in on your conversation, traitors..." Lui-nee laughed

"Wait, do you remember?" Koyori exclaimed Her brow furrowed, and she clenched her fist.

"As soon as you threw that vile, I held my breath. I knew you were too smart to have just admitted your treason. I wasn't intending on letting you get a blood sample, but you can't always win." Lui-nee stated

"You smart-ass," Koyori hissed.

"Look, the only reason I side with you is because we are an odd little family of misfits, but I will have to stop you one day, but I kind of want a challenge," Lui told us.

Her words perturbed both of us as we stared at the sly hawk, who was shaking. Chloe was awake. She looked back at us and glared, shooting daggers into us.

"We really need to talk about the benefits of Holox now." Lui-nee told us

"Pft..." Koyori spit at Lui-nee, but the saliva missed her and hit Chloe in the face. Lui-nee just smiled at us, but her faux smile showed visible anger.

"You don't spit on another girl's girlfriend." She stated

"It's just saliva; wipe it off." Koyori snarled

"Okay," Lui-nee cheerfully sang as she did just that. Koyori walked over to me and whispered into my ear that Laplus and Sakamata should be out for a long while.

"Let's go over there," Koyori suggested.

"Oh, are you going to make out?" Lui asked, making sure to tease us for extra measure.

"Shove a cactus up your ass bastard..." Koyori retorted, clearly agitated by the fact that Lui is taking the piss and genuinely doesn't see us as a threat.

"I'll pass on that," She whistled before pulling her whip out. All she did was smack it against the ground. The loud thwack made Chloe dart up.

"Whip me, please!" She cried out.

"No," Lui instantly replied, "not until you bathe." She added

Koyori held onto my hand and pulled me away while Sakamata whined about not being whipped because she wanted to remain stinky. We went a safe distance, and as soon as we were out of sight, my pink-haired lover slammed her lips against mine in a blind fury. She slid her tongue into my mouth, and her left hand felt me up. I was getting way too excited by this. She randomly kissed me to expel her rage, but I liked it. When she finally pulled away, I couldn't help but feel disappointed.

"Are you hungry?" Koyori asked me all of a sudden, emptying the silence and making sure it didn't get awkward between us.

"Yes, I am a bit famished," I told her, using a bigger word in order to sound smarter. Koyori smiled at me.

"Well, do you want raw vegetables?" She asked me I gave it some thought but shook my head.

"Let's go out for Yakinuku," I said.

"Really, you want to eat meat?" Koyori questioned

"Well, you like meat, so let's eat meat," I humbly said.

"Okay, let's go have yakiniku then." Koyori stated happily, Her precious smile is one thing I will protect. I will get this world for her no matter what it takes in order to get her the world.

"I have more mayonnaise, by the way. Do you want to drink it?" I questioned

"I do, and Iroha, I've been thinking I kind of want you to be a queen," Koyori shyly said.

Wait, does that mean you want me to be your wife?" I asked

"One day, let's sort it out when we are in power. How about that?" She asked me happily.

"Yeah, that would be good!" I said it with a cheerful tone and a sweet smile.

"Let me be honest, my parents told me I was never getting married; they treated me as if I was nothing anyway, so you know it's nice that you are even considering this." Koyori laughed

I was astonished at how she could laugh at something like that. She just told me her parents had no faith in her love life. To be honest, I kind of want to cut her parents up because of what they've done to my sweetheart mentally.

"Iroha, are you okay?" Koyori asked me, and I saw her eyes flicker with worry.

"Yeah, I was just thinking I'm infuriated that anyone can be so mean to you," I stated.

"It's not a big deal; I have you now to vent to, and I'm happy with that." She told me

She began to walk away, chanting a song about meat, which I thought was adorable. Once we eat, maybe we can get a better discussion out of the rest of Holox, but until then, we are really just stuck.