The Black Witch

I held the crows gaze for no more than thirty seeconds and thought. "This cant be real. A witch named Kuriga, the stess of this whole situation must be getting to me."

"Not just a witch, the one and only Black Witch Kuriga. Also I told you to call me Kuri. What a silly man, forcibly called to a different world but you can't believe a witch is speaking to you?" That playful voice poured into my head. I could almost see a devious smile that was unlike anything I had actually expierenced. With that image in my head I thought "I'm going to bathe, come see me in my room in twenty minutes if you're real." I turned about face, rolled my shoulders back and ignored the confused faces of my gaurds. On my way to the bath I thought nothing of the gaurds behind me, my only concern was that playful voice and devious smile. "If they were real just what type of woman do they belong to?" Lost in thought and my inuition carrying me forward; I had no idea what was going on around me. "Elliot!" The strained yell of those awful eyes and terrible smile pulled me back to my hell. I cocked my head as my wife stood in front of me "Just so we're clear I was not approaching you." I informed her as the excitement faded from my mind and voice. "I know that you fool. I'm here to let you know if you wish to train do so at night. Seeing you move about freely concerns the maids." I swiveled my head to either side catching glances and the three gaurds behind me "What about my personal jailers?" I querried head still cocked. " I don't think this free, seems to be quiet the opposite to me." I added on. "They're not jailers, they are imperial guards and are not a fool proof garuntee." The implication that I could beat three trained, armed gaurds: male or female baffled me. "Very well" the apathy from earlier returned. Initiating my walk to the bath again Lora stopped me with "Better yet, perhaps you shouldn't train at all. Yes thats the best solution then the maids and the guards won't have to fear you building the strength and technique to overpower them." I pulled my eyes from the ground to see a new side ,to this woman that I was bound to, with an expression that sent a shiver down my spine. Her devious smile in contrast to the one I imagined earlier was dripping with malice, her eyes squinted suggested an odd mixture of sadistic joy and rage.

I stood frozen by that demonic expression, any arguments faltered in my mouth. The only words to escape were "Alright, I'll stop." The weight of the capitualtion, my wife's demoic smile and the situation as a whole forced my head down. I entered the bath slouched and down trodden. Taking of my clothes felt like removing a lead vest. The hot water reached my chest but I was in no position to enjoy it. I sat alone, making no attempt to clean myself. The fact that a precious respite was stolen from me left me numb. The time I spent lost in the bathtub felt like an eternity and an instant. "She msut have been angry that she was forced to interact with me so soon after the..." KNOCK KNOCK. A set of quick, solid taps on what sounded like glass cut off my thought. Glancing out of the corner of my eye at the window I could see the same crow from before. Before I could stand or even think the crow was inside. "What are you..." once again I was cut off, but this time by the crows transformation.

As a thin black smoke softly rose up around the position of the crow I could make out a female form. The smoke cleared and I saw her. She appeared before me for the first time. I saw her and my mind went blank. Her voice had already left an impression but in person Kuriga was a differnt league all together. Her long but powerful legs created an ark that pointed towards her wide but relatively small hips. Those hips with a set of faintly defined abs and a well rounded but modest chest setting above them. With arms that were both strong and feminine. As I followed the transfomation up I saw that same smile, the smile of a trouble maker that wants to have fun. A devious smile that screamed I will toy with you but there is no kindness quite like mine. Her bright clear blue eyes stood out in contrast to the light caramel skin that encased her. The transformation finished and with it her short black hair fell just bellow her ears. "You took too long to make it to your room, so I let myself into the bathroom." I stared at the beauty before me clad black silk tunic that exposed her midriff and a pair of matching shorts that fit well to her legs. "Ah, I know! I need a hat like this for you to recognize that I'm a witch." With a playful smile and a turn of her hand upward she brought forth a large brimmed pointy hat like those associated with western witches from my home world. As she pulled it over head she flashed a toothy smile and said "welllll?"

At that moment the emberassment of the situation hit me " Wait, Wait, Wait, what are you doing in here. I'm completely n-n-naked you know." Kuriga reverted back to her devious smile and offered "Don'tcha know you're not supposed to make a witch wait?" Her enthralling voice said that with such a strong hint of playfulness that my heart almost stopped. "Bwahaha-haha" her cackling revealed that what I thought of her smile was not wrong. She would toy with me a lot. "Oh, gosh. I'm kidding dude. Did you forget that I can see inside your head? Not perfectly but I can pick up strong emotions, directed thoughts, and clear images. I could feel the defeat in your soul all the way from your room." Her voice faded from playful to genuine. "Get dressed and meet me in your room we'll talk there." With that she vanished. All I was left with was a sense of emberrasment on multiple levels.

When I entered my room there on my bed was the same beauty that appeared in my bath,witches hat still on her head. In the well lit room I could make out a slight fang poking out from the corner of that playful smile. "God she is gorgeous." The thought appeared in my head before the fact she could hear my thoughts did. "Should I change to a crow so tha you appreciate me before you appreciate my beauty?" Kuriga asked as she sauntered over to me and put a finger in my chest. Only five inches shorter than me her looking up towards my eyes was powerful. "I'm sorry, I don't mean to be strange or put an over emphasis on it. It caught me off gaurd is all." I quickly apologized. Kuriga stepped back folded her arms, and looked me over. "You're not bad yourself." The obvious act of checking me out paired with blunt praise caused my face to get hot and I turned away from her. When I truned to face her again she was on the sofa with her legs tightly crossed and one arm resting on the top of the sofa. "That heavy defeat that I felt from you earlier is gone." noted Kuriga with an obvious air of satisfaction. "Yeah, you shocked me out of it. And I don't know what it is but when I look at you I can't help but feel like everything will be alright... or is it that it doesn't matter what happens as long as your there?" Now it was Kuriga's turn to face away from me in an attempt to hide her red cheeks.

"How is it that you get emberassed from compliments and me being in the same room when you're naked but can say things like that with no problem?" Pouted Kuriga in a low voice. I shrugged and said "Allow me to formally introduce myself. I am Elliot Letrate, it is a pleasure to meet you Kuriga The Black Witch." With a formal bow to round out my introduction. "I said to call me Kuri." commanded the witch. "So, Kuri. What brings you her to see me? Fair warning I can't help you get in with my wife and her family." The last sentence won me a glare. That I couldn't help but smile at. "Dont insult me, I want nothing to do with those harlot sisters." Kuri bit back at the suggestion. "I gravitate towards interesting things, and whats more interesting than a lone male in country full of mysandrist and androphobes; Who was forced into a political marriage after being summoned from another world?" The way her eyes lit up saying that sentence made me forget my rage at my whole situation for a moment. "What do you plan to do then?" I asked those shining eyes. "I'm gonna get permission to hang around here and follow you everywhere." She told me rather matter of factly. "Permission?"

"Yes permission, I do what I want, and I dislike the queen and her sister but I am not rude. I won't trespass on someones home for an extended period of time without express permission. Today was exception because I couldn't contain myself." I chuckled at her rather tame ethics. "I like you, you're pretty cool" I told the worlds most beautiful witch, who was sitting on my couch.