Ninja Gaiden Koibito

Beta Build: Rachel


The tale completed, Eliot breathed a sigh of relief, as though a great weight had been lifted from him. He sat back, sinking deeper into the soothing caress of the hot tub’s bubbling water.

Ryu Hayabusa sat in thoughtful silence, his mind processing all that Eliot had told. Much had changed since he had left the island, that much was certain. Ryu was glad that Hitomi had at last found true love, and Eliot seemed to be a fine young man. He thought about the other women he had known during his adventures, and wondered if they would be as fortunate. He also had many questions, but Eliot had held nothing back, so the answers would have to be found elsewhere.

“Well done, my student. Well done indeed!” Gen Fu beamed at his apprentice across the water’s surface. “I am proud of you, Eliot.”

“Thank you, Master.” Eliot inclined his head, blushing with pride. He looked back up at Ryu. “Master Hayabusa?”

“Yes, Eliot?” Ryu said. “What is it?”

“The promise I made to Zack…” Eliot shifted uncomfortably in the water. “Could you… uh…”

“Certainly, Eliot.” Ryu nodded, smiling to himself. “Let us dry off, and I will tell you all I know of the carnal arts. You may share this knowledge with Zack, but it will serve you best when you return to Hitomi.”

“Yes, sir!” Eliot smiled broadly.


* * *


Eliot departed a week later, having carefully noted all that Ryu had told him. Ryu and Ayane continued their intimately and physically rewarding training, and soon Ryu felt like his old self.

Then, one day, Ayane rushed into the dojo training room as Ryu and Gen Fu began a sparring session.

“Ryu! It’s Kasumi!” Ayane spoke excitedly.

“What’s wrong?” Ryu felt his blood run cold.

“Not wrong, Ryu!” Ayane’s face lit with a brilliant smile. “It’s so right! The baby! She’s here!”


* * *


“She’s so beautiful.” Ayane spoke from Kasumi’s bedside as Ryu and Gen Fu knelt down to gaze at the miracle cradled in Kasumi’s arms.

“As beautiful as her mother.” Ryu breathed, his hand lightly stroking his daughter’s thin, dark hair.

“Oh, Ryu.” Kasumi grinned up at him, her face glowing with joy. “Isn’t she amazing?”

“Have you chosen a name?” Gen Fu spoke softly, his eyes twinkling as the newborn cooed in her mother’s arms.

“Yes.” Ryu nodded. “Taki.”

“Taki.” Ayane whispered as the baby girl wrapped her little hand around the ninja’s index finger in a strong grip.

“A beautiful name.” A new voice spoke from the doorway. Ryu, Gen Fu and Ayane all turned in an instant, ready to deal death to whoever dared invade this sacred moment. They were brought up short as the man stepped into the room’s light. He was tall and muscular, clad in a dark shinobi uniform and sporting a full head of brown hair.

“Hayate?” Kasumi’s voice was full of hesitant hope. “Brother!”

“Hello, Kasumi. Ayane.” Hayate bowed to each in turn, but Ayane simply inclined her head. Her features spoke of a mixture of relief, satisfaction, and a vague skepticism that Ryu could not understand. “It’s been a long time, Ryu.”

“It has indeed, my friend.” Ryu stepped forward and the two super ninjas embraced heartily. “But we can discuss the past soon enough. Come! My daughter, your niece, is in need of praise and attention!”


* * *


For the better part of a week, Ryu was happier than he had ever thought possible. Between the birth of their daughter and the reunion with her brother, Kasumi was beside herself with joy. Kasumi was soon completely recovered, and in no time the four ninjas were training together just as they had in their youth.

Ayane had been a little disappointed that she and Ryu could no longer continue their specialized training routine, but Ryu had managed to assuage her desires during the nights. To Ryu and Ayane’s great consternation, Kasumi abstained from joining in their love making, vowing that she would only join them once she had returned to her peak physical conditioning. Instead, Kasumi would lie on their bed, watching with lustful eyes as Ryu and Ayane contorted in passionate sex right next to her. She would give Ayane suggestions and praise Ryu’s performance in a low, sensual tone, making both her sister and Ryu sweat in anticipation for the time when she would finally rejoin them. It had been months since Ayane and Ryu had enjoyed Kasumi’s affections, and the wait now seemed interminable.

Ryu felt occasional guilt, knowing that Hayate was only a few rooms away all by himself, no doubt hearing their escapades, but there was little he could do about that.

Then, one day after both Ryu and Kasumi were certain they were at their peak, Hayate took Ryu aside and asked to speak to him. They took a walk through the quiet woods beyond Gen Fu’s dojo.

“I should have come back a long time ago.” Hayate shook his head, gazing up at a flock of sparrows as they darted past overhead. “It was not fair to Kasumi or Ayane.”

“You had your reasons.” Ryu patted Hayate lightly on his shoulder. “You were here when it counted most. They have both greatly enjoyed your presence here, as have I. The birth of my daughter was a joyous occasion made all the better by your appearance, my friend.”

“I did have reasons for coming here, aside from my niece’s birth.” Hayate stopped, bringing Ryu up short. “I did not wish to burden you with this knowledge so close to such a sacred time in your life.”

“Go ahead.” Ryu nodded, his brow furrowing.

“When the devils at DOATEC took me captive, they made me dead to the world I had known.” Hayate clenched his fists. “DOATEC’s scientists tore my identity from me, and were it not for my escape, I would yet be in their sinister clutches: A product of Project Epsilon, a puppet of the vile Victor Donovan.”

Hayate took a deep breath, settling himself.

“But as always, you were a stalwart ally, Ryu” Hayate placed a hand on Ryu’s shoulder. “With your help, my sisters and I unleashed a righteous vengeance upon DOATEC, crippling their greatest base of operations and plunging their work into ruin.”

“A tale worthy of legend.” Ryu nodded. “But what troubles you, Hayate?”

“I fear, Ryu, that the specter of DOATEC yet lingers over those who dared to oppose their will.” Hayate turned away from Ryu, staring down at the ground. “I have met with the assassin.”

“Christie?” Ryu asked. Eliot’s tale echoed in his mind with ominous resonance.

“She was contacted by her former DOATEC recruiter. The remnants of Donovan’s cadre are recruiting whoever they can in order to track down two targets.” Hayate sighed. “Christie conferred with another former covert operative of DOATEC. Someone she said you knew.”

“Someone I know…” Ryu shook his head in confusion. “No…that can’t be.”

“The assassin told you were unaware of who it was, but would say no more. Unfortunately, that is the least of our worries. This unknown source verified through their own means that Donovan’s sect of DOATEC had established a research base of their own.”

“Donovan’s alive?” Ryu spat. He had been certain that his ninpo blast had obliterated that scourge of humanity.

“Perhaps.” Hayate nodded. “But something happened at their research lab. Something they did not expect. All the assassin knows is that someone or something incinerated the lab, and then escaped.”

“Alpha-152?” Ryu’s eyes narrowed. “But why would DOATEC be looking for two subjects then?”

“I have my suspicions, which is why I came here.” Hayate turned back to face Ryu. “The assassin told me of your encounter with the clone. I believe that…incident… may be the key.”

“Two of those abominations…” Ryu’s mind swam as realization burned its way through his consciousness. To be violated so completely as to lose one’s uniqueness of being, to have one’s essence perverted into a pawn of evil. Never before had Ryu understood Kasumi’s hatred of Alpha-152 as well as he did at that moment. “They must be destroyed.”

“Indeed.” Hayate nodded. “But first they must be found, and the assassin has given me a lead that will require your experience to pursue. I am heading for the lands of Vigoor.”

“Vigoor.” Ryu breathed. It seemed so long since his quest for vengeance had led him to that darkened empire. The thought of leaving his loved ones to return to that accursed land did not please him. “My daughter….”

“I have spoken with Kasumi and Gen Fu.” Hayate shifted his weight uncomfortably. “My sister will entrust the old master with Taki. Our enemies will not be searching for an old man and a baby girl.”

“Kasumi and Ayane should meet with Christie.” Ryu turned and they headed back toward the dojo. “Perhaps they can learn more from her, and pursue this mystery from another path.”


* * *


“I shall guard her with my very life, as though she were my own.” Gen Fu’s face and voice were hard and unyielding as stone as Kasumi slipped the young Taki into his strong arms. “Have no doubt to her safety.”

“I have none, dear Gen Fu.” Kasumi smiled warmly at the old man. “Though do try not to spoil her too quickly.”

“Of that, I can make no promises.” Gen Fu winked.

“We should be going.” Hayate spoke from the dojo’s open door.

Ryu turned to Kasumi, his heart torn. He took her in his arms, holding her close, savoring the warmth of her body against his. She looked up into his dark eyes, her face full of love.

“Kasumi,” Ryu spoke softly as Gen Fu moved away, cradling Taki. “I am sorry. We were never able to…”

“Shush now, my love.” Kasumi covered his lips with her fingertips. “Once your mission is complete, you will return to me, and we will know each other… for a long while.” She grinned seductively at him. “And until then, I’m sure that Ayane can keep me… entertained.”

“No question of that, Kasumi.” Ayane stepped up beside them, her eyes sparkling. “Don’t worry, Ryu. Kasumi and I can keep ourselves occupied while you’re apart from us. We’ll meet with Christie and find a way to end this. No reason to stay apart long, is there?”

Ryu kissed them both long and full on the lips. He then turned and joined Hayate who waved farewell to his sister and half-sister. They left the dojo behind them, walking east as the sun rose, high in a bright autumn sky.

“I have never seen a man with a better motivation to return home.” Hayate shook his head.

“Let’s go to work.” Ryu nodded, returning his friend’s rye smile.

In a flash, they were gone.

* * *

The vile spawn of DOATEC’s defunct cloning program had left a swath of destruction across the land, from Donovan’s covert lab to the border village of Ishtori. As the two super ninja surveyed the airbase, Ryu felt a sharp stab of remembrance. It was here that he and Kasumi had first consummated their love for one another.

The trail of fiery destruction led toward the towering mountains that signified the Vigoorian border. In the wake of Ryu’s quest of vengeance, air travel into the defeated empire was now unrestricted by the Vigoor Emperor’s tyranny. Ryu and Hayate easily booked passage, and were able to train in peace during the three day journey.

Ryu enjoyed catching up with his old friend, but he believed the trip would have been even better if he were rooming with Hitomi and Leifang once again.

The airship landed without incident in what had been Tairon’s military base, which now served the capitol’s populace as a public airport. Ryu and Hayate slipped easily past the security patrols, knowing their katanas would not pass inspection. The city’s streets were strangely deserted, even given the newfound freedom from the Emperor’s martial law.

“Where to?” Ryu asked.

“We are to meet our contact at a local establishment: Han’s Bar.” Hayate consulted a small map he produced from his tunic’s pocket.

“I know the way.” Ryu pointed up into the darkening skyline to a group of gaudy neon lights flashing in the distance.

Suddenly the ground shook, and a low rumble echoed from across the city. Hayate and Ryu exchanged troubled looks.

“We’d best hurry.” Hayate nodded. “Lead the way.”

They rushed through the city streets, passing darkened homes that showed no sign of life. They slipped silently passed the majestic statue in Twin Serpents Plaza. Ryu led Hayate past a jeweled gate and soon they stood facing their destination. Han’s Bar stood in brilliant contrast to the dark night sky, its garish neon search lights scanned the heavens. They made for the door, but stopped short as a large, bald man blocked the entrance.

“Do you have a ticket for the party?” His low and dim sounding voice challenged.

“No.” Ryu sighed heavily, déjà vu flooding his mind.

“I’m sorry, sir, but you’re gonna need one to get in.” The bouncer shrugged his massive shoulders.

“Of course we have a ticket.” Hayate spoke from beside Ryu. “Here it is.”

In the blink of an eye, Hayate’s katana was pressed lightly against the bouncer’s thick neck. The large man’s eyes went wide behind his dark shades, and sweat beaded on his pronounced brow.

“Uhhh…right…of course, sirs.” The man nodded dumbly, shuffling away from Hayate and his sharp blade. “Go right in. Enjoy the party.”

Ryu watched him flee into the night, shaking his head in wonder.

“What’s the matter, Ryu?” Hayate frowned at Ryu’s wonderment.

“Why didn’t I think of that?” Ryu sighed and followed Hayate inside.

Just as they entered the decadent foyer, they were met with a loud crash and panicked screams. Ryu at first thought he and Hayate might have startled the club’s patrons, but as he scanned the panicked crowd, he quickly spotted the cause of the uproar.

The blood-red scales of a dragon Fiend glimmered across the room. The beast’s jet-black horns glinted under the club’s lights, its teeth already dripping with blood. More of the horrendous beasts poured into the room from a fissure in the floor. The terrified customers fled past Ryu and Hayate, flooding the door and spilling out into the street.

“What manner of beast are these?” Hayate hissed through his teeth, his katana already in his hand.

“Fiends.” Ryu slipped the Dragon Sword from its scabbard. “Souls corrupted from the taint of their blood. I do not understand. I believed the death of the Vigoor Emperor would have put an end to this scourge.”

“We’ll answer that mystery after spilling these demons’ tainted blood.” Hayate lunged forward and Ryu followed.

Ryu rolled, bringing the Dragon Sword up in a diagonal slash that sliced deeply into the side of a Fiend, the beast howled as it collapsed. Hayate leapt atop the serving bar, knocking drinks aside as he ran. The shinobi kicked out with his foot, knocking a Fiend’s head away as it attempted to take a bite from his side. Hayate’s blade lanced out, plunging into the Fiend’s eye, dropping it to the floor.

The dragon creatures continued to pour through the gapping fissure in the floor, rising from some unholy cavern. Ryu and Hayate cut down a dozen of the beasts, and yet the Fiends increased in number. As Ryu severed the throat of another dragon, he saw one of the beasts swing its powerful tail toward Hayate’s back. Before Ryu could warn his friend, a glint of green steel flashed down from above, cleaving the Fiend’s head in two.

Hayate turned, raising his blade in defense. Ryu at last recognized the new arrival. Her blond hair was still styled majestically on her head, and she wore the same black leather outfit she had worn when Ryu first met her. The green War Hammer clasped in her hand was still as deadly as ever as it swung about, decapitating Fiends left and right.

“Hayate, she is a friend!” Ryu called to his companion while the Dragon Sword plunged deep into the heart of another Fiend. “She is the Fiend Hunter Rachel!”

“A pleasure, my lady.” Hayate bowed even as his blade sliced through hardened dragon scales.

“Hayate?” Rachel sent her War Hammer crashing into another of the endless stream of Fiends. “You have to go to Twin Serpents Plaza immediately! Our source from DOATEC is there to meet you!”

“Ryu! Let’s go!” Hayate called.

“No! Just you!” Rachel yelled over the roar of the dragon Fiends. “That was the condition. Just you, Hayate!”

“Ryu?” Hayate frowned.

“Go on!” Ryu shouted back, smiling grimly. “Rachel and I are old hands at handling Fiends!”

“Very well,” Hayate retreated reluctantly, making for the exit. With one last glance over his shoulder, he was gone.

Ryu and Rachel ripped into the Fiends with everything they had, filling the room with the corpses of their fallen foes. They fought back to back, Ryu’s Dragon Sword and Rachel’s War Hammer sending countless Fiends to their doom, and yet the beasts continued to swarm into the bar, boiling out of the fissure like angry hornets from a nest. Ryu had to close that opening.

Rachel skewered another Fiend, then turned to see Ryu bracing himself. His arms coiled back and, as he focused his chi, fire leapt up around his feet, searing the flesh from a half dozen Fiends nearby. Ryu cried out, throwing his hands forward, sending a blast of ninpo fire into the fissure in the bar’s floor. The surrounding stone and flooring melted and collapsed, filling the whole with molten rock and at last barring the Fiends’ entrance. Rachel dispatched another Fiend with a mighty swing of her War Hammer that sent blood splattering against the far wall.

Just as the scorched air began to clear from Ryu’s lungs, something bashed into him from behind. Ryu flew forward, crashing through several tables to slam against the wall.

“Ryu!” Rachel’s voice seemed distant and muted.

Stars sparkled before his eyes as he attempted to regain his footing. Ryu turned his throbbing head to see what had struck him and saw two dragon Fiends retreating up a set of stairs. One of them must have landed a hit with its muscular tale. Ryu was fortunate not to have a broken neck.

Rachel rushed past him, throwing casting a concerned look over her shoulder, but he waved her on. Ryu leapt to his feet and followed her up the stairs and after their enemies. They reached the roof, weapons held ready, but they stopped short.

The roof was empty.

The night was still and silent with not a sign of the Fiends to be seen. There was a flash of lightning followed a few second later by a roll of thunder as a storm approached. Ryu and Rachel walked out further, searching for any hint of their quarry in the darkness beyond the shining neon search lights. Suddenly a low growl rose up from all around them. Ryu turned from side to side, seeing the glint of a dozen pairs of eyes glittering at them from all sides. With a quick glance of wordless communication, Ryu and Rachel moved back to back, raising their weapons and preparing for the onslaught.

As though on cue, a horde of dragon Fiends rushed toward them from the surrounding darkness, their teeth dripping with saliva, anticipating a great feast. Ryu and Rachel fed them cold steel. Dragon Sword and War Hammer cut through Fiend flesh again and again, sending the demonic beasts to the stone beneath their feet. The two warriors fought as one, their attacks complimenting each other perfectly as the Fiends continued their assault with mindless persistence.

Just as Ryu and Rachel were slaying two of the fowl beasts, the last dragon Fiend curled its body and rolled toward them with frightening speed, knocking the two warriors off their feet. Ryu took the brunt of the attack, tumbling away from the pile of Fiend corpses and into the middle of the neon searchlight apparatus. Ryu rolled onto his back just in time to see the Fiend leap on top of him, its savage teeth bared no more than a foot from Ryu’s face.

Ryu’s right hand still clutched the Dragon Sword but, as he raised his weapon, the beast’s clawed foot came down, pinning his wrist to the ground. The Fiend’s eyes seemed to smile as its tongue wagged about in anticipation. The beast’s head reared back, preparing to strike. Ryu reached out with his left hand, preparing to choke the monster even as it devoured him. A ninja does not surrender.

Before the beast could lunge, a pair of black-gloved hands wrapped around its enormous neck, pulling back. The Fiend roared in annoyance at the pest straddling its back and pulling it away from its meal. The Fiend staggered back a step, and its clawed foot slipped away from Ryu’s sword hand. Ryu brought his blade up just as the gloved hands slipped from the Fiend’s slimy neck. The dragon Fiend lunged back down at Ryu, its open mouth meeting the business end of the Dragon Sword. The beast twitched, then went limp.

Before the Fiend fell atop him, Ryu heard a grunt of exertion and the carcass was lifted from him. Rachel hefted the Fiend’s lifeless form above her head, arms bulging with inhuman strength. With a strained cry, she heaved the carcass away, sending it several meters through the air to land with the rest of its kind. Rachel gazed down at Ryu, sweat pouring down her body, chest heaving as she gulped down air. Her eyes were alit with battle fever, the fight with the Fiends having awakened the power of her cursed blood. Ryu had never seen her look so beautiful.

The ninja extended his hand to Rachel. She took it, yanking him to his feet and pulling him tight against her. Rachel ripped the cloth from Ryu’s mouth and her rosy lips pressed into his with a desperate hunger. With a feral growl, Rachel pulled Ryu along with her to a wide stone ledge overlooking Tairon. She grasped Ryu’s collar and tossed him bodily onto the cool stone of the ledge, mere inches from the edge. Rachel leapt onto the ledge, straddling Ryu, her eyes burning with animal lust.

Ryu’s hands shot forth, his nimble fingers unfastening the myriad buckles and straps of Rachel’s scant leather armor. Ryu gripped her bustier in his hands as lighting scorched the sky, thunder shaking the ground. Suddenly rain gushed from the boiling clouds over head just as Ryu tore the leather from Rachel’s torso, her substantial breasts bursting free of restraint. The torrential downpour fell onto her lush bosom as Rachel arched her back, savoring the feel of the rain splattering against her smooth, full orbs of flesh. Ryu tossed her armor aside, leaving Rachel in her leather gloves and full leg boots.

The ninja’s hands groped Rachel, kneading her large rain-slicked breasts between his skilled fingers. Rachel covered his hands with her own, her lips spread in a gleeful smile as she indulged herself in Ryu’s ministrations. Ryu sat up, burying his drenched head in Rachel’s bosom, his tongue lapping against her aroused nipples. Rachel’s hands moved over Ryu’s thick arms, feeling ever contour of his amazing musculature. She reached down past Ryu’s rock-hard abdomen, and Ryu’s manhood was released from constraint.

Rachel lay back on the stone ledge, her hand wrapped tightly around Ryu’s throbbing shaft, pulling him with her. She guided Ryu around behind her, his knees on either side of her head as she lay on her back before him. Realizing what she intended, Ryu began to pull away, but Rachel’s firm grasp pulled his hard cock inexorably past her eager lips and into her moist, warm mouth.

Ryu gasped as he felt Rachel’s tongue slide around his rod, her teeth skimming the sensitive skin of his shaft as she took him deeper and deeper. His conflicted emotions left him the instant she moaned into his loins. Ryu reached down, grasped the twin orbs of Rachel’s gorgeous breasts in his hands, and began thrusting into her hungry mouth. Rachel groped Ryu’s muscular butt, pulling with her strong arms with each of his thrusts.

“Aaarrghhh! Lord of the Ancients! Rachel!” Ryu called out as he pounded into her wonderfully warm mouth. Rain lashed against them, the storm growing in power.

Rachel’s legs pitched up, and Ryu grabbed her shins, pulling her up and curling her knees around the back of his neck. Ryu got to his feet, Rachel hanging upside down against his torso, her breasts pressed fast against his abdomen while her stomach and thighs pressed against his chest. Ryu’s shaft never left her mouth, and she continued sucking his member while her leather gloved hands now cupped his sac, toying playfully with his testicles.

Ryu’s left hand grasped Rachel’s tightly muscled butt, while his right hand’s fingers descended into her nether lips as lightning ripped across the sky. He nimbly stroked and tweaked her clit with his thumb, letting his four fingers slide deeply into Rachel’s tight vulva. He felt her inner muscles squeeze his hands as she responded, her mouth also tightening around his pulsating rod. Rachel’s head bobbed over his cock while her tongue licked the bulging organ. Ryu stood, gazing out over the rain lashed city of Tairon, basking in the glorious sensations that Rachel’s mouth was serving him, and doing his best to reciprocate as well as his fingers could manage.

Rachel moaned long and hard into his loins, and her vessel clamped down around Ryu’s fingers as she came. Her muffled screams of release sent astounding sensations up through Ryu’s shaft, bringing him to the brink of release. With Rachel’s knees securely wrapped around the back of his neck, Ryu sent both of his hands down the warrior’s back to grasp her blond haired head. With a savage cry, Ryu thrust with all his might into Rachel’s mouth, pulling her into each of his thrusts with his strong hands. Rachel gripped Ryu’s butt in her hands, doing her part to pull the ninja’s hard member as deep into her as she could.

“Rachel! YES! OH! Ahhh!!! RACHEL!!!”

Ryu’s orgasm hit just as another lightning bolt knifed through the night sky. He surrendered to Rachel’s relentless mouth, his cock gushing forth his seed. Ryu shuddered as he felt Rachel’s throat gulp each successive volley, consuming every last drop. Ryu’s knees gave out and he fell back, Rachel landing atop him as the rain continued to pour over them. Rachel twisted around, straddling Ryu’s hips as he gasped for breath.

“More, Ryu.” Her voice was crazed with lust as she grabbed his recovering shaft and moved her dripping wet entrance over it. “I want more!”

“Then have it!” Ryu growled as he reared up into her.

Rachel rode him wildly, her hips pumping his thrusting cock. Sheets of rain splashed against her bountiful breasts as they bounced majestically. Ryu groped her, marveling at Rachel’s voluptuous figure as she undulated against his loins. How had he ever walked away from a woman such as this?

“Ryu! Mmmm!!! AHHHH!!!” Rachel moaned, her head rolling back as she lost herself in the feel of Ryu’s long, thick cock filling her tight canal again and again. “Harder! Pound me HARDER!”

Ryu sat up suddenly, forcing Rachel onto her back, her head hanging over the ledge over the city below. Ryu lay over her, his hands once more grasping her great bosom. Rachel curled her leather bound legs around Ryu’s butt and he began rutting in earnest. His thrusts sent shockwaves through Rachel’s body, rippling across her athletic form. Ryu looked down past his bulging arms, past his strong hands mauling her perfect breasts, and looked into the burning spheres of Rachel’s eyes. She gazed back at him, her eyes glowing with the same primitive lust that he felt boiling in his own heart.

Rachel bucked her hips up to meet each of Ryu’s thrusts with matching power. Their loins slapped loudly together, the rain water splashing with each of their thrusts. Steam rolled up from Rachel’s heaving breasts, curling around the fleshy orbs that Ryu so aggressively massaged. Rachel’s hands ran up and down Ryu’s toned torso, feeling his chiseled abdomen and sculpted pectorals through his skin-tight suit, finally coming down onto his own hands, urging him on as he kneaded her breasts.

“Yes, Ryu! Yes! Pound me! Pound me faster! Harder! Come on! COME!” Rachel’s voice was raw and commanding, making Ryu’s blood run even hotter as he thrust into her with all his might.

“Rachel! Ohhh….YES!!! Nnnnnghhhaaa!” Ryu roared.

Rachel’s vessel came down on Ryu’s cock like a vice. Her toes curled as her orgasm ripped through her entire body. Ryu’s hands dug into Rachel’s breasts as his own climax erupted, casting his body into a divine seizure of ecstasy as lighting split the sky apart above them. Their bodies convulsed in shared bliss while thunder crashed over them, trying to compete with their screams of pleasure. What little seed remained in Ryu’s loins shot hard and hot into Rachel’s quivering canal as their most intimate depths joined together in a primal embrace.

At last their muscles relaxed and Ryu collapsed atop of Rachel, her soft bosom pressed deliciously against his chest. Ryu gazed down into Rachel’s flushed face.

“Again.” Rachel licked her lips.

Ryu complied with her commands many times that night.


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Writer Commentary:


Hi, everybody! It’s been a long time since the last Writer’s Commentary. Since the Beta Build series is completed, now seemed like an ideal time to catch back up with you all. I’ll leave a general wrap-up and “coming soon” spiel for the last chapter’s commentary, so let’s jump right in.


First things first: What’s with the series title? As in previous chapters and series, I like to use gaming conventions when titling. Bonus Levels, Instant Action, Eliot Expansion Pack… you get the picture. Of course the beta build of a game is part of a game’s development and testing process. Many of you will recall that back in 2007 there was a public beta for Halo 3 multiplayer released with the retail Xbox 360 game Crackdown. There was a lot of buzz about that multiplayer beta, and that served as the most direct inspiration for this series’ title. Given that Kasumi’s clone was dubbed Alpha-152, it seemed reasonable that Ryu’s clone would be given a designation such as “Beta”. Diehard Halo fans will also note that Master Chief’s SPARTAN identification number is “117”. Hence my naming Ryu’s clone “Beta-117”.

This first chapter was a real challenge, and I underestimated just how much setup was necessary to get to the action. Again, it is important to note that Ninja Gaiden Koibito is not meant to be an engrossing tale of suspense or a taut thriller. It’s really all about the erotica, but a sex scene’s quality is often greatly dependent on the surrounding story to give it weight and poignancy. You have to make the reader want the characters to get together and to root for them as they make love. The more a reader can identify and empathize with a character, the more erotic and satisfying the story becomes.

The first major even in the chapter is the birth of Kasumi and Ryu’s daughter Taki. Much like the throwaway mention of Reiko and Dixie from Rumble Roses, Taki is a reference to the Soul Edge and subsequent Soulcalibur fighting games. In my continuity, however, Ryu and Kasumi’s daughter doesn’t simply share the name with the Soulcalibur ninja, she actually is that Taki. The character design of Taki is everything I would envision for the daughter of Ryu and Kasumi. She’s deadly, yet drop-dead gorgeous. Taki’s backstory also has the convenient quality of not specifying who her parents were. I have some ideas floating around in my head about how to follow up on the Soulcalibur connection, considering just how many beautiful women there are in those games.

Hayate’s arrival sparks some painstaking exposition which I typically loathe. It serves the purpose of making Ryu finally aware of his clone’s existence, which dovetails from Eliot’s meeting with Hayate in the “Achievement Unlocked” chapter, and his not-so-coded “the bride has a groom” message. There is also a little foreshadowing in regard to some unnamed contact within DOATEC that has a connection with Ryu. He doesn’t know who it is of course, and so the plot thickens.

Ryu and Hayate pair up to go on a quest to destroy the two clones, while Kasumi and Ayane go to do more intelligence gathering on their own. This is pretty much a tease for both Ryu and the reader as they fantasize about the two ninja sisters making sweet, sweet love to each other while Ryu hunts the clones. Since Gen Fu is serving as a mentor figure already, having him watch over Taki seemed quite appropriate. Now his granddaughter will have someone to play with!

The two ninja buddies (sure glad I didn’t use that in the story) track the clones across the globe, following their trail of destruction. I thought it would be nice to recall the location of Ryu and Kasumi’s original encounter. Considering that the clones are ultimately attempting to understand their feelings for each other, it seemed only proper to have them investigate the scene of their “parent’s” first union.

Since Ryu and Hayate were going to return to Tairon, I threw in a little treat for everyone who played Ninja Gaiden. The same big, bumbling guard attempts to stop the two ninjas from entering Han’s Bar. We last saw him in Eliot’s tale, but it looks like he got his old job back. Hayate does what I thought Ryu should have done in Ninja Gaiden. I even made sure Ryu takes a moment to ponder why exactly he thought he needed a ticket instead of remembering that he is a FREAKIN’ NINJA!!! Sorry, but that still gets me.

Once they enter, we get a little bit of déjà vu, with a bunch of those little dragon fiends running about scarring people. Rachel makes her entrance, and conveniently gets rid of Hayate by telling him that their contact demands to meet with him and him alone. Ryu and Rachel ascend to the rooftop of Han’s Bar to finish the fight, which is also the setting of the first cut scene they shared in Ninja Gaiden. I figured that would be a fine reason to make it the location for their definitive sex scene.

From a physical standpoint, Rachel’s sex scenes have a lot in common with Tina’s. They are both blonds with huge busts who are downright brutal when it comes to sex. That thematic similarity made me wary of using Rachel much at all considering that I like Tina so very much. I always feared the next Tina chapter I wrote would be underwhelming and a disappointment, so I pretty much removed her from the story so that I didn’t have an opportunity to mess her up. With Rachel I could explore Tina’s styles and not worry. Ultimately, I grew to like Rachel much more, and I’m pretty pleased with how she worked out in this chapter.

Against my normal tastes, I made oral sex a pretty big part of the action. Having Rachel and Ryu going at each other on top of Han’s Bar in the pouring rain was pretty erotic, and the image of Rachel hanging upside down with her legs wrapped around Ryu’s neck and devouring him was stimulating even for me. I typically interpret fellatio in most stories to be a sign of submissiveness on the part of the woman. For me, a strong willful woman is way sexier than a subservient bimbo. In this scene, I don’t think Rachel is doing this out of submission, but because she actually wants to do it. She’s taking pleasure from giving pleasure to an equal, not paying tribute to her master.

Rachel and Ryu keep going past the end of the chapter, and so onto the next!