Ninja Gaiden Koibito

Beta Build: Helena


Ryu Hayabusa sat with his legs crossed, deep in meditation. It was not the easiest task he had ever attempted.

“Rin!” He invoked the ancient mantra.

“Mmmmnnn!” Leifang’s voice moaned, muffled behind the bedroom door. “Hitomi! Ohhhh!”

“Pyou!” Ryu concentrated, blocking out all external senses. “Tou!”

“Oh, JA!” Hitomi squealed over the loud squeaking of Leifang’s bed. “Mein gott, Leifang!”

“Sha! Kai!” Sweat dripped down Ryu’s forehead, his jaw set determinately. “Tin!”

“I’m coming, Leifang!” Hitomi gasped. “I’m…oh, I’m coming again!”

“Come with me, Hitomi!” Leifang cried back to her lover, her voice strained with pleasure.

“Zin! Retsu!” Ryu shook his head violently as the two girls screamed out as they reached orgasm together yet again.

“AHHHH!!! Nnnnghaa! JA!”

“Ohhh! Oh, oh, HITOMI!”

“Zai! ZEN!” Ryu shouted over the clamor, clinging desperately to his discipline.

His olive eyes shot open, filled with a smoldering determination. Ryu got to his feet and turned toward the bedroom door.

Even a ninja has his limits.

But before he had taken so much as a step, there was a knocking at the front door. Ryu blinked, coming out of his lustful haze, and shook his head in relief. He went to the front door and opened it.

“Eliot, Jann Lee.” Ryu nodded in greeting as they walked in. “How did you fare in the tournament?”

“We won.” Eliot answered distractedly. His attention was on the bedroom door and the moans coming from behind it.

“They still in there?” Jann Lee’s eyes did not leave the door.

“Yes.” Ryu nodded cautiously. “But they are still…”

“Ready, Eliot?” Jann Lee turned to the young man.

“Absolutely.” Eliot nodded emphatically. “Let’s do this.”

Ryu watched with wonder as Jan Lee and Eliot both strode to the bedroom door. Jann Lee kicked out, knocking the door clean off its hinges. Ryu could see Hitomi and Leifang entangled together on what was left of the bed’s mattress. The two girls shrieked in surprise as Jann Lee and Eliot walked right in, already stripping away their sweat soaked clothes.

“Jann Lee?” Leifang’s eyes were as large as dinner plates as Jann Lee pried her from Hitomi and climbed on top of her, lying between her spread legs. His stiff shaft entered her smoothly and without preamble. Leifang’s breath left her in a beautiful gasp of delight. “Oh! Jann Lee!”

“Eliot, what do you think you’re…Ah!” Hitomi squeaked as Eliot flipped her over onto her stomach and mounted her from behind. The English boy’s slim hips pounded into her with abandon. “Yes, Eliot! Oh that’s it!”

Ryu turned away and headed for the door, his blood feeling like liquid fire in his veins. He needed to be outside and away from the sounds of passionate sex behind him. Just as he reached the door, Christie appeared.

“Ah, there you are, Ryu.” Christie’s eyes went wide as she looked past his shoulder. “Oh dear…”

Ryu grabbed Christie’s shoulders and pinned her to the wall just next to the apartment door. His lips covered hers in a hungry kiss and he pressed his body tightly against her lithe form. Christie pulled back reluctantly from the kiss and shook her head.

“Wait, Ryu.” Her voice was oddly apologetic, and her breathing was heavy. “As much as I’d like to, I can’t. Bayman and I…”

“You love him?” Ryu asked as he stepped back, feeling ashamed. “Forgive me.”

“No, no!” Christie shook her head, almost laughing. “But we’re still partners for the time being. Until our deal is over, I don’t intend to take any action on the side, professional or otherwise.”

“Of course.” Ryu nodded. He was strangely relieved but was unsure exactly why.

“But damn, Ryu.” Christie motioned for them to step out into the hallway, and then closed the apartment door, blocking out the moans of lovemaking. “I see why you would be so eager. How long has it been now?”

“A ninja is the embodiment of discipline.” Ryu crossed his arms.

“Answer my question.” Christie cocked an eyebrow.

“Too long.” Ryu ceded the point. “Not since we left Tairon.”

“Well take heart, Ryu.” Christie grinned. “As soon as we gather up Kokoro, Hayate and Bayman, we head to the rendezvous.”

“Kokoro is coming with us?” Ryu was caught off guard. “But why?”

“Kokoro needs to speak with her as much as I do.” A shadow seemed to fall over Christie’s face. “Let’s just leave it at that for now.”

“What of the rest?” Ryu motioned back toward the apartment.

“Let the kids have some fun, Ryu.” Christie patted him on the shoulder. “Too much sex is an oxymoron anyway. Hell, it’s only dangerous if you pick the wrong partner.” She winked.

“Or the right assassin.” Ryu inclined his head.

“Ryu, you’re making me blush!” Christie’s grin was filled with perilous beauty.

* * *


The Douglas mansion was as impressive as Ryu remembered it. The last time he had been here, he had left several dozen guards unconscious during his infiltration and escape of the palatial estate. Now Ryu, along with Hayate, Bayman and Kokoro, followed Christie through the main gate and past several guard stations along the meandering walkway that led to the mansion. For some reason, Ryu felt far more uneasy walking straight in than he had sneaking stealthily about. Ninja habits were stubborn things.

Christie led them up a grand marble stair to the ornate oak door of the Douglas residence. Christie wore her refined tuxedo she had worn the first time Ryu had seen her as she had argued with Helena shortly before Ryu had broken in. The silver haired assassin knocked sharply against the immense door.

“Can’t you tell me why I’m here?” Kokoro whispered at Christie’s back.

“It’s not my place to tell you.” Christie spoke over her shoulder.

Kokoro opened her mouth to retort but was brought up short as the door swung back silently on well oiled hinges. A large, heavily muscled man stood in the doorway. He wore a dark green security chief uniform, and his eyes were hidden behind a pair of pitch black shades. His gray hair was pulled back into a short ponytail.

“Leon?” Bayman took a step forward, his eyes narrowing in disbelief. “What are you doing here?”

“What I can.” Leon’s gruff voice was full of weariness, yet Ryu sensed a great deal of resolve as well. “Come in.”

They stepped into the bright foyer, lit mostly by a spectacular chandelier hanging above them. Leon closed the door behind them, clasping the door with a heavy bolt, and then turned to address the group.

“Madam Douglas hired me some time ago to oversee her security forces.” He explained.

“Was Ryu’s little visit really that much of an embarrassment?” Christie smirked. “I don’t imagine your expertise comes very cheap.”

“I was brought on much later.” Leon spoke evenly. “And Madam Douglas now has every reason to want true security. I have also been assigned to the dissemination of all data pertaining to the Epsilon project and the subsequent cloning experiments.”

“Where’s Helena?” Hayate asked. “Shouldn’t we consult with her as well?”

“Madam Douglas will join you in due time. We will postpone a full briefing until the rest of your party arrives.” Leon spoke briskly. “We expect that you are all quite hungry after your journey, so refreshments will be served. You may all wait in the library where I can bring you up to speed on everything we’ve been able to gather.” He turned to Ryu. “All except for you, Ryu Hayabusa. Madam Douglas wishes to see you in private. Now.”

“Very well.” Ryu nodded.

Leon ushered the others into the library, then returned to the foyer. He led Ryu up a long, winding staircase. They walked down seemingly endless hallways filled with all manner of exotic valuables and beautiful art. Security guards stood silently at regular intervals, each armed with an electric prod. As they moved deeper within the mansion, Ryu noticed that the guards became sparser. Eventually they walked for several minutes without seeing a soul. At long last Leon stopped at a door identical to a hundred others they had past by.

“I will return to your friends now, Ryu Hayabusa.” Leon nodded curtly. “Madam Helena waits within.”

Ryu waited until Leon had rounded a corner before opening the door. He stepped into a softly lit room filled with soft, cushioned furnishings. Ryu’s eye was drawn to a large pen in the middle of the room. He approached the pillow-laden enclosure silently, feeling a strange tingling run over his skin as he looked down to see a small figure lying fast asleep beneath a hand woven blanket.

“He’s beautiful, isn’t he?” A voice spoke softly from across the room. Helena Douglas walked up next to Ryu. She wore a striking red Victorian dress.

“A boy?” Ryu found his voice strained and thick. “What is his name?”

Helena reached down and stroked the baby’s cheek softly. “I haven’t chosen a name yet. I thought perhaps you would want to name him.”

“Me?” Ryu reached up and removed his ninja mask and helm. He knelt down and ran his fingers through the baby’s wispy dark hair.

“He is of your blood, Ryu.” Helena smiled at him.

“But not my son?” Ryu turned to her.

“You fathered him, Ryu.” Helena placed her hand on Ryu’s shoulder. “You sired my heir; gave me a strong, vibrant boy whom I will treasure for all my days.”

“But he will not know me, will he?” Ryu swallowed hard.

“Not as a son knows a father, no.” Helena’s eyes filled with unshed tears. “I live in a world of intrigue and betrayal. There are powerful people who must believe he was fathered by the lord of another noble family. His life would be threatened if they knew the truth.”

“I understand.” Ryu clenched his teeth, trying to keep his anger in check.

“No you don’t, Ryu.” Helena placed a hand on his cheek and turned his face to hers. “A man like you could never understand my world. Your honor, your courage… your very spirit makes that impossible. That’s why I chose you, Ryu. It was the greatest gift I could give to my son.”

“Helena.” Ryu took her hand in his and they both stood. He could feel his fury melt away.

“I’ve missed you, Ryu.” Helena blinked away her tears, trying to regain her regal composure. “Please, follow me.”

Leaving the baby sleeping peacefully, Ryu followed Helena into an adjacent bedroom. A roaring fireplace cast dancing shadows across the luxurious chamber. A thick, soft Egyptian cotton rug was spread across the floor in front of the crackling fire and reaching to the foot of an enormous bed, filled with pillows.

Helena turned to Ryu, her turquoise eyes catching the firelight. She reached up and cupped Ryu’s cheek in her hand, caressing tenderly.

“I’ve missed you so much, mon ami. I am so alone here.” She closed her eyes, and a single tear finally broke free, trailing a line down her cheek to the corner of her mouth. “I miss your strength. I miss the warmth of your body against mine. I miss the feeling of you within me, filling me.”

Ryu’s hands came up, gently clasping Helena’s shoulders. He leaned in, his lips kissing down the trail of Helena’s tear, finally meeting her lush lips in a tender kiss. Helena melted against Ryu as their mouths worked against one another, tongues coiling together as their kiss deepened. Helena reached up and began untying her bodice. Ryu’s lips moved from Helena’s mouth, trailing down her throat. Helena let her head sway back and she took a deep breath as she savored Ryu’s attention. The cloth cords loosened as Helena inhaled, and her full bosom spilled free of constraint.

Ryu pealed the fabric down over Helena’s shoulders. The rich scarlet dress fell from the heiress, running like water over the smooth curve of her buttocks before crumpling around her slender ankles. She stood naked before him, the firelight dancing over her creamy skin, framing Helena in an angelica glow. Ryu quickly shed his ninja garb. Helena smiled as she watched the ninja’s chiseled pectorals and sculpted abs stretch and ripple as Ryu moved to take her in his powerful arms.

The young ninja swept Helena off her feet, carried her across the room and gently laid her on the soft expanse of pillows that covered the bed. Helena pulled Ryu down on top of her nude body, cooing as she felt his hardening manhood rub against her inner thigh.

“Oui, Ryu.” Helena kissed him deeply; running her hands over Ryu’s muscled back. She then reached down between them and grasped Ryu’s stiff shaft and squeezed firmly. “Oh, oui. It has been so long. I need this; I need you inside me.”

“It has been far too long, Helena. Oh, nnmphh...” Ryu groaned as Helena’s hand stroked him. Ryu’s body screamed for satisfaction that had been denied for what seemed an eternity.

Ryu came up on his knees between Helena’s spread legs. Helena’s breath quickened with anticipation as Ryu grasped her waist in his hands, pulling her hips up toward his twitching rod.

“Ahhh…ah…Mon DIEU!” Helena squealed as she felt Ryu’s cock part her nether lips. The ninja’s solid flesh plunged into her, inch after inch, sinking ever deeper into her hot, slick vessel. “Nnnghhhaaa! I’d forgotten how…ohhh…how big you are, Ryu! So…so HARD!”

“Lords, Helena!” Ryu gritted his teeth as pleasure fired up through his cock, lighting his loins ablaze. “You’re tight! The heat! Lords, the heat!”

Ryu began bucking his hips, thrusting into Helena’s voluptuous body, sending her gorgeous breasts jostling about. Helena’s hands clawed into the fine linen sheets while she gazed down over her heaving bust to watch Ryu’s cock drive into her tight folds again and again. Helena bit down on her lower lip, trying to keep from crying out. She failed.

“Oh Ryu! More! More!” Helena beseeched him, gazing down as his hips worked between her quivering thighs. “Oui! That’s it! You know…unnghh…I feared I might not see you again after I left the…ohhh…the island.”

“Why is that?” Ryu breathed. Helena’s sheath was squeezing him tighter than he could have hoped.

“You live a dangerous life, Ryu.” Helena licked her lips. Her knuckles were white as she clutched desperately at the bed sheets while Ryu thrust into her. “Oui…oui… That’s perfect, Ryu. That feels so good!”

“Life is a dangerous thing.” Ryu nodded, feeling sweat begin to bead across his brow. “Mmmm…ohh… But I do not live my life alone. I have allies…ahhh…friends that would give their lives for me, and I would do the same for…nnnghaaa! Helena, yes!... I would do the same for them!”

“That must be wonderful, Ryu.” Helena’s voice was equal parts sorrow and lust. “I live in total solitude.”

“Leon is not a friend?” Ryu left unspoken his suspicion that the mercenary and Helena might have a more intimate relationship.

“He’s a good man…ahhh…” Helena twisted over onto her side, closing her legs and allowing Ryu to thrust into an even tighter vessel. “But he’s just an employee. Does this feel good, Ryu?”

“Y-yes!” Ryu’s hands caressed Helena’s creamy buttocks as his rod slid between Helena’s closed thighs and into her intimate folds. “But you do have someone, Helena.”

Lying on her side, Helena turned back to look at Ryu. “I’m not so certain…ohhh! Mmmmhhaaa! It is complicated, Ryu.”

“Very well.” Ryu reached out and grabbed hold of Helena’s wrist. “Then let’s keep things simple.” Ryu pulled Helena up to her knees and grabbed hold of her other wrist. Pulling firmly, Ryu rode her from behind with sudden aggression.

“Oh oui! OUI!” Helena moaned while her eyes fluttered closed. Her supple breasts jiggled beneath her with the unyielding force of Ryu’s persistent thrusts. She grinned as the sound of Ryu’s groin slapping against her taut butt filled the air. “Harder, Ryu! Feel the rhythm! Harder!”

The bed shook violently as they strained against one another in frenzied passion, their bodies’ undulations bringing exquisite pleasures coursing through their loins. Helena’s sweet voice cried out as she felt Ryu’s testicles slap against her. Ryu rolled and sat upright on the bed, and Helena twisted around in his lap bringing them face to face. Ryu craned his neck down, licking and nibbling Helena’s luscious breasts while she ran her fingers through his thick auburn hair. Helena’s golden hair cascaded down over her shoulders and down her back, sticking to her sweat slick skin.

Ryu groaned into her bosom as Helena’s hips rolled against his groin, churning his cock within the hot confines of her sheath. The ninja bucked his hips, driving his throbbing rod up into her, driving Helena into new realms of pleasure.

“Ryu, I’m getting close!” Helena began bouncing up and down, pumping Ryu’s cock desperately. Ryu grasped her waist, helping her as she rose up and came crashing back down onto him again and again, driving his manhood deeper and deeper. The fireplace blazed, and Helena’s voluptuous body glistened with sweat. She looked down and pressed her forehead against Ryu’s, staring into his eyes even as she rode him ever more forcefully. “Venez avec moi., Ryu! Oh, come with me!”

“Yes, Helena!” Ryu growled. Helena’s breasts slid over his sweaty pectorals. Ryu moaned at the feel of her soft orbs rubbing across his bare chest. “Here it comes!”

“RYU!!! NNNGHHHAA!!!” Helena squealed, raking her fingernails down Ryu’s back. Her inner depths convulsed, bearing down on Ryu’s shaft.

“HELENA! AAARGHHHH!!!” Ryu arched his back and his hips heaved, burying his cock to the hilt within Helena’s convulsing vessel and letting loose his orgasm, blasting his seed up into her with several forceful volleys.

“I can feel you coming, Ryu!” Helena screamed, shaking in his arms as she rode Ryu’s raging shaft of hard flesh. Helena’s mouth was flung open as her orgasm continued to flood her body with ecstasy. “Oh MON DIEU! I can feel it! AHHHH!!!”

“Nnnnghha! Helena! Aaaargh!” Ryu gazed into her wide eyes as they shared in the intensity of the moment.

“Oh…ahhh…don’t…don’t take it out.” Helena whispered breathlessly as they finally came to their senses. Strands of her flaxen hair hung down over her left eye, and she brushed it back behind her ear. “I just want to feel you inside me for a little while.”

“Of course, Helena.” Ryu had no complaints.

They sat on the bed, cradling one another as their bodies dripped with perspiration. Helena leaned in and they kissed, letting their lips and tongues duel gently, their loins still coupled. Helena cooed as she felt Ryu’s heartbeat in his chest as it pressed against her soft breasts; and she moaned softly as she felt the same rhythmic pulsing from his rod resting within her warm vessel.

“It is better every time, Ryu.” Helena marveled as their lips parted.

“Indeed it does, Helena.” Ryu returned her smile. “Should we join the others?”

“Leon will signal us when the rest of them arrive.” Helena grinned.

“And until then?” Ryu arched an eyebrow.

“I did not spend a small fortune on that luxuriously soft rug in front of the fireplace just for vanity’s sake, Ryu.” Helena’s brilliant white teeth glowed in the dancing firelight.

Both fire and passion burned hot and long that night.


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Writer Commentary:

If the Christie/Bayman chapter was my favorite in the Beta Build series, this chapter easily comes in at a close second, just for being such a pleasant surprise.

After the last chapter’s interlude with Rachel and the ninja sisters, we come back to find Ryu trying to meditate while also attempting to ignore Hitomi and Leifang’s raucous antics in the bedroom. The “Rin, Pyou, Tou, Sha, Kai, Jin, Retsu, Zai, Zen” chant is heard in DOA 3, and is also the meaning of the symbols that light up when you increase Ryu’s health bar in Ninja Gaiden. Ryu’s discipline finally breaks down, but Jann Lee and Eliot return before Ryu does anything they would probably all regret.

I’ll admit that it’s pretty bizarre to have Jann Lee and Eliot both just waltz in and start making love to the girls, but I liked the idea of them both taking charge and being confident enough to not be intimidated by Leifang and Hitomi’s relationship. Ryu goes a little bonkers, though, and jumps Christie the moment she walks in. There’s an interesting little moment here when it’s Christie who actually declines sex. We’re talking about Christie here, folks. You know, the woman who’s had a pretty intense relationship with Helena, Ryu, Eliot and now Bayman? It’s not that Christie is interested in monogamy, but she and Bayman are currently partners, and Christie is nothing if not a professional.

Since the Beta Build series is the last full installment, it was my last chance to introduce the remaining characters in the DOA universe. Leon had been previously overlooked previously not because there is anything wrong with his character but rather that he is just a little too similar to Bayman. They’re both muscular soldiers with brooding personas. I didn’t end up pairing him with any of the DOA women, at least not explicitly. We’ll just assume that Helena employs a few dozen gorgeous French maids and that Leon gives them all very intense…uh…self-defense training.

Helena became far more important a character in the Koibito series than I had ever expected. You’ll recall that her first chapter was easily the weakest of the initial Koibito stories. I tried to give Helena her proper due in the Instant Action series. In that chapter, Helena uses Ryu’s honesty and integrity to compel him to impregnate her. We haven’t seen Helena since then, and now she has long since given birth to that child. Suddenly Helena goes from being one of the least important characters to the only woman beside Kasumi to bear Ryu’s offspring. I was pleased with Helena’s appearance in the Instant Action series, but I think she finally shines in this chapter.

I neglected to give Ryu and Helena’s son a name, for which I’m still beating myself up. I had planned to name him after a character from Soul Calibur, just as I had done with Taki. I won’t say which one, though, not just yet. Perhaps in future tales…

The sex scene between Ryu and Helena is directly inspired by the hentai anime “Words Worth”. The woman in that anime had some very Helena-like characteristics and the scene itself is really erotic. This is the first Helena sex scene that I felt had real charm and warmth. Helena finally seems to have a real relationship with Ryu. Of course, the two love birds keep going at it past the end of the scene, giving the reader license to fantasize about a French opera star and a super ninja having crazy sex on a comfy rug in front of a roaring fire for hours and hours.

Since this is the penultimate chapter of the Beta Build series, it is also the final conventional one-on-one sex scene. I never imagined Helena would carry such an important chapter, but she did.