A Fox's Business [ReD]

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The new point of Yoka’s contract almost made him frown, if there was something that he didn’t like at all was to have what he liked to call his ‘Hunting Grounds’ cut short, and Yoka was doing just that by limiting where he could and couldn’t search for more souls to steal, but he just decided to keep a neutral expression and hold back his tongue, not wanting to ruin this opportunity.

Mephis looked as the dancer left and the next one came in, how Yoka did to get such girls to perform in her strip, he wasn’t sure, but he couldn’t help but actually start to admire them a bit while holding back his demonic instincts. He focused once more on Yoka, knowing that if he kept looking he would start having dirty thoughts and that would only make his temptation harder to handle.

Well, he was already starting to consider her very different, based on the simple fact of getting favors instead of souls and the open contract. He appreciated the no-lying thing though, more than once people had tried to trick him with lies and it only had ended pretty badly…for them “Well, one thing I would highly appreciate would be knowledge. Your species isn’t an unknown one for us, just like we aren’t unknown to yours, but you have a lot of secrets that I would definitely love to uncover” Being enemies, it meant that both species kept a lot of information hidden from one another, like weaknesses, social structures, all that stuff, which allowed them to be on par with the other species or even have the upper hand from time to time, if he knew everything about kitsunes then he would always have the upper hand against them.

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Mephis nodded calmly “As long as our contract is up and you comply with your part of the deal, I’m willing to step in the way of a bullet or take a stab for you if needed, as well as provide you with all the information you may require. As a demon pet, it’s my duty and pleasure to comply with any command you may throw at me, regardless of how complicated or weird it could be. We may not be between the higher ranks between demons, but we can be just as helpful if not more than them”.

With so many years of experience on his side, he had complied with all kinds of commands. From personal desires or wishes that his owners could have to the complete destruction of some rival companies. Yeah, the later took him a good while, but at the end he managed to completely ruin his former owner’s rival’s lives and led them to bankrupt. Most people and even some demons would feel bad for doing that, but he would be lying if he said that he didn’t enjoyed every single second of the mortals’ suffering.

His eyes followed Yoka as she walked towards the pole. He knew he had to control himself, but she was literally asking for it. He wasn’t sure if she was aware of what she was doing, but she was obviously playing with fire here, teasing him like that “Well, if you know as much as you claim to do about demonic rituals and summonings, I’m sure that you know about my specific species. But just in case I’ll refresh your memory. Making a deal with a demon pet means that you must provide the demon with all the commodities of a respected pet, such as shelter, a place to sleep, food, occasional treats and entertainment. Details about this can be arranged further as the deal is made, but since our contract is an open one these aren’t as strict as they would be otherwise. You also can pick the desired form of your demon pet, I prefer the black cat form, but if you want to I can take another one while I’m around you. A deal with a demon pet of my kind can be re-arranged as many times as needed by both parts through some negotiations to add or erase specific aspects from it. The deal will last until the owner’s death, until both parts decide to finish it or until the owner starts to go against his or her own part of it, allowing the demon pet to leave if he or she desires”.

Mephis was obviously trying to distract himself by talking and telling Yoka everything she needed to know about deals with him, not wanting to screw up somehow by allowing his demonic desires to take over.

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Mephis’s eyes were taking in every single move made by Yoka, He wasn’t sure of how accurate his demon companions were when describing how awfully annoying these creatures were for their jobs, but the obviously forgot to tell him how hot they could be as well. Or this was trait only held by the kitsune in front of him?

“Demon pets can rise in rank, yes, but it’ extremely difficult, since it has to be earned, and before the eyes of our king, earning anything between those lines is a bit too complicated if you’re not between his favorites” He would be lying if he said that he hadn’t tried to rise amongst ranks on his past, but he never had managed to make any kind of significant advance on it. He had earned enough respect to be between the highest Demon Pet ranks, yes, but even that was really low compared to the few pets that managed to snatch a spot as his king’s favorites.

An apartment of his own? He had been expecting just a room or something on her own house, but he wasn’t going to turn down this option, he would definitely love it. He was definitely starting to like Yoka as an owner pretty much by now, maybe even more than any of his past owners.

He bit his lower lip as he looked at Yoka’s movements, a bit tense. After this he was going to need to search for some relief somewhere around Manta Carlos, he wasn’t going to bother his new owner’s employees after all.

He chuckled a bit with Yoka’s question, pointing at his interest towards her dancers “As a demon, holding back temptation isn’t one of my strengths, Yoka, and your dancers do quite an amazing job at tempting others…your dancers and yourself” He almost purred as he said those words, not wanting to offend her or screw something up “Also, I like human meat, but don’t worry, I know that you and your dancers are off limits”.

Mephis nodded, not exactly surprised with her animal of choice “Is there any species, color or markings that you would prefer me to have when I take the form of a fox?”.

“Earning my king’s favor depends a lot on what you are. For my demon species, the more souls you gather in as little time as possible is the key, the power and age of the souls are just as important. Why you think that most soul gatherer demons hate your species so much?” He said the last part as half a warning and half a joke. He obviously was on her side now, but he knew that most demons would love to kill her on the spot.

He was fairly surprised with her next words, to the point where he was left completely speechless for a couple of seconds, just looking at her as she danced. He had always thought that all her dancer were off limits in all ways, but he wasn’t going to turn down the offering “I really appreciate that, Yoka. I promise to be careful with them, I wouldn’t want to cause you any trouble” He would be willing to give them a favor or two, but with Yoka around, that may not be necessary at all anyways.

He wondered how she was going to get human meat to him, but so many years of experience were more than enough to let him know that some questions were better left unanswered…at least for now.

Mephis smirked a bit, leaning towards the stage, his eyes glow being a bit stronger than usual “Is there anything else you want to discuss or should we seal our little deal here?”.

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Old and powerful souls…hmmm…he was really liking the direction that the contract was taking, he would definitely love a couple of those, those were his king’s favorites after all. He nodded in understanding with Yoka’s clarification. He may not be an incubus, but he was more than willing to comply with the wishes of those that Yoka threw at him, he had a lot of tricks under his sleeve after all and he would be surprised if they came at him with any need that he hadn’t covered before, regardless of the creature.

He almost got completely still when Yoka’s act came to an end, his full attention on her…he had to bit his lower lip as he looked, obviously barely holing back the temptation to just jump on the stage, pin her to the ground and give in to his lust right there and then. Darn it, she was such a huge tease. He almost groaned in disappointment when she put her robe on, after this little negotiation he was going to need to seek a way to satisfy his lust somewhere else.

A soft purr could be heard coming from him as Yoka ran her finger from his chest to his chin “More than acceptable” With those word he felt that funny sensation on his chest that allowed him to know that the deal had been done.

“I don’t know about the rest of your species, but you surely are quite a tease, you know?” He knew that both him and Yoka got what they wanted and with the deal already done he could feel his once locked powers awaken within him…and it felt nice.

He took out a small card…or more like made it appear, and handed it to her “Here is the list of my current abilities, if you need me to use any of those just tell me” He usually handed the small card before the contract was made, but meh.