Secrets and Confessions

Oriente 6, Heaven

It was so late at night that I could even use the hot springs for a bath, which I took advantage of, as I had not even been in a puddle that was nothing but mud for years. But far from relaxing, it only made me more nervous, thinking about everything I had to do.

First, I had to explain my situation to Tamamo and what the angels had done to her. I also have to talk to Momo at least one more time before I leave, because I don't know when I'll see her again. And that's without talking about what I'm going to do when I get back to earth. I have to look for Maria, that is clear, but how am I going to explain what has happened to me, and it is not only the sex change, but the ears and the tail. And I still have to know what my mother will do when she finds out that I am married to someone I have known for only two days, or how am I going to live from now on?

"Ah... what a break" I let out as I stepped into the hot water.

There are too many things to be aware of. I don't want to be involved in complicated things, I just want to be in a quiet place relaxing, maybe with a little jazz playing in the background, or maybe doing something like assembling the model of the Enterprise aircraft carrier that should still be in the box I left at home, or maybe finishing the book Robinson Crusoe, but I don't think I can do that for a while, at least.

But right now there is no point, at least for these minutes the only thing I should do is have a blank mind and see the night sky with its full moon above me, I will worry about the rest when the time comes.

Unfortunately, this time came to an end even sooner than I thought, because suddenly I could hear the door to the hot springs opening, someone was about to enter. In an act of reflex, I grabbed a large stone that was close to me, it all depended on who entered what would determine what would happen next, if it was a man I would kill him with it, if it was a girl I would withdraw immediately and ask for forgiveness before de Urakaze realized what had happened. But the one who came through the door was none other than Tamamo, who was happy to see me and came straight to me. She still had her aura of a goddess, she was beautiful and had a figure full of curves, although now she had her blonde hair pulled back and only a cloth covering her chest down to her hips, which only made her look sexier than she already was.

"Tamamo!?"
"What are you doing here?"
"I'm here!"

"Now that we are a couple, there is no problem, and now that you are a girl, nothing bad can happen."
"I took another look at the hotel, and I had not visited a hot spring for a long time, so I thought about taking a bath before sleeping.
"Although I thought it would be closed at this time, Momo told me that you actually had a reservation all to yourself at this time."

"Did she tell you?"

"So I thought I would take the opportunity and kill two birds with one stone," she said as she stepped into the water and approached me.

"And what is the other thing you have in mind?"

"Well, I wanted to know where you came from?" She said, tilting her head a bit as if to emphasize the question.
"I want to know more about you now that we are going to be together forever."

"Speaking of which, are you really sure about what you've done?"
"Do you really think it's a good idea?"
"Do you really think being with me is a good idea?"

"Do you doubt yourself so much just because of what the angels did?"

"Wait, did you know?"

"I lived in a palace for a long time, I have seen how evil plots work many times"
"I myself fell because of one, you think you didn't know what happens around me when I'm away from home and paying attention to the surroundings?"
"Actually, I also want to confess to you, because I would be lying if I said that I did not know from the beginning.
"I knew they were up to something because everyone in this hotel seems more like guards and demon hunters than customers."
"But that doesn't mean that what I feel for you isn't real. I really love you and I want to be with you," she finally sat down and leaned against me.

"But you only know me since we were in the forest, you don't know who I could have been in the past".

"You know the same about me, and yet I do not see that you are not very much against the idea of having married me."
"All your questions are the same, about how you don't think you're good enough to be with someone else, but deep down it's what you want."
"You want to be with someone else because you've been alone for a long time and you're afraid of that very thing, being alone."
"That's what you're really hiding, isn't it?" my face met hers as she asked.

"But what"

"I think honesty should be the foundation of a relationship, and I don't think it's fair that only I know something you wanted to hide."
"So I will also tell you something that I wanted to hide."
"In fact, I am trying to hide my true personality with a cuter and friendlier one.
"Although in reality I was born to be cold and manipulative girl, this is my true nature, one that has only been reinforced by living in the palace.
"But it is also something I want to change, so I will do my best to change until it comes naturally to me to be the cute and clumsy Tamamo-no-mae".
"OK, ready, I already told one of my secrets, now it's your turn to tell one".

"Really?" I thought she was just saying it to prove to me what I would do, so I tried to downplay it and play along.
"Okay, if you really want to continue being a couple, even though you know what happened, then that's fine.
"But it was something you looked for yourself."
"But you better not retreat when you see the problem you got into by choosing me, because you no longer have an escape with that slavery magic they put on you and you agreed to."
"One of my secrets would be that I once spent at least two or three years in the Moscow metro, fighting dragons in the dark, armed only with a map I made myself".
"I have PTSD and am afraid of dark places."
"Your turn"

"As you know I am a Goddess, but also a powerful kitsune, a powerful Yokai."
"Each of my nine kitsune tails is earned by power, wisdom and age."
"And one particular power I have as a kitsune is the ability to shapeshift."
"I can impersonate anyone perfectly well as long as I see them first."
"I am a perfect actress!"
"So you'd better be true to me, because maybe the person you're with could be me in disguise."
"Now it's your turn again"

Intrigued by the mention of a kitsune, a mythical creature from Japanese folklore known for its shape-shifting abilities, I couldn't help but wonder what kind of powers this particular kitsune possessed. Kitsunes are often associated with cunning and intelligence, so it's possible that this kitsune has some extraordinary abilities up her sleeve. Perhaps she can manipulate illusions, control fire, or even possess people's minds. Well, if she thinks she can win with that, she is wrong. Because this is where I'm going to play my best card to make her see reason.

"You are actually my second wife.
"The first one was named Nanami, she supposedly died, but no one could find her soul in heaven after her death.
"This body I'm wearing now is actually hers."
"To make matters worse, the glass angel from before seems to be in love with me as well.

"GWAAA!!"
"I didn't see that coming"
"Is it true?"

"You were the one who said we should be clear and honest between us.

"OK, so my confession will be that since you've been so honest, I don't care as long as you have time for me."
"Go ahead, you can have as many wives as you want, make your harem of as many girls as you want.
"I only ask you not to forget me and give me some time for us alone."

"Do you really want to continue this despite that?"

"You are very wrong if you think something like that will stop me.
"I am 100% committed to moving forward as a couple."
"Now you" She was still immovable in her decision. That caught me off guard, I had to counter with something else.

"I have to protect the crystals in my hair, even if it costs me my life, again."

"I already knew that"
"Stella told me that"

"I don't think you have a chance to know what my true face was before I ended up in this body.
"I almost always wore a ski mask because I hated the way my face looked."
"I think the photo with my last face was the one from when I started my second job as a police officer, about ten years ago."

"What happened?"

"Something not good, the end."

"Okay then, now my turn"
"I will then say that I am afraid of men"

"What!?"
"Are you serious?"

"It's not that I have a fear of men as such, more like a fear of being betrayed"
"Again, my dream has always been to marry someone."
"But after my experience with the people in the palace and how they treated me.
"What I had to endure was terrible.
"I thought Emperor Konoe was different until he betrayed me.
"Since then, I am afraid of humans and men, to be honest, I am even afraid that you will betray me one day. "
"But when I look at the situations we've been in and you've helped me anyway, I know you wouldn't."

"So if I had been in my original body, none of this would have happened?"

"No, nothing would have changed"
"I would have fallen in love with you too, no doubt"

"How badly do they treat you that you think so highly of me?"

"A lot, but don't think so badly of yourself, you're much better than you think"
"Your turn again.

And so, as time goes by, we keep talking about our past and what we thought. I talked about my adventures in the war against the dragons, about Atlantis, about my family, about what happened in the world while Tamamo was gone, about the list of things I had to do when we returned to Earth. Meanwhile, she told me about her past and her responsibilities as the Goddess of the Moon, which basically left the Moon in automatic mode until today. Strangely, my part was the most interesting of the two stories, but I have seen life in chaos for a long time, but I am not lying when I say that I enjoy talking to her.

I think it was the first time in a long time that I talked to someone so much, something that was nothing more than giving orders or calling out enemy positions and complaining about something. In fact, we talked so much that even when we went back to Tamamo's room and went to bed, we were still talking, I even forgot that the sun was about to come up again, it was fun.

 

According to the Oriente 6 pact agreements that we discussed, the following was agreed:

Apart from Tamamo's legal possession as a slave and my right to have a harem, and he agreed to the following requests:

*Call her Tama affectionately.
*Introduce her to my family.
*Right to a trip with me at least once a year to a tourist place.
*In the harem there can only be members of the female sex, with both parts unanimously agreeing.
*Reserve at least one day a week to sleep with her in the same bed, with prior agreement with the other members of the harem.
*Visit the sanctum where the false stone that sealed it is to mock her persecutors from the past.
*Right to name at least one of our children, I have no idea what the hell she is planning to do this part, but I am scared and had to sign this under threats of death.
*Advance payment of expenses for cosmetics, beauty treatments, clothes, and beautiful things for Tamamo, this was even worse than the previous one.
*Open discussion sessions with the other members of the harem to talk about anything, plans, problems, advice on love, an extension of requests about my obligation, I feel that now I am the one who is losing more than winning.

*More than a series of laws, it is like a guide. That under discussion and prior approval of the majority of the Harem to apply this ultimatum, being Tamamo, for now, the only member present, her vote counts for two above mine. I tried to put this part to defend myself about any future repercussions, but only putting the last part about the votes was that she let me put it that.

 

I think we fell asleep without realizing it. Well, by the time I realized it, one of the inn's employees had to wake us up the next morning, because apparently the return portal was ready to jump. So we had to gather everything and prepare for the journey.

Unfortunately, the clothes I had wouldn't help me to go unnoticed, because the clothes I had were made for people with ears and a tail, so it would be quite strange on Earth, because for example my pants have room for the tail and the hood of the jacket also has room for the fox ears. In addition, the clothes of Tamamo's Miko are even more striking. The good thing is that I was able to hide the gun I had between my clothes quite well. But that didn't matter at all compared to seeing my family again.

When I went to the reception, I met Urakaze there, so I decided to say goodbye to her.

"Despite the high rate, I think you can definitely do a great job as a hotel owner"
"Not many managers can handle a situation like watching a customer bleed to death and helping him.
"I'm leaving you this letter telling my father to give you back the ownership of the place, and by the way, he will pay you for my stay."
"I'm sorry to leave it like this, but I really don't even have a coin with me right now."

"Don't worry, the main thing is to help each other, right?"
"Besides, not only will your father pay me, but the Celestial Security Section will also pay your expenses, including the wedding."
"And Momo paid for a double room instead of a single room thanks to you. I'm actually earning three times more thanks to you!"
"Also remember that when you visit this planet again, you can always come back here"

"If you don't lose it in a bet again."

"I've already learned my lesson from all this."

"By the way, about your wife Tamamo, if one day you need to use slavery magic, do not hesitate."
"You may have fought her and survived, but only because she was still partially sealed and weak."
"But not everyone is a soldier, and if she goes mad on Earth, I will not overlook it."
"The last thing I want is to be called back to hunt her down and separate a happy couple."

After that, I took the train back to the capital of Oriente 6, which, to my shame, Urakaze also paid for. And as if last night had not been enough, I talked to Tama the whole way back. Once in the city, we managed not to get lost in the direction of the Portal Terminal, where I only found Stella, Momo was nowhere to be found, which surprised me since she was the one who had to fix things.

"Finally you are here," the girl with the serious face said as soon as she saw us.
"I must say, you took your time to get here."
"Our support expert has already partially repaired the machine during the course of last night."
"All you need is a magic input strong enough to turn the machine on for at least 30 seconds."
"I hope Tamamo's cooperation for this part"

She addressed the goddess as she lit a temporary crystal that was tied together with a few wires, they were glued together with metal tape in a comical way, no doubt a quick job. My now new wife began to transfer magic into the device to begin the transport.

"Do not worry about the destination coordinates, we have already taken care of that, it took us several days to find the perfect place, but I think we found it. "
"I assure you, it will help you a lot in the future."
"Above all, I recommend a pastry shop that is close to where they will appear, and it has been there and they are delicious, but make sure you go in the afternoon, before dark, because today they will close early."

"Wait a second!"
"Where is Momo? I need to talk to her before I go"

"She had a little last-minute problem with some papers that she filled out by mistake without considering the consequences of what they meant."
"By the way, can you also sign this sheet here, it is just the record of leaving heaven, you know, more paperwork"

"Is it serious?"
"Are you sure?"
"The last two times I didn't have to sign anything."

"Because the first time the paperwork was done in advance, and the second time the boss was there to see you personally."

"And why doesn't Tama have to sign?"

"She's busy right now, and this document is for both of you."

"If this is another one of your deceptions, I will take revenge," I warned Stella while I signed the document.

"But I know you really can't do anything about it"
"Don't worry, it's not a prank from me this time, it's from the transparent girl this time"
"Oh no! Who could have put that other marriage certificate among these papers?"
"No doubt it was Momo who left it here and I accidentally took advantage of it," she said, pretending to be surprised to see the documents again.

"Wait, what the hell are you saying?"

"Or well, there is no choice but to take her as your wife too, she is so shy that she did not think that you would really sign this, although I do not think that she will resist the idea either, I will see that the boss also approves it."
"I will also give her slavish magic as a punishment.
"I'll send you the glass girl later, wrapped in a gift box and all. "
"For now, enjoy your time back on earth."

"Don't worry, I am not against it, we made that clear yesterday," the goddess said as she continued to work on opening the portal.

"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU JUST DO?" The portal began to appear as I spoke.
"YOU JUST USED SOMEONE AGAINST THEIR WILL AGAIN"

"I know and I love it," she approached me and pushed me through the portal behind me.

"I HATE YOU!"

Tamamo stopped what she was doing and jumped towards me, hugging me to finally cross the portal back to Earth together.