This would be it, no more delays or silly cases of mistaken identities: tonight, she would get the precious jade necklace that was stolen from her village back from the woman who bought it from the thieves. After clearing up the misunderstandings with the kitsune goddess, Inari, she had learned that the actual woman she’d been looking for was the daimyo of the region: lady Aisika of the Wakaida clan. Now she was made aware the feudal lady might not be aware of the item having been stolen when she bought it, so the red panda’s plan was to simply steal it back without her noticing and not keep a grudge. With Inari’s description of the palace’s interior, she would have no trouble keeping out of sight and finding the treasure.
So of course, with this confidence, she only got to take three steps before, with a loud hiss, a smoke bomb burst open right in front of her. “Oh, come on! Not fai- ack! Agh! -air! N- ungh -ot fair… uhn…” Guiying quickly realised this was not a regular smoke bomb as her strength was sapped away. Before everything went black, she could see a couple of dark figures approaching her… When she woke up, she immediately noticed she had once again been tightly tied up. Opening her eyes, the red panda found herself kneeling in front of the beautiful daimyo herself, once again tightly bound in sturdy ropes. “Hmm! Lmmph mh- Hm cmmn mphnn!” She cursed when she found out her captors had stuffed a large cloth wad into her mouth, tying a thick scarf over her masked face to gag her quite thoroughly. “Oh-hohoho~ You are quite the troublemaker, are you not? Trying to steal from I, Aisika Wakaida?” The lady haughtily mocked, hiding her laughter with her fan. “I do adore your endearing little red clothes, no wonder my faithful kunoichi had such an easy time spotting you~” Guiying fiercely protested into her gag but was silenced by the ninja woman standing guard tugging firmly on her ropes. “Bmph mh nmph hm th- ngg!”
“Silence! Now, I can see you are just a harmless young woman. You need not worry about receiving a harmful punishment…” Aisika savoured the red panda’s sigh of relief before dashing her hopes, a small smirk on her lips. “However… to make up for your transgressions~” “Hmmph?” “I shall keep you captive for my pleasure~ You are far too precious to simply let walk away~” “Fmh hhw lnnng?” “I have not decided yet. But be assured that I will extend my fullest hospitality to you~ “Hmm dmmh ymh mmn?”
The devious daimyo chuckled softly. “You will find out soon enough, little girl~ Soon enough~”
Art by :iconCrysalia: Guiying, Aisika and her ninja's are my characters
