[Hypnosis, Knight TF, Tailvore]

“What’s with all these enemies lately? They’re not Witches, they’re not Demons, what are they meant to be?”

“How am I supposed to know?! They keep on mentioning some weird ‘Darkness’ stuff too, like they came from it? What’s the ‘Darkness’ and why do they keep coming from it!?”

Emiko Amato and Serena Raija, better known as the heroines Link Love and Mage Raiju, were sweating a little after their latest bout with one of these invaders. On one hand, at least it wasn’t caused by one of the Demons that had been trying to cause them problems. On the other, what in the world was trying to cause them problems now?

“You think Yuna knows? She knows so much about what you guys have been going through, so maybe she knows something about this too?” Emiko asked, still remaining in her transformed form. Just in case. There had been a few times where they beat up one of these ‘Darkness’ guys, and then another appeared from another hole and they had to keep going.

Serena paused, before shaking her head. “Don’t think so. She would’ve mentioned it, if it was going to become a problem.” The blue-haired heroine said, narrowing her eyes a bit. She had promised Yuriko that she was going to help her out this afternoon, after she said she was going to try and take it easy given everything recently. So the fact that these pricks had started to app-

“Raiju! Above you!”

No time to rest easy, sadly. The blue-haired heroine let out a frustrated cry as she jumped out of the way as a tail suddenly shot down from the sky above, just barely cutting off the ends of her hair. “Damnit! Can you stop interrupting me!? I’M TRYING TO THINK!”

Love had her bow trained on the hole that suddenly appeared in the air, firing an arrow into it. Only for that very same arrow to be smacked aside by the tail that had extended out of it, as an individual made her way out of the hole. A purple-armored individual, with white hair sticking out of the back of her helmet… And a long prehensile tail with a bladed tip, which seemed able to watch the two heroines…

“Great! A snake! What’s next, it’s going to coil around me and eat me!?” Raiju shouted as she drew her own blades, not in the mood for any of this. She was going to beat this snake back into her hole and get back to having fun with Yuriko… And Emiko, because she was no doubt going to tag along.

Love twitched slightly as she vividly imagined that tail wrapped around her, before shaking her head. That wasn’t like being forced to wear a suit or anything, it wasn’t what she was into. “Who are you, and what are you planning to do to our world?” She said, her bow still trained on the enemy…

The purple-suited individual stretched a little as her helmet faded away, revealing a cute freckled face underneath. “Mmmm… Well, I’ve got a few ideas on what to do with this world, but none of them are as bad as what The Darkness and its Primes would do to it.” She said, grinning a little. “Besides, how am I going to sink this place into darkness if I don’t have a bunch of cute knights to help me do it?”

“Are you mocking us?” Raiju grit her teeth a bit as she glared at the purple-suited girl. All while she felt the slightest hint of… fear? No, it wasn’t fear. But something about her still unsettled her…

“Maybe a little.” The white-haired and serpentine-suited girl said, bowing slightly towards Raiju and then towards Love. “My name is Minami Kazumi. And in my world…” She said, as her tail suddenly swung by her head once more, letting her helmet reform over her head. “I am known as Jõtaider Ouroboros. Neither Hero, nor Villain. Merely doing things as I please, to understand what I want!”

Love blinked a little. Jõtaider? Hadn’t she heard Yuriko mention something like that..? …Better not worry too much about that right now, she had to stop her before she could get any answers out of her.

“If you’re neither, then you’re still dangerous!” Raiju shouted, as she threw one of her blades towards Ouroboros… And another towards Love. “Love! We’re not letting this drag out any longer than it has to!”

There’s no way that she was going to let Yuriko down, she was going to finish this girl off now and then get the answers out of her, and then… then..!

Both Love and Raiju were stunned for a brief second, as it was like Ouroboros had simply disappeared before their very eyes. How in the world was she that fast-

“Nachtgewehr.”

Raiju’s eyes widened further as she felt a pair of fists prod against her back… Before she felt an explosion erupt from her back, launching her towards Love, tumbling through the air as she barely had any time to gather her bearings!

“RAIJU!” Love cried out, as she quickly turned her attention back towards Ouroboros. She had to keep her in her sights. There’s no way that she was going to let her get the better of her…

At least, she wasn’t trying to let her get the better of her. But Ouroboros was one step ahead of her. Using her astonishing speed to snake her way behind the pink combatant, wrapping her tail around her neck as she hoisted her into the air. Causing Love to flail around slightly as she was being lifted up.

“Let… go…!” It was hard to breathe like this, as the tail tightened more and more. Squeezing down on her. All she had to do was aim at the enemy, and then-

She was let go. Causing her to lose her focus again as she collapsed to the ground, gasping… Right as she felt a hand wrapping around her chin.

Love was forced to gaze straight into Ouroboros’ eyes, thanks to the helmet fading away as her chin was lifted. Leaving her to gaze into those… deep, spiraling, yellow eyes…

“That’s it, dear. That’s it. Just keep looking. I don’t want to hurt you more than I need to. I just want to have a bit of fun with you and your friend.” Ouroboros said, giggling as her hypnotic gaze sank deeper and deeper into Love’s eyes…

It was… It was really hard to look away. How was she supposed to look away from such beautiful, captivating eyes..? The more that she stared, the more she felt that it was absolutely impossible to do so. She just kept sinking deeper and deeper…

The white-haired girl giggled a little more as she watched the pink combatant’s expression melt from a struggling one, into one that was a lot more pleasant and gentle. She was falling victim to her abilities. Abilities that she thought only her dearest ‘sister’, out of all the empowered girls she knew, would fall for intensely. Then again… Maybe this girl was a submissive, just like her?

“Tell me your name.”

Ouroboros’ voice boomed through Love’s head. A powerful, commanding voice. Yet at the same time, so soothing. So serene. It made her want to listen and obey. Listen and tell her everything that she should know…

“E-Emiko Amato…” Love muttered, her eyes turning slightly dim as she slid further and further into this trance. It felt… I-it felt nice to fall into this trance. To obey and listen… It made her want to keep sliding further and further into the trance…

Ouroboros smiled as she moved her hand off Emiko’s chin and onto her cheek instead. Cupping both of them with that gentle smile being just as powerful as the eyes that were sucking Emiko deeper and deeper in…

“Do you like being hypnotized, Emiko?” She asked again, carefully rubbing away at those cheeks. Making her feel more and more comfortable. Which in turn made it harder and harder to avoid sinking deeper.

And it was working wonders, given the blush on the girl’s cheeks. She definitely was enjoying it. She was enjoying it so much that she was on the verge of drooling and giggling a little herself, as her cheeks grew redder and redder. “I… I…”

“LET GO OF HER, SNAKE!”

Ouroboros rolled her eyes a little as she heard the other heroine crying out. Guess a taste of her delayed explosives wasn’t enough to keep her down. Stubborn girl for sure, almost as stubborn as the lion was…

The purple-armored girl tapped Emiko on the nose for a second, essentially pausing her trance so she could focus on the other threat. Though at the same time, she only really looked over her shoulder to try and focus on the approaching heroine…

Raiju definitely looked pissed. Red in the face as she rushed towards the serpent. Fully intending on breaking her friend free from her grasp so the two of them could get back to their friend. And so that this snake wouldn’t steal Emiko from her!

Ouroboros could probably deal with her. It wouldn’t be that hard, especially now that she was furious. But at the same time, she heard a whisper in the back of her mind. “...I don’t think she’ll be that tasty, but you’re welcome to try.”

Her tail twitched and trembled, as if it was giggling, before shooting out towards the approaching blue-haired heroine. Jetting towards her with a predatory intent.

Raiju was prepared. At least, she thought she was. Then the tail suddenly split open, as if there had been a mouth on it this entire time. That single second she hesitated, that single second of realization, was all that it took for the tail to clap down around her head. And though she tried to flail and strike at it, she didn’t have enough time to struggle before she was swallowed by the tail.

Ouroboros trembled in turn as she felt her tail swallow the heroine whole. “T-Told you she didn’t taste that good.” She muttered, gasping as she felt all sorts of energies rush into her. Well, could she really complain? The one that was empowering her needed to be fed as well…

For now, she focused her attention on Emiko once again, tapping her on the nose as she began to hypnotize her once more. Smiling, and even drooling a little…

Naturally, Raiju wasn’t too happy about being eaten by a tail. “Dammit! Let me out! LET ME OUT!” She shouted, as she tried to struggle free from the tight space she was stuck inside. Kicking and thrusting her arms out to try and do anything to free herself…

Only for the tail to tighten around her instead, and for something to slowly be pressed out of her. It was like… It was like something was trying to force her to return to normal. Or rather… Slurping up the energy of her Mage form…

Not just… Not just that. The more she was being squeezed, the more everything started to go blank. Everything squeezed out of her, as the ravenous tail made her a tasty snack…

But it didn’t drain her completely. Not… Not exactly. It was like, when she was on the very edge of being completely drained, the drainage stopped. And instead, it felt like something was forming around her.

It was… Warm. Warm and comforting. As if she had been wrapped in a bunch of blankets and just forced to lie there. It made her eyes flutter more and more. Like she should just… Close her eyes and… drift off to sleep…

Sleep… Sleep, and forget everything. Be reborn inside the egg around her… Be reborn as a thrall, a minion to the presence that had drained everything from her…

Yes… Yesss… That… That was what she should do. Just… sleep…

Ouroboros could feel her tail starting to quiet down, making her breathe a sigh of deep relief. It was getting a bit bothersome to have that girl struggle around inside her. Then again, what exactly had happened..?

“I didn’t know you could make me eat things through my tail.” She muttered under her breath, as if she was communicating with something. Only for an eyebrow to rise, and then her smile to widen as she heard her ‘power source’ explain what this meant. “...Can you do this to those Primes, if we ever find one that’s nice?”

Emiko wasn’t really listening to what the nice girl was saying. Her eyes were still spiraling, and her mind was still caught in an endless swirl that was just pulling her deeper and deeper. Deeper and deeper, without any single end in sight. It was so… So nice. She could just keep swirling deeper without a care in the world. Without even a single thought drifting around in her mind.

Once Ouroboros was done talking with the presence in her mind, she focused on the girl in front of her. What could she do with her, now that she had mesmerized her, now that she had pulled her mind into a completely obedient trance? She could probably have her dance around or feed her sweet treats… But at the same time, she was in a brand new world. So she had to do something else. Something that couldn’t cause too much trouble, wouldn’t want to attract too much attention…

It was then that she snapped her fingers and grinned. “I suppose I should take a page out of those books I love.” She said to herself, as she gazed back at Emiko’s eyes. Letting her own eyes spiral that much brighter. “Knight of Love. Do you hear my voice?”

Knight of… Love..? Was that… Was that her name..? It sounded… It sounded right to Emiko. N-No. To… To the Knight of Love. It made her smile, as she slowly nodded. All while the glow in the hypnotist’s eyes started to reflect in her own eyes. A glow that was as potent as could be…

“Knight of Love. You serve your Mistress, Ouroboros. Lay down your life for me, and I will protect you as much as you protect me. Jawohl?”

Her Mistress’ words were growing stronger and stronger, flooding through her mind with every moment that passed. And with her body seemingly returning to her control, the Knight of Love kneeled obediently in front of her Mistress.

“The Knight of Love lives to protect her Mistress.” The Knight of Love declared, all while her Mistress’ hands remained on her cheek.

Hands that started to glow with pride, as their energies sank into the Knight of Love. Transforming her outfit from a heroic uniform that fit her perfectly, into a more serpentine uniform that was a cross between a Knight’s armor, and the armor that Ouroboros herself wore…

Transformed into a loyal knight. Not unlike the Knights that served the Holder of Darkness that the books once spoke of. Ouroboros couldn’t help but be a little proud of how good she looked after she had been turned. Maybe she’d have to turn some of her friends into her Knights in the future… That way, she could consume all the Primes that needed to be consumed…

Buuut… as good as the Knight of Love was, there was still one Knight she could make. And it required her to…

A grunt left Ouroboros’ lips as an egg slid right out from her tail, causing her to gasp as she collapsed up against her loyal Knight, who simply held her to make sure she didn’t tip over fully. All while turning her around so she could face that slimy egg…

“So does this make me a Mom..?” Ouroboros muttered, before chuckling as she heard the voice inside her head speak. “I guess not. Shame, I’m sure Saeko would’ve loved to find out that she’s an Aunt. After she freaks out for an hour.”

The Knight of Love helped her to stand up properly, before Ouroboros took a simple few steps towards the egg. Just so she could gently tap it on the top with her tail, allowing it to crack.

The light slowly poured into the egg, and a head arose from within. There was Raiju once again, but she was clad in armor not unlike that of the Knight of Love, just in her colors and with her lightning theming…

She… She was… That’s right. That’s who she was. A single glance at her fellow Knight, and at her Mistress, and the Knight understood everything completely. Not needing to remember a thing about her prior life, as she could sustain herself entirely on her brand new life’s memories…

“I, Knight of Lightning, serve Mistress Ouroboros. With every living breath.” She couldn’t remember anything except for her devotion to Mistress. Despite the fact that the Mistress was the one that had drained her and left her to transform and morph into this form…

Ouroboros simply smiled as her own armor disappeared, causing her to stumble as her legs started to give way. Causing both of the Knights to quickly grab her and let her support herself on their shoulders…

“My dear Knights…” Minami giggled. This wasn’t nearly as comfortable as her wheelchair, but it’s not like she could take it with her while she traversed the Darkness. “You will be my legs. As we try to understand this world, and all that it has to offer.”

Both the former Love and the former Raiju nodded, each offering a stalwart yet welcoming smile to the one that they believed in. A welcoming smile for sure, even if it had been brought forth by her hypnotic abilities.

Now, there was just one thing on Minami’s mind, as she gazed upon the city that she had arrived in…

This was where Mikai had ended up, after her little bout, wasn’t it? If so, where exactly could she find that little lion?

And would she know what to do, once she knew what was coming..?