Sweet Giggles 475 part 3

SWEET GIGGLES CASE #475

                                             Ray Takahashi part 3

    “Boy, if you value your life, bow before your better,” he said behind his helmet, his voice as cold as his eyes.

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     “You went with him?” Nina asked, her eyes wide. The tickling stopped slowly as the girls stared at him.

    “For five long years,” he admitted. “I… I was only three, and I had thought everyone was gone from my family.

     Kary-Lyn sniffed, and quickly hugged the boy. The moment passed, and she began wiggling her fingers deep into his sides.

    “OHOHOHOH GAWHAHAHAHAD! THAHAHATS WHAT I GEHEHEHEHET FOR LETTING LOOHOHOHOHOHOSE?” Ray’s eyes were wide, and his smile bigger. He tried to pull away, but only managed to collapse on the floor, taking the cute, little mute with him. “COHOHOHOME ON GEHEHEHET HER OFF!”

     The girls giggled, and glomped on the boy, tickling him from pit to feet, rolling along with him on the floor for ten minutes, until his face was red hot.

    “Sorry, we couldn’t help it, your voice is so cute,” Lexi said with a laugh. “You feeling better?”

    “I’m not quite sure,” Ray said, standing to his feet. The apartment wasn’t as big as what the room in the college, but at the same time it was nice. It had a gorgeous view of the Iterian Ocean, with soft red waves of water splashing up on the beach, and actual caffeine… something that was illegal in most of the countries in the eastern continent.

    “Not sure, huh?” Nina said with as she narrowed her eyes. “Is that a fact?” the girls launched at him again, and pinned him to the ground. Nina smiled wickedly, and pulled out a pail of Dularian paints, holding his feet.

    “Hey, what’s with the paint?” he asked.

    “Time for us to really get artistic!” Lexi giggled. The girls each took a brush and began making him a giggling canvass.

    “NOHOHOHOHOHOHO, OH NOHOHOHOHOHOT THE PIHIHIHIHIHITS, COME OHOHOHOHOHOHOHON, LEAHAHAHVE MY RIHIHIHIHIHIBS ALOHOHOHOHOHONE! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!” Ray thrashed as much as he could, but the paint was made to really be sensitive against whatever it touched, and the brushes were stiff and firm, making him blush. Goosebumps formed across his arms and legs, and he giggled insanely.

    “In between the toes for one last time? Okay, no problem,” Ursa giggled, slipping a paintbrush between his toes in one hand, and her favorite feather in the other. “I’ll admit, I will miss this, after today.”

    “He’s been a handful,” Grace said, tickling his nose with her wings, smiling so brightly, that her eyes were squinting.

     Alora sat and watched, giggling as her brother wiggled, occasionally pulling away to tickle back in defense. The girls who he caught squeaked and inched away, but always came back in for a second and third time. She could see the edges of his eyes grow dark, but to her joy… they stayed there. Oh they clawed forward some, just as Tectian had in the five years of the siege of Lair, but in the end, just with the siege, they would retreat.

     Ray huffed and puffed, managing to get to his feet, and felt Kary-Lyn wrap her arms around his waist, to bring him back down. But he smirked, his face red with blush and paint, with edges of blue and greens, and turned wrapping his arms around her sides and tickling quickly.

    “Hey, he’s fighting back,” one of the girls laughed, “that’s not in the rules!”

    “Tickle fights have no rules, safe to be nice,” Ray chuckled, tackling Ursa and holding her arms up, running his fingers up and down them.

    “Ehehehehewwww, you’re all sticky with paint,” she protested, pulling away.

    “And whose fault is that, little girl?” he teased.

     Alora’s eyes widened. Ray… teasing? Never had happened before. Not in their own tickle fights. The big sister narrowed her own eyes and joined in the attack on her brother, sneak attacking him and holding him down, as the girls teamed up on his waist, tickling it for fifteen minutes, until the urge to pee was too great.

     Ray inched his way to the bathroom, and closed the door. He quickly relieved himself, and then decided to clean off his face, thankful that the manager hadn’t come in to see what the chaos was. He’d have to remember to clean up before checking out.

     As he washed his face, the steam parted from the mirror, and he looked at the past. At the hurt face of the three year old, and the horrible, gargoyle helmeted face of the monster who treated him so monstrously for those terrible five years.

     Those terrible, icy, dead eyes. Eyes that brought the entire Galactic Alliance to Azuba… eyes that brought all Azubians everywhere in a united front against the demonic human. Fitting it had been a Felis, aka a catgirl, named Kate Gatiera and her zombie boyfriend, Thomas, to bring the hate of this monster down.

     Kate, who was now an Ambassador for the planet in the Galactic Alliance, in the city of Nour. Her now fiancée, lived a five star general in the city… and the monster, Glay was safely in an Alliance prison, somewhere far away from the planet.

    “You can’t hurt me, any more.” Ray narrowed his eyes. “You’re a nightmare, one I’ve given too much power for far too long.”

    “Still a boy,” the fiend’s voice echoed in his mind, the final words Ray had heard him speak before the last campaign against Lair.

    “No, I’ve finally grown up,” Ray snapped. He turned and walked from the bathroom.

     The girls were laid on the floor, breathing heavy, save for Alora, and Lexi, who were in the process of playing ’uncle’. They’re laughter ringing through the room.

    “Go for her knees, she’s weakest there,” Ray chuckled.

    “Trahahahahahahaitohohohohohohor, ahahahahaha!” his sister cried, as the Sweet Giggle followed his advice. “Ohohohokahahahahay, ohohohohoho kayaway, I gihihihihihive!”

     Lexi stopped tickling and dropped to the floor, gasping for air herself, occasionally laughing, though the tickling had ended. “Wow, good thing you came out of there! She nearly had me!”

    “What, you always take fifteen minute potty breaks?” Nina asked.

    “You have no idea,” Alora winked. “He’s worse than me! And a shower? Forget about it!”

    “Ha-ha,” Ray said, poking his sister’s ribs. He turned and sat down in the chair, the edges of his eyes still dark, but the light was winning the war.

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     The girls were gracious in helping clean up the mess, and thankful for the use of the bathroom to wash themselves off too. Once everything was taken care off, and the seven had finished an early dinner, Nina cocked her head. “One thing you’ve never told us, how did the two of you find each other?”

     Ray frowned, the darkness taken control for a few minutes, before retreating. “After the war ended, I was taken in by different gangs. The things they did to me is unmentionable. These weren’t like the gangs in say, Minau Laleh. They didn’t tickle their captives for any reason.” He sighed. “One day when I was about fourteen, maybe fifteen, I was with a gang called the Bone Collectors. Aptly named bastards, I’ll only say that. We were raiding the town of Calephis, when I was told to scout around.”

    “I was out late that night, and he nearly killed me, I guess to see how good security was,” Alora continued. “He just jumped out of no where, and I was… I was shocked. I recognized him immediately.”

    “It took a few minutes after she called my name before I realized who she was, and I still was determined to do what was expected of me,” Ray moaned. “But a part of me couldn’t. I think it was that sad little boy who didn’t want to have a repeat of what he’d seen that horrible night.”

    “When the police came to take him, I vouched for him, and then he for a reason or another told them about the B.C’s. The police found them with their pants down, and not one survived, in the attack.”

    “We went from town to town after that. Until we found out about you,” Ray said. “One of Alora’s friends in Calephis had gotten a letter from sis, about me, and wrote back, saying there might be help.” He narrowed his eyes, then picked up the last of his coffee, and downed it, the lights completely overtaking his eyes as he smiled. “And he was right.” His smile matched the lights in his eyes.

    “Thank you,” Alora said quickly, hugging each and every girl, followed by her brother. “Thank you for everything!”

    “I can’t say I’m completely healed. I may never be, completely healed. But at least, it’s a start,” Ray acknowledged.

     The Sweet Giggles smiled brightly and hugged the two fiercely. “Its our job,” Lexi said, her tears running down her cheeks. “Happy to help.”