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Yin wondered why Wana sent them here where nothing was happening. He knew he could be of more use where the real action was going on at. Yin started to get frustrated. Then he got angry. He had to sit around baby sitting an area that wasn’t under attack. Didn’t Wana know that he was Top Butcher? You don’t have your Top Butcher baby sitting! Yin figured Ma would be alright with Dan, Syn and Cat with her, but still Yin thought that he should be right there with her making sure things didn’t get out of hand. Yin had only been at the lake for a little over two hours and he wanted out. He didn’t know how much longer he could deal with this. If the Shinmushee didn’t attack soon, Yin was going to go where he thought he was needed most. To the southern front where Ma was.
Kiki walked into Yin’s tent and snapped him back into reality. She could see that something was bothering Yin. She walked over and cautiously sat down a few feet from Yin. Yin watched her as she came over. He always watched Kiki closely whenever they were alone and she moved towards him. He had to be prepared for a sneak attack coming from Kiki. After Kiki sat down she said “If something is bothering you, you can tell me, if you want.”
Yin wasn’t going to tell Kiki what he was thinking. It was none of her business. Yin knew that women always tried to get in a man’s head and see what she could use to her advantage. He barely told Tara what he was thinking and she had his son. Kiki was sadly mistaken if she thought Yin was going to talk to her about anything except killing and sex. Yin said “There is something bothering me. It’s those clothes you have on. Take them off and get over here right now!”
Yin looked at Kiki with an evil stare. He left out his usual evil grin that normally accompanied his evil stare. Kiki knew something was bothering Yin and it had him frustrated. She really didn’t care if he told her what it was, or not. She just wanted to seem like she cared. All she knew was that Yin needed something or someone to take whatever it was out on. Kiki wanted to be all that right now. She knew there was going to be trouble in this tent whether she took off her clothes on her own, or if she waited until Yin got up and tore them off of her. Kiki always changed things up to keep Yin guessing what she would do next. Sometimes she would make Yin chase her and wait until she was ready to take off her clothes. Other times she would make him rip them right off of her. After Yin ordered Kiki to take off her clothes and come over to him, Kiki stood up and answered Yin in a soft but firm voice, saying “Yes sir!”
All of the Butchers heading south of the city of Ra knew that it was only a matter of time before they were in all out battle. Just before they left the city, they could see from the wall around the city that the Shinmushee had already pushed back the Ra guards from their positions since yesterday. The caravan that was carrying the Butchers was traveling at a pretty good pace. Syn gave a serious look to both Cat and Ma. Syn said to her sisters “This is going to be a hellish war. Be very careful.” Cat and Ma looked at each other and then nodded to Syn that they would be careful. Seeing the battle, still out a ways in front of them, brought back memories of the war these girls had fought in against the Hayee army. That was a long war. They put that out of their minds. They had this war to deal with now.
The Butchers made their way to the camp that was the headquarters of the Elite guards sending orders to the frontlines. The Butchers were quickly briefed on the situation. The Captain of the Elite guards said “We have a major area of concern. Six Shinmushee warlords are giving our guards all they can handle. Each time was the same. Our guards had to retreat and regroup several times to re-engage these warlords. My guards can’t stop their warlords, they can only slow them down. Those warlords need to be dealt with right away.”
Then the guard Captain lowered his head and hoped he hadn’t offended the King of the House of Ra that he could not turn back the enemy. Dan was looking at the captain while he had been talking. Dan hoped the captain had been doing his best before he got their. That was all he could ask of him. After the captain lowered his head Dan said “You and your guards keep the Shinmushee warriors from advancing on the House of Ra. Show us to these warlords you speak of. We’ll deal with them.”
The captain hustled past the Butchers and showed them the way. The Butchers moved through the crowds of Ra guards. They could see a commotion up ahead. The Butcher girls took one last look at each other. Everyone looked ready. Then they headed for the area where the fighting was going on. The fighting was heavy. They could see at least eight men that could be considered Shinmushee Butchers. They were spread out over a pretty good area. Dan looked over at Syn and said “Let’s see if we can’t get their best to come to us. All of us are going to attack the one on that end.” Dan pointed to his far left, then he said “Then we’ll work our way over to the others. After they see what we’re doing, they’ll have to come and help. That’s when it’s going to get real serious around here, so everyone get ready. Come on, let’s go!”
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