Kasumi's musings were interrupted by Kenshin's cheerful voice: "Well, girl, come to me, time to claim my prize!"
"NO!" Kasumi squealed, refusing to accept defeat. "Rematch, last one!"
"Hm? Want to bet something else? You already owe me ten thousand kisses and the softness of your perky ass," Kenshin said with a sly smile.
"Uuuuf! You pervert!" Kasumi growled, blushing at Kenshin's shameful words.
"Since you don't know what else to offer, let me help. How about if you lose for good, you'll sleep with me all week?"
"WHAT?! No, never! How could you even think that about a girl from the Nara Clan?!" Kasumi raged indignantly. She still wasn't used to Kenshin's shamelessness and openness, so she was completely flustered, unsure what to do.
"Come on, Kasumi, don't dramatize. I'm not making you have sex with me. Just sleep together. I promise I won't do anything we haven't agreed on. Unless you ask for it yourself," Kenshin whispered tenderly, stroking her hand again. "Plus, I'll raise my stake. If you win, you're free this very second."
Kasumi snapped her gaze to Kenshin, unable to believe her ears. It was an incredibly tempting offer, especially from someone who could kiss and grope her all week. She pondered deeply whether to agree to this shameless condition.
On one hand, she realized two such blowouts in a row couldn't be coincidence and concluded Kenshin really could analyze moves ahead. She remembered how he sometimes frowned hard, as if calculating future moves – but many did that, including her. On the other hand, she was already bound by two shameful conditions, and a third didn't seem especially horrific by comparison.
"Fine, I agree, but we'll sleep fully clothed! And I warn you, if you do anything especially shameful, I'll die before enduring it, got it?!" Kasumi barked, cornered and feeling humiliated.
"Kasumi, I told you I don't want you harmed. Besides, you moaned so cutely during our caresses..."
"SHUT UP!" Kasumi cried, not wanting to hear those shameful words. Especially since Kenshin was telling the pure truth.
"Sleeping in clothes isn't comfortable. Let's compromise on underwear," Kenshin suggested, unwilling to give up such a delightful prospect. He knew that over the week, under his charm, Kasumi would likely crack and surrender, but he loved playing with this feisty beauty.
"No! Underwear won't do!" Kasumi shook her head.
"What's the difference between underwear and the swimsuit I've already seen you in and touched?" Kenshin asked with a smile. He loved making the proud Nara Clan daughter blush with lewd hints.
"You scoundrel!" the black-haired kunoichi said, embarrassed, wrinkling her nose.
After a while, they settled on a compromise that suited both. If she lost, Kasumi had to sleep with Kenshin in short shorts and a tight little top. That was the max she'd agree to.
Several times, a thought flashed in the corner of her mind to stop enduring the humiliation and slap the scoundrel hard, but the young Nara Clan daughter refused to admit to herself that these conditions were monstrous for her as a Nara Clan girl but not so terrifying for a simple young girl named Kasumi.
Two personalities warred inside her constantly. The first: the obedient, clan-loyal kunoichi revering all its traditions and precepts. The second, buried deep until today and refusing to surface: little, affectionate Kasumi, deliberately suppressed for years. Now she was waking up, even fighting for existence, seeing salvation in this incredible youth.
"Fine, but before we start, I have an extra condition. Three seconds per move, not five," Kasumi said, deciding to limit Kenshin's potential and boost her win chances. She was sure even the most genius Nara Clan member ever born couldn't calculate half the moves in three seconds.
"Then I have a counter-condition. For the next week, you'll sit on my lap anytime I want," Kenshin replied, for whom shorter move time was a real hurdle.
After a few seconds' thought, Kasumi agreed, figuring it wouldn't change much.
The third game was the shortest yet most tense for both. Kenshin pushed x120 focus to the limit, trying to plan ahead, but even so, 10-20% of combos went unaccounted, and the winner was unknown till the end.
To Kasumi's own surprise, the glimpse of victory partly upset her, but she quickly shoved it aside and focused on the game.
Kenshin grew seriously worried and inwardly cursed his overconfidence, as Kasumi hit an unaccounted combo that could end it in moves. Just as he thought she'd seal his defeat, she made a completely different move no one with her intellect could make, and lost quickly.
Dead silence hung in the room for a second, then Kenshin jumped up joyfully, staring at Kasumi, but quickly regained composure and cleared his throat.
"Ahem, looks like I won," Kenshin said, as if asking the girl's opinion.
"Looks like it..." the black-haired kunoichi replied in a displeased tone, arms crossed over her chest.