Story: Succumilf

 

Mayako's plan was a simple one. Turn this ragtag group of villains into a force worth overcoming. Make them into true 'second arc' level baddies that challenge the hero, forcing him to elevate to new heights and prepare him further for the trials ahead. Go by the principle that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger! Why, this lot were so weak and pathetic that her latent, unpractised succubus powers had bent them to her will as easily as bending a sheet of paper.

Regardless, her time in a managerial position had made certain habits kick in, and she was in full on manager mode right now, with the big cheese and his top subordinates all lined up in front of him.

"I've had a look at your operational efficiency, and your stats don't look very good," she said. Mayako pointed at a line graph she'd put together to make her point quite clear. "Based on my analysis, it's clear you're spending a lot of unproductive time bullying and harassing those much weaker than yourselves. I dare say this has caused some atrophy in your Awesome levels, which have impacted the overall performance of this centre."

They fidgeted nervously while blatantly staring at her chest. Or her legs. Or her butt. Or... Her pinky? Unusual, but she'd seen stranger in her time. Like one guy in Ancient Sumer had been turned on by her eyelids for Darkness knows why. Mayako made sure to trail her pinky around her neckline to help maintain her control over the group. An automatic action from her experience as a succubus, which went against what she should be doing as a manager.

"Sorry, boss!" they said, clearly annoyed at themselves for failing to meet their targets.

"Alright, it's fine, don't worry," she said. Realistically, if this was actually her group she'd have already eliminated them. Put someone else in here instead. "So why don't we focus on our long term goals. What do we exist to do?"

Silence is a funny thing. When all the little noises that you filter out simply stop cold, it's a disconcerting thing. Like the calm before a storm, it catches your attention quickly and makes the hair on the back of your neck stand on end. After a moment, a piece of tumbleweed drifted through the room.

"You... Have long term goals, don't you?" Mayako asked, sweet as sugar, voice dripping with honey while trying oh. So. Hard. To keep her eyebrow from twitching like crazy. The blank stares that met her eyes said it all. Oh sweet mother of fuck. This was the least competent group she'd ever seen! And she had interacted with the sons of rich CEOS! "Well, I think we've ascertained the reason your productivity is so low. It's all well and good trying to build up your reserves of Awesome - but there's hardly any point to it if you don't have a plan on what to do with it!"

They all shuffled nervously while Mayako's mind raced.

"It's clear that you're so focused on appearing Awesome that you're not actually as Awesome as you could be," she slowly said. Yes, that sounded about right. This power system they had was still a bit strange to her, but she could roll with it. Yes, yes. "Alright! There are some annoying intruders in our territory that we need to deal with right now. If we're to mount an effective defence, and establish better security going forward, I am going to need to know what resources are available."

They stared at her for a moment. Right. They were really, really stupid.

"Tell me what you can do," she said. Patiently. Like a teacher explaining arithmetic to a very young child who had never even dreamed of it before.

"I'm Cypher!" the head honcho said. Big burly guy. He summoned whips of 1s and 0s around himself, which was kind of a lame power for someone supposedly in charge. "This is what I can do! This, and hit like a truck! Hah!"

Mayako politely smiled and applauded. Hrm, you know, if he was smarter that could be a useful superpower. Grab enemies, throw things at them, pull yourself into a better position... A little creativity would go a long way. Behold the Peter Principle in action. He probably got into this position because he was more competent than his underlings.

May Darkness help her, his subordinates were probably less competent than him. Oh <i>no</i>, what a tangled mess she'd gotten herself into here! It would take her years to make them an efficient Awesome gathering force, for - For...

"Thank you Cypher," Mayako said. "Oh, before you continue - who is your superior?"

"You, MIstress!" Cypher said with great enthusiasm. The sort of enthusiasm you only really find in the thoroughly brainwashed. Or deeply religious. Actually scratch that, the former covers the latter. 

"No, no, I mean... If not for me, who would you be taking orders from?" she patiently, oh so patiently asked.

"Uh... Dunno! He's a big scary shadowy guy, never seen his face... but he's so Awesome I can't say no to anything he wants!"

That... did not help. At all. Never bloody mind, then! She pointed at the next subordinate, an idiot who had fashioned his hair into a line of spikes... Actually those were probably meant to be 1s. Oh. Oh wow. She got it now. They were all basing their gimmicks off binary in some way. That fat guy had a giant hoop for hair, representing a 0, while the other two had half white and half black bodies but on opposite sides. You know, like that one Star Trek episode. Ah, she really should sit down with her son when she got out of here and slam down some classic Trek, make a good night of it, she'd not done that with him in, what, ten years...?

The four underlings soon introduced themselves, and Mayako found she didn't give enough of a shit to remember their names or what they could do because of how utterly tedious they all were. That was not a good sign. Not only were they less competent than Cypher, they were also less Awesome than him! That was definitely not a good sign, at all!

How was she supposed to make a working Second Arc out of these clowns?! Kenshiro would surely steamroll them, like the manly hunky hero he was! Which utterly defeated the point of the Second Arc! He was supposed to have this moment of 'oh, the training I did for the last arc isn't enough, my friends are all in grave danger I must push past my limits' because if he didn't he'd get minced by the first goon he ran into during the Third Arc!

"Cypher! There's some idiots blowing through our defenses!" some nameless goon yelled in a clear panic. He took note of Mayako, probably for the first time - then instantly sprouted wood, hearts in his eyes, and went into 'I think this body language turns men on and could not be more wrong' mode. "But, hey babe, why don't we, uh... Hide out somewhere until it's all over?"

"I'd rather eat glass," Mayako immediately replied. "Okay, okay! Send out your strongest fighter that isn't one of you guys to try to slow them down. Don't kill them or anything, just... try to scare them off for now. And if that doesn't work..." It never hurts to have a backup plan. When trying to slow down her own rescue. 

All for the sake of making sure the hero was sufficiently strong before she brought him to their side. Oh, the things she did for her job...

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The ultimate motivating force in any shounen work is 'your significant other is in mortal danger and it's time to rescue her'. Though this also kinda works for friends, rivals, archnemesis, the person who held the door open for you this morning on your way to work...

"Looks like we got a few intruders in here!" said one minion who looked like a giant 1 with legs and arms.

"To enter our domain, this test you must pass!" said another. "One of us tells only truths -"

"And the other got their skull kicked in," said... not Kenshiro. To Kenshiro, the kidnapped person was his boss. A boss he liked (which is pretty rare in this economy), but still just... a boss. He was going out of Obligation (which is also pretty rare in this economy). He felt responsible for her being kidnapped, and that it was his duty to rescue her.

On the other hand? Just last night Mayako had rocked Sora's world last night and she wasn't exactly happy that the person she'd banged last night had been kidnapped. Right under her nose. It was kinda pissing her off a lot. A <b>lot</b>. And so? She'd obliterated the 0 guard without a second thought.

"Damn, girl!" Kenshiro whistled. "That's way more awesome than solving some cliche riddle!"

"Uh, I was always confused by that one anyway..." Rei muttered to herself. "I mean, since the guards are the ones telling you that one of them always lies, that makes it impossible to know if the riddle is genuine or not..."

"Are you guys gonna stand there pontificating on asinine riddles, or are you helping me rescue Mayako before those brutes do something wicked and - " Sinful and wrong and <i>naughty</i> to her. Mmm, her imagination was getting all fired up now. Maybe - Maybe Mayako would want to play along with that? Ah! Better still, maybe she could convince Mayako to help her seduce Kenshiro when this was all over with?

In which case she should really let him take the lead on this. But... But she was just so pumped up! Another mook came out to get in their way, and without thinking about it she punted him into orbit without breaking stride.

"I have much to learn in the ways of Awesome," Kenshiro nodded sagely. "Sometimes it's not what you do, but how you do it."

"... Were you staring at her legs just now?" Rei asked, slightly hitching her skirt up a few inches. Just in case.

"Yeah!" Kenshiro blushed. Another minion leaped out at the shadows to try to grab him, but instead Kenshiro simply counter, spun the guy around and hauled him off into another group planning an ambush further down the hallway "I mean, it's not like that. It's just that she has a very powerful set of legs, it turns out. You know?"

Rei made a very important mental note to herself. Never skip leg day. Second mental note, invest in shorts and skirts.

Just then, there was an ominous rumbling noise from up above them. Hrm? What was that? The trio stopped in their tracks to look up, and then - The ceiling caved in! Down drops a behemoth of a man, laughing uproariously while slapping his enormous belly.

"Bwahahahaha!" he cackles maniacally. "You three!" Dramatic pointing! "You will never take our captive! Never, ever, ever! She's way too hot, we'll never surrender her!"

"Wait, what was that about her being too -" Rei began, but Sora rushed forward and clasped hands with the enemy.

"Oh, I know! She's just the best isn't she?" Sora gushed. "That perfect figure, like an hourglass!"

"The maturity, the authority she exudes is intoxicating!" the villain added, the two of them beginning to jump around like a pair of schoolgirls gossiping about a mutual crush.

"Which do you prefer? Her thighs or her breasts?" Sora asked.

"Trick question, they're equally hot, hot, hot!" the villain faux-swooned... right into Kenshiro's waiting hand.

"Listen, I don't know what kinda weird pervy ability you're using on her right now?" Kenshiro said, sounding more serious than he ever had. Like, he was talking the same as a normal person would right now. "But it's really gross so I'm gonna just put you out of your -"

The villain swung a fist down which landed in Kenshiro's palm. A heavy sigh escaped the lips of our hero as he brought his own fist back and swung it so furiously forward that the air friction made his knuckles catch fire.

"Exploding Awesome Glory!" Kenshiro yelled. There we go that's more like it. The fist struck hard, sending the fool flying into the air where he promptly exploded into the word 'Awesome'. "Hey! Didja see! I got me a special attack now! Sweet, yeah, that's the shit! Hahaha!"