He forced the feelings out of his mind. The fact remained he needed to save Taki, he had to at Least have the guts to get through this and do that for her after all she had done for him.

Thankfully the medical supplies were where he had remembered, in a closet not that far from where he had been held. Bandages, ointments, stitches, he grabbed handfuls of everything he could think of, even though he had Limited knowledge in how to use much of it, then hurried back to Taki.

He found her lying on her back, blood pooling around her. Swallowing back his panic, he tried to stem the flow of blood where he could and began making tourniquets, but the stitches were useless to him, his hands were shaking so much from stress that he couldn't have used them even if he knew how to.

Taki stirred as he worked.

“The marriage thread..." she spoke in a daze, "I lost it during the fighting...”

“Don't worry about that, I'LL make one just for you later okay? We'LL go home to the tree house, everything will be okay," he tried to reassure himself as much as her, his eyes moistening as he finished bandaging what he could.

Her breath hitched. She gasped and he could practically see the life drain from her bloodied body.

No... This couldn't happen...

He stifled a sob. She was fading fast. "Taki I don't know what else to do! What can I do?!"

"Energy," she replied weakly.

“What ?"

“Your spirit energy... it will feed the demonic energy within me... make my body stronger... it may be enough to stabilize me. You need to have sex with me... now." As if in emphasis the pseudo clothing around her privates began receding.

“I... I'UL try Taki but... I-I-don't know if I can do it like this.”

Even as he said this he dropped his pants and underwear and began to desperately stroke himself, to no avail.

Taki smirked at the sight as she weakly extended her hand to grasp his shaft, her blood-slicked fingers still deft as ever.

“Thankfully your body can ignore the situation provided the right stimulus is provided."

He gasped at the sudden arousal.

“Taki! What if I just hurt you worse?” he cried even as her hand somehow managed to make him hard.

She returned his plea with a steely glare, desperate hunger visible in her eyes. "This is about survival. I've been bandaged and I can handle the pain. Now ignore my wounds and fuck me with everything you have!”

The exertion of her command was too much, and she began to cough blood.