Amanda Learns about Shibari

Having given Amanda time to recover a little from the sweet torment to which she had been subjected, Yoko rose to her feet and then helped Amanda to hers. Displaying the same expertise as she had when she tied them, Yoko quickly divested Amanda of the ropes in which she had spent the last half hour. Not surprisingly, the memory of the ropes was imprinted on her flesh, and her breasts and nipples showed no sign of returning to their normal size. Ignoring these vestiges of Amanda's first experience with shibari, Yoko launched into an explanation to her second.

"Shinju focuses your attention on your breasts, but breasts are not the only portion of the female anatomy whose responsiveness can be enhanced by the application of ropes. Indeed, even more susceptible to the joys of binding are the erogenous zones in your groin. The form of shibari which deals with this region is known as "sakuranbo," which translates into English as "the peach." Although sakuranbo often involves suspension, suspension is neither essential nor appropriate for a novice like you. Instead, in order to not distract you by introducing too many unfamiliar experiences at once, I am going to employ a technique which will enable you to concentrate on the highly sensual aspects of what is being done to you."

Yoko began Amanda's second binding by cinching her waist. Amanda's waist is normally about twenty four inches, but Yoko's rope trimmed at least three of those inches, forcing Amanda's belly to bulge out beneath. Moving in front Amanda, Yoko used a finger under the rope and a hand on Amanda's belly to mold Amanda's stomach into an attractively rounded bowl whose gentle contour was in stark contrast to the severely constricted band around her waist. After asking Amanda to spread her legs a little, Yoko moved so that she faced Amanda's right side. Once there, Yoko inserted a second rope through the rope cinching Amanda's waist, drew this rope over Amanda's protruding tummy and through her spread legs, threaded through waist rope in back, drew it back through Amanda's legs, and reinserted in front through the rope circumscribing Amanda's waist. Stepping behind Amanda, Yoko anchored one end of the second rope to the first with a knot which lay in the hallow of Amanda's spine. Then, moving back in front and going down on her knees, Yoko slowly took the slack out of the rope between Amanda's legs, carefully guiding the two strands so that they would lie on either side of Amanda's vulva. When she was satisfied that they were positioned to exert pressure simultaneously on the tendons in Amanda's groin and the outer sides of her labia, Yoko secured the rope in place with a large knot which she placed so that it was nestled in and would press against Amanda's navel.

Standing up, Yoko went behind Amanda, gathered Amanda's hair, and plaited it into a pigtail which hung down the center of her back. After securing the pigtail with a sturdy elastic band, Yoko told Amanda to place her hands behind her head. With a new rope, Yoko first bound Amanda's wrists with one end and then ran the other end down her back and through the rope around her waist. She next pulled the rope tight, forcing Amanda's arms up so that her elbows formed little spires on either side of her head and her hands rested between her shoulder blades. As a result, Amanda's breast were drawn high on her chest, flattening them slightly but allowing them to maintain their pleasingly full shape. At the same time, Amanda's armpits were brought into prominence, exposing the wonderfully soft flesh of her underarms while displaying the well developed her upper arms and lap muscles. Still standing behind Amanda, Yoko raised her hands to the shallow hallows of Amanda's armpits and began stroking the satiny skin there.

"Westerners seldom appreciate the erotic potential of the female armpit. Nowhere on the body is the skin as soft and sensitive as it is in these charming recesses. Once I have completed the sakuranbo tie which I have designed for you, I will return to this area and teach you something about the pleasure which you can derive from it. However, there is one more rope which I have to put in place. I am afraid that you may object that its installation will require me to take considerable liberties with the most intimate part of your anatomy, but I think that in the end you will find that the eventual pleasure which you receive will be ample reward for the temporary indignity which I will impose on you."

Once again kneeling in front of Amanda, Yoko attached a thin piece of silken cord to rope at her waist and pulled it snug along the center-line of Amanda's swollen belly. She then made a precise measurement of the length between its point of attachment and the apex of Amanda's mons before tying a double knot. If Amanda had any doubts about Yoko's intent, they were dispelled when Yoko prised open her labia and embedded the silken cord in the narrow channel created by the ropes which she had installed earlier. Moving to Amanda's rear, Yoko drew the cord between the crease separating Amanda's ass cheeks, again pausing to make a second double knot at the spot where the cord would pass over Amanda's anus before pulling the cord taut and checking that the knots were correctly positioned, one pressing against Amanda's clitoris and the other burrowed in her anus. Finally, Yoko grabbed Amanda's pigtail and drew Amanda's head back before weaving the cord into the pigtail and tying it there.

Clasping Amanda's body from behind, Yoko guided Amanda's trussed body first into a kneeling position on the tatami mat and then coaxed her legs further and further apart until Amanda was sitting on her haunches with her folded legs splayed out on either side. In the process, the cord bisecting Amanda's crotch was drawn even tighter, completely disappearing from the point where it crossed over her mons to the point where it re-emerged from between her buttock. Watching Amanda squirm in an attempt to accommodate the ropes binding her abdomen and the cord invading her vulva, it was not clear to me whether she was yet ready to agree with Yoko's claim that her reward compensated for her travail. Forced by the position of her head to stare at the ceiling, she had opened her mouth to facilitate her labored breathing and, intermittently, give voice to her frustration. Nonetheless, in spite of her considerable discomfort, it was obvious that Yoko's art was having the desired effect. Amanda's nipples stood out rigidly from her upturned breasts, and the silvery coating accumulating along the passage into which the cord had disappeared gave undeniable evidence of her arousal.

Kneeling directly behind Amanda, Yoko resumed her stroking of Amanda's armpits and underarms. At first her touch was tantalizingly ephemeral, but as she warmed to her task, she began probing the intricate network of tendons and ducts beneath the surface. In addition, she began visiting neighboring regions, slowly working her way toward the succulent flesh on the sides of Amanda's breasts. From my vantage point, the scene before me looked like a highly erotic solo cello concert, with Yoko being the cellist and Amanda being instrument on which she was playing. This image was reinforced when Yoko rocked Amanda's body back so that her shoulder rested against Yoko's chest and her head lay in the crook between Yoko's shoulder and neck. By this time, there was no question that Yoko had vindicated her prediction. Amanda was totally consumed by the sensations which Yoko and her ropes were evoking. A look of ecstasy was written on her face as she twisted her hips and pelvis in an unmistakable and thoroughly uninhibited attempt to use the strategically placed knots to masterbate.

Presumably because of her severely restricted mobility, Amanda took a surprisingly long time to bring herself to orgasm. Throughout her struggle to reach her climax, she provided me with a continuously evolving, wonderfully sensual display of the female body performing at its peak, reaching a magnificent crescendo when she finally achieved her goal. After the last wave of her orgasm had swept over her, a thoroughly drained Amanda slumped against Yoko's body where she remained while Yoko quickly removed the ropes which had played a critical role in her recent education.

After Amanda had recovered sufficiently to dress and prepare to leave, Yoko escorted us to the door. Before opening it, she turned toward us and said,

"Amanda, I think that you should know that yours has not been the only body which has been under duress during your visit. Mine has too."

Then, raising her hands to her collar, Yoko opened her kimono to reveal her slim body beneath. Crisscrossing her chest was a complicated network of ropes which molded her small breasts and squeezed them into pert mounds crowned by fully erect, dark nipples. Below this network was a second, not unlike the one which had just been removed from Amanda's lower body. In particular, it was clear that, throughout our visit, a cord had been embedded in Yoko's crotch, and I could easily imagine the sensations that cord produced as Yoko played her role.

After giving us time to absorb the sight before us, Yoko closed her kimono, opened the door, bowed, and bade us goodby, saying

"I hope that this will not be your only visit. Amanda is an apt pupil who can profit from the many things which I can teach her."