Love and Anger
A/N: I do NOT own Xena: Warrior Princess or the characters in it. The characters in this that aren't in Xena are mine though.
Xena and Gabrielle were riding on Argo through a field. They were enjoying the scenery and each other's presence for a change. Suddenly a warrior woman rode up to them at full speed. She jumped off her horse and kicked Xena in the chest, catching her off guard and sending her flying to the ground. The warrior landed next to Xena and pointed her sword at Xena's neck. "We finally meet, destroyer of nations" The warrior said. Gabrielle laughed, still sitting on Argo. "What's so funny?" The warrior asked over her shoulder. "Xena's not the destroyer of nations" Gabrielle told her. "Yes she is I've read all about her" the woman replied not taking her eyes off Xena. "Look she was the destroyer of nations 42 years ago. Then she gave up on life, saved me and we became friends, then lovers. I help her to stay on the path of good. She helps villagers and defeats warlords and criminals" Gabrielle told her. "Prove it" The woman told Xena letting her get up but still pointing her sword at her.
Xena walked over and kissed Gabrielle passionately. "I didn't mean prove you love her, prove that you're good" the woman said. "Well if I was still the destroyer of nations, I wouldn't love her. I thought love was a weakness. I'd also have an army with me" Xena replied. The woman thought about it, then lowered her sword. "Sorry, I didn't know you had reformed" the woman apologised. "It's ok, you're not the only one" Xena replied holding out her hand. The woman grasped her wrist in the warrior handshake. Then she held out her hand towards Gabrielle. "Bekki" the woman told her. "Gabrielle" Gabrielle replied grasping her wrist. "So where you headed?" Gabrielle asked. "Amphipolis" Bekki answered. "Why?" Xena asked. "Visiting my family, they recently moved here from Britannia" Bekki answered. "You're from Britannia?" Gabrielle asked. "Yeah; why?" Bekki asked. "That's why she didn't know" Gabrielle told Xena. "Boadicea did hate me" Xena replied.
"Boadicea told me and my village everything she knew about you and she trained me to fight you" Bekki told them. "Why don't you travel to Amphipolis with us? We're headed there too" Gabrielle suggested. "That would be great, as long as it's ok with Xena" Bekki answered. Xena pulled Gabrielle off Argo and dragged her away from Bekki. "I don't like her. She tried to kill me" Xena told Gabrielle. "Xena she hardly did anything and when she found out your not who you used to be she apologised" Gabrielle replied. "She managed to catch me off guard. No one does that, except you and she knocked me to the floor easily" Xena told her. "That's because you were off guard and it was only one time, because you were with me and relaxing" Gabrielle replied. "You don't have to like her, just let her travel with us and be civil" she added. "Fine but you owe me" Xena told her and they walked back to Bekki and Argo. "You can come with us" Xena told her. They travelled towards Amphipolis and got to know each other better on the way.
Gabrielle told Bekki about her and Xena's adventures and Bekki told them about her adventures. It was getting dark when Bekki finished telling them one of her stories. "We should make camp it's getting dark. Look out for a clearing" Xena told them. They continued to ride on for a while till they found a small clearing just big enough for the three of them. They got off the horses and set about making camp. Xena went hunting, Bekki got wood for the fire and started to build it and Gabrielle got out the bedrolls. She got hers and Xena's out of their bag and put them on the floor near the fire. She set their furs on top of them, it would be cold tonight. Then she went over to Bekki's horse. "Where's your bedroll?" Gabrielle asked. "In the bag on the right of Firestar" Bekki answered. Gabrielle got out her bedroll and a scroll fell on the floor. She picked it up and opened it. There was a drawing of a beautiful woman on it. (.)
Bekki went over to Gabrielle and took the scroll off her. "Why were you snooping in my stuff?" Bekki asked angrily. "I was just getting your bedroll and furs for you and it fell out" Gabrielle answered. "So you decided to look at it?" Bekki asked rolling up the scroll. "Sorry I was just curious" Gabrielle apologised. "Yeah well curiosity killed the cat" Bekki said evilly rounding on Gabrielle. Gabrielle had dropped the bedroll. Bekki walked towards Gabrielle until she was backed into a tree. Xena was in the shadows behind her watching. Bekki went to get her dagger from her side but Xena threw the chakram at her. Bekki reached up and grabbed the chakram without looking at it. "Nice try Xena" Bekki told her. She picked Gabrielle up by her throat with one hand and threw her against a tree next to Xena. Then she stormed out of the clearing. Bekki walked so far before throwing the chakram back to camp and ran off. Xena was getting water from Argo's saddle when the chakram flew through the camp and she couldn't stop it.
Gabrielle was unconscious so when the chakram flew towards her she couldn't catch it and it cut her stomach deeply. Xena ran over to her. She put scrap material on the wound to try and slow the flow of blood. "Gabrielle can you hear me? Gabrielle?" Xena asked crying. Gabrielle didn't stir. Xena felt for a pulse, it was there but faint. Xena bandaged the wound tightly, and then put her into their bedroll. "No matter what happens Gabrielle I will always love you, remember that" Xena whispered in her ear, then lightly kissed her on the lips. Xena ran off after Bekki and tracked her through the woods. She caught up to her by a lake. Bekki was sitting on a rock, head in her hands. "Bekki the chakram cut Gabrielle and I don't think she has much time left to live. I don't care about what you did right now, just go and apologise before she dies please" Xena asked. Bekki was silent for a moment. "I'll do better than that" Bekki said and ran back to camp with Xena following close behind.
They got back to camp and rushed over to Gabrielle. She was still alive, barely. "What do you mean you'll do better than that?" Xena asked. "I can heal her, I have magic. But I need your help" Bekki told her as they knelt next to Gabrielle. "What do I need to do?" Xena asked. "Clear your mind and allow me to take what I need from you. I need to use your love and strength to heal her" Bekki answered. Bekki took her hand and placed it on Gabrielle's chest, then put her hand on top of Xena's. Bekki closed her eyes and a pink glow appeared around their hands. Bekki chanted something in a language Xena didn't recognise and a few minutes later the glow went into Gabrielle's chest. Bekki opened her eyes and they removed their hands. Gabrielle blinked her eyes open and looked around her. "What happened?" Gabrielle asked groggily. "What do you remember?" Xena asked her. "I took out Bekki's bedroll, a scroll fell out, I looked at it, Bekki was angry, she shouted at me, and then threw me against a tree" Gabrielle said.
"After I threw you against the tree, you passed out and I went out the camp. I threw the chakram back to camp and it cut you. Xena bandaged you up but you were near death. She came and found me to get me to apologise. I came and healed you, but I couldn't have done it without Xena, it was her love for you and her strength that healed you" Bekki told her. Xena was still crying so Gabrielle pulled her to her in a tight embrace. "I love you Xena" Gabrielle told her. "I love you too Gabrielle" Xena replied. She eventually stopped crying and became angry. She went to lunge at Bekki and attack her, but Gabrielle stopped her. "Why did you stop me? She did this" Xena asked. "Yeah but she also saved me. It's my fault anyway I shouldn't have looked at her scroll" Gabrielle answered. "She over reacted, she didn't need to throw you or almost kill you!" Xena shouted. She got up and started hitting a tree with her sword. Gabrielle slowly got up and went over to Xena.
She wrapped her arms around her partner trapping Xena's arms at her sides so she couldn't hit the tree anymore. "Xena, calm down. I'm ok, you're ok and we're together. No one's dead, we're both alive and with the woman we love" Gabrielle told her. "I don't love Bekki" Xena joked. "Ha ha I know you don't and you know I mean each other. I love you and you love me" Gabrielle replied. "Do I?" Xena asked. "You better or you won't be getting any for an extremely long time" Gabrielle answered. Xena turned in her lovers arms grinning. She put her hands in Gabrielle's hair and kissed her lovingly. Gabrielle deepened the kiss and their tongues grinded against each others. They parted when they needed oxygen and leaned their foreheads together. "I love you with all my heart and soul. Words can't say how much I love you. I love you so much it hurts, but in a good way" Xena told her. "Good" Gabrielle replied smiling. Bekki was sitting next to the fire and they joined her, sitting opposite her.
Gabrielle sat between Xena's legs and Xena wrapped her arms around Gabrielle's waist. "So why did you get so angry?" Gabrielle asked Bekki. "I'm sorry about that, it's just she was my love and my only friend. She died about a month ago. She was killed by a warlord, called Ares, in front of me while I was held back by his soldiers. This is the only thing I have left of her and I didn't want anything to happen to it. I guess I still haven't got over her death" Bekki explained, tears forming in her eyes. Xena and Gabrielle looked at each other then back at Bekki. "We understand what you're going through" Gabrielle told her. "How you have each other, I've lost her" Bekki said. "Yeah we have each other now, but we've each died several times and every time was painful for the other" Xena told her. "You have? How did you come back?" Bekki asked. "Different ways, mouth to mouth, a god, Eli who had healing abilities, the devil" Xena answered. Bekki was shocked. "Do you think I could get her back?" Bekki asked after a few minutes.
"There are ways and you probably could, but is that what she wants?" Gabrielle asked. "I don't know I can't talk to the dead" Bekki answered. "But you can, everyone can you just need to know how. But for now try and get some sleep, we will be travelling a lot tomorrow. We'll tell you how on the way to Amphipolis" Xena told her. "Thanks for helping me" Bekki thanked. Xena nodded and went to her bedroll. "She's still angry with me isn't she" Bekki said. "Probably. But she'll come around as long as you don't give her a reason to hate you" Gabrielle said. "Do you hate me?" Bekki asked. "No, I understand why you did it and I'm used to people over reacting, Xena does almost all the time" Gabrielle answered. "Night" "Night" Bekki replied. They went to their bedrolls. Gabrielle cuddled up to Xena. "I don't over react" Xena told her. "Yeah you do" Gabrielle replied. "Only when it comes to you because I'm protective" Xena said. "And that's one of the many things I love about you" Gabrielle replied and kissed Xena sweetly.
"Night Xena" Gabrielle said. "Night sexy" Xena replied. Gabrielle draped her arm over Xena's waist and rested her head on Xena's chest. Xena wrapped her arms around Gabrielle. Gabrielle closed her eyes and went to sleep. Xena waited until Gabrielle was asleep and slid one hand down and into the front of Gabrielle's underwear. She closed her eyes and went to go to sleep, but Gabrielle woke up. She moved Xena's hand and hit her in the stomach. "Oof, what was that for?" Xena asked. "For putting your hand between my legs" Gabrielle answered. "I thought you liked it" Xena whispered. "Not when I'm sleeping" Gabrielle told her. "It made me horny" She mumbled. Xena managed to understand what she said and smirked. "Let me help you with that" Xena whispered. "Xena I'm tired" Gabrielle protested. Xena slid her hand back towards Gabrielle's underwear. Gabrielle grabbed Xena's hand and stopped it. "Not now Xena" Gabrielle told her. "Why?" Xena complained. "I told you, I'm tired" Gabrielle replied.
"Yeah but you also said you're horny" Xena said. "No I didn't I said what you were doin makes me horny. I'm just tired. If your horny, either take care of it yourself or go in a cold lake" Gabrielle told her. Xena thought for a moment and looked over at Bekki, she was fast asleep. Xena checked Gabrielle's wound to see how it was and found it had completely healed. There wasn't a trace of a wound being there; it must have been Bekki's magic. She removed the bandage. "What are you doin?" Gabrielle asked. "Your wounds healed" Xena answered. Gabrielle looked at her stomach and was shocked to find no scar. Xena took off her underwear and straddled Gabrielle's stomach. "Now what are you doin?" Gabrielle asked. "You said to either take care of it myself or go in cold water. I choose to have an orgasm but I can't do that without your touch and since you won't help me, I'll do it this way" Xena answered. She started grinding on Gabrielle's stomach and moaning in pleasure. Gabrielle's stomach was getting moist.
Xena picked up the pace and started massaging Gabrielle's breasts. Gabrielle moved Xena's hands above her head, bent her knee up and kissed Xena passionately. While they kissed, Xena grinded her centre against Gabrielle's thigh and was moaning into her mouth. When she was close to the edge she moaned out, "So...close...please". "Pleasure or pain?" Gabrielle asked. "Pain" Xena moaned. Gabrielle moved Xena's hair away from her neck and bit it hard. She licked the flesh her mouth was covering and sucked on it. Then she bit harder drawing blood and causing Xena to climax. "Gabrielle" Xena moaned out loudly. Gabrielle kissed her passionately as Xena rode out her orgasm. Then Xena collapsed on top her, sweaty and out of breath. "Thanks for that" Xena thanked her lover. "No problem, I'll do anything for you, you know that" Gabrielle replied. "And so will I for you" Xena told her and they kissed lovingly. They parted when they needed air and Gabrielle looked over at Bekki. "Thank the gods she's still asleep" Gabrielle whispered. "Yeah wouldn't want her to hear or see anything" Xena agreed. Xena moved off Gabrielle and Gabrielle cuddled up to her side. "I love you Gabrielle" Xena told her. "I love you too Xena" Gabrielle replied. They kissed lovingly and Gabrielle went to sleep with her arms around Xena and her head resting on Xena's breast. Xena slid her hand down between Gabrielle's legs, this time over her underwear and went to sleep.