Hello everyone! This was a request based story, which I am extremely psyched to do since this is my first request.
I'm excited to write the direction of one of my favorite ships in League of Legends and hope you all enjoy this!
Look forward to future chapters soon!
`~mk-lite
Ahri stepped forward, conjuring her signature blue orb of energy as her lane opponent, Zed, drew his blades.
"Say Zed, how about after this match, you show me what's underneath that mask of yours? Or perhaps I can show you a little bit of.." she trailed off as she seductively pulled her already low kimono even lower, revealing a generous amount of cleavage.
But Zed's glowing red eyes remained unnerving as usual, as he began slicing through minion waves.
"Was worth a try," Ahri pouted as she began farming the minions as well.
A couple minutes into the game, and Ahri was doing extremely well. Her jungle had ganked her lane several times, giving her a significant lead to Zed. Eyeing the ninja who was now standing underneath his turret, Ahri dashed in without seeing the enemy Camille who was waiting nearby.
Trapping Ahri in her Hextech Ultimatum, Camille sliced downwards only to have the nine tailed fox dash to the side at the very last second. However, Zed was ready to follow up and dashed in, activating his Death Mark onto Ahri.
Leaping backwards to the safety of their turret, they both began recalling as the Death Mark's shrunken above Ahri's head indicated that it was going to finish her off.
Ahri looked up in dismay and closed her eyes to wait for the pain to hit.
But the pain never came, and after a couple of seconds, Ahri peeked out and saw herself surrounded by a shield of glowing blue and purple energy.
Standing in front of her was none other than Shen, the Eye of Twilight, his hands still in the formation for his ultimate, Stand United.
Whipping his head around, Zed drew his blades once again. "Shen" he snarled.
"Zed" Shen replied calmly as he brandished his swords.
Ahri watched in silent awe as the two ninjas clashed, moving too fast for the eye to follow. Narrowly ducking a split second before a stray shrunken sliced a little fur off of her right ear, Ahri couldn't help but stare at the blur that was Shen.
Shen finally landed a solid kick to Zed's chest, sending the Master of Shadows sprawling backwards. Before Zed could recover, Shen vaulted onto him and slammed his fist into the ninja's helmet, sending Zed back to the spawning fountain.
Turning back to face the nine tailed fox, Shen reached out a hand. "Are you alright?"
Taking his hand and hoisting herself back to her feet, Ahri nodded slowly as if in a trance.
"Well then, we have a game to finish." Shen replied in his monotone voice before vanishing in thin air.
—
The rest of the game was a blur for Ahri, although she was vaguely aware that her team won the game quite easily. After the game, Shen was in his room mediating when he was stirred by a sudden knock on his door.
Opening his door, he was surprised to see the sight of Ahri, her nine white tails swirling around her slowly.
"Ahri? I-"
Shen was cut off as Ahri pushed him back into his room, closing the door behind them quietly. Slamming him into the wall, the nine tailed fox traced a finger down Shen's chiseled chest.
"You got me out of quite a pinch in today's game, and I just wanted to stop by and thank you properly" Ahri whispered as she pressed her impressive bust against Shen, who remained completely stoic.
Looking down at Ahri, "We were nothing more than teammates in that situation. My ultimate is made for saving teammates in order to win our games, which is exactly what we did today. This discussion is over." Shen replied.
In the blink of an eye, Ahri found herself hoisted up in Shen's arms and politely set on the ground outside his door. As the door shut and locked, Ahri blinked once again, finding herself in a strange stupor that she wasn't used to feeling.
Her right ear twitching in annoyance at this foreign feeling, she stomped off back to her quarters, pouting the entire way.
—
The next day, Shen awoke to a bouquet of flowers covering his entire living quarters. Ranging from the most expensive flowers in Runeterra, to the smallest flower that no one would ever notice, the decorations were perfectly displaced.
Ahri burst into his room, much to Shen's surprise, with a huge grin on her face.
Placing her hands on her hips and striking a smug facial expression, Ahri stood at the foot of Shen's bed as he rubbed his head awkwardly.
"I believe you got the wrong room, Ahri. I didn't ask for flowers."
"Of course you didn't ask for them! That's why I went ahead and got them for you! I had to travel far and wide for these flowers so you better take them." Ahri exclaimed with a gleam in her eyes.
Sighing as he got out of his bed, he was slightly put off by the audible gulp from Ahri as she took in the sight of his top half of his toned body, as the ninja slept shirtless most of the time.
Ahri felt the heat rising to her cheeks as she took in the sight of Shen's chiseled abs, chest, shoulders and arms.
Shen narrowed his eyes as he quickly threw on a loose shirt.
"Just when it was getting good," Ahri pouted as Shen steered her towards the open door.
Walking out down the hallway grudgingly, Ahri's ears perked up as she heard her name being announced for a game.
"Maybe this will help clear my head from this strange feeling I've been having lately," Ahri thought to herself as she made a beeline towards the Champion Selection room.
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"AHRI! LOOK OUT!" Janna cried out as Ahri turned too late, taking the full force of Ezreal's Trueshot Barrage straight to her face as she was sent back to the spawning fountain.
As she was waiting to respawn alongside Janna, Ahri sighed as she buried her face into her fluffy tails.
"What is wrong, Ahri?" Janna's usual comforting voice was a nice change of pace compared to the rest of Ahri's team, who had done nothing but flame her for constantly dying to the enemy team.
Ahri looked distraught for a second, before shaking her head and assuming her normal composure as she scoffed at Janna.
"Nothing's wrong, just a bad Summoner. Just you wait, I'll crush the enemies underfoot," Ahri said as the two of them respawned.
Minutes later, Ahri was back in the spawning fountain for the ninth time that game as she couldn't shake herself back into her normal self. Tears of frustration welled up in her amber eyes but she took in a deep breath, determined to finish the game strong.
Another couple minutes later, her team ended up surrendering as they had no turrets and the enemy team was halfway through destroying their Nexus.
As her teammates walked back out in the Champion Headquarters, grumbling over the terrible game, Ahri tried her best to shut out the not so indirect complaints to her performance as she made her way quickly towards her room.
But on her way through the halls, she felt the tears of frustration rise up in her eyes but this time she didn't have the strength to resist them. Falling to her knees in the middle of the hall, Ahri began sobbing uncontrollably.
All the feelings of frustration from dying each time in her game, the overwhelming amount of toxicity from her teammates directed only at her, and the confusion of what was wrong with her all came crashing down on her at once.
Champions and Summoners looked awkwardly at her before averting their view just as quickly and making their way around her. For once, Ahri didn't care who saw or heard her.
Suddenly, a blue blur landed in front of her. Ahri's tear filled eyes widened as Shen knelt down in front of her, scooping her up in his arms. Leaping up and away, Shen carried her out of the Champion Headquarters and out into the night of Runeterra. Landing gently at the entrance of a small garden, Shen set Ahri down before drawing his spirit blade from the holster on his back.
Slashing his sword in a special formation, Shen channeled his energy into the garden. Ahri wiped the tears from her eyes as the garden lit up with a soft golden energy. The ward lights set up around the area flared up, as the enormous sakura tree set in the middle of the garden began to glow with golden energy.
Ahri gasped as Shen turned to her, bowing his head in apology.
"I apologize for taking you here without asking first. I had..wanted to recognize your gift of flowers to me, but the timing seemed off." Shen said.
"I-It's fine, really. Where are we, though?" Ahri stammered as Shen took a seat on the grass, the wind blowing gently.
"This is my special meditation garden. I come here to reflect, or when I need to be alone. I…thought you might like it." Shen replied awkwardly.
Ahri felt her heart throb, and before she could stop herself, she tackled Shen in a full body hug. Laying on his back with his arms awkwardly sticking out from underneath Ahri, Shen began to peel Ahri off of him when he felt something wet on his chest.
Looking down at her head buried in his chest, Shen saw her body shaking as she began sobbing once again. Slowing lowering his hands in hesitant acceptance, Shen began stroking her head stiffly.
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Ahri didn't realize when she fell asleep exactly, but when she woke up, she was back in her living quarters, tucked away in her bed.
Sitting up slowly, Ahri's ears and tails twitched as she struggled to remember why exactly she was still dressed in her usual clothes to bed. That's when the memories of last night came rushing back and she felt her face turn hot.
Fanning her face as she stripped down and turned on the shower water in her bathroom, Ahri stared at the water cascading down onto her for a good hour. Wrapping herself in a towel as she finished drying her hair, Ahri noticed a small package on her desk.
Opening it, she was greeted with a small note taped on a bottle of bubbling, murky, brown liquid.
"This herbal drink will help you feel better. -Shen"
Ahri's ears flattened in disgust as she sniffed the bottle before recoiling completely. Trying not to gag, Ahri quickly emptied the bottle into her sink. Slipping into her usual outfit, Ahri threw open her doors as she made her way down the hall towards the cafeteria.
Taking her tray and eagerly making her way towards her table, she turned the corner and ran right into Shen. Shen's quick reflexes allowed him to catch not only the tray but her food as well.
"S-Shen!" Ahri squeaked in embarrassment of making a scene in the already crowded mess hall.
"Ahri," Shen nodded as he gestured for her to follow him to his table instead. Trying to ignore her heart which felt like it was going to burst out of her chest, Ahri eagerly followed him as they sat across from one another.
"Did you drink the medicine I left for you?" Shen asked suddenly.
"Yes! No. I mean, of course I did. But it was so disgusting so I just threw i- I mean I drank it all! Thank you!" Ahri mentally slapped herself for being such an unusual mess in front of the emotionless ninja.
The corners of Shen's mouth moved upwards as he made an extremely small but distinct smile. Ahri felt her heart physically throb as she felt a surge of the foreign feeling in her body.
"Shen, I-"
"Shen!" Akali suddenly appeared in front their table, cutting Ahri completely off.
"Akali. To what do I owe the pleasure?" Shen's voice took on a different tone, as his familiarity was evident in the dialogue with the Rogue Assassin.
Ahri could only stare with her heart sinking as she watched the two ninjas descent into conversation, seeing Shen laugh at a comment Akali made.
"Ah, before I forget. Before we leave for training, meet Ahr-"
Shen turned to see the empty seat, her food left untouched as Akali rolled her eyes.
"You really shouldn't hang around her too much. You know how she is with men, right?" Akali whispered to which Shen replied with only silence.
Sighing, Akali stood up, "Forget it, let's just go to training already."
But Shen was unusually hesitant, pausing for a couple seconds before finally leaving with Akali to the training grounds.