Chapter Three
"Ignis, the mighty daughter of the mighty Firelord Ragnaros, wants to challenge me. That's funny" said Syndra and looked at the person who had just entered the room.
Ignis' eyes were narrowed when she looked at the sorceress. She was pissed that Syndra didn't take her seriously and didn't consider her as a real threat. She had heard a lot about this Dark Sovereign, about the horrible things she had done. But Ignis didn't feel intimidated by her powerful aura, she didn't feel fear or any other negative feeling except dislike for this silver-haired mage.
Ignis stood in front of the room's entrance in all her glory. She wasn't hiding her appearance behind an illusion anymore. She was very tall and beautiful. Her body had the shape of a humanoid being but she had the typical skin of an elemental. Her skin consisted out of dark-red coloured firestones. Her firm skin served as her only armour, meaning that she wasn't wearing any clothes. She was taller than the average human, her eyes had a fearsome orange glow and her hair, which reached to her shoulders, consisted out of living flames.
"You shouldn't underestimate me" said Ignis calmly and kindled a small flame above the palm of her left hand. Her piercing eyes stared at Syndra whose lips formed a provocative smile.
Syndra wasn't showing any signs of fear or intimidation. She observed the elemental woman with interest, her spheres still floated in front of her.
"Give up, this is your last chance. Otherwise, I have to hurt you seriously" shouted Ignis and developed the little flame into a huge fireball.
"Try it" was Syndra's verbal response then her physical response followed. She threw half of her spheres at the fire creature with the intention to kill her. Ignis changed the structure of her body and turned it into living flames. She avoided the spheres which flew through her blazing body and dissolved when they came in contact with the magical fire. Ignis changed the form of her body once again until it had the normal shape of an elemental.
"Not bad" complimented Syndra. She was a little bit impressed by this form-change, which was clearly hearable in her voice.
"Thank you. Now it's my turn" responded Ignis and threw the massive fireball at Syndra. The Dark Sovereign rose in the air and avoided the fireball by flowing in a rapid tempo to the left side of the room. Ignis sent another fireball at Syndra, this time it was smaller than the first one. She sent a third shortly after the second but Syndra avoided both of them by throwing dark spheres into them which caused that the fireballs exploded as they came in contact with the spheres.
"BOOOOOOORIIIING" shouted Syndra and unleashed a wave of dark magic, causing that one of her larger spheres flew towards Ignis and pushed her away when it hit her. Ignis stood up and ignored the wound in her torso. Like her father, she was an element which meant that she had no blood which could flow out of her body. Syndra noticed that glowing symbols appeared on Ignis' skin and her aura felt more powerful than before.
Syndra sent a wave of dark spheres at Ignis but the elemental managed to destroy them with a hail of little meteors before the spheres reached her.
She noticed that Syndra's spheres were still pushing Irelia onto the ground and prevented that she could stand up. Ignis knew that she couldn't free the Ionian woman from these spheres that's why she didn't even try it. Instead, Ignis created a wall of thick and super-hot flames in front of her and Irelia which would protect them against a few of Syndra's spheres.
She focused her power and cast a powerful spell. A meteor appeared out of nowhere beneath the ceilings and flew in a rapid tempo towards Syndra. The Dark Sovereign avoided the direct contact with the meteor at the last moment by jumping away. She managed to avoid the contact of the meteor but she didn't manage to avoid the explosion caused by the meteor's impact. The explosion flung her away, causing that she landed hard on the ground, a few bleeding wounds covered her exposed skin. Her outfit was damaged, pieces of skin poked out through holes and slits in the fine fabric.
Syndra hissed and created a dark sphere which had double the size of her normal spheres. She flung it at Ignis, the sphere swooshed through the air so fast so that Ignis was unable to do anything against it. The sphere would have hit her and would have caused serious damage if it wouldn't have been bashed away at the last moment by Ragnaros. Syndra dissolved the sphere at the last moment and avoided getting hit by it.
The mighty Firelord Ragnaros stood protectively in front of his daughter, his mighty hammer Sulfuras in one hand and a forming fireball between the fingers of his other hand. His body, which normally had the size of a few thousand feet, was barely taller than seven feet. Of course, he had shrunk his body to get through the corridor but he didn't seem to want to extend his body to its normal size. He seemed to prefer fighting in this smaller form, knowing that it would be more difficult for Syndra to hit him. If he would fight in his original form with his real size, he would make an easy target for the mage.
"Two against one. That's not fair"
"You never fought under any rules" sounded Ragnaros' deep and fearsome voice. Syndra didn't get intimidated by the Firelord's powerful aura. A wide smirk appeared on her lips when she created dozens of spheres and fired them at her opponents. Ragnaros flung his hammer against the spheres. The size of Sulfuras suddenly increased to his original size, its spiked head grew until it had the length of over three hundred feet and a wide of two hundred feet. The hammer's head collided with the spheres and destroyed all of them. Syndra avoided the hammer's hit at the last moment by teleporting away. She appeared in the room's rear right corner and blocked a flamestrike from Ignis with a powerful barrier, created by the use of dark magic.
Syndra sent waves after waves of dark spheres at her opponents but they managed to block or destroy most of them. Syndra fought against the two elementals for a while. She managed to hurt both of them but she got many wounds in return. She knew that she couldn't stand against Ignis and her father. She could defeat Ignis alone. Ragnaros would be a challenge but defeating him alone wasn't impossible. But defeating them together was almost impossible for the mage. The Firelord and his daughter were well attuned to one other which made them a very dangerous team. They combined their abilities. Most of the time, one of them kept distracting Syndra while the other prepared powerful abilities which hurt Syndra in the end.
She knew that she couldn't defeat them alone so she chose the only option which was available for her. The escape through the portal was the only way to get away alive if she didn't want to end in chains. She opened a small and stepped through it quickly. Ignis reacted quickly and rushed to the portal, unfortunately, it was closed before she reached it.
"Dammit" hissed Ignis and stared at the empty spot where the portal had been moments ago. She turned around and noticed that Irelia had finally managed to get up. The absence of their creator had caused that the dark spheres had lost their power, meaning that Irelia had been able to push them off.
"My back hurts so much. These spheres are so heavy" moaned Irelia and rubbed her hurting back.
"Next time don't run in alone. She would have killed you if we wouldn't have saved you"
"I'm sorry, I really thought that I can catch her this time but the darkness gave her a huge advantage"
"Even without the darkness, she is still stronger than you. Do me a favour and wait for us next time"
"I will. Thanks for the rescue" responded Irelia and gave Ignis a small smile.
"No problem"
"We should go back to our base and think about our next moves. We have to find out where Syndra is. Our task is to find her and capture her. Don't forget the importance of our mission" reminded Ragnaros and created a portal. "After you ladies"
The Firelord waited until his daughter and Irelia had walked through the portal then he made sure that nobody was watching them before he walked through the portal.
*Knock *Knock
"Who's there?" asked the sweet voice of a petite woman when she opened the door of her house and regarded the persons who were standing in front of her house. The petite woman was no other than Shen's wife Akali. She wore her typical green ninja outfit but she didn't wear her mask, which normally covered the lower part of her face. Her black hair was long and tied up in a messy ponytail.
"Welcome, Sylvanas and Elise. It's nice that you are visiting us. Oh, and you brought your kids with you. Come In, Lililya and Ken will be happy to have playmates" said Akali and invited her guests to follow her. She had barely aged since the war against Noxus and the Monarchs had been declared as over. Her red piercing eyes accentuated her beautiful face which still looked very young for her age of thirty.
Sylvanas was wondering why Akali was still wearing her battle outfit. Besides a few skirmishes against the last remaining former allies of Noxus, there were no wars and battles currently happening on Runeterra. She knew that Akali was absolving her standard training when she got the time but most of the time, she was taking care of her and Shen's children, meaning that a normal outfit or a dress would be more fitting than her battle outfit. Sylvanas assumed that it was her favourite outfit and that's why she was wearing it.
Sylvanas gave Akali a smile and stretched out one of her arms while the other arm was wrapped around Sylverion's waist, making sure that he wouldn't fall onto the floor. Akali shook Sylvanas' hand and gave her a joyful smile then she shook Elise's hand and closed the door behind them after the couple had entered her house.
Akali greeted Sylvanas' and Elise children and bent down to hug them after their mothers had put them onto the floor. The children hugged her back happily and ran her hands through Akali's mane. Akali giggled and stroked the kids' heads softly. She got up and hugged Elise, placing a soft kiss on her cheek then she did the same with Sylvanas, gaining a kiss in return.
She guided her guests to the living room in which Shen was sitting on the couch and was playing with his seven years old daughter and his two years old son. The walls of the living room were made out of thin and exquisite wood, an expensive carpet laid on the floor and the furniture was made out of best wood of the Ionian forests.
As always, Shen was wearing his mask because he was not allowed, as the Eye of the Twilight, to show his face to others. His family was the only exception. Although Sylvanas, and Elise where very close friends, he still couldn't show his face to them. He was wearing a more comfortable version of his battle armour, which was less armoured and more child-friendly, meaning that it was made out of leather instead of petricite and no sharp spikes or any other decoration had been added. He wore that because the combination of any other outfit with his mask would look hilarious.
Shen took his daughter off his lap and put her on an armchair. He stood up and walked to his guests, embracing Sylvanas and Elise. He signalized them to take a seat then he bent down and greeted Sylverion and Elena. The kids hugged their 'uncle' happily and gave him happy smiles. The little ones knew that Shen wasn't their real uncle but they still called him 'uncle Shen' because they really liked him. Shen's family and Sylvanas' family had gotten close over the past years because of their children and they had become very good friends. Because of this close friendship, the kids considered Shen as their uncle and Akali as their aunt.
Elena hopped on Akali's lap, making the ninja giggle and ran her fingers through her blonde hair in response. Sylverion showed Shen his cool toy knights and his plastic ninjas, telling him that he would like to be a ninja one day. Shen chuckled and stroked his head, picking him up and carrying to the couch.
Sylvanas and Elise regarded their children for a while, they were either playing with Liliya or Ken or they tried to impress Shen and Akali with what they have learned in the first few weeks under the guidance of their new trainers. Elena was already able to shot little arrows at targets, most of the times she missed the point in the middle of the practice target but sometimes she hit it. Sylverion was able to handle his wooden sword very well, which was very impressive, considering that he was only four years old. Most of Shen's students started their training at the age of six or eight but none of his students had ever been able to swing the sword as good as Sylverion, in such a short period of time.
"I have to say that I'm very impressed by your kids. They are only four years old but they are even better than most of our students at the age of eight" complimented Akali and looked at them with her greatest respect.
"Well, they have very powerful moms. I have expected them to become powerful warriors one day but I haven't except that they are already talented with their weapons after only a few weeks of training. Liliya has started her training after her sixth birthday. She is very talented but she had needed longer for handling her weapons but she is working hard on herself" responded Shen.
"We have debated more than one time if their training should start so early but considering that we don't know what is happening in the future, it's better to prepare them soon enough for what could happen in a couple of years. We don't know when Aatrox will attack Runeterra but we know that he will come sooner or later. Besides, they are very talented, which is expectable from children who have our genes. I am a very talented archer and mage and Elise is also a very powerful mage and assassin. The chances, that our children will become stronger than us one day, are very high" explained Sylvanas.
"One day, your children will also surpass both of you" said Elise and looked at Shen and Akali while she ran her long fingers through Liliya's black hair.
"Of course, they will. They will become stronger than us and lead the Kinkou Monastery one day" said Akali and pressed Ken tightly against her chest, placing a soft kiss on his forehead. Ken laughed and touched his mother's nose and then her cheeks.
"I'm sure that they will be good leaders" replied Sylvanas. Shen, Akali and Elise agreed and the talked for a while until their kids went to Liliya's and Ken's bedroom, dragging Akali with them.
Now only Shen, Elise and Sylvanas were left in the room. Shen was sitting in his favourite armchair while Elise was sitting in Sylvanas lap, her eyes were closed as she enjoyed the warmth, radiated by Sylvanas' body. Sylvanas soft hands touched her cheeks and caressed them slowly. Elise took one of Sylvanas' hands and brought it to her lips, placing soft kisses on the back of it.
Their relationship had started almost ten years ago but it felt for Elise like it was the first day when she had declared her interest in Sylvanas. Her feelings for Sylvanas hadn't changed, they had become even stronger over the past five years. The fire between them was still raging and was far away from burning out. Elise could not imagine a life without Sylvanas and Sylvanas couldn't imagine life without her cheeky and perverted Spider Queen. Elise belonged to her and she belonged to Elise.
Their relationship wasn't totally perfect, they often had argued how to teach their children but these arguments hadn't lasted for too long and mostly had ended up in good makeup sex. Most of the time Elise had initiated it and had left Sylvanas no other choice than accepting her offer. They had been separated only one-time, after a huge argument. This had happened after they had lost Undercity against the Noxian forces six years ago. They had been separated for only a few days before they had reconciled. Since their little argument, they had been together all the time and had enjoyed each other's presence, not knowing how long they could be together. War always demands sacrifices and the loss of countless lives. They had known that and had lived like the current day could have been their last day.
Fortunately, both had survived the brutal war against the Monarchs, Noxus and their allies so that they were now able to live together and raise their children together as a married couple.
Shen's and Akali's love, on the other hand, had started as a forbidden love. First of all, because Shen had become Akali's teacher after his father's death. It was also forbidden for the eye of Twilight to have an emotional connection with a woman because it would affect his ability to pass verdicts. Shen had ignored his feelings for Akali at first but he had found out, over the time, that ignoring his feelings for the younger woman would only make him weaker. The suppressed strong feelings for the female ninja would disrupt the balance in him and his equilibrium and would have made him weaker in the end.
He had accepted his feelings and had found a way where it was possible to have a relationship and maintain the balance in the world as the Eye of Twilight at the same time. Akali had also developed strong feelings for the master ninja over the years when they had trained together and had gone on missions together. They had declared their feelings for each other after a while and had developed a healthy and happy relationship. Their marriage had happened shortly after Akali had discovered that she had been pregnant.
"Have you heard about the recent news?" asked Shen and offered wine to his guests. Elise took one glass and took a sip, enjoying the taste of this delicious liquid.
"You mean that Syndra has managed to get away again? Lor'themar has informed me that Irelia, Ignis and Ragnaros almost got her. She may have managed to get away again but now we have her residence. Irelia's men are currently searching through the castle for hidden spots or important documents which could be useful for us" answered Elise.
"Hopefully they will find something. I have a bad feeling about Syndra and her wicked plans. I don't understand why she is supporting the Darkin who had once tried to take over Runeterra. Currently, their strongest member still possesses Azeroth" said Shen and looked at the couple, hoping that they have a logical explanation.
"I don't know what is going on in her mind. Some individuals can't be understood. Arthas, all leaders of the Monarchs of the Darkness and even Syndra belong to those individuals"
"It's shocking that individuals like Caius would sacrifice the lives of millions of innocent people only to get more power. The war he had started nine years ago had cost more lives of his own people than lives of our people and in the end, he didn't achieve his goal, fortunately for us. I don't want to imagine what would have happened if we hadn't stopped him and his allies" said Sylvanas, shaking her head slightly, trying to banish the memories of the horrible and brutal war out of her mind.
"The entire universe would have suffered under his greed for more power. He would have slaughtered everyone who would have opposed him and he would have enslaved trillions of innocent people, if not even more. Fortunately, we have stopped him together and saved the universe" replied Shen and refilled Elise's already empty glass.
"I can't believe that five years had passed since his death and our victory over the Monarchs, Noxus and their allies" said Elise quietly and a hearable sigh escaped her lips. She turned around and wrapped her arms around Sylvanas' neck, pressing her extraordinary bosom against Sylvanas' well-curved breasts.
"Time passes so quickly. At least we have peace, if only for a limited period of time. One day we have to face Aatrox and fight for Azeroth"
"If only we would have enough soldiers for that" commented the ninja and sighed.
"The Maiden will support us eventually. She hasn't told me when I can command her forces but I guess I have to serve her for a while until she fully trusts me" told Sylvanas.
"I still believe that it's a risk to trust her and work for her but we have no other choice. Right?"
"Yes Shen, you hit the nail. Without her, we won't be able to free Azeroth out of the Darkin's grip. Not in the near future at least. Azeroth and its remaining citizen suffer under the wrath of Aatrox but we can't do anything against it. At least not now and not without the Maidens help"
"Sylvanas is right. I don't trust the Maiden either but accepting her help is our only option"
"Alright. Just... be carefully Sylvanas... You know... Whatever. Be careful, we don't know the Maiden's intentions. I have a bad feeling about her and her plans"
"Don't worry my dear friend. I always will take care of myself and if not, Elise will watch over me"
"Indeed"
Sylvanas and Elise talked with Shen for a while until Akali joined them and told Sylvanas that her kids wanted to see her. Elise asked if she should come with her as Sylvanas got up. Sylvanas shook her head and told her wife that she should stay on the couch and talk with Shen and Akali. Elise nodded and pulled her in for a passionate kiss before she let her go and watched her walking towards the chamber of the ninjas' children.
Sylvanas opened the door to the room and stepped in. Sylverion and Ken were sitting in the middle of the room and were fighting with their toy knights against imaginable enemies. Elena and Lililya were having a tea party with their imaginable friends and Liliya's furry toys. As soon as Sylvanas' kids have spotted her, they dropped their toys and ran to her. Sylvanas bent down and hugged her children, wrapping her arms around them. She gave them a friendly smile and the two started to tell about their imaginable adventures with their toys. Sylvanas ran her fingers through their hairs while she listened to their explanations curiously. She really enjoyed listening to her children's wild phantasies. It was a wonder that these tiny heads could invent these imaginable adventures.
Ken and Lililya joined them and told Sylvanas their awesome adventures with their toys in their phantasy worlds. Sylvanas also listened to them and played and talked with the kids for a while until they were bored of talking and went back to their toys, playing with them. Sylvanas regarded them for half an hour, then she walked back to the living room where Elise and Akali were talking about topics for women. Shen was meditating meanwhile because he was not interested in typical women subjects.
"What are you talking about?" asked Sylvanas curiously and sat in Elise's lap. The Spider Queen wrapped her arms around her immediately and placed a soft kiss on her neck.
"Nothing important we are just having a normal talk about girl things, you know"
"I'm a girl too, you can include me"
"Well, I know you are a girl but I don't know if you like what we were talking about" responded Elise and ran her hands over Sylvanas' belly down to her thighs.
"I assume the worst" replied Sylvanas and pressed her back against Elise's front, a grin appeared on her lips when she heard Elise's quiet moan.
"Well it's not the worst, promised" said Akali politely with an innocent look on her face.
"Well, Akali was curious how a romance between women would work so I told her how we get known to each other and well...Somehow I drifted off and told her about our sex-life.
Sylvanas sighed and rolled her eyes. "As long as you haven't told her about our wedding night"
"Well..."
"Ah c'mon Elise. You are impossible" said Sylvanas and teased Elise by pretending that she was really mad at her.
"Well, we had the best sex during that night so it was ideal for convincing a heterosexual woman how good sex between women is. Well, of course, the best possibility is to have sex with her and let her feel unimaginable pleasure but this is not an option, I guess" responded Elise with a wide grin on her lips.
This woman has no sense of shame thought Sylvanas and shook her head slightly.
"And did it work?"
"Well, she seems to like it but the mere explanation of the fun we had isn't enough to turn such a strong heterosexual woman like Akali. Perhaps I should show her the video of your wedding night. Oh, did I say this out loudly. Eh, I meant I would show her a video if I would have recorded our love-making"
"Wait... what? Did you record the entire night? Are you serious? Why?" said Sylvanas with a louder and disbelieving voice.
"Well. First of all, the night was extremely gorgeous and I only did it so that I am able to refresh my memory about the night every time I want. But currently, I'm watching it when you are away because of your missions or when you are busy with your task as a Warchief" answered Elise, still showing no regret or sense of shame.
"OH MY GOD. YOU ARE SO UNBELIEVABLE. I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU REALLY DID THIS"
"She says that every night when we make love" whispered Elise to Akali. This sentence earned her a quick stab, from Sylvanas' elbow, beneath her rips.
"Worth it" spat out Elise. Sylvanas shook her head slightly and closed her eyes for a moment. She opened them again. "Well, I love you anyways. I love you with all of your weird quirks"
"I know. That's one of the numerous reasons why I love you" said Elise with a cheeky grin on her face. She placed her hand under Sylvanas' chin and turned her head to her, sealing their lips in a passionate kiss. Like always, Sylvanas' body heated up when she felt Elise's soft lips on her body. Her heart started to beat rapidly, her hands started to tickle and drops of sweat ran down her forehead. The same feelings and symptoms happened to Elise's body when she continued to kiss the gorgeous elf. The couple pulled away after a few minutes and stared into each other's eyes.
"You are such a sweet and lovely couple" commented Akali and gave them a wide smile when she regarded them.
"Thank you" both women said at the same time and giggled. They pressed their foreheads together, their eyes were closed when they took deep breaths and inhaled the lovely scent of the other.
"You really deserve each other. I'm so happy for you that you have found each other and now are married and even have children. Everyone deserves to have a life partner who makes them happy. I'm glad that you have found each other and that I have found my Shen.
He is a very good husband and he does everything to protect even the smallest or weakest person in our village and in the entire world. It's sometimes a challenge to talk with him because, sometimes, he randomly starts to meditate although we were in the middle of a discussion. Like everyone else, even Shen has annoying characteristics but I have gotten used to them. I mean, sometimes I need my privacy and need to relax from my challenging children or from Shen who persuades me to spend most of my free time with training. Of course, we spend more than enough time united in our room, if you know what I mean but sometimes it's good to just relax and do nothing for a few hours" explained Akali and stretched her limbs out, relaxing on the couch.
Shen opened his eyes looked at the three women. "Did I miss something important?" he asked and stood up. He walked to Akali and sat next to her. Akali got up immediately and sat on his lap, resting her head on his shoulder.
"Not really. We were just talking about normal subjects"
"So, I haven't missed anything important" statemented Shen.
"Indeed, my love" responded Akali.
"I can't believe I did it with you although you told our friends about your sex life, once again" said Sylvanas. She was out of breath because of the awesome exhausting but extremely pleasant two hours she had spent with Elise.
"Well, what should I say. You can't be angry for too long at such a beauty like me" responded Elise with a wide and cheeky grin. She ran her hands over Sylvanas' exposed cleavage and squeezed her breast's softly.
"I should punish you more often for talking about our intimate moments with my sisters and your female friends"
"Well you have punished me well today" whispered Elise with a very erotic voice and nuzzled her hot and sweaty body against Sylvanas.
"No, I meant not punishing you in this way. I shouldn't sleep with you for a week next time when you tell somebody about our wedding night"
"Oh, c'mon that's cruel"
"It's a fair punishment for a pervert"
"You love me too much to torture me like this. Besides~ you can't survive a week without letting me touch you or touching me" responded Elise and placed soft kisses on Sylvanas' jaw and neck.
"You may be right"
"I AM right" corrected Elise, her lips formed a wide and satisfied grin when her ears heard the loud moan from Sylvanas which was a response to Elise's hand, which touched Sylvanas right where she wanted to be touched. She continued her actions beneath Sylvanas' waistline, causing that she cried out in pleasure. Elise left a trace of kisses on Sylvanas' body until her mouth reached her core.
"Oh, Elise" Sylvanas cried out when she reached her limit. Elise laid Sylvanas' head on her shoulder and ran her fingers through her majestic golden mane. Her other hand stroked Sylvanas' peach coloured cheeks.
"I like that the only weaknesses of the mighty Sylvanas Kythera-Windrunner, Warchief of the mighty Horde and leader of the Forsaken, are my fingers and my tongue" said Elise with a cheeky grin and a teasing voice.
"You are unbelievable" responded Sylvanas and rolled her eyes.
"Unbelievable GOOD" corrected Elise.
"Indeed, you are" whispered Sylvanas and stroke her cheek, placing a soft and passionate kiss on Elise's crimson red lips. She snuggled closer to her wife and closed her eyes.
"Hey, we are not done yet" announced Elise. Sylvanas opened her eyes and responded "Well, I'm satisfied and you?" with a cheeky, mocking but also innocent and lovely voice.
"Well you already had your fun but I want to be pleasured too. You are owning me a special service with your skilled tongue and smooth fingers" asserted Elise and repositioned herself until Sylvanas' head was only a few inches away from the wet area between her long and slim legs.
"Alright, if you insist my love" responded Sylvanas. Her tongue darted out of her mouth, causing that a loud moan of pleasure escaped Elise' lips. They had a lot of fun together until they fell on the bed, heavily exhausted by their previous activity. They fell asleep in each other's arms, after a few minutes of lovely cuddling.
