TheGreatTigerGoddess: Great mother hen, we're on number 10! Hoo doggy we got a great chapter ahead of us! Drama, romance, and a bit of fun is headed your way! So with that said, LETS BEGIN!

Chapter 10 - Warm Beds

Zina turned back towards Raph and tried to suppress a yawn that threatened to sneak out. All she wanted to do was take a nap but she knew that speaking to him was more important at this moment. Padding back over to him she leaned her head against him. She didn't have to wait long before he wrapped his arm around her.

As if knowing that she was tired Raph urged her to walk with him towards the ladder. When they got there he picked her up and leaped to the top and placed her back down so that she could walk the rest of the way. He followed close behind, making sure that she would not fall, and closed the door to his room after she entered. Even in the dimness of the room he could see her slink over to the bed slowly. He however did not follow her there.

Zina sat down on the bed slowly feeling her body already starting to ache. When she did not see Raph join her she turned her head towards him, her purple eyes slightly glowing in the dark room.

"Are you not going to join me?"

He didn't answer.

"Raph?"

"Ah don't think ah should."

"Why?" Zina asked gripping the edge of the bed lightly. "Is it because of me now? Do you think I have changed so much?"

When he didn't answer she knew she had hit the nail on the head and watched him scratch his head all the while keeping his eyes away from her. Giving a silent huff she stood up and walked the short distance to him. When she came up to him she wrapped her arms around his neck and lifted herself up enough to give him a kiss. The act itself was sweet and reassuring but Raph couldn't help the flinch that came before him when she had done it though. Pulling away slightly she slid her hands down to place them on his chest, her fingers feeling the firmness of his plastron.

"Please come lay down with me?" Zina asked not looking up at him. She instead started to trace the border of his plastron, the hard organic material flexing as he breathed. When he still didn't answer she sighed placing her head where her hands once were. "I know you want to know what's going on and all that but I'm so tired. I also want you close to me so, please, come lay down."

Zina heard him sigh though his nose before she felt him move. Smiling because she finally got him to move she made her way back to the bed with him. She crawled in first pulling the sheets back as she stuck her legs beneath them all the while looking at her lover with a smile. Raph crawled in after her and she patiently waited for him to lay down before she snuggled up close to him. When she was comfortable and stopped moving Raph pulled the sheets up the rest of the way almost completely shielding her from view if anyone just so happened to come into the room. Zina tried to get as close to Raph as she could without practically being on top of him. Her head lay at the bend of his shoulder, her hands and arms folded close to her chest as to conserve as much heat she could sap out of Raph's almost chill body as she could, and her feet and tail wrapped themselves around the closest of Raph's massive legs that they could find.

Zina felt so comfortable laying there with him that she literally had to stop herself from passing out right then and there so that she can answer whatever thoughts were swimming around in his head. "Alright, lay them on me." She said trying to keep the tiredness out of her voice. "I'll do my best to answer as many as you have before my body knocks me out."

Raph obviously had many questions to ask her but the one most prominent was of that damn dog bastard. Just thinking about Malcolm made him growl lowly but was still loud enough not to be missed my Zina's perfect hearing. This caused her to look up at him confused.

"What's the deal with ya and the mutt?" He blurted out.

"You mean Malcolm?"

"Hm."

"That's actually a very complicated story. At one point I'm sure you will be very upset to hear when it comes up." Zina explained lowering her head back down to where she was before. "I met him a little after I was first created. You see, clearly, I am not born like you mortal creatures are. We, two more, are created in a moment with only one purpose, to retain balance in this world, our lives never end and if I die I will simply be reborn anew. Yet Malcolm and my servants were given life after theirs had ended, including Yona and Jacob. If they died then there was no way I could bring them back afterwards." Zina sighed digging through her memories as best she could.

"It was about the time I was barely starting to make a name or myself as a god and had started to travel to see what the world I was born into was like. It was gruesome. Death and war plagued the continent I was on and Malcolm was at the center of it. Long story short we ended up fighting, he lived but while he was on his way back to camp he was ambushed by his lord and slain for thought of being a demon. When I found him he had already filled his heart with even more hate than what was already there and gracefully, as a creature so close to death could, begged me to let him serve me. I don't remember how I had managed to do it at the time but once I had given him my power I realized that his reason for wanting to live was not to serve me as a friend would in order to assist. No, I found that the hate and spite he held for his king had made my pure power dark and evil in a sense. Then he suddenly disappeared. It was about a year later that I had found him again in the middle of the plains littered with bodies. It was truly a gruesome scene.

Well, he had finally took revenge for his death but when he did both he and I realized that there was something wrong with him. My power was starting to drain away from him. It was as if the only reason he was alive was because his hate or whatever had over taken my power and had started to eat away at it. Once his reason for hate was gone my life energy started to disappear from him. He was not going to live once he stepped foot out of those grassy hills. He was fine with it but I wasn't so instead of giving him more of my power, because I knew it wouldn't keep him alive, I gave him a part of my 'soul' so to speak. From that I ended up with this sadistic masochist yet loyal follower."

Raph gave a snort as the last few words. "He acts ah little to loyal." He said as he moved his arm to where it was draped over her hip.

"Yes, but I cant help it that he is. He is a part of me and knows me better than anyone else."

"How much of ya did ya give him?"

Zina stifled a yawn before answering. "Not much just a small fragment yet it seems that even that small amount makes him extremely strong. Maybe I should ask Eike to look into it."

"D-Do ya... ya know...-"

"Fancy him? Not in the way I do you. You see I would never bed him like I did you for more than one reason. He tries to but he is never thinking clearly because of his animalistic tendencies and a joining between us like that would be catastrophic to this world. So don't worry, you don't have any competition."

"So ya think." Raph said so quietly Zina almost missed it.

"What?" She asked lifting herself to look directly at him.

"Noth'en." He said rolling towards her so that she was now up against his chest. Her breasts in the tight tank top peaked out as the movement of his body tugged the shirt down. Raph didn't miss this. Her luscious mounds were a huge distraction that took his mind slightly off their conversation. He stared at her chest lazily watching it rise and fall softly. That was until they started to jump as Zina started to chuckle.

Raph looked up immediately. Her face was calm yet he could see the mischief hiding behind her purple eyes.

"Was last night not enough?" she asked jokingly.

Raph smirked back at her. "No." He said before he rolled over more to where he was looming over her with his legs between hers.

Zina gasped at the sudden movement and the obvious erection that prodded her thigh through Raphael's shorts. "I can see that" Zina said.

Pulling her arms out from under the blankets she wrapped them around Raph's head drawing him closer. The first kiss was sweet. The second was tender. But the third was oh so fucking good that it left Zina breathless.

"I guess a quick rut would be alright." She said her lips fluttering against Raphs whom grinned victoriously on persuading her.

Not even 10 minutes later Zina was passed out snoring. She was currently sleeping sideways. Her head on two of Raph's 3 pillows and her legs were on top of his abdomen being rubbed lazily by both his hands. Raph was very well sated but wished she wasn't so tired. Yeah he understood she needed to rest and wouldn't even dare fuck her in her current state while he would just be satisfying himself but he wished she was awake and ready to do all the things he wanted to do to her before the damn dog took her away from him.

Raph sighed quietly as he contemplated everything she had told him and what had happened earlier. If Shredder is planning on using her to take over the world then there would be no doubt that he would come after her at any moment. More than likely he would have spies all around the city looking for her and her servants. Now if that was true and they were keeping tabs on where Zina's group went then it would undoubtedly be soon when they would be caught and more than likely have to fight to not only protect themselves but Zina as well.

All this thinking he was doing was already starting to frustrate him. The moment he found someone he wanted and loved was the moment shit started to go down hill. It was like when he had met April. It wasn't full blown love like he has with Zina, more like a crush you got on that hot high school cheerleader you never spoke to. Sure he got over it but it wasn't till after all the stuff with Shredder was over that he realized it was only that, a crush.

A jerk of one of Zina's legs brought his attention over to his little goddess. Damn was she cute when she slept. The way she was so relaxed and trusting she was when she was around him made his heart swell. April never slept near him unless she had to or if she was to tired to move from their couch. He watched as she had herself in a dream. About what he did not know but from the way she was lightly moving and calm made him think she was doing fine. Soon enough just watching her sleep made him tired as well. So much had happened that night and this morning that he couldn't help but nod off for a bit.

TheGreatTigerGoddess: dont worry you guys I ain't dead yet. Might have taken me a thousand years but I got this chapter down and set to go. Next one wi be a fun one as we see awakened Zina litterally interact with all the boys and Splinter.Review to support the story and give ideas PM if you want to say Hi, absolutely love them Hi's.