Enpowera: Some msut, some drama, the usual.
Soon the group was off again, Hilda thankful for the additional escorts as they floated on a boat towards Lake Hylia. She couldn't help but get a sinking feeling in her gut as she saw her cousin talking very happily with the princess, having to resist the urge to tell them to separate immediately.
"So...you were born with the tail?" Lonán asked with big, amazed eyes.
"Mm-hmm," Neja nodded, "I only obtained the ability to control my form at will shortly after turning thirteen. Before that, I had to have my parents use a special pearl to change me back and forth. So...why does your cousin there wear a hood?"
"Family tradition on her dad's side of the family. We don't even know what she looks like." Lonán shrugged. "Ravi is a bit more...loose with that tradition?" He scratched the back of his head, "He took it off when we were out in Death Mountain to bathe, but even then I wonder if it was because of…"
"The girl who hugged you before leaving?"
"Yes, Adara. I'm a bit worried, he's the kind to flirt but have it mean nothing. I'm afraid many might have broken hearts on your return, Princess Neja."
"I'll remind him of what happens when someone messes with a Gerudo's people." Neja seemed to be serious about the threat.
"Just...don't draw blood, please. He needs to get home in one piece." Lonán sighed.
"I will try to comply with your request."
I suppose that's better than nothing...Lonán nodded. "Thank you."
Thanks to the Zora escorts, the trip went fairly well despite some sharp turns in the river. The only problem was just how long it was taking to get down there, Hilda getting impatient as they reached day three of Lonán and Neja starting a strong friendship and most likely romance. She couldn't help but want to go to the corner and scream in annoyance. It would be two more days before they arrived. Meanwhile, back in the Zora's Domain, Ravi was making a speedy recovery, though was still a bit reserved while Adara tried to tend to every stupid need he might have.
"Really, Adara, you don't have to feel guilty."
"You were basically stabbed - twice! - because of my idiocy…" Adara mumbled as she set the plate of snacks he wanted by his night table. Of course I'd feel guilty all the time about it!
"Fine. If you feel that guilty, come climb into bed with me~"
Adara's went bright red, but she complied to his request. "There...I did it. Happy?"
"Yes~" He quickly pinned her, despite his healing wounds, "now, since you're intent on feeling guilty and repaying me~ How about in the best way?~" He was almost ready to kiss her, despite his hood still being on.
"Ravi you know I gotta be a Sage, I can't risk anything!" Adara put her hands on his hood to, hopefully, prevent any further movement.
"You owe me two life debts~" He bent down anyway to kiss her, letting her hands knock his hood down, revealing his alluring face. She was stunned long enough that he managed to get that kiss in while she was trying to process this for the umptenth time. "Now lay there like a good girl~ I assure I won't do that with you, yet~"
"We both know I'm not a good girl anyway," she started to struggle a bit as Hilda's warning about him never being serious about anyone echoed in her head.
"No, you're not~ Otherwise you wouldn't have climbed into my bed," He thought she was playing a bit and went to continue, starting to kiss her neck while keeping her pinned.
"You said that because of my guilt!" She started to sound scared.
"I said it because I like you. Clearly the feelings aren't returned though, my apologies." He released her, climbing off the bed and fixing his hood.
Adara got off the bed as well, adjusting her tunic a bit. "I...I don't get you, Ravi. I just don't understand." She knew she'd start crying if she hung around any longer, so she bolted and hid herself for the time being.
"What is there to not understand…" He pondered, not understanding anything. He'd thought she'd started liking him that first night...Especially when she didn't reject his quick kisses.
Adara managed to find a little nook that she could climb up into and cry, her sounds drowned out by the running water of the kingdom. At some point she curled up and ended up falling asleep thanks to being tired from crying. Ravi was searching for her all the while, eventually locating her. He gently shook her awake, needing to know where they stood.
"What is it?" she croaked while rubbing the sleep from her eyes. "...Ravi? I thought you were gonna lay down again so you can heal an' stuff?"
"I wanted to talk to you," Ravi stated, no playfulness to be found. "If you didn't like me why'd you let me kiss you those nights? Why'd you blush and stare? And then act like I was going to hurt you…"
"I...I was caught off-guard! An' I know you don't take anything serious. Hilda even said it herself, you're in it for the fun of flirtin'. When you pinned me, it...it got me all riled up since I thought it was just you not takin' it serious again."
"I did that because I like you. I might play around a bit and flirt with the noble girls but I wouldn't try to do anything with someone if I wasn't serious."
"...P-Promise?" she mumbled.
"Yes. But you don't feel the same so I'll be leaving you be aside from quest related things. I'm sorry I bothered you and scared you." He went to go.
"Ravi, wait!" Adara grabbed his hand. "I...I do kinda like you. But you came on a bit stronger that I'd like an' I wasn't all that sure a'fore 'bout your feelings."
"You should have just asked to clarify things," He pulled his hand away, "instead you trusted the word of a sister I've barely seen since I was ten. You can't like me that much."
"I'm...I'm just an idiot...an' I-I never thought anyone would…" she seemed reluctant to touch that sore spot on her ego.
"Why wouldn't they? You're fun and speak your mind and are brave," Ravi wasn't sure what to think of her reasoning.
"...But I'm not Hestia. I'm not a talented musician who can turn heads in her direction."
"Not everyone is interested in that. You'll find someone who likes you just fine. Now I'm going to head back to bed now. I won't pursue a girl who turned me down."
"G'night…" Adara hung her head low and stared at the ground.
"G'night," He copied her and started to leave.
Adara stood there for a good thirty seconds before jumping forward and hugging him from behind. "I-I wanna start over! Do this all proper and less confusin' and all…"
"I...I'll give it a chance. Only because I do like you."
She nodded and snuggled into the back of his hood. "Thank you."
He got her to release the hug and turned around to face her, a smile visible under his hood, "I suppose this is where I should do this," He bent down and kissed her. This time she leaned in and met him half-way.
He broke the kiss after a few seconds to lead her back towards his room. She held his hand while following alongside him with a little grin on her face. Once in the room he led her over to the bed, stating his promise from earlier held that he wouldn't bed her. She put her faith in him this time and worked on getting comfy beside him. He pulled her close to work on kissing her again, making sure to try and not make her feel threatened or pressured. Adara tentatively moved his hood aside so she could kiss him better, being sure to also give some on his cheeks and the tip of his nose. He smirked a bit, a slight blush on his cheeks.
"Ah, shouldn't have done that. Now I have to take my revenge~"
"Gimme your best shot," she gave him a cheeky smirk.
"You asked for it~" He kissed her fiercely, moving down to kiss on her neck, not hesitating and pulling off her tunic.
"R-Ravi...e-easy…" Adara gasped while she tried not to lose herself in the new sensations.
"Nope~ You said give it my best shot~" He didn't ease up, going full steam ahead with kissing, nipping and sucking, grinding himself into her a bit, cursing but glad for their pants getting in the way.
For obvious reasons, she started making moans and groans at all the new stimuli, holding him close while also cursing but being thankful for the pants. Some part of her remembered her duties as a Sage...for now at least. Ravi gave up on some level and got their pants out of the way with a bit of magic. He kept their under pants on, but just wanted to be a bit closer to her as they pushed this boundary a bit.
"R-Ravi!" Adara let out a staggering gasp this time as she felt his reaction coming up.
"Hmm, I like you saying my name," He kept up grinding against her, nipping the sweet spot on her neck. She moaned at having both sensations hit her at once.
He slid a hand down there and inserted two fingers, wanting to feel her as he worked on giving her pleasure. She bucked his hand while trying to keep him close so she could feel his body against hers more. He knew quite when the urge to go further started to over take him, but it did, hard. Him doing the bare minimum to get their underwear out of the way before giving a thrust inwards, stopping once he realized he crossed that boundary.
Adara gulped down hard as her mind finally caught up to what was happening and froze. "R-Ravi...w-we have to stop. I...I've got a job to do and...a-and…"
He nodded before deciding to take a page out of his uncle's book (he got the talk from him, too scared to even ask his father for fear of the long story that would follow) and decided that would be the better option as she felt so good and he didn't quite want to stop. He pulled out and quickly reentered using plan B, biting her neck on the sweet spot again to mask any discomfort as he started moving, figuring she'd freak if she processed things. Luckily she was distracted by the bite long enough to not question what he was doing, and was possibly getting into it as she tried to match his rhythm. He hoped she came soon as he couldn't hold it back much more. He slid his hand down to provide extra stimulation, doing his best to focus on making sure she was satisfied. It proved to be the key to get her to not only climax but scream his name when she hit it. That was enough to get him to finish as well, giving a few additional thrust before he laid there, catching his breath a bit, not wanting to pull out yet. . Adara collapsed beside him and muttered something about that being a major workout. He finally adjusted himself to pull her close, muttering affections to her. She gave him one brief kiss and then snuggled him until she finally fell asleep. He dozed off as well. The next morning had him getting an earful as Adara started freaking out over possibly being pregnant now.
"What am I gonna do!? I gotta go an' help everyone once they're done in the Water Temple, but I can't if I'm pregnant!" She was pacing, screaming and doing it all while still naked.
"You won't get pregnant...I erm...After I entered you the first time I pulled out and...the way that can't get you pregnant…"
"An' you're positive of this?" she asked with some fear in her eyes.
"Yes. Uncle Damien explained things to me when it was time," He was blushing a bit.
Adara seemed slightly relieved on hearing this. "Well...he's not one to lie…"
Ravi held back saying that he knew full well Damien did lie, though knew he wouldn't lie about this particular thing. "Now that that's settled, do you want to go another round? Then we can shower and catch up with the others. I'm already feeling better."
"Has it really been a week already?" Adara tried to remember, "I don't wanna risk anythin' with goin' out before you're, for sure, fully healed."
"Not quite a week but I'm fine, really. The healer underestimated my healing ability~ I have you know we Lorulian's are made of a very tough lot," He started to ramble.
She chuckled a bit, came over and hugged him a bit, "That sounds 'bout right."
"So, another round? Like I suggested?"
"Only if ya scream my name back~."
"Deal~" He pounced, going to town. Adara was more than pleased with this outcome and made sure to stimulate him so much that he could be heard on the outskirts of the domain.
The embarrassed couple left a couple hours later, Ravi summoning a portal. They arrived on the little island that marked where the temple was. The others in the group were getting ready to enter it, all dawned in Zora tunics. Ravi greeted his older sister cheerfully, giving no indication what he'd been up too.
"I thought you'd be down for a few more days?" Hilda was surprised.
"I was booted out because I was too loud and spoke too much,"
"Sounds right." Hilda nodded.
Everyone got a good laugh at that, but now Ravi and Adara had to wait this adventure out since there weren't any spare Zora Tunics. Neja led the way to the temple with everyone else. Hilda soon started to feel like a third wheel while the other two chatted and got into a rhythm for fighting together. She pondered it all, mentally glad Neja had a half sibling so that the Zora's wouldn't be without a ruler in the future. Lonán was praised by Neja for his ability to use Nayru's magic and it got him pretty excited, to the point of getting a bit distracted when a hoard of keese started flying at him. More distractions came when they heard fighting noises. They rushed ahead and saw Bunny, still dressed as Lepus, only with the addition of a necklace spelled to let her breath underwater, fighting some squid monsters, easily crushing them with her warhammer. Nearby was Damon, having a similar necklace, slicing any who survived Bunny's initial assault.
"Sa'oten! Who are the voes?" Neja inquired as she shishkababed a monster that thought it was a great idea to jump at the one person with a Zora made silver spear.
"Princess Bunny and Prince Damon...Stay away from them, they aren't our allies," Hilda warned.
"We are too," Bunny responded, "I'm the Hero picked by the Goddesses!"
"And the Ganondorf-like man beside you?" Neja knew the tales well from her mother.
"Someone who's trying not to be the voe who sired him!" Damon scowled at that comment.
Neja seemed to think that over as she continued to fight. The group kept heading deeper together, soon entering a strange room covered in a thin layer of water and a single sandy island with a single palm tree.
"Weird…" Bunny stepped forward to explore, not noticing the growing shadow behind her.
"Bunny, look out!" Damon went on the defensive as the shadow approached her and worked on trying to take the heat of battle.
Bunny turned around in surprise, shocked at seeing a shadow that looked similar to her father. She got into an offensive position and rushed in to fight the creature, soon finding herself feeling overwhelmed. No way. I just got stronger. I can't lose in front of them...She kept pushing through, managing to start landing hits. Weaker monsters appeared to distract the others and leave their master to fight the Hero in peace. Bunny winced as she took a powerful blow to her chest region, shattering the necklace. She gave another strike and the shadow disintegrated, along with the monsters. The Water Medallion appeared, ready to be picked up by the Water sage as the room started flooding very rapidly, magic keeping the water at bay gone. Neja quickly claimed it and her spear turned into a trident that could shoot ice, which she used promptly to cover the vents that were spewing water.
"Hurry, find an exit! I can't keep this up!" Neja also found she could control the flow of the water and tried to use that to her advantage by making ice balls with it when it started getting up to their knees (aside from Damon and Neja herself, it's still in their ankle region). The group hurried, aside from Bunny who was still trying to catch her breath from the last blow of battle.
"Why didn't the portal out appear?!" Hilda was panicking a bit. She then realized the princesses dilemma as Bunny was forced to her knees due to lack of strength, putting her at high risk of drowning, "Shit, Bunny! Someone grab her up!" Hilda started using her own magic to try and break down the door to the next room, having a feeling the portal was through there.
Neja joined Hilda in trying to break it down by using the water and trying to crack it open with ice and jabs from her weapon. Lonán also joined with his magic.
Damon quickly grabbed Bunny and kept her on his shoulders. "How's your breathing, Bunny? Can you still do it normally?"
Bunny just weakly nodded, having not quite caught her breath yet. Just as she was on the verge of passing out the others got the door broke down, showing the portal but also releasing the water that was secretly behind the door, the room now completely flooded, everyone knocked back a bit before they started rushing to the portal, urging Damon to go first since Bunny didn't have any protection from the water.
Damon did his best, but he still wasn't sure if he could make it in time. He carefully slipped his necklace over Bunny and powered on. "Just hang on! I might need to throw you at this rate, so brace yourself!"
Bunny was already out cold. Thankfully Damon and the others made it to the portal before Damon ran out of breath. They arrived on the island in the lake and realized something scary, Bunny wasn't breathing.
"Bunny…? Bunny. Zelda?" Damon carefully shook her, paling as the realization hit him. "No. No, no, no, no, no. No! Bunny!"
"Hang on!" Neja managed to push him aside and used her water controlling powers to get the lake water out of her. It was a bit of a process since she really had to focus on it so that she didn't disturb her organs or blood.
Bunny started to awaken, coughing fiercely, expelling the rest of the water along with a bit of blood, soon weakly panting, fighting to stay awake. She had a bit of a panic'd look on her face, still having trouble breathing.
"That blow must have damaged something," Hilda realized, starting to dig for a potion. Ravi was following suit, both siblings having her drink a potion while the other poured some on the rapidly forming bruise on her chest, having quickly gotten her armor off to examine her.
"Thank the goddesses…" Neja noticed a school of Zora warriors coming their way, her mother present on a boat that was being pulled by large seahorses. "Help is arriving."
Raja didn't even wait for the boat to come to shore, she jumped and landed when she was close enough that it wouldn't be a danger to do so. She quickly grabbed Bunny and used some lingering Spirit Sage power to keep her soul tethered to this realm. "Vasaaq, now let's get going!" She went back on her boat, which had impromptuly docked at this point, and quickly went ahead of everyone to get Bunny to the doctors. "Hang on, little one...it's not just your life in danger now."
"I'll swim ahead to keep an eye on her for you, these men and women will escort you. Sav'orq, see you back at my home!" Neja dived into the water, her legs becoming her beautiful tail once fully submerged, and swam as fast and hard as her body could take it to try and catch up to her mom.
"...What just happened!?" Damon was having a hard time processing the events.
"Raja is the prior Sage of Spirit, she must have sensed something," Hilda determined, "Now I'm opening a portal to help us get to the Zora's domain, with those seahorses they'll be there very quickly." Hilda opened a portal to the halfway mark, not able to go further. The group rushed through, Hilda passing out from magic drainage as they reached the other side.
"Right, my turn," Ravi summoned a portal to get them the rest of the way, the group arriving a couple hours before Raja did with Bunny.