With a yawn Xena awoken, she opened her eyes to find her self in a dark room, where the only light came from the few windows. The walls were black marble, and had different types of weapons hung up on them. She felt a tight hold on her, when she looked down she found her self again in the arms of Ares. But this time she wasn't in horror or shock, strangly enough she was alittle happy.
For almost ten minutes she stayed there in his arms reveling his warmth, not wanting to move and wake him up. Thinking to her self trying to figure out exactly how she felt about him. She knew she cared about him. But did she truly love him? For some reason she couldn't answer that question. It was either no she didn't, or yes she did. But she still wasn't sure.
Xena soon drafted off to sleep. Having heard her thoughts Savannah,whom was the eldest of The Elements, appeared in her dream.
"What are you going here, where am I?" Xena asked, with a confuse expression.
"We're in your dream of course" Savannah answered.
"Fine then why are you here?" Savannah said.
"Well like I said when we first met I can sense your feelings. I thought that you would be able to handle this on your own. But I guess you couldn't because you've been feeling like this for while,and yet you still haven't figured it out yet" Savannah replied.
"Well it's not that simple" Xena said.
"Yes it is, you're just thinking to hard" Savannah replied.
"If it's so easy, what's the answer?" Xena asked.
"I can't tell you the answer, only you can that" Savannah replied.
"How is that supposed to help me?" Xena asked.
"Xena, I want you to look me in the eye and tell me that You don't love Ares" Savannah said.
"You want me to what?" Xena asked, unsure what Savannah was trying to do.
"Just do it" Savannah replied.
Xena then walked right up to Savannah and stared her dead in the eye.
"I don't love …" Xena said, then pausing and looking away. "I can't" Xena continued.
"I think you just answered your own question" Savannah said, then she vanished.
"Wait" Xena yelled, then woke up.
Xena sighed then turned to Ares, who was still sleeping. Even in his sleep he looked seductive. Her eyes were drawn to his lips which formed a small smile. She wanted badly to awaken him with a kiss, then gaze into his dark brown eyes. But she merely rested her head on his chest and passed her fingers back and forth on his abs. It wasn't until a few minutes later did Ares awake to find his warrior princess resting his arms. Xena then looked up at him with a small smile on her face.
"So I guess tartarus finally froze over" Ares said, with a smirk.
"I guess so" Xena replied, then meeting his lips with hers.
"How about another round?" Ares asked, as he began kissing Xena's neck.
"You've got to be insane. There's no way that I could possibly go another round" Xena answered.
"It can't hurt to try" Ares said.
"Maybe not you, but I on the other hand am not an immortal" Xena replied, with a smile.
"Would you like to be?" Ares asked.
"I think we've already had this conversation before, and the answer is still no" Xena answered.
"Can't blame a guy for trying" Ares said.
"How long have we been up here, anyway?" Xena asked.
"It's almost the afternoon. Why?" Ares asked.
"What, it couldn't be that late" Xena said, as she jumped out of bed.
"What are you talking about the suns still up" Ares said.
"It's not that. I have to meet back with Gabrielle at the camp" Xena replied, as she began getting dressed.
"Come on stay a little longer. Gabrielle's a big girl, she can take care of her self" Ares said, as he got up and walked up behind Xena, and wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Ares, I don't have time for this" Xena said, trying to pull her self away from him, but his grip was too strong.
"Xena I've waited for this for much to long to just let you leave again" Ares said, as he turned her around then gave her a lust filled kiss.
"You know I can't stay" Xena replied, giving Ares a sad look, while caressing his face with her hand.
"I know" Ares said, with a disappointed expression.
Ares then zapped on their cloths on and disappeared with Xena, while still holding her in his arms.
Ares and Xena appeared back at the camp, and saw a tried Gabrielle waiting on a log. Ares then disappeared after giving Xena a quick kiss on the lips and whispering in her ear, "Till we meet again my warrior princess".
Having seen everything, Gabrielle ran up to Xena with a little shock on her face. Knowing that Gabrielle would have a million and one questions for her, Xena quickly said, "Now hold on a minute, and let me explain". Xena then sat Gabrielle down and told her the whole story.
At first Gabrielle didn't know what to think, she wasn't sure whether this was a good thing or not. But something about the way she had seen Xena smiling as she appeared with Ares, told her that Xena was truly happy. So in that case how could it possibly be a bad thing. Gabrielle wasn't exactly ready to completely trust Ares, but she was well on her way.
For almost ten minutes she stayed there in his arms reveling his warmth, not wanting to move and wake him up. Thinking to her self trying to figure out exactly how she felt about him. She knew she cared about him. But did she truly love him? For some reason she couldn't answer that question. It was either no she didn't, or yes she did. But she still wasn't sure.
Xena soon drafted off to sleep. Having heard her thoughts Savannah,whom was the eldest of The Elements, appeared in her dream.
"What are you going here, where am I?" Xena asked, with a confuse expression.
"We're in your dream of course" Savannah answered.
"Fine then why are you here?" Savannah said.
"Well like I said when we first met I can sense your feelings. I thought that you would be able to handle this on your own. But I guess you couldn't because you've been feeling like this for while,and yet you still haven't figured it out yet" Savannah replied.
"Well it's not that simple" Xena said.
"Yes it is, you're just thinking to hard" Savannah replied.
"If it's so easy, what's the answer?" Xena asked.
"I can't tell you the answer, only you can that" Savannah replied.
"How is that supposed to help me?" Xena asked.
"Xena, I want you to look me in the eye and tell me that You don't love Ares" Savannah said.
"You want me to what?" Xena asked, unsure what Savannah was trying to do.
"Just do it" Savannah replied.
Xena then walked right up to Savannah and stared her dead in the eye.
"I don't love …" Xena said, then pausing and looking away. "I can't" Xena continued.
"I think you just answered your own question" Savannah said, then she vanished.
"Wait" Xena yelled, then woke up.
Xena sighed then turned to Ares, who was still sleeping. Even in his sleep he looked seductive. Her eyes were drawn to his lips which formed a small smile. She wanted badly to awaken him with a kiss, then gaze into his dark brown eyes. But she merely rested her head on his chest and passed her fingers back and forth on his abs. It wasn't until a few minutes later did Ares awake to find his warrior princess resting his arms. Xena then looked up at him with a small smile on her face.
"So I guess tartarus finally froze over" Ares said, with a smirk.
"I guess so" Xena replied, then meeting his lips with hers.
"How about another round?" Ares asked, as he began kissing Xena's neck.
"You've got to be insane. There's no way that I could possibly go another round" Xena answered.
"It can't hurt to try" Ares said.
"Maybe not you, but I on the other hand am not an immortal" Xena replied, with a smile.
"Would you like to be?" Ares asked.
"I think we've already had this conversation before, and the answer is still no" Xena answered.
"Can't blame a guy for trying" Ares said.
"How long have we been up here, anyway?" Xena asked.
"It's almost the afternoon. Why?" Ares asked.
"What, it couldn't be that late" Xena said, as she jumped out of bed.
"What are you talking about the suns still up" Ares said.
"It's not that. I have to meet back with Gabrielle at the camp" Xena replied, as she began getting dressed.
"Come on stay a little longer. Gabrielle's a big girl, she can take care of her self" Ares said, as he got up and walked up behind Xena, and wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Ares, I don't have time for this" Xena said, trying to pull her self away from him, but his grip was too strong.
"Xena I've waited for this for much to long to just let you leave again" Ares said, as he turned her around then gave her a lust filled kiss.
"You know I can't stay" Xena replied, giving Ares a sad look, while caressing his face with her hand.
"I know" Ares said, with a disappointed expression.
Ares then zapped on their cloths on and disappeared with Xena, while still holding her in his arms.
Ares and Xena appeared back at the camp, and saw a tried Gabrielle waiting on a log. Ares then disappeared after giving Xena a quick kiss on the lips and whispering in her ear, "Till we meet again my warrior princess".
Having seen everything, Gabrielle ran up to Xena with a little shock on her face. Knowing that Gabrielle would have a million and one questions for her, Xena quickly said, "Now hold on a minute, and let me explain". Xena then sat Gabrielle down and told her the whole story.
At first Gabrielle didn't know what to think, she wasn't sure whether this was a good thing or not. But something about the way she had seen Xena smiling as she appeared with Ares, told her that Xena was truly happy. So in that case how could it possibly be a bad thing. Gabrielle wasn't exactly ready to completely trust Ares, but she was well on her way.