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So, this is the infamous chapter 15, the reason for the R rating. This part contains sex and violence (not together ^_^)...but perhaps PG-13 would suffice. Should I change the rating? Let me know!
This hasn't been edited, I'm sorry. Weird grammar ahead.
The dialogue beetween Magus and Ozzie in the first scene is different from the script of the game because I used the translation from Japanese Hyena 20 posted on a GameFAQs message board some time ago; I hope s/he (?) doesn't mind.
Chapter 15
Ozzie's Fort - 600 A.D.
She leaned carefully from the parapet and saw Ozzie greet the humans.
«Welcome! This is the Great Ozzie's place!» he announced with genuine pride. But his expression suddenly changed, seeing someone stepping out from the group.
The tall, blue-haired man holding a scythe.
«You...you're Magus!»
The man bowed.
«You've reached a high status, haven't you, Ozzie?»
Ozzie's pig-like features distorted in rage.
«What are you saying?! You abandoned the fight for a Mystics' World and joined the humans! Why did you betray us....?»
«The past has come to an end. It was all just a short-lived dream»
«Traitor! You're not out king anymore! Why did you desert us? To serve those humans? I'll have you begging for mercy! Flea!»
He looked around nervously.
«Damn! You good-for-nothing peacock!» he added in a lower tone «Have you finished painting your fingernails? FLEA!»
Flea appeared, at last.
«You sent for me?» he asked as all that was boring him to death «Oh, if it isn't Sir Magus. Who'd you bribe to get in here? You have some nerve showing your face here, now. Traitors like you deserve a beating!»
He gestured Ozzie to retire.
«Great Ozzie, stand back and let me take care of those cretins»
«I'm counting on you, Flea» Ozzie said, grinning ominously, and left.
Flea shook free his hands and poised for the battle.
«Get ready for a slapping good time!»
He smiled almost innocently, and threw a fireball against the companions. They weren't so affected by that as he was expecting. They reacted promptly. Auree, who was witnessing the scene in quiet horror, had to shut her mouth with both her hands not to shriek seeing those devils attack her loved one with swords and arrows. She saw him slowly withdrawing, she saw his blood staining his blouse.
Calm down, he's a powerful magician, he knows what to do! she ordered herself.
Flea muttered something and his wounds closed.
A disquieting knowledge was tormenting Auree.
But the great Magus is more powerful.
Perhaps Flea was remembering this too.
«Oh, just you wait! We'll teach you a lesson!» he shouted, enraged.
He leaped in the air and vanished.
Auree sighed in relief. But where has he gone? And those humans were proceeding toward the inner parts of the castle...Yes, the Great Hall, surely...
If I could use a weapon...
She tried to follow the companions as quickly as she could, sometimes hitting the wall or the parapet. She couldn't help remembering that night again -that marvellous and frightening night...
***
«What are you doing? Silly girl!»
Flea had gently laid a naked Auree on his bed, but now -after a quick tour of the room to blow off the unnecessary candles and create a more intimate atmosphere- he had found her completely hidden under the sheets and still, like a corpse.
«Auree?! You'll suffocate!»
«I'm too embarrassed» her muffled voice answered.
He sighed. He took off his dressing gown, dropping it on the floor.
«All right...but I'm not going to turn off every light! I'm coming...»
He entered his large bed and lay down besides the girl. At first, he didn't attempt to touch her.
«Do you usually sleep with your face covered?» he asked in a casual tone.
Eventually Auree's head emerged. She smiled weakly.
«What a nonsense, hiding your fine body! What's the matter?»
She didn't answered. She sniffed.
«I love your perfume...»
«Thank you»
He went closer to her and placed a tender kiss on her forehead.
«Why are you so frightened?»
«I...never...»
«I've guessed that. Butwho cares? That's not an examination»
«I don't know...what to do...»
«But you know something, right?»
«Well, yes...»
He smiled.
«You shouldn't worry in any case since you are a quick learner»
«I'm a...what?!» she repeated, puzzled.
«Yes, think about kisses, for example. The first time I kissed you, you acted like you have never heard about them...and every other time you waited for my initiative. But, ten minutes ago...you amazed me! You came and kissed me in a way that has left me breathless! You...»
Flea stopped, seeing her shocked gaze.
«But these speeches probably disturb you. Sorry. Darn, every time I try to encourage you, I say something wrong and end offending you. I'm deeply sorry»
She blinked.
«N-no...Thank you...I didn't know if I had done it right. Oh! Am I really so good?»
«Yes! Well...I don't remember...let me check out!»
They kissed for a long time. Auree was slowly relaxing.
«Oh, I forgot» Flea said, «I left my hair braided...Perhaps I should»
«No, leave it! I just love your braid!» Auree sighed, caressing his smooth hair.
«If you don't mind, I'd instead prefer to untie you ponytail...can I?»
«Be my guest»
Her dark brown hair, unfastened, scattered on the pillow and over her shoulders. A strange sensation, hair over her nude skinShe realized with surprise that Flea was already fondling her left nipple. When had he started to touch her so intimately? It had seemed so natural, so good, to stay there with himNow he was kissing her breastSeeing she wasn't about to protest, he carefully took the nipple in his mouth, his tongue circling it slowly.
In such a thrilling circumstance, his strange pointed ear drew her attention and she gingerly touched it. Flea raised his head, giggling.
«Well, on the other hand, your round ears seem a bit funny to me!» he said happily.
They laughed, but soon the Mystic became serious again.
«Auree, if you're afraid for yourself, I can understand it...everybody is nervous the first time, men as well. But, please, don't worry about me. Don't fear to be somehow inadequate, to leave me unsatisfied...This won't happen. I'm already so happy you're here! And I know you're totally inexperienced...»
«It's written on my face, isn't it?»
«Sort of. But this is not a problem, believe me»
Moved by the gentleness in his voice, and by the sincere, clean desire she saw in his eyes, Auree sighed heavily, wondering how some people could think of sex as a dirty thing. It seemed so natural...
She had dreamed often of having sex, of course. She didn't show her emotions outside but she had an unrestrained and somehow audacious imagination. She had had morbid fancies about being deflowered with violence, about giving herself to a total stranger in the dark...But all this teenager stuff was gone now. She was happy Flea was so careful.
Auree wasn't expecting too much from her first time, though. She was just hoping not to faint -like it had happened when they had tried to pierce her earlobes-, not to bleed too much ruining his silk bedsheets...
What an unromantic thought! she sighed inwardly.
«This is one of the most natural thing of life» he was saying, «Like sleeping or eating...and your body knows it. Don't worry...»
A compulsive talker, he is. Well, would I really prefer he took me without a word? No, I love his voice so much...as everything else. And, if he likes communicating, this can only be a good thing.
His kind attempt to explain everything to her was a nice thought, but it was slowing down things a lot and she wasn't sure she could resist anymore under his caresses without starting to scream. She was already on the verge of tears.
Please, do something!!! You are killing me!!! Is he...is he going to talk all the time through?
But at the end he began doing something. And, although Auree believed to be prepared, she wasn't. She nearly somersaulted feeling touched –gently, almost soothingly- in her most intimate parts, and couldn't avoid gasping for the surprise.
«Are those...fingers?» she breathed, fearing that his long fingernails could hurt, but they didn't.
«Yes...ouch! You're crushing them!!!»
«S-sorry»
She slowly relaxed again.
«If you don't like something, just tell me, uh?» he whispered.
«Sorry. Please...don't stop»
«It's my hand...nothing to fear by that...»
«If you say so...»
But the pressure she was feeling against her abdomen wasn't a hand. Only at that point she dared to lower her gaze to actually look...
Perhaps he's expecting me to touch him...somewhere...somehow...
She couldn't manage to do that. She wanted to...but simply couldn't. She just put one hand on his shoulder to reassure herself; her other hand strayed over his back and then caressed his smooth chest -he was actually hairless-, with uncertain and probably awkward movements. How silky his skin felt under her fingers! When she pinched one of his nipples, he tensed a little and chuckled.
«It's all right. Whatever you choose to do...or not to do...is all right. We are supposed to have fun, this is the only thing you must keep in mind. I'm not going to give you a mark. Don't worry» he repeated «Just relax...»
Flea leaned over her and kissed her lips. He hesitated for a little.
«You aren't doing this just to please me, are you?»
Auree smiled.
«No»
«Do you want me?»
«Yes»
«Tell me...»
She looked up at him. He was so beautiful, so sweet, tempting like a delicious fruit...she was about to weep, overwhelmed by her desire.
«I want you»
Flea kissed her again, this time trying to distract her, and succeeding. He managed to slip inside her rather easily and painlessly.
When Auree realized what had already happened she felt more confused than ever.
She hadn't felt anything. For a long minute this thought really scared her more than her worst expectations. She had been prepared for pain, for a lot of unpleasant sensations, not for...nothing. The rest of her, warmed by Flea's body and his expert caressing, was having a great time, but that small part remained silent, like anaesthetised, tormenting Auree with the terrifying suspect that there could be something wrong in herself.
While he was entering her completely, she only felt a vague sense of pressure. It was so weird, to have something inside there
He was proceeding with care, probably mistaking her silence for suffering.
«Is this all right? Should I stop?» he asked softly.
«What? No!»
«Then, darling, what if you...well, I'll show you»
He showed her what he wanted. And, as he began moving into her, at last something happened...
Some time later, however, Flea's voice sounded worried. He hadn't stopped touching her, kissing her, whispering her gentle things...managing to actually talk all the time through. Auree had followed his instruction and listened to his comments with a quiet smile, returning his kisses. But she hadn't said a wordshe hadn't emitted any sound at all.
«Auree? Please, speak to me! Is it something wrong? Is it so bad?»
She looked up at him in utter amazement.
«No! I'm enjoying it!»
«Really?»
«It's just so weird...the strangest sensation...»
She was feeling pain now, but a peculiar kind of pain, so mingled with pleasure that she couldn't think of asking her lover to stop. An absurd thought had struck her, the certainty that this unique medley of feelings could be experienced just one time and that she should take as much as possible from those exceptional moments.
At his climax, Flea murmured some words in a language Auree could not understand, then inadvertently pricked her shoulder with his long, varnished fingernails, wrenching a cry from her.
«Sorry, sorry!» he hurriedly apologised.
«Never mind» she whispered, not sure to have cried for that.
He tried to withdraw, but Auree tightened her legs' grip around his waist.
«No, don't leave me yet!» she pleaded.
He carefully turned, making her move as well, to lie down without weighting on the girl. Thus they remained for a while, until he gave a loud sigh.
«I believed you wanted me to leave you alone as soon as possible»
«Why?»
«Uhm...I think I've hurt you...scratches apart»
«And so? It's always a bit painful...I knew that. But...»
Auree looked at his beaming face, the flickering light from the only candle reflecting in his eyes.
«I want you to know you're a wonderful lover. You have been gentle and caring...but passionate...»
Those words sounded a bit silly in her own ears, but who cared...you can't recite a poem every time you open your mouth. She was trying to express her feelings, to open her heart: a new and hard task for her. So she was really surprised to see him genuinely embarrassed.
«Thank you, honey. You've inspired me that way» Flea answered, slowly retiring from her.
«...And please tell me this hot stuff oozing away is not my blood» she murmured, blushing.
He laughed.
«It's not. Ah, but if I can tell you...I am a little unsatisfied. Because you haven't reached your...you know...best moment»
«Best moment?» she repeated, uncertain. She really didn't know anything about that.
«My fault. But next time will be better...little by little we'll learn each other's needs»
«It has been better that my fantasies, though»
«What kind of fantasies did you have?» Flea asked, amused, while holding her close «About...me?»
She rested her head on his chest.
«Yes...ehm...just normal things»
Flea sighed again.
«See? Becoming thirty isn't so bad, after all»