Thank you for reading this - Once again, the chapter is a lemon, hell the rest of the story is a walking lemon. So if by now you are not hooked and don't care, continue reading, otherwise, I would stop now...but you will miss out on some fun!
Chapter 3 - The Beginning of the End
Mistress warped back to Paros Lighthouse and found Callie and her rogues in some sort of meeting. Mistress walked up to Callie and said "We need you to help protect Axia." she said very matter of factly
"I know. We just found out that Jamar is not to be trusted. We found the real Jamar last night out by the Assassin's lair. He looked like he was ripped apart" Callie said as she began issuing out orders to her Rogues. "Hassar, Isada, Sirano, meet us in Payon in 4 days. If you arrive before us, scout out the city and wait for us." Callie told the Rogues. Before they left she grabbed Sirano and gave him a deep kiss and pinched his butt. "Take care lover" and with that they all disappeared into hiding.
"What is with all my sisters. First Axia and now you. Honestly get a room!" Mistress said to Callie. "Did Aldo finally give in? Bout time.." Callie said as she stepped into Mistress's warp and was transported back to Morroc. "Honestly I have a family of hussies!" Mistress muttered as she followed Callista back to Morroc.
As Callie and Mistress exited the warp, Mistress felt hands wrap around her waist and try to go up to her breasts. She elbowed whomever the individual and with her previous rogue training as a child, grabbed him and threw him against the nearest wall.
"I'm impressed, Misty. Didn't think you had it in you." Callie said as she pulled out her daggers and looked at the man that was standing on his head.
"Ow my Mistress, I didn't mean to scare you. Just wanted to cop a feel. Your breasts are sooo gorgeous. They are crying out to be touched." the man said.
"Lone, I am a priest. Do I look like I am a whore of Comodo!" Mistress fumed at him. "And stop calling me your Mistress. It is undignified." Mistress said as she cast heal on him.
Callie put back her daggers as she realized that her sister knew this person and was not a threat. At least to them. To Mistress's short temper..well that was another story. Not growing up with her sisters, she was afforded the ability to be her own person. But all that changed when she was 5. Drake found out about her when she was in Pyramids. She had been there because her mother took her there and got overrun by Mummies. Drake and Axia were there and thats when he saw her mother. He took her home then and then told the twins that this was their sister and to get along. She never did figure out how Drake knew right away about her parentage, but Drake was always "gifted" about those things. But even though it was only a few weeks there, she felt so comfortable in the Rogues layer that somehow she snuck down to the testing area and managed to pass the rogue test at 5 yrs old. Then Drake made her the head of the Rogues instead of his oldest daughter.
She still shutters about the memory of the fights between Drake and Axia about the decision and then Axia just disappeared one night. Then Mistress disappeared almost the same time. It took Drake 5 years to find the both of them but when he did all hell broke loose. That was when he found out that Axia became a Dancer and Mistress became a Priestess. By that time, Melianta, their mother became pregnate again and she found out she was having twins again. So when Tati and Saphia came it was really confusing. It just ended up at Tati and Little Tati. Little Tati was always getting into trouble and by the time they were 5 Axia was just graduating from the Dancing Academy. By this time, Callie had finished her Rogue years and had begun again as a Stalker and at 15 was already a formidable warrior. That was when she came to the Academy and first met Aldo. Even then she could see how much Axia loved him but she was still very bitter about her and Drakes feud. That was when she gave her the scarf that was a gift she recieved from a dear Prince that had become her first lover. She didn't need frilly things like that, but she knew her sister would.
Since Misty just recently became priestess she was still very bitter with Drake but civil. So as she came back into the present from her musings, she wondered how on earth her conservative, and quite frankly frigid sister came to be involved with a perverted assassin cross.
"Misty shouldn't we go and meet up with Axia and Aldo. We still don't know where that fake Jamar is" Callie said as she started heading up towards the hotel.
"Right. Lone lets go" Mistress said to him and with a haughty turn cast Agi Up on everyone to get back to the hotel.
"Ooh a family of hotties..its my dream come true.." Lone said as he dutifully followed his Mistress.
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While Mistress had been gathering Callie and Lone, Axia was still digesting everything that Aldo had revealed. She didn't even notice that he was still here as she took off her Kimono and went into the bathing area of the washroom. He followed her in there and asked her "Are you alright pet?"
"No..no I'm not. You just told me that I may bring about the destruction of the world. How am I supposed to feel!" Axia said turning on him.
"Honoured because you also may bring about an end to all the monsters pet. We still don't know and it is very possible that the whip will reject you. We will just have to see. Now right now the sight of your beautiful body in daylight is driving me crazy so finish with your shower and hurry up!" Aldo said as she could feel how hard he was.
"You sure you don't want to join me in there? " Axia said running her nails down his chest with a smile on her face while doing it.
"Tempting little vixen, but no..there are still some things I have to do first." he said as he gave her a kiss and spanked her bottom. "Now go pet and enjoy the shower" Aldo said as he left the bathroom area.
He returned to his own room and had his own quick shower and as he exited the room a falcon was on the window sill. "Dehana, did your master send me a message" Aldo said to the bird as he noticed a note on the bird's leg. "Now lets see what Lex has to say" he said to the bird.
He read the note and closed his eyes as he tried to digest what Lexkai wrote. Lex had found out what components would be needed and what sacrifice would be required. He looked for the pair of pants he wore the night he first made love to Axia and found what he was looking for. On it was her blood. He took a scraping of it and found a vial that he had and then tied it to Dehana's leg with a message. 'I just recently deflowered her, but here is a sample of her blood. The whip should still accept her. If not her sister is still a virgin. Her sister may not be a Dancer, but if the whip doesn't accept Axia, it should accept Mistress. They are twins' Aldo wrote down, trying not to cry. If only Lexkai had written sooner, he would never have touched Axia.
Dehana with the note secure, spread its wings and began the flight back to Juno. Aldo thought of the implications if the whip would not accept Axia. Lex had written that if the whip rejects her, based on her morals and her ability, it will drain the life from her. He had hoped that Axia truly did love him, because he knew that was the only way it will save her life.
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Jamar went to Aldo's room and listened through to door to see if he was there and he could hear him talking to someone called Dehana and since he didn't hear Axia's voice he knew she would finally be alone. His master was going to be pleased, he thought. Jamar then went to Axia's room and picked the lock and entered. He could still hear the shower going so made his way to the bathroom daggers out. Axia must have sensed him there because she was ready. She sprung just as Jamar opened the door, and started screaming. The screams were somewhat different from her usual hissy fits or orgasmic cries; they were were focused, directed and much louder. Before Jamar could even realize, he was stunned.
Axia ran past him and grabbed her Chemeti rope to lash him fervently. "Hey, what are you doing in my room you little pervert!" Axia hollered as she got him with the coils of the rope. Unfortunately she underestimated the opponents vitality; Jamar regained his consciousness faster than she thought. He skilfully dodged Axia's painful whipping and jumped over to the other side of the room.
"I am here for my master. And you, little dancer, are just what my master needs," Jamar hissed as he started to shimmer and then metamorph into a Rybio. "Yes little dancer..you may have thwarted me last night, but you will not today," the creature said and he cast sleep on her.
Axia was an extremely competent fighter but none had prepared her to counter the power of sleep. Sleep spells have been among the most underestimated for a very long time, evident from the very few sleep-resistance sessions taught in battle schools / guilds. "ALDO! A...L...d...o" Axia tried to shout out before she succumbed to the hideous mantra the Rybio was chanting.
Aldo heard her cries all right as he happened to step out of the shower. Ignoring his own nakedness he crashed into the room to find the slumped body of Axia and a sinister Rybio ready to pounce on her. Grabbing the nearest table lamp, he swung it at the Rybio. "Melody Strike!"
Melody Strike is the Bard's only battle technique. It is more self-defence than an aggressor skill, and it requires a musical instrument equipped. By definition, almost any physical item in the world can be utilized to produce sounds (in this case, one could use a table lamp to whack her husband and it'd make a bit of a sound), thus making all physical objects musical instruments. But the power of Melody Strike depends on how good the musical instrument is, so with that table lamp Aldo's Melody Strike strength was laughable.
"It's a great new skill, naked man! Table Lamp Strike!" The Rybio guffawed as he took Aldo's hits like ant bites.
The Rybio's laughter ceased abruptly. Before he knew anything, he was encased in a freezing ice coffin.
"You've Frost Joked yourself," Aldo chuckled.
Knowing that Rybios have a somewhat high resistance to freeze. Aldo took no chances. He dived across the room for his lute, and standing as far as possible, he unleashed the true raw power of Melody Strike. The swing of his lute produced no sound, light or heat, but an invisible projectile of energy that ran straight into the Rybio, broke the his ice coffin and hit him with an impact so powerful, the Rybio was slammed against the wall. Evidently the Rybio hadn't recovered from Axia's whipping (which was by itself very powerful), as Aldo needed only a few more Melody Strikes before he slithered down to his knees and thumped prostrate on the ground.
"You die like an Injustice," Aldo muttered in reference to the Rybios' best friends that inhabit the Glast Heim prisons. She was still asleep so he picked her up and placed her into the bed. He heard some running, so he quickly grabbed a towel around his waist
Mistress and Callie then came into the room and saw Aldo leaning over Axia. "What happened here?" Mistress said as she cast Cure on Axia. "Some Rybio got into her room and I killed it" Aldo said to Mistress. "That must have been Jamar. Callie discovered him dead a few days ago, so the one we have been with was a fake." Mistress said casting Cure again as Axia was not waking up. "Here let me" Callie said and she slapped Axia. "Ow you damn witch..that hurt" Axia said as she was leaning up with her hand on her face.
"Boobies!" Lone said as he stared at Axia's clevage. Then he noticed that she looked exactly like Mistress and gave himself some evil thoughts. Axia lifted the bedsheet up over her breasts and stated to him "And just who the hell are you."
"I am LoneWolfe and the puppy dog of your sister. I will do anything for a glimpse of your sisters boobies!" Lone said drooling over the outline of her breasts. He then turned to Mistress and said "Since you two are twins do they look like that too?" he said with a hopeful look in his eyes.
Callista started to snicker at hearing that and Mistress cast silence on her sister and glared at Lone. "I am NOT going to dignify that with an answer. Now go and fetch us something to eat" she said as Lone snapped to attention and ran out the room.
Axia looked at her sister and said to her "You have him well trained. Does he roll over and play dead as well?" She said. At that Aldo started laughing and Mistress had the grace to start blushing at that statement. "So what is the story with him Little Axia?" Axia said to her sister. "Axi you said you would never call me that?" Mistress said to her. Aldo sat down as he was having trouble standing he was snickering so much. It was one of the reasons he loved Axia. His own family, being very aristocratic, did not laugh very much and he always felt them to be very serious. He loved it when her sisters came to visit because it was when he got to see the true glimpses into her personality. She was always a spirited vixen when her family was around, but so guarded around other people. Especially him until a few days ago. He still can't believe she waited for him for so long. He ended his musings as he was on partially listening to what Mistress was saying.
"So let me get this straight Misty. This Lone charactor was hurt and you were healing him and he copped a feel, decided that he wanted to see them in person and has been following you ever since to see if he can ever see you naked? Do I have that right?" Axia said with a grin on her face.
Callista at that burst out into laughter as did Aldo and Mistress blushed again and said "Well he is not going to get his chance." and stormed out of the room and returned to her own room. When Mistress returned she realized that she had a fine film of dust all over her. She removed her priestess garbs and headed for the shower.
Lone at this point came back into Axia's room and saw that Mistress was not in there. "Where is my lady" Lone asked. "She went back to her room." Axia said "Really!" and at that he dropped the food and ran to her room. "Should I go after him" Aldo said. Both girls looked at each other and said simutaniously "NO" and started giggling. "Women" was all Aldo said and went back to his room.
As Aldo left Axia's room he saw Lone picking the lock to Mistress's room. He remember the letter that Lexkai had sent him and walked over to him and said "Leave her a virgin. If you do not I will personally castrate you" and walked past him and entered his own room. Lone looked puzzled at this statement but nodded and entered Mistress's room.
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Lone entered in and saw that Mistress had her clothes laid out on the bed. Then he heard the shower. "Yippie" he thought as he undressed himself and snuck into the shower. Mistress was not aware that he had entered her room or the bathroom. But when she felt his hands on her in the shower she screamed. Lone silenced her with a deep kiss. He held her in place for at least five minutes until he felt her relax and then she opened her mouth. He then pressed his tongue into her mouth and ran his hands through her hair. "I knew you would be beautiful my mistress" he said against her ear as he moved his hand to her breast. "Lone..please." Mistress said. "Respect my wishes and please leave" she said as she exited her shower and put on a towel.
"Aw.." Lone said as his erection was slowly going down, as deflated as he felt. He then gathered his clothes and walked out of her room and knocked on Aldo's door. "Can I spend the night here? Looks like I'm not going to get a warm bed tonight." Lone said with his head down.
"I don't see why not. I myself will not be here" Aldo said with a smile.
"Thats right rub it in that you get sex from the non frigid one!" Lone said.
Aldo looked sternly at him and crispily said "I don't believe that Mistress is at all frigid, but I don't think that sex is on her mind. I've always found her to be a warm individual. Its just she has not warmed up to you. Axia herself just thawed out towards me and I have known her for 20 years!"
"I don't want to wait that long! I want my MistressAxia!" Lone cried out as he set himself on the bed.
"How on earth did you find out her full name!" Aldo wondered. It had taken years before he found that out. Everyone always called her Misty to him.
"I stole it from her acolyte admission papers" Lone said matter of factly.
Aldo at the time had been drinking some water and when Lone said that it sent it flying across the room. "What!" Aldo said. "You stole her admission paper! Why?"
"Because I wanted to know more about her. Did you know that she was in isolation for 5 years. The priests that ran where she was thought it would be a way to curb her temper" he said. "Thats why I follow my mistress. She has been so unhappy for so long and if taking her temper out on me gives her pleasure then I get pleasure from that" Lone said
"Then why did you sneak into her room?" Aldo said
"Because I wanted once and for all to see if her breasts were as big as I thought. They are. Heck they are perkier then Axia's!" Lone said with a grin
"Axia also has build her body into a temple, and so have I, so remember that when you try to think I might get jealous" Aldo said as he was about to get up and see if Axia had wanted company. If not he wanted to be with her to make sure that she was protected while she slept.
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Aldo knocked on Axia's door. Callie opened it and let him in. "She fell asleep just after you left, so I have been watching out. If you wanted to keep her company I am going to grab a few hrs of shut eye. We should head out very early in case whomever that Jamar lookalike was has help" Callie said as she resheathed her daggers and opened the door. "By the way..I'm glad you finally came to your senses. She had been waiting for you for a long time." Callie said as a parting remark and left the room, leaving Aldo looking at a sleeping Axia.
To the closed door, he said "Yes, I think she had been". He took off his shoes and cape and draped them on one of the dining chairs and came over to the bed. Axia was still naked under the covers, hair was half on her face as she slept. He still found it remarkable that only a few days ago she had been a virgin and she really had been saving herself for when he would finally notice her. All those years of touching her body he had never imagined how good the sex would be between them. But then he remember Lexkai's note and remembered that may ignorance in the case would have been bliss.He crawled into the bed beside her with only his shirt off as he didn't trust himself with his pants off, laid his lute beside the bed and laid down beside her.
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Axia woke up a little later to find Aldo asleep beside her and she smiled at him. She noticed that he had his shirt off, so she scooted over to him and laid her head onto him and wrapped her arm around him and attempted to fall back asleep. Aldo woke up immediately when he felt her move and leaned over and gave her a kiss on her head. She felt that and leaned up and kissed his upper chest.
"Oh you are awake pet?" Aldo asked.
"Barely, but I am sure that I can get more awake. You have any ideas?" Axia replied.
Aldo leaned over and kissed her hard. "My god what you do to me pet." Aldo said as he moved her hand over his erection.
She smiled and said "That didn't take long..hehehe".
"Pet I've been semi hard all day. Watching you sleeping naked wasn't helping either." he said as he pulled her on top of him.
"And so what do you want to do now" Axia said as she pinned him between her luscious thighs "This" and he kissed her again. With his hands he rubbed her breast between his hands and kneaded them. Then ran his hands down her back and pulled her towards his erection. She could feel him beneath her and she was already wet and waiting for him. She broke the kiss and moved down his body and undid the togs to his pants.
"Now why did you feel the need to come to bed with this on?" Axia asked him slyly.
"Because I didn't trust myself to not ravish you while you slept." Aldo said as he allowed her to take off his pants and free his very large erection.
As she slid back up and reached the junction of his thighs she touched him delicately with her tongue. Aldo grabbed the sheets as she then took him deep into her mouth and began to suck on him. She deftly licked him from the top to the base of his cock and then took all of him into her mouth again. He was so close he could feel it, but this time he wanted to give her just as much enjoyment.
He pulled her up and pushed her back so that she was bent back on her knees and moved himself between her thighs. He tested her to see how responsive she was. She was dripping between his fingers but he found her nub and gave it a slight pinch. He then slowly slipped his tongue into her slit and began to lap up the juices that were flowing there. "Oh Aldo.." Axia cried out as she ran her fingers through his hair. Since he wanted her to come with him inside her, he came up and deeply kissed her as he drove into her. She arched her back in responce and just as she was about to come Aldo leaned over into her ear and whispered "I love you Axia Drake" and drove into her as he came at the same time. Repleate they stayed together for some time until they fell asleep.
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Axia was still in Aldo's arms when he heard a knock on the door. He distangled himself from her arms and then picked up his pants and went towards the door. He opened it and found Mistress with breakfast and 1 mug of hot chocolate and 2 cups of coffee. "I rather assumed you would be here again corrupting my sister" she said as she breezed past him and went over to the bed.
"Do you always act as Axia's personal saviour?" Aldo asked as he was getting a little perturbed by Mistress's behavior.
"Its my nature. For 20 years I have been raised that chastity is next to godliness" Mistress answered and at that she tapped on Axia's shoulder and said, "Its time Axi. You might want to get a shower before starting out. And coffee is on the bedside table." Mistress said to her twin.
At that she went over to Aldo and said "You may have known her for 20 years but I have known her for a lot longer then that and I know that her sleeping with you...well it was an act of love. If you don't love her wholeheartedly I am going to personally kill you myself" Mistress said as she exited the room.
"Pet..may I use your shower? I fear what my room is going to look like thanks to that Lone." Aldo said as he removed his pants and entered into the bathroom.
Axia followed him in and said "Yes you may, and I will join you!" Aldo looked at her and said "I've unleased a sex kitten!" Axia just smiled at him as she led him to the shower and proceed to wash him. Then he washed her. And they made love in the shower again. After the shower, they got ready for the long journey to Payon. They both knew that this might be the last time for a while that they would have the luxury of each others bodies.
Aldo returned to his room and found what he expected. Chocolate bars all over the room and Lone stretched out on the bed. Aldo hit him with the Lute and said "Get up we are leaving shortly" He then went into the bathroom and gathered the toiletries. He honestly didn't think that this guy was going to be much help as he seemed so lazy and self absorbed. But, he thought, he had only known him for a few days. Perhaps he will seem better as they go. It would take them a few days to get to Payon from Morroc.
Aldo ended his musing and found that the room was now spotless and Lone was reattaching his Katars. "That was quick" he said to him. Lone just looked at him and said "Sorry for the mess. I was really tired and I forgot to clean up last night. So did you have fun with your twin?" Lone asked him looking like he was expecting Aldo to share.
"That little pup is none of your business." Aldo said crispily. He couldn't understand himself why he didn't want to share the magic that Axia and him have between them but at this precise moment he didn't want to say anything.
"C'mon lets go" Aldo said as he picked up his bags. AXia at that point was leaving as well and he saw that she was wearing something a little different. It almost looked like stalker clothes. "Axia, where did you get that?" Aldo said as he came up behind her.
"Callie. She said she didn't want me wearing flimsy pajama's for the desert and that I would need something more sturdier." He looked down at her and realised that she looked incredibly beautiful. She was wearing some of Callie's stalker clothes and with her blue hair she looked sexy as hell. Especially the little hot pants that they were famous for. She even had a pair of sunglasses on instead of the elven ears she loved to wear. He could see also that she was missing the coat part.
"I could get used to you looking like that my pet." Aldo said as he nuzzled her neck "Aldo stop.."Axia giggled and squirmed away from him.
"We have to get going. Callie and Mistress are already at the west exit" Axia said to him and Lone and hurried away.
"Is she always like that?" Lone said as he followed her trying not to look at her cute behind. "Yes when she is relaxed she is. They all are." Aldo said as he was trying to imagine taking off that cute outfit of hers.
As they were approaching the entrance they could see that Mistress was not alone, but Callie was not with her. Instead a gang of men were surrounding her. Aldo and Lone were about to intercede, as was Axia, until they got closer and heard what was going on.
"Now..are you going to beg like a dog?" Mistress said sternly to one of the men at the side of her "But all I wanted was you to come out and hunt with us?" the man whined.
"No what you wanted was a pretty priestess to heal your ass. Now if you want me to heal you, BEG LIKE A DOG!" Mistress said as she pointed down at him, like she was directing him.
Axia bent her head into Aldo's shoulder so that the men could not hear her laughing, but Aldo was having a hard time keeping a straight face. Lone on the other hand must be used to this, because he went right up the men and said "Now men this is how it is done." And with that got on all fours put his hands up stuck his tongue out and behaved like a dog. Aldo couldn't contain himself any longer and started laughing out loud. "Oh my heaven's that is priceless" Axia said between gasps.
Mistress glared at Lone and said "Get up you silly man!"
"Anything for my mistress" Lone said as he got up and followed behind her. The men just looked at the Assassin cross and said "He is so lame" and walked back to the middle of town, looking for another priestess to harrass.
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Callista met up with them a few minutes later. "Did I miss anything" she said as she saw that Axia and Aldo were still giggling. "You look better Axia. Any time you want to give up being a dancer, I'll finish your rogue training myself." Callista said and took out her daggers. "Shall we get going now. No sence burning daylight." Callista said as she started out.
"Yes we should get going" Axia said. As they got started a falcon flew down and landed on Aldo's shoulder. "Dehana! Did Lex send back a message?" he said as he stroked the bird.
"Aldo he's beautiful" Axia said as she stroked his head.
"You three go on ahead, I want to read what Lex sent." Aldo said to Misty, Lone and Callista. "Axia I want you to stay behind with me" he said to a very curious Axia.
When the others were out of earshot Axia asked him "What is wrong?" "Pet there is some info that I thought you should hear from me and I didn't want your sisters to hear it. At least not yet." Aldo said to her as he removed the note from Lexkai and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Aldo you are kinda scaring me..I don't like that. What is wrong" Axia said as she was looking at his face.
"Axia pet. There is something I have been hiding from you." Aldo said as he sat down on a nearby rock.
"What..and what did Lexkai send you that has you so relieved" Axia said to him
"Axia pet, the night after I took your virginity Lexkai said that the whip may drain you of life if you didn't love me. It apparently chooses based on morals and ability. There is no question to your abilities, but the fact that you are now no longer a virgin, there was some questions to that. He just came back and said that there shouldn't be a problem. I am telling you this because you will have to search deep in your heart to see if I am truly the one you love. Not for my sake but for yours. If you don't really love me, then the whip will believe that the magic that you share with me is just lust and you will be judged. What Lex also said is that the whip will judge me as well. I am relieved because I do love you very much as I already did the soul searching myself." Aldo told her as he watched the shock eminate from her
"Why didn't you tell me" Axia said in a whisper.
"Because I didn't want to worry you until I knew more. Now I know more and I am telling you." Aldo said as he got up.
Axia was now furious with him. She got up and smacked him across the face. "Next time you want to tell me something for my 'own' good, think about the cold ground that you will be sharing over the next few days." and with that she walked away to catch up to her sisters with tears in her eyes.
Aldo brought his hand up to his now sore face. He was expecting that reaction. If Axia was anything it was predicable. He knew that if he blurted everything out just like that, she would get mad and freak out. But it would make her start thinking. He had pulled this trick on her so many times, it was a wonder she never caught on. It was one of the few ways he knew to get her to do what he wanted and he had been using this trick since they were 10.
Axia stormed back to her sisters and they were wise enough not to say anything. They knew her black moods and they had learned from experience to say nothing and let her stew. Not so LoneWolf. "What is wrong."
"Men..thats what is wrong. Miserable assinine men who think that they can control my life." she screamed.
"Well if you were more demure like your sister, then maybe he would not want to control you as much." Lone said very matter of factly.
"Axi don't" Mistress said. But it was too late. Axia slugged him and sent him flying and he landed on a mine. Then they saw the Magnolia come out from hiding and with it, a lot of Sandman.
"Misty..Ruwach" Axia ordered as she untangled her whip from her hips. Callie withdrew her daggers and ran after the sandman. Suddenly something seemed to have grabbed Lone and he was unable to stop.
"Melody Strike" Aldo screamed as he came running as fast as he could to help with saving Lone.
"Sling Arrow" Axia cried as she tried valiantly to save him, but then the sandman succeeded in dragging Lone to his demise.
"Omg!" Mistress cried as she started clawing at the place that Lone was taken. She finally found him only to see him terribly poisoned. They dragged him out and laid him down so that Mistress could cure him. But it wasn't working. As they watched he slowly faded into nothing as Mistress started to cry.
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They watched later as all the monsters seemed to have made some more holes as to the one that Lone died in so instead of staying back, they trudged on through the desert. When they found the Oasis of Mejard they finally rested. Noone had said a word except to console Mistress as she was still crying. When they got the tents up Callie and Mistress in one and Aldo and Axia in the other they settled down.
Axia woke up the next morning to find Aldo curled up behind her. And he was hard. And she thought, semi awake because he was nuzzling her neck again. She muttered at him "I am still mad at you". Aldo answered "No you are not you just think you are pet." and lifted his hand to her breast which was spilling out of the rogue outfit.
"Yes I am and to prove it, you are going to have to beg for it." she said to him as she stretched out.
"And how am I going to beg for it pet?" He said as he slipped his hand under the top and freed her breast. He then held her breast in his hand. Some did spill out of his hand but he held her nipple between his fingers and twisted a slight bit on it. Axia moaned in pleasure as he continued to pinch and pull on her nipple.
Suddenly something hit the tent and Axia could hear Callista yelling "Hey you two..some people are trying to sleep!"
Aldo laughed at that and yelled "Yes ma'am" and leaned over Axia and gave her a deep kiss. The hot pants that kept him fantizing all day yesterday were pressed into his erection so he left her breast and moved his hand to the top of the hot pant and he slid his hand inside it.
"You are still not earning it my dear" Axia said as she turned onto her back so that he had full access. "Really? Hmm, I am just going to have to change that" Aldo said as he gave her an evil grin and pulled down the top of her shirt. "Cheater" Axia said and pulled him down on top of her and gave him a kiss. Aldo nipped at the base of her neck and used his tongue to leave a wet trail down her chest to her breasts and squeezed her breasts together so that they were squished between his face. Then he lifted his head and brought both nipples into his mouth and tugged on both of them at the same time.
Meanwhile from the other tent you could hear Callista getting angry with the both of them so she left her tent and opened the flaps and yelled at them "Can you two give it a rest for once! We are trying to sleep!" she said to them as she turned on her heel and stormed back into the tent.
Mistress looked at Callie and said "Feel better?" Callista fell down onto her pad and said "No I miss Sirano. Little bugger won't marry me, but he has no problem screwing me every chance he gets" she said. Then in a louder voice "Just like those two!" They could hear them giggling back through the tent and Mistress just yelled at them and said "Do you two have any shame". There was a pause and then Axia yelled back "No!"
Back in the tent Aldo had Axia positioned on top of him. He looked at her and said "Have I earned it now pet?" he said as he brought her down on top of his hard penis. "Hmm I think so" as she bent her back and rested her hands onto his knees and lifted herself up to ride him. Aldo held her up while doing this with his hands on her hips and she rode him till they both came. After she got off of him, he entered her again and made slow love to her.
It was still early in the morning and they had a bit more time before they had to get going. Aldo was enjoying the fact that Mistress for once wasn't coming in and giving him a "You are going to burn in hell" look that she had been since the beginning of the journey. He loved the feel of Axia, and loved the look on her face when she orgasmed. It was a breathless, almost a gasp of surprise when she came and he got enormous pleasure from that look on her face, knowing that he did that to her. He also knew that for the time being, this would all they would have for now as once they reached Payon, they would have no time for love.
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Axia emerged from the tent a bit later with her sisters looking at her. "Don't you two ever get tired of sex?" Mistress asked of her, after listening to their lovemaking for the last 3 hrs. "No Misty, I don't. I am not as uptight about it as you are. Besides, Priestess are allowed to take lovers, so why have you not by now? Are you aiming to be the oldest virgin?" Axia asked her as she made her coffee.
"Just because I don't enjoy walking around half naked all day, doesn't mean that I don't enjoy sex. And I am not aiming to be the oldest virgin. Just haven't met the right man" Mistress said as she sat down and accepted a cup of coffee from Axia.
"Don't knock it till ya try it Misty. Its lots of fun..with the right partner" Callie said as she was drinking Aldo's hot chocolate.
"Cal I made that for him ya know" Axia said snatching the hot chocolate from her.
"Blah, blah, blah." Callie said as she made her own hot chocolate.
The sun was just coming up on the horizon and they could see that they should at the end of the day reach Payon and almost the end of the journey. It was already starting to get hot so they started to take down the tents. Just as Axia was getting her gear from the tent, Aldo came up.
"Hi dear" Axia said as she gave him a deep kiss. "We are just getting ready to head out" she said as she took down the poles and folded them back up into her backpack. "What I wouldn't kill for Lucretia. She loved to lug my stuff" Axia said as she hauled the heavy backpack back onto her shoulders and waited for Aldo and her sisters.
Aldo came back over to the camp area to find that his hot chocolate was now half empty and half cold. But, he thought, beggars can't be choosers, and he drank the rest and set out the fire. Then he looked for the water coolers and filled up the water. From his travels he remembered that this was the last place for water until the forests of Payon which were still about half a day way. Like Callie, he knew that with hard work they would make it to Payon by late tonight.
With that they all started up. Misty kept the ruwach up so that if the Sandman wanted to attack again they would be ready. About mid-day after fighting so many sandman they were very weary for the constant battles that morning, they finally reached the outskirts of the Payon forest. Both Aldo and Axia missed this area as they had trained so long here as archers in order to train to be the bard and dancers they were. When they got the shady safety of the woodland area they stopped for lunch.
"Aldo so now that we are closer to Payon, what can we expect" Mistress said to him as they were passing some apples around.
"Well when we reach the city we should hook up with Callie's rogues and find out what they have learned." Aldo said as he finished his third apple.
"With this pace we should actually make it to Payon by nightfall." Callie said. She was looking forward to seeing Sirano. She shrugged out of her musings as she started to clean up so that they could get started again.
They picked up the pace that afternoon, barely encountering anyone as they still wanted to get to Payon as fast as possible and managed to get into town by late afternoon. When they arrived a rogue appeared from nowhere and slipped his hand around Callie's waist and gave her a deep kiss.
"I take it this is that Sirano I heard all about" Axia said smirking at Callie. "Guess we are going to be the ones with no sleep tonight?" she said with a grin on her face.
"Shut up Axi" Callie said and gave a slight whistle and 4 other rogues appeared from thin air. "Boys what is the news" she said very matter of factly.
"Several boss monsters have been sighted for days around Payon, but they all seem to be migrating to the lower lvls of the Payon dungeons" Sirano said. "We have been attempting to eliminate as many as we can, but they all seem to be respawning faster then we can take them out" he finished
"So basically we are no closer to finding out what to do" Axia said disappointed.
"Pet most likely the whip will draw you to it." Aldo said. His finished thought was that the whip would most likely draw Mistress as well.
"Well lets get settled in at the inn" Callie said.
"Not necessary. I have a home here, with many beds" Sirano said
"You do? Well then lead on" Callista said following Sirano to his home with her sisters and Aldo behind.
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Callie got settled in a lovely room and began to take off her coat. Payon always felt like a rainforest to her because of the trees and she was always so warm here, unlike her home in the desert. She heard the door open and was about to throw her daggers when she caught the familiar scent of Sirano. Even though Rogues didn't wear cologne/perfume, Sirano to her always gave off a scent of the sea. He came up behind her and helped her finish undressing. Naked she turned to him.
"Did you miss me lover?" Callie said to him as she undid his coat and his shirt so that she could rub her hands over his bare chest.
"Why yes I did. Allow me to show you." Sirano said and he led her to the bed.
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Axia and Aldo had just gotten settled in the room next to Callie's/Sirano's and she could hear her sister's moans. "I guess we will not being getting any rest tonight" Axia said as she was giggling a bit. "Probably not, but at least your sister's happy" Aldo said as he snuggled against Axia and fell asleep.
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Mistress was tucked into the other side of the wall of Callista and Sirano and even though she was always so stern with others, it was all a cover. She knew that with the right person she would be acting as sex starved as Axia. Axi had loved Aldo for so long that all of it had been just gushing out over the last few days. She also remembered the first man she ever loved. His name was Bizi.
She missed Bizi so much. He was her first love and her only love. But he didn't want anything to do with her. They had both been acolytes at the church and until their late teens the best of friends. Then Mistress finally matured and became the beauty that she was now and Bizi stopped being her friend. She never could figure out why, but even now, 10 years later she was still missing his friendship. She was also missing the love that she felt for him. When she was 18, Bizi decided that he wanted to be a Magnus Priest. She wanted to be with him, but he acted very cold to her one night, just before he left and would not speak to her again. She always felt so hurt because she was always so nice and kind to him. She thought about him as she drifted off to sleep, listening to Callista's moans of pleasure.
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Bizi had been watching the party go into the Rogues home and that was when he saw Mistress. 'She still looks so gorgeous' he thought. Then he noticed the dancer and realized that they were twins. 'My god. She never told me she had a twin' he mused. He then looked at the dancer and realized that she may be the one that everyone is making a fuss about. He came here because he heard about the Evil Snake Lord gathering his forces here. He wanted to find out what was happening but with that dancer and the rogue and Mistress he suspected that they were there for the same reason. He still couldn't get over Mistress. It had been 10 years since he forced her away. He didn't want to, but he knew she loved him and he was scared of hurting her, so he pushed her away. He had heard that after he left so stayed an acolyte for a long time, and just recently turned into a priestess.
When she had finally blossomed he was so surprised how beautiful she was and that was around the same time that he decided to go to the prisons of Glast Heim and clean out the evil there. It was very dangerous work there, and he knew that she might be hurt and he wouldn't be able to forgive himself if anything happened to her. So he pushed her away by telling her that she was useless excuse for an acolyte and that everyone hated her there because of her family. He then sealed his fate by telling her that he thought so too and that everyone had been afraid of what might happen if Drake backed out of his agreement with them. He thought his heart would shatter when he saw the look of horror and fear on her face, but to protect her, he couldn't take it back and kiss her like he so wanted to do. A few years later he heard that she isolated herself in a Monastery for over 5 years after he left and that was when she started to become a priestess.
Looking at her now, he saw that she had filled out to perfection. But he did think it strange about her hair. Her hair was always the same shade as that dancer's so he couldn't understand why it was now a pure white. But he did think of the length of it and thought about if judging from that dancer's looks what Mistress would look like with her hair down and on top of him. He thought that it was about time he apologized to her and see if they would need his help
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Early the next morning when they all came down for breakfast they heard a knock on the door. All the rogues brought out their stilettos and Sirano very carefully opened the door. That was when he saw a male priest. He opened the door some more and allowed Bizi inside.
"Bi...z..i" Mistress said and fainted at the sight of him. Callie moved very quickly and reached her before she hit the floor.
"Well Father Bizi, you certainly have a way with my sister" Axia said as she attempted to wake her sister up from her dead faint.
"Uh..I guess she remembers me." Bizi said as he saw the two girls attempting to wake her up.
"Hello Father. My name is Aldo. This is Axia and her sister Callista" Aldo said as he pointed at the sisters. Pointing out that Axia was Mistress's twin would have been silly as he was sure that he could tell them apart.
"No need to call me Father…just Bizi will do" Bizi said as he cast Cure on Mistress to awake her from her faint.
As Mistress started to awaken, Aldo asked "So what can we do for you."
"Well I noticed Misty last night and followed all of you here. I assumed with that dancer here, that you were here because of the Snake Lord so I concluded that you would need my help with whatever it is you are going to be doing" Bizi said as he sat down and grabbed some food. You're here because of the whip aren't you?" Bizi concluded
"You remembered me Bizi" Mistress said as she struggled to get up and into the chair.
"Yes Misty I do. But we can talk about that later in private." Bizi said in hushed tones. Speaking louder he said "So are you here for the whip or not?"
Not sure if he should trust him or not, Aldo glanced at Mistress and saw her slight nod in agreement and decided to answer. "Yes we are. Axia has already been attacked twice before we reached Payon. We even lost someone on the way." Aldo said pausing as he remembers Lone.
"I see, well as for the other person don't worry he will be reborn." Bizi said as he grabbed a hot chocolate and turned the chair around and sat with it back forward. "Now as for the whip what I have found out is that it is located in a stronghold in the Payon dungeon. Moonlight Flower guards it. If we are going to get started, we had better get going." he said as he pulled away from the chair.
Axia leaned over to her sister and whispered "Is he always this direct?" "Always… It was one of the things I loved about him" Mistress said. Axia perked up her eyebrow to that statement. She walked over to Aldo and said to him "Now I think we found another reason why will not get any sleep tonight!" and Aldo chuckled, but then sobered as he remembered what that statement would mean. They had to find the whip today.
Bizi met up with them outside the cave to the Payon dungeons. He and Mistress spent a lot of time here together as young acolytes and he still remember how cute she looked as she would attempt to whack the zombies. He was the one that taught her the joy of using their basic skill, Heal, as a weapon. He also would have liked to have taught her something else, but a desirable woman like her, he was sure that someone else had already beaten him to it. He saw them approaching and waved them to his location. They all arrived and got themselves ready for the fight of their lives.
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