Author's Notes; Semi Mythological Egyptian AU. Plot. Fluff. Some R18 (Slight erections, neck and nipple play). Zero yearns for a break to spend more time with X, all the while revealing secrets about his body. Also visited by spirits later in the end. Please enjoy. Next chapter will be the last.
The next morning, Zero wasted no time fashioning a house for them and providing the foods X had missed. The redhead had made a large tent for them, wide enough to at least get a bedroom out of. X had a look inside the tent once he was out of the water, done with his morning bath and strapping his loincloth on. He smiled at seeing a round bed already set, several baskets of food, and a few modest carpets and cushions to sit on around a table. "It looks great, Zero. Nice and cozy. I've missed having a bed." Zero smiled. "I am pleased that you approve. I am hoping that I understood your descriptions correctly. I have never slept in one of these before." X nodded. "Everything looks good to me. Do you want to try the bed out before we leave?" Zero nodded back. "I feel my curiousity getting the better of me." X stepped into the tent with Zero, pouncing on the bed. He enjoyed how soft it was. "Mmm..so soft.." Zero crawled onto the bed carefully, slowly lying down. "You are right. This does feel nice. Though not as nice as cuddling with you." X blushed, moving closer to Zero on the bed. "Get some rest today, Zero. Isn't your body still adjusting to your new marks?" Zero nodded. "Indeed it is. I do wish for a break, alas, I have not been given an official break." X smiled sadly. "If my word were official, what kind of break would you like?" Zero chuckled. "But a few days..mayhap a week of rest and love from my young pharaoh.." X held Zero's head in his hands. "Exactly the break you need..I would say a week..Though for how many years you've done this, I would give you several years at minimum.." Zero smiled. "Thoughtful. Though to balance my break with my time as a guardian, I would need several millienia at most." X giggled. "That's true. I do want to be fair with you." He looked the redhead over. "Hmm, now that you're nice and relaxed, I want to explore you a little better." Zero smirked. "You have enough time to explore at least two parts of me. The sunrise draws nigh."
X nodded, observing Zero's face. "Hmm, you don't get facial hair?" Zero shook his head. "It might be common on most demons, alas, I have evaded it." X smiled. "Neither a beard or mustache would do you justice." He then moved down to Zero's neck, gently licking him. He felt Zero shivering a little. Zero shivered, feeling his semi hard getting harder under his loincloth. "Mmmm..I daresay I like that." X giggled, licking his neck more. "You're so handsome." Zero groaned contently as X licked his neck, shivering beside X. X slowly moved down to Zero's chest, snuggling his red chest hair and lapping his black nipples. Zero growled erotically, looking down at X. X drew closer to Zero's left nipple and began suckling him. Zero growled more, enraptured by the feeling of X suckling him. X slowly let go. "Curious..you seem to have a lot of breast milk." Zero nodded. "I have not known well how to explain this to a human. I am a male, alas I have female reproductive parts as well. I am capable of giving birth and surviving that trial. All that I need is a cue to release an egg." X looked up at Zero. "Is this true? Well, humans have no idea of the anatomy of demons." Zero nodded. "Precisely. I have no reason to lie to you." X tilted his head. "What would be your pregnancy signs?" Zero chuckled. "I will not show many. Though a clear one will be the girth of my length getting bigger." X looked towards Zero's lower body. "You'll give birth through your length? That's similar to a female hyena giving birth." Zero nodded. "I have heard such. You did not cue me before so no eggs were released." X smiled. "I'll give you a baby, Zero. But I want both of us to be ready for that responsibility." Zero snuggled X's hair. "We are not ready for such though yet. It is too dangerous at present. Especially when one potential parent is wanted by theives and a madman." X sighed. "I know. We need a calmer situation to make a family." Zero leaned closer. "You are not disturbed?" X looked at him. "Why would I be?" Zero chuckled. "You now know the secret of my body. I know most humans assume male or female. Alas, you are in the presence of a male being with a dormant female reproductive system." X smiled. "I find it fascinating. I also think it explains why some of your features are so feminine. Your hips, your hair, the large amount of breast milk. I think its all beautiful on you, Zero." Zero lost a tear of blood, touched by X's words. "Thank you."
On patrol, Zero could feel the presence of the researchers including Wily at the Giza Pyramids. "The researchers are still there. Heathens." He growled. X gulped on Zero's back. "Stay away from them if you can." Zero sighed gently. "I cannot hold this promise. They need to leave." X nodded. "I know. I just don't want you or anyone hurt."
Wily stood inside the pyramid as if waiting for them. "Good day, Zero." He was bandaged where Zero had shoved him away from X previously. Zero growled. "Do not act as though all is forgiven. It is not." Wily shook his head. "Now, now, no need to be aggressive. I have a proposition for you." Zero snarled, warying of bartering with Wily. "Dare I say, what is it?" Wily smiled the most friendly smile he could, even there it seemed scary to X. "If you allow X to come back with me, you may come along too. You could be his serv-I mean you could still keep your friendship." X didn't trust Wily's words. 'Don't fall for it, Zero. He was going to say servant.' Zero chuckled. 'You are forgetting. I am already enslaved.' The redhead started to walk past Wily. "No deal." X sighed in relief as Zero lit a torch. "That's true.." Zero walked carefully into the pyramid. "This has become more than friendship. Might you not agree?" X nodded. "We're not just friends. We're lovers. Mates. Even mating." Zero nodded back. "Very true. I am forbidden to leave Egypt because of this duty. Even outside of duty, I cannot see myself leaving. As you said before, Egypt has become my home. A home I want the two of us to share for our eternities." X sniffled a little. "Beautiful, Zero."
That evening, both boys had been hearing voices in the winds. Zero heard a distinct one calling X's name. He urged X into the tent, getting in the bed with him and covering X with his wings. X shuddered a little under Zero's wings. "What are those voices?" Zero kept his eyes on the opening of the tent. "Spirits from beyond. They are upon us." X gulped. "Ghosts? What do they want?" Zero shrugged. "Your guess is mayhap as good as mine."
One spirit rose into the tent in front of X, standing by the bed. Zero managed to spot it and growled. X hid under Zero's wings, shivering. "Please go away.." Then a familiar voice came from the spirit. "My son..How I've missed you." X slowly peered up from Zero's wings. "Papa..?" Zero's growling stopped and his wings relaxed, starting to rise off of X. X caught Zero's left wing and held its hand onto his chest. "Is that really you, papa?" The spirit took the form of a man with thick hair, mustache, beard, and a lab coat. "Yes, X, its me. We've been searching far and wide for you. I have many regrets in being unable to spend time with you in life. I haven't gone to rest since the day of our deaths." Two spirits came in, one in front of X and another behind Zero. The second spirit in front of X was a woman with a thin body. X snuffled. "Mother?" The woman smiled. "Oh, what a relief. Our baby is alive and well." The other spirit by Zero was a woman too, dressed in ancient attire. Zero was shocked when he saw her. The woman reached and held Zero's chest before speaking to him in an ancient language.
The spirits of X's parents were overjoyed that X was safe and unharmed. Though, they were curious about Zero. None of the three could understand the words the other woman was speaking to Zero and he was speaking back in the same language. The woman grabbed Zero's shoulders, rubbing them gently for a moment before releasing. There were now black anhks on Zero's shoulders and the woman faded away. Zero laid his head down on a pillow with a sigh. X pet the hand of Zero's wing. "Zero? Zero, what's wrong?" Zero muttered a few words of the ancient language blankly. The spirit of X's father looked Zero over. "A demon, isn't he? Though a rather attractive one." X grew worried. "Zero, snap out of it. My parents want to meet you before they leave..forever." Zero muttered more before muffling himself on X's neck. X's mum grinned. "He is certainly very comfortable with you." X looked at his mum. "Who was that woman?" X's mum smiled. "That was Hatshepsut. She had some business here, but I don't know what it was." Zero snuggled and licked X's neck. X's dad floated behind Zero, having seen what Hatshepsut had done with him. He put a hand on Zero's chest, rubbing him. "I want to thank you for taking care of my son. He's the happiest I've ever seen him. I hope you continue to treat him well." Zero slowly looked up at X's dad. X's dad smiled, rubbing Zero's cheek. "You are rather beautiful. You remind me of Dr. Wily. I wonder if you're his son. If so, you're already leagues different from him." Zero shook his head. "I do not believe that he is my father. Alas, a demonic essence might explain why when I feel his presence, he feels different than the others." X pondered. "He does..now that you mention it, father. You didn't know your parents, did you?" Zero shook his head again. "I did not." X's dad sighed. "A pity. I told him to take care of X should something happen to us. Though if it happens that you are his son, seeing your protectiveness and care, I want you to bear that responsibility." Zero chuckled. "I already bear the company and care of your son." X smiled. "I'm very happy with him." X's dad smiled. "That's all I can ask. Please take good care of him." Both X's mum and dad waved at them before soon fading away.
Zero relaxed again on the pillows as X turned and crawled to him. X looked at him carefully. "Zero, are you ok? What did Hatshepsut say to you?" Zero smiled. "I am fine. She told me that I have earned a long rest. I am to be free from duty for many years to come." X pounced on Zero happily. "That's great news, Zero." Zero nodded, catching and holding X close to his chest. "Years of love and rest. At last." X smiled, snuggling Zero's chest. "You deserve it."
