HI guy, sorry for the delay, its been a crazy ass couple of weeks. Thank you so much for the reviews they keep me writing, though sometimes I gotta admit it takes me awhile, especially since I have another story rolling around in my head. Sigh. Anyways, moving on. Here is the update.
I am really going to need reviews on this to keep going guys. I have some ideas (finally) but I need to know what you think and maybe make a few suggestions as to where you'd like to see this go.
Teejay thanks for the reminder to update it, sorry it took me so long.
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Arizona awoke to a blissfully beautiful morning, the sun streaming through several windows, she sighed in contentment. She slowly let herself come to consciousness. She had a strong arm wrapped protectively around her waist and she felt her wife's hot breath on her neck. Turning around in her wife's arms careful not to wake her Arizona watched the contentment covering her wife's face. There was a stray lock of the brown hair that had fallen into her face and Arizona smiled softly, this moment was perfect. This was how she had imagined life with her wife, she knew when they got back home, oh hell they still needed to talk about it, that there would be political rallies, wedding announcements, banquets to attend, all those things. She sighed as she thought about it, but then the soft breathing, the soft rise and fall of Calliope's chest, the beauty that covered her features caused her to stop and just simply be in that moment. All of the world faded aw ay as she studied the beautiful woman beside her. A smile reached her lips as she remembered the night before, how wonderful it had been and how for the first time she had given all of herself. This woman was her soul mate, gently reaching out she pulled the sheet down her wife's body and almost audibly groaned when the body was revealed to her. It was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. Reaching out she allowed her hand to grace the soft skin. running from the base of Callie's knee, up her legs and dipping gently but not quite into her core then Arizona flattened her palm and traced up Callie's flat stomach until she ran her hand up between the valley of her wife's breasts, then tracing her hand along the sides of Callie's breasts then bringing them back to the middle she ran her thumb over the nipple. Callie moaned in her sleep, Arizona grinned softly and leaning forward captured Callie's lips in a gentle kiss, moving her lips along her wife's until she felt Callie respond, puling her ontop of her and deepening the kiss. They enjoyed each other for a moment then callie pulled away and opened her eyes sleepily.
"Good morning wife."
Arizona smiled.
"Good morning lover." Kissing her wife again she spoke. "So here is how this morning is going to go. I know you have the battle with the hoard today, so I am going to keep you in bed a little longer, make love to you, then spar with you for a few hours, bathe you and prepare you for battle and then my sweet wife when you are done fighting I am going to bathe you again and make love to you once more."
Callie smiled.
"Sounds good. One rule."
Arizona raised an eyebrow.
"And whats that?"
"That fore very big battle fighting alone or together we prepare each other."
Arizona caught offguard by the tenderness in her wife, felt a tear spark in her eye, and then she nodded her consent.
"Of course love."
Callie smiled then kissed her, beginning all over again the fire that ignited between them.
Several hours later the two women emerged and joined their friends on the practice fields, dlilah and Alya following softly behind their masters. Callie warmed up with Arizona, letting her body stretch itself out from the evenings activities. tayla watched her daughter spar with her lover and smiled at the flawless way they did. they were perfect for one another. She motioned to her amazons, ten of the best from the nation were sent to her every year and were trained as her personal escort. Carlos also motioned to his personal guard, they were some of the best warriors in the nation. Callie seeing them took off her outer garb, leaving her only in her long leather skirt and a leather shirt that came to her midriff. She motioned to her wife and to Alya. Alya had strict instructions not to hurt the guards as they had strict instructions not to hurt her, if ever given the opportunity. Callie stood ready with merely a staff, while the guards used various weapons. Etara her mothers head guard approached speaking to her in the ancient tongue and handed her a blindfold. Callie smirked and put it on, Arizona groaned, she saw her wife's head spin around and caught her wink just before she tied on the blindfold and went back to her ready position. Alya also stood ready beside her. The amazons approached first making certain calls as to what position they were in as they circled callie. The guards had also been trained in amazon calls and waited watching, but moving also to circle. Alya sat patiently waiting for her t'cha to make the first move. Callie listened to the footprints, she could hear all twenty of them moving around her, they were in a double circle formation, not easy to break the circle but once broken impossible to regroup. One of the guards impatiently moved forward to strike Callie smirked and threw her staff to stop him dead in his tracks, he grumbled and then knowing the rules stepped to the side of the arena. Etara seeing this growled softly under her breath, stupid men always cost them this battle or they barely eeked by with a win. She glanced down at the leopard and the leopard seemed to smirk back at her daring her to make a move, She motioned with her eyes and hands and all nineteen of them stepped forward thrusting their weapons, at different locations, Callie hearing the rustle of clothing jumped landed on the combined swords effectively pinning them and then did a backflip over the edge of the circle, Alya having skirted out on the bottom . Callie took her staff and tripped one amazon, one guard and planted a fake death blow to both of them, and stood in the ready position, Etara growled and attacked, Callie chuckled deflecting three of her blows then knocked her back only to have an amazon and a guard work together to attack her Callie jumped over one sword landing a blow to the side of the guards head and took out the amazon at heart level. One by one Callie and Alya took the amazons and the guards out. It was a battle between Etara and Callie. Callie had fought her many a time and was good friends with her. She watched as Callie called off Alya who walked over and sat down next to Delilah and set down her staff indicating a hand battle. Etara agreed and the two traded blows for several minutes seeming to be equally matched. Etara made one mistake and calculated a blow to low Callie seeing her advantage caught the low blow and soon Eatra was flat on her back. Talya who had snuck up behind her daughter flicked her the staff, which Callie caught but promptly and respectfully she dropped to her knees and set her staff at her mothers feet.
"I will not fight you."
Talya chuckled.
"This is one lesson I taught you Calliope that I taught you a little to well."
"I will not fight you or father mother, I did once and I lost horribly. "
Talya chuckled.
"I remember."
carlos had come to join them a smile on his face.
"One spar love, hand to hand, with your soulmate."
Callie glanced over at Arizona who nodded her consent. Callie walked over to her only to be caught in a heated kiss. She smiled her dimples showing at Calliope.
"Don't try to protect me baby just trust me and move on your instincts."
Callie nodded and the sparring session began. Arizona faced Talya first. Tayla grinned wanting to see how much of a warrior the person princess really was. Stepping forward the attempted a left jab to her daughter in laws face. Arizona caught the punch and turned Talya's wrist to the side immediately gaining access to her back. Tayla growled and twisted out of it with a midestction blow, the block forcing Arizona to let go of her wrist. She smiled as she turned to her daughter in law. After several more jabs and blows traded by both parties Carlos seeing an opening grabbed his wife's wrist and spun her towards both girls in a high kick. Arizona seeing the move stepped behind Callie who immediately picked her up and her foot caught Tayla's ankle spinning both her and Carlos off balance. Callie chuckled softy as they hit the ground. The sparring match continued the couples both moving in fluid motions, attempting to catch the one move in advance over the other. After almost thirty minutes Carlos bet over and called a truce, which lit Callie's face up.
"First Calliope, you need rest before you battle tonight and secondly shit, I'm old and tired, that was a damn good match. Arizona your skills exceed your fathers, though he played dirtier than you do. You are indeed a fine warrior. Daughter your skills have gotten so much better as has your patience. Go now prepare for your battle."
Callie nodded and taking Arizona's arm led her to the bathing chamber. Both women slipped out of their clothing, Arizona sitting behind and Callie leaning into her, enjoying the feeling of her wife behind her. Arizona pulled her close washed her, making a mental note to find and caress ever scar, Callie relaxed into her touch and enjoyed her wife's ministrations. Arizona sinking into thought watched as her wife relaxed.
"Cal.."
Callie opened one eye and looked at her.
"MM?"
"Cal I want you to train me how to fight with Delilah."
Callie chuckled.
"We will. After this battle we will. It will take time love and you must trust me, We will go back to the snow leopards and then we will train. You will need all of them to train well."
Arizona nodded and then gently kissed her lovers neck. Callie chuckled and turning straddled Arizona. Arizona grinned up at her as she felt her lips being taken in a searing kiss, and hips being rolled against her core.
"gods Calliope."
Callie chuckled and ran her finger up Arizona's toned body leaning down jut before she captured her lips again.
"No gods, just Calliope."
Slowly Callie made love to Arizona treasuring her, enjoying the moans and the sharp inhalation of breath that Arizona emitted. Callie gently rolled her hips causing both of their cores to touch and then gently reaching between them and backing up slowly she inserted two fingers allowing her lover to ride them until she climaxed. Callie kissed her slightly panting wife with a smirk. Arizona caught her breath for a moment and then looked seriously at her wife.
"Calliope if you die today I will follow you into the afterlife just for that kind of sex. Woman, what you do to me."
Callie smirked again and kissed her again.
"I love you too, and I will not die today. Just promise me you will be in the company of Teddy at all time, with my mother and fathers guards. The hoard are sneaky baby, it wouldn't surprise me if they tried to come after you, it breaks the rules of the tournament but at this point I don't think they care."
Arizona looked softly at the concerned brown eyes.
"I promise."
Callie nodded.
"Ok."
Quickly finishing cleansing themselves they got up and Arizona slipped into a shift and then turned to help her wife put on her armour. Callie chose to wear the babylonian/ amazon armour showing her full rank and then gently she turned to Arizona and kissed her gently.
"Last piece, no headdress."
Arizona raised an eyebrow and watched as Callie moved to apart of her room and bought several jars with several colors. Arizona leaned back and watched as calllie streaked her face in Babylonian, Amazon, Hoard and then added a floress of Persian color, she looked well quite mean. Arizona chuckled.
"I'm going to have a hard time beating off other women aren't I?
Callie chuckled and nodded. She took Arizona in her arms, calming her heartbeat, calming the fear that kept her instincts at large and listened to the sound of her wife's breathing, careful not to smear the paint on her face. Callie almost crushed her close then lifting her chin met the sapphire blue eyes.
"I love you Arizona Robbins Torres, don't you ever doubt for one minute that I love you. I would lay down my life for you if I thought it would save yours. If something happens to me you have to promise me you'll continue to live life. I love you beyond all reason, beyond all logic, you are the other half of my soul. Don't you ever doubt that."
Arizona nodded her eyes pricking with tears. As the ruler of the Persian nation tears were not usually allowed, but as a woman she needed this moment with her wife to realize that though they were badass warriors, they were still mortal, still human and could still die. A knock on the door interrupted them and Addison and Teddy stood at the door, a gorgeous gray wolf stood beside Addie and approached Arizona carefully. The animal seemed to size her up and Delilah growled gently warningly. The wolf stopped and looked at Delilah its eyes flashing. Addison called her wolf back.
"Deom calama."
The animal turned and walked back to her side and sat down, Alya approaching the animal and both of them touched noses in a greeting, as they knew each other. Addison raised an eyebrow as she watched Delilah firmly sit next to Arizona and stay there.
"Snow leopard touchy much?"
Deilah pulled back her lip and growled deep within her chest. Addison took a step back.
"Ok, ok Delilah I get it."
Her tail swished and then she stood and walked over to Deom and extended her nose. Deom met her halfway and they greeted one another and then approached their various masters. Addison knelt down and greeted the young snow leopard.
"You are beautiful and Deom would not hurt Arizona." Delilah seemed to nod and laying her head on Addisons knee she purred. Addison chuckled. "gods I love that sound."
Arizona scratched Deom behind his ears and he licked her hand and then turned back to his master. Addie's eyes met Callie's.
"Ready for this?"
Callie took a deep breath and let it out slowly, Addison catching the slight sense of fear in her eyes watched her stuff it an nod.
"As ready as I'll ever be, Delilah watch my family and Teddy."
The leopard nodded and then the four headed out. As they reached the arena Callie squeezed her hand one more time and handed her over to her parents. Tayla nodded in understanding at her daughters look and put an arm around her daughter in laws waist whispering low and gently in her ear.
"NO Arizona you don't need any of our protection you can stand on your own two feet but you are our family and we all protect each other, including Callie."
Arizona nodded and visibly relaxed. She watched as her lover stepped out with Addison and the two animals on either side of them, the baylonians and some of the hoard cheered. Callie was wearing her double swords, had a whip across her chest and Addison held a net. Callie stepped forward and met the ugliest man Arizona had ever seen. He had a snarl on his face and as he took Callie's hand he pulled her closer and whispered something that made Callie's eyes darken in anger considerably. An announcer stepped into the middle of the arena announcing it was a fight to the death,no warrior was to be spared by the opposite side. Arizona inhaled slightly, closing her eyes at those words. She felt carlos's hand on her shoulder and a gentle squeeze followed. The announcer announced the beginning and Addison and Callie immediately spread out.
Callie waited as two hoard rushed her, gently pulling her swords she killed both with one move and stood waiting for the other two. She felt Alya growl deep within her chest and as hoard moved towards her the battle lust began to take over her body, Alya and she began to move as one unit taking down the first five hoard easily. As she advancedon one warrior a growl emitted from deep within her chest and Alya stepped forward with a lunge and her claws imbedded into the mans chest her teeth ripping out his throat as she jumped from his body at another hoard, Callie's sword slashed from the front as her claws imbedded in the back. Callie saw another hoard member advance on her leopard to watch her do a 360 spin and tear into them. Addison and her wolf fought similiarly, its teeth pulled back in a snarl as the four moved through the members of the hoard. The first ten were down and the leader and ten more stood waiting. Callie turned to face him her eyes flashing orange, her sword dripping with the blood of his warriors, Addison stood at her side Doem and Alya also covered in blood and mud. The leader snarled.
"That was a distraction Amazon, now you face the real warriors."
Callie smirked and motioned them forward, Two of them approached her and she blocked blows, waiting watching patiently for an opening. Alya noticing a few took advantage her tail swishing as she struck. One of the hoard a woman well trained attacked Callie, her blows strong as Callie blocked them. Callie seeing an opening in one of Addison's turned and slashed him across the back, Doem finishing the job and the other warrior Callie had been fighting noticed her turn and lost concentration for but a moment, Alya was immediately upon her and her teeth sank into the woman's throat.
Arizona from the seat overlooking the arena had never seen anything so beautiful, At moments she couldn't tell when Callie was callie and when she was Alya, she moved with a fluid grace, the blue flame taking over eyes completely and slowly it began to burn orange. She watched as the leader of the hoard released all of his warriors against Callie and Addison, the two warriors beautiful in their movement and flawless in their teamwork. Out of the corner of her eye Arizona caught the leader of the hoard look into the crowd and a man get up with something beneath his robes. Arizona watched and waited. Glancing down at her snow leopard she communicated soflty for Delilah to take care of it Delilah nodded and stalked off.
Callie began to feel the fatigue of the battle and as the last warrior dropped before her , blood was spurting from her nose, she had a few wounds and the poison within her began to take its toll. The battle lust in her began to consume her as she faced Elias. He laughed.
"You are bleeding and have poison within your veins Calliope Torress, you will not be the hero of the hoard today."
Callie spat the blood out of her mouth.
"You have sent twenty five of your best warriors after me and Addison Elias, for the last time come face me like a man instead of the sniveling pig you are. Come on Elias, show me wrong."
The man launched himself at Callie a growl and sneer on his face. Callie blocked the first two blows and missed the third a deep cut across her abdomen, the poison weakening her. Callie wiped the blood from her chest o her pants and turned back to the man. She stood and twirling pushed the butt f her sword into his mouth and he fell. He stood enraged and Callie stepped back laughter filling her mouth and spilling out. He growled.
"Whats so funny Babylonian."
"Everything to me is funny Elias. the fact that you were so threatened by the hoard members who chose to follow Savan's rule that you not only killed him by slow poisoning, you were the doctor at the time. Not only have you broken the laws of the hoard, but you've broken the aws of my rule and reign. Whats the matter Elias? Didn't think I knew?"
A gasp went through some of the members of the hoard as Elias enraged attacked her again calling out the code word for the sniper he had set in place. Callie calculated and let him get really close, batting his sword aside with one of her own and then dropping to her knee she embedded the other in his stomach, the blood pouring freely over her hand as she twisted maliciously into his stomach.
Delilah not far from the sniper saw him and immediately jumped a roar echoing from her lips as she landed on top of him, disengaged his weapon and pushed him off the wall, he never got a shot off.
Callie nodded to the lavender eyed snow leopard and stood pushing the body up with her. As the last of his life drained from his eyes she whispered in his ear.
"This is the price for treason."
She pushed his body off her sword and looked out over the crowd.
"Anyone else wish to challenge me for the title of this nation?"
Many of Elias's followers sank back in their chairs and the others who supported Callie secretly stood and cheered their new leader on. Callie growled and let out her battle cry, the roar of the crowd getting louder. Callie walked off the battlefield the orange flames still dancing in her eyes. She was met by a contingent of Amazons, she growled angrily when the head guard tried to approach her.
"Callie we need to treat your wounds."
Callie's timber in her voice dropped three octaves as the battle lust within her began to take her over. Etara the head guard spoke softly.
"Callie remember who you are, you have a wife, a family."
Callie came back to her sense enough to look pleadingly at Etara.
"Get me to the chamber now Etara!"
Etara nodded and quickly slipped under Callie's arm and helped her to the cave they had specifically made for this, She barely got her into the chamber before Callie turned again. Etara ready backed off, one of the two warriors who had survived this ritual once before, she blocked the blow Callie gave her and backed up pushing Callie back.
"Callie calm down."
Callie growled at her again the orange flame burning brightly.
"You dare defy me amazon?"
Alya stepped in at this point and growling batted Callie's sword aside and tackled her. Callie growled back and wrestled with the leopard on top of her. Alya spoke into her mind.
Calliope Torress, you are my t'cha do not let this poison control you!
The roar worked for but a moment and Callie looked longingly at Etara.
"Keep Arizona out of here, treat the water with the poison reducer and a sleeping potion. Take the weapons."
"Callie I will not keep her out, that's her choice. She alone can help you. Get into the bath."
Callie nodded and stripped both she and Alya got into the water. Etara stepped forward and took any and all weapons from the chamber and stepped outside. The orange moved out of her eyes a bit as her exhaustion took over. Callie's head hit the side of the bathe as she battled within herself. Arizona and Delilah arrived a few moments later, and Arizona looked at Etara.
"how is she?"
"she is struggling with herself."
Arizona nodded and gently looked at the guards.
"Leave us."
The guards nodded and Etara looked at Arizona.
"What are you planning?"
"Trust me Etara I know my wife. She will not harm me, she may be rough with me, but she will not harm me."
Arizona stripped and Etara gulped turning her back.
"Etara you will take your best archers and rotate them for the next twenty four hours on that ledge, if Callie comes out and is not herself you will shoot her on sight, do you understand?" Etara nodded. "You will also assign the guards to Teddy and Addison's chambers, and all amazons will be posted outside here. No one comes or goes am I to be understood?"
Etara nodded and bowed.
"Yes m'lady."
"Good now move the stone, Delilah?"
Delilah stepped in front of Arizona ready to pounce on Callie and knock her back if necessary. Callie was sound asleep in the bath Alya keeping a watchful eye on her and allowing her own body to be treated. Seeing Arizona and watching the stone slide back into place by four amazon warriors she greeted her and Delilah. Arizona bent down and touched the snow leopard.
"Are you well Alya?"
"I am, but I fear for Callie, she is blocking us off. You must do the ritual Arizona. This will not be easy on you."
Arizona nodded.
" I know."
Arizona gently slipped into the hot bath allowing her body to adjust to the heat and she gently straddled her sleeping lover, treating the wounds gently. making sure they were healing. Alya had her paws on Callie's shoulders, Delilah's on Arizona's. Alya's eyes met Arizona's
" Ready?"
Arizona nodded and reached out and gently put her hand over Callie's heart, feeling the claws insert into her back as Alya's did the same to Callie's and they were launched into Callie's psyche.