Escaping Her Shadow

Chapter 3

Ride the Wind

Hello all! I know, you've been begging for me to update faster but it is quite difficult to do so with school and such.I got a Varus pentakill a couple days ago. Just saying to brag. Anyway, this chapter won't be as tragic or emotional. Honestly, this one will be a lot more comedic, but of course, there will be them feels as well. This chapter was meant for a bunch of stupid names i made up to be put into this story. Also, I would like to introduce my new OC within this story to set the stage for my next planned masterpiece.

Thanks for the support, like always!

~An hour after~

Zed was roaming the city's streets, eyes glancing side to side. As he realized he had entered his designated area, the business area, Zed wandered, searching for a place to purchase something for Janna. People stared at the red eyed man in black and crimson armor, but he did not care. He noticed a large building with a bright blue sign. "Garen's Emporium of Of Warranted Goods. We Garentee it!" Zed muttered to himself as he looked away in disgust. "That brutish oaf."

Passing by a small restaurant named "The Risen Rose," Zed could not help but notice hearing a ringing laughter that reminded him of one person and one person only. "Leblanc."

Zed's relationship with the woman was strange; in his mind, the deceiver was the only woman that has earned his respect. Why? Not only is she incredibly powerful, she has managed to not only outsmart one country, but also the entirety of Runeterra. Leblanc also respected him. Although at times she was the only one bold enough to flirt with him (not that he minded it), but she offered advice to Zed when he needed it most, although he would never admit it as so.

Pushing open the door, he noticed the gentle scent of roses as he walked down a dimly-lit purple hallway. Stopping in front of a podium, a young beautiful Noxian woman stood and smiled at him. "Welcome to the Risen Rose!" the lady smiled at Zed. "Please wait for a table to be ready. How many would be joining you today?"

Zed glanced at the pretty lady. "I must speak with Leblanc. Tell her that Zed is here."

The lady frowned, but brightened. "Oh, yes! The mistress did say she was expecting a shady, scary figure with glowing red eyes!" she joked.

Zed nodded, unfazed by the terrible attempt to poke at him. "If you don't bring me to her, I will tear your head off and search for her myself. Either way, I will find her, or I will kill you."

The woman flinched. Fearfully, she pressed a small button on the inside of the stand. "Miss Leblanc? A shady scary man dressed in black armor with glowing red eyes says he needs to speak with...oh...okay..." the woman looked up at him. Smiling nervously, she said,"Uh, go down the hall to your left and turn right at the second door."

Zed nodded and stalked away. As he pushed open the deceiver's doors, he could not see a thing. There were hands over the eyeholes of his facemask. "Guess who?" a woman's voice whispered into his ear.

"Leblanc, I require your assistance in something."

The scantily-dressed woman appeared. Pouting, she laughed and said,"Yes m'dear? How can little old me help out the master of shadows?"

Zed gently grasped her shoulder. "I need to know what I bring and do at a birthday party," he whispered, embarrassed.

Leblanc smiled gently and took his facemask off. Cupping his face, she breathed out," Zed, no one blames you for never having the chance as a child. The choice was not your own. You were ripped from your home." She patted him on the head."don't fret though! Leblanc is here to save the day!"

Zed put his facemask on as he was pulled out of the office. The pair passed the stand in the front lobby as the woman glanced at Zed. "Abby, I'll be right back! Gotta help this big guy out!" Leblanc sang behind her shoulder.

Leblanc dragged Zed out of the restaurant as she grasped his hand. "I'm doing you a favor so I call the shots. And I say that we're on a date!" she giggled. Zed blushed, unbeknownst to Leblanc. His voice weakened as he tried to resist. "You...you needn't hold my hand, Emilia."

She glanced back at him. "Oh? On first name terms now?" she gently smiled. "Okay, I won't hold your hand, but do you admit that this is a date between you and I?"

Zed nodded, eager to get his hand free from the deceiver's grasp.

As the pair passed by various couples, a certain ninja was following. Akali was trailing the pair, listening to Zed gently converse with Leblanc. Akali felt her heart tighten as Zed kneeled, took his face mask off, grasped Leblanc's hand and kissed it gently. She turned away to cry.

As Akali was stalking Zed, Shen was scouting Akali out. Noticing her crying, he followed her gaze until he noticed the master of shadows and the deceiver engage in romantic...things. Shen knew not what they were doing, but seeing that Akali was hurting made the stoic ninja somewhat unbalanced.

~With Zed and Leblanc~

"So I am to kiss her hand like this and hand her the present?" Zed inquiried. Leblanc nodded and giggled. "Oh my, people would think you were proposing to me." (They did.) she smiled at him. "But yes, this is how you are to greet Janna. Anyways, what do you think Janna would like?"

Zed muttered,"how about something wind related..."

Leblanc brightened. "We should get her something wind-related!"

Zed did not respond for a while. "Fine," he muttered after about 5 minutes of silence. Leblanc and him walked into a magically imbued object store.

20 minutes later

Zed was at his home, Leblanc by his side. He held in his arms a wind-imbued ingot of metal. As he opened a door to show Leblanc a forge, he took off his face mask. "You may want to back up. This gets hot. Very hot. I have made my own weapons with the powers of the shadows, and I can only pray for how dangerous wind is to imbue."

Leblanc nodded and backed out of the room. Zed began to bang at a rod of metal as the hours went by.

20 or so hours later

Leblanc woke up as the forge room door swung open. Heat and some smoke poured out as she stood up to see Zed holding a small package, wrapped and taped. Zed had various burn and cut marks on his body, but none as prevalent as the huge gash on his lower torso. Leblanc rushed to him with a towel as she grasped him, teleporting the pair to the clinic. "What happened?" she softly asked.

Zed grunted back,"Wind magic is a deadly force. Very few people can withstand the blast of energy released when struck by an infernus hammer." As he noticed her questioning gaze, he quickly added,"A hammer or mallet made of the energy of a blaze. Wind plus fire is incredibly powerful."

As the nurse rushed into the room, Zed looked up from Leblanc's face. Akali stood there, gaping at the wound on his abdomen. "Zed... Goodness. I'll treat you."

Zed pushed her hands away. "I am certain that Miss Leblanc here knows how to treat an individual and I am sure she is willing to."

Leblanc evilly grinned at Akali. "Leave, girl. You have no right to help him."

Akali persisted. "I have the credentials as well as law on my side. It is mandated that only people with medical training help those in need by the summoners of the institute of war."

Zed grunted as a wave of blood exited his body once more. "Woman, if you so much as dare touch me anywhere else... my being wounded will be the least of your worries."

Akali nodded and took out a kit to treat the large gash. Leblanc grasped Zed's hand. "Stay safe, child." Kissing his hand, she disappeared.

Akali, busy treating Zed, shakily called out,"So are you and Leblanc dating?"

Zed scoffed. "Who I am dating is none of your business. And truthfully, Leblanc is like an elder sister to me. Nothing more,"

Akali sighed out in relief as the scene of Zed kissing Leblanc's hand flashed through her mind. As Akali stood up, finished treating him, Zed got up and left, disappearing into the shadows.

(A/N: I made this chapter uber long because I don't think I can update for a while. Probably next sunday is the next update.)

next morning

Zed dressed comfortably and walked over to the door to his room. Stopping, he reached his hand to the right of him to grasp the card. "Janna, 211B," he mused to himself. As he shadow melded once more, he dashed from the darkness to the next shroud until he came to his destination. Popping out of the shadowed corner, he jumped out of the wall and knocked on Janna's door. Realizing that he had forgotten his present, Zed rushed back, grasping his package under one arm and dashed through his rift once more. As Janna just was opening the door, Zed popped out of the shadows, nearly falling on top of her. As she giggled intently, she shook his hand, gazing at his body. Zed was wearing his shockblade armor but removed his hood and face cover. "I am glad you came," Janna said, dressed in an ornate blue and white dress. "I shall take the package that was meant for me, correct?" Zed nodded.

He walked past her and entered the room. As he noticed various female champions stopping to stare at him, Zed did what he does best: stare back. Somehow, he managed to stare down every single person. Eventually, he was approached by various people. Grasping a slightly alcoholic drink from the plate to his side, Zed greeted the champions in front of him. "Hey hot stuff! Wanna come play?" Miss Fortune giggled, shaking her body at him, breasts jumping. Zed looked away as Miss Fortune frowned. "Hey, Zed? How are you?" Zed looked left to see Zac, everyone's favorite green blob.

Zed chuckled. "Secret weapon, the other day's plays were not to be forgotten. That was a well done fight."

Zac laughed as he recalled what had happened a few days ago. Zed and Zac were the only ones alive. Their nexus was exposed and so was the enemy team. Zac did the only thing he could. As Zed pushed out the waves of all the enemy inhibitors, Zed quickly teleported back to defend against the incoming wave of enemy champions. As his super minions destroyed both enemy towers, his nexus went precariously low. Zed and Zac, through amazing coordination and teamwork, 2 versus 5'd the entire team, giving Zed the pentakill. Zac teleported to a minion in the enemy base and finished the game.

Zac smiled. "Yeah buddy! We sure as hell showed those Demacians!"

Zed nodded and moved on. Akali stopped him, gazing up at him in a red dress. "What," he said simply. "Zed, please. We need to finish what we had started," she whispered. "Please, just hear me out."

Zed sighed and nodded as the pair walked into a nearby room.

Warning-some sexual content here.

Zed felt strange. He looked at Akali and realized that she still was just as beautiful as he remembered her to be-no. Breathing deeply, he willed himself to stop thinking about her and tried to look away from her partially exposed exposed breasts. 'Looks like Ahri really did do what I asked...' Akali mused.

"What do you want, Akali?" Zed muttered.

Akali draped her arms around his neck. "You," she whispered as she tore his facemask off. Zed could not help but be sucked into the feeling, shoving his tongue deep within her mouth as he quickly asserted his dominance over her. Akali moaned as she felt the familiar taste of Zed rush over her body. Aroused, she began to undo Zed's clothing as Zed undid hers. Zed stopped abruptly, just as her perfect breasts were exposed. "What have you done to-to me?" He whispered shakily.

"Do you not feel love for me, Zed?" Akali whispered, grasping his hand. "Do you not remember the..good nights... we had together?"

Zed backed away. "You drugged me. You tricked me. You hid me in this room to try and seduce your way back into my life."

Akali frowned. "I know nothing of what you are saying."

Zed glanced at her. "I..I can't..." Zed stumbled as he slowly moved towards her. His body did not respond as Akali and he pleasured each other for quite a while.

~hours later~

Zed woke up alone. He found some clothes draped around him and a note tucked neatly in his waistband. Leaving the note there, he walked outside of Janna's closet, realizing that he had JUST WALKED OUT OF JANNA'S CLOSET. As the bathroom door opened steam poured out as Zed attempted to make himself as small as possible. The slim, naked figure floated into the bedroom as Zed, perfectly melded into the room's shadow, made not a single noise. As Janna began to put on her clothing, Janna began to touch herself. Zed looked away, realizing that he has been stuck in one of the worst situations in history. All of a sudden, he heard his name being moaned out from the bedroom as he jumped out of the living room shadow portal he had made. Opening the front door quickly, he gently closed it and dashed away. "Shit," was the only thing Zed muttered as he ran to his room.

Thanks for your reviews and such! BTW, Syndra action coming soon.

-solpls