Next chapter is up, hopefully improved from the last, I'm always trying to get better. Put another action sequence in, my fave to write so far. as always i hope you enjoy.
Chapter 6
"Well that was easy." Fang said as she stretched, "I'd have thought Titan'd give us a real challenge."
They had just finished their second battle in Titan's trials. Two stones leading to their next trial had appeared before them, a choice for the next battle. Lightning approached the first stone and activated it to see what choice they had for their next target.
"An Ochu? Works for me." Fang said, seeing the target.
Lightning activated the Ochu stone and they were sent directly to it. The fight went well, with Lightning and Sazh taking up the role of ravager, occasionally switching to commando to deal with the annoyance of the mirochu. Fang took on a commando role, focusing most of her attention on the Ochu. There weren't any fancy moves performed this time, mostly because Fang was taking out the Ochu, dealing blow after blow. Despite its best efforts the Ochu fell in record time.
"So, what's next Sunshine?" Fang asked
"Borgbear Hero." Lightning said simply.
"Sounds like fun." Fang said.
"I wanna help with this one; I'm bored with just sitting there." Vanille said to Fang.
"Works for me." Sazh said, "I could use a break any, I'm gettin' too old to keep this up."
"Yay." Vanille said, and ran up to stand beside the other two women as Lightning activated the cie'th stone.
The battle was one even quicker than the last. Vanille fell into a sabatour role immediately, with Fang and Lightning working as commandos. With their enemies weakened Fang and Lightning were able to tear through them all with ease. Fang straightened up as the beast fell, not even bothering to stretch out.
"Damn, that was easy. What's with these things? Titan needs to give us a challenge." Fang said, complaining to the whole of the group.
"Careful what you wish for Fang." Vanille said, sounding cautious, but smiling nonetheless.
"And why should I be?" Fang asked.
"Because you tend to get it." Lightning said standing by one of the stones.
"And why would you say that, Sunshine?" Fang said
"Raktavaja." Lightning said.
"Damn, that's just playin' dirty. Stickin one a those at the end." Fang said
"You want to sit this one out? You've fought hard so far." Lightning asked Fang
"Ya kiddin'? If you can keep goin', so can I. We'll drop this thing." Fang said
"Fine." Lightning said, "Vanille, sit down. Hope, you're up." Both Vanille and Hope were good with magical attacks as well as healing, but Hope was a synergist, which would be more useful in this battle than Vanille's sabatour magic.
"Um, me? Sure." Hope said, standing up from where he was resting.
Lightning activated the stone and they found themselves with a hovering Cie'th before them. They charged the beast, but were spotted before they could attack, removing their element of surprise. Fang and Lightning began attacking the cie'th just as it raised its magical barrier, taking on commando and ravager roles respectively. Hope immediately started putting buffs on the team, starting with haste, then veil followed by shell. He continued applying advantages until Lightning gave the command to change. He went into a medic role for a moment to heal some minor injuries to them all, before switching to a ravager role to help try and knock the cie'th of balance.
Lightning swung her blade at the shield a few more times before stepping back for a moment, then attacked again imbuing her blade with many different elements, hoping one would break through the magical barrier protecting their target. After a flurry of blows she took a few quick steps back to regroup. Just as Lightning was about to return to her assault Fang struck a solid blow in conjunction with Hope's magic and the barrier fell. Lightning jumped at the chance, literally. She leaped into the air at the cie'th, doing a summersault in midair so that she landed both feet solidly on the creature while activating a small device on her finger with a snap. The altered gravity sent the two flying backwards as if she had landed on it from above until they collided with a cliff face behind them. As they did so Lightning dropped to one knee on top(sort of) of the cie'th, driving her blade through it. She dismounted the creature and landed just feet away with her gravcom unit deactivated.
Just as Lightning landed Fang rushed forward, striking the raktavaja once to send the disoriented beast flying into the air where it was met by some well-timed spells sent by Hope. Lightning jumped into the air not far behind the cie'th; she appeared weightless as she hung in midair long enough to deal several blows to the stunned beast. Fang was not far behind, also dealing as much damage as possible to the dazed creature. Lightning finally fell back to the ground. As she landed she immediately looked up to see Fang strike her prey hard, sending it downward at an accelerated pace. Lightning was ready for this; her blade arced in an uppercut as it met the falling beast, causing it to flip over itself like a coin a few times before disappearing in black smoke, which Fang landed in giving her a very dramatic look as she stood up with the swirling smoke dissipating around her.
"Please tell me I'm not the only one who seen that." Hope said a few moments after the battle ended.
"I saw it to." Vanille said as she joined the battle team, "Fang was all dramatic and smoky and all 'Yeah, I'm just that cool'." Finishing the sentence by taking up a pose similar to Fang's when she finished the battle.
"It wasn't that cool." Snow said, causing everyone with the exception of Lightning to look at him. Feeling everyone's eyes on him at once, Snow conceded "Okay, it was."
"Damn, you guys are makin' me wish I'd seen it from the outside." Fang said welcoming the praise, even though she was surprised by it since her grand finale had happened completely on accident. "What about you, Sunshine? You think I was dramatic and entertaining?" Fang called to Lightning, who was standing a little ways away from the group.
"It was overdramatic and showing off." Lightning said turning her head slightly, but not completely as she spoke.
"Since its Sunshine, I'll take that as a compliment." Fang said
"You better." Snow said, "Trying to get Lightning to actually give a compliment is like trying to get her to give you her gunblade, it just ain't gonna happen."
"Ain't gonna stop me from tryin though, I like a challenge." Fang said.
"You said that before," Sazh said, " and you ended up fightin' a rakta-, rackta-, rockta-, one a those things." Sazh waved his hand in the general direction of the battlefield as he gave up on trying to pronounce the creature's name.
"Doesn't stop it from bein true." Fang said, "So, what's next anyway?"
"It's getting late; we need to find somewhere to set up camp for the night." Lightning said, answering Fang's question, "There was a forested area not far from here that we can set up in, but we should get going now."
"Alright everyone, you heard the lady, move out." Sazh said, compelling everyone to follow as Lightning suddenly turned and started walking away.
They found a small area in a fairly well hidden section that they used as camp, though they did have to remove a tree from the center. They used it as firewood and seats, so it proved beneficial overall. After a few hours of rest to allow their minds to calm down from the events of the day, Lightning finally declared it time to sleep, not that anyone in the group was about to argue with her on the matter. She was to take first watch, followed by Fang, then Snow.
The night was slow, as it always was on Gran Pulse, with no real signs of danger despite the constant presence of monsters. The fire was barely such anymore, mostly having burnt down to glowing embers. Lightning looked to the sky, observing the stars above them, a habit she had developed since their time on Pulse; they didn't have stars on Cocoon. It was getting late, almost time for Fang's shift, though she considered simply letting her sleep. It wasn't like she was going to sleep anyway, that last battle had gotten her blood to pumping and she hadn't had a chance to expel her excess energy since the battle was so short. Then again, she thought looking at Fang, waking her up may be just the way to get rid of all this extra energy. She knew Fang would like that idea but turned it down anyway; Fang could get noisy sometimes and she didn't want to risk waking everyone else.
Lightning stood up, she wasn't going to be able to relax here so she would try somewhere else. She walked over to where Fang and Vanille were sleeping and put her hand on Fang's shoulder, gently shaking her awake.
"That time already?" Fang asked, rubbing her eyes.
"Yeah." Lightning said, "You keep watch, I'm going for a walk. I need to clear my head."
"Sure ya don't want me to clear it for ya?" Fang said with a wry grin as she sat up and stretched her muscles.
"No, I got it covered." Lightning said, standing up. Fang followed momentarily and then proceeded to pop her back. Lightning started to walk away when Fang spoke again.
"Hey Sunshine." Fang said
"Yeah." Lightning said, turning around to look at Fang. But when she did she was startled as Fang was right against her, kissing her. Fang's hand was on the back of Lightning's neck, the other on the small of Lightning's back. Though surprised at first, Lightning quickly recovered and returned the kiss, her hands resting on Fang's hips.
"What was that?" Lightning asked as Fang broke the kiss and stepped back.
"Well I needed somethin' to keep me awake now didn't I?" Fang returned, "Well go on now; I've got it covered here." Fang made shooing motion with her hands as she sent Lightning away.
"Fine, just don't do that again, not where we can be seen." Lightning said before turning and walking away; not even bothering to look back at the woman who watched her leave.
Lightning walked deeper into the wooded area until she found a section clear enough for her purpose; then began trying to think of ways to relieve her pent up frustrations. Exercise was always an option, but she didn't want to overexert herself and suffer for it in tomorrow's battles. There weren't any large bodies of water around that she knew of, so a cold bath was out of the question. Her mind jumped back to Fang and she shook her head to clear it. Fang was back at camp, besides those are the thoughts she is trying to get rid of. She decided to try meditation; she had done so many times back on Cocoon to calm herself after a hard day, so it seemed logical to assume it would work here as well.
Lightning began to get relaxed, as that would obviously make the process easier. She began by removing her boots, then her socks. She took off her gunblade, holster and all, yet kept it nearby, just in case. She undid the belt around her chest and removed it along with her vest. Lightning sat down cross legged in the grass, her gunblade next to her, her excess clothing neatly placed a few feet away. Her back was straight, her shoulders even yet relaxed, or as relaxed as she could be. She began slowly, focusing on her breathing, in and out, inhale and exhale, fill your lungs and empty them. Despite having done this many times before, Lightning found her efforts failing; instead of calming her mind began to wander. She thought of the trials they had faced today, and what they may face in the next. She tried again to focus on her breathing. She thought of the battles they had done, flowing through combat slicing at everything in her way. Breath in, breath out, she thought, trying to focus on her breathing despite her restless mind. Her mind went to Fang, thinking of how the woman fought by her side, wielding her spear with power and precision. Fang was in her head now, and Fang was probably the only thing that could get into her head and stay there. Despite her best efforts the pulsian huntress remained in her mind, her train of thought taking her exactly in the direction she had been trying to avoid. She thought of Fang's movements, then how she felt, then how Fang had kissed her just before she had left the camp. Lightning shook her head; meditation wasn't going to work, she needed action, and based on where her mind was at the moment, she knew exactly what action she needed to take.
"Damn it." Lightning said as she adjusted her position and removed her skirt and the shorts she wore beneath, leaving her with only her panties covering her bottom half. This wasn't an action she took often, in fact she had only done so on a few select occasions before when she had been unable to find an alternate solution, much like now. She didn't particularly dislike the act itself, she felt no shame for such a common action, but she felt it exhibited a lack of self-control, and self-control was something she determined to master. But that was something she would focus on later.
Lightning spread her legs out in front of her and leaned back, putting one on the ground behind her to steady herself. Her other hand moved across the thin fabric of her underwear as her thoughts went to the woman who was the cause of her current course of action. Only Fang could get her going like this, and she did it without even trying. Lightning pushed her underwear to the side as they started to get wet and her middle finger into herself to start. Her breathing was heavier and her heart rate was already increasing. Her hand moved back and forth, sliding her finger in knuckle deep before pulling almost completely out. As she adjusted to just one Lightning added another finger, by now her breathing was audible and she knew that it would only be a few more minutes before she reached her peak.
"Yes, Fang." Lightning breathed out, the words slipping from her as she thought of the huntress.
"You called?" a voice said from nowhere.
Lightning stopped moving. Her ears listening for any sign of the voice she had heard, her eyes darted around, but she dared not move her head. Her fingers were still halfway inside her, but her hand didn't even twitch.
"Well don't stop now, I was enjoyin' the view." The voice said from behind Lightning. The soldier recognized the voice this time and relaxed a little. She was still shaken by being caught in such a compromising position, but didn't want to show it.
"How many times have I told you not to stare?" Lightning said, still not moving.
"Like I could help it, you were really puttin on a show there." Fang said.
"Doesn't mean I want to be watched." Lightning said then started to stand.
"Oh no you don't." Fang said walking over to Lightning and putting a hand on her shoulder to stop the soldier from getting up.
"Fang, what are you doing?" Lightning asked as the taller woman sat down behind her stretching her legs out on either side of Lightning's, her tan skin a striking contrast to Lightning's pale complexion. Fang wrapped an arm around Lightning's stomach and leaned forward slightly as she began kissing the soldier's neck.
"Try and relax a little Sunshine, you're all tense." Fang said into Lightning's ear, then began kissing her neck and ear again, nibbling on the pinkette's earlobe. After a few moments Lightning took a deep breath and relaxed, resting against the pulsian woman behind her. Lightning brought her hand up and grabbed the back of Fang's neck as the woman was kissing her and turned her head to so her lips met the older woman's, her arm held Fang's head tightly in place for the kiss, not that she was resisting. Finally they broke the kiss, leaving them both out of breath, Lightning more so than Fang. Lightning went to turn around to face Fang but was stopped.
"Not this time, this time you're all mine." Fang said. Lightning submitted, knowing she wouldn't win this one. Fang moved her free hand slowly down Lightning's body, all the way down to her knee, then, even more slowly, brought it up the inside of her leg. She ran her hand over Lightning's exposed and still wet center, a sharp intake of breath from the soldier told her the woman was already worked up, though she had already known that. She slowly slipped one finger inside the small woman, taking her time to get her entire finger within the woman's core. Lightning began to squirm just a little underneath the pulsian woman's grasp, held tight in place by Fang's strong arm around her stomach. Slowly, even more so than she entered the woman, Fang withdrew her finger almost entirely from Lightning, causing the soldier to tense and squirm even more. Fang then gave up on teasing the soldier and picked up her pace, she then added a second finger after a time, and returned to kissing Lightning's neck as she did so. She alternated her pace between slow and fast to keep her lover off balance and felt Lightning's nails digging hard into the back of her neck and to her wrist were Lightning had her hand over the one around her waist. Fang added a third finger to the process and Lightning's already heavy panting increased.
Lightning let out a small moan in Fang's ear and the huntress grinned as she kissed the soldier's neck. This was the first time Lightning had truly given in to her. Their first time together Lightning had fought her and after that Lightning had dominated her. Although Fang enjoyed having Lightning take her, after all who wouldn't, she still liked to be in charge sometimes.
Lightning's nails dug into Fang's skin nearly drawing blood from her arms, and succeeding in doing so from the back of her neck, if only barely. Fang knew the soldier was close, she could feel it. The huntress redoubled her efforts, grinding her palm into the soldier's core as she worked her fingers in a multitude of different patterns. Fang felt it when Lightning reached her climax. Every muscle in the smaller woman's body tensed, her mouth held open in a silent scream that her lungs would not let out. Fang rode out the orgasm even as Lightning clamped down on her fingers, nearly bringing the woman to a second, though as Lightning calmed, so did Fang. Fang removed her fingers as Lightning's breathing returned to normal. She brought her hand, which was covered in Lightning's juices, to her mouth, sucking each finger clean, enjoying the taste of the pinkette in her arms. She leaned in and kissed the soldier one more time, Lightning brought a hand to Fang's face as they did. After they broke the kiss Fang went to stand up and remove herself from being wrapped around the woman, but was stopped when Lightning grabbed her by the arm still around her waist.
"Wait." Lightning said, almost in a whisper, "Don't go, not just yet."
"Don't worry, I'm right here." Fang responded, surprised by Lightning's apparently sudden want to be close, but not opposed to the idea. She wrapped her second arm around the soldier's waist and felt both of Lightning's arms rest on top of her own as she held the woman close against her. Neither one knew how long they stayed that way but, for Fang at least, forever would have been too short. They did have to return to camp though so, eventually, Lightning got dressed and they returned to find Snow still on watch. They waylaid his worries about the length of time they were gone by saying Fang had found Lightning meditating and waited for her to finish so they would return together, and then adjoined to their separate beds, Lightning on her own and Fang with Vanille, as he kept watch. Both women slept well, though neither as well as they would have, had they been together.
Hope you enjoyed the chapter, been trying to improve and make them longer for all you fans. As always please leave reviews, a good review is always a reason to work faster, and somehow enables me to do so, so fuel the mind and be rewarded.