ETERNAL RIBBONS WHICH BIND AND FLOW WITH IN THE SOUL

Chantico snarled aloud as she turned to meet Xochiquetzal's gaze. "I can't believe you put her sword in to your stomach!" Xochiquetzal turned to meet her good green eye. "It was the right thing to do." Chantico narrowed her gaze. "You know it doesn't seem that she cares ether way." Xochiquetzal didn't think as she moved closer to the taller woman. "She's just lost her lover how is she meant to feel?" She looked up slightly. "She knows that I was the one who turned her lover away and sent her to her death and because of that Gabrielle is now in Huitzilopochtli's clutches " Xochipilli sighed aloud as he sat himself down on the throne he wanted no part in his sister argument with his lover, they could work this one out alone.

Chantico turned looking at the broken table. "She broke your table…I made you that table!" Xochiquetzal turned sharply. "This isn't about the table though is it? Because we both know that you can fix it with out any trouble. Its one of the qualities I've always loved about you. Every other god has to make new things but you can always fix yours beautifully." Chantico lowered her gaze no wonder she'd never been able to pull away from this woman's charms. She could just get right in under her skin and open her up in an instant. She snarled aloud folding her arms. "The Warrior Princess doesn't deserve Gabrielle." Xochiquetzal turned sharply meeting her gaze. "Who told you that? Was it Huitzilopochtli?"

Chantico looked down slightly trying to ignore the other woman's violet eyes. "Yes he told me that…problem is I can see where he was coming from. The Warrior Princess died and Gabrielle suffered for it. Tell me is that love, because its does not sound like it from where I'm standing?" She raised her hand slightly. "Its sounds like the opposite." Xochiquetzal turned looking at her for a long moment. "What are you seriously suggesting that Gabrielle should stay with Huitzilopochtli?" Chantico turned slightly avoiding her gaze. "Yes I am! He loves her I've seen it in his face and know how he's feeling. I know what it is to have to watch as the one you love is taken from you by someone else who's undeserving!"

She turned back sharply. "There's this echoing loneliness and it hurts every moment of everyday! That is what it's like when you can't save the one you love!" Xochiquetzal watched as her brother looked up in surprise she slowly met her gaze raising his hand stopping him as he opened his mouth to speak. She turned back noticing that Chantico still wouldn't meet her gaze. There was truth in Chantico's words that couldn't be denied and she could see where she was coming from. It didn't change the fact that what Huitzilopochtli was doing was wrong even if it was for love. She took a deep breath as she moved a step closer to her. "I understand and I see what you're trying to say."

She eased out her hand putting it on her arm. "He may love her as much as you love me but he took away Gabrielle's ability to decide if she wanted him or not, which isn't right." Chantico turned slightly. "Tell me then why is it the Warrior Princess should have her? She's no better in fact what she did to her was much worse she left her to suffer a slow death." She narrowed her gaze. "Huitzilopochtli can give Gabrielle all she wants and desires the Warrior Princess has nothing." Xochiquetzal moved her hand taking hold of the other woman's. "Xena loves her she wouldn't take away her choice to decide she'd let her decide her own path. I believe that Xena realizes what she did in the past and I think that is one of the reasons she came here with Gabrielle so she could put it right."

She breathed out deeply. "She loves her and she belongs with her and Huitzilopochtli knows this, he has no idea what he's done." Xochipilli looked up slightly. "I'm sure he's going to find out soon enough what the consequences of ripping two bound souls apart are." Chantico turned sharply meeting his gaze. "What consequences? What the hell are you talking about?" Xochipilli eased up his hand slightly as sat back in his sister throne. "Oh why am I not surprised that he'd moan at you like a jealous child? Then tell you why he should have Gabrielle, because he failed to mention the really important part! The Blood Jaguar was created in the first place because Xena died, so what do think will happen now that he's stripped them from each other once again?!"

He sat up slightly meeting her shocked gaze. "I'll tell you what's going to happen Gabrielle's soul is going to tear its self apart all over again! That is if Xena doesn't go off the rails first. Believe me when I tell what ever Gabrielle has done here is Mexica Xena is going to do a lot worse. Unless we fix this and bind their two souls back together again." Xochiquetzal slowly eased up her hand running it across the other woman's face before she could pull away. "Please you have to help us." She looked down slightly. "You know that it's not right to take away a person from another when they love each other better than anyone. Don't let them suffer the way we have."

She looked down slightly. "I know the spells but I don't know all the jade patterns, I know that you do though." Chantico breathed in deeply, she couldn't say no, she knew even now she wouldn't be able to utter those words. Truth was she still didn't understand all that Xochipilli was saying only that it didn't sound good in many ways. Truth was though that she'd be doing this for Xochiquetzal, because she'd asked it off her. She slowly eased up her hand putting it under the other woman's chin she slowly eased up her head meeting her violet eyes. "I need my dagger of treasures for the ritual…." She leaned closer to her face. "Gabrielle said that you have it."

Xochiquetzal breathed in deeply as she took pulling the dagger free from her dress. "Yes, I have it here." She eased it up putting it in the other woman's hand slowly wrapping her fingers around it as she looked up. "I kept it for you…I thought you were died…and I wanted something which I could remember you by…." Chantico eyed the dagger in her hand before turning to meet her gaze. "I understand." She leaned forward kissing the other woman gently on the lips before easing up the dagger and twirling it between her fingers. Her gaze narrowed as the red rubies began to glow red their red light slowly moved downwards as it working its way down the blades edge lighting it up in an instant.

She turned slowly meeting Xochiquetzal's gaze. "Thank you." Xochiquetzal moved forward again meeting her good eye she slowly eased her hand up putting it on her face. "I know this is a lot to ask of you, I know that in your eyes Huitzilopochtli is your friend." Chantico slowly pushed the glowing dagger in to its holder at her side watching as the blades light faded. Her gaze shifted slightly as she took hold of the other woman's hand on her face. "Yes he helped me but he's nothing compared to you, I would do anything you asked off me. You're the only person who ever mattered to me, what ever you want I'll give it to you." Xochiquetzal felt her smile widen as she met her gaze again. "Thank you." She looked down slightly. "We have so much to talk about a part of me wishes that things were better." Chantico smiled slightly as she moved up her hand kissing it lightly. "We will have plenty of time to talk soon enough." She breathed in deeply turning to look at Xochipilli's who was smiling. "First though I'll help you both with this issue."

8

Amimitl felt the force as two hummingbird warriors pushed him down on his knees with savage force in front of the golden throne where Huitzilopochtli was sitting looking down at him his amber gaze unmoving. He looked at the chains on his skeleton hands before turning to look around the room he was in which was the main throne room. He was now going to have answer to Huitzilopochtli. He breathed in sharply he should have run when he'd had the chance just like Ehecatl. He had so deeply believed that he could win the war when he had taken charge of the armies. He looked down slightly what a foolish thought that was, he had failed miserably.

He'd spent the whole of his un-dead life wanting to take over the armies, who were now ether dead or had been captured by the hummingbird warriors. He looked down slightly the un-dead warriors would at least they'd get the opinion to serve the sun god and gain back there humanity. Something which he would never be offered instead he was due for fate worse than death. Huitzilopochtli eyed the skeleton warrior in front of him he looked around slightly seeing that the Greek god had been chained ounce again. The hummingbird warriors were bringing him back slightly so he wasn't in the way. He breathed in deeply before turning to meet the glowing red gaze of the skeleton warrior he could feel his fear despite that he was hiding it.

He slowly stood up slowly. "So you are the head warrior of Tezcatlipoca's armies?" Amimitl grinded his jaw bone slightly. "No I'm not…" Huitzilopochtli turned sharply. "You do well not to lie to me, you may think that I am weak but you do not want to be faced with my anger." Amimitl looked at his chained hands. "I am not lying…." Huitzilopochtli narrowed his gaze. "You have the colours of the head elite." Amimitl looked up slightly. "My god always had two head warriors, I'm the second!" Huitzilopochtli narrowed his gaze keeping his voice even. "Then tell me what has happened to your commander." Amimitl ground his jawbone in disgust. "Ehecatl betrayed Tezcatlipoca for some woman, who he was infatuated with!"

Huitzilopochtli leaned closer seeing the skeleton warrior start shiver this was getting rather interesting. "Who was the woman that he betrayed your god for?" Amimitl closed his fist trying to stop the shaking he was terrified right now and he didn't like the look in the sun gods eye. He felt like the snake which was about to have its head crunched by an eagle. He tensed slightly. "He betrayed us for the Star Coyote…the same bitch who killed the Blood Jaguar." Huitzilopochtli pulled up slightly he hadn't arrived in time to see how the Blood Jaguar had died. He had assumed that it had been Tezcatlipoca's doing. He had also heard the name of the Star Coyote it had cropped up from time to time in the past.

She was a warrior much like Gabrielle but he had no interest in her despite her escapes in the land. The things she did always had a vile after taste as she liked to manipulate people or play mind games with them, she also used her godly pendent to cheat and win battles. He loathed it when people tried to compare Gabrielle to her, they were nothing alike. Gabrielle even when she was at her most violent had never used manipulation to get her way. It had never been in her nature she preferred to fight, it was true she had manipulated the fertility goddess but that was a one off. This was confusing though why had the Star Coyote killed Gabrielle it really didn't seem like her style?

He turned back to the head warrior who looked up slightly. "Why was the Star Coyote in your city and why did she kill the Blood Jaguar?!" Amimitl turned slightly. "The Star Coyote made a deal with Tezcatlipoca after she captured Xena. She wanted the Warrior Princess for herself after the Blood Jaguar had been killed…she's liked her on a sexual level just like the Blood Jaguar did." He paused before looking up. "The Blood Jaguar was the thing standing in her way so she got rid of the competition so to speak. Pathetic thing is that she messed up when the time came. She wasn't able to save Xena and my commander bribed her with Tezcatlipoca's gold collar after she brought down one of stars causing it to be broken from his neck."

He shook his head. "I don't understand what was so important about our gods golden collar. I do know now that the Star Coyote and the Blood Jaguar are rivals and that they have history which is all to do with the Warrior Princess. Frankly I don't understand what the big deal is with that bitch she seems to be a prize that warriors will die for." Huitzilopochtli looked up sharply seeing the smirk as crept across the Greek war god's face. He ignored it as he leaned forward looking at the head warrior who pulled back the fear showing in his glowing eyes. "That is one mystery both you and I now have in common it would seem." He breathed in deeply as he eyed his head warriors. "Take him to the prison and chain him up I will decide his fate at a later time."

He turned just in time to see two comets of light fly in to the main keep. He smiled as he sat himself down on his throne watching as the first humming bird blasted in to light as it reformed, he grinned as Coaxoch appeared with his head bowed slightly. He turned seeing green fire blast outwards as the green and red hummingbird took back its human form. Gabrielle didn't think as she gave Huitzilopochtli a smile as she walked past the odd looking skeleton with glowing eyes whose jaw bone suddenly dropped as he looked at her. She grinned as took some fruit of the table and began to juggle with it playfully before turning back to look at the skeleton warrior. "Is he alive?"

Amimitl pulled up only to feel his shoulders be pushed down savagely. "What the hell? You made her in to a hummingbird warrior?!" Gabrielle put down the fruit as she turned to look at him. "Yes I'm a hummingbird warrior." She gave him a wide smile. "What are you? Are you like me?" Amimitl sneered slightly as he opened his jawbone to speak only to close it again as he looked at for a long moment. He breathed in suddenly feeling the difference in her soul it was all so clear. He'd seen his god do the same things to his enemies it was a form of soul washing which eased memories among other things. He turned eyeing the sun god. "Her childish innocence is sickly sweet…if I could throw up I would." Huitzilopochtli turned eyeing him. "I would choose your words more carefully warrior your life is very much forfeit at this present moment in time."

He leaned back slightly. "Do not think for one moment that I won't destroy you should it become necessary." He turned slightly meeting Gabrielle's glowing gaze. "Please just go through to my bedchamber Gabrielle I will be in, in a moment." Gabrielle looked down slightly as she moved towards the curtain. "As you wish, My Lord." Huitzilopochtli turned slightly hearing the certain as it was opened then closed, he slowly turned to Coaxoch. "Please escort the head warrior out here and put him in the cells." Coaxoch looked at the head warrior of the skeleton army. "Great sun god there is a matter we need to address." Huitzilopochtli turned sharply. "It can wait now take him to the cells."

Coaxoch turned seeing the anger in his god's eyes, it wasn't a look he saw often but he knew it when it was there. He grabbed the head skeletons warrior's chains. "As you wish great sun god…." He turned seeing his god get off the throne and move towards the bedchamber. He looked up slightly. "What do want done with the Greek war god?" Huitzilopochtli pulled the curtain back before turning to look at the chained god. "Chain him to the wall in the main keep and have him watched." He turned not bothering to look back as he closed the curtain behind him. He could see Gabrielle sitting on the bed looking at him in confusion. He breathed in deeply letting the anger fade away which he was feeling.

Gabrielle looked up slightly meeting the big mans amber gaze he was unhappy. She looked down slightly maybe it was her she had barged in while he was talking maybe she'd hurt his pride. "I'm sorry My Lord I didn't mean to ruin your meeting and make you unhappy." Huitzilopochtli looked up slightly, he felt his smile suddenly widen. "You need not worry you have not made me un-happy it was the skeleton warrior who angered me." He breathed in deeply as he moved towards her putting both hands on her shoulders. "It is wonderful to have you back here." He leaned over meeting her lips in a gentle kiss. "Did you have a good day with Coaxoch?" Gabrielle felt her smile widen. "Yes I did, he taught how to fly and how to fight…I didn't realize that I could fight its like I don't remember but my body does."

Huitzilopochtli leaned closer. "Your body can remember much more than that." He raised his hand easing off her headdress which he put to one side. He moved his hand up running it up above her chest. "There is so much more I can show you." Gabrielle felt her body suddenly shudder before she stop it, she could feel his gaze burning intensely in to her own. She swallowed feeling his hand move to her waist. "Em…." She stopped her tongue was feeling heavy she breathed in deeply trying to compose herself. "Do you want that My Lord?" Huitzilopochtli moved up his other hand running it through her hair, he couldn't stop himself anymore. He knew it was too early for this, but he had been thinking about her all day.

Running his hands all over her kissing her he hadn't been able to get rid of the images he just wanted her so badly. He gently kissed her again feeling her breathing sharpen in an instant. "The question is Gabrielle do you want this?" He eased himself back suddenly feeling the air leave his lungs as he finally gained his composer. "I am sorry I should not force you." He smiled slightly. "You should only do this when you're ready." Gabrielle could feel the heat burning as it travelled down her stomach and lower. The sensation was overwhelming she moved out her hand grabbing his. He was her lover he had to be why else would she feel this way? She knew how to go all the way with out even thinking about it. "I want to remember."

She clamped her jaw shut the words had come out far too sharply. She watched as he turned to look at her a smile spreading across his face. "You say you are my lover then would you help me remember. I want to remember what it was like for us!" She could feel the sudden desperation building and she couldn't stop her outburst. "You make me feel things that I can't remember and I want to remember them so badly!" She breathed in deeply a part of her was terrified despite that she could remember how to make love to a man she couldn't remember what it felt like. She looked up slightly feeling her stomach twist. It wasn't a painful sensation it felt more like butterflies beating their wings inside her. She slowly met his gaze again. "Please help me remember…."

Huitzilopochtli slowly leaned forward so he leaning over her again. "Are you sure you want this?" Gabrielle looked up feeing every nerve kick in she swallowed slightly. "Yes…I mean I think it might help me because I need help and all that…I think." She blinked okay she'd just babbled that out in a way that didn't sound right. "I mean I do want this…I'm just scared…I can't remember what it's like and if it hurts." She watched as he leaned closer his smile suddenly widening. "Will I get pregnant…I mean I'm dead aren't I?" Huitzilopochtli laughed slightly it was so much fun to hear her sweet banter, even if it was a little babbled. "No you won't you are dead…but if you ask it of me I will make it so." Gabrielle laughed slightly but it was a nervous laugh. "I'm not ready for that right now…I need to take it one step at a time."

Huitzilopochtli slowly put his hands on her shoulders as he pushed her back gently on to the bed cutting her next words off as he kissed her. He pushed her down fully easing up his hands running them down her body in slow motions. "Don't worry I won't hurt you and if you tell me to stop I will stop in an instant." He felt her shuffle back as he pulled his body on top of hers he used his other hand to ease off his own headdress which he tossed it to one side. "I love you Gabrielle I always have and understand that there is nothing I wouldn't do if it meant your happiness. In my kingdom anything you want, you can have. All you have to do is say it."

He moved his hands slowly undoing the material ties that held her shirt together as he leaned forward kissing her again feeling her instantly respond. "Anything you want shall be yours…." Gabrielle breathed in feeling the heat all too suddenly as his legs locked her in to place and he eased one of her hands over her head. "Anything, My Lord?" Her own voice sounded small even to her own ears she knew she was loosing the battle to concentrate. The feelings were so intense and so new and she wanted more. Almost like a spoilt child who wanted more than one bar of chocolate, she couldn't help herself. She needed to remember! She had to remember it all and this was the only thing she could think wasn't even sure if it was right, all she knew was that her feelings were guiding her and she couldn't stop them. Huitzilopochtli felt her other hand drift up his arm as he carried on kissing her feeling the kisses as they become more wanting and needing. He moved his hand through her hair as he put his full weight on top of her as he opened her shirt fully. "Anything and everything you desire Gabrielle…."

End of part 58

Silvermoonlight

Thank you everyone for all the reviews and feedback.