A/N: Yo mah peeps! Notha update Brothas and a long one at that. 6K+ so ya can't say I didn't deliver. Forewarning the next chapter will be some fluffy interlude between BOTL and TLO so feel free to skip it BUT it will include back story and shenanigans so it will be a good bout of entertainment before I dive into TLO. With that said enjoy the read and hope ya have fun. Review if ya please. I'm challenging you to leave a three word review. just 3, describing how you feel about the story so far. Anyway with that outta the way...
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Chapter 20: Assault
The Hunters had seen Noir unleash hell before. Nothing prepared them for the true extent of his ability.
"GO TO THE MOON!"
Or his immaturity apparently. It still did nothing for the ungodly uppercut that sent Cheshire flipping like a coin 30ft into the air. In a blaze of platinum the khopesh imbedded in his shoulder burned away to nothing. However the flames didn't stop. In fact another crest of flames burned its way out of his other shoulder as monsters and demi-gods alike backed up. His gauntlets expanded up to his shoulders capping them and then stretching across his chest. The Platinum armor formed a dragon scale over his torso while his hair lengthened. It grew down to his back and farther into his eyes as platinum plating covered his neck. There was swish snick and it covered his mouth as well leaving only his eyes visible. His lower half remained unarmored as he placed one foot in front of the other and stretched his arms back.
In a blur he spun and delivered a round house that rivalled a meteorite strike to Cheshire's falling form.
"HAVE A NICE FLIGHT!"
The shockwave cut a line a meter deep and 5 meters across in the ground around the immediate contact area. He landed crouched and exploded after Cheshire's flying form. Where he had been standing cratered and shattered. The longest slabs speared out of the ground forming a mantle. Noir must've been exceedingly annoyed as many monsters found themselves impaled upon the ends of the earthen spears. With a roar Percy rejoined the fight and the battle began anew.
By the time Noir had caught up to Cheshire he was back on his feet in the middle of a trench his face must've dug after the rough landing. He roared in outrage and met Noir's next blow with one of his own. The world shook where their fists met and the ground shattered and cracked. Noir swept his elbow outwards deflecting a straight and followed with a cross. Cheshire bounced it over his head and aimed for an uppercut that Noir caught. He swept upwards in a high kick that Cheshire grabbed. Before he could jump and spin into another roundhouse he was thrown back in the direction he came from. He flipped and landed on all sixes only to a catch a kick to the chin that sent him tumbling. Noir rolled with the blow and jumped. Cheshire's low kick swept under him as he somersaulted over the jab that followed and dropped a double hammer kick that broke Cheshire's guard. Cheshire jumped back, barely avoiding the tips of Noir's gauntlets as he swiped them vertically. Cheshire landed in a crouch across from Noir. They both inhaled sharply, briefly ridding the surrounding area of air and stepped forward.
"DUCK!" Artemis roared.
The demi-gods didn't question it and hit the deck while the monsters thought this would mean easy kills. They quickly found out how foolish they were as Noir and Cheshire unleashed their respective roar. The air missiles detonated each other in a grand explosion. The shockwave ripped the nearest monsters to pieces while the lucky ones were tossed like ragdolls.
Cheshire raised a sharp wedge of earth that split the wind around him while Noir's simply made a vertical slashing motion that split the oncoming shockwave about him. He quickly spun and lashed out a heel kick. The resulting horizontal shockwave split the wedge Cheshire was behind. In response he jumped the top and sent out a series of jabs that Noir seemed to phase through. He frowned at the four arms that Cheshire now sported. Both raised their arms in a boxers pose. At an unspoken signal they both started firing off high density air bullets with unholy intensity. Obviously nothing hit as they bobbed, weaved, and countered blows with ones of their own.
The campers stayed low while the monsters scrambled for cover. The smarter ones joining the campers on the ground while more unfortunate ones exploded into dust from stray air bursts that had been dodged or deflected. Noir frowned more intensely at the collateral damage about them and deflected the remaining airbursts skyward. Both he and Cheshire stared each other down before a shift in Cheshire's posture made Noir's eyes widen. He was in front of Lily crushing an airburst in one second, and hammering heavy blows into Cheshire in the next.
There was no longer strategy or care as the blows picked up speed and Cheshire began to crumble beneath the assault. In a panic he ducked a razor sharp, flat handed swipe and dropped all four hand in a hammer blow that blew them apart. Noir apparently had given up on civility and roared at Cheshire who responded in kind. Both jaws opening to ridiculous degrees, revealing Noir's second set of teeth and fangs as well as the living garbage disposal unit that was the inside of Cheshire's mouth. A maw of hundreds of teeth that spun and shredded.
Both smashed a foot into the ground as they stared each other down. Neither monster nor camper rose out of fear of what would follow. Neither of the two disappointed as cracks began appearing about their faces. There was a horrid shattering and both opponents' faces fell off and revealed what looked like a hollow clay puppet. What occurred next was the stuff of nightmares.
From Cheshire's head a smile was seen, before something unspeakable crawled free of his face. The massive dragon snake creature was bright green with purple flecked about it. Hundreds of mouths covered the body of the beast as they laughed maniacally, a horrid haunting sound no one should ever have to hear. It raised its head an opened its jaws, a gruesome mix of a cackle and roar escaped its throat. Six massive, clawed, humanoid hands extended from various mouths and the beast dragged itself up right where it waited. Shattered red sclera and malice filled pupils waited expectantly. They were very much so rewarded.
Rather than crawl out, the entire puppet shattered as two massive black and platinum spattered wings expanded outwards. Noir's torso was the same but he no longer had legs. The massive snake tail's scales mirrored the petal like sheaf of his gauntlets. They were platinum cored and void framed and his gauntlets were the same. The Gauntlets stopped at his elbows now leaving his chest and face unarmoured. At each elbow a blaze of platinum roared into three petal shaped points. All SIX arms were black past that and scaled. It stopped at his chest that was carved with platinum depictions of flames that seemed to be alive. He raised his head, his platinum eyes burning with unspoken power. He threw his head back and roared his response, filled with promise, filled with rage.
Both beasts stood 30 feet apart. Both beasts were 20 feet each. Both beasts charged.
Campers scrambled to get out of the way as they charged. Noir took the first blow when he failed to catch a fist aimed at his head. He did take it in stride though as he spun and slammed Cheshire with his massive tail. Noir must've hit harder since Cheshire hissed and slithered out of the way. He lunged to bite at Noir but he simply responded with a wall of backhands that shocked Cheshire long enough for Noir to grab the nearest arm and rip it away.
Cheshire roared in pain and jumped backwards, lashing out with his tail. It barely grazed Noir's arm but the teeth of the mouth nearest shaved away some of his scaling. He reached out and caught Cheshire by the tail and slung him with a roar. Cheshire splashed down in the Sound and Noir rapidly slithered after him before taking to the air. Cheshire burst out of the Sound shaking off the water before inhaling deeply. Noir saw this as he closed in and began inhaling as well. Cheshire had begun first and therefore finished first. That did not necessarily spell out his victory.
As he finished the inhale Noir slammed his six hands together creating a scything shockwave that cleaved the neon green flames Cheshire had spewed at him before he followed up with a tempest of black and platinum. The cyclone of flames flew forward with enough force to push Noir a little further up into the air. It didn't help as two massive jaws slammed shut about his left shoulder(s). He roared in pain and wedged his fingers between the jaws trying to keep the pressure off to no avail. He could hear Cheshire's spare mouths cackling at his predicament. So he improvised and inhaled. And kept going as Cheshire attempted to clamp down. Noir reinforced every centimeter of his expanding chest with his fingers making sure every hard earned gap wasn't wasted.
When he was at full capacity he raised two arms and brought the elbows down in a heavy blow. He then raised the output of the blaze from the plates at the edged. He ignored the heat while he watched Cheshire flinch as the tongues of flame came dangerously near his eyes. It was what he was waiting for. He quickly contracted his chest and forced his remaining arms out wards before jamming the other to back in, widening Cheshire's maw to the limit before tilting it slightly upwards. His opponent realized what was happening too late evident of the week green flames that were flattened beneath the massive blaze that spouted from Noir's throat.
He hadn't bothered spinning the blaze into a funnel and simply packed spearing pressure behind the blast. It shot through Cheshire's meagre attempt to save himself and drove their way deeper into Cheshire's unprotected innards.
The campers and monsters watched in equal horror as black and platinum flames began to leak out of the various wailing mouths on Cheshire's body. It didn't stop as Noir slowly began to tear Cheshire's body in half. The horrid ripping and grotesque shattering of skin and bones. The sizzle as flames ate though bone and sinew alike with horrific efficiency. Cheshire's skin was quickly becoming translucent form being stretched and lit ablaze, turning him into a macabre lantern before Noir gave a grand roar and finally split the annoyance down the middle.
Both pieces were still ablaze, various hands hanging limp as Noir held the halves up by the inside of the jaws. He looked down upon both forces in triumph, licks of green flames flowing from the bite wound over his shoulder as he landed. Dropping both pieces of burning monster he unfurled his wings to their maximum length, spread all six arms, threw his head back and roared his victory to the heavens. The earth shook in resonance as he launched a lingering gout of platinum flames into the air. They roiled into the air before dissipating as Noir turned his gaze on the remaining monsters who promptly scrambled to get as far away as possible.
The campers had one collective thought as he slithered after them, six arms digging furrows into the ground as he gave hellish chase, 'gods have mercy on their souls'.
The gods had heard.
The gods shared the sentiment.
-Line Break-
All eyes were on Noir when he finally stepped out of the forest. All six arms covered in his gauntlets and the black scaling covering everything after they stopped. He had his legs back but had changed his tails to something more serpent like. It was thick as a thigh at the base and was exceptionally long, trailing a meter or two behind him as he walked, swishing lazily back and forth. He had a face mask on that seemed to fold away beneath his chin as he gave a small smirk.
"VICTORY!" It took second but soon the cry was echoed by the campers. Slowly echoing across the now quiet valley. With a broader smile he dissipated the gauntlets in a flash of flames along with his spare arms and scales leaving him half naked in front of everyone. Quite a few faces went red while jaws dropped, and eyes traced the V lines in his stomach to his loose hanging waistband before he face planted and begun snoring loudly. Glances were exchanged before the campers began laughing raucously. Noir simply smiled gently and actually let himself drift off to sleep. There would be a party, but after a nice nap.
-Time Skip: Next Day.-
Noir woke up in Cabin 8 which was something absolutely unheard of. They had somehow managed to awaken him for the burning of the shrouds, after he had face planted, to which he stood at strict attention. He even augmented the flames to burn his signature platinum and even had them burning higher than normal as if the world needed to know of their sacrifice. He had the last words as well.
"6 lives." He boomed, "6 precious members of this camp. 6 wonderful smiles we'll never see again. That was the price of victory. The only thing that needs to be said is do not let it go to waste. Do not let this happen again, and do not for a second believe that we cannot get through the rest of this war without a single death. Make it your goal. Make it your purpose. Fight to survive. Fight to live with those you cherish. Fight so that the next time you see them is when you are old and grey. Fight so when you see them next you can hold your heads high and tell them you lived a beautiful life for both yourself and them. Fight so when next you see them, they can say that their life wasn't worth 100 more. Fight so you can say their lives were worth generations!"
The crowd was silent before the shout shook the valley.
"WE FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE."
Afterwards Noir had happily left with the fallen demi-gods' thanks echoing in his mind. He was just happy that they got to hear the difference they made and that their friends would carry on their memory while they fought for a future where everyone would live happily. Their warmth had translated to him when Thalia popped up with Lily on her back. He smiled at her and she grabbed his hand and led him to Cabin 8. He had raised an eyebrow at her but she waved him off.
"Lily won't let go until you're with her. Gods knows how hard headed she can be."
"I can still hear you ya know."
Noir chuckled at Lily's tired grumbling and swept her up into his arms, lightly peppering her wish kisses while she giggled tiredly at, swatting at him while Thalia watched on with a smile.
He smirked gently at the memory and pulled the body lying across from him closer, relishing the warmth. Thalia opened her eyes groaning at her bleary vision knowing for a fact she had slept in. Insult to injury it must've meant Lily had woken up before her regardless of the previous battle. She groaned again before a strong arm found its way around her waist pulling her against a warm and hard body. She frowned and turned over finding herself face to face with Noir. She immediately felt her face heating and it only got worse as his eyes started to flicker open. He mimicked her groan and, much to her horror, buried his face in the crook of her neck.
She wriggled trying to possibly escape his grip only for him to growl. The vibrations were right at her throat and she could feel his canines gently scrape against her clavicle when he pulled back his lips.
"Just five more minutes Lil's! The power battle yesterday took more out of me than I would like to admit. Not sure if that friggin bite wound healed proper…"
He continued to grumble against her neck which only further made her want to squirm. His lips were ghosting over the sensitive skin of her neck repeatedly. She managed to compose herself enough to get an inch between them and forced him to look at her. Big mistake. Heavy lidded platinum eyes burned with annoyance as he gazed at her with tired eyes. They widened slightly when he seemed to realize who he was cuddled up with. He moved to let go but ended up yawning, bringing him closer and giving Thalia a close up of the same lips that had been working a terribly tantalizing sensation sonata at her neck. When Noir finally focused he found a flustered Thalia less than an inch away, completely entranced by his lips. He was about to pull away when something stopped him. Moving slowly he brought his hand up to Thalia's chin forcing her to meet his eyes. She noticed the slightest slivers of toxic green. She didn't get to think on it further as his lips crashed into hers.
She knew something was wrong the second it happened. Noir had never shown romantic affection, of any kind. Not even sexual, always claiming everyone on this plane of existence was too bloody young for his tastes, so the fact that his tongue was dancing hypnotically in her mouth was a dead giveaway to the wrongness of the situation. It simply got worse since she couldn't- wouldn't pull away. Her body was moving completely in tune with her desires but not her commands. She wanted to push him away and reclaim her mouth, instead she found her tongue battling with his as her hands wound their way into his hair. Gods it was soft. Slowly she felt her will to fight it starting to fade away. She had no clue what Noir intended to do with her but she could care less. The heat from his hands was starting to settle in her abdomen.
She could feel taut muscles beneath her as he lifted her onto his hips, he sat up and further crushed her against his body. The kiss broke as she gasped and Noir took the invitation to attend to her neck. Her eyes fluttered close as he gently nipped and suckled at her sweet spot. He would bite, then suck, and release before letting his tongue massage and soothe the forming bruise. She knew she'd have hickeys after this. She would where them proudly, just like he would. With that thought she ripped his head away by his hair and bit down hard at the joint where his shoulder and neck met. The growl she got in response she took as appreciation and encouragement, continuing to bite and suck before gently kissing a trail back up to his mouth. As she ferociously met him in another heated round of tonsil hockey when they were woefully interrupted.
"What the hell?!"
Artemis was not happy. Not in the slightest. She couldn't believe that Noir would have dared to take advantage of-
Her jaw dropped as Thalia IGNORED her and pulled Noir in for another quick kiss before he shifted her off his lap and greeted her with a smile. A FUCKING smile. Like he didn't just have his tongue down her Lieutenant's throat. She reared back a hand to drop him only for it to be caught. Noir pulled her into a kiss she neither wanted nor could pull away from. She bit down on his lip in outrage. He flinched back in surprise, but quickly chuckled in response much to her horror.
"Feisty."
She finally noticed the change in his eyes. The Platinum was slowly being outweighed by toxic green. She moved to step back but was pinned between his chest and another. She spun only to meet Thalia's electric blue-toxic green eyes and lips. Her tongue was electric as her powers in her mouth. She broke it quickly but couldn't escape as Noir drove his lengthened canines into her neck. She jerked thinking she was about to be drained of everything within her only for heat to start pouring in place of her power leaving her. She gasped and instinctively reached behind her to pull Thalia's lips down to her neck where her Lieutenant eagerly began tonguing at the tender flesh. She was losing it. The heat Noir was pouring into her was staring to pool just beneath her waistline. She didn't need to be Athena to figure out what the build up would lead her to do. Her body was beginning to fight her mind as she arched up into Noir, trying to get closer to his body while one hand kept a firm hold on Thalia's hair as she moved up to nibble lightly on her earlobe.
Artemis made a snap decision. He resolve wouldn't last much longer especially with the warmth of Noir's fingers beginning to trail down her bare stomach. When had his hands even gotten beneath her shirt anyway? She tossed the thought as Thalia's hands began lifting the hem of the shirt. With a massive amount of focus, and an exponential amount more self-control, she flashed them above the lake.
The trio splashed down into the significantly cooler water which seemed to have the desired effect. Noir unlatched form her neck while Thalia quickly broke away looking startled before quickly heading for the surface with a panicked look on her face. Artemis wasn't gonna complain, it was better than the hungry look in her eyes that had occupied her previously. She looked down just in time to see Noir's body thump down onto the lake bed. She broke the surface quickly before diving right back down and retrieving their super powered wolf, regardless if he would not drown anyway. She burst from the lake lugging a surprisingly light Noir, what with the tails and rock solid build and whatnot, to find a red faced Thalia profusely apologizing. She was kneeling and rapid firing apologies which for whatever reason made her chuckle.
Thalia was thoroughly confused while Artemis decided to tease her, "You're surprisingly good with your tongue. Though I do owe you for the bruise."
Thalia scowled before turning even redder. "Fine" she grumbled, "I guess I'm not sorry after all."
They shared a chuckle before turning back to Noir who they should've been receiving their seething hatred, only for them to share a look that meant they knew something was up. They hoped to get answers when he woke up but first they quickly dismissed the small crowd that had formed and dragged him back to the cabin. They had barely tied him to a chair when a groan signaled his awakening. He licked at his lips before scowling.
"Cinnamon? When did I have cinnamon?" His eyes widened comically when everything came back to him. He saw Thalia and Artemis gazing at him, hips cocked, and eyebrows raised. He groaned louder.
"Please tell me I didn't have my tongue down either of your throats."
"No, you only sank your teeth into our necks." He flinched.
"Sorry."
"Don't be. We presume you were at the least influenced if not controlled. We presume the prior since there aren't very many things that would control you and have you do that of all things when they have an obscurely powerful polymorph as a puppet."
He sighed heavily and fazed through the bindings they had him in, which was no surprise really, and stood. He tugged his shirt over his head where they could see where the khopesh had buried itself in his shoulder along with the teeth marks that encompassed it. Both were tinged a toxic green and seemed to have their own individual heartbeats as vein like tendrils spread out from the area. Noir frowned ferociously before platinum flames erupted out of the marks. The very tips of the flames were tinged with green that seemed to be eating its way back towards his torso.
He growled and gave up the effort as the flames burned away and the wounds thrummed a little bit faster.
"Great. He tainted my power. Perfect."
Artemis and Thalia both looked confused as he snapped his fingers and they ended up before the Olympian council. The gods looked just as confused as Thalia and Artemis before Noir waved his hand drawing their attention to him (and for a few, his chiseled torso).
"I can't believe I have to do this but I need a little bit of help."
Zeus looked incredulous before he burst out laughing.
"PERFECT! Swear allegiance to Olympus and us alone and then you can have whatever you want!"
"Nice try but anything that could or would bind me to you would require you be able to gift me as the entrée to the contract something of value equal to what you would gain from my service to ensure the balance of power within the relationship would work in tandem as a partnership rather than a slave service. The First only do binding ceremonies for life servitude should a life have been saved by the benefactor of the contract. Your fat ass couldn't save a helium balloon from floating away. Nice try though."
Zeus was red in the face while Poseidon fell over laughing with Apollo and Hermes joining suit.
"Now let's try this again. I need a little bit of help, or I could just leave you to be devoured by the Titan's forces at the price of all the women in the Greek pantheon and squish both demigod camps just for shits with only a thought."
Artemis looked horrified at him before noticing the green tinge in his eyes. She waved at an equally horrified Thalia who nodded and walked up to him. He looked curious before she slapped him. It had the desired effect and the green was quickly devoured by the platinum once more.
"And that is precisely why. In case you haven't noticed the living power mass attached to my chest I'll point it out." A neon arrow popped up pointing directly to the wounds on his chest. The gods sobered quickly. The sign vanished as Noir continued talking,
"Cheshire tainted my power with his domain. His is Conflict and Corruption. As you can see violent our burst and unsavory…desires…are the consequence. I can't actually use my powers to burn it away since I don't have full access to the Boss's domains, only a portion. As it were, I need to take in someone else's power to fight it. Particularly power form someone in whose domain Conflict and Corruption can exist in and be combatted easily without being complemented. The power swap will be somewhat interesting since I'll have to transfer back whatever I take, however the nature of the power I return is up to me to determine as long as it is of equal value and portion as the power I receive to combat Cheshire's domains. Good?"
The gods were slightly baffled by the high speeds of the explanation but understood the gist of it. Athena stepped up to the plate,
"So who will you take from is the question. It can't be any particular domain but would Zeus's domain of Justice work?"
He shook his head, "Unfortunately not. Justice as well as Sense of Justice can be Corrupted, as well as conflicting ideals of Justice or its interpretations can spawn Conflict. I need a domain in which both Corruption and Conflict can run rampant but still be quelled. Relationships in particular or strong emotions that have a tendency to break through expectations. Areas where one could have a gun to your head and still be able to pull away."
He sent pointed looks towards Demeter, Hera, Aphrodite, and Hestia.
"Only question is what who will be up for it and what power I should swap. However more than likely it'll be a sensation to prevent an addiction, though that might sound the slightest bit backwards. Regardless, very few things compare to the rush of power in your veins along with the sheer notion that nothing is above you. Worst and easiest thing to get hooked on."
Apparently in his pondering he was letting the sensation seep out unconsciously, the Olympians were quite literally buzzing in their seats. The feeling dropped off as quickly as it had come, leaving Zeus to whimper slightly. Demeter realized that whatever sensation he chose it wouldn't end well for her mentality and voiced her reluctance while Hera quickly followed. Noir cocked an eyebrow as he looked at the two remaining goddesses. Aphrodite chewed her lip and furrowed her eyebrows knowing full well how chaotic her domain could be. Yes it could overcome but it could also cause people to deviate from the "right" path. She met Noir's eyes and shook her head slowly, she wasn't the best choice for this. He turned to Hestia, platinum eyes tinged the slightest green, silently asking her for her assent or lack thereof.
She could feel the hope within him and the hope he bought demi-gods. She was almost ashamed of how long she was taking with the decision. She steeled her resolve and nodded sharply. The Olympians could tell that it took a lot out of Noir to keep the malice from his smile, still didn't keep them from shuddering. After all, he could squash them all, he hadn't really needed to ask permission for anything from them. All he had to do was snap his fingers and the world would be his. They tossed the notion as Noir practically sauntered up to Hestia still grinning. He stopped briefly to wipe the smirk off his face before smiling more gently at Hestia. She returned it before grimacing slightly at the toxic green that was invading his irises. She nodded and changed to an older body, looking closer to 18 like him. She was still shorter than him but the difference was less than a head. Maybe 6 inches, but it was still something.
"So exactly how does the transfer work exactly? Contact? Exchange blood, or Ichor, or something?"
Noir grimaced, before shooting her an apologetic look. "Artemis already knows what the transfer requires in terms of contact. Though maybe not the sensation on the scale you'll receive it. The effects will be…interesting. Just try and keep a handle on your consciousness, I've never had to do this before. It shouldn't be harmful. Worst case scenario you end up enslaved to the sensation and, therefore, me by relation since I'm the only one who would be able to provide it."
The Olympians looked horrified while Noir looked sheepish. , "Like I said, shouldn't come to that. That's just worst case with a 0.099% chance of actually happening but I figured I'd warn you just to be fair."
Hestia glared slightly, "That still doesn't explain the contact requirements." She motioned to a beet red Thalia and Artemis, "Doesn't seem to be all too… kosher with the way those two look. It wouldn't have anything to do with the hickeys on their necks would it?"
Both were doing their best impressions of tomatoes while Noir rubbed the back of his neck chuckling, "If it makes you all feel any better I'm only responsible for the one on Thalia. Artemis can thank her Lieutenant for hers, but that's beside the point."
It didn't look like it was with the way all the gods were staring at the 2 Hunters incredulously while the two clapped their hands over their respective necks.
"It'll be a light bite. Slight sting and then the transfer will happen. Just focus on the peace and hope of the Hearth and let it build within you. Then when I bridge our bodies offer it up. I'll receive it and transfer the sensation to you as payment."
He cracked his knuckles while she took a breath. He slipped behind her and secured a hand around her waist as he began to glow warmly. She opened her eyes when his teeth were centimeters form her neck.
"Wait. What's the sensation?"
"Pleasure."
Her eyes didn't have time to widen as he bit down. The sting made her hiss before her peace began to be replaced. A different kind of heat started to flood her. She was helpless when her knees gave out, she couldn't do anything but be held up by Noir. She wrapped her arms around his neck and he increased the bite pressure, increasing the flow of pleasure that was now flooding her body. Her nerves were firing at warp speeds, all slamming the same message into her brain over and over again.
She was going numb all over and didn't even bother to try to hold in the moans and whimpers that escaped her lips. The rest of the gods watched on in slight apprehension as the eldest daughter of Kronos and Rhea writhed and squirmed around in Noir's arms. Her face was flushed and her pupils were dilating. They saw Noir's jaw clench as Hestia's knees clashed together, a heady moan escaping her lips while her hands tangled into Noir's hair. They all heard the growl that escaped his throat and prayed to whatever deity that Hestia came out of this with her mind intact. Demeter herself could practically see herself on her knees with a collar around her neck, offering herself to Noir just to receive what Hestia was experiencing. She was immensely glad she had declined.
Meanwhile Hestia was fighting to keep it together as the growl rippled through her. The vibrations were pure torture that seemed to spread the searing heat Noir was pouring into her deeper into her core. Her thoughts were starting to go white, all she could hear was her own heavy breathing while Noir's breath seemed to provide the slightest cool to her feverish skin. She wasn't in control anymore, she couldn't care less, and she was digging up as much of her energy as she could and forcing it into him. Trying to keep the torrent of heat he provided flowing into her body with as much force as possible. Darkness was seeping in at the edge of her vision. So close to finishing though, she could feel her peak approaching. She was on the edge, she just needed the push. She tugged harder on Noir's hair, trying to coax him into send her tumbling into a blissful inebriation.
He grabbed her wrists and pinned them to her sides before biting down a little harder one last time before breaking contact.
Hestia wasn't happy with that at all. He had left her at the cliff of euphoria, and she was not going to let it end. She pressed back harder into his body, digging her fingernails into his forearms while driving her hips backwards into his. She began trying to grind against him as hard as possible, trying to get some sort of much needed friction and fast. She could feel herself coming down form her veritable high and hadn't had enough. She whimpered and whined trying to guilt him but his arms held fast. She gave up the emotional appeal and began to thrash and beg. She squirmed hoping to find some way to reach her completion, by her own hands if Noir wouldn't comply.
He seized her hands and immobilized her limbs altogether. She had hit rock bottom and needed to climb fast. She was so close she just needed-
BAM!
The Olympians flinched at the head butt Noir delivered. Feeling both relieved and panicked at the way Hestia laid on the floor cradling her head. They all glared at Noir who watched as the spindly veins of Corruption receded into the source wounds before they too faded. He nodded before casting a sorrowful gaze at Hestia. He knelt and placed a glowing hand on her head. He heard her sigh in relief before uncurling. He helped her stand and they all watched as the roil of platinum dissipate into her typical, warm amber eyes. Once her eyes were back to normal she turned absolutely red and slapped Noir.
"Next time a warning would be nice!" she huffed and flashed out in a column of flame.
Noir stared wide eyed at where she had been, missing a good portion of his eyebrows, before finally speaking.
"Ya know. I have the slightest feeling she might be a little bit unhappy with me at the moment."
Hestia flashed back in before pulling Noir into a heated kiss before disappearing again leaving him with even less of his eyebrows.
"Never mind." He muttered.
-Line Break-
It actually took them Artemis and Thalia a while to get back to camp what with all the yelling both Apollo and Zeus did at Noir for touching their respective sister/daughter. Noir for his part simply manifested a pair of over ear head phones and ignored the living day lights out of them (oh the irony). Both were practically apoplectic. For the next 10 minutes Artemis and Thalia watched as Zeus and Apollo both hurled lightning bolts and arrows at the wolf who simply stood there head banging and belting out Breaking Benjamin lyrics (Air guitar included) completely unaffected by the two Olympians effort. When they finally stopped, bent over at the hip breathing hard, he slipped off his headphones,
"Sorry, were you saying something?" He cackled at the way they progressed from red to completely purple in the face before blinking himself, Thalia, Artemis back to camp where he continued to cackle for a little bit longer. Both Hunters were looking down on him where he was wheezing and holding his stomach.
"You done yet?" Thalia inquired. He smiled and nodded. He got up off the ground before Thalia reared back and swung a kick right between his legs. There was a metallic clang before Thalia hopped away on one foot cradling the other while muttering curses. Noir was down on the floor laughing so hard it was silent with tears streaming down his face. Artemis was dumbstruck wondering what the hell happened. When Thalia came back with a cast on her foot and a sour expression half an hour later, Noir had finally reduced his outright guffaws to controlled chuckling though he was still wiping tears from his eyes. He faced down both huntresses without fear. He quickly reached into his pants and pulled out a cup.
"Tungsten Carbide. Heat resistant and made of the same material they put on the nose cones of rockets to combat re-entry temperatures when the shuttles return to atmosphere."
Thalia's scowl intensified before she reluctantly slow clapped.
"Well played wolf boy, well played."
With that she went to hobble away but was blocked by Noir. He winked and kneeled down planting a swift kiss to her injured leg's thigh before he blinked away again. He apparently took the cast too but that was fine since her leg was completely healed. Her face was slightly red when Artemis clapped her on the shoulder,
"At least he didn't bite you again."
Thalia's blush exploded as she recalled the sensation of teeth and tongue before shaking away the memory. She really should've accepted partial immortality after her body had got to the point where hormones weren't her bane. She glared hard at her smirking Mistress.
"Keep this up and you won't be getting anymore tongue from me." With that she whipped around and walked towards the pavilion hoping to somehow quell the not so appropriate hunger that had started eating at her insides with food.
Artemis was completely red in the face and dancing on the line between angry and tempted.
A low whistle was heard from beside her. She turned her head to find Noir upsides down with his legs folded beneath him watching with her as Thalia sauntered away from them,
"Girls got game. Think she's swaying her hips like that on purpose?"
Artemis glared, "You're right. She's DEFINITELY doing it on purpose."
He blinked out and she threw her hands up in exasperation. She really didn't look forward to explaining the bruises to her Hunters. The only good thing coming out of this was possibly seeing Noir turned into a porcupine via arrows. She sighed heavily. When the hell did being a god become so complicated?
Noir blinked in behind Lily and scooped her up into a hug. She smiled and turned herself around in his grip to hug him back. He set her down where they shared a smile before Lily frowned.
"Noir, there's a bruise on your neck." The wolf actually blushed a bit.
"Errrrr….Ummmmm…Yeah I slept wrong-ish last night. Don't worry about it."
Lily glared at him, "What? I'm serious? What's with the glare?"
She could physically see the nervous sweat on his neck and she intensified the glare.
He chuckled slightly while he rubbed his neck before some additional voices pitched in.
"Yes, that bruise does look kinda suspicious. Wouldn't ya say Milady?"
Noir went pale and turned slowly to find a smirking Artemis and Thalia standing side by side in front of the rest of the Hunt.
'Shit' was all he thought before they began to approach.
"Okay why don't we take a step back for a second and talk about this like adults?"
Knives were drawn.
"A'ight you know what? I'm always one for being surrounded by women but I just came here to have a little bit of fun and I'm honestly feeling so attacked right now."
They lunged
He jumped and took a couple quick steps using their heads as a platform.
"I'll come back when you guys have cooled down."
A mass of water dropped on the Hunters leaving then to squeal shrilly at the ice water. 26 murder driven Hunters turned to a sheepish looking Noir. He chuckled nervously.
"Parlay?"
They snarled. He ran. The hunt was on.
A/N: Annnnnnnnnddddd That's a wrap! Yeah Thalia, Hestia, and Artemis got a little bit of much needed (though not quite appropriate) attention, Cheshire got literally ripped a new one, and Zeus and Apollo's over protective ways were made fun of. Anyway I already started with the next chapter and I'll try to keep everything consistently above 5K words at least, which means it'll take longer to get up. (hehe) Also I do have to get a job and I have college to worry about so I may not get to this for a little while. Just a heads up. With that said, Gryphon signing off.