Ch. 22 Fight for Love Part Two

Time for the second part of our lover's quarrel this time on the ground as Marius looks to survive the coming onslaught that is Alduin in her cycle. Should be good fun for everyone involved shouldn't it?

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Marius barely had time to dodge the claws coming straight to his face as Alduin proved quicker than he thought. As soon as the second round began she had immediately rushed him and nearly taken his head off if he hadn't blocked her with the hilt of his sword but he missed her leg come up and force him into the Word Wall with enough force to drive the air from his lungs again.

That was before his current predicament as he finally got her to overstep on the swipe and was able to cut her on her upper arm but it only seemed to make her smirk a little more. As if he was some kind of joke that she thought was funny.

"Where is that bite I saw when we last fought? Where is the Dovahkiin who wanted to prove his worth as a dov?" Alduin questioned as Marius picked himself up from the ground with a snarl.

"Thinking about ways to make you submit." Marius growled out as Alduin laughed.

"Then prove it." Alduin merely said as she launched at him again and he tried to do just that.

As soon as she reached him she sent a clawed fist towards his head and he countered by smacking it away with his free hand while his sword came for her legs in an attempt cut them from under her but she was able to dodge the slow strike.

"It seems exhaustion is getting to you...maybe you should lie down and rest, I promise not to be too rough." Alduin remarked with a sick grin as Marius gave her the middle finger. "Such vulgarity, I offer you pleasure and you give me scorn; It's going to feel exhilarating when I force you to submit to me."

"I'll make you eat those words." Marius said as he charged her again and tried to stab her through the midsection but she responded by grabbing the blade of his sword and with little effort tore it from his grasp before tossing it down the mountain.

"Ven Mul Riik" Alduin shouted as Mist began to circulate the area leaving visibility to near zero.

"You know you blinded yourself as well!" Marius shouted but Alduin laughed.

"I can still smell." she said simply as she rushed from behind him and clipped him in the shoulder before darting back into the mist. "I know you can do better than this." she said as she came from behind him again but this time delivered a sharp blow to his rib's before retreating back again like a specter.

It went like this for the next few minutes as Alduin appeared randomly to strike before slinking back off into the mist while giving Marius little time to catch his breath. He resorted to trying to move through the mist but that only served to make ti easier for her as her hearing picked up the slightest crunch of snow beneath his feet.

If only he had a...'wait, did I just forget I had a shout to clear the air?' Marius thought as he mentally punched himself before he felt the Shout at his throat. "Lok Vah Koor!" The effect was immediate as the mist around him cleared enough to see a few feet in front of him. "Not much but it will work." he muttered to himself as he waited with baited breath.

He wasn't disappointed.

She came straight at him with a large swipe of her claws but her countered by swiping her fist to the side and throwing a haymaker at her face that she dodged before bringing herself in a twirl around him as he tried to keep her in his sights but he forgot about one thing she had. Her tail came from around his legs at the last moment and tripped him up while she pounced on him.

She wasn't prepared for the sudden roll though as his legs came up and throw her over his body and she landed in a crouched state while he scrambled to his feet with his fists in front of him.

"Not bad...but not good enough!" she shouted as she lunged back at him while he attempted to grab her claws but missed and she took advantage by leaving a deep gash in his face from the left side of his forehead to his right cheek. "Ven Mul Riik!" she shouted again as the mist got heavier as blood pooled from the three claw marks on his face.

"You just like to hide don't you." he said to the air as blood began to obscure his vision.

"And you can't see can you?" Alduin questioned as he turned on the spot and delivered a hard strike to her nose that barely phased her. "You're boring me...I want some excitement in this fight but you aren't giving it to me."

"AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN TO SHUT UP!"Marius roared through the sting of his face wound before Alduin was caught off guard by a shout. "FUS RO DAH!"

The force and impact of the shout actually made her slam against the cliff face as her mist suddenly evaporated when she lost focus on it. The impact of her against the rock drove all air from her lungs as she gasped for breath while he approached her holding his face in his hands with blood dripping off the side.

The sting of the shout as it passed his lips made his wound flare up in pain but he was running on adrenaline right now. She was doing nothing more than playing with him and it was time for it to stop! She was still wheezing as he took her head and smashed his knee directly into it and began to pound her into the ground with his fists in a fit of rage.

'There it is!' Alduin thought as she tried to block her face from his assault. 'There's the fire, there's the rage, there's the raging inferno that I want!' Not to be outdone, she let loose her own Unrelenting Force shout when he was rearing back for another strike and he practically flew off of her into a boulder but he recovered quickly and so did she just in time for him to let loose his Fire Breath shout.

"Yol Tor Shul!" Marius shouted as a blast of fire erupted from his mouth as his wounds seared from the heat.

"Fo Krah Diin!" Alduin shouted back as her Frost Breath went to meet his and the two collided in a large blast.

When the snow cleared Marius was already in her face and throwing another fist to her face that connected with more force than she thought as she was sent into the cliff again but this time he was there and delivering another shot to her chest. Before he did though she got a glimpse of his eyes and that made her smile.

They were slitted just like a dov's and that made her grin despite the increasingly painful force being applied to her chest. Quick as lightning she blocked the next strike, though the force from it made her wince, and sent him reeling with a quick "Fus" and then pinned him to the ground when she had the chance.

"Have you finally decided to give in to your inner dov?" she asked as he tried to throw her off but she held firm.

"It doesn't control me, I control it." he replied with a low growl that made her smirk.

"I was wondering how long it would take for you to figure it out." Alduin said as Marius snarled.

"I'm going to kill you for that, I kept myself away from my kids for almost a month after that day!" he shouted as she only smirked.

"Tough talk for one who is trapped." she said as he suddenly grinned.

"Then let's remedy that fact." he said as he smirked. "Buld Uzur Dovah!"

Alduin had to jump off as his skin suddenly burned and a light obscured his form and she had to shut her eyes as the light made her eyes burn. Internally though she was excited at the prospect of facing off against his true form, his true self was what she wanted and it was what she was going to get.

After a few tense moments she looked again and there was Marius in dark red scales and a sinister grin as his red eyes turned their gaze to her. "Round three." he said in a deep draconic voice as Alduin gave a loud laugh.

"So it would seem." she said as her form dissipated into the air in the same fashion as her previous one as chunks of ice fell from the cliffs above Marius. When he turned his head skyward, Alduin was there in her dragon form and her own red eyes stared down at him. "It is time for the last round, let us see if you are worthy of the title: Dovahkiin!"

And cut it there as I don't want to give you all everything right here. This enables me to build up suspense and give you all a proper mating fight though I guess that this next battle could be considered both a mating fight and mating flight lol. Still I hope you all enjoy the chapter and eagerly away the next.

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Translations courtesy of Thuum . Org

Ven Mul Riik – Wind Strong Gale (The Sovngarde mist shout)