The trio walked down a dirt road as Xena tried to figure out how they were going to retrieve the Mystic Diamond from the men Aphrodite used to steal it for her own use.

GABRIELLE

I still don't see why we didn't bring Argo.

XENA

I let Argo roam free for a while. I need to concentrate on the mission at hand.

GABRIELLE

Well I'm just saying it would be nice if we could just ride together and while I sit behind you, I could just let my hands work their way around…

Xena rolled her eyes as she felt the bard's hand snake around her waist while they continued to walk.

GABRIELLE

You know, Xena? I've been thinking of rewriting this scroll.

Gabrielle held up the rolled-up paper she had gotten from their things, along with the small satchel she had over her shoulder.

XENA

(Sarcasm) Oh, this should be interesting.

GABRIELLE

It just doesn't have a point of view. You know, it needs more titillation, more amorousness, more… more…

The bard smiled as an idea suddenly came to her.

GABRIELLE

Eroticism. That's what it needs. It doesn't sing to me like this.

She paused for a brief moment as another spark of inspiration hit.

GABRIELLE

That's another great idea. A scroll should be sung, not told.

The bard began to hum a slightly upbeat tune to herself for a moment as she began to think of some words to put to it.

GABRIELLE

I was thinking maybe something like…

(singing) Well, listen to my story about Xena and her bard,

Who fought to do good, no matter how easy or hard.

They stood side by side, winning with their skill, not luck.

And to top it all off, we're also a real good f….

Suddenly, before Gabrielle could finish her rhyme, Xena threw her hand over the young woman's mouth.

XENA

Are you out of your mind?!

Then, feeling the bard's wet tongue against her hand, the warrior took her hand away as she gave the other woman a slightly disgusted look and wiped the saliva off on her skirt.

GABRIELLE

Too loud? Are you worried we're gonna get there, and the fish'll be gone?

XENA

I'm worried we're gonna get there, and the fish'll be armed.

With that, Xena turned away and continued on, as Gabrielle and Joxer followed.

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Not long after, the group arrived at a large lake where Xena stood taking in the beautiful scenery.

XENA

Oh, it's just the way I remember it. Amazing.

GABRIELLE

It really is. Just wonderful.

The two smiled as they looked out at the beautiful scenery surrounding the lake.

XENA

This is the ultimate fantasy.

GABRIELLE

This is the perfect place for the ultimate fantasy.

Joxer, who sat crouched beside the women, made several grunts in agreement with his appreciation for the serene scene the group had come across.

Not long after, Xena was moved around the area as she took her chakram from her hip.

XENA

Just gonna alter the landscape a little.

GABRIELLE

Why?

XENA

You remember the Mystic Diamond?

GABRIELLE

Mm-hmm.

XENA

Well, Aphrodite thinks that what's happened to you and to Joxer is gonna make me forget all about it, But unfortunately for her, I'm not so easily distracted. No, I'm gonna get it back. But no one said I couldn't get a little fishing done too while I'm at it.

GABRIELLE

Sure, but what does that have to do with the diamond?

XENA

This.

The warrior held up her chakram.

XENA

I'm gonna cause an avalanche in the canyon. Which will then force Aphrodite's henchmen to detour around the lake, and bring them right to us.

She then launched her weapon and let it ricochet around and across the large lake where it struck a cliffside and caused awesome large boulders to topple over to the other side of the ridge and create a barricade on the road that Xena had figured the men that had the diamond were taking.

XENA

There, that oughta do it.

The raven-haired woman gave a satisfied smile as her chakram bounced back to her, and she sheathed it on her hip.

XENA

And now it's time for a little fun. Come on.

Gabrielle stood from where she had been sitting as Xena began walking toward the lake.

GABRIELLE

Finally.

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As the group finally made it to the lake, Xena took off in a sprint toward the water as she hastily stripped off everything but the slip she always wore under everything.

XENA

This is gonna be the best thing of your young lives! Come on, Gabrielle, let's get wet!

She ran a bit into the water before diving forward and submerging herself completely in the cool, refreshing lake.

GABRIELLE

Get wet?

The bard chuckled as she approached the edge of the water.

GABRIELLE

(Seductive tone) Oh, Xena, I've been wet for quite some time now.

Not hearing the comment from being underwater, Xena popped her head back above the surface and called to the other woman who was still on shore.

XENA

Come on, Gabrielle! Get your gear off!

Gabrielle smiled at the invitation.

GABRIELLE

Don't gotta tell me twice.

In a flash, the bard practically ripped all the clothing from her body as she completely ignored Joxer who had gotten a full view of her nude body and despite his ape-like state nearly passed out at the sight of the woman as she dove straight into the water.

XENA

Oh, Gabrielle?! Come here, I wanna show you something.

Xena called to the bard, having not noticed the woman strip down and enter the lake due to her focus being drawn to the fish swimming around her.

GABRIELLE

(Seductive tone) And I have something I wanna show you.

Not listening, the warrior dove under the water, before a moment later reemerging above the water's surface with a large fish latched onto her hand as she laughed in triumph.

GABRIELLE

(Flat tone) You have a fish, wrapped around your hand.

Gabrielle stood waist-deep in the water as she gave the other woman a baffled look while watching Xena toss the fish into a bag that was set out on the shore.

XENA

Yeah. Gabrielle, I forgot how much fun this is. Come on, give it a try. It's easy!

The bard moved deeper into the water and swam over to the other woman.

GABRIELLE

What do you do?

XENA

All you have to do is stick your hand underneath the water and feel around 'til ya find a great, big, succulent fish. And then you do this.

She brought her hand above the water and began to wiggle her fingers.

XENA

You wiggle your fingers so it looks like bait and then, Bam!

Xena mimicked a punch.

GABRIELLE

You punch it in the face? Why would I want to do that?

XENA

Because it's fun!

GABRIELLE

(Flat tone) Right, ramming my fist down the throat of an innocent, little fish isn't exactly my idea of fun.

XENA

(Slightly annoyed tone) Well, don't knock it 'til you've tried it.

With that, the warrior woman dove back under the water as Gabrielle chuckled to herself.

GABRIELLE

(Talking to herself) She wants me to fist a fish? I can barely say it, much less do it.

The blonde smirked as an image from Aphrodite's temple suddenly flashed into her mind as she continued.

GABRIELLE

(Seductive tone) Although I can think of some other places I…

A big splash cut the bard off as Xena resurfaced with two more fish on both of her hands that she swiftly tossed to the shore before finally noticing that Gabrielle didn't have anything on.

XENA

Gabrielle, is there a reason you're not wearing any clothes?

The bard smiled as she swam up close to the other women.

GABRIELLE

(Seductive tone) I think a better question is, why are you?

She slowly ran her fingertips along the warrior's collarbone, before reaching the strap to her undergarment and sliding it off her shoulder.

GABRIELLE

(Seductive tone) You know Xena, it's been a bit since we've really had some alone time together, and I've been thinking that this seems like the perfect place for doing a few things I've been wanting to try.

Xena raised her brow as she lowered her hands, and the fish she had caught swiftly swam away from the distracted warrior.

XENA

Things you've been wanting to try, huh?

The bard gave an "um-hm" as her lips found their way to the other woman's neck, and got a slightly satisfied sigh in response as her hands began to move over Xena's body beneath the water.

XENA

You do realize we're not alone, right? I'm pretty sure Joxer's around here somewhere.

The bard's mouth found its way to Xena's ear, where she lightly nibbled and tugged on the lobe before she spoke into it.

GABRIELLE

(Seductive tone) I'm not worried, he's probably off climbing some tree or something.

Xena felt the other woman's hands continue to roam over her body before finding their way around to her backside, where the blonde grabbed two full handfuls of her ass and pulled the warrior against her.

GABRIELLE

(Seductive tone) And besides, since when are you so concerned about privacy?

XENA

I'm not. But you usually are.

The raven-haired woman's breath caught in her throat for a moment when she suddenly felt Gabrielle move her leg between both of hers and bring her thigh up against the warrior's mound. Slowly, the bard began moving said leg back and forth against the sensitive area. And in response, Xena sighed contently as she felt the fervent yearning begin to awaken within her nether region.

GABRIELLE

Well, now I'm not.

(Seductive tone) So whata ya say, Xena? Why don't we see just how possible those pictures from the temple really are?

She leaned in closer to the warrior woman as she continued.

GABRIELLE

(Seductive/ teasing tone) Unless when it comes to sex, the so-called fearless warrior is actually all talk.

The comment got a slightly amused smirk from the brunette, who in response wrapped the sexually charged bard in a firm embrace.

XENA

(Seductive/ teasing tone) All talk, huh? All right then, since you're clearly in the mood, and we're both right here, let's just see about that.

Holding Gabrielle against her, Xena pressed her lips against the bards, who brought her hands up to tangle her fingers in the woman's long, jet-black hair as she began running her foot along the warrior's leg beneath the water. After a moment or so, the two women's lips parted as their tongues began to dance with a heated passion in a kiss that lasted for several long moments, before the need for air finally forced them apart. Then after they took a moment to catch their breath, each feeling their desire for more building, Gabrielle smiled as she nodded toward some wooden planks that had been set on the water by someone to create a small, make-shift dock and then proceeded to swim toward the structure, with Xena close behind.

Once they reached the dock, Gabrielle sensually whispered something into the other woman's ear before pulling herself up onto the wooden surface, as Xena bit her lip, watching the water ripple down the woman's nude body. Kneeling on the small floating platform, the blonde remained turned away from the warrior woman as she planted her hands in front of her while moving her knees far apart, fully exposing her sex to the waiting warrior. Then, looking back at Xena, the bard brought a hand between her legs and began to stroke her fingers along her own heated center, letting out a gratifying moan as her sex finally received the attention she'd been craving since leaving Aphrodite's temple. The raven-haired woman watched for a few moments as Gabrielle continued slowly guiding her fingers along her femininity, moving in long, slow motions as she sighed salaciously.

After another moment or so, her womanhood still demanding more, despite being touched, Gabrielle stroked herself a few more times as she lowered her front half down against the platform, and pressed a couple of her fingers into her warmth. Letting out a satisfying moan as she felt her opening being entered, the bard began to stroke herself from within while locking eyes with the warrior who threaded water as she watched the blonde pleasure herself.

Gabrielle's fingers thrust in and out of her opening in long, slow strokes as she savored the feeling for a few more heavenly moments, before removing her digits from inside herself and placing her hand in front of her. She then turned her head back to the warrior, giving her an alluring look in an obvious invitation for Xena to make her move regarding what Gabrielle had whispered to her not long before.

Always aiming to please her bard, and the little show sparking her own libido, with no hesitation, Xena swam up to the platform until she was right behind when the blonde knelt and reached up to softly caress and mold the woman's thighs and backside before turning around. Her hands still worked over Gabrielle's tender flesh, she leaned her head back and let the younger woman lower her wanting sex to her waiting mouth.

The blonde let out a pleasing mew as she felt the other woman's tongue make contact with her nether region. An elated smile crossed her face as she felt Xena lap at her womanhood, their positions just like she had seen in one of the various images from Aphrodite's temple that had taken up occupation in her mind since. While the warrior continued to drag her tongue over Gabrielle's center, the bard began to slowly rock back and forth against the woman's face as she relished in the salacious sensation, causing her fevered whines to grow louder.

The warrior continued to tread water as she kept her tongue moving against Gabrielle's core, who had begun to buck her hips more deliberately as she felt the familiar warmth starting to build within her depths.

GABRIELLE

(Wanting tone) Gods, yes. Please, Xena, don't stop.

The bard moaned as she gripped one of the boards on the dock and moved faster against the dark-haired woman's face. Xena groaned against the blonde's womanhood, enjoying the exquisite taste of the young woman, as she always did while listening to the symphony of the bard's heavenly cries of bliss.

Feeling herself surging closer to climax, Gabrielle continued to urge the warrior on as Xena held the squirming woman in place and sent her tongue further into the bard's sex. The organ licked, swept, and probed the blonde's feminine treasure until she started to tremble from the warrior's touch and a warmth began to fill her depths. Able to feel her orgasm just over the horizon, the bard cried out as she clung tightly to the dock while the dark-haired warrior remained relentless in her oral assault on the young woman's nether lands.

Another few moments passed as Gabrielle moaned and thrust herself against Xena's tongue until after she surged forward one more time, she felt her core start to spasm and a warming sensation flooded through her depths as her orgasm slammed into her. As a result, the blonde let out an enraptured yell as her high swept through and consumed her, while Xena continued to move her tongue against the bard's quivering sex.

After a bit, Xena finally released the blonde, who then laid flat on the dock, trying to catch her breath as the aftershocks of her high slowly began to dissipate from her still sensitive center. While she lay there, the warrior pulled herself up onto the dock to settle down beside her, as she smiled and turned. Kissing the woman, as Gabrielle savored the lingering taste of her own essence on the warrior's lips.

After a little while, once their mouths finally separated from their ravenous exploration of one another's mouths, Gabrielle let her hands glide across Xena's body, over the wet shift, that due to it being completely soaked, clung to the woman's famine form like a second skin. The bard's hand soon came to rest on the other woman's stomach, before proceeding to slowly guide it up to Xena's chest, where she smoothed her palm over the woman's breasts as her lips softly caressed the warrior's shoulder.

Xena sighed as Gabrielle's touch further fueled the desire that had been building all while she was tending to the bard's desperate carnal need. The two women's lips met several more times, before giving way to far more passionate tongues that seemed to fight for domination as they tangled between their mouths. However, the need for air was the ultimate victor of that battle, and the warrior and bard were forced to separate.

GABRIELLE

(Huffing/ seductive tone) Lay back. It's my turn to take care of you.

Obeying, Xena lowered herself down completely as the blonde pushed up the woman's shift and began to rub her hand over the warrior's mound through her underwear that was now soaked through from more just from the lake. The raven-haired warrior groaned happily as she felt Gabrielle brushing against her center, coaxing her yearning for release ever further.

Gabrielle continued to brush her fingers over Xena's center for several long moments until she heard the woman speak.

XENA

(Wanting tone) Gabrielle.

The warrior raised her head and pressed herself further against the bard's hand, giving a clear signal that she needed more than the simple petting she'd been given. Hearing the need in the raven-haired woman's voice, Gabrielle smirked as she realized the sudden role reversal that was taking place, knowing that it was typically her that was at the mercy of Xena's euphoric torture. Not to say that it wasn't fully welcomed on the younger woman's end. It was just exciting to Gabrielle to know that she could give Xena the same treatment.

GABRIELLE

(Seductive/ teasing tone) What?

She continued to rub her fingers along Xena's covered center as she spoke.

GABRIELLE

(Seductive/ teasing tone) Did you need something, Xena?

Knowing exactly what the blonde was doing, Xena grumbled to herself before speaking up again.

XENA

(Impatient tone) Just get to it already.

Gabrielle smirked as she continued to both physically and verbally tease the other woman.

GABRIELLE

(Seductive/ teasing tone) Get to what, Xena. I'm afraid you're gonna have to be a bit more specific.

She pressed a bit firmer against Xena's sex as she kept running her fingers over the fabric of the woman's undergarments, getting a deep groan in response.

GABRIELLE

(Seductive/ teasing tone) Well?

Again the warrior woman growled to herself, before after another few moments of teasing, she could no longer stand the near-literal ache she felt between her legs. So just wanting release, Xena gave in and surrendered to playing the bard's game.

XENA

(Slightly annoyed tone) For the love of Zeus, Gabrielle. Just fuck me already.

Satisfied that the comment was likely the best she was going to get from the warrior, Gabrielle decided to give the woman what she wanted and after swiftly removing Xena's underwear, had the warrior flip over to lay on her stomach. Then having Xena bend one knee to give her better access, Gabrielle laid on her side propped up on one arm next to the warrior as she moved her other hand down between Xena's legs. As her fingers just slightly touched the dark-haired woman's sex, Gabrielle could feel the avid wetness of Xena's excitement as the woman sighed at the light caress.

Moving her finger up and down Xena's womanhood, Gabrielle stroked the warrior for a little longer, before hearing the dark-haired woman let out a pleading sigh as she called her name and began to push herself back against the bard's hand in order to try to get the young woman's finger's inside of her.

Hearing the desperation in the woman's voice, and finally feeling that she had teased Xena enough, Gabrielle sank her fingers deep into the raven-haired woman's heated center. This got a contented groan from the warrior as she, at last, felt her fevered need being sated.

Beginning to move her hand, the bard weaved her fingers in and out of Xena's nether lands from behind, pressing deep into the woman with every thrust. Feeling herself being penetrated again and again, the warrior reveled in the exquisite sensation building within her depths as she moaned for Gabrielle not to stop.

Though she lay in a rather undignified position on the wooden surface in the middle of the lake, face down with her legs spread wide, and her sex fully exposed to the world, Xena's thoughts couldn't have been further from what anyone who could have happened upon the lake might see. Because at that moment, her whole reality was focused on nothing but what Gabrielle was doing to her and how incredible it felt as the bard continued to push her closer toward her jubilant oblivion.

Her orgasm stampeding ever closer as Gabrielle's fingers continuously forged into her opening, Xena's hand found its way between her legs where she began to vigorously rub her clit in quick, small circles. The additional stimulation caused the warrior to tremble and a series of profanities left her lips as only seconds later her nether region contracted rapidly around the blonde woman's fingers as Xena came. Her orgasm crashed into her hard as her depths overflowed with a warmth that momentarily carried all the warrior's conscious thoughts away like the rushing river of euphoric bliss that swept through the deepest depths of the warrior's womanhood.

Hearing the woman's enraptured cry and feeling her sex throb around her, Gabrielle drove her fingers into the woman several more times while Xena continued to move her own digits over her sensitive little nub, drawing out her orgasmic delirium for as long as she could. Then, with one more pleasure-fueled gasp, Xena fell mostly motionless as her overstimulated sex slowly began to settle, as Gabrielle stilled her hand and laid her head on the other woman's shoulder.

The pair lay there for a few moments in silence as the dark-haired woman fully came down from her orgasm-induced high. Then smiling, Xena turned her head to look at the blonde and drew her in for a passionate kiss as the two laid together for a little longer, relishing in the contentment they always felt in one anothers post-coital embrace before Xena put herself back together and the two swam back to shore.

Once back on land, Xena's fishing obsession resurfaced as she spotted her earlier catches and gathered the large sack of fish.

XENA

Gotcha, gotcha, and now I'm gonna eatcha.

She looked back at Gabrielle as the bard put the clothes she had left on the shore back on.

XENA

Hey, Gabrielle, I still think you should give bare-hand fishing a try. I'm gonna go gut these.

As Xena moved off with her arms full of fish, Gabrielle smiled as she watched the warrior walk away. Her own obsessive thoughts returned as well, despite having just acted out some of the scenes from the mural that had consumed her thoughts and having been completely satisfied for the moment, the bard now desired more and smiled to herself as she knew exactly what she would do to get the once again distracted Xena back in the mood for some more amorous fun. But as the trio's obsessions continued to maintain their hold over them, the pressing question lingered for just how far would they all go to satiate each of their undeniable desires. And if they would ever be able to break free of those obsessions, or what might happen if all logic and reason were forgotten, and the need to fulfill those obsessions completely took over. Regardless of what the consequences of doing so might be.

TO BE CONTINUED…