Revealing Your Heart
Zelgadis looked up at the darkening grey sky and cursed cruel fate. He shifted
the precious bundle in his arms and desperately looked for some sort of shelter.
The day had started off normally enough, Lina, Gourry and Amelia fighting
over breakfast, but it had deteriorated rapidly from there. Soon after breakfast
they had been attacked by two Mazoku, and Lina and Zelgadis had gotten separated
from the others In their efforts to draw one of them off. They had finally
managed to kill it, but Lina had been injured and knocked unconscious byits
last blast, and then, on top of everything, it had started to snow. Mostof
the time Zel kinda enjoyed snow, but when Lina's life was at stake...
Suddenly he noticed a small building off to the right. It looked like a shepherd's
hut, and was obviously crumbling, but at this point Zel couldn't afford to
be picky about shelter, the snow was picking up, and the night would only
get colder.
"Hang on just a little longer now Lina." Zel said as he ploughed threw the
snow toward the cabin.
Well, at least it has four walls, a roof, and a door that closes. Zel took
inventory of his surroundings as he laid Lina gently down in the middle of
the wood floor. Whoever had last used this hut had obviously not followed
the travelers' code, since the place was practically stripped bare.
About the only thing left was a blanket which had obviously been missed because
it was shoved behind one of the bare shelves to keep it from leaning on the
wall. Thankfully it was in fairly good condition, there were only a couple
of moth-holes, and it was of tight-woven wool, so it should keep her warm.
Lina didn't seem to be physically injured past some minor burns to her hands
and face...The blast had burned her gloves off and charred the front of her
outfit slightly, but it shouldn't have been enough to knock her out for more
than a few minutes, and yet it had been over half an hour and she still hadn't
woken up. Zelgadis tenderly wrapped the blanket around her and Lina began
to stir.
"Oh my head hurts...Zel?" she turned toward him, "Where are we?"
"I have no idea."
"Are we safe?"
"Yes, your Ragna Blade took out that Mazoku, but he managed to hit you with
one last energy spell before he disappeared. I tried to get to you in time,
but..."
"But you were on the other side of that river still, I understand." Linasaid.
"Do you have enough energy to cast a Recovery?"
"I don't know, but I'll try."
Lina cast the healing spell and Zel shared with her what little power hehad
left. Both of them were on their last reserves of power, and Zel realized
only after Lina was healed that that little bit of power might have beenbetter
used to light a fire. But then again, there wasn't anything in ornear the
hut which might be considered firewood anyway, so it was reallya moot point.
Thoughts of fire made Zel realize just how clod it was, and he glanced down
at Lina to notice she was shivering.
"W...when d...did it g...get s...so c...cold?"Lina asked between chattering
teeth.
"After you killed the Mazoku it started to snow." Zel explained as he tucked
the blanket better around her.
"Aren't you cold?" she asked
"I'll make do." he said, "I wear more clothing than you do, and it's fairly
hard to freeze stone, after all."
"Zelgadis Greywords, don't you dare pull that 'Noble Self-sacrifice' shit
on me. Your skin MAY be stone, but you can get hypothermia just as easily
as anyone else, and you and I both know it." Lina raged.
"Honestly Lina, I'm not that cold." Zel said, trying to conceal the factthat
he was beginning to shiver.
"Fine than, if you don't want the blanket, then I don't want it either."Lina
said, eyes blazing, "My cloak will keep me warm enough." She threw theblanket
off and tucked her cloak around her, facing away from him.
It wasn't long before she started to shiver. Zel shook his head. This wouldn't
do, not at all. Picking up the blanket he went over and wrapped it around
her again, then sat back down nearby and wrapped himself tightly in his cloak,
pulling up his mask and hood to keep in as much heat as possible.
When he looked over at Lina he realized her shoulders were heaving. Was she
actually...crying? It couldn't be! But it seemed that she was. Hesitantly
he went over and laid a gentle hand on her shoulder.
"Lina, what's wrong?" he asked.
"Why do you always do that? Why do you always act like you're not worth anything,
that your death wouldn't matter? Why can't you understand that if anything
ever happened to you I'd die? I know I'm obnoxious and not very ladylike,
not to mention not much to look at, but why can't you realize how special
you are to me? I love you so much." She started sobbing.
Zel quickly recovered from his shock and pulled her into his arms, rocking
her back and forth. "Shh, shh Lina, it's alright." he soothed, "I never realized
you might..." he took a deep breath, "I love you too."
"You..." Lina hiccuped, "You do?" She looked up at him.
He nodded.
Lina shakily wiped her eyes.
"I do." he said softly.
Gleefully Lina threw her arms about him and kissed him. "Zel!" she crowed
happily.
Suddenly Zelgadis didn't feel nearly so cold as he had a few minutes ago.
He blushed brightly, but hugged and kissed her back. "Don't let anyone tell
you you're not much to look at. You are by far the most beautiful woman I
know. I just don't think you deserve a freak like me."
Lina frowned at him. "You are NOT a freak, and if I have to prove that to
you I will." She began to kiss him vehemently.
"Lina, what are you...mmmph!" Zel tried to object, but Lina kissed his mouth
shut.
She shrugged off her cloak and undid the clasp of his, pushing it off him.
She undid his belts and pulled his tunic up, running her hands over his well-sculpted
torso.
((sorry minna, I just couldn't resist! ^~.~^V))
When she finally broke the kiss to breath, Zel caught her hands. "Lina, this
isn't like you, what's going on?" He looked concerned.
"What do you mean?" She stretched her head down to kiss his neck.
Zel backed up as far as he could without letting go of her hands. "Lina,you're
not yourself. I think the blast from the Mazoku did something to you."
"I understand..." Lina sniffled, "I know I'm immature and underdevelopedand
not very desirable and..."
"No, no!" Zel cut her protest off and hugged her tight, "That's not it at
all. I just think things are moving a little fast is all."
"I don't think so." Lina disagreed, "If there was any result of the Mazoku's
blast it was only a little less emotional control."
Zel looked her in the eyes and tried to gauge if she was really all right.
"I just don't want you to regret anything." he said seriously.
"The only thing I could possibly regret is not doing this sooner." Lina said,
and he could see the honesty in her eyes.
He pulled her in close again and kissed her, smoothing his hands down her
arms and around her back. "I've dreamed of this for ages." he whispered as
he kissed along her jawbone. He slipped his gloves and tunic off the rest
of the way, then slid his hands up under the back of the halter top she wore
over her tunic. It was badly enough charred that the little extra bit ofpressure
tore it right off.
Lina giggled. "Oh well," she said, "it would have happened sooner or later."
Zel worked his way down her front, unbuttoning her tunic one button at atime,
trailing kisses all the way down as she explored the contours of hisbackwith
her hands. Once he had unbuttoned down to her waist, he slippedthe garment
down her arms to expose her perfect, if petite, breasts. Linablushed andlooked
down and away, sure he would be disappointed.
Zelgadis was nobody's fool, he knew what was going through her head...and
it was utterly ridiculous. He slid his hands over to cup her breasts andthey
fit perfectly. He began to lightly massage them with his fingertipsand kissed
her at the pulse point of her jaw, then whispered seductivelyin her ear,"They
fit as though they were made for me. After all, who needsmore thana handful?"
He emphasized this point by rubbing his thumbs acrossboth hernipples, eliciting
a moan of pleasure. "Nope, no way I'd ever needanythingmore." he said as
he bent his head down to suckle at her left breast.
It was at this point that Lina realized something she had already known but
never really processed...Zel had fangs. Not big ones, but they were definitely
there. As he wrapped his lips around her areola and pulled the nipple into
his mouth with hard suction, the tender skin scraped along the sharp little
projections, sending down a shockwave which centered and tingled betweenher
legs. Lina groaned with disappointment as his mouth left her breast,but he
was only switching sides, and soon she was fairly writhing with thepleasurable
sensations her body was experiencing. She heard someone makingsqueaky, moaning
sounds and realized with no small amount of shock that theywere coming from
her.
When both her breasts were rosy as cherries from the sweet suction Zel had
applied he looked briefly up at Lina's face. She was flushed and her eyes
were faintly glazed. He took the lone blanket which had caused all this and
laid it atop both their cloaks to create some sort of a pallet on the hard
wood floor, then picked her up and shifted her onto it. Pushing her gently
backward, he first slid her boots off, then finished unbuttoning her tunic
and pushed it away. Tenderly he kissed her tiny waist. Somehow even though
he was in nothing but pants, he hardly even felt the cold as he slipped his
fingers under the waistband of her heavy hose, then slid them down her well-proportioned
hips.
At this point Lina spoke up. "Oh no Zel, you have to follow the pattern...you
go first."
Zel blushed but also smiled. Standing up, he kicked off his boots, then slid
his pants off and kneeled back down.
Lina sat up and leaned forward to see him better. His fully engorged member
was of goodly size...not so big as to be frightening, but certainly awe-inspiring,
and with a couple of the pebbles which dotted his body just above the root
of it. Fascinated, Lina reached out to touch it. At Zel's indrawn gasp of
pleasure, Lina grew bolder. Wrapping her hand fully around his shaft, she
slid slowly up and down it, brushing her thumb over the top of it now and
then.
Soon it became too much for Zel. Reaching for her, he slid her hose downfurther,
until he could see her crinkly copper thatch of hair peeking outover thetop
of them, then slid his hand between Lina's legs. As his fingerspartedher
nether lips, he could feel the slick wetness of her arousal onthem. Gently
he brushed his fingers along the length of her slit, causingher to grasphim
harder. This was the final straw. With his free hand hepushed her downonto
their makeshift pallet, then slid her hose the restof the way off. Spreading
her legs wide, he glanced at her, and saw his permissiongiven by the desire
in her eyes.
"Zel, I love you very much, and I want this very much." Lina said, reaching
up to brush her fingers over his face.
He caught one of them gently in his mouth and sucked on it to distract her
as he slowly pushed into her. When he came to the barrier of her virginity
he stopped.
"Zel, it's okay." Lina reassured him. Wrapping her legs around his slender
hips, she squeezed, pushing him through her body's thin defense and burying
him to the hilt within her. Lina gasped as she felt for the first time the
sensation of being filled by a man...and not just any man, but the man she
so dearly loved. As he began instinctively to move within her, she gasped
a second time as the strategically located pebbles rubbed tenderly against
her most sensitive spot.
Her gasps and moans of pleasure encouraged him, and Zel picked up the pace,
sinking himself over and over again into her warm, tight flesh, the pebbles
rasping back and forth over her sensitized pearl.
Finally it was too much for Lina. "Zelgadis!" she screamed as she crashed
over the barrier into orgasm.
The rippling contractions of her tunnel sent el over the edge as well, and
with an inarticulate cry he came, the rippling muscles milking him spurtby
spurt until there was no more to come.
Zel had just enough presence of mind to make sure he collapsed beside Lina
rather than on top of her before the "Little Death" claimed him and he briefly
passed out.
When he came to, Lina was smiling but shivering slightly. In one swift maneuver
he rolled onto the other side of her, bringing the blanket with him and creating
a warm little cocoon in which they might sleep out the night in relativecomfort.
Lina snuggled up to him and he wrapped his arms around her.
"Love you." he said.
"Love you too."
They both drifted off to sleep happy and sated.