Chapter 0 - A Worthy Lover

Ezekiel Wyndcall stepped through the door to Agliophilia. His quest had led him here: to Asmana. From what he knew, his father had visited this arena and tested himself while searching for a fortune to support him and his mother. However, his mother had passed on and Ezekiel had left home after coming of age to search for his father.

He had been told that every outsider worth his or her salt would come to Agliophilia. So he had hoped his father would come here. Maybe he would still be here, testing his mettle against others. Ezekiel could only hope, although he doubted he'd find his father as the place was packed with people. He sat down on a spare seat and scanbned the area, looking for anything or anyone that might help him.

He suddenly noticed a young hybrid nearby; unlike any he'd ever seen. She was female; that much was obvious. Her fur was bright yellow except for her cheeks, red as roses. Her ears had a tinge of jet-black that matched her hair. Strangest of all was that her body seemed to crackle with electrical power-he could feel it. She also had a tail in the shape of a lightning bolt. She was wearing some simple leather armour that most adventurers wore around Asmana. It was rather tight fitting, leaving little to the imagination about her figure; voluptous from the waist down and a rather large bust, but otherwise quite athletic. 

A man with greyish hair tapped him on the shoulder and quietly told him. "Some advice, friend. Honesty is often the best policy when it comes to women."

"And if she rejects me?" Ezekiel asked, snapping out of staring at her.

"Then you accept her rejection." He replied, shrugging. "You can't control anyone's thoughts but your own, lad."

Ezekiel gulped, but steeled himself and walked towards her. "You seem familiar my dear; have I fought you somewhere before?"

She turned to him with a smile. "I don't think so. I've come here from a long way away. Harumi." She answered, offering her hand.

"Ezekiel Wyndcall. I've also come a long way; from the Land of Zaxler." he replied taking her hand.

Harumi looked surprised. "That's across the Ocean of Sy eastwards, right? I've come from the other side of Yomfall Mountain to the west."

"Yeah, the boat ride took 3 weeks to get here...Okay, I'm just going to skip the small talk and say it outright: I think you're very beautiful and would very much like to spend a night with you." Ezekiel told her, hoping she would agree.

Harumi was taken slightly aback at his bluntness. "Well, at least we don't have to worry about discussing the weather." she joked "But that was about as subtle as a lightning storm." 

She looked him up and down, intrigued by his muscular physique, and he knew she could feel his own electrical magic inside. She licked her lips and told him "Okay, I will make you an offer; we fight in the arena. The winner gets to do anything they want to the loser. Anything." She said the last word with a certain hunger that told Ezekiel she wouldn't be gentle if she won.

However, Ezekiel smiled and offered his hand with a simple word: "Deal." Harumi shook his hand, smiling mischievously. 5 minutes later Ezekiel stood in the arena across from Harumi. He wasn't sure how powerful her magic was, as this was both of their first fights, but he was sure he could handle it.

A female voice rang out across the arena: "Ladies and gentlemen! Man and mer alike! Today we have a match between two recent arrivals to our land! On one side, we have Ezekiel Wyndcall! On the other, we have Harumi! Two wielders of lightning magic, but who can better  channel Ventus' power? Let us not tarry in finding out! The match begins!"

Ezekiel drew his sword and ran his magic through it, lighting up the silver edge with the familiar faint glow. Harumi channeled her magic into her hands-the energy crackled all through her body. They both entered a battle ready stance; Ezekiel drew the sword handle level with his shoulder, pointing the tip at his opponent. Harumi placed a clenched fist at her side and turned sideways with one hand raised in an open palm.

Then they charged.

Ezekiel struck first-an upward slash of his blade that caught Harumi's torso and sent her reeling. The young man smiled; he'd gotten the first hit. He had the advantage. He pressed his attack, doing a series of swipes that Harumi was forced to weave back and forth to avoid. She suddenly stopped the blade with her left forearm and delivered an electrified punch so forceful it staggered Ezekiel. She took the moment to back away and catch her breath.

As Ezekiel recovered from the punch, Harumi swung another fist at him that caught him in the jaw. She followed with a flying kick that Ezekiel just managed to dodge. He slashed at her but she backstepped away and fired a bolt of lightning that he blocked with his sword. Rather than reflect it back at Harumi however, the sword absorbed the lightning.

Ezekiel channeled his own energy into the sword and shot the blast of lightning back; it only just missed Harumi but singed a hole in the wall where it struck. The two both attacked and Harumi struck this time with an elbow to Ezekiel's face that knocked him down. He rolled back onto his feet and blocked her attempted roundhouse kick with his arm. He thrust his sword but she backflipped, kicking the sword out of his grip. 

She delivered a hard right punch and grabbed him by the wrists as he landed on the floor before sending a surge of electrical power through his body. The pain was immense, and it was only through blasting lightning magic out of himself that he was able to stun her long enough to kick her away.

He rolled away from her and grabbed his sword just in time to slash her arm as she dived at him. But her attacks were relentless-she threw bolt after bolt at him, and he could only block them with his sword as she advanced on him. She dived and he guarded his head with the blade, realizing too late she was diving at his lower half. She tackled him and the sword was knocked from his grasp a second time. He rolled backwards and kicked her off again but staggered to his feet, his energy drained.

While he was stunned, Harumi unleashed all of her power in a single thunderbolt that struck Ezekiel directly. The pain was excruciating and he was knocked backwards with the force, shouting his agony to the arena. He attempted to get up but his strength had gone-his power felt broken. He'd given his all, but it just wasn't enough. He was beaten and he knew it. "I concede..." he told the arena at large. He wasn't even angry or ashamed that he lost-it was a good fight.

He was helped to his feet by Harumi, who looked as if it was her day of birth come early. The healers of the arena gave them each a healing potion that eased their pains. It surprised Ezekiel how many healers there were, but he supposed so many were needed in a fighting arena. Harumi led him to Bluegrass afterwards, though he couldn't work out why. She was smiling the whole way there, however. It was a large city split into a House District where most people lived, a Temple District for worship and priest/ess living, a Graveyard District for the dead and a Court District, where the City's Council members lived.

She led him down the House District to the Bluegrass Inn. It wasn't as crowded as he thought, seeing as it was late afternoon. Harumi almost skipped over to the barmaid; a mature and muscled Orc woman whom Ezekiel wouldn't want to cross.

"Hey Maxime." Harumi sang.

"Harumi. Here for the Kanto Wine again?" Maxime asked, wiping down a glass.

Harumi answered quietly, handing over a small coin purse "Actually, I'd like to rent the attic room for the night."

Maxime suddenly noticed Ezekiel and a smile crept over her face. "Done. Anything else?"

"Yes, I'm going to need the...cellar equipment." Harumi placed an emphasis on "cellar" that Ezekiel wasn't sure if he liked. 

Maxime's eyes lit up slightly but she sighed. "I only wish I could watch. I'll bring it up shortly."

Harumi beckoened Ezekiel to some stairs and he followed her up them to a large and spacious room with a huge bed full, not of straw, but wool. The bed also had bars on the top and bottom of it, but the sides were bare. Ezekiel placed a hand on the bed and pressed lightly-it felt soft, but didn't yield too much.

"Well, aren't you going to strip?" Harumi asked "It'll be hard to do what I want to you while you've still got that armour on."

Ezekiel didn't wear much armour, although he turned around for her as he stripped it off. She bit her lip as she watched, eating the sight. When he stripped off his loincloth she let out a small gasp. Ezekiel wasn't large in terms of length, but he had more girth than most men. Harumi muttered to herself "It's been a while since I've seen one that thick...this is going to be fun." 

The attic door creaked open and Maxime came inside holding a huge wooden chest by the handles. She looked Ezekiel up and down, but her thoughts were hard to read. She placed the chest at the foot of the bed and opened it. The sight of it's contents surprised Ezekiel: chains and cuffs, various dick-shaped toys made from materials ranging from wood to bone to tusk.

Harumi drew a pair of chain shackles from the chest and cuffed one hand, snaked the chain through the bars and cuffed the other hand, leaving them above his head and impossible to break out of. With his arms secured so, he was a bit nervous about what Harumi was doing. Her smile was what made him nervous. She seemed to pick up on this, because she told him "I wouldn't  worry about what I'm going to do, Ezekiel. I'd worry about what I'm *not* going to do." as she stripped off her armour to reveal a generous pair of breasts and a nicely shaped ass.

She began gently stroking his hardening cock. Her hands were soft as wool, and she took care to make sure her nails didn't dig in at all. She also vibrated her hand lightly, which enhanced the pleasure Ezekiel was getting from the handjob. It felt blissful. Divine, even.

But then Harumi's hand lifted away. She sent a lightning charge through it, replacing all the previously felt pleasure with a shoot of pain. It hurt like nothing else Ezekiel had ever felt. But his cock was still hard despite the shock. "Silly you. You don't think I'd let you finish that early, did you?" Harumi said teasingly. 

She reached into the chest and took out one of the toys: it was a set of small beads made from polished wood with a ring on the end. He understood instantly: he almost protested before remembering that she beat him in their match-this was his punishment. Slowly, one by one, she fed the beads into his ass. He stifled a moan as she pulled at the ring lightly, but not pulling them out.

Her hands began stroking him again, with speed this time. He had never felt his cock milked so quickly before, and he could feel an orgasm quickly building. But then Harumi's hands lifted again and she cruelly smiled. Ezekiel groaned. "Please let me cum. Please, Harumi." he begged her.

"No. We're not done yet." she replied offhandedly, wrapping another hand around his cock. She sent another lightning charge through it, sapping all the pleasure away from it but keeping it firmly hard. She bent over and sampled his precum in a long, tantalizing lick before smiling to herself and placing either of her huge breasts around Ezekiel's thick cock. Before he could say or do anything in response, she began stroking his cock with them.

Her huge tits felt amazing wrapped around his cock, and she made sure to go slowly to drag out the intense pleasure. He began lightly thrusting upwards in response, and Harumi smiled. She wrapped her lips around the tip of his cock and sucked lightly, her tongue massaging the slit. She began speeding up the titjob as well as her sucking, causing Ezekiel to leak precum endlessly. She gave a soft moan at the taste and Ezekiel felt himself finally approaching climax.

But then she suddenly stopped and sent a third charge of agony through his crotch. At the same time, she pulled the beads out of his ass-all five of them-in under a second. He almost shouted his discomfort this time, and felt close to tears of frustration. "I think that's enough teasing." Harumi said, more to herself than to Ezekiel "I'm too eager to feel that inside me to drag it out more..."

She swung her leg over him and straddled his waist, rubbing her wettening pussy against his cock. She didn't stay there long, however-she was clearly eager to feel it inside her. She lifted his cock upwards and wasted no time in sinking down onto it. Her pussy was so tight that she had trouble fully sinking down onto it. Ezekiel could only thrust upwards slightly in answer as she let out a long moan of pleasure.

Harumi lifted herself up again, pushing down on his stomach with her hands. She rested, letting herself fall onto his cock again. At the same time, a lightning charge shot through Ezekiel's stomach between her hands and he jumped slightly with the pain. "S-sorry...I'm not used to...taking cocks...this thick..." she told him, take a short breather before lifting herself up again.

She lowered herself onto his cock slower this time, her tongue hanging out slightly as her breathing quickened. She sank onto him fully and moved her hips form side to side, massaging his cock with her inner walls and getting herself used to his thickness. It felt beyond words, and Harumi's moans were music to Ezekiel's ears. Harumi lifted herself up and lowered herself again, slowly building speed with each push onto his girth.

She rode his cock with a certain fury-nay, a hunger to feel it inside of her. She built up speed until she was riding his cock like it was an addiction. She slammed onto him hard and fast, without sign of stopping or slowing down. With one hand pushing down Ezekiel's torso every time she lifted and the other massaging her clit, her breasts bounced freely in an almost hypnotic motion. With every push onto his cock she sang her ecstasy to him, her tongue hanging out as if she'd been fucked silly.

Her pussy walls suddenly tightened around his member and she shook violently as she came. However, she didn't shout or scream as Ezekiel thought she would, and she continued riding him even as the orgasm ended. She suddenly bent over and kissed him full on the lips, her tongue thrusting into his mouth and twirling around his own.

Ezekiel could hold back no longer; shooting into her pussy and filling her up with hot cum. She let out a long sigh of pleasure in response. She collapsed onto his chest and seemed slightly weak as she lifted a hand up to zap the cuffs and free his hands. Absentmindedly, still dazed from the relief of finally cumming, he wrapped his arms around her and squeezed her into him. She let out a soft sigh and embraced him deeper.

Ezekiel woke up to Harumi still embracing him as the morning light shone into the room. He lightly stroked her hair and her eyes fluttered open. The two smiled at each other and got up together.

"Well I can't honestly say you're the most considerate lover..." Ezekiel told her as they got dressed.

"Aww, don't tell me you didn't love every minute of it." Harumi answered, pouting jokingly.

"Those lightning charges hurt like a brick to the face, you know." Ezekiel told her. 

She laughed in answer. "That's the idea, silly."

The two finished dressing in silence and headed down the stairs together. Maxime and Harumi exchanged smiles as they headed out of the door and looked over the people emerging from their homes. Harumi and Ezekiel looked at each other. "If you're still up for it, I'll give you a rematch later this week." Harumi told him, nudging him lightly.

Ezekiel answered "Thanks, but one night of that is more than enough for the whole month."

"Oh, so I'll give you a rematch in a month then." Harumi countered, winking.

"If I stay in this land that long." Ezekiel sighed. He looked into her eyes and told her "Take care of yourself, Harumi." He held a hand out.

"You too, Ezekiel." She answered, taking his hand. However, she pulled him close and pecked him on the lips. "For luck in your quest." she smiled.

Ezekiel walked down the House District and into the new day, grinning like an idiot. He'd only arrived in this new land recently, but he was already starting to like it here. He couldn't help but let his mind wander thinking about other encounters he might have in this new and wonderous realm.