XXI - The Eye of the Storm

Every problem has a solution, you just have to be creative enough to find it.- Travis Kalanick

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A punch, a kick, a piruette, a dive, a dash, another punch. It was a dance. They where dancing to the rythm of danger, of death. A man and a woman, moving non-stop. The reason they where dancing? To overpower each other.

-Fynn's POV-

I guess we both don't want to actually hurt each other. I can feel her pulling her punches at the last moment. It is certainly annoying... I wonder if she will lose her patience before I do?

While thinking of this I was constantly blocking, dodging and parrying attacks. No weapons where involved yet, but I doubt that is going to last much longer.

'I wonder how Ard is doing... I think Reine left him food before we left...'

Ishtar: Hey! Don't space off like that!

Fynn: Hmm? Oh sorry, this was becoming too easy.

Ishtar: Grrr... fine. Let's take it up a notch.

Ishtar then disappeared from her place and appeared around a hundred meters away. Around her, many light orbs appeared. When she lifted on hand up, they turned into arrows.

Fynn: *sigh* How annoying...

As soon as I saw her lower her hand, I sumonned Gae Bolg. Thousands of arrows flew at neck breaking speeds towards me, and I answered in kind... I threw Gae Bolg towards Ishtar while dodging a few of the arrows. Non surprisingly, I couldn't dodge all of them. There is a difference between an actual God and beings who are close to them. Ishtar is at the same power level I am, but the difference is that I just want to punish her, not vanquish her.

When Gae Bolg passed by her she sidestepped, but she didn't expect it to be just the setup for the actual attack. Using the Hiraishin set in it, I teleported behind her and hit her with Gae Bolg, sending her flying to the ground.

Fynn: Even if you are a goddess, I am going to hurt you if that is what it takes for you to learn.

Ishtar: How... HOW DARE YOU HIT ME!

'And now she's mad.'

Ishtar then summoned her true weapon. The power only she controls. The Boat of Heaven Maanna.

Fynn: So you don't care anymore... I hope your sister forgives me after what I am about to do...

Ishtar: Ereshkigal?! When did you talk to her?

Fynn: Yesterday... she was around your shadow, idiot.

Ishtar: Don't you dare... call me an idiot.

Fynn: Idiot.

Ishtar: I'll kill you! Angalta Kigalshe!

As soon as she called it, a space rift appeared. That is her true power. The Goddess of Heaven... they don't call her like that for no reason, but that is not the only part of her that matters.

Fynn: Inanna...

Ishtar: What?! How did you call me?!

Fynn: Inanna... the Mistress of Heaven... that is how everyone else sees you.

Ishtar: Bullshit! Stop spewing bullshit! You inferior human! Shut up!

Fynn: Capricious, whimsy, annoying, easy, sensual, strong. Yet not taken seriously.

Ishtar: Stooooooop!

Fynn: When Gilgamesh said now you did this same thing... and when you lost you got someone killed in turn... so egotistical... so unfair.

Ishtar: That's it. I told you to SHUT UP!! ANGALTA KIGALSHE!!

Ishtar, now almost insane, threw her full power at me. I in turn, pointed Gae Bolg at her attack, and channeled my whole power towards it. I had no doubts of what I was going to do. It felt like a beating in my chest screaming the words to me. As if something else had been born in me. A word came to me. A word I felt was so full of power I could bend the skies to my will. So I let go of my energy and screamed at the top of my lungs.

Fynn: KEST VAHLOK AAZ!!

After I released that scream, I felt as if I had been drained of a lot of my energy. I knew what I had to do, so I threw Gae Bolg towards her Noble Phantasm. A mint colored energy formed a whirlwind around the spear and began to spin, faster, faster faster...

Fynn: WULD!

Then the Gae Bolg shot forwards as a ray of light and it crashed against Angalta Kigalshe. And all that was left is silence. Ishtar was left on the ground completely drained of energy and quite hurt. I, while on a state very similar to hers, could still move. Thus, I got closer to the goddess, and she flinched if ever so slightly.

Ishtar: How... I should win... I am the favourite...

Fynn: You might be favorited by other gods... but the world seems to love me.

Ishtar: What... what are you going to do to me?

Fynn: As I said, punish you.

Ishtar: Please... don't kill me...

Fynn: Hmm? Eri, your sister seems to have a wrong impression of me.

Ereshkigal came out of my shadow as soon as I called her name. She seems very interested by the punishment her sister will get.

Ereshkigal: She thinks you are like other males.

Fynn: I see... well, for me, her punishment will be enjoyable. I hope she doesn't find it so.

I walked over to Ishtar and healed her injuries so she wouldn't suffer from them. She was slightly resilient when I touched her, but the look of surprise when I healed her is something I'll never forget. And when she saw me talking to Eri she looked as if she had seen a ghost!

Fynn: Well... Ishtar... your punishment is going to be... spanking.

Ishtar: Please wait I... what?!

Without even waiting for her to process the idea, I set her across my lap and lifted her skirt, leaving her ass bare to the world. Then, I raised my hand and let it fall on her ass.

Ishtar: Hya!

This... this is tip quality. It is big and supple, but it maintains a certain firmness to it. And the way it jiggles when I spank it... It is becoming harder not to fondle it. And her yelps... she really is a goddess of lust too. Her cheeks are pink and her breath turned rugged.

-Quite a while later-

Fynn: You masochist... I might have to stop here or else you might attack me.

Ishtar: Please... keep going... I am addicted to your touch...

When I stopped, I noticed the sky turned dark and there is barely any light. I might have not noticed this

Fynn: ... Eri, do you know what time it is?

Ereshkigal: Currently it should be 23:00 pm, in human hours.

Fynn: WHAT?! I SPENT HALF A DAY SPANKING ISHTAR!

Ereshkigal: You looked entranced and my sister was enjoying it, so I didn't see a reason to stop you. Perhaps I should have.

Fynn: I am so dead... Kiyoko is going to kill me!

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Back at it after around a week or so! I was focusing on other projects I had abandoned so I could pick them up again. I am still working on a healthy schedule that allows me to do everything so yeah, there is that too. Sorry for the lack of uploads but we are back!

BTW, what do you think of Ishtar's punishment? And I'll explain later why he used The Tongue and spoke in Dovah.