The Azra-El Series Ch. 16

"That was awesome," he repeated when she came back.

"Sorry about getting you wet," she apologized. "Do you want me to take you around the lake? You can ride on my back!" she asked him innocently.

However, before he could reply, a voice startled them out of their own little world. "Azalea!"

Blaze and Azalea turned towards the voice to find a dark-haired angel hovering over the bank behind them. She had narrow green eyes, and her black hair seemed to have a dark green tinge to it. A pair of long, whitish, pale green wings gently flapped to keep her afloat in mid-air. There was something familiar about her, but Blaze couldn't place it.

"Hey, mother. Time to go?" Azalea said, seeming a little down about being unable to show off more.

"Azalea," the angel said stiffly. "I told you to not prance around naked while you're amongst other angels. It's not proper. Come out and wear your clothes."

"Yes, mother," Azalea answered, dematerializing her fish tail and wading up to the shore. Blaze followed her. She made sure to clean her long hair and held it up in a ponytail, before she stepped on to the shore.

Azalea's mother landed while the nymph quickly dried herself with a towel before putting on a light blue frock.

"Azalea, did you eat those mamgi? Its public property, but they are not meant for outsiders!" she told her disapprovingly, pointing at the large mamgi seeds lying by the tree.

"She gave them to me," Azalea said, giving Blaze a quick look.

Blaze nodded to her mother.

"The Blazing Fury shouldn't be taking things that don't belong to her, either," the angel said, surprising both Azalea and Blaze.

"You know me?" he asked her warily. Her confidence in her statement meant more than simply knowing him through the newspaper.

"Our paths have crossed once before at Cali, but that is not why I know you. It's only normal for me to be aware of my future business partner's looks," she said with a tiny smile. "Agatha Agnes mentioned that you were here with your mother."

"Oh! You're the silk tycoon... and you were with Princess Ying Yue Shangdi at the Cali auction!" Blaze said, as things began to fall in place.

"Indeed. However, silk is only one of my businesses. I am Baozhai Rong, and it's a pleasure to meet you, Blaze Er Lokra."

"You're the Blazing Fury?! You said you were Brachel!" Azalea exclaimed from the side. She seemed even more excited than whilst she was showing off her swimming skills.

"It was Rachel. Why would anyone be named Brachel?" he corrected her.

"I donno," Azalea shrugged. "Angels have weird names."

"I guess... Sorry about lying, I am Blaze Er Lokra," he said, reintroducing himself.

"Blistering Barnacles!" Azalea exclaimed with an impish grin. "Hey, I heard you were as strong as a bison. Wanna arm-wrestle me?" she asked playfully.

"Not now, Azalea. Our coach to Izag is waiting. However, I am sure you will be seeing each other again," Baozhai answered for him. "Miss Blaze, do you know when Medina Agnes might be back in town?"

"Medina is not here?"

"No. Her store is locked. But it's nothing to worry about, we were not planning on meeting today. I was just passing by for one of my other businesses," she reassured him. "Do you need to be escorted back to your mother?"

"No, thank you."

"Then we shall take our leave," she said, wrapping an arm around Azalea and spreading her wings.

"Bye, Blaze. I hope to see you again soon. I will be cheering for you at the tournament," Azalea told him with a cheerful wave of her hand.

"Thanks, Az. Make sure to prepare well for our arm-wrestling match," he smirked back at her. Tehehe.

Azalea's eyes widened as her mother took off into the sky. Blaze suddenly realized that he had Azalea's ornament in his hand, but they were too far away to call them back, So, he quickly put it in his space ring, hoping to give it back the next time they met.

***

Blaze made sure that the two angels were out of sight, before jumping behind a tree and changing into a dry pair of shorts. As the light of day began to dim, he decided to head back to their camp.

The sun had set behind the mountains, but there was still enough of its glow for him to find his way to their camp.

Jie Er was nowhere around, but he found a pile of berries lying at their usual spot beside the campfire. He quickly lit up the pit, placed his sleeping bag in front of it, and sat down staring into the flames as he popped the berries into his mouth, one by one. Just like the saraph, the berries had grown on him.

His thoughts once again returned to the mystery angel who seemed to have an inexplicable effect on him. He had a strong inkling that Lynn was not her real name, just like he wasn't Rachel. Was she a Huldra? He shook his head and lay down on his sleeping bag. Why would a Huldra so blatantly target me? Besides, all my encounters with her have been by mere chance. He closed his eyes in thought, but instead, drifted off into a fitful sleep.

He had a nightmare.

It involved him and a demonic Jie Er, who tied him up and trained him in bed. Dressed in a skin-squeezing leather harness, she cackled like a demon while riding him and forcing him not to cum. When she leaned in with an evil smirk and wrapped her hands around his neck, he was startled into wakefulness.

He jumped in his sleeping bag, only to be weighed down by a body over his hips. Raising his head, he found himself staring at a long and slim back that narrowed even more at the waist, suddenly widening into beautiful hips and an amazing ass. The smooth, bouncy butt was firmly pasted over his groin as it rubbed against his member.

"Hey," Thyra said to him, looking over her shoulder with her usual solemn expression. Her thick and long golden blonde hair was hanging to the front and did not obstruct his view.

"What the Hela are you doing?" Blaze asked, alarmed. Thyra turned away without bothering to respond, wordlessly continuing to grind herself over him.

He tried to get up, but a pair of strong hands pushed down on his chest. "Don't worry. Jie Er explained this to us, and we wanted to try it ourselves," Valinna said to him. She was lying naked against his side, with nothing but her tattoos to cover her. "I know you liked these. I saw you staring at them," she said, bringing her chest towards his face.

Blaze's eyes roved over her intricate tattoos of vines and flowers, before falling on the pale white skin of her breasts. Her tiny pink nipples were perked up in arousal. Ah, what the heck! He said to himself, before leaning into her breast. Flicking her nipple with his tongue, he enclosed his lips around it and lightly pulled.

Valinna hissed. Taking his hand in hers, she placed it on her other breast. He massaged it for a moment, before he began to travel on her skin, trying to feel her tattoos with his fingers; but he couldn't even feel a trace of them -- they melded into her skin too well.

After a while, Blaze's attention was drawn away by a sudden removal of the weight over his groin. He glanced down and beheld Thyra's puffy lips separated by a thin reddish-pink cleft, drenched in the fluids leaking out of her. A tiny puckered hole sat a little higher and stared right back at him.

If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will reach back for you -- Blaze Er Lokra.

Thyra reached for his cock from her behind and raised it to brush herself between her lips, before finally lining it with her entrance. She slowly descended.

She was wet, warm and tight. He watched her lips spread apart as she speared herself on his... well, spear. She paused halfway and rose up, before going back down on.

Blaze and Valinna watched until Thyra's butt was all the way down and touching Blaze's groin. The way she was sitting spread her cheeks apart and made her vulnerabilities completely visible.

Blaze couldn't help reaching out and clamping a paw on her butt cheek. He caressed her as she ground her butt into him, reaching his thumb to her puckered hole. He brushed some of her fluid off their connection and used it to play with her anus.

Noticing Blaze interest in having a view of Thyra, Valinna moved to sit behind him. She took his head in her hands and shuffled forwards to place him between her thighs. He felt her warmth through his hair as she leaned in to rest her breasts on his forehead, while they watched Thyra rise and push back down.

Thyra began to increase her speed as she slowly got used to having him inside her. Her initial soft moans turned a pitch higher as her arms moved up and down her body and breasts. Finally, she squeezed her breasts between her arms and holding her face between her hands, she began to bounce over him.

She pushed her hair to the back, and the long, braided hair dangled over his groin, tickling his lower stomach as she hopped.

Suddenly, she let out a loud cry and came. Her insides clenched and spasmed, hungrily seeking his essence, and Blaze decided to grant them their wish. But before he could cum, he heard two voices.

"You pervert!"

"How could you!?"

He looked towards them to find Azalea and Lynn staring at him -- one embarrassed and aghast, while the other was hurt and ashamed.

That's when he really woke up from his dream.

***

As Blaze sat up on his arms, he found Jie Er cooking their dinner and gazing deeply into the campfire. He shook his head at himself. Reality was always much clearer and fluid, but somehow, his dream self never seemed to notice the difference.

Jie Er glanced at him, and her eyes briefly passed over the tent in his shorts. "Good dream?" she asked.

"Partly. You apparently sent Valinna and Thyra to address my needs," Blaze told her, unabashedly.

"I can see why that would only be partly good," she said, and Blaze didn't bother to correct her assumption. It had been a weird dream.

"Where have you been? You look exhausted," he asked her instead, noticing her drawn eyes and the general sense of lethargy in her movements.

"Been training. My second pair is halfway healed, and useable for now. The best part is that all this while, they've been growing like normal arch wings. Once they are completely healed, you won't even know they'd been sick," she said, happily.

"I am glad for you, aunty. How can the Blazing Fury's mother be an average archangel?" he told her, almost immediately realizing the slip of his tongue.

But, Jie Er did not pick at his words. She simply agreed.

"Um... Aunty, I did not get a chance to pick up the bardiches..."

"Don't worry about it. I will get them tomorrow afternoon."

Damn! Part of the reason he forgot the bardiches was because he was hoping to be sent back to town. Maybe play a game of flyball or two. He would take any breaks in training he could get.

"Aunty... tell me," he began to ask another question on his mind, "can a Huldra affect you just by looking into your eyes?"

"Have you met a Huldra?" Jie Er perked up.

"I am not sure. I've met this girl. Every time I see her, I get into this daze. I can't seem to take my eyes off her eyes, and I kinda get lost in them. Strange thing is that all our meetings have been brief, and I don't even know how she looks," he explained.

"Hmm. It doesn't sound like a Huldra charm at all. If a Huldra can charm someone by simply looking into their eyes, they'd have taken over Azra-El by now. But it does sound like you might've met a potential Kindred," Jie Er wondered.

"Uh, what?"

"A Kindred. A kindred pair is how you get a dual-parent child. I've heard that their initial meetings can sometimes be overwhelmingly emotional. Your symptoms match a kindred pair more than some Huldra conspiracy," Jie Er elaborated.

"You're saying I am infatuated over some random angel, with whom I have to spend the rest of my life? I don't even know what she looks like! She maybe a raving carnike for all I know!" Blaze protested.

"You don't have to do anything, Blaze. Whether you become a kindred pair or not is ultimately up to you, isn't it? There have been kindred pairs who've hated each other, sometimes even on their first meeting. Choice is ultimately the most important thing," she said.

Later that night, Jie Er came into their tent and began to remove her day clothes. It was normal, so Blaze didn't think much of it. However, Jie Er did not bother to put on her shift as she joined him in bed.

She placed a palm over the tent in his shorts and spoke, "Since this is my fault and we are taking a break from training, I guess I should take care of it."

"Aunty..." Blaze whispered unsurely, a trace of fear flashing through his eyes.

Jie Er placed a hand over his heart and spoke to him with gentle eyes, "There is nothing to fear. You don't have to fear for me or for yourself, not around me. And, I will never fear you."

Through her hand, Jie Er felt his heartbeat dither, as varying emotions flicked over his face. Logic and the soft comfort of her hand over his heart managed to calm him. Despite his inhibitions, blue balls were a real thing, so he slowly relented.

Jie Er lowered her head to his shorts and pulled them down with her teeth. Blaze's heartbeat once again intensified, but for very different reasons than before. His prick sprang up from his shorts and hit Jie Er in the nostrils. She took in his smell before wrapping her mouth around him.

She sucked him dry before pulling off his clothes and mounting him. She then rode him into blissful ecstasy.

oOo

The young angels of Puhar once again gathered to play their flyball game the next day. But before they could begin, one of the younger angels brought out a page of the Aranyan Weekly.

"Mythili, look at this," the younger angel said, giving the paper to the black-haired ivka. The rest of the inquisitive angels surrounded them. The article was about the Blazing Fury and Sky.

"We've read this Naina," Mythili told the girl.

"Yes. But take a good look at the Blazing Fury!" she said excitedly.

The picture wasn't very clear, and it took a moment for Mythili to connect the features. "Pegasi Whiskers! Did we play flyball with the Blazing Fury?" she said confounded.

"I think so!"

"This is awesome. We even beat her at Flyball. That's something we can tell our grandkids. She was such a cool kid, too. I hope she'll come to see us again."

"I kinda like those clothes she wears. Do you know where I can get something like that?" Naina wanted to know.

oOoOo

Author's Note: I was not a fan of writing that Jie Er scene, but I felt it was necessary for the plot. I do not wish to write many more of them. Please try not to appraise the chapter for that one scene.

On the other hand, tell me the truth. How many of you enjoyed Blaze's training misery this chapter? You sadistic people! Haha, jk. You don't have to tell me anything.

How was the training montage and Blaze's 'descent into madness'? Up to expectations? Feel free to share your thoughts.

I've never been expressly emotional, so I have no idea how I managed to write that scene.

Disclaimer: I've never had snake before and I don't know how they taste. Don't eat them unless necessary.

Q&A

Q. Freak! Is Blaze going to be a Thanos with two gauntlets?

A. Is that even a question? Muhahahahaha. Jk. Blaze is still a good chap. Well, I guess Thanos is too, if not for his madness.

Q. Is that it about who Jie Er is? Kinda disappointing...

A. You only came to know about Jie Er's mom. Not who Jie Er is :P.

Q. Is the clothing business gonna be a get rich scheme for Blaze?

A. Not really. It's a logical business venture born out of things falling in place. It will be successful, but it won't be making anyone a billionaire overnight.

Q. Why didn't the people of Puhar recognize him?

A. Why should they? They are still not that used to his face. He has only been in the paper a couple of times. Why would they expect him to be in Puhar? If he was in a larger city however, I think he maybe be recognized sooner.

Q. Isn't Blaze a little too emotional? He has cried twice in the series.

A. Maybe. But he has only cried in front of Jie Er and both times it was because he felt he had hurt her badly.

Q. Will Blaze be an archangel soon? (MasterPD)

A. I guess I wasn't able to properly convey how powerful an archangel is. Jie Er is currently an archangel and she is very powerful even with a pair of diseased wings. A twenty-year-old archangel will be story breaking. The ass whooping Blaze received from Jie Er in this chapter should shed some light on how much stronger her needs to get.

Let's see if I can put it in an analogy using sport. If Deities are professional players, Archangels are at varsity college level. Elyssa will be participating at a high school level. Blaze is equivalent to a badass grade schooler competing in a tournament with middle school kids. He can hardly fight against strong angels, let alone archangels.

Will Blaze be an arch? Yes, but not yet. He may even be a Deva someday, but that's too far away.

Q. Such intense training! How is the tournament going to be?

A. There is at least one intermediate chapter, but yes the tournament will better than anything I've written thus far (in my opinion at least). Might not have as much sexual content though. But that won't stop me from trying to sneak in some titillating scenes.

Q. Do you travel on dragon farts? What do you even eat to make do much gas? What happens if you're near a star when you fart? What if you fart on a planet so small that the wind carries the farts back to you? (DrasticXplorer)

A. No, I don't travel on farts, but I can. I eat stars -- they are pretty gassy. If I fart on a star, it becomes bigger. No planet will survive any fart of mine. Be grateful I don't fart on yours.

Response to Comments:

A lot more of you read that bit about the spy than I intended or expected. So, who's the spy? Not tellin'.

Thank you all for your unwavering interest and support.

ReaderReaderfic: I hope both Jie Er's strength and her training was up to your satisfaction :P.

Wankr65: I hope I am gonna legit scare you with what happens in the tournament. Teach the Cardinal of the Malakim? She is a bit much for the current Blaze. But rest assured, the Malakim will get their due (Winks), though it may not be for a while. Btw, what do you think of gauntlets? They are not heavy swords, but I swear you'll find them cool when they are really used.

Lothran1252: You wanted a hammer, but you got gauntlets. Not just one but two -- Thanos is a chump in front of our Blaze. Muhahahaha. Jk -- Blaze isn't evil. But you have the right idea about Blaze's fighting style, I think. Stormbreaker is very cool, but I may or may not use it's design.

Anonymous: Hey Rumpel. I am slowly heading towards a crisis that will bring them closer (at least in the minds of the reader). Ely and Blaze are already very close. It's just that they've developed their friendship through simply spending time together and it doesn't show in the excitement of the chapters.

MasterPD (Patrick): Elyssa is one character I will be exploring the emotional aspects of a relationship before even beginning anything physical. I hope to make it the greatest romance that I can write. But it will be slow, and Ely will always be his best friend.

The current arc will be ending in a few chapters, so I cannot introduce a random demon at this point. However, as I revealed it in my response to comments last chapter, Blaze has already met a demon -- he just doesn't know it yet.