Star Fox Chronicles: Chapter 22: Magic, Swords, the Ways of the Paladin
#26 of Star Fox Chronicles
It's been a few days since I started my training in magic. I got up again to follow my usual routine. I had Krystal to begin with in the morning so when I got downstairs I greeted the rest of the team and quickly scarfed down my breakfast. I usually trained in my casual clothes now a days, so I only grabbed my sword. Angulo told me that it was the only thing that I needed for the first part of the lessons. We quickly headed off for the gym which we used an empty padded room for the sake of all the training. Most of Krystal's working out was mental exercises and stretching.
"You need to relax your mind so your mental energy can flow smoothly," she said, "before you can cast magic, you need to clear your mind of unnecessary details first." After a few hours of relaxing exercise I was given a break while they changed teacher on me, so I took a little stroll outside for a bit, where I ran into a black cat. She spotted me and walked up to me.
"Ryan Lewis," she began, "It is indeed an honor to meet one of the people who saved me." It was then I recognized her to be the one we rescued on Katina.
"It was nothing," I said, "It's my job, but I would like to know your name."
"I'm Lucy Neu," she said.
"Lucy," I said, "that's a pretty name."
"Flattering but it won't work on me," Lucy said and smiled then whispered into my ear, "I'm lesbian."
"Ah," I replied, "okay then. My apologies if I offended you or anything."
"Don't worry about it," she said, "well I had best be going. I've got some business I got to take care of." She smiled and waved goodbye before taking off in the other direction. I walked back towards the gym where Krystal waited for me, her arms folded leaning against the door with a seraphic smile on her face.
"What?" I asked her.
"Nothing," she said, "Snow's inside waiting for you. And thinking about his attitude, it's best not to keep him waiting." I knew she was right and ran right inside. As expected, Snow was indeed waiting for me right in the center of the room. He was in his meditation stance so I was hoping he wouldn't notice me step inside.
"You're late," he said opening his eyes to look at me the second I took my first step into the room. Dang he was good. "I hope your ready for me to run you down even further this time." Most of his training with me consisted of heavy lifting with magic and running through obstacle courses, forcing me to use only specific types of magic at one time.
"This is to build your magic stamina," he said during our first lesson like this, "plus this'll teach you to concentrate your magic level under pressure, for when you can do it under pressure, you can do it anytime." After the first hour of the lesson he started discussing something new with me.
"Once you've practiced a spell enough, you'll be able to cast a stronger version of that same spell. This will work to a few certain degrees based upon the spell. There are two major ways of powering up spells. The first is through combining two spells together to make a combination, or by powering up one spell to another level. The most powerful magicians were able to accomplish many great and terrible deeds with their spells."
"What's an example of a stronger version of a spell?" I asked him.
"Well take your Fire spell for example," he began, "right now you can shoot one fireball. When you can level it up to Fira you can do more variances, like shoot two fireballs or even conjure up a small twister of flames from the ground, or just make a larger fireball to shoot. The only limitations are the amount of energy your body has as well as your imagination." I found this new idea extremely intriguing. I was now willing to work twice as hard to achieve these higher class spells. We looked at the nearby clock and saw that Snow's time was up for the day. We nodded and said our good-byes for the day and I headed out of that area for the second time. I noticed that Snow's brother Lucian Equinox was waiting there also, so I thought it would be cool to have a friendly chat with him while I passed the time.
"How did training go today?" Eq asked me.
"It was very informative and hard working," I replied taking a quick swig of water from the nearby water fountain.
"I hope Snow wasn't too rough on you," he said.
"Of course he was," I said, "wouldn't change him for the world though." Eq laughed at this statement.
"Well," he said, "I better go. Snow, Blaze, and Canad are waiting for me."
"Wait who's Canad?" I said confused.
"You'll meet him soon enough," Eq said and gave me a quick hug, "see you around."
"See ya," I said. I looked at the clock again and decided that I didn't want to be late in time for Nordic's lesson. I gave a quick hello to Wolfie Steel along the way, who was lifting weights, so he could only nod and smile at me in response. Just as I thought, Nordic was indeed waiting for me within the room, but this time I was on time for sure.
"You're late," he said with an angry tone.
"Want to try that again?" I asked stepping inside and pointing at the clock, which read 10:00 AM exactly. He looked and chuckled.
"Nothing gets by you now a days," he said, "but in all serious let's cut the crap and get to work. You think Snow was rough on you, I won't be going so easy on you either." Sure enough we got straight to work. Although Snow was building up my stamina so I could use stronger magic, Nordic was the one teaching me the words and the spells, which meant by the end of his lessons I was damn tired.
"I think Snow told you about using more powerful magic from the same element," Nordic said, "like the Fira spell you were thinking of earlier. There are also other spells you can make with the same element, as well as combining other spells for other purposes. However he didn't explain the dynamics of some spells. Certain spells will only combine with certain spells and only give specific results, you can't combine magic of opposite elements as they are opposed and henceforth will cancel each other out. You can however cast both spells at the same time and use them effectively. For example, Fira and Mira here are of the opposite element, so I can't actually combine their attacks, but I can still use both separately at the same time. Also by combining spells you'll be able to use less of them, due to the amount of energy it takes from the body to use it is about twice as much as a regular spell at least. Are you understanding all this?" I nodded in confirmation.
"Good, then let us continue training." We did so until about 5 minutes to noon when we stopped. "Good job Ryan. Take a two hour lunch break so you can rest up before Angulo's lesson." I nodded and headed off smiling. I walked out of the whole gym and spotted a nearby food stand where I decided to grab a quick bite to eat. As I did I ran into another person by accident.
"Hey watch where you're going," The wolf said and I recognized him immediately.
"DJ," I said, "long time no see."
"Same here buddy," he said wrapping his arm around my neck in a playful chokehold.
"Hey hey get off me."
"Yeah whatever," he said letting me go, "I hope you didn't forget about the phone call the other day."
"I didn't," I said, "I even got a couple hours if you want to grab lunch."
"Sounds like a great idea," he said, "I'm starving." We both laughed and headed over to the food stand to grab a quick bite. After ten minutes I offered to pay the guy who refused and said.
"It's on the house. It's the least I can do for all the things you and your team have done for us." I scratched the back of my head.
"Thanks," I said and waved as we headed on our way. I was about to walk back to the gym when DJ stopped me with a grin.
"Hey Ryan," he said, "want to come over to my place? It's not far and I've got something very nice for you." I pondered for a bit then shrugged.
"Sure," I replied, "why not?" I found out his place was only a block away, as soon as we stepped inside he closed the door and locked it. "So what is it you wanted?" I asked him. He smiled brightly and rushed right up to me and flashed me a kiss on the lips. I gave a small gasp of surprise but returned it all the same. He must have been feeling very lustful today, because he didn't hold back with this make out session. He wrestled his tongue with mine very lewdly while rubbing over every inch of my body. I didn't know if he noticed or not, but he was very quickly getting me hard, but he must have as he started grinding our crotches together very roughly. I continued to let him fondle me as he quickly pulled my shirt off, breaking the kiss just long enough for that. I could only give a moan as I submitted to the treatment he was giving me, which he must have been wanting. While one of his hands was playing with my left nipple, the other went down into my underwear to give my asscheeks some rubbing and squeezing. I gave another soft moan as he broke the kiss and looked me in the eye.
"You have no idea how long I've been waiting for this," he said laying me down face up on the couch before getting on top of me, "I want to fuck you so badly." With that he came up and gave a large lick at my neck, before slowly licking his was down to my chest, stomach, and crotch. He quickly stripped off his own shirt and pants, showing off some blue bulging tights that he was wearing. Then wasted no time in unzipping my pants and pulling them off to expose my tenting briefs. He gave his lips a good licking before he went straight to work on tugging off my underwear. It was like he had lost total control of himself. He pulled off his to expose his pre-leaking 9-inch member and quickly threw my legs over his shoulders. With one swift movement he hilted himself inside me. I jerked a little in slight pain and extreme pleasure as he quickly began thrusting into me instinctively. I could only moan as he relentlessly pounded my ass into submission. He wasn't teasing at all, he knew what he wanted and wanted it right there. It wasn't until he started jacking me off in time with his thrusts that I couldn't stop moaning, panting, and sweating in bliss. He continued this at full speed until he finally let go in me, causing me to ejaculate hard over my stomach and chest in response. As we recovered in the afterglow he pulled out of me and looked me in the eyes.
"Thanks Ryan," he said, "I just couldn't control the urge anymore."
"No problem," I said back, "it was amazing." We gave another kiss and looked at the clock, realizing that I needed to be back at the gym in a half an hour. We quickly got up and showered off the smell of sex from our bodies. DJ escorted me back to the gym with five minutes to spare. "Thanks a lot DJ," I said waving as he nodded and took off.
"Don't make me wait too long for the next chance to hang out," he shouted with a grin. I smiled and walked inside. I was well ready for the last training session of the day. Angulo was waiting for me inside the usual training area. He was holding a very large double-edged sword. It looked almost like it had never been used before. I could easily tell that I would never be able to lift that to save my life, but he was holding it one handed like it was no trouble at all. I stepped inside and faced him. He looked at me and gave a smile.
"En Garde," he said holding up his sword in an attack stance, "summon your weapon."
"I thought we were magic training," I said, "not sword fighting."
"If you were speaking to anyone else," he replied, "you would be in pieces, now call your sword Masterpaladin." I hesitated but called my sword with my mind, it reappeared a split second later in my right hand and I held up my dukes. The second I did Angulo gave a shout and launched a blade beam right at me, which I barely managed to dodge.
"The others are teaching you magic well," he said, "but I'm here to show you how to hold up your title of paladin. You must learn how to use swords and magic equally well to become great." With that he charged and we were suddenly engaged in a fierce fight. At least I was fighting furiously, but Angulo didn't seem to break a sweat at all. I was pretty sure he was even toying with me this match. Throughout the match he also snuck some quick spells which I had no defense against. I tried the same but he either deflected it with ease, or even dodged it completely.
"Blizzard," I said sending a small wave of ice his way. He held his sword up like he was going to block it.
"Runic Blade," he said and right when the spell got near his sword, it disappeared. I was completely surprised, even more so when his sword started glowing a white aura. He didn't just stop the spell, he absorbed it into his sword and made it stronger with that element. With another swing of his blade the blizzard attack came right back at me, only it seemed to have increased in power and intensity, as I struggled to stay on my feet. When it finished I looked at him, he smirked back at me completely unfazed.
"Surprised?" he asked. "You shouldn't be. This is what I'll be teaching you down the road. As the other work with you I'll teach you how to channel magic into your weapons, through your weapons, and even enhance attacks with your magic. This is a very advance art of magic so I don't expect you to be at a level to accomplish any of those tasks yet. But when you do, combined with your other skills being built, you'll be a force to reckon with. The Claxan will think twice before going after you once you master this." We sparred for a while longer, talking every now and then to get to know each other better. It was going to turn out to be a really cool friendship. The clock hit 4:00 PM and Angulo stopped us.
"Jovey was indeed correct about your skills," Angulo commented, "very impressive. Although he was also right that you still have a long way to go. That'll do for today, you're free to go do what you want." I was glad and thanked him before rushing to the locker room. Wolfie, Kuro, 8, and Red were just leaving and each gave me a wave as we passed by each other. Nokemy, Vincent and his younger brother Mach, as well as Nevlamas were currently inside. I found my locker, which was close to Nev and grabbed a towel for the shower.
"Hey Nev," I said and he looked at me quickly.
"Ryan," he said looking down.
"What's wrong?" I asked him.
"Nothing nothing," he said and quickly walked out with his stuff. I knew he was lying through his tail, but I didn't want to push him any further and headed for the shower. I finished my shower and got back into another pair of casual clothes I had kept in my locker and headed off to Trevor's place. I had promised that I was going to meet him there around 5:00 PM so I didn't waste any time getting there. I knocked on his door and a few minutes later he answered it.
"Hi Ryan," he said with a shy smile, "come in."
"Thanks," I said as I stepped inside and looked around, "it's been a long day. Nice place you got here, your folks here or something?"
"Not right now," he said, "come and have a look at my room." I nodded and he led the way upstairs. As he finished and let me inside I got a good look at the place. There were various paintings all over the wall, with an easel that had a painting in progress.
"Cool," I said.
"Thanks," he said seemingly blushing, "have a seat." I did so and tried to relax a bit, eight hours of intense training really does a number on someone's body. Trevor must have noticed this and spoke.
"Ryan," he said blushing deeply, "umm... my mom taught me how to give a head massage if you're interested. I heard it helps deal with stress really easily."
"Really?" I asked interested, "go ahead if you want to." He sat down next to me and spoke.
"Ryan don't make any sudden movements because this bit involves using my claws. If you don't want me to do that I can just skip it."
"I don't mind," I replied, "go ahead." He nodded and slowly began by rubbing his claws ever so gently around the different parts of my head up to my temple. I could feel my blood flowing more as he did this. I was really enjoying his touch and relaxed to help make it easier on him. When he finished he retracted his claws and started running his fingers through my head. He whispered to me as he did this.
"How's it feeling?"
"Very good," I whispered back, "you're very good at this."
"Thanks," he said, "my mother used to do this whenever I got frustrated with a painting." He continued his work, which I noticed, was starting to give me a little bit of a hard on, but not enough for him to notice. I wasn't sure but I was pretty sure that he gave me a sniff of my neck.
"Have you done this a lot?" I asked him, "you're like a pro at this."
"Not really," he said, "I haven't been with anyone enough to do it to."
"Not even someone special?" I asked. He looked dumbfounded.
"Like who Ryan?" he asked.
"You know, like more than a friend?" I asked again. He hesitated but spoke.
"Well I did do this once before to someone," he said.
"Tell me more," I said smiling.
"Promise you won't hate me," he said, "even if what I tell you is really bad." I was getting concerned.
"You can tell me," I said, "I'm your friend, right?"
"I think you are," he said.
"So go on," I continued, "you can tell me."
"My best friend Alex he just failed a really big exam when we was bout 14. I was stopping the night round his house that what we planned for weeks, but he was such in a down mood I ended up suggesting a head massage to him. He looked at me funny. I said don't worry if you don't want just thought it would cheer you up so he ended agreeing but," He hesitated right here, "cause I've had a massive crush on him since I was 11 I ended up getting excited, and made pass at him and licked his cheek and went to kiss him, but then he hit me and called me a pervert and kept hitting me and we never spoke since. Please don't hate me." He was nearly crying at this point, and I hugged him out of pity.
"Of course I don't hate you," I told him, "there's nothing wrong with liking him. You really liked him, that's understandable." I rubbed over his back in an effort to comfort him.
"Thanks," he said.
"Don't mention it," I said, "so have you found anyone else you like now."
"About two people right now," he said blushing deeply.
"Who?" I asked smiling. He hesitated again before he spoke.
"Tri Gunner and Ryan Lewis," he said hiding his face in my chest. He was blushing very deeply.
"Really?" I asked surprised.
"Yeah don't hate me please," he said.
"Actually I'm quite flattered," I responded. He looked up at me.
"Really Ryan?" he asked, "you're not just saying that are you?"
"Look into my eyes and tell me," I said. He did and after a bit he seemed convinced that I was telling the truth.
"I guess you're telling the truth," he said.
"Now you're the one all tensed up," I said, "It might help if I do this as well, it'll help remove tension." He seemed kind of speechless.
"Uh huh," he said and I started massaging over his shoulders and back through the hug we shared. He smiled and began doing the same, and we enjoyed each other's fondling as we gazed into each other's eyes and he motioned inward for kiss. I matched this kiss square on the lips. It was obvious he was a virgin and inexperienced, but I did my best to lead him into it. After a bit of wrestling with his tongue I broke the kiss and looked into his eyes again.
"How was that for you?" I asked.
"Unlike anything I've done before," he replied.
"Then why don't you say we take this up to the next level?" I said and tugged at his shirt.
"Are you sure?" he asked nervously, "I'm not sure that I'm ready for my first time."
"If you really don't want to I can understand and I'll stop," I explained, "just know that I'll never do anything that's meant to hurt you, okay?"
"Okay..." he said and lifted his arms so I could remove his shirt. I slowly stripped down the both of us until only our briefs were on now, and both were easily noticeably tented. I smiled and hooked a thumb onto his briefs. Trevor looked at me hesitantly but nodded and gave me access. I smiled as I pulled it off and exposed his amazing length. I slowly stroked over it happily which made him give a small moan in response.
"Really sensitive," I said, "you really are a virgin." He nodded blushing. "I shall have to fix that." I got on my knees and slipped my own briefs off, showing off my member as I gave his a good licking. He lay on the bed with a moan, I could tell he was going to enjoy this. With one slow movement I took his member into my mouth and started sucking on it. He moaned again as I bobbed my head up and down, motioning my tongue around the shaft the best I can to ensure the best pleasure possible. I couldn't help but massage his lovely sac slowly as I did so. I could easily tell that I was getting him off as after a few short minutes he climaxed hard into my mouth, I even had to pull away a bit as I gagged and caught the remaining cum into my hand.
"A little too much," I said to him, "it tastes good though."
"Oh my gosh," he said, "are you okay?"
"Don't worry, this stuff will be useful," I said as I started lubing my cock with his own semen.
"Useful," he said confused, "for what?"
"I think you know," I said as I got on top of him and lifted both his legs over my shoulder, "I'll go slow for your first time." He just looked on but got the message and braced himself. I aimed my cock right for his entrance but stopped.
"Try to relax," I said, "it'll hurt a lot less as it's going in." He nodded and tried and with a little effort I pushed myself inside and hilted there. He was very tight, especially being a virgin and all I was glad I got to be the one to take it from him. I started a slow thrusting pace as he moaned constantly, quickly reerect. After a couple minutes of patient thrusting he arched his back and I stopped. "Take it easy, I assume you want me to go faster?" He only moaned in response and I slowly sped up my thrusting a little, while stroking off his member at a fast pace. It didn't take me long to get him to conclusion as he climaxed all over his stomach and chest with a cry of delight. The clenching of his anal cavity sent me over the edge as I climaxed hard into his ass. I pulled out when I finished and lay over him smiling, rubbing his body in comfort.
"Thanks Ryan," he said and kissed me on the lips again.
"Anytime," I said. We just lay there for about another twenty minutes, enjoying each other's company. We cleaned ourselves off in the shower and redressed just before I got a call on my communicator.
"Hello?" I asked.
"It's Fox," he said to me, "where are you? I swear everyone else is seriously considering putting a curfew up for you."
"Don't worry," I said, "I'm on my way back now." I hung up the communicator and faced Trevor. "Sorry Trev, but I need to get going."
"Okay but," he said, "will I see you again?"
"Of course you'll see me again," I said, "I guarantee it." I hugged and kissed him again as I headed back to the Star Fox house.
*****
"Are you sure you want them to fight boss?" Arxgon asked Cougar as he examined the three ladies present.
"Of course," Cougar said, "we don't want Ryan constantly increasing his power with magic, therefore these elven sisters from the world we found them from shall handle things quite nicely. Together their magic tactics are of the finest I've ever seen." Cougar looked over the three elves he just described. The first was short and fat, the second was short and hovering a few feet off the ground on wings, the third in the middle was a tall skinny elf. These three looked at Cougar and Arxgon with cocky looks of their own.
"What are their numbers?" Draxor said as he flew inside the grand hall to join the conversation.
"Cindy," The short fat one responded, "number 15."
"Mindy," The short skinny one floating said, "number 13."
"Sandy," The tall skinny one said, "Number 3."
"These three are known as the Magus Sisters," Cougar explained, "they are from the strange world we visited outside of the Lylat system, they are perfect for dealing with Ryan."
"Of course," Draxor said and left the room, heading off to explain to the others Cougar's plan. Mindy, Cindy, and Sandy all smiled before they vanished, leaving Cougar and Arxgon to their conversation.
"This should be one interesting battle," Arxgon said, "they'll tear Ryan to pieces."
"That's none of my concern," Cougar said sighing, "in all honesty I'll be glad once were rid of them. Don't ask me how I know."
"Number 24?" Arxgon asked.
"No," Cougar said, "I had more important business for him, although he wasn't to keen on agreeing to it. Just know that even if they can beat Ryan, that doesn't mean they'll beat his friends. His teachers of magic are also in secret his 24/7 bodyguards and won't let any stranger within 300 meters of Ryan."
"Ryan is well loved in the Lylat system," Arxgon agreed.
"Correct," Cougar said as Draxor returned.
"Number 2 is getting impatient," Draxor said, "he told me I have no authority over him being number 7."
"Let that pig stir," Cougar said, "it won't do him any good. I was given strict orders not to let him do anything until the time was right."
"Who made a wimp like that pig into number 2 anyway?" Arxgon asked.
"That was the superior's order," Cougar said glumly, "and what he says goes."