Chapter 70

As the Warrior Princess and her lovely four legged companion causally made their way back to her army, Xena just couldn't wipe that enormous goofy grin off of her face no matter how hard she tried. It was pointless really, since every time she attempted to shake herself free from it she would only end up looking at the pendant around her neck and the thought of how it had gotten there would fill her head once again and that same ludicrous ear to ear grin would soon form on her face from the memory.

So, as one of them was greatly enjoying their little walk, the other was hopelessly trying to erase what she had just witnessed from her mind. Argo had snorted out her displeasure several times throughout their little trip, still not fully believing that they had done what they did right in front of her as though she wasn't even there. As if just wanting to mock her the whole way, her owner just couldn't stop smiling either which just made her snort out some more with how much she really didn't appreciate what Xena and Ares had done.

"What?" the Warrior Princess finally felt the need to ask her, growing a little irritated with her behavior.

In response, Argo just breathed hard again, like she really didn't know what had caused her sour mood to begin with. She was scarred and she was scarred big time! She had seen things a horse never needed to see and she still couldn't believe her owner still had the nerve to be so nonchalant about it. She got it ok, they had the hots for each other but that didn't mean that they had to give in to it and especially not where she spent most of her time, of all the places.

As Xena attempted to touch her, Argo pulled away from her caress, really not ready to have that type of contact with her just yet.

"Oh, come on! Don't be like that." she pleaded, hoping the mare would just stop being so damn stubborn.

It didn't work though, only causing Argo to grunt out again and this time she tried to pull away from the Warrior Princess completely.

"You really need to get over it. That couldn't have been the worst thing you have ever seen." Xena tried, a lame attempt of a joke, the horse thought.

Not entirely liking what Xena had said, the horse nudged against her hard, causing the Warrior Princess to lose her footing for a moment and in doing so, she had tripped over a root when she tried to steady herself and she stumbled a bit to the ground. She cast Argo a harsh glare for doing that but it had no effect and the mare seemed to relish greatly in her little setback.

"Ha, ha… very funny…" she bitterly growled out, slowly making her way to her feet and wiping her slightly scratched hands free of dirt, "… I'll only forgive you because that's what friends do…but don't you dare think that will happen again, cause it won't! "

At her words, Argo bowed her head a little, feeling ashamed for having hurt her owner even if it wasn't entirely intentional. Maybe she did over react just a small amount, I mean it wasn't like they were actually trying to sacrifice her or anything. They were simply just giving in to their more primal need and she did understand how hard it was to resist that one.

"I'm sorry girl…" Xena finally added , making her way back up to the horse and gently running her palm along her snot, "… You should have known by now how it is between us and sometimes it is just so overwhelming… and besides, you can't honestly tell me that if the roles were reversed that you would be able to control yourself either?"

She had a point there, one that the horse could not deny and she really couldn't say for sure whether or not her will would had been so strong either. In the end, Xena was the one that had pulled away and that had to have taken a lot of will power considering the mare could sense just how much they really wanted each other.

"My point's exactly…."

The mare just simply started to nuzzle her head against Xena's body, trying to apologize for so ever so selfish behavior and her owner placed a small kiss against her muzzle. She couldn't stay mad at her, she adored her way too much for that. A few seconds later though, Argo became a little skittish and she started to move anxiously. Xena just softly ran her palm along her snot, trying to relax her horse for a moment.

"It's ok girl…" she whispered to her, continuing with her gentle strokes, "… I know he's there too. He's been following us for a while."

The following moment, Xena let her eyes discreetly glance along the tree line for a moment, not wanting to let their little guest know that she was on to him. After another second, she turned her focus back to the mare and continued to seem oblivious to their intruder as he slowly sneaked his way closer.

"Shall we go say hello?" she asked Argo, a devious smirk forming on her face at the thought.

Before long, their little spectator had moved closer so he could see what exactly it was that she was doing. Once he got to where he wanted to be, his eyes widened a bit in alarm when he saw that the Warrior Princess was no longer there but that the mare was just standing there alone. He looked around quickly for a moment, trying to see if he could catch sight of her somewhere. His search came up empty though and he silently wondered where she could have gone.

As his eyes turned back to the horse, he started to wonder where she had gotten it from. When she left the previous day she didn't take one with her and he had never seen this one before. It was a glorious war horse, no doubt a gift from the War God himself he imagined. As long as her cunt kept him interested then his patron God would supply her with the best she could get her hands on and if their vocal performance from the other day had anything to say about it, then he held her pussy in high regard with how many times he had fucked her brains out in her command tent.

It made him curious with just how great that spasming cunt of hers really was around the girth of his own cock. He had no misgivings that he could certainly make her scream a lot louder than his Lord had been able to do. He would certainly love the opportunity to bend her over and spear her savagely until her animalistic moans filled the air and if given the chance, he knew that she would be desperate for his cock to be inside of her again.

That was where she belonged anyway, beneath him and begging him to fuck her senseless and, as the gentlemen that he was, he would fulfill the wishes of her needy pussy and bury himself within her quivering cunt. He certainly hadn't worked this hard to bow down to some common whore who his God was having a causal fling with.

While that obtuse, wild unreal possibility kept whirling ceaselessly around in his head, the Warrior Princess had slowly crept her way up behind him and she stealthily unsheathed her sword and the next thing the soldier felt was the cold steel of her blade pressed against his neck.

"Why are you following me?" she growled out, pressing her sword harder against his skin when he moved a small amount, "Ah, ah… I wouldn't do that if I was you."

"Lady Xena…" Gascar mumbled out and she just rolled her eyes in irritation. When was he ever going to learn to listen?

"I wasn't following you…" he muttered, turning around to face her when she finally removed her blade from his neck.

" Oh really?" she asked in utter disbelief " Cause you've been following me for about half a mile now." she cunningly informed him, "You're a very lousy tracker."

"Like I said…" he annoyingly began, not liking that she was judging his skills when he had been doing this a lot longer than she had been, "… I wasn't following you, I was looking for you."

"Well, now you found me. What do you want?" she cruelly inquired, really not liking that he couldn't follow one simple command, "Or do you just have a very hard time taking orders?"

He started to mumble something under his breath but when he saw the way her eyebrow had arched a small amount in inquiry, and the way her blade had slightly shifted in his direction, he wisely decided that maybe he shouldn't finish that remark.

"We received a message from one of our out posts that Athena's army has congregated about fifteen miles east of here."

Xena frowned slightly at this unexpected turn of events. It wasn't like the Goddess to make an assault this early in the game, something was definitely off and what Athena had planned exactly, she wasn't precisely sure.

"Do they know how much of her army is there?"

"The scroll said about one hundred troops."

That was nothing, Xena knew that the Goddess' army was vastly bigger than that. This wasn't some kind of an assault but Athena was definitely trying to send a message of some kind. Well, then she just had to make sure was going to send a message of her own and when her army squashed the Goddess' pitiful regiments like bugs, then she would know that she picked the wrong person to mess with.

"How soon can the men move out?"

"They've been ready since yesterday but when you didn't return…" he let the rest of that sentence go unfinished as he eyed her skeptically.

Xena just narrowed her eyes at him, Gascar was going to be an irritating thorn in her side but he would soon learn to submit to her and if he didn't, well, she didn't have any use for someone who couldn't accept their place.

"I suggest you mind your own business Gascar or pretty soon you won't even have that to worry about." she threateningly snarled out, "…. and do read my lips: I'm not going to tell you again."

He could see that she meant every word, he would certainly like to see her try though and then they would surely see whom would really be submitting to whom then. However, he decided to keep his little comment to himself and consented to her for the time being. This wasn't the time nor the place to slap this little bitch. Her time would come soon enough and he was going to enjoy watching the fear in her eyes when it happened.

"Return to the men, have them ready to march east. Looks like we are going to get a little action sooner than expected."

As she watched Gascar slither off into the direction of Sparta and back to her army, she knew that she had to get rid of him. He may have served under Ares' command for years and was probably pretty good at his job too, however, it must have irked him beyond belief to now be under her command when he probably thought the job would go to him after his loyal years of service. But this was no longer Ares' army, it was hers and she had already put up with his insubordination for long enough.

The Warrior Princess didn't think that the War God would mind too much. After all, he certainly wasn't showing any remorse over someone who had insulted her and this annoying gnat had done that and so much more. But she wasn't going to let Ares have all the fun and she was more than certain that the War God was going to enjoy the show.