The Hearts of Hunters (Morgan)

Well... This hunt seemed to be going swimmingly, or at least it had at first until instead of one monster Emily and Aria encountered at least two score their number. Together the Hunters probably could have taken them, but other factors soon put them to flight such as how the old cruise liner which they were currently on happened to be sinking. As if that wasn't enough the boat as seemingly the fates weren't on there side today was on fire too. Emily had long since run out of arrows but there seemed to be no shortage of work for her daggers, she lost count of how many monsters she banished, she even forgot what types they were. They just kept coming.

Em skidded to a halt on the pool deck, her chest heaving whilst her right leg made her want to scream in sickening agony. She turned to face doorway in which she had entered, she could hear the sounds of monsters moving towards it. Emily wondered what had happened to Aria, the Hunters became separated at the Restaurant. She hoped that Aria got away safely, her heart throbbed with regret if Aria got herself killed then she would never know about the secret thoughts and feelings that haunted Em's waking as well as her sleeping mind.
Emily knew one thing for certain, that she was done running, she would not run any more. Em elected to stand her ground, take her chances, take as many of those monsters with her as possible.

Her eyes widened with horror, terror and fear when the first beast to enter through that doorway was a Hydra. "By the Gods." Em muttered gripping her daggers tightly. She doubted she could take one down when well rested, with a quiver full of arrows as well as her leg not throbbing. Without all those things, Emily stood no chance against it. Especially when other monsters entered through the various doors. Great, he brought friends.
She was trapped but not helpless, they might get her in the end. Emily would take some of them with her, therefore it was a matter of who wanted to be the first to die by her daggers. Even exhausted she still could put up a fearsome struggle.

For Emily, the situation had worsened considerable, she was down a dagger as well as the proud owner of a deep cut on the left hand side of torso. Crimson blood leaked out through the gaps in her fingers, she tightened the grip on her remaining dagger in her right hand. On the plus side, the monsters were down a couple of their number. The only thing that held them back from swarming her is they knew she would get some of them. None of the monsters wished to find themselves banished.

She heard the distant cry of Aria's voice, she would have shouted back to her sister but she gasped whenever she breathed in and still struggled to get her breath back. It seemed to her that the hunters finally had met their match, whether they got too confident or sloppy Em had no idea. It really didn't appear to matter since the monsters kind of won. Death comes to all beings, even hunters maybe it was just their destiny to fall here?
Emily hoped that Aria could get away, she knew that she wasn't in a position to escape. The Hydra with it's nine heads watched the injured hunter curiously. Even by just a glance it would have been obvious to all that it intended to watch for a while before striking. After all why risk injury when you can let other creatures weaken your prey for you?

"Aria!" She called out trying not scream in agony from her wound. "If you can hear me get out of here!"

"Aria!" She called out in amazement. Em had hoped that Aria would have decided to escape rather than come to fight by her side in a noble but futile last stand. Emily did not have the strength left to argue with her. The left hand was sticky with her blood, she could not move fast enough to take down the Hydra with Aria.
But she could still try to keep the other monsters back from the rest of them, she managed to slay another pair of monsters. However, such actions left her with a wide slash in her shoulder though the blade only nicked the skin beneath. "We've got to get out of here." The ship was going under, if they didn't get out soon there would be no escape at all.

The last few moments of their time on the ship was a blur for Emily but the next thing she knew once the adrenaline began to subside, was Aria shouting at her, furious about something. She gripped awkwardly onto Aria, her left hand still pressed tight against her side, fingers sticky with blood, the other hand held onto her tightly. "Why? Why?" She repeated. "I'm sorry for getting separated from you! But there were monsters everywhere I tried to get out by myself but they knew I am weaker than the rest of you!" It would have made sense for the monsters to target the weaker members.
"Do you think I wanted to stay behind? Do you think the though of dying appeals to me?" She forced back the tears that threatened to spill over. "I'm not as good a fighter as you Aria, I will never be as good as you but I do my best and I didn't want anyone getting injured or killed over the fact that I was cornered by the enemy."

"I'm sorry Aria... I... I didn't want to upset you." She looked away from her. Her whole body felt like a giant ache, her pains even had pains of their own.

"The strength of the pack is the wolf and the strength of the wolf is the pack." Emily echoed a line she heard one of the Hunters mention before. Aria when angry happened to be a very terrifying prospect, much like her father. The sudden kiss caught Emily completely off guard but it wasn't unwelcome. She returned it passionately despite her exhaustion, pain and injuries. She thought she would have never managed to get the chance to do this, it wasn't how she imagined herself kissing Aria.
Well technically Aria kiss her first, so it was Aria kissing her, Em just happened to be kissing her back.

OOC: The sudden hug? She kissed her xD

OOC: Oooooo I see, well edited xD.

Em's cheeks were flushed with colour and she felt a bit dizzy. It could have been from blood loss, but she put it down to the fact that she had just been kissed by Aria. Emily had desired to kiss Aria for several months now, at first she thought it was just because she liked her, but then... As time went by her heart confirmed it to her brain that it happened to be desire. For a long time she remained silent, breathless.
"I..." She began. "I... Wow." Emily managed to say. "That was great... But... Could you pass me a cube of nectar please?" She intended if Aria allowed it to kiss Aria once more.

She fumbled with the bottle, smearing it red as she held it awkwardly in her left. Valerie got the lid off and swallowed a cube of nectar. She put the lid back on, feeling better as the nectar began to heal her wounds. Her body however felt more alive than ever before because of Aria's kiss.
Speaking of that. Em suddenly kissed Aria, there was a desperate passion in the kiss, Emily thought she might not have been able to do this. But now she was, she desired Aria for so long, she wanted to kiss her so many times on their hunts. It had been cruelty to be not able too. It was in a way much better than liking a guy as the other Hunters, plus Aria could not get mad at her. Em, however fell for Aria. So it did not break their oaths. Yet, she believed that it might not be their greatest idea to tell the others about this.

Just in case.

Emily still could not quite believe this was happening, it had to be a dream. For so long she desired to do this to Aria, to feel the brush of her soft lips against her own, her hands brushing through her hair. Em's kisses where filled with passion and intense longing, she thought that she might never get a chance to do this. If she somehow had known that Aria shared the same feelings about her as she did for Aria then she would not have waited to actually do this.
She let Aria lead, a habit from when she first became a Hunter but perhaps also instinctive since she was a daughter of Zeus. Her mind became overloaded with a torrent of thoughts and emotions, Aria was her first kiss. She did not know if this sought of behaviour between Hunters was allowed or not, currently she didn't care if it wasn't. Besides, they did not have to announce it to their fellows just yet.

She ran her right hand through Aria's hair it had begun to stand on end because of emotions, it crackled and spat to touch yet strangely did not shock her. Em's left hand ran it's way up her spine as they kiss passionately. Eventually, Em needed to put a halt to the proceedings so that she could take a breath. She was silent, her eyes silent. For her the last few months possessed a pain unequalled, for she desired with all her heart, soul and spirit to kiss Aria. The Hunts where there had been just the two of them for Em, were the worst as her mind became foggy with her desire. At first she tried to fight the desire and put it off that she just liked Aria as a sister or a best friend. Apparently her heart however wished otherwise.
"Aria..." She began her voice wavering, breathless. "I wanted to do that for so long."

Despite knowing it herself, when Aria informed Em that they could not tell anyone it hurt. But even if she somehow managed to forge an argument there was nothing that might dissuade the fact that she happened to be right. The younger Hunter tried to hide the hurt that came up in her eyes. "I know... I... I..." She sighed heavily, shaking her head. "Sorry I just think that something that feels so right should be a secret but your right." Would there comrades see it in the same light?

More importantly what might their leader Artemis, the Goddess think?

Emily nodded the once. "I know... I just can't help how I feel about you." She whispered to Aria, her head slipping slightly to the left as she struggled to resist the urge to kiss her once more. She failed to suppress her laughter when Aria caused a minor thunder storm. "Oh Aria I do not think anyone will mind." She leaned forward and kissed Aria, her friend, her mentor and the girl who held her heart.
Em enjoyed the taste of Aria's lips they tasted like electricity and energy, mingled in with smoke. The Hunter pulled back after a moment. "Sorry... I..." She blushed and would have probably withdrawn from Aria's company but she wasn't sure if she will remain in the air or not. "I probably should not do that too you any more but I've wanted to do that for so long."

Em's reply was lost because before she could say it, Aria's lips met her's and her eyes fluttered shut. She jolted when Aria started giving off electric shocks, they were minor and though unpleasant weren't too painful. But disrupting none the less.
"It is okay Aria, you can't help it any more than I can finding trouble." Or how she longed for Aria, to be with her. She was powerless to resist this desire, the love that she felt controlled her utterly.
"I... I think it might be wise if we find the others." She whispered, their comrades might have begun to worry about them.