Queen's Gambit

Wow, it's been a while, huh? But now I'm back to this fic (for the moment, at least) and I'm quite sure that my very recent purchase of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Stardust Accelerator World Championship 2009 had nothing to do with that return.


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Joan


Alexis knew she wasn't alone before opening her eyes. She even knew that whoever else was in the room wasn't Dunames Dark Witch. She didn't knew how she know, but the knowledge was there anyway.

Opening her eyes, Alexis found that Dunames had been kind enough to put her under the sheets, but hadn't bothered to put any of her clothes back on. She sat up, the sheets sliding off her body, and came face to face with the newcomer, incidentally exposing her chest to her. The newcomer didn't seem bothered by the sight of her generous breasts one way or another. For some reason, Alexis couldn't help but feel a bit annoyed by that.

The newcomer was a young woman with blonde hair, short in front, but covering the back of her neck. She had a rather angular, expressionless face and was clad mostly in white armour. There was a sword across her lap, but she didn't look like she was going to use it.

"Good, you're awake," said St. Joan.

The woman's voice was... strange. Flat. Monotone. Devoid of any emotion at all.

"How long was I asleep?" Alexis asked.

"A few hours," St. Joan replied. "Did you dream?"

Alexis frowned as she tried to recall, but the only thing that came to mind were confused images of naked bodies and heated panting.

"I can't recall," she said.

"I imagine so," St. Joan said. "In a way, you dreamed for all of us. Your mind as it is now cannot contain the minds of us all. Not yet."

"What do you mean?" Alexis said.

"It was quite chaotic," St. Joan continued, apparently ignoring her. "For the few hours that you slept the entiry Sanctuary was overcome with a lust more powerful than we already felt when you were with Dunames Dark Witch. Each and every one of us had sex with one another and those that could not find a partner masturbated without pause. All because of your dreams."

"But... I can't do anything like that," said Alexis. "I'm just a human. Only gods can influence people by dreaming. Or maybe Great Old Ones."

"Indeed," said St. Joan. "So what does that suggest?"

"I'm becoming a goddess?" Alexis said.

"A Duel Spirit, to be more precise," St. Joan said. "For you see-"

St. Joan was cut off by the door opening and bright light filling the room. When Alexis' eyes adjusted, she realised that the light was really woman looking quite like St. Joan, except wrapped in white robes and with large golden wings springing from her back. She also didn't have St. Joan's blank look on her face. On the contrary, the sparkle in her eyes made Alexis feel positively tingly.

"We had agreed you would not come here," St. Joan said in that same flat voice.

"I'm so sorry," Guardian Angel Joan said, in a tone of voice that said she wasn't sorry in the least. "I just couldn't stay away. You know the girl is a beacon to us... fairies."

"Quite," said St. Joan, "which is why we sealed this place with spells that would only allow me in so I could explain the situation without... interruption from anyone."

"Oh, I'm sure Alexis doesn't mind. Do you?"

"Oh no," said Alexis, happy to have more lively company around. "But if only St. Joan is supposed to be able to get in, how did you get here? Did you lift the spell?"

"None of that," said Guardian Angel Joan. "You see, Joan and myself are the same Joan."

"It is more complicated than that," St. Joan said, "but accurate enough for our purposes."

"And the purposes of the spell," said Guardian Angel Joan as she sat down on the bed next to Alexis. "Which is the important thing, don't you think?"

"Sure," said Alexis, who'd only heard about every third word.

"In any case, there are still things we need to discuss," said St. Joan. "Please leave."

"Come now, these chambers were assigned to Alexis," said the Guardian Angel. "I think it's up to her to send me away, don't you agree?"

Alexis looked into Joan's eager eyes and saw exactly what she had expected to see. The angelic woman wanted her body. It was a simple motivation, primitive and yet strangely pure.

Besides, it had been a few hours since she'd last had sex.

Alexis pushed the remaining sheets away, exposing her naked body entirely. She rather enjoyed the way Guardian Angel Joan licked her lips in appreciation.

"Sure, you can stay," she said.

She frowned. 'It had been a few hours since she'd last had sex'? That was long enough to make her want to have sex again? And with a complete stranger no less?

The questions faded from her mind completely when Guardian Angel Joan leaned in and kissed her, one of her hands moving up to cup one of her bare breasts, and she felt warm arousal filling her body once again. Joan's kiss was enthusiastic, to say the least, her lips quickly parting to let her tongue slip out and press against Alexis's lips until she too opened her mouth to let her tongue out to play with Joan's. All the while she felt Joan's hand squeezing and stroking her soft breasts, sending delighted thrills through her body.

"I suppose I should have expected this," St. Joan said, her dull voice indicating that she didn't feel anything about someone who was more or less herself was fondling and making out with a naked girl right before her eyes one way or the other. "Though I cannot help but wonder if this is still the result of the Queen's influence or due to your own gradual transformation."

"Mm-mmm," said Alexis, who really hadn't heard a thing. "Wait, transformation?" she panted when Joan's lips left hers so she could kiss her neck and her hand began to move from her breasts down her stomach.

"Into a Duel Spirit, obviously," said St. Joan.

"Obviously," Alexis breathed.

She vaguely heard a few alarm bells ringing in the furthest reaches of her mind, but they were hidden so deeply inside a fog of lust she didn't pay much attention to them. And when she spread her legs to allow Guardian Angel Joan's hand to slip between them, she forgot about them completely. Whatever St. Joan had to tell her wasn't important right now. Especially not when compared to the way Guardian Angel Joan's slender fingers moved up and down her slit, becoming ever slicker with her juices.

"In any case, it should be clear to all of us that-"

"How can you be like this?" Guardian Angel Joan spat, suddenly angry. "You sit in a room with this gorgeous young woman and all you can think about is... is facts!?"

"Of course," said St. Joan calmly.

Alexis mewed softly with disappointment when she felt Guardian Angel Joan's hand retreat as she directed her attention to her other self.

"Then we ought to fix that," Guardian Angel Joan said. "I'm breaking the spell."

"That would be-"

Light filled the room again. Once it faded, nothing seemed different. But Guardian Angel and St. Joan were still there, but Alexis slowly realised there was something... odd about them. Or not odd, but normal. Guardian Angel Joan didn't seem quite so intensely eager any more. And St. Joan's face was no longer expressionless.

"What have you done?" St. Joan asked almost aghast.

"I'm sorry," said Guardian Angel Joan, sounding genuine, "I couldn't control myself."

"What just happened?" Alexis asked.

"Put simply, I... I transferred all my emotions into Guardian Angel Joan, so I could... I could..." St. Joan's voice hesitated as her eyes kept being drawn down Alexis's inviting body.

"So she could talk to you," Guardian Angel Joan finished. "Without getting... distracted."

"But now..." St. Joan breathed.

"You have your emotions again," Alexis said.

St. Joan nodded mutely.

"No problem," said Alexis. She extended her hand to the armoured woman. "Sleep with me. We can talk afterwards."

"Th- Thank you."

Guardian Angel Joan got up and moved to St. Joan's side just as she took Alexis's hand. Moving quickly and efficiently, she undid her other self's armour, putting it safely aside. She moved so quickly, St. Joan was completely naked by the time Alexis had pulled her onto the bed. Guardian Angel Joan unrobed herself even quicker, apparently using some kind of magic to let the white garment flutter away from her body.

"I'm so sorry," St. Joan said as she lay face to face next to Alexis. "I should've foreseen my more emotional self wouldn't be able to control herself."

"I don't mind," said Alexis, and kissed her.

St. Joan's lips were unsurpisingly identical to those of Guardian Angel Joan in their feel and softness, though they weren't quite as eager as the former. Not just yet, anyway. Alexis pulled the young woman's naked body close, pressing their breasts together, letting her hands roam across it and feeling her passion rise in their kiss. Alexis couldn't deny that stoking St. Joan's arousal was more exciting than experiencing Guardian Angel Joan's instant desire, especially because it was her own body filling her with heat rather than by somehow warping reality by existing or whatever.

Sadly, though, Alexis found herself being turned away from St. Joan's body and onto her back. Looking down, she saw Guardian Angel Joan spreading her legs with a look of definite intent on her face. Moments later, Alexis's back arched and she bit her lower lip to prevent herself from moaning with pleasure as she felt Joan's lips softly kiss her wet slit. St. Joan, meanwhile, had huddled up as closely next to her as she could, caressed her bare stomach, then leaned in to kiss her breasts.

Alexis began to squirm as she felt those identical mouths tending to her naked body; Guardian Angel Joan lapping hungrily at her slit, while St. Joan kissed and licked the soft flesh of her breasts. She felt hot pleasure pouring into her, filling her from head to toe and choking her chest. Her breathing soon detiorated into aroused panting under the two Joan's continued intimate attention.

St. Joan kissed and licked and sucked her way across every inch of Alexis's generous breasts, leaving them slick and shining with saliva. The feelings she awoke weren't nearly as intense as those given to her by Guardian Angel Joan working between her legs, but they nevertheless put a soft, urgent edge on her pleasure, making the feeling that more powerful. Soon, Alexis couldn't hold out any longer and her lips parted to fill the room with the noise of her pleasured moaning. She felt both Joans shiver slightly at the sound, as though her moans sent thrills of pleasure through their bodies.

As St. Joan's lips closed around one of her nipples and she sucked softly on one of her breasts, Alexis felt Guardian Angel Joan's licking tongue dance up her folds. She let out a brief scream when she felt the golden-winged woman's tongue near her excited clit, sending a surge of pleasure coursing through her body. Alexis felt her lustful body beginning to writhe out of control, dancing to the stimulation given to her by those identical mouths.

Shaking and shivering, Alexis closed her eyes as she felt the two women set her body alight. A beautiful golden fire raced through her, dancing hotly on her bare skin and glowing lustfully within. She heard her own moans grow ever louder and didn't try to quiet down. Right now, she wouldn't have minded if the blissful noise could be heard throughout the Sanctuary. Part of her actually wanted it to, to make her beautiful lust known to every fairy out there and have them share in it in whatever way they wanted to.

Alexis felt St. Joan's lips move away from her heaving breasts and up her neck. Turning her head and opening her eyes, she found herself face to face with the woman again. She wanted to reach out and kiss her again, but her mouth could only pant and moan as Guardian Angel Joan's tongue played with her clit. It was St. Joan who leaned in and kissed her, smothering a powerful moan and sending it reverbrating through both their bodies. Alexis kissed the young woman hungrily and clumsily and felt St. Joan return that hunger, kissing her passionately while letting one of her hands roam across her wet breasts. Even as she shuddered with pleasure herself, Alexis could somehow feel the lust in the other women's bodies and sense their desperate urge.

"Do it," St. Joan pleaded breathlessly when their lips briefly parted. "Give us what we want."

Alexis could only stare in confusion. She would've loved to go down on either of the Joans, but the Guardian Angel didn't seem like she was about to pull away from her slick folds and the Saint kissed her heatedly again the moment the words had left her lips. Then a kind of understanding emerged in her aroused mind. If her undirected feelings and dreams affected the fairies so much that they became intensely lustful themselves, could she maybe share her feelings of pleasure the way she wanted to if she concentrated? Make them feel it as hotly as she herself did?

But she couldn't concentrate. Not with St. Joan kissing her lips and Guardian Angel Joan kissing her slit. If she'd been filled with calm, perhaps she could have done something, but the wild pleasure raging inside of her had robbed her of the control over her very own body. Still, her rapdily beating heart yearned for it, whether it was impossible or not.

Alexis would've shrieked suddenly if it hadn't been for St. Joan's lips covering her mouth when she felt Guardian Angel Joan's tongue slip inside of her. The powerful feelings already within her seemed to impossibly increase their strength when she felt the golden-winged woman's tongue run across her inner walls. With St. Joan kissing her and playing with her breasts and Guardian Angel Joan kissing her pussy so deeply, it was rapidly becoming too much for Alexis and she felt her entire tense up in preparation for her coming orgasm. She tried to reach out to the two women, to have them feel what she was about to, but she had no idea how to go about doing it and all she could do was hope fiercely.

Alexis came screaming, the pleasure finally becoming too much for her. She felt her orgasm race through her body like lightning, filling ever last inch of her with bliss. But perhaps more powerful even than that, was the way both Joans suddenly groaned softly with pleasure of their own and their bodies shuddered slightly. The realisation that the two women had climaxed as well sent her even higher into what seemed like an entire new plane of intense, glorious pleasure.

By the time she came down, Alexis found herself lying between the two Joans. Panting only slightly, she turned to kiss one, then the other. It was only because of the golden wings that she could tell that it was Guardian Angel Joan on her right and St. Joan on her left.

"You both came as well, didn't you?" Alexis asked.

"Yes," St. Joan replied. "Because you wanted us to. And because we wanted to."

"Mind you, our orgasm wasn't as intense as yours," Guardian Angel Joan said. "But it was still... satisfying."

"I'll do better next time," said Alexis.

"Let's hope not," St. Joan replied. "Regardless of what I may have said in the heat of the moment, letting other feel your own sexual emotions is another indication of your transformation into a Duel Spirit. The better you become at it, the less human you will be."

"I see," said Alexis. "And I take it that's bad?"

"That depends," said Guardian Angel Joan. "If you become a Dual Spirit it will be impossible to return to your own world, except temporarily in some highly unusual circumstances. You will have to settle in one of our worlds."

"Right," Alexis nodded. "So what do I do to stop it?"

"Travel to the realm of Ruin, Queen of Oblivion," St. Joan replied. "She's the one doing this to you and she's the only one who can reverse."

"Unfortunately, humans can't survive in Oblivion's realm. You'll be more Dual Spirit than human by the time you reach her," Guardian Angel Joan added.

"That doesn't sound very encouraging," Alexis said.

"The facts rarely are," said St. Joan. "Here," she added, "these might help."

Brief white light shone in her hands and coalesced into the St. Joan and Guardian Angel Joan cards.

"People keep giving me these," said Alexis. "Don't think I'm ungrateful, but what are they for?"

"Think of them as mementos," said Guardian Angel Joan. "And of a way for us to lend you our strength should you need it."

"Thanks," said Alexis.

"Of course, being able to use the full potential of these cards would be another sign of your gradual loss of humanity," said St. Joan. "So perhaps it would be best if you never found out."

"Right," said Alexis. "Still... thanks. So is there anything else I should know?"

Guardian Angel Joan and St. Joan shared an uncomfortable look.

"Only that you can't stay here much longer. You're far too disruptive for us. So we'll soon send you to another world, one somewhat closer to the Queen's realm," St. Joan said.

"Yeah, I figured," said Alexis. "Hey, uhm... will I be able to tell when I've completely transformed?"

"Yes, though I'm not sure you'll be able to notice the significance at that point," said St. Joan. "You'll have a card of your own. I imagine it'd be called 'Alexis, Queen of Lust' or something of the kind."

"And that will be your name," Guardian Angel Joan added. "Not Alexis Rhodes, but Alexis, Queen of Lust. Alexis Rhodes will only be a memory at that point."

"If you can remember her at all," said St. Joan.

"I see," said Alexis. "So I guess I'd better hurry up, then."