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Title: The adventures of Joxer the Mighty & Iolae Pt. 2: The Punishment.

Author: Adalisa

Email: marioz@spin.com.mx

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Summary: Iolaus and Joxer get closer, and everyone else is having too many troubles to get in the way.

Rating: NC-17

Disclaimer: Hercules, Iolaus and all the Hercules characters belong to Renassainse Pictures, who also own Xena. Ranma 1/2 related stuff belongs to Rumiko Takahashi. The Greek gods and goddess belong to mythology and Greek culture. I am not making any money out of this, really. I don't even get to hold them a little while. So please, don't sue. With the peso-dollar exchange, you would end up loosing money if I paid.

Content: Iolaus/Others

Warning: This has m/m, and some m/f and some f/f. Oh, and in this particular installment, m/f (sorta) sex.

Notes: In this reality all the stuff about Gabrielle wearing hindu' clothing never happened, Alcmene is still alive, and hasn't seen or thought about Zeus in a long while. If you haven't read the rest of the Iolaus 1/2 series, I would suggest doing so or you will get very, very confused. Now, I just saw Joxer's first appearance... and wanted to strangle Gabrielle, so I'm sorry if it shows. Regarding geography... I still need a good map of the Greece that is around the series, I don't know if Meg's tavern is on a road, near to Sparta... but this is a crossover :) If Ryoga has a bad sense of direction, so can I :) Also... well, this is my first attempt to write heterosexual sex, so I hope it makes sense.

The Adventures Of Joxer The Mighty & Iolae Pt. 2: The Punishment.

by Adalisa

Joxer and Iolaus's trip was temporally interrupted by a sudden rain.

And both of them had to run towards the only safe place. A roadside tavern that Iolaus hadn't seen in his previous trips to Sparta. Given the fact that he was carrying very few dinnars, that worried the hunter. Even if no one could recognize him as Iolaus, he had hoped that posing as his own cousin could give him a small discount.

He thought he was ready for anything. From horny warriors to jealous women, to the possible apparition of Ares, Xena or even Hercules. Whatever the Fates decided to throw against him, 'Iolae' would be ready.

But he was not ready for the squeals of delight from the women on the tavern when they saw Joxer.

"Oh... Meg, girls..." Joxer smiled, and before Iolaus could ask anything, someone handed Joxer a lute, and the girls began singing the man's theme song. Joxer himself seemed a little taken aback, but after the first stanza he caught the spirit of the gilrs's joy and sang with them, while Iolaus just waited at the door, dripping wet, wondering if someone would think of handing her a towel.

Still, he couldn't help but smile, seeing Joxer happy. In their short trip together, Iolaus had seen why Aphrodite was so taken by the man. Maybe he was not a good warrior, but that was not his fault. The Joxer Iolaus had seen in only two days of road together was a charming man, if somewhat shy, who was capable of extreme loyalty.

"So... who's your friend, Joxie?" Meg suddenly asked. Iolaus blinked, looking at the tramp who was Xena's double. At least she was paying attention to him, even if there wasn't even the offering of a towel or a cloth to dry herself with.

"She's Iolae of Tirenne. Iolaus' cousin." Joxer smiled, while the woman looked at Iolaus' feminine form with a very analyzing eye. "We're traveling together."

"Well, your taste has improved a little, all things considered." Meg's eyes seemed to shine as she said that, and her smile was far more honest than any from Xena. "So I guess you won't be needing my company tonight."

"Ah..." The Mighty blushed, something that made Iolaus smile. If Joxer was a regular client it was none of his business, and really wanted to tell him that. "...Meg... we were only looking for a place

to stay..."

"Sure, Joxie. Everyone here says the same." The tramp turned around to see her co-workers, with a wide smile. "Girls! Make Joxer feel just as if he were home, while I take care of his... new

friend."

Before either Joxer or Iolaus could complain, Meg grabbed the hunter's hand and pulled her towards one of the rooms. The last thing Iolaus heard from the room was a female voice telling to

Joxer that she was willing to do threesomes...

For free.

* * *

Discord was holding Artemis' bow with delight. She was waiting for the perfect moment to attack, hoping for the most humiliating situation in which she could leave the fool mortal. Last time she

had had the chance, she had blown it completely when she had acted too soon.

Now she was going to wait.

Nothing was going to stand in the way.

* * *

"You're really lucky, you know, girl?" Meg looked at Iolaus as he dried his long hair. They were in Meg's room, where the woman had brought out a beautiful blue dress with a pronounced opening on the back. "Many of us would give anything to accompany Joxie on his journeys..."

"Then why don't you?" The hunter asked, curious. He really didn't want to leave her well-worn clothes, especially not to change them for a dress. Unfortunately, her clothes were soaking wet, and he really didn't have a choice. "For what I've seen, he always travels alone."

"Oh, sure!" Meg laughed a very humorless laugh. "At least when he's not following his blonde fool. You're a good change from that, girl."

"Blonde fool?" At this, Iolaus couldn't help but frown. Sure, he had entertained some bad thoughts about Gabrielle too, but not bad enough to call her that out loud. "Why...?"

"How would you call the one who travels with Greece' mightiest lover and not see his love for what it is?" The woman's voice was so deadpan that Iolaus couldn't believe his ears.

"Wait..." The hunter frowned, as she began putting on the dress. "... I thought Greece's greatest lover was Iolaus..."

"Oh, he's fine. But he is no Joxer." Meg laughed, turning away to look for something inside a big chest. "We have to do something with your hair. It doesn’t look good to leave it so... wild..."

However, Iolaus was not paying any more attention to her. He couldn't go past the 'He's no Joxer' remark. Although he constantly complained to Hercules that no one cared for his reputation as hero, his reputation as a lover had never been challenged. And he was not going to accept the fact that someone, anyone was better than him without a convincing an unrefutable proof.

* * *

Xena was finishing off the last army of Ares' defenders, while Gabrielle waited in a nearby hill. Although she usually was at the warrior princess's side, after the first five senseless fights provoked by the most stupid reasons - that went from a warrior saying that Iolae was the sexiest girl on Greece to someone denying that Ares had Iolaus - the scene was getting old.

And there was no way to reason with Xena once she went on the rampage path.

More so, Gabrielle was starting to feel guilty. It had passed around a week since she had lost her temper with Joxer, and the useless warrior had gone away. And, as much as she hated to admit it, she was missing the man.

Sure, he was annoying, and foolish, and he always got in the way... not to mention that the not so secret crush that he had for her made him impossible to talk with. But he was company, and he

was funny...

And maybe he could have helped her to distract Xena.

Gabrielle sighed, but soon she dispelled the unease away from her heart. After all, Joxer always came back.

And when he did, she decided that maybe she would treat him a little better.

* * *

"So, Joxie... Where are you going to spend the night?" One of the girls was asking, her voice full with promises, when Iolaus returned to the other man's side.

"He'll be spending it with me!" He said immediately, grabbing Joxer's arm. The not-so-good- warrior seemed quite startled with this, as he took on 'Iolae's' new clothes, which make her look even more beautiful. "So back off!"

The girl stared at the huntress with jealous eyes, but her challenge went unsaid and unanswered when more clients entered the place and she had to return to her duties, leaving Iolaus and Joxer alone.

"Io...Iolae... you really don't have to..." Joxer began stammering, making it obvious to the golden hunter that he had understood the meaning of her words very clearly. "I... I can sleep on the..."

"Joxer, we're friends, right?" Iolaus interrupted, putting his hand on the other's mouth. "And if a friend invites you to hi...her bed, you shouldn't feel ashamed. You can say no if you want, but I want to tell you that I really meant it. I want to spend the night _with_ you."

The taller man blushed brightly, and Iolaus smiled. It was not a strange situation for him that more than one girl invited him to her bed when he was travelling with Hercules, much for the demi-god's dismay, and thus, he knew exactly how to word his invitation to Joxer to avoid any misunderstanding.

"You didn't seemed interested on this..." Joxer managed to say, avoiding her eyes. But Iolaus just kept smiling.

"I admit. Meg got me curious.... She says that you're the..." Suddenly, Iolaus stopped, realizing what he was about to say. If it had been Autolycus, he would have continued, fully aware that the

King of Thieves would never ignore a challenge. But Joxer was different. And so, if he was planning into trying his first seduction as a girl, he had to change his tactics. "... that you're really good... and she was muttering something about a stanza of your song that I hadn't heard before..."

"Oh..." Joxer blushed apple red, not really knowing what to say. It was that simple gesture what gave Iolaus the strength to go on. All his doubts about his plan were dimished as his friend looked into her eyes, smiling. "...but.... I thought you liked someone else..."

"You're amazing, Joxer..." Iolaus sat at his side, pausing as he searched the right words. "Look, ever since I became... since I left my parents home, every man I meet looks at me as if I were a

piece of meat. Autolycus, Ares... Even Hercules, except that he denies it! But you... you look at me as a friend. I like that."

"You think of me as your friend?" Now Joxer was smiling too, the honest smile that Iolaus had come to like so much and was sure Gabrielle and Xena didn't see very often.

"Sure!" Iolaus punched softly Joxer's shoulder, laughing. "I do not walk through half Greece to find people I don't consider a friend!"

Joxer smile grew, and, almost shyly, he touched her cheek, tilting it upward in a kiss invitation. For a man who was always rejected by the one he loved, who apparently had to pay women for their

company, Joxer had a wonderful technique. Iolaus remembered briefly his only kiss as a female, the one Ares had stolen from her lips, amazed at the similarities and differences of those moments. And with that thought, Iolaus leaned into Joxer's caress, giving his first freely given kiss as a female to the noble man whom now he called friend.

It was a very soft kiss, gently given and without pressure. A kiss like the ones he had given before, to the girls he loved in every town... only that now he was letting Joxer set the pace, lead the way... and that made it special on it's own way.

* * *

Hercules was not feeling happy.

On the way to Sparta, everything had happened to him. From a sudden fire on a village, to slavers, to warlords on the rampage, to flocks of sheep... It was as if someone wanted him far away from

Sparta.

And he still had to find Autolycus, since he had stolen Artemis' bow, again.

But the choice meant finding Autolycus, leaving Iolaus alone with Joxer...

Joxer, who had the reputation of being a lover as great as Iolaus...at least in some circles.

Sighing, Hercules reassumed his way, as fast as he could. Sparta was only two days away, and if he hurried, maybe he could arrive before a new disaster delayed him further.

* * *

As Joxer kissed her neck, trailing a line from her mouth to her shoulders, the hunter turned huntress wondered exactly when this situation had begun to run out of control. After their first kiss, Joxer had jokingly changed the subject so they had dinner. But as soon as it was finished, he had gently taken her hand, kissing softly her palm.

"I am not as skilled as your cousin in the art of seduction but... if you want..."

Iolaus had blushed, taking a deep breath he touched the other man's cheek, with a smile. "I want..." He had said, and before he knew it, they were together in the bedroom.

There, he slid his hands back down to her waist, over the soft cloth of the dress Meg had loaned to Iolaus, and when Joxer pulled her into an embrace, the hunter could feel his cock pressing against her mound, hot and hard. It was a very strange sensation, but Iolaus found that it was not an unwelcome one. In fact, it was making him feel very warm in all the places where their bodies

touched.

Instinctively, Iolaus began to rub her body into that hardness, closing her eyes as he heard Joxer's pleased moan. As he did, Iolaus began to analyze his new feelings, realizing that his reactions as a woman were somewhat different to the ones he had as a man. Her breasts and nipples were getting hard like little stones, and he ached to be touched there.

Joxer seemed to know that, and soon his hands were working first on the ties at the front, then on the back of the dress, taking them off the hunter's body with extreme care. When her breasts were free, her body completely naked, Iolaus gasped with surprise. Joxer misinterpreted this, and stopped immediately, looking into her eyes with worry.

"Are you sure of this, Iolae?" He asked, softly but stern.

"Yes... I... I was only surprised..." Iolaus looked straight into the other's eyes, immediately knowing that he could be honest with Joxer. "This... this is the first time I... I am with a man..."

"But..." Now Joxer seemed genuinely confused. "... I thought... you and Hercules... Since you are traveling together... and he..."

"Oh, please, don't mention that _dense_ demi-god right now, it really ruins the mood!" Iolaus snorted, rolling her eyes. "Sure... I feel something for him that goes past friendship... But I could

parade naked in front of him and he would never admit that he feels something for me, let alone act on those feelings!!"

"So this is only to spite him?"

"Of course not!!" The huntress denied it immediately. "I don't do anything to spite my loved ones. I really want this... for me... and for you." He punctuated his words with a passionate kiss, closing

the warrior’s arms around her body into an intimate embrace. "I want this because of you."

And that was the truth. Ever since the game of seduction began, Iolaus had met a very different Joxer. It was not the useless clown that usually appeared on Gabrielle's tales, not the noble but slightly clumsy man with whom he had traveled for a day. No, this Joxer was a skilled lover, who not only knew where to touch, and what pace to set... he also knew when to stop.

"Iolae..." Whatever he was going to say was interrupted by the golden hunter's lips. And the doubts that plagued Joxer's mind were dispelled. But he had not told Iolae the real reasons of his

hesitation, he was used to the fact that many women only thought of him as a warm body to keep them company. He had feared to use Iolaus as a substitute for Gabrielle, taking advantage of their

similar heights and blonde hair. But with that kiss, with their friendly talks on the road and on the tavern... Iolae had dispelled the image of Gabrielle from Joxer's heart.

The most wonderful thing was that his feelings for Iolae herself had not changed. He saw her as a friend, as someone to be trusted... not as an unattainable object to love.

With renewed courage Joxer moved his hands upward to cup her breasts, pinching tenderly the aching nipples with a steady rhythm, slowly guiding the golden hunter towards the edge of the bed.

Laying her down. The huntress was breathing quickly, feeling how the place between her legs began pulsing, warm and wet, as a new strange desire traveled through her body.

Almost reverently, Joxer kneeled in front of the bed, gently parting Iolaus' legs open, first caressing carefully the inside of her tights, then kissing the same spots slowly. The huntress moaned, trying to get his lover to get closer to her aching clit. But Joxer was taking his time, and he stopped, looking at her with expectant eyes.

"By Zeus... Don't stop Joxer!" Iolaus breathed, amazed at the thickness of her voice. Joxer smiled, and stood up, taking the rest of his clothes off, showing Iolaus his cock fully aroused. Iolaus half rose, and leaned in to touch it. What he had told to Joxer was true, it was his first time with a male... and it wasn't for lack of offering... just for lack of interest. But Joxer was different, and Iolaus had always been proud of the fact that he never backed away from any situation. When he slightly touched the aroused member with her feminine fingers, Joxer trembled, and this gave Iolaus confidence, to lean in closer, studying the veins, the skin, and the texture of the

warrior's impressive cock. In that moment he understood why Meg and the others liked Joxer so much... and it was not only a matter of size... It was also obvious that the man knew how to be a lover.

And her groin flared up as he noticed that Joxer's erection hardened under his touch. Sitting down, the hunter guided the round member to her mouth, sucking, nibbling, just as many past lovers had done to him, feeling his pleasure build as Joxer moaned under his ministrations, making Iolaus suck harder, enraptured by the taste to musk that came from the pre-cum of the warrior.

Just before Joxer reached his limit, he motioned ‘Iolae’ away, holding her in a possessive claim, kissing her as his hands traveled down, opening softly her nether lips and rubbing one finger against her clit, while another entered her body, making her arch towards him, as Iolaus tried to push himself closer to her lover.

Joxer kissed gently Iolaus lips, tracing a path of fluttery kisses down her body, to her neck, to her breasts, stopping just for a moment in her nipples to nibble them gently. Then the warrior moved to her belly, finally reaching her center, licking her clit without taking his fingers out of her, making Iolaus moan with desire. The huntress thought he would go mad with desire... but before he could reach climax, Joxer withdrew.

"What...?" His asked, her voice deeper and filled with desire. "Why...?"

"Its your first time, Iolae..." Joxer told her, smiling gently even when his eyes were darkened with lust. "I want it to be special for you."

With extreme gentleness, Joxer laid her down the bed again. Iolaus opened her legs wider, as he finally entered her, causing the hunter such pleasure that he orgasmed immediately. As he reeled

in the sensations, Joxer retreated, entering her again, in a slow rhythm that picked up speed with every moan from the huntress, stretching her insides, stroking every wall of Iolaus' body, building a new pleasure explosion that was reached as Joxer climaxed inside her.

* * *

Dawn found them entwined, asleep.

Due to his hunter instincts, Iolaus was the first one to awake, and he turned to see Joxer’s peacefull sleep while wondered what he could do to help the other man, since he really didn't thought that a night of great casual sex was the solution.

"G'd morning..." Joxer opened his eyes, to meet the hunter's, and Iolaus couldn't stop his smile.

"Now I know why you're called 'The Mighty'." Iolaus joked, as he pushed her hair back. "I'll... bet that my cousin will be more than honored to know he shares the title of Greece's greatest lover with you."

"No...I'm no match for him." Now the sadness was back on Joxer's voice, and Iolaus frowned. He really didn't want to hear that again. Not from such a good friend.

"Joxer, c'mon! You're a great man, and a great lover!" Sitting down to embrace her lover, Iolaus tried to look at him in the eye. "What makes you think otherwise?"

"I'm only good in bed... And your cousin is a great hero."

"Haven't you helped Xena too? I bet you've saved her life more than once!"

"No... I'm useless. I can't even use my sword without getting it kicked out of my hands."

"That's because it needs a lot of blacksmith work. I can fix it... and you can learn to fight." Iolaus was getting ideas. If Joxer was _that_ skilled in bed, there was hope for him as a fighter. "When I... When Iolaus meet Gabrielle, she couldn't even defend herself. The only reason why she fights so well now is because the amazons took the time to teach her. I can teach you."

"Would you?" Now Joxer's eyes were shining with real joy, and Iolaus felt a weight out of his shoulder. He was fulfilling his promise to Aphrodite, and there would be a new fighter to defend the needed.

"Oh, no, she won't!!" Discord's voice rang suddenly in the room, and before Iolaus could react, the goddess of punishment appeared and shoot an arrow to Joxer.

"Discord!!!" Iolaus watched helplessly as Joxer doubled over in pain, and his whole body shifted and changed. "Why did you do this?!"

"Oh, It's simple, little girl." The goddess laughed disappearing in a cloud of gray smoke. "That pig should never had touched Ares' property."

Joxer, now transformed into a small black piglet bweed, confused. Iolaus sighed, and gathered him in her arms. "Don't worry, Jox... I'll find the way to change you back. I promise."

"Kwee?"

The End.

-The adventures of Joxer the Mighty & Iolae Pt. 2: The punishment.