Shimmering Water, Darkening Sky: Trouble in the Blue

Story by delphinic on SoFurry

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#2 of Shimmering water, Darkening Sky

Problems arise for Kycxx, Liotta, and the pod


Out in the majestic Pacific Ocean, where humans will occasionally pass over in an airplane or boat but prefer to stay on land, there lives a teeming ecosystem of fish and mammal life. Of those, there lives a dolphin pod consisting of about 10 bottlenose dolphins. However, as we come across this pod, there are only about 8. Two dolphins are missing from the pod, separated after feeding time, or Stilltra in the dolphin language. If only they'd have returned earlier one large male, the leader , thought to himself as he shook his head.

The pod waited around, worried for their sake and the sake of the lost dolphins. Moving from the meeting Stilltra spot wasn't likely to have a positive effect on them, one more than the other. Plus, they couldn't wait along much longer for them to return... these waters weren't quite safe.

As luck would have it, the calm ocean was interrupted by two familiar sets of clicking and chattering. The pod was relieved but the danger wasn't over yet. The lost dolphins quickened their pace to return to their pod, somehow sensing from miles away that something was wrong. The dolphins came into view, now clearly seen by their family and friends.

One was a female named Liotta, whose name in dolphin language meant "Shimmering water" for her eyes and good nature. She was well loved around the pod for her high spirit and playful attitude. She was the youngest in the pod and of her generation, making her highly known and respected.

Next to her was her (unlikely, most had decided) mate, a large male by the name of Kycxx. In the dolphin's language, his name meant "Darkening sky". This was his name not only because of his dark grey skin, but his temper problem. He could have sudden outbursts or even ones provoked by the smallest things. Unlike his mate, he wasn't that popular in the pod. Liotta was one of the few dolphins to enjoy being around him, while most were afraid of him.

Don't get me wrong, Kycxx was actually a really nice bottlenose. When he wasn't angry he was friendly and quite playful. Unfortunately, the rest of the dolphins (besides Liotta ,his mother, and Liotta's family) rarely saw that side. The years of depression from outbursts had mixed with the rage itself, and to the pod he was shy and on some occasions wouldn't even acknowledge that there were other dolphins there.

Liotta had been Kycxx's friend since her birth, and his mate for at least a year. She was never afraid of his outbursts, despite sometimes him injuring her. She loved him deeply and knew he depended on her to keep his sanity. Liotta had never even thought of leaving him, even though her friends had tried to get her to change her mind. All of the attempts were futile. Kycxx, however, sometimes pondered too why she stayed with him, even though he was known to hurt Liotta during an anger fit. Everybody had the same reason on why she should leave him; he was unpredictable and potentially dangerous.

The leader male greeted the dolphins casually, touching his beak to each of theirs, flicking out his tongue while the other did the same. The leader could sense that neither of them, especially Kycxx, were annoyed by the disappearance of the rest of their pod. This made him feel more at ease about breaking the bad news.

"Kycxx, Liotta, it's good to have you back. We were worried about you."

Liotta trilled casually while Kycxx kept silent. He could sense greatly that there was something awry.

"Look," the dolphin started, "I'm sure you both aren't happy about us leaving the spot, and we're sorry. It's obvious both of you have been looking for us for quite a while."

Liotta turned to Kycxx and cooed. She remembered that while they were separated both had felt a great ecstasy from reminiscing about their first experience. Kycxx beamed a bit, reminded of their time alone, and rubbed his beak on Liotta's.

"I guess not. Either way, we're sorry about it" the dolphin continued, "but we have our reasons. This might come as a shock to you," the two stopped and looked intently at him, "but we are in danger. Out here there is another pod, larger and, well, more vicious than ours.

"We were all at the Stilltra spot, waiting for the two of you to return, and we spotted them in the distance. At first we didn't think much of it, but they stopped and starting swimming around us in circles. Some of the younger ones were getting scared, so I knew I had to stop this. I aimed for the closest male and charged, knocking him off course. The circle swarmed me, and I prepared to attack. Fortunately, the male stopped them, and I felt much better that I could bring down the leader easily.

"The dolphin looked at me with menacing eyes, before finally speaking. 'I guess that's where the other gets it from'.

'What other one?' I asked. The dolphin began to swim around me, in tight circles. He didn't answer, so I asked him again.

'Sorry, I don't talk to strangers. Tell me your name if you want to know so badly.'

'It's Diablo, now tell me who the other one is.' At this, the dolphin stopped to face me.

' Oh hello, Strong King. My name is Calm Sky.'

'Tell me who this other one is, Cxxia' I ordered. The dolphin started to swim around me again.

'Hold on, Diablo, you'll hear soon enough.' The dolphin had such a calm demeanor through all of this that it nearly drove me to attack him again. Didn't he realize that this sort of behavior was frightening the younger dolphins?"

Diablo went up for air before continuing on.

"Anyway, this new dolphin pod had recently lost a valued member, one that was attacked and killed by another dolphin. He was the youngest of his generation, like Liotta, and so the pod wasn't quite happy. Long story short, they traced the killer back to this pod, they just don't know who it is. However, they said they'd be back to find out."

Kycxx's eyes widened and Liotta looked worriedly at him. With enough luck, it passed to look like they were shocked about the story.

"Don't worry, we're not staying here. If Cxxia does return, and find this supposed culprit, we have the chance of losing a member of our pod. I can't and wont have that. We're moving closer to land. We'll be leaving in a bit." Diablo turned and swam off.

Kycxx was still too stunned to say anything, so Liotta called him back. "Kycxx..."

"This is bad." Was all he could say. Both realized how much danger they were both in.

It all happened two days ago.

Kycxx and Liotta had been out feeding when they decided to split up to search for food. The area was different so neither had much of an idea where any schools were.

Liotta had returned to the Stilltra spot, expecting to see Kycxx there. However, he was missing. She had already been looking for him but couldn't find any traces.

Hours passed, and Kycxx still wasn't back. Poor Liotta was in tears (note: When the dolphins cry, it is metaphorical), pacing in circles about twelve yards out, occasionally scanning or whistling out his name, only to start pacing again. The agitated dolphin couldn't be contained. Diablo tried to calm her with reasoning, but she still swam. Her mother and father tried to bring her back to the pod, but she ignored them. Liotta was so nervous that when they sent a younger dolphin who was a friend of Liotta, named Winzig, she almost attacked him. Everyone forgave her for that, since they knew she was worried.

Night came by, with no sign of Kycxx. Liotta moved farther outward so if he did decide to come back, he would see her first. She was resting, floating in the water below the waves and after a few minutes waking up to breathe.

Sometime that night, while the moon was full and shining a grey light over the undulating Pacific waves, Liotta was woken up early. The first thing she remembered was the gentle feel of a beak against hers. She wasn't sure whether or not this dolphin was Kycxx or a predator, but was too distressed to stop herself from kissing back.

"Hi Liotta." the dolphin clicked, feeling her respond to his affection. Liotta opened her eyes and saw Kycxx, looking content yet worried at the same time.

"Kycxx," she weakly trilled out, still tired, "Where've you been? I'm so glad you're back." She began to kiss him even more as she spoke.

He didn't answer. He continued to kiss her, not wanting to tell her the bad news.

"Swim with me?" was the only thing he said.

Liotta agreed, happy that her mate was safe and back with her. As they swam off, Liotta moved extra close to Kycxx and rubbed him with her fin. He seemed to like this, but still swam with a slightly bowed head. Liotta knew what this meant, and suddenly became curious. Whenever he swam like this, he was anything but truly happy, or he had something on his mind. Usually it meant he was shy or scared, but he only swam like this around Liotta when something was really troubling him.

They were out about three miles when Kycxx stopped. Liotta squealed curiously at him, for he suddenly looked deeply saddened.

"Liotta," he said through tears (again, a metaphor), "I'm so sorry..." He moved close and rubbed her with his beak.

"For what?" Liotta asked, worried.

"I've put us in danger, both of us" he cooed sadly, "I-I've killed another dolphin."

Liotta's eyes widened at this, but she kept silent.

"I was out looking for food," he continued, still rubbing Liotta, "and I wasn't having any luck. I was far away from the Stilltra spot, and the hungrier I got the angrier I seemed to get. Finally I found a small school of fish, and was about to go after them, when I noticed another dolphin nearby. This dolphin was smaller but quicker, and he came in and ate all of the fish!"

"I wasn't about to start looking again, and I was getting really angry. So, I shot up to this dolphin and, well, bit him. I bit him hard, right on the fin."

This is a case where in our world someone would say that he was acting childish and immature. Liotta, however, knew that it was from his anger blocking his senses.

"This dolphin turned to me, pain and confusion wild in his eyes. 'What was that for?' he squealed out loudly.

'You stole my fish' I squealed back, looking this young dolphin straight in the eyes.

The dolphin calmed down a bit, 'Sorry, but you missed your chance. There's plenty of others out there.'

'Not here!' I retorted, 'I don't think you understand. Nobody in our pod has eaten for days, and I've been searching for quite awhile. You're going to have to help me find more.'

Well, the younger dolphin didn't seem to like the idea, and he bit me back, clicking 'Find them yourself!'.

I don't know what came over me, I just lost it. I attacked this dolphin, biting him and hitting from the sides, and then I blacked out. The next thing I remember, there was a presence nearby. Several dolphins were swarming me, and I realized that I had just killed the young dolphin. I stunned two or three dolphins before I escaped, swimming at top speed with them right behind me.

Long story shot, I found a cave to hide in until the other dolphins left. I had to wait there until just a bit ago, when I swam back to you."

Liotta was still taking the story in. Kycxx had killed a young dolphin in a rage fit and the other pod was after him. "That's horrible..." was all she could trill out.

"I just don't know what to do." Kycxx cooed, looking at Liotta.

"We should get you back to the pod." Liotta suggested, starting to move him that way. Kycxx shook his head.

"I can't, if they find out what happens I'll be danger still. I have to swim off. I only stopped by to see you," he said, looking Liotta straight into the eyes, "and say goodbye."

Liotta sat silently looking at Kycxx. Was he really going to leave?

"No, you won't leave." she said, firm but still scared, "the pod won't let you down. If they try to, I can stop them. They'll listen to me. Kycxx, please don't go, I almost died from fright when you weren't returning."

Kycxx knew she was sincere, and at this point he didn't need much persuasion.

"Thank you, Liotta." He said, feeling a great deal of love sweep over him. He rubbed against her, and she did the same. Both came to the realization that they hadn't mated in a few weeks. Usually they mated about once a week, but for some reason this had stopped. Kycxx could sense Liotta becoming aroused and she unconsciously thrust against her mate's underside, begging him for his cock.

Kycxx didn't feel he needed the pleasure of intercourse. Liotta was doing something amazing for him, and he wanted to repay her for her good deed. Her thrusting had already excited him enough, and he erected his tool, rubbing the tip on Liotta's swelling pussy lips.

Liotta's mouth gaped open and she closed her eyes, letting out and quiet airy whistle to the amazing feeling. Again she thrust onto Kycxx, expecting him to enter her. However, as she thrust he moved his prehensile penis, causing her to thrust onto his base without any penetration.

She made a low creaking noise in confusion, trying in vain to thrust herself onto her mate. Once again, he moved his penis out of the way. Before she could respond, he turned himself around so his head was by her slit. Liotta realized what Kycxx was up to and stopped, closing her mouth and looking absolutely content.

Kycxx used his rostrum to rub at Liotta's vulva, causing her to quiver with pleasure. After some rubbing, Kycxx flicked out his tongue and tasted Liotta. He never grew tired of her lubricant juices, and Liotta never grew tired of his cunnilingus. Kycxx had grown an expert in cunnilingus, each time giving Liotta a completely new experience. Likewise, Liotta had grown experienced with her vaginal muscles and knew the best ways to please Kycxx during sex.

As Kycxx continued to lick at her vagina, Liotta used her muscles to rub his tongue. She knew he loved this feeling, as she did it most of the time during cunnilingus. Whenever she did, she could feel her mate shudder with pleasure and he licked her more.

Suddenly Kycxx had an idea. He quickly went up for air so Liotta wouldn't be confused to what he was doing. He swam back down, this time he was moving the same way as Liotta was. She expected him to be right back at where he was before, but clicked in curiosity when she felt his head go past her pussy.

Kycxx gave up on trying to surprise her. "Relax, Liotta. I have an idea you might like."

Liotta clicked but didn't say anything, still confused over Kycxx's idea. Suddenly, she felt something hard press up against her slit. She knew it wasn't her mate's penis, the tip was too firm. Whatever was at her slit was slowly inching its way into her, getting wider and wider. After some time Liotta realized what this thing was. It was Kycxx's dorsal fin, and he was using it to penetrate her. This was a tad uncomfortable, due to the odd angle that Kycxx's fin curved at. She tried to keep it quiet, but he was going to fast so she had to speak up.

"K-Kycxx, this is a bit uncomfortable." She stammered through slight pain in her pussy.

Obediently, her mate stopped pressing in his dorsal fin and started to pull out of her, scanning her with his sonar to see when she was more at ease.

Soon he was out far enough so Liotta wasn't in pain from the stretching. She thanked him and started stimulating herself on his giant fin.

Both Liotta and Kycxx enjoyed this. Kycxx enjoyed it because it felt like a massage on his dorsal fin, kneading out rough spots. Liotta enjoyed it for obvious reasons, and already could feel herself becoming more aroused. She curved her body into a slight U shape, pushing her pelvis forward onto Kycxx's fin. A great swarm of fullness engulfed her vagina, and the stretching feeling only added to her pleasure. To help her reach her climax, Kycxx arched his back up and down to simulate a fucking. Liotta could feel her climax approaching and started to press back against Kycxx, almost taking all of his fin greedily into her slit. Finally, Liotta climaxed with a loud shrill whistle, thrusting herself one last time hard onto her mate's fin.

Kycxx, who's cock was still erect, felt the orgasm of his mate shoot out of her body and into his from the proximity they were at. Against his will, Kycxx ejaculated into the salty water.

Above him, Liotta continued to rub on Kycxx's dorsal fin, still in her climax. Finally, her orgasm died down and she sank onto her mate, the entire fin inside of her. Kycxx then pushed his limp mate up to the surface so she could get some air. She was still resting on his back when they reached the surface, but after a few moments she came to and pulled herself off of Kycxx, allowing him to get some air.

Both of the dolphin's arousal had gone down; Liotta's slit was now pale grey and Kycxx had pulled his erection back in. The two of them were in an afterglow, and even Kycxx forgot about the danger he was in and started to rub against Liotta. She sat still and enjoyed the feeling, occasionally rubbing Kycxx back with whatever she could use.

Liotta turned on her side, as did Kycxx, and they started to rub closer to each other. Kycxx was a bit lower than her, his rostrum touching about a few inches below the end of her head. Liotta looked down at her mate, a content look of her face, and finally broke the silence.

"Thank you, Kycxx." She cooed to him. He looked up at her and gave her a look that said 'What for?'. He kept silent as to not ruin the moment or sound rude, and merely started to rub her again.

They both sat there for what seemed like hours, silently basking in the afterglow of that unique experience. Kycxx continued to rub Liotta, while she would occasionally warble out tones of pleasure.

Finally they broke apart and swam to the surface to get some air.

The afterglow was over and Kycxx felt his worries return. "I still don't know how I'm going to get out of this mess." He sighed, looking at Liotta.

"Don't worry, Kycxx" Liotta responded, rubbing him with her beak, "The other pod is a different story, but I'll stop our pod if they try to come down on you."

He grinned a bit, nervously, and started to rub her back. "I love you, Liotta."

"I love you too, Kycxx."

They moved close to each other, like always, and swam back to their pod.

* * *

Back in the present, Kycxx and Liotta sat worriedly with the pod. Unlike their last flashback, this one left the two dolphins even more worried than before. Kycxx wasn't looking forward to the pod being altered in this migration, especially since he caused it. Liotta was wondering if she really could keep this promise she had with Kycxx.

Before either had much time to think, Diablo moved to the front of the pod.

"Friends, we have a dilemma. As you may know, our pod has been threatened to move. Supposedly, a member has killed the youngest dolphin from a neighboring pod. I don't know if it's true, but the other group is almost certain. They don't know who it is, but they said when they find out, they would subject this dolphin to endure punishment. This isn't what I would want my pod to go through, so we're migrating, closer to land.

"We know out here what the troubles are, and we still face those problems by the land. But we face a new challenge there: man. Humans will be far worse than any shark or territorial pod will ever be, because they have clever ways to hurt us."

He was about to add 'And I'm sure some of you know this', but saw Kycxx's sad eyes and stopped himself. Kycxx's father was killed after being caught in a fishing net nearly five months ago. Kycxx had found him alive and conscious, and tried his best to bite the mesh apart but his father drowned before he could get one bitten through.

Diablo exchanged a glance with Kycxx, almost as if to say "Whoops, sorry", and then continued.

"Remember, not all of the humans want to hurt us, and it seems more of a mistake than anything, at least where we're heading. I choose southwest because the humans northwest seem to be thirsty for our blood [He's referring to Japan]. If we're careful, we won't lose anyone on this trip. If you're ready to go, we had better head off."

Liotta turned to Kycxx, who was holding her, and gave him a look that showed she was nervous. Kycxx too looked nervous, but cared more about keeping Liotta calm. He needed her now, she was going to keep him safe from the pod in case they decided to turn on him.

Diablo turned, and without another word, swam off with his pod following behind.