The following story contains passages which describe in detail, nudity, violence, and certain aspects of human sexuality. If you are under 18, or offended by any of the aformentioned issues, stop here. This story is not for you. The author humbly submits this work for your enjoyment, as well as enlightenment. Distribute it freely, but do not market or attempt to sell or profit from this material. In addition, the author would encourage any comment or criticism. Discuss what you liked, or what you did'nt. I look forward to hearing from you. Email direct at hamlet456@aol.com. Enjoy! THE CLEARING It was a beautiful spring afternoon in the forest. Showers had sprinkled lightly on the surrounding foliage and soil, leaving a damp, earthy aroma, that hung pleasantly in the air. A nearby stream flowed languidly. The birds and insects united to create a natural symphony. A small clearing existed among the seductive greenery where knee-high blades of new grass and brilliantly colored wild flowers carpeted the earth. From opposite sides of the clearing, two nude women approached one another, and on this sta The issue surrounding the dispute could not be resolved. They each harbored extreme views, and neither was willing to compromise. Last ditch efforts at mediation and diplomacy had been tragically exhausted. Sadly, pride had also become a volatile ingredient in the conflict. As a result, each woman was prepared to defend her principles to the death. On one side, the challenge was angrily issued, on the other, gleefully accepted. The protocol for the duel was frighteningly uncomplicated. On this day, the matter would be finally settled, contested at the lowest common denominator-naked, woman to woman, and to the finish! The duelists strode confidentally towards each other at the center of the clearing. There, they circled cautiously, stalking one another, sizing each other up, exposed, fear and adrenalin coursing wildly through their blood. A hush came over the pastoral setting, a deafening silence where time and space became frozen in eternity. The air was still, the birds and insects, mute. In that moment the point of no return was reached. In an instant, the silence was obliterated, as suddenly, violently, the woman-fight erupted. Deeply tanned to a rich golden bronze, the blonde's powerfully supple body bespoke a life of physical training. Shoulders square, breasts full and heavy, her muscles were well defined. Her abdomen was hard and flat, the muscles giving a sharp, washboard appearance. Her buttocks were like two ripe pears joined together at the stems. Proudly, she displayed a thatch of light-brown fur between her luscious brown thighs. When highlighted, tiny, soft, downy hairs materialized on her legs. Her hair was thick, luxuriant, and hung to mid shoulder. Severe, icy blue eyes and sharp nose reminded one of a bird of prey. In contrast, the brunette's womanly physique was wrapped in exquisitely soft, milk-white skin, that, in the heat of the moment, blushed to a delicate pink. Her torso was sturdy, but the muscles did not bulge. Her breasts were large and circular, with erect nipples pointing upwards. Her hips were wide, her legs and buttocks both thick, and shapely. Thick, lush, raven fur covered her sex-a half-inch column escaping the Mound of Venus, curling all the way to the belly button-the phenomena created a delicious contrast with her creamy belly and thighs. Dark hair, with glistening highlights adorned her crown, combed backwards, it hung defiantly over her shoulders. Her eyes were brown, oval, and smoldering. The bloodfued was a scene both repulsive, yet hypnotically compelling. The statuesqe combatants were magnificent to behold, dynamic, alive, in the very prime of womanhood, yet now, they were zealously engaged in a battle for their lives-a battle with no rules and no referee to halt it. The encounter realized a savagery that can only be witnessed when two women fight. Through most of human history, women have had to be fierce to protect themselves and their offspring, Now, the two modern-day rivals returned to this primal nature. They engaged one another as would their primative ancestors. They fought with a level of ferousity that no male of the species could attain, or even understand. This was the ultimate battle, and it would have grave consequences. The contest was stark, raw, they went at each other hungryly. Standing before one another, they swung their fists wildly, with all there might-blows from the powerful women often finding their mark with frightening result. Under the noonday sun, the muscles of the naked contestants rippled through skin glistening with perspiration. The blonde grasped handfuls of the brunettes hair and attempted to hurl her enemy to the ground. Off balance, desperate, and determined to keep her footing, the brunette seized the blonde by the breasts. What had begun as a defensive tactic, spawned by necessity, ironically became offensive, as the brunette's finger nails now became deadly talons. A ferocious battle of strength and will resulted, as each woman used her leverage to try and throw her opponent down. Disheveled hair, the ends now ladened heavily with sweat, whipped about dangerously, often striking the combatants in the eyes, and becoming hopessly entangled with one another's. Vision blurred, the brunette pulled the blonde towards her and swung her right leg upward catching her opponent solidly between the legs with her knee. Pain registered on the blonde's face, but the blow could not extinguish her anger. She charged forward slamming her entire body against her foe, again and again, more than a dozen times, the collisions punctuated by resounding slaps of flesh against flesh. They careened sideways, out of control. The tree branch was camouflaged-treacherously submerged under the blanket of wildflowers. The brunette's foot struck it. Primal screams raged throughout the surrounding forest as the pair tumbled to earth in each other's deadly clutches. Almost hidden from view, under a canopy of angry red and brilliant white wildflowers, golden flesh intertwined with porcelain white. They undulated like deadly serpents coiled in a death match. Struggling ferociously, they clawed, gouged, punched and kicked. Every inch of their anatomies became weapons, and crudely, every inch became targets. No limb, strand, or orifice was excluded. Desparate, wild animal cries emitted from deep within their bowels. The bloodletting continued neither able to gain the upper hand. The dispute that had separated the women in the past suddenly seemed disproportionate with the level of violence now at hand. The reality of the violence was staggering, they had miscalculated it, but now they had to live with it, and maybe even die with it. As the forest itself stood motionless, aghast, baring witness to the brutal event, the combatants ironically appeared as a single entity. One of rage and heaving flesh. They were hopelessly locked together in a circle of doom, neither sure whether she would be the survivor. As the women fought, each was aware of the existence of the tree branch lying hidden somewhere nearby. It was partially revealed in the short grass just a few feet away. It became apparent to them in the same instant. They both went for it. The blonde got there first. They struggled for it. The blonde won. Within a split second, she had the brunette down, the branch against her wind pipe. The battle for survival now assumed a new, desparate, character. the dark-haired woman caught the branch on either side of the blonde's forceful grip. Choking, she used steady force to back the blonde off of her throat. Gasping, she then began to use her powerful lower limbs to roll the blonde off of her. Completing a half circle, she now had the blonde on her backside. The tables were turned, the brunette was now on top, damp earth clinging to her muscular buttocks. The blonde was strong, and determined not to be pinned with the weapon. Twisting, rolling, grunting, and crying, they fought with every ounce of their very being. As the circle death drew tighter, they used one another as an anchor to the world they both were in peril of losing. Legs encircling legs, hard, firm bodies pressed tightly against one another, crotches grinding, breasts and abdomens sliding against blood and naked sweat, they glared into one another's eyes, piercing the physical veil, boring into one another's souls. The struggle with the weapon continued to ebb and flow, tremendous amounts of precious physical resources being consumed. Again, the blonde wrestled her way on top. Now, suddenly, unsuspectingly, she unlocked her legs from her opponent's legs and quickly brought them forward. Her feet and shins rested firmly on the ground, her knees on top of the opposite ends of the branch. Straddling her rival, she now had the deadly leverage of her entire body! The branch made it's way downward, slowly, relentlessly, toward the exposed white throat of her nemesis. The fair- skinned woman felt the pressure against her jugular. The blonde arched her back and began to bounce up and down on the branch, her breasts heaving with the rhythm, sweat dripping from her nipples on to the face of the brunette, the saline liquid stinging the helpless woman's eyes. Blinded and offering little resistance, the brunette was losing, and she felt herself beginning to fade. The blonde became giddy with exhilaration. She wanted life! The means to possess it were at hand. Horribly, the strangulation continued, the dominant woman bouncing harder and harder. "I want to live! Please! God! Now!" The tree branch snapped in two. Off balance, the blonde pitched forward.The brunette swung both knees upward, striking the blonde in the upper back, the powerful blow sent her flying forward into the dirt. Fate had left it's mark on the contest. They lay face down against the cool earth, just a few feet apart, gasping. They laid there for some time, paralyzed by exhaustion and fear. The cool moist ground and the scent of the dank rich soil was soothing. But now they were confronted by a dour reality-the woman who could regain her feet first would likely take the fight. Slowly, they struggled to rise, their lives depending on it. But neither had the strength to stand. Pathetically, they faced each other on their knees, bloodied and bruised, covered in sweat, caked with damp red earth. Each instinctively knew that the end was at hand. In the next few moments, one woman would be the victor, the other, the victim. They collided! Grappling on their knees, in slow motion, nearly expended-they appeared like marathon dancers. In this dance of death, slightly, imperceptibly at first, her legs began to tremor. Her vitality was slowly ebbing. It was the beginning of the end, the battle soon to be consumated. Perceiving the weakness in her rival, the brunette became rabid with intoxicating new vigor. She put her enemy in a bear hug, then powered her backwards from her knees onto her back. The pair landed heavily, screaming, legs flailing-the brunette solidly on top. She opened her legs and pulled the blonde inside her thighs, capturing the panicked woman's middle torso, it rested snugly against her inner thighs and crotch as the brunette laid on her side, propped up on her left elbow. The brunette now had the blonde snared in the region of her body where almost all of her physical strength emanated-where her her very life force, stemed! It was the domain that held the power of life, and death! She unleashed her force, leg muscles rippling, bursting through taut, ivory skin. It was like being inside a vice. No hope remained for the blonde. "No!" She gasped, pleading. "Yes!" grimaced the brunette, her teeth bared, "Yes!" A handful of blonde locks in her fist, she pulled the defenseless opponents face to her flushed breasts. She wrapped her arms tightly around the head of her weakening opponent and began to smother the woman against her sweating body. The fight belonged to her. Her foe would be vanquished in a few short moments. She rejoiced in the moment, thrilling to the realization of the impending outcome. It had been just her and her enemy, in the most basic of contests, brutal, yet honest-and she was the victor! A rush of adrenalin pulsated from head to toe. The ultimate prize, life, was hers. Mysteriously, and quite unexpectedly, the sensation first began to erupt savagely between her thighs. Her black pussy began to spasm with sublime intensity-the orgasmic waves involuntarily travelling throughout her entire body like an earthquake, griping her thighs, fluttering through her intestines, causing her breasts to quiver, then finally exploding in the center of her brain. Both women were trembling, violently, uncontrollably, the blonde's sweet golden complexion, now , ashen. It ended! But not before the brunette released the death smother before the constriction became fatal. It had gone far enough, the hatred finally consumed. She was victorious. The victory tempered with mercy was even sweeter for her. She would not have the blonde on her conscience forever. She held the power to spare her enemy's life, and this feeling was godlike. The differences were settled, the book closed. A large, full, harvest moon bathed the scene in an eerie, incandescent glow. The brunette slowly stumbled to her feet, stood over her vanquished rival, and carefully surveyed the arena. The new grass and beautiful wild flowers were destroyed. It left her with a feeling of profound sadness. She left as she came, naked, down a narrow dirt path through the forest. A mile or so down the path, her faithful mate anxiously await her return. The reunion was joyous. A flare was launched into the still night sky, it exploded, bright orange, against the backdrop of the moon. The signal was to the blonde's mate, awaiting the outcome in a separate neutral space, that the duel was over-that his woman was the loser. As he made his way to the clearing, the bright halo in the sky left him unknowing as to what he would find. The End