Chapter 2: Bottled Rage

Well, here I am. Standing in a room almost-naked with god knows how many mares and an oblivious filly.

I'm glad that they aren't guys, because that would just make it even more awkward. It's nice to get some attention every once in a while that isn't based on pure hatred.

Hey, I'm a guy, and guys have needs, no matter how geeky or brute they are.

Seconds go by with me just standing there like an idiot while all the mares, sans Rainbow Dash, inspect me with their large eyes. Their pupils darted around my body, observing me as though I were a new species.

"Well? Are you going to do the massage or what?" I asked as I threw my trousers in a pile where my other clothes were. Aloe came forward and pointed at my underwear.

"Um...could you remove these too?"

Nope.

Not in hell.

"No." I replied sternly.

"But-"

"No."

I'd never expect to see a perverted talking pony. Yet here I am, stripping myself almost naked for their entertainment.

"Either you take me like this, Or I'm leaving."

"Alright, then hop on the table and I'll get to it."

"Can I have a...uh...stallion instead of a mare? I don't want someon-fuck, somepony, nevertheless a MARE, to touch me."

"That can be arranged!" Aloe smiled.

Due to the massage table being to short for me, I opted to combine two together, their ends connecting, so that the headrest's are on opposite ends. I got on as the others did. Rarity was on my left whilst Applebloom was on my right.

"Colt cuddler." Rainbow Dash sneered.

"You're going to enjoy this Rai, I know I will~" Rarity sang.

"Yeah, whatever. Let's get this over with so I can get in the Jacuzzi." I said.

"Rah, are ya gonna take that white thing off you when we get in the bubbly tub?" Applebloom asked.

Well, damn.

I didn't intend on bringing spare clothes, nor can I run back to to get them. If I was going to go into the 'bubbly tub' I'd have to remove my underwear, because I'm definitely not going to get them soggy.

I don't really have to tell you why I don't want to remove my undergarments and hop in a tub with some ponies, all of whom are female. But unfortunately, I don't really have any other choice, since it's either get in naked, or just sit outside the room, twiddling my thumbs like an idiot whilst I wait for the mares to have fun and such in the Jacuzzi.

So, I guess I have to take them off after all.

Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut...

"Rarity."

"Yes Rai?"

"Since you're a unicorn who specializes in dress making, do you have a spell to make things dry if they get wet?"

Rarity's eyes narrowed as a sly smile spread across her face. She definitely knows the reason for my strange request.

"Unfortunately, I don't. But whatever do you need it for my darling?"

Snarling quietly, I mumbled a reply.

"No reason, just making small talk..."

Aloe came towards us as she placed two hooves in her mouth. She made a whistling sound as a few more ponies came into the room. How the fuck did she do that with those round blocks that they call hooves? Magic. I suppose. Since that's the answer for every strange thing that I see around ponyville. A small group of ponies quickly walked out of some double-doors, most of whom were female, again.

Aloe approached me as she gazed at my back. A cream brown stallion followed behind her with a cheery smile.

"Are you ready, sir?" His deep voice reassured my thoughts of fear, making me relax a little bit more.

"Raijin. Call me Rai."

"Alright...Rai."

His stubby hooves softly impacted my back, pushing down my skin and hitting tense spots that I've never noticed. Stings of pain hit me as he came across them, yet it quickly faded away as relief washed it over. Soon after, his hooves began to run circles on the spots of tension on my back, as though he were trying to smoothen the land out from the bumps upon it.

I couldn't help myself from humming in delight as I felt all of my stress melt away.

If I had looked at my face at that point whilst my eyes somehow closed themselves, I'd be smiling like a fool.

And like a fool I was.

"It's good to see that you are...relaxed...Rai. You seem to be a completely different person from a few minutes ago." Rarity said.

"I'm getting massaged, why shouldn't I get happy? I've never had it before and it's actually amazing! I should really come here more often to do this, if I had the expenses to do so of course." I replied.

"I thank you for your wonderful review of my skills." My masseur spoke as he continued to do his magical healing.

Rarity smiled, seemingly content that she could make me confess in such a way.

"Well then, I guess that this was a complete success in loosening you up then!" She giggled.

"I wouldn't say that just yet, we still have the Jacuzzi to go, and things could still go downhill from there." I reverted back to my normal, stoic self, which seemed to depress my masseur and Rarity herself.

"I was doing such a great job too..." The cream stallion whispered.

Aloe and her buddies continued to work their magic as the minutes went by. By the end I was practically begging myself to have one more session with my masseur, but Aloe insisted that I continue on with the treatment, right before she left the room to prepare the next activity, leaving me to find my clothes and the gang to wait for me impatiently.

"Well then, where's that Jacuzzi?" I asked Rarity after I got my trousers on.

"Right this way."

Rarity led us to a few more doors as we entered a large room. The walls were paved in teal tiles which a gargantuan tub stood in the middle of the room. There were towels in glass covers which protected them getting moist. The glass cases were on one side of the teal room as the steam polluted the air, obscuring the nearby racks of bottles that supposedly contained bath salts or even shampoo. Heck, I don't know why they were there, they could be potions for all I know.

"That is one big bathtub." Rainbow said.

"Not as big as your flank." I said.

"Buck you."

"Oh, so now you want to fuck me?"

"N-no! I said buck! BUCK!"

"Fuck? FUCK? Did ah hear that right sonny?" I held out my hands to my left ear as I imitated an old man.

"Let's go in the tub for Celestia's sake!" Rainbow groaned.

"Did you say let's fuck in the tub for Celestia's sake Rainbow? Boy, you must be really horny to come on to me like that." I snickered.

"RAH! Stop acting like ah foal and spewing out that foul language! Applebloom is here ya know!" Applejack glared at me.

"Rah, are we gonna make foals in the tub?" Applebloom asked.

...

Uh..

Oh right, sarcasm doesn't exist in this convoluted reality.

*sigh*

I miss those times when I trolled on youtube...

"What's sarcasm?" Applebloom tilted her head.

"Let's just get in." I sighed.

I was contemplating on whether to remove my underwear or not, leaving me to gawk awkwardly at the undergarment, expecting it to talk and give me an answer that would solve this problem.

A barrage of answers expelled from the mares in the tub.

"Quit being a wuss and get in."

"You can do it! I'll give you a cupcake as a reward!"

"I-I don't mind if you take it off Rai. Do as you please."

"Ya better leave dem 'underwear' right on ya. Ah'll force Rarity to fix those right up, RAHT RARITY?"

"R-right! But I'll warn you now that you should ask Twilight instead of me, I'm afraid that I might not have the knowledge to solve this problem."

"Rah, you can take dem pants off if ya want! ah promise ah won't look!"

I stared at the towels safely hidden in the glass covers.

'Hmm, that could work...'

"Alright, I'm taking them off. But if one of you so much as peep on me, I swear I will make your life a living tartarus with the spells that I know already."

A chorus of cheers and grunts came from the 7 ponies as I approached the glass cases. "Look away, now." I glared at them. Obediently, they acted upon my words as they turned their backs to me, fits of giggling escaped as I quickly swapped my underwear for the towel.

"All right. I'm done changing."

They turned back to see a me wearing a strip of cloth that was supposed to be a towel. It barely covered my staff and jewels but I guess it'll suffice for now when get in the tub.

"Oh! Rai. Your towel seems a bit...loose." Twilight eyed the small corner of the towel that I was supposed to tuck in.

"I can do it myself. Thank you very much." I growled as I immediately solved the problem. It was a great suggestion too, since I felt it releasing it's grip on me for some strange reason on each step that I took as I walked to the tub.

Suddenly, an idea came to mind.

A great idea.

An idea that annoy the hell out of a certain pegasus.

But it'll only work if my theory about women work, which is that they care quite a lot about their hair...

I hope that applies here too...because if Rarity's elegant hairstyles won't prove my point, then I don't know what will.

A sly smile comes to view as my plan begins to execute itself. Rainbow Dash takes notice and flinches minutely as she prepares for my attack.

"Oh no.

I am about to slip.

Oh noooo."

I wailed in mock terror with hint of blandness as I leapt straight at the tub, completely disregarding my last comment about me slipping over something wet.

The cyan mare takes notice as she immediately braces for impact. Unfortunately for her, I'm going to cause as much turbulence in this water as I can, forcing her and the unfortunate others to tumble around as the water drenches them.

The others are mere casualties to our ongoing war.

Copious amounts of water exited from the miniature pool as I immediately sunk to the bottom. I could hear screams and shouts of anger as my head slowly floated upwards.

"-OU BUCKING FLANKHOLE! YOU GOT MY MANE WET! URGGHHH" I heard Rainbow bitch's speech halfway as I gasped for air.

"You know, for a stallion. You seem extremely girly." I replied as I breathed heavily. The other mares (and filly) were in no better shape, all of them gave me glares (with the exception of Fluttershy and Applebloom, who seemed to give a more, playful glare).

"I'M NOT A DAMN STALLION!" Dash screamed as she lunged at me, her body slapped on mine as we quickly sunk like a stone in the teal water.

By the way, for a Jacuzzi, this thing is actually quite advanced, I could easily feel the bubbles of air forcefully colliding with my back, pushing me upwards whilst the killer mare did the opposite.

I laughed breathlessly as her hooves slowly strangled my neck. Obviously she wouldn't kill me in here without choking me to death, which I doubt she'll do. She wouldn't do such a thing in front of her friends, right?

Right?

Suddenly, I realised that I released the majority of my oxygen in one fell swoop due to my laughing.

My fun ended prematurely as I realised the situation that was actually happening. My breath had almost left my mouth and I was pinned down by a well-built pegasus, who might as well be as strong as an earth pony in every right.

This mare...

She really is going to kill me.

I could see it in her eyes. That evil grin of hers as she maintains control over my neck.

Panic and fear rushed into my mind, adrenaline pumped itself around my body as I began to flail about under the bubbly waters of the tub, no-one can see you properly from the rising air bubbles.

My eyes widened in fear at this strange behavior from my worst enemy. Why is it strange? it just is. I can feel it.

This Rainbow that's on me...her hatred seems to be larger than ever. It's not the kind of hatred that makes you have a battle with words, no, its the kind of hatred that makes someone feel like removing the opposition altogether would be the next best optio

"Rainbow! Rainbow! Stop it!" My words gargled under the water.

Every second I spent speaking, I could feel more and more light head from the lack of oxygen. Things are getting desperate, and since this crazy mare won't let me get up to get some air, I'm going to have to do something extreme.

Something, that I should never ever do.

Without speaking for mere moments to warn her, I crashed my lips to hers as I gathered what little oxygen from her to keep me from drowning for a while. She must have been in the same situation, since I could barely recognize any oxygen from her mouth as well. I guess rage makes us defy our own health in order for us to achieve.

Her lips...they felt, soft. Despite my assumptions about that mare, she really wasn't as tough as I actually assumed.

That being said, I immediately renounce my assumptions, for she sucked the air out of my mouth rather brashly, taking what was rightfully hers. With the dire situation turning worse each second, I take matters into my own hands, using my inferior strength to somehow un-pin myself from her clutches.

And so I did...somehow miraculously.

A few seconds later and we finally surfaced once more. Rainbow and I coughed and spluttered as we gasped for air, momentarily forgetting that our lips were pressed against each other moments ago.

"You fucking taste like pony breath." I wheezed

"You taste like...a disgusting human." She replied in vain.

I glared at Rainbow as a familiar voice came from nowhere.

"How long were you two down there? An 'underwater battle' I presume?" Rarity rolled her eyes in frustration, huffing as she holds several strands of her wet, soppy hair on one of her hooves. "Dear Celestia, won't you two just get on with each other?"

"How could I ever get on with this...outsider? I'm staying with the friends I know, not the pon-people who worm themselves into our group!" She hisses as she points at my soaking being.

Duuude.

That hurts deep.

But why should I even feel like this? I hate her anyway. That's right, I hate her.

I should keep telling myself that.

I stick myself deep into my thoughts, staring at the turbulent waters rising with bubbles that greet me. It's so easy to get yourself lost in your thoughts, because that's what exactly happened to me right at that moment.

My bottom sat still on the sides of the Jacuzzi, somehow retaining my towel from all of the kerfuffle that happened. My sights face downwards as all seven mares (and filly) expect me to return for a comeback that would restart the cycle.

But I never did give another comeback.

What they saw was a guy thinking of something to insult the element of loyalty, in a joking manner.

But what I saw.

Was just an old foe.

Depression.

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