Ori and the Heated Waves
	Maybe today wasn't the best day for meditation. It was just too hot.
	Ori sighed, and slowly stood up. The forest of Nibel was going through a strong heat wave, and, being pure white in color, Ori couldn't handle being out in the sun for long. Doing so, however, was the only way for him to focus his mind enough to be able to do any meditating. Right now, though, the only thing on his mind was cooling off, so Ori decided to head to the Ginso Tree, which had a small but fairly deep lake nearby.
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	Finally reaching the lake, Ori wasted no time in taking a deep breath and jumping into the water. After waiting a moment for the cloud of bubbles surrounding him to dissipate, he looked around a bit, taking in his aquatic environment. He had no need for goggles; when Ori had restored the Element of Waters, it had somehow affected his body, enabling him to see clearly underwater. Having surveyed the area for a few seconds, Ori began to swim downwards, heading for the bottom. Despite the depth of the lake, he could reach the bottom within seconds; he'd always been able to swim very quickly, despite his hooves seemingly not being suited for it.
	Arriving just above the bottom, Ori stopped swimming and simply allowed his body to sink, sitting down on the mud. He looked up towards the surface, watching some bubbles floating away, his tail slowly swaying in the slight current. Closing his eyes, he slowly laid down on his back, his hands behind his head, and just relaxed for a while.
	Eventually, Ori began to feel a tension growing in his chest, blowing a few bubbles to try and reduce it a bit. It worked for a while, though his chest eventually heaved inward, forcing out a grunt of strain. Deciding to play it safe, Ori stood up and kicked off the bottom, heading for the surface, his cheeks puffing up as he swam.
	Breaking the surface, Ori finally took a big gulp of air, panting a bit to catch his breath. After recovering, he noticed that his length was semi-erect, though he wasn't sure why. Because he lived in a forest, Ori had never seen any need for clothes, and simply didn't care that his body was always on show. Deciding to just ignore his slight arousal, he realized just how relaxing it was to be down on the bottom, with no air except what was in his lungs. So relaxing, in fact, that Ori realized he could actually be able to meditate underwater! He had never tried to do it while holding his breath, but he felt that it would be worth a shot. Realizing the potential danger of doing so, however, Ori went back to the shore, then concentrated for a moment... And, with a flash of light, created a Soul Link. Now he felt comfortable trying this out, and swam back out into the lake. Getting himself ready for a long dive, he started panting heavily for about a minute, then taking the deepest breath he could manage before diving back under.
	Quickly swimming back down, Ori sat on the bottom once again, legs crossed and eyes closed, then tried to clear his mind... And indeed, within a few seconds, he slipped into a trance. However, he never easily woke from this state...
	A few minutes passed, with Ori unknowingly beating his record time for holding his breath, not even noticing his body twitching involuntarily. In fact, he only started to wake up as his cheeks began to turn blue. Ori gradually regained his awareness, slowly at first... Then all at once as he suddenly felt the burning of his desperate need for air! Letting out a gurgling yelp, his hands immediately gripped his neck, already well past his breathholding limit and fighting to keep from inhaling the water. He then jumped off the bottom and moved his hands from his neck, desperately clawing at the water... Before his body simply couldn't take any more, forced out all his air, and sucked a lungful of water down his throat! Stopping his ascent, Ori once again clutched at his neck, desperately kicking his legs as he coughed and inhaled over and over, unable to stop himself. After what seemed like an eternity of choking on the water, his struggles started to slow down and his body began to feel numb, his desperate gasps turning to weak little hiccups, before simply allowing the water to flood him. Slowly panting, Ori began to sink back down, his face having turned blue and his vision beginning to dim. Eventually, his dying body settled down onto the mud again, staring up at the surface, a few tiny bubbles of entirely spent air floating from his blue lips. In his last few seconds before he passed out, Ori looked down at his pale-blue body, barely noticing through his blurry, dark vision, that his cock was fully erect. Though his brain was far too starved of oxygen to even comprehend what he was seeing, and his eyes slowly closed for the last time, as his slowing heart finally stopped completely. A few seconds passed, Ori's lifeless body laying in the mud at the bottom of the lake... Before disappearing in a burst of light.
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	Back on the shoreline, all was silent, except for a subtle buzzing from the energy contained in the Soul Link that Ori had created. It slowly began to glow brighter, and brighter, before suddenly exploding into magical energy, leaving behind a floating blue flame... And the motionless body of Ori. A couple seconds later, the silence was broken by a desperate gasp, followed by coughing, as Ori slowly began to stand up again. The Soul Link had restored him to life, though he would still remember his drowning. After calming down, all Ori could think about was that feeling of helplessness, when he had been staring up at the surface, unable to move, and only barely able to think at that point. Then, he remembered what he had seen afterward, and, at the time, wasn't able to comprehend; in his last few conscious seconds, he had noticed that he was fully erect. He still wasn't really sure why, though. As Ori thought more about his drowning, he noticed that he began to grow aroused, despite how horrible it had been. In fact, in less than a minute, he was already erect again... And that gave him an idea. Ori had always had a hard time reaching orgasm, sometimes even taking hours to finally happen. But maybe, if he dove underwater again, then started to jerk off as his lungs started burning... And forcing himself to stay down, even as he drowned... Ori smiled, noticing his length throbbing and leaking precum. Despite how much it had hurt before, willingly drowning himself sounded pretty hot right now!
	He had already taken a step towards the lake before realizing he'd forgotten something. Ori turned back, putting some extra energy into his Soul Link. It could recharge on its own, but he didn't want to wait for that. Indeed, he then wasted no time in running back into the water and diving underneath.
	Ori settled down onto the bottom once again, choosing to stand instead of sitting this time, his tail waving about behind him in anticipation. He looked down at himself, his length so hard it was somewhat aching. He smiled, knowing that his lungs would soon feel the same...
	After what seemed like an eternity, Ori finally began to feel the need to breathe, also beginning to stroke himself. He involuntarily let out a bubbly moan, before quickly covering his mouth with his free hand. It would likely still take a while for him to cum, so he had to hold onto as much air as possible; even the smallest bubble could ruin his chances.
	Unfortunately, he couldn't fight it for too long; as Ori's chest started heaving, little bubbles also began slipping between his fingers. He started quickly puffing his cheeks in and out, trying to reduce the burning that was slowly growing in his lungs, but not only did it not seem to help, a badly timed strong heave of his chest forced an entire mouthful of air between his lips, creating a small cloud of bubbles. At the same time, though, his cock twitched, sending a spurt of precum into the water, once again causing Ori to moan in pleasure. Finally realizing that he couldn't stop himself from losing air, he let go of his mouth, moving his hand to rub at his chest to distract himself from his need to breathe.
	At this point, Ori's body had started twitching as he grew increasingly lightheaded, losing a cluster of bubbles with each heave of his chest, before another especially strong one caused him to arch his back, dropping to his knees as he covered his mouth with both hands, moaning loudly from the strain. He knew that he didn't have long before his lungs would give out and he would lose the rest of his air. Quickly jumping off the bottom, he started desperately swimming for the surface, but only for a moment as he managed to stop himself. He started using both hands on his length, quickly stroking himself as bubbles streamed continuously from his mouth. At last, Ori felt his orgasm beginning to build, as his vision started to blur and burst after burst of bubbles erupted from his lips, desperately kicking his legs in an attempt to hold on just a little longer...
	But a battle against one's instincts is not one that can be won.
	Ori's mouth opened wide, his lungs giving out and forcing every last bubble of air out of him. A few moments passed, his body floating motionless in the water, cheeks beginning to slowly turn blue... And he finally took a breath. Snapping back to awareness, Ori grabbed at his neck, once again choking on water, but this time, making no attempt to surface. In fact, he even managed to force himself to start swimming back down, though still tightly gripping his neck with one hand.
	It took a moment for Ori to realize exactly what he was doing; here he was, drowning in a lake, and actually swimming away from the air he so desperately needed! His arousal growing along with his distance from the surface, he finally removed his hand from his throat to once again rub along his length, letting out a gurgling moan as his body stopped trying to cough up the water in his lungs.
	Standing on the bottom once again, Ori began to use his other hand on himself as well, frantically rubbing at his cock as he fought to stay conscious. He looked down at himself, watching his body turning a little more blue with every gulp of water that ran down his throat...
	Suddenly, his cock started twitching harder, weakly thrusting his hips through the water as if fucking it. 
	Finally.
	Ori threw his head back, moaning softly as he finally came, sending spurt after spurt of cum into the water around him. Always taking so long to orgasm certainly had an advantage; when they finally happened, they were powerful. Indeed, he fired off almost a dozen shots before it finally started to slow down, as he sank to his knees, no oxygen left in his body.
	With a few little hiccups, starting to use up the last of his energy, Ori barely noticed a strange numbness spreading through his body, soon only able to feel his length weakly throbbing, still leaking a bit of cum. He took one last deep breath, closing his eyes as he submitted to the water, his consciousness fading within moments, a slight smile still on his blue face... Before bursting into light once more.
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	Ori opened his eyes, once again having been revived by the Soul Link. Sitting up, he looked over at the lake. There was still more he wanted to do... But he would have to charge the Soul Link again, and he didn't have enough energy to be able to do so.
	Ori sighed. He'd have to try to meditate after all. Properly, this time.