heh...I sneaked away while those dragons were drowsing...*giggle*...let 'em screw themselves into somulance...so...a bit of a re-edit...let me know what you think, if you want. But above all, enjoy. Oh, and is this porn or Slash? Windlily (dragoncritterwhoislookingupatMimiwithannoyance@theCelestialTemple.com) *you do know, Mimi, that you're going to have to fight with the Boy's to keep me?* ^_- ******************************************************************************* "Very nice, Kurama. Now, lets go for a walk." My body obeys him as he leads me out of the door and I feel my face burn in shame and fury as the youkai we pass in the corridor make lude and appreciative comments to Yomi on his new pet. He takes me on his rounds at a leisurely amble, checking the guard posts, stopping by the kitchen to issue orders for his dinner to be served in his room. He walks fast now, making me scramble to keep up with him, my muscles trembling with exhaustion at an exercise that was once so natural. The rough stone floors take the skin off my hands and knees and the bells are a strange, sweet accompaniment to my labored pants. I know he's doing this to try and break my spirit. I promise him that I won't let that happen. And even as I do, I'm afraid. Afraid of what might be coming. He turns into a corridor and I can feel the hungry eyes of the two guards there on me as we pass. He opens a door and pulls me through, shuts it behind him as I see where I am. This is Yomi's bed chamber. I keep my eyes off the big bed and look around the room, searching for any potential weapon or escape route as my body wants to do nothing more than to collapse onto the floor. Yomi drapes the leather of the leash across my back and goes to his desk as I try to get my breathing under control. I strain my eyes sideways to try to get a better look at the large cage in the corner, the bars sculpted like vines. I see Hiei behind the sharp metal leaves, a fetal curl of dark skin. "Stand up, Kurama." My body tries, but my muscles can't do it and I sink back down. Yomi clucks his tongue, a sound of annoyance I remember well, and snaps his fingers. Invisible hands, colder than ice, close on my wrists and haul me upright to hang with my arms stretched over my head and my toes barely on the floor. I know what these are, I can see the prism flicker of their substance out of the corner of my eyes. Air sprites bound to Yomi's will. I feel the pain of cold seep into my wrist bones. *At least they'll go numb soon* I tell myself and wish the rest of my body would be so lucky. I feel the weight of the spell that has held me lift and I take this opportunity to speak, to try to win Hiei's freedom. I know that soon Hiei will capture Yomi's imagination. He may have already. And Yomi will either break him or kill him trying. Maybe both. I would rather die than see that happen. "Yomi, let Hiei go and I will stay with you willingly." I take a deep breath and force out the next words, "I will be your bed mate for as long as you wish, yours to command and yours only." That seems to take him by surprise and beyond him I see Hiei sit up suddenly. He locks his eyes with mine, the Jagon hidden behind a clean, cream colored leather band embossed with powerful wards, and shakes his head no vehemently. I give him a little smile and look away, back to Yomi. Yomi comes close, reaches out a hand and strokes my face gently. I resist the urge to kick him and tip my cheek to press against his hand, open my mouth willingly to receive his kiss. I kiss back with as much passion and skill as I can muster. He wraps his arms around me and pulls me close and I yield, even as I wince as my tortured nipples press against the soft fabric of his shirt. He breaks the kiss and looks deep into my eyes, and for a moment I hope...then he laughs. He defects my kick and another set of hands so cold they burn close on my ankles as I writhe and twist in frustration and fury, spouting curses that even Hiei didn't know existed, until I'm spent and can do nothing but glare and pant. Yomi reaches and touches my cheek again, his smile almost kind. "Done? Good. Now, not another word out of you, Kurama, or I'll cut your tongue out. Do you understand?" I just glare at him, still caught in my temper. He reaches down and hooks his little finger into the ring hanging from my left nipple and gives it a gentle tug, stretching it out taunt and pulling a groan out of me as the pain flashes across my nerves. "Do you understand, Kurama?" I nod, defeated for the moment and knowing that Yomi wouldn't hesitate to do this thing. He lets the ring fall off his finger and it tinkles as it bounces against my chest and I bite my lip as another shiver of pain goes through me. He leans to brush his lips against that abused little bit of flesh, as if in apology, and another shiver goes through me and I curse it silently, curse the ripple of pleasure wound around the stinging discomfort, curse him for knowing how to make me feel it. "Over here." He walks to the foot of the big bed and the hands drag me to follow, stopping me about a foot away from the edge, facing it. I watch him as he goes to the cage. "On your hands and knees Hiei, then out." He opens the cage door and Hiei crawled past him, following at his heel like a well trained dog as Yomi came back to the bed. Yomi patted a spot on the bed in front of me as Hiei climbs up. "Kneel and sit." Hiei did and Yomi moved onto the bed behind him, reaching around him to part his knees wide so his genitals, at the moment at rest, are well exposed. Then he guided Hiei's hands to rest open and down against his knees. "Very nice, Hiei. Don't you think, Kurama?" Hiei had been tended to while we were on our 'walk'. He was oiled now and his brown skin gleamed with a slick sheen. He had a bone white torque around his neck and there were three wide ivory bands on his right arm, one at the wrist, one just below his elbow and one mid-arm. Wards to keep the Kokuryuuha in check. There were three slender bangles around his left wrist and he had been put into clamps also. The rings of his were small though, but each had three long, fine white feathers that moved and surely tickled his skin with each breath. He was...beautiful and erotic, his eyes burning with furious fire as they stared past me, refusing to acknowledge that he was on display, perhaps embarrassed to see what might be in my expression. Yomi got off the bed and left me to stare at Hiei as he went somewhere behind me. * * * I let out the breath I was holding to keep from screaming as Yomi moved away from me. I took a quick look at Kurama, taking in the ornaments up close, the collar, and fury colored my vision red for a moment. I strained against the spell that held me helpless, to no use. I risked a glance up into Kurama's face and felt my heart lurch as I read his soul in his eyes. A movement beyond him pulled my eyes away. Yomi had stripped off his shirt and a had unrolled a leather strap with a flick of his wrist. That was what had drawn my eyes. I tried to warn Kurama but nothing came but an inarticulate growl. The first lash took him completely by surprise and he let out a little shocked cry of pain. Then he bit down on his lower lip and closed his eyes as the next one fell, the end of the lash curling around his side to lick against this stomach. Yomi wielded it with great skill, not breaking the skin but leaving wide red stripes as he sent it against Kurama's back and then buttocks, the end snaking around to kiss the tops of his thighs. Over and over it hit him, sending his body arching toward me, and still he didn't cry out. I could see the look on Yomi's face as he worked Kurama over, knew what he wanted. *Stupid, stubborn Fox! Scream and he'll stop!* I bellowed at him in my mind and winced as the strap finally appeared around an armpit and snapped against a nipple. The first one brought a whistling hiss of surprised pain. The strap went around his hips again, then the next one hit the other side of his chest. Kurama whimpered and a trail of blood began to trickle down his chin from where he'd bitten through his lip. Yomi moved a little more to the side and sent the strap across both nipples. Kurama threw his head back and Yomi sent it again. The third time wrung the scream he'd been hunting for and Kurama went limp, his head lolling forwards to hang. He'd fainted and I glared at Yomi, wishing that I could kill with just a look. Yomi made a clucking sound with his tongue and shook his head, looking slightly annoyed. "Human bodies just have no endurance." He tossed the strap onto the bed behind me and went to a bowl and came back with a wet cloth and tenderly washed Kurama's face, dabbing at the cut in his lip, so strange to see after he'd just beaten him senseless. He took the cloth away and came back with a jar of oil. "Come here," he called from behind Kurama. I had to. My eyes widened as I saw Kurama's back. He was solid red from neck to knee. Yomi took the jar and poured a good amount down Kurama's back. "Hold out your hands, palms up." He poured more of the oil into my hands. "Rub it everywhere on this side. And be gentle, Hiei. He'll be very sensitive to touch for a while." He stood back and left me to do it, watching with a strange smile. *Pervert!* I snarled. I was as gentle as I could be, but still he winced and twitched, moaning softly. "Everywhere, Hiei." I glared at him, knowing what he meant as my hands reached Kurama's rear. I did it with a few fast strokes, delving into his crack and whispering a mental apology as Kurama's muscles clenched against me even in his unconscious state. At least he didn't make me put my fingers in him. That would have been too much. He stopped me long enough to put some more oil in my hands. I tried to ignore the growing awareness of how Kurama's skin felt under my hands as he made me do each leg, how soft it was, like satin over steel. "Go stand on the bed, Hiei." He pushed Kurama up until his knees were touching the end of the bed and poured more oil into my hands and made me do his arms. Then he poured another large amount over Kurama's chest and I swallowed hard as I rubbed it into his skin, touching the drawn flesh around the rings as lightly as I could and still he arced away. Down the contours of his stomach, I parted my hands, hoping to avoid having to touch him there. "Everywhere, Hiei." My hands went against my will to close on his penis. It started to stir into life as I rubbed it and Kurama took a huge gulp of air, his hips moving back and away from me, pulling his growing erection through my hands. I looked up to see his eyes open, wide and frightened. Yomi stepped in close beside him and put a hand on his rear and pushed his hips back to me with a chuckle. "Knew that would rouse you, Kurama. Finish up now, Hiei," he said with a smirk. I dropped my gaze and finished as I was told, Kurama going all the way up as I rubbed the oil into the sac holding his balls, the tiny bells on the ring around them chiming as the skin moved and tightened under my fingers and hoped that the heat that burned on my face wasn't obvious. to be continued....