Fanfic of sorts nc17 (wip)

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Yami no Kaze · Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 6:12 am Post subject: Fanfic of sorts nc17 (wip)

This from an non Yami no Matsuei rp. in fact they're my characters. the name and personality of Kazu is princess creation but the base of his character is mine.

Characters:
Prince Derek, age 17. The only son of the Crystal King. He's also the direct descendant of the ancient Crystal Queen who began the kingdom of the Atarian world.

King Kazu: age 29. King of the Silver Kingdom, once personal knight of Derek who left to persue power.

King Ieidia: age 45. King of the Darksands kingdom. A misterious ruler who has created an entire kingdom in the desolate seeminging uninhabitable desert.

In this particular installment Kazu has kidnapped Derek with intentions of stealing the powers betowed upon him by his ancient anscestor. but Kazu soon realizes he's falling in love with the prince. In return, Derek is fighting his own emotions but it's only a matter of time before they finally admit it to each other. The two have been invited to the land of the Darksands for a banquet in honor of Derek's betrothal to his daughter. but Ieidia has deeper plans for the prince.

~~~across the sands~~~

Kazu frowned deeply as he stared down at the sleeping prince in his arms.

The carriage was far too jerky for him to sleep and he wanted to make sure Derek was safe.

He didn't trust this new king who'd creapt out of nowhere and offered up his daughter to the Crystal king to mary his only son.

There was power planning behind that move and he wondered what would happen if he succeeded in seducing the prince himself.

Kazu was unfortunatly very in love with Derek and these small teases weren't going to hold him off for long.

Even now the growl of lust reared it's head.

He was so fragile, and so pale and soft.

He might as well have been a princess for all his strength and beauty.

He looked like porcelian in the light of the full moons and Kazu couldn't stop himself from leaning down to kiss those soft petal pink lips.

The boy stirred and Kazu quickly sat up, closing his eyes and pretending to be asleep as the prince opened his eyes.

"Kazu?"

He sat up a bit, squinting in the moonlight.

Kazu yawned and opened one eye.

"Hm?"

Derek laid back.

"sorry...i guess i was having a dream..."

Kazu smiled as he looked down into the sleepy amathyst eyes.

"It's okay. I wasn't really sleeping. It's too rough for me to sleep. but you stay comfortable and sleep as much as you need."

Derek nodded but sat up.

"Can we lay down together? I didn't expect the weather to be cold here in the desert."

Kazu shivered at the idea.

"Okay. I'll lay on the outside and hold you. My cape will cover us both."

Derek nodded with a yawn.

"That sounds good. then i can sleep better not feeling like i'm going to fall."

Kazu smiled softly and pulled him down gently.

"Sleep well my prince."

Derek closed his eyes again and soon fell asleep.

~~

Kazu had fallen asleep some time durring the long trip and the two were woken by a rough knock on the door.

Derek scrambled to sit up, not wanting anyone to know that he was laying with the king.

Kazu slipped his bonds back onto the boys wrists and sighed softly as Derek frowned, looking away.

"We have arrived at the palace."

Kazu cleared his throat as he spoke.

"Thank you, we'll be out in a moment."

Derek continued to look away and said nothing until Kazu lifted his chin to make the prince look at him.

"I thought you understood."

Derek bit his lip, tears forming in his eyes.

"I...thought you understood that even if i try to leave i couldn't get very far. please Kazu."

He trembled as Kazu reached out to brush his cheek with the back of his fingers and the king sighed himself.

"Fine. but I'm not your protector anymore. i'm your enemy."

Derek closed his eyes, brushing Kazu's hand away.

"Let's go."

Kazu pulled the bonds off again and opened the door for him.

Derek wasn't sure what to make of the palace.

It's tall walls nearly blended perfectly with the sand it was built on.

Pure black marble with streaks of blue throughout.

The size was intimidating and the sudden heat hit him almost immediately.

Kazu seemed unaffected as he stepped out and they were lead inside.

It was thankfully much cooler out of the sun and blistering sand.

Derek drew closer to Kazu as they reached the thrown room.

He went to his knees immediately in both fear and to show respect.

Kazu remained standing.

When he got the signal that it was okay to stand, he fell back at Kazu's side and decided to let the king do the talking.

And that's exactly what he did.

"Your highness. I am Kazu, of the Silver Kingdom. I am under the impression that you wanted to see us."

The very imposing king stood, revealing that dispite his young appearence, his height matched Kazu's.

"The one you hold captive is mine. And the one you seek advice from is also mine."

Derek wanted to move but he was entranced by the man who suddenly lifted his chin to look into the kings cold green eyes.

"You, my preacious Crystal prince...do you know that your father has promised my daughter your hand?"

Derek's eyes widened.

"No!"

He wasn't sure about this at all.

Kazu growled, smacking the hand away.

"He is my property and you will not touch him!"

Kazu pulled out the rope and tears sprang to Derek's eyes.

"Kazu please don't!"

Kazu growled again and Derek shrank to his knees as he lifted his hand to strike the blond.

"I'm sorry!"

The darksands king stood and watched this scene play out.

"Fair enough."

He went back to his thrown.

"I'll have to outbid his father than."

Derek let out a yelp as Kazu tightened the rope.

"It hurts!"

Kazu stared down at him.

"i'll make it hurt more if you don't shut up!"

The king looked over to his guard.

"Take them to a room."

He then looked up at Kazu.

"unless you intend to feed him i suggest you remove that before dinner tonight. It's in honor of his betrothal to my daughter."

Kazu didn't say a word as he lifted the sobbing prince into his arms and followed the guard.

Once they were alone and Kazu had locked the door Derek began trying to untie the rope.

"Kazu...please."

He looked up at the king with sad eyes and Kazu cracked.

It wasn't Derek he was angry with, but he was a convenient punching bag.

Kazu watched silently as Derek began to tremble when he pulled out a small dagger.

He walked closer slowly and the desperation in the boy's voice made him shiver.

"Kazu...I know you aren't my protector. but why can't you at least treat me like a person? i didn't make you leave Kazu. i loved you."

Kazu growled and Derek let out a terrified scream as Kazu sliced the rope too quickly for the eye to see.

After a moment of trembling, breathless, Derek's eyes closed and Kazu caught him as he began to fall.

Why was he so submissive?

Did he not understand protocall at all?

Did he not understand that his station was only just below Kazu's?

He put the knife away and sighed, laying the blond out on the bed and stared down at him for a few moments.

Slowly he leaned down and whispered softly.

"I'm sorry."

Derek began to stir slowly.

"K-kazu..."

He whimpered.

"P-please don't hurt me."

Kazu sighed as he stared down at him.

Of course he was submissive...he was a sheltered child.

All he knew of the world was happieness and sunshine.

They'd even lied to him about his own knight leaving him.

Knight...Kazu suddenly felt terrible.

How could he do this to someone who used to depend on him for everything?

He looked up to Kazu.

Loved him as a brother...or maybe more.

Always wanted to be beside him, never did him wrong.

Kazu lifted him slowly, pressing the boy's head against his shoulder and began to silently cry himself.

"I'm sorry."

Derek wrapped his arms around Kazu's waist as he began to cry again.

"Kazu..."

He whimpered.

"Why do i still love you?"

Kazu was taken aback by this.

"Because you're going to be a good king."

He looked up into Kazu's eyes, a small smile of hope on his lips.

"So...you won't keep me forever? you'll let me go home...sometime?"

Kazu nodded.

"I can't keep doing this. it was wrong of me to hurt the only person who's ever been kind to me, to get back at someone i used to call friend."

Derek laid back, staring up at him.

"You scare me Kazu. I love you so much and you hurt me. please Kazu, please don't hurt me anymore."

Kazu couldn't stop himself from crying as well and he laid down beside the blond.

"i won't! i'm so sorry! i promise you i'll be good to you!"

Derek was so torn.

"Please make me stop being afraid of you Kazu. No more knives or ropes. Please don't ever hit me. Be rough with me if you must but..."

Kazu silenced him with a sudden but deep kiss.

Derek wasn't at all sure what to think of this.

Kazu's body crawled over him, emotions taking control of his body.

His pants were tight now.

Derek's eyes widened as he felt the hardened member press down between his legs.

Even through the two pairs of pants the blond could feel it's size and he hesitated.

"Kazu..."

Kazu stared down into his eyes. "Try it once...if you hate it we'll never do it again."

Derek was caught again.

To some extent he wanted this.

But the way Kazu had been treating him lately frightened him.

"Derek..."

Kazu's voice was horse.

"Please say yes. say yes and i'll bow at your feet. i'll do anything you ask of me...just please tell me it's okay."

Derek thought about this.

it frightened him but at the same time he was beginning to get hard himself.

Finally he closed his eyes and turned his head away.

"Kiss me...touch me...but i have to know you'll stop if i ask you to."

Kazu slid his hand into Derek's pants again.

He'd done it so many time now that he knew all the right places.

"If you tell me to stop, i'll stop for a few moments but i can't promise that i can stop all together."

Derek whimpered at this but nodded.

"Please Kazu...be careful with me. if you truely have been the one kissing me in my sleep and whispering that you love me...please, i beg you to be gentle."

Kazu leaned down and kissed him again.

"i will."

Derek held his eyes closed as Kazu slid his pants off.

Shyness welled up in him and he faught the urge to cover himself with his hands.

"Sorry...i'm so small..."

Kazu stopped suddenly and couldn't help a chuckle.

"What have you to judge by?"

Derek looked up at him, violet eyes confused.

"Y-yours! You were the one I accidently walked in on right?"

Kazu frowned slightly.

"You're not as nieve as I thought. Yes...it was me."

Derek blushed deeply.

"I know about masturbation Kazu...I'm a year shy of being a man. It's something I discovered a long time ago. I'm not as intelegent as you are but i'm not the ten year old boy you left behind either. i've learned a lot over the past seven years."

Kazu leaned down and kissed him softly.

"But you submit to me...you act so innocent."

Derek looked away.

"I am. i submit to you because i love you. i think...right before you left is the first time i started to feel this emotion. i wanted to sit in your lap all the time. i wanted to always be beside you. and when i got a little older and began to associate fantasies when i touched myself...they were often about you."

Kazu blinked, staring down at him.

This was a relativly new emotion for him.

of course Derek had only been a child when he left, so he had nothing to fantasize about.

but then when he saw the prince again, he couldn't stop.

"So you know about what i want to do to you?"

Derek began to tremble slightly as he nodded.

"Some of the knights...well two...i..."

He took a deep breath.

"I saw them. and i kind of want to do this. i imagined what it would be like with you. but the one...on the bottom looked like he was in pain. and i didn't understand how he could be in pain and do it again and again...or bare to allow it."

Kazu smiled softly.

"It's slightly painful the first few times. but it's likely he was close to climaxing. when you're in a great deal of physical pleasure it can often look like pain. he was probably greatly enjoying himself."

Derek sat up a little, looking into Kazu's eyes.

"But before i let you do this. i have to know...do you love or do you just want me?"

Kazu bit his lip.

to be honest he didn't know for sure.

he wasn't able to think straight with an erection.

And Derek had caused a lot of those these last few weeks.

He couldn't believe Derek had initated the hand play so the thought that the blond had been fantasizing about him was a shock.

Now he just wanted to have him.

at least once to clear his head.

"I don't know yet. I'm split between loving you as the young prince i had to leave...and wanting your body to the point of blind passion. i won't be able to think until i have someone...but the only one i want...is you."

Derek smiled softly.

"I think you love me then."

Kazu kissed him, pushing him back.

"Than when this is over i'll be different towards you. i won't hurt you anymore."

Derek looked away.

"Than by all means...lets begin."

Kazu reached into the cabbenite next to them, finding some body oil which he used to slick himself.

As he kissed the prince again he reached down and began to masage Derek's opening.

The soft moans that escaped his chest were all together femenine and turned him on even more.

After a few moments of easing him a bit looser, Kazu placed himself carefully and slid in just a little.

he watched Derek's reaction and frowned.

"I'm sorry."

Derek refused to open his eyes.

"It's okay...just go slow. that's the biggest part right?"

Kazu sighed softly.

"But the softest."

Derek's breath increased slightly.

one could tell he was scared, but he clutched the sheets below him.

"If i tell you to stop than stop. but i haven't said anything yet. don't freak me out okay? i want to do this. but of course i'm scared...it's my first time. you're the only one i've let see me..."

Kazu nodded and pushed in a little more, watching tears spring to his eyes.

He felt terrible but his lust wouldn't let him pull out just yet.

After a few minutes Derek sighed softly.

"Go a head...a little more."

Kazu nodded and slid in further, cringing as Derek let out a soft cry, more tears welling in his eyes.

Kazu sat there for a few moments.

"I think that's far enough for now. I probably won't hit your spot this time but next time it'll be easier...are you ready for the next step?"

Derek shook his head.

"it hurts. wait...please just wait until i say it's okay."

Kazu nodded.

"Okay...it's okay."

He reached down and brushed Derek's hair.

"look at me."

Derek opened his tearful eyes and stared up at Kazu.

The king leaned down and kissed him softly before speaking.

"Do you want to stop?"

Derek fell into sobs.

"i don't know!"

Kazu sighed softly and lifted him, careful not to let the blond slip further over him.

He frowned slightly as he felt the prince's body trembling uncontrolably.

"Will it stop? before you're done?"

Kazu shook his head with a frown.

"probably not."

Derek wrapped his arms around Kazu tightly.

"Finish anyway. I can't be a good ruler if i can't take pain."

Kazu thought about this.

"Derek...why are you so insistant? are you pushing yourself?"

The prince didn't like this experience.

"I don't know. it hurts a lot more than i thought it would. you're really big."

Kazu sighed softly.

That was true.

He was shortish but he was wide.

He fully expected to see blood when he pulled away.

which is why he worried about continueing.

That was more than the pain of streaching.

"I'm sorry. i don't want to push you into something you aren't ready for."

Derek looked into his eyes.

"i thought...i really thought i was ready. but you said..."

Kazu shushed him.

"Derek...i love you okay. i can stop now if you want me to."

Derek stared into his eyes.

"We can try again some time? and it won't hurt as bad?"

Kazu nodded.

"it hurts because you have a very small body. and my manhood is very manly."

He laid the prince back and pulled out slowly.

"Let's take a bath. it'll ease you."

Derek nodded and Kazu lifted him from the bed, carrying him into the bath.

once the two had rinsed off, Kazu had lost the erection, but Derek hadn't.

"Let me make it up to you. i can do something that will feel really nice."

Derek blushed and tried to cover himself but he was too long for his small fingers to really hide.

"Wh-what will you do?"

Kazu grinned as he leaned down on his knees.

"I want to you show what it feels like inside for me."

With that he dipped his head down under the water, pulling the length of the blond into his mouth and beginning to lick slowly.

Derek threw his head back with a startled cry of pleasure.

"Kazu!"

Kazu came up after a moment for a breath and grinned.

"Do you like it?"

Derek whimpered as he nodded, body beginning to tremble for a different reason.

Kazu could tell he was close to climax and went down again, sucking this time until Derek spilled.

He smiled secretly to himself.

he knew Derek would enjoy things and he'd remember this reaction for quite some time.

Kazu came back up out of the water, gasping for breath.

Derek was panting as well and his eye lids were sliding closed.

In just a second he was gone and Kazu's eyes widened.

"Derek?!"

~~~

When Derek woke again his body had returned to normal and he lay in a silken robe among cream satin sheets and feather pillows.

He also found himself alone and frowned deeply.

"Kazu?"

He sat up slowly and looked around.

After a moment, the door opened and the Darksands king stood there.

"I'm glad to see you awake. You almost have no time to prepare for dinner."

Derek glanced around.

This was a totally different room.

it was femenine in taste.

"Please forgive me, but my master. where is he?"

Ieidia smiled softly.

"You are no longer slave to him my prince. He has sold you to me and will return to his kingdom in the morning."

Derek's eyes widened.

"No! he can't just leave me here!"

The king sat beside him on the bed and brushed a few strangs of golden hair.

"I have also sent for your father who should be here very soon."

Derek was glad but upset at the same time.

"So...i'm supposed to marry your daughter? can i meet her? when are we getting married? will she like me?"

He was staring up into the mans eyes.

Ieidia nodded.

"She'll like you and you'll meet her at dinner. i'd like for you to spend time here and get to know her. Just for a little while."

Derek frowned and looked away.

"Could i come back after my birthday? i've been so scared and home sick these past few months. i just want to go home first. maybe she could come with us until my birthday and then i'll come back with her. i mean she'll need to see her future home right?"

The king was silent for a moment before resting his hand on the boys trembling shoulder.

"We'll discuss such things after dinner with your father."

Derek nodded and the king stood.

"I'll have the seamstress take in an outfit for you. This dinner is formal."

Derek nodded.

"With the three kings of the world all at the table i can imagine it should be. i'm sorry i'm so unprepared. Kazu had clothes made for me."

He blushed a little at his next words.

"I'm afraid i was in my night gown when he kidnapped me."

Ieidia stared at him for a moment.

"You speak of him as if he is a friend."

Derek looked up.

"A very close friend. which is why it makes me so sad that he's done this to me. When i was a child he was my protector. there was hardly a moment of my life that he was not with me."

He looked down.

"I wish there were things about him i didn't know."

The king sat beside him again.

"like what?"

He looked up into the kings eyes.

"He's very strong. physically and mentally. i've seen him kill with one swing of his sword. i've seen him break a man almost in half with his bare hands. I was never afraid of him before. but knowing that if he really wanted to, he could really hurt me, i both trust him and am terrified of him. i hate it when he's angry because he takes it out on me. he's never hit me, but the way he looks at me...the things he does to me...i'm so scared."

The king looked up at a maid and she nodded, choosing an outfit for the prince and taking it off to be fixed for him.

Ieidia wrapped his arm around the small prince and smiled softly.

"it's okay now. you're father should be arriving any moment and after we discuss things, you'll be able to go home."

He nodded and the king gently pushed him back against the pillows.

"sleep a little more. when the clothes are ready we'll bring them to you."

He stared up at the king for a moment before closeing his eyes with a yawn.

"thank you."

~~~

When the prince woke again a tall woman was sitting beside him.

Her long black curls fell below her waist and almost blended in with her dress.

She smiled as soon as she saw him open his eyes.

"My prince...I'm glad that you have awakened. You're clothes are ready and dinner awaits your seating to begin. I am Princess Altessia."

Derek blinked and sat up quickly.

"Oh...nice to meet you. Um...my clothes...oh this isn't approriate...what if your father..."

She put a finger to his lips.

"my father would be very happy. I belong to you now, so it's okay. you can do whatever you want."

Derek stared at her.

"My father wouldn't. And I don't know you yet. Is...is it okay if we get to know each other? I wanted you to come home with me until my birthday in a few months. Would you like that?"

She smild widely and nodded.

"very much so. come, i'll put your clothes on you."

She pulled him off the bed before he could even think.

"That's wrong! you're a princess not my servant!"

She giggled.

"Mama always dressed father. it's okay. i don't mind."

His pale cheeks were stained crimson as she pulled off his robe.

"J-just don't look..."

He covered his long manhood as best he could and she giggled more.

"I won't! i won't!"

She pulled the pants off the bed and handed them to him, closing her eyes.

"Here i'll let you put them on by yourself then...why are you so shy?"

He took the pants from her and hastily stepped into them.

He tied them off quickly.

"O-okay you can look now..."

He looked down with a blush as she opened her eyes.

"Well...i mean..."

He stopped and looked up as her father spoke from the doorway.

"Derek was raised in a very different enviournment love. Different morals and rules. Sex is viewed in their kingdom as a sacred act, something for only those who are married. so to is being viewed by members of the opposite sex. Did she bother you too much my prince?"

Derek shook his head.

"i just...i guess it's okay if she dresses me...i just didn't want to get into trouble. my sister...if her suiter was ever found alone with her in a state of undress...he'd be beheaded! and i don't know anything about this country but i know that my father would be quite angry if he knew."

He blushed deeper.

"Kazu...he's been teaching me things about the world...views that are very different from my upbringing. i'll look at this as a new lesson. another reason to believe that my father is trying to keep me from being a man."

He seemed better now as she put his shirt on and buttoned it, but blushed maddly as she tucked it in.

"He's so cute daddy, he blushes all the time!"

Derek gave a nervous chuckle.

"I'm simple. and very shy. i'll learn i promise."

She shook her head.

"you don't have to change. not a bit."

He gave a geniune smile at this.

that felt good.

"Thanks. let's hurry and get to dinner. we don't want to keep everyone waiting. is my father here?"

Ieidia nodded.

"He and your Kazu are seated already."

Altessia put on his coat and buttoned it before stepping back with a smile.

"There. did i do it right daddy? will i make him a good wife?"

Derek took her hand and looked into her eyes with a warm smile.

"It doesn't matter if you can put my clothes on right, or do everything that i say. you'll be a good wife no matter what, as long as you try really hard to fall in love with me. and i'll do my best to be a good husband by trying really hard to fall in love with you."

He blushed again as he looked down.

"i...it's only been a few minutes and...it seems like that'll be really easy. you're beautiful and you already exude sweetness. do...do you think you could ever love me? i'm so...plain next to you and so shy...i must be terribly annoying."

The king took this moment to slip out and the princess tipped his chin up to make him look into her eyes.

"You're not annoying my prince...you're adorable and i'm lucky to be marrying someone so obviously kind."

Derek held out his arm for her.

"Shall we enter together? i'm sure it would please my father to know that we're getting along well already."

She nodded and took his arm.

He stopped her as she stepped forward.

"O-one more thing."

She looked up at him with a nodded.

"Anything."

He gave a small, slightly worried smile.

"if we're to be married, you should call me by my name. that means when i take the thrown from my father, you'll be a queen and we'll be equals. you should always call me Derek okay? it's what i really want."

She smiled brightly and nodded.

"Okay Derek...let's go."

He nodded, feeling a lot better and they went to dinner.

~~

After dinner Altessia was sent to bed and Derek went to Kazu.

"You lied to me."

He closed the door behind himself.

"I trusted you Kazu...and you lied."

There was only silence from the other man as he continued to stare out the window.

"Kazu! are you listening to me?! you said if i made love to you you'd be nice! and you lied! you left me here alone! how could you?! do you have no love for me at all?!"

Kazu flinched at the sound of tears coming to the boys throat and his voice cracked.

He finally spoke but didn't turn.

"Derek...what i did was wrong. i have damaged you far too much up until this point and the best thing for me to do is to let you go."

Derek ran to him, stepping in front of him and stared defiantly into his eyes.

"I love you Kazu. and you said you loved me. did that mean anything at all to you or did you just want to satisfy your lust for me?! was my father right all these years?! are you really going to lay me and then vanish?!"

Kazu stared back into his eyes, a saddness there that Derek had never seen before.

"Derek...it's because i love you that i have to leave you. how long do you think our relationship could last? four years at most before it turned into an affair and you're a better man than that. i...need to have my heart crushed and stepped on now before it hurts too bad to ever be repaired!"

Derek sank back, closeing his eyes to try and fight the tears welling in them.

"i gave you my heart. and i trusted you with my body. i let you inflict pain on me like i've never felt before with the promise of pleasure. what was it all for if you leave me now? if you go back there you'll be evil again! we'll be enemies! Father will find out what you've done to me and i have no answer for him except that i let you!"

Kazu gripped Derek's shoulders tightly, shaking him.

"Listen to me! life isn't fairytales and happy endings! i cannot love you so i have to be your enemy! i have to be against you if i cannot be beside you! you will never speak of this to anyone and if your father does find out you'll tell him i've raped you! you'll tell him that i'm the evilist most cold hearted man on the earth and that i gleafully took your virginity because i knew it would hurt him!"

Derek's eyes widened as he stared up at the king.

"No!"

Kazu growled, pushing him back towards the bed.

" i'll make it true! leave here now or i swear i'll make it the truth!"

Derek trembled, terror in his tear filled eyes but he stood his ground.

"than make it true! because no mater what you do to me i will always love you!"

Kazu slammed him onto the bed, pinning him down as he reached for the blonds pants but suddenly he backhanded the prince, watching as he fell instantly limp and sighed heavily.

"Damn it!"

He screamed out.

"Damn these emotions and damn my kingdom! i don't know what to do!"

He turned to the door in anger only to nearly pass out as he saw the Crystal king standing in the door.

"Perfect..."

He huffed.

"What have you done to my son?!"

Kazu began to chuckle.

"Everything."

The crystal armour clad king began to make his way to the prince but Kazu drew his sword.

"Oh no. not until we've come to an agreement."

He lifted Derek fully onto the bed, keeping the boys father at swords reach.

"What is it that you want Kazu?"

Kazu grinned.

"I don't really know anymore. when i left, i wanted him to be my son. when he grew up i wanted him to be my lover."

The other king growled.

"Twisted bastard!"

Kazu nodded.

"That's an accurate depiction my friend. But what i want now? is what he wants. he wants to be with me."

The crystal king was silent for a moment.

"I can see that. i heard your conversation. all of it. what do you plan to do now?"

Kazu looked away.

"What can i do but walk away? he has a feancee. it's already clear that they like each other. it won't be long before he forgets about me."

The other king stared at him for a long moment.

"why than are you still not allowing me to come near him? what is your condition?"

Kazu looked down, face drawn and serious as he spoke.

"I want one more night with him. one more chance to tell him i love him and look at his face while he sleeps. one more night and then i will return him and you'll never deal with me again."

The king growld deeply.

perhaps this was the only way to get the silver blood out of his heirs blood.

he himself had had an afair before he was married.

albiet with a servant girl and not another king, but if that was Dereks preference he was certainly old enough to do as he pleased.

"Fine. but then i don't ever want you to come back to my kingdom. you will be killed on spot."

Kazu nodded and stepped back.

" Send him back to my palace in four days."

The king nodded as he scooped the prince up into his arms.

"You'd best run now. if Ieidia get's wind of this incident he'll have you killed."

Kazu chuckled at this.

"He's a bag of hot wind, you saw what i did to your knights...how do you think his will fare with no armour?"

The king simply glaired and swiftly went back to his room.

Kazu sat beside the window again and began to cry.

by morning he would be gone and his torment would begin.

~~

Derek woke late the next day with a soft moan.

"K-kazu?"

But it was his fathers face that he first saw when he opened his eyes.

That familiar frown, staring down at him with concern.

"He's gone."

Derek placed his hand to his face.

His cheek hurt and his father frowned deeper.

"It's bruised. not too badly...i'm sure it feels worse than it looks."

He sat up a little and looked around the room.

"I'm...home?"

His father nodded.

"Your princess is quite worried about you. She's down stares and refuses to eat until you join her."

Derek started to move a little faster now.

"oh...i should...."

But the older man stopped him.

"We need to talk first my son."

Derek recoiled at the thought, afraid he'd be struck again.

But the hand that touched his was soft and concerned.

"Derek...when i learned of your feelings for your knight i was afraid."

Tears sprang to Dereks eyes as he gently but firmly pushed his fathers hand away.

"How much do you know?"

He frowned again and looked away with a heavy sigh.

" Everything you and he were argueing about last night. i guess...i have to say i learned a lot about you last night that i didn't know."

Derek curled himself into a ball, pushing himself up against the crystal, just incase his father got angry.

"Like what?"

The king smiled a bit at the boy.

"Well...i know now that i haven't stopped you from becoming a man. only a son of mine would have the balls to confront him like that. and to hold your ground in the face of danger. you were everything a king should be last night Derek, and as much as it pains me to know that i couldn't save you from giving into him, i feel that you understand fully what it means to be an adult."

Derek bit his lip and looked down.

"I didn't do it because i'm a good man...i did it because i'm in love and i'm scorned. i feel betrayed and angry and hurt. some sick part of me didn't want to come back here. he showed me the world in color where you showed it to me in black and white. i thought he loved me."

The king smiled softly.

"That's the thing of it Derek...he does. but he's right and let me tell you that alone hurts me to say."

Derek looked up.

"Why...do you hate him? don't you know it was i who killed mother?"

The king looked shocked for a moment but then he shook his head.

"it was an acident. i just needed someone to blame and he and i have been rivals for a very long time."

Derek looked away.

"Kazu...was all i had you know. all those years that you were too buisy and mother was too sick. he was everything to me. and then i was so heartbroken when you made him leave."

The king took another deep breath and closed his eyes.

"Well my son...i'm going to give the choice of a lifetime. it's unheard of and the road will not be easy if you choose one path...but i'm willing to offer your hand to the king if that is what you so desire. you may stay with your future bride, or you may tell her to go, and you may marry your king."

Derek stared up at him.

"Are you sure? you won't kill me?"

his father laughed at this and shook his head.

"of course not. i'm too old to have anymore children."

He chuckled.

"And i love you. i want you to be happy and we can always arange for heirs. you could have a harem if you wished. but don't decide right away. in four days i'll be sending you to him for what he believes is a one night stand. you decide then if it's one night with him, or a life time."

Derek nodded.

"Okay, we'll go down to the princess now."

Derek stood slowly.

he stopped his father at the door.

"can't i have them both? i really think i love her too. not quite so much as Kazu, but i can't bare to break her heart."

The king frowned at this.

"My son, in this world there is one thing you must understand. when your young...love isn't ever permenent. you'll be lucky if your marrage lasts with her. she's older than you and she's been in a mans bed before. her feelings haven't begun for you yet and it will be your own heart that you are breaking if anyones at all."

Derek was silent as he thought about this.

he had a lot to think about and a very difficult choice to make.

do what was right for his country, or do what was right for his heart.

~~

Later that day Derek decided to talk to his new love interest and took her out into the gardens.

"Altessia...may i ask you a personal question?"

She nodded.

"Of course. i will give you my best answer."

He looked into her eyes as they sat on a bench together and he took both of her hands.

"I want you to answer truthfully to this. because it's really important. i have very big choice to make and i can't make it without you."

She blinked.

"okay. what is it?"

He closed his eyes.

"Do you love someone else?"

She pulled her hands away and frowned.

"I..."

He looked up.

"because i do."

She stared at him for a long moment before speaking.

"Well...yes. but i'm to marry you and i'm okay with that."

Derek was beginning to formulate things.

"Well. it isn't unheard of for marrages like to have partners. if your love can move here, you can keep him too and i can keep my love as well...would you be okay with that?"

She was deep in thought for a long moment before answering.

"We'd have to keep it a secret from everyone else."

He nodded.

"of course. and eventually we'd have to produce an heir."

She nodded.

"It doesn't sound too bad."

He smiled brightly.

"So than. we'll make the arrangements. is he a knight? he can be sent over to..."

She stopped him.

"well...she's...my handmaid."

Derek blinked a moment.

"oh...well then that's easier yet...can...can i trust you with who i love?"

She nodded.

"Oh of course! if you don't tell anyone of mine...you're okay with it?"

He nodded.

"My love...is a king. a very powerful king. i'm going to see him in three days."

She blinked at this news herself.

"But there's one thing Altessia."

She looked up.

"oh?"

He blushed and looked away.

"Well...i really think i am falling for you too."

She smiled brightly.

"i'm sure sometime soon i will too. you're such a sweet person. so much nicer than other men i've known. and by all outward appearnces i'll be the best wife."

He smiled brightly.

"not just by outward appearnces. we'll still have to sleep in the same bed and all...but as long as you aren't cruel to me, anything you do will be perfect."

without giving her a chance to speak again he leand down and kissed her softly before pulling her closer and wrapping her in his arms.

~~

Kazu paced in the foyer as he waited for the prince to arrive.

he couldn't believe the king had agreed to this.

His heart was raceing and his pants were tight already.

Finally the carriage arrived early that morning and the prince stepped out, a vision in flowing white and crystal, wearing a crystal crown.

Kazu's breath stopped as he saw the pale blond.

"Derek..."

He whispered softly.

A small but happy smile graced Derek's lips, lighting up his face as if he were a bride about to walk down the isle.

"Kazu...i'm here...but..."

Suddenly fear washed over his face as he noticed the bludge in Kazu's pants.

"I wanted to spend the day with you first."

Kazu blinked himself out of his stupor and nodded.

"of course...give me a few moments. come into the dining room, i'm sure you're hungry. order breakfast and by the time it gets here i'll be back."

Derek nodded, a blush clear on his cheeks.

Kazu exscused himself as Derek sat at the table.

As Kazu had said, the moment the food arrived, he was back and back to his usual mood.

Derek looked up at him as he sat beside the prince rather than across from him.

"Kazu..."

Kazu looked up.

"Yes?"

Derek sighed softly.

"I need to know the truth."

Kazu frowned as he took a bite of his food.

"The truth Derek...is that i'm hopelessly in love with you."

Derek never took his eyes off the man, though he never looked over at the prince.

"Why is it so important to have sex with me than?"

Kazu nearly choked at this and finally looked up.

"Because i haven't had meaningful sex before and i'm told it feels best when it's with the one that you truely love. i don't just want to pleasure myself. i want you to feel it too."

He set his fork down finally and turned to Derek.

" You remember what i did to you in the bath?"

Derek nodded.

"If you love me, this time it should feel better than that."

He was beginning to feel nervouse as he stared into Kazu's relentless eyes.

"Kazu..."

Kazu sighed deeply, reading the question in his eyes.

"no Derek. i wouldn't have raped you. i was angry. when i'm angry i say things i don't mean. i was trying to scare you away from me."

Derek closed his eyes.

"The problem is that you didn't just scare me away from you at the moment. if you hadn't back handed me i probably would have run...but now i'm a little afraid of you. you've hurt me so many times over the last month but i wasn't afraid of you. i should have been."

Kazu's eyes widened as he stood suddenly and pulled the prince to his feet.

"look at me Derek!"

Derek flinched at the anger in his voice, not hearing the fear, but he obayed.

"I will not turn my anger towards you ever again. i have felt terrible since then."

Derek begn to tremble under the gaze.

"Kazu. i want to believe you...but i watched you kill seven of my best knights in less than a minutes. can you not understand why i'm afraid? if you coud weiled a sword that way there's nothing you couldn't do to my body if you wanted to."

Derek's voice was soft and clearly frightened.

Kazu resolved that he'd just have to be extra gentle towards him.

"I choose to hurt those who want to fight me. do you want to fight me Derek?"

He shook his head.

"of course not!"

Kazu gently brushed his thumb across Derek's cheek, the other arm wrapping around his waist.

"then you have nothing to fear."

Kazu looked away.

"besides. i promised your father that if he allowed me this night with you that i'd never return to your kingdom again."

Derek's eyes widened at this and he place his hand over Kazu's.

"You can't leave me!"

Kazu gave a simpathetic smile, eyes suddenly very sad.

"We'll not talk of this now. we should enjoy the time we have and worry about tomorrow morning when it arrives."

Derek closed his eyes, pushing his face farther into the large hand as he nodded, holding Kazu's with both of his.

"Let's finish breakfast first. and then i think i want to take a walk on the beach...look for shells...like we did when we found Kasahara."

Kazu smiled at this and nodded but before he released the prince, he kissed the soft lips deeply but gently.

They finished breakfast in silence and walked to the beach.

~~

The day went by quickly and they reached the palace hand in hand, laughing and the happiest anyone had seen them.

Kazu kissed the prince passionately and lifted him into his arms, carrying him up to his room.

"Across the threash hold like a blushing bride!"

Derek giggled out as Kazu twirled him about before setting him down and locking the door.

Derek spun himself to the bed and fell onto it slightly sideways, staring at Kazu with a glint in his eye and smirk on his face.

Kazu suddenly turned serious as he turned to the prince and began to unbutton his shirt.

"Kazu...wait a minute."

Kazu frowned and went to him as he sat up.

"Derek...you aren't ready?"

Derek sighed softly.

"i...i'm ready...i just want to take it slow. i want you to take all night."

Kazu stared down at him for a moment, suddenly pressing him back against the pillows with a kiss and took his hands.

Slowly he unlaced the pure white shirt and folded it neatly, laying it in the chair beside the bed.

Derek had a serious face now as Kazu kissed him again and his pants followed the shirt.

This continued between kisses until he was completely naked before Kazu and rather embarassed as he hadn't told Kazu that he was partialy standing already.

Kazu had been hard since he'd hit the door.

Derek sat up a bit as Kazu began to undress.

He studdied the body closely, each muscle, curve, and scar.

He bit his lip.

Kazu was very large...all over.

He was lean and not an inch of his body held any exess fat.

His stomach was toned into six perfect muscles and what he lacked in length he made up for in width.

He'd failed to tell the king that he'd been doing a little practicing, not wanting this experience to be in the least painful...after all, it was likely to be his last night with the man.

Derek began to breath a bit heavier as the tall king slinked over to him like a dragon and a small gasp escaped his lips as kazu gently pushed him back once more.

Instead of beginning right away, he pulled Derek onto his side, laying behind him.

His member slid between Derek's thies and a large hand reached around to stroke Derek's member.

The prince closed his eyes, riding with the pleasure beginning to course through his body.

"It's okay...to cry out."

Derek was a bit confused at this but the question was choked by a pleasured cry that he wasn't even aware needed to be released.

Soon Kazu began to rock gently against Derek and his other arm came up around his waist to pull the smaller body closer.

A small cry escaped his lips as Kazu's hard body was pressed up against his.

The king began to place kisses and small bites on the princes neck, provoking more moans.

Derek suddenly pulled Kazu's hand away from his member.

"I don't...want to finish...yet."

Kazu looked down at him.

"I won't let you. it helps you last longer if you bring yourself to the edge and back off. Now i'll begin."

He sat up, pushing Derek to his back but the prince stopped him.

"I should tell you now...i...found someone to practice with."

Kazu was silent for a moment as he sat back, staring at him.

"Why?"

Derek looked away.

"Because i wanted to not be in pain this time. are...you angry?"

Kazu shook his head.

"it's okay. I'm still going to be gentle with you. He probably isn't as big as me so there may still be some pain."

Derek nodded and closed his eyes as Kazu began to slide in.

"Did you bleed any last time?"

Derek shook his head.

"I think it was just that you were so big. To be honest i'm still a little scared."

Kazu kissed him deeply.

"No fear my prince."

Derek nodded and was silent as Kazu began to trust slowly.

After a few moments making sure the prince wasn't in any pain, he began a little faster.

"Derek..."

He moaned the princes name.

Soon Derek began to moan himself and a rythem began.

The longer they went on, the louder the princes cries became, Kazu pinning his wrists down above him, his own cries of pleasure drowned in Derek's.

Every near scream of the boy below him made him harder.

He pulled out for a moment, turning the prince to his stomach to better enter him Derek clutched at the pillows, feeling every little ripple of the king's muscles above him, lungs gasping for air between cries.

The hard rod inside him felt oddly good.

he felt every inch of it and suddenly the head hit something that made him scream.

That hadn't happened before and his body jolted with the intense feeling.

"Kazu!"

Kazu grinned and did it again.

"Say it...louder!"

Derek screamed his name so loud that the glass in the mirror above them began to tremble.

Kazu grinned maddly.

This was a dream.

The kind of sex he'd only heard about.

It gave him chills and rode him to the brink of exertion, but he kept going.

as long as Derek wanted him, he would continue.

Hours passed in a blure of burning pleasure and ear pirecing cries.

Kazu lifted him into his lap, pounding into him so hard that his body jerked with the force.

This motion helped Kazu's hand as he played with the prince as well.

Derek's screams turned to whispers and soon they both came.

The prince felt conciousness begin to slip the second he fell onto the bed away from the king.

Kazu too felt exhausted and was barely able to cover them with the sheet before they both slipped into a dreamless sleep.

~~

Derek woke quite early that morning, shivering and wrapped tightly in Kazu's arms.

He was terribly thirsty and very hungry too.

He didn't want to wake his lover and so he crawled carefully out of the mans arms, borrowing his robe and was about to leave the room when he saw a bottle of wine and a glass.

He smiled at this.

That would cure his thirst and warm him up.

It was his favorite flavor too.

He poured half a glass and took a sip.

"DEREK!"

He was startled by Kazu's sudden yell and the glass fell to the floor, shattering on the stone.

He screamed as Kazu suddenly dashed from the bed.

"oh god, how much did you drink?! Derek please tell me it wasn't much!"

Derek was suddenly feeling very strange as he stared at the king.

"Just...a mouthful. Kazu what's wrong?"

Kazu lifted him and carried him out the door, ignoring the fact that he was naked and ran down the hall.

"I poisoned it Derek."

Derek's eyes widened.

"What?!"

He set the boy down, banging on the doctors door.

" Kazu...what are you talking about?! I'm scared!"

Kazu looked into his eyes.

"Maybe you didn't have enough to hurt you. if this man will open the damn door we could find out!"

Derek fell into tears as his stomach suddenly began to turn.

"Kazu! tell me what you did! why was it poisoned?!"

Kazu looked up at him.

"I intended to drink it when you left."

Derek's head began to spin.

"You...were going to abandon me?! after..."

He had to stop as he felt another lurch in his stomach.

Kazu wrapped his arms around the trembling body.

"I can't live without you Derek. I'm broken. I started out wanting this power of yours."

Derek stopped him.

"A power i don't have."

Kazu shook his head.

"you do. and one day you'll see it. but all i want now is to live my life at your feet. and i can't do that or i'll lose my kingdom. so i have no choice. live in agony or die in sorrow."

Derek whimpered as he closed his eyes, tears spilling from them.

"I don't feel good Kazu. my stomach hurts and i feel really dizzy."

Kazu hung his head for a moment before pounding on the door again.

"Get out here or i'll have you hung!"

but still there was no answer.

A maid came up, blushing a bit at Kazu's lack of clothing but wanting to help.

"The doctor had an emergancy in the village early this morning sir. should i send for him? what's wrong?"

Kazu growled, letting go of Derek to slam his fist into the stone wall.

it dented the stone.

"DAMN IT! yes!"

He turned back to her.

"And tell him if he's not back here within the hour with the antidote to Drangonsfang poison i'll kill him!"

She nodded and ran off.

He looked up at Derek just in time to see the boy fall.

"Derek?!"

He caught the prince before he hit the floor and ran with him back to his room.

~~
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laustic · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 660 Location: Florida

Oh wow, awesome story! I love to read more Smile

Yami no Kaze · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 3:33 pm Post subject:

an: laustic, incase i haven't finished it by the time you read this, i ran out of room and it cut off a paragraph and a half. D: so now i hfta continue in a new post. this is part two. tell me what you think of part one though k? XD i think there's a line or two that'll make you laugh.

the crystal king doesn't have a name, but he's only about 9 years older than Kazu.

Kasahara is the dragon king that has befriended Derek and Kazu.

~~~~~~~~~~~across the sands part two~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The doctor returned with a small amount of something to ease the pain but Kazu was disheartened to learn that there was no known andidote.

"I'm very sorry my king. But there's a small chance he'll make it. This poison acts quickly and with his body type, not much would be needed. If he lives through the night, we'll start leach treatment."

Kazu shook his head, grabbing the man by the shirt.

By now he'd dressed so he was very imposing in black and silver.

"Do you not understand who this boy is?! this is the future king of the Crystal kingdom! you will start leach treatment now! do you understand?!"

On the bed, a very pale and sweaty Derek flinched at Kazu's shouting.

"If he dies tonight there will not be a soul remaning in this kingdom who will live more than an hour longer than he!"

The doctor nodded and dashed off to get the leaches.

Kazu collapsed beside the blond, staring into his tormented face.

"Derek..."

He whispered softly as he took his hand.

"Please don't give up okay?"

Derek forced his eyes open and looked dizily up at him.

"Why...not? You...were going...to die...like this..."

Kazu bit back tears.

"Because i love you too much. remember what we said...that day under the trees in the forest? maybe we'd kill each other one day? well i didn't mean it."

Derek's eyes were over flowing with tears now.

"I...did. i don't...want to die...but..."

He caughed for a moment.

"I can see her."

Kazu's eyes widened in terror.

"no! don't look at her! look at me! she'll always be there Derek! stay with me!"

Derek looked over at the radiant woman looking worriedly down at him, surpressing a whimper.

"She looks...just...like she did...that day...i'm...so sorry mamma."

Kazu lightly smacked him.

"damn it Derek look at me!"

Derek looked up at him with a frown.

"i can't believe...this is how...you wanted to...die. i'm so...angry right now."

Kazu smiled.

"good! be angry! be so angry that you can't wait to get better so you can hit me! think of that Derek, when you get better you can hit me! i'll let you beat the hell out of me!"

Tears were pouring from his eyes.

"Just please don't leave me! i swear i won't do it to myself! see!"

He stood and went to the bottle of wine, sending it into the wall where it shattered and he fell to his knees in uncontrolable sobs.

something he hadn't done since the first day he'd arrived in the country.

Derek sighed softly.

"Kazu...come...hold me."

Kazu leapt to his feet and laid down beside him, wrapping his arms tightly around him.

He kissed Derek's cheeks as the doctor came back.

"Derek...this isn't going to feel nice but it may clear your system."

Derek nodded, allowing them to place the leaches.

"Just...hold me...Kazu..."

Kazu nodded, not careing anymore about what they thought.

Derek was the most important thing in the world to him.

He looked up at the maid behind the doctor.

"Send for his father."

She nodded and ran, knowing that Kazu wanted it done now.

"You...sleep for a little while okay?"

Derek nodded and closed his eyes, quickly falling into a fitful sleep.

~~

When Derek woke again it was to the sound of angry voices in the hall way.

He recognized them to be his father and Kazu.

"How could you let this happen?! He's my only son! I trusted you with his safty and you poisoned him!"

"I didn't poison him! i was supposed to drink that wine!"

"You shouldn't have left it out!"

"I didn't know he was going to drink it! he's never awake before i am!"

"I should kill you now and put you out of your misery! i was going to offer you his hand because i thought you loved him but you let this happen?! it's a good thing he didn't wait to tell you!"

Kazu was silent as there was a clattering sound and what Derek knew as the sound of a knight taking hold of a pisoner, followed by a grunt of pain.

His heart began to race.

His light grew brighter and he forced himself up.

"Ka-zu...st-op."

But he couldn't raise his voice.

Kazu had left his sword beside the bed the night before and he was barely able to reach it.

He tore the leaches from his body, mustering the strength to stand.

"Kazu....stop."

His voice grew louder but was unheard over the continued screaming match in the hallway.

"You're in my kingdom now you bastard! you can't kill me here without fighting my knights and they don't play fair the way yours do!"

Suddenly there was a clashing of swords and tears came to Derek's eyes.

He kept his eyes on his mother's fading spirit as he made his way to the door, stumbling repeatedly.

"Kazu!"

His voice still wasn't loud enough to be heard over the clashing of steel and from time to time the painful scream of a mans last breath.

"STOP!"

He grabbed a hold of the door knob and flung it open, using Kazu's sword like a cane.

"Father! Stop! Please!"

tears pourd endlessly from his eyes as he watched his father slay another knight.

Kazu's eyes widened as his attention was turned to Derek.

"Derek!"

He started towards the boy.

The Crystal king looked up and grabbed Kazu's arm.

"don't you dare touch him again!"

Derek whimpered as he ignored the man and dropped Kazu's sword, stumbling forward into his arms.

"Please stop."

His body trembled with sobs.

"Please don't fight. please!"

Kazu frowned and gave a deep sigh.

"Okay...i'm sorry."

Derek looked up at his father.

The pure white garments he'd been wearing were stained crimson now.

"It was no ones fault. i should have asked him first. please father, please still allow me to be with Kazu. my heart will break and i will die if i cannot!"

The two kings stared at him for a long moment before looking at each other.

"We'll talk about that later. Are you alright?"

Derek shook his head.

"I just...had to stop you. The leaches were helping...i feel better...but i can't walk on my own."

Kazu held him close, whispering into his ear.

"Derek. Close your eyes."

Derek closed his eyes and Kazu pressed a sensetive nerve in his shoulder.

In seconds the boy fell limp into Kazu's arms and he motioned for the doctor to follow.

"i want to put more leaches on. just to be safe."

~~

When the prince woke again, the sun was shining brightly in the windows.

he glanced around the room but he could no longer see his mother and he frowned, feeling tears come to his eyes.

he was still weak.

much better than the night before, but he still had a rather high fever too and he felt most saddened to find that he was alone.

He looked around for a few moments before calling out.

"Kazu?"

There was no answer.

"Father?"

Still no answer.

after a few moments the door opened and his father stepped in.

Derek's heart fell.

"G-goodmorning."

The king was silent as he sat beside the prince and pulled him into his arms, beginning to cry.

Derek closed his eyes and sighed softly, feeling tears in his own eyes.

"I'm okay."

his father simply held him closer, never speaking a word.

it wasn't long before Kazu walked in.

He had a black eye and it looked as though he'd been in a rather bad fight...and lost.

"Kazu! what happened to you?!"

His father let go with a sigh and Kazu simply shook his head.

"Are you...better?"

Derek nodded and stood, running to Kazu and throwing his arms around him.

"where were you?! i woke up and i was alone and no one answered me! i was afraid something happened to you! please don't kill yourself Kazu, i'll die without you! you can't understand the misery i'd..."

Kazu cut him off with a finger to the lips, looking down into his eyes.

"you're father and i have been talking."

Derek didn't like the sound of that.

He turned to the man on the bed.

"What about?"

Kazu frowned deeply and left the room.

"Kazu?"

Derek watched him leave, unsure of what was going on.

He suddenly turned on his father with anger.

"What the hell did you do to him?!"

There was silence from the man on the bed who didn't even turn to look at his son.

"Answer me! what is going on?!"

He stormed over to the king and smacked him hard across the face.

"How dare you?! did you even let him explain before you started to fight with him! you're lucky he didn't kill you!"

The king was shocked as he looked up at his son.

"Actually the second fight was about something completely different. afterwords we talked. he won't tell you what we talked about because it's something that's been going on between us since before you were born. you don't understand why we hate each other and you probably never will. i have tried to protect you from the truth for as long as i could, but given that i almost lost you last night...i'm going to try and explain it. please sit."

Derek was silent as he sat, waiting for an explination.

"Before i married your mother, Kazu and i were both knights. one day your grandfather decided to hold a tournament for the knights. the prize, was your mothers hand. Kazu won."

Derek stared at him.

"but you married her!"

He nodded.

"She pleaded with her father. she loved me...and she was pregnant with your sister. our appearences are so different that if she were to marry Kazu and later give birth, it would be too obvious that she had shared her bed with me before she had married."

Derek looked hurt.

"You always told me that sex was for marriage. why did you lie to me?"

He sighed softly.

"Derek, you were a young boy. we were afraid of making you lose your light. when one...loses their virginity...they lose their light. and we thought your mother was just a fluke. she never did lose hers. and it's clear now that you haven't lost yours. Kazu has been angry with me ever since then because he loved her too. and doing this to you...Kidnapping you, seducing you...it's all to get back at me. he doesn't really love you."

Derek wasn't sure what to think.

"than why did you let me come here?! why did you tell me i could stay with him?! why did he try to kill himself when thought he would be without me?!"

He was beginning to cry now.

"Because i thought you would finally see it. i thought he'd change the second he was done with you. that you'd choose not to stay with him because you saw the liar that he is!"

Derek stood, tears flowing down his cheeks.

"I hate you! you're the liar! Kazu loves me and i'm never going back to the crystal kingdom again! ever! i'll stay here and if you make me leave him i'll slash my wrists before we get home!"

before the king could stop him, Derek was out the door, running.

Kazu had been standing in the hallway, listening.

He growled as he stepped back into the room.

"i congradulate you Kazu..."

The crystal king spoke tiredly.

"you've done your job. my only son hates me and the kingdom will fall to you."

Kazu gave half a mind to killing the man on the spot but knew that would only further distance himself from the prince.

Derek's heart was truely one he envied.

"You lied to him."

His voice was dangerously low.

"I did nothing of the sort! i told him everything!"

"No you didn't. you didn't tell him that before she left you i was the one who'd had her first. because i loved her like i love Derek. you just can't let me be happy can you? i lost her and now you can't stand that i'm not only equel to you finally but that your son is in love with me! She fell in love with you, i let you have her. now he, loves me. why can't you let me have him?"

The older man stood slowly.

"How can you say that you love..."

before the arguement could continue a pirecing scream ripped through the castle and both men took off towards it.

"Derek?!"

Kazu called out in concern.

Another scream followed by the sound of struggling.

"Let go of me! stop!"

Derek's panniked voice was heard.

Kazu gave a whistle and suddenly a small dragon flew past them.

as it passed it grew larger until the tips of it's out streached wings scraped the stone on either side of the large hallway.

"What are you trying to do?! how did you get here?! Kazu!"

It was not Kazu that he saw first, but the sight of Kasahara made him feel much better.

Ieidia had securely tied Derek's hands behind his back.

Derek felt quite dizzy as the king pulled a dagger from his boot and held it to the prince's throat.

"Don't fight me or i will kill you. my daughter has told me of your little plan and it will not come to pass. if you want a lover on the side it has to be me!"

Kasahara decided to stay in his natural form at the moment.

nothing could penetrate the steel like scales on his chest except another dragons tallions.

the dragon reared back on his hind legs, roaring so loud that the ceiling began to crack.

Derek was trembling as he watched the dragon shrink a bit, growling and snapping.

"Your mate performed this dance for me when i found her eggs."

Kasahara grew angry at this and ignored the two men calling for him to stop from behind as he lunged forward crunching down on the arm that held the dagger.

when it clattered to the ground, Kasahara used his wing to pull Derek against him.

it was a good thing that Derek could only hear what was going on because suddenly the Darksands king began to morph into something very familiar...

"You're a dragon?! you murderus bastard! killing your own kind!"

there was a deafening roar from the other dragon and Kasahara flew backward, dragging Derek with him.

The prince screamed as they landed and scrambled to his feet only to be dragged backward by a whiplike tail.

The last thing the prince saw was Kazu's horror stricken face.

A large claw came around his waist and a hissing voice resounded in his ear.

"you're mine...and so is your kingdom."

The prince fell limp with a soft sigh and the black dragon let go.

He growled up at them.

"You've injured me, but i'll be back!"

and with that he was gone.

Kazu was the first at Derek's side.

"Derek!"

He gently patted the boy's cheek.

"Derek!"

the king stood back as Kazu lifted the prince into his arms.

"Follow if you like. but i'll not leave his side. bring the girl here."

The king growled at Kazu.

"i'll do no such thing, when he wakes i'm taking him home!"

Kazu looked up at Kasarah who had just morphed into his human form.

"Bring the girl here."

Before the king could stop him he lept out the nearest window, a pair of wings streching from his back.

"Did you not notice that this new king who's only child you took into your home is in reality a dragon? one that has killed off all but two of his own kind? the princess is likely a dragon as well. i can't decide if she's a prisoner of war, or if we're keeping her safe as well, but in any case my knights are stronger, faster, and more black hearted. they live for themselves so they will fight to kill each and every one of his."

"The crown prince is not safe in..."

"your castle. need i remind you that you can see through the walls? or that i didn't even have to fight a single knight to get to him? i snuck in and out and was gone before you even realized anything was wrong."

The king was silent and Kazu went to his room.

~~

Derek woke later with a startled cry from a nightmare.

Kazu was right beside him though and only seconds after he woke, the kings strong arms were around him, the soothing voice whispering in his ear that everything was okay.

Derek clung to him, body trembling with sobs.

"Kazu...what's going on?! that was the king of the dark sands!"

Kazu nodded, brushing the tears away from Derek's sad eyes.

"I don't know what's going on yet, but i'll protect you."

Derek clung to Kazu, eyes spilling over endlessly with tears.

"i've never felt so scared. what is he?"

Kazu sighed deeply as he pulled the prince back down to lay.

Kasahara appeared in the window and the wings folded on his back.

"He's a dragon."

Kazu looked up.

"Where is she?"

Kasahara was silent for a moment.

"There's a problem...i've taken her to the island."

Derek sat up.

"who?!"

Kazu pulled him back.

"the princess."

He looked back up at Kasahara.

"What problem is there? she's a prisoner of war and he's declaired war with me therefore she needs to be here."

Derek would not be calmed now.

"What have you done with her?! you will not hurt her!"

Kasahara shook his head.

"He might. if she were human i would not argue but do not forget that i am a king too. she is one of mine. i need to find out how much she knows. i'm sorry to disappoint you my prince, but even if you were to marry, she would never concieve from you. it is impossible for a dragon and a human to mate. if it were i'd have many more children by now."

Derek felt more tears come to his eyes.

"but i love her."

Kasahara sighed deeply.

"i'll see what i can do, but right now she's staying in my kingdome."

Kazu growled as he stood and grabbed his sword.

"She's my prisoner i don't care what she is! bring her here or i'll kill you!"

Derek's eyes widened as he stood as well.

"Kazu no! will you hurt her?! will you take out your anger on her the way you did on me?!"

He ran between the two, staring at Kazu.

"I think she's safer with him!"

Kazu set the sword down and raised his hand as if to slap Derek but suddenly Kasahara grabbed the prince and dove out the window.

Derek screamed as he watched the ground rushing up to them but before they hit they were suddenly airbourne, the hands around him turning to claws.

~~

Derek clung to the dragon, terrified he was going to fall for hours.

over his own kingdom they flew and tears came to his eyes.

home...would he ever see it again?

what did Kasahara want with him?

by sunset they were over open ocean and fast approaching a large island.

His eyes widened as he saw the princess sitting on the shore, tears ran from her eyes until she saw the prince.

"Derek!"

She opened her arms and Kasahara set him down on the sand, circling above for a few minutes before landing in the forest.

he decided to leave the two alone for a while.

Derek would likely learn the information he wanted without scareing her half to death.

Derek hit the ground running and threw his arms around her, holding her tightly.

"Are you alright? did he hurt you? i'm so sorry!"

She held close to him, whimpering softly into his shirt for a moment.

"I'm okay. just scared. i don't understand what's happening. he said my father is a murderer!"

Derek sighed softly and looked into her eyes.

"Please believe me when i say that he is. i don't know what's going on myself right now, but i do know that he killed almost the entire dragon population. you're father...is a dragon and so are you."

She stared up at him.

"what?! i'm not a dragon! i'm a human!"

Derek shook his head.

"you're father never told you? you've speant your life in this form and never knew? you...are a dragon."

She felt more tears come to her eyes.

"how do you know?!"

Derek sighed softly.

"I think i'm starting to figure it out."

He pulled away, looking longingly back towards his home.

in the dark the beautiful glimmer of the palace and the town could be seen.

"I can prove it to you. but it's going to be painful. i want you to be human. but Kasahara knows and i trust him. he's not a bad person."

She seemed angry now.

"And you're saying my father is?!"

Derek refused to turn to her.

"he told me that you told him about Kazu...and he wants to take me as a lover. if i sleep with anyone except you, it has to be him. that's what he said to me right before he turned into a dragon. i'm sorry that is has to be like this but you have to know the truth. would you believe that i would lie to you?"

She was silent for a long moment before wrapping her arms around his weist from behind.

"no."

He turned to her, staring into her eyes as he wrapped his arms around her weist, pulling her closer.

"i'll never lie to you Altessia. i promise. and i'll never do anything to intentionally hurt you either. i love you. i want you to be my wife. but i'm afraid of what's going to happen. you're father...i think he's trying to take over all the kingdoms and that means he has to kill us all. My father, Kasaraha, Kazu, and maybe even you and me."

She was very confused.

he could see all the emotions filtering through her eyes under the bright moonlight.

"Please trust me. i'm scared he'll take you away from me."

She hid her face in his neck as she began to sob.

Derek wasn't unfamilair with the trembling of her body as he had felt it too, many times.

it was the fear of uncertinty and he couldn't blame her.

He held her close, sighing heavily.

"I...want to believe that you're human."

She looked up into his eyes again.

"can we pretend that i am? just for a little while?"

He nodded, kissing her deeply as he gently brushed away her tears.

"I love you."

Before they could get any farther, Kasahara appeared before Derek and he pulled the princess behind him as he faced the dragon king.

"What do you want?"

Kasahara stared silently at him for a moment.

"I want you to come with me. you should sleep now. the nights get very cold on this island as dragons like to sleep in it. in her human body she'll freeze to death and you will too. it's better to be asleep before the cold comes."

Derek stared into his eyes for a long moment.

"you won't do anything to her while i'm asleep right?"

Kasahara frowned slightly.

"Derek...if i had intended her any harm i would have done it by now. dragon law is quite different from even that of Kazu's. please do not mistrust me in my own kingdom. it's the most unwise and inconciderate thing to do. you and she are royalty, but that doesn't mean you're exempt from my laws while on my land."

Derek looked down, saying nothing, eyes filled with tears and Kasahara sighed softly, resting his hand on his shoulder.

"I know you're scared, but you should know me well enough by now to know that you're safe here. please trust in me. i'm the only one telling you the whole truth."

Derek looked up at him, eyes widening.

"What?!"

Kasahara pulled him closer.

"i'll explain more in the morning. come now."

Derek nodded and took the princess' hand, pulling her along.

Kasahara lead them into a large cave.

Without given even a verbal warning, Kasahara returned to his dragon form.

Derek was started to watch the transformation but his fear of viewing it turned to worry as Altessia began to fall with a soft sigh.

Derek caught her quickly, and stared up at the huge dragon.

he hadn't seen Kasahara this size since he'd first met him and suddenly he felt dizzy himself.

Kasahara gave a huff and laid down, curling his front claws under his chest much like a cat.

he streached his hind legs out and then his wings before he motioned for Derek to come closer.

"My wings will give you some warmth. bring her over here and use my body heat as well."

Derek lifted her carefully and set her against the dragon.

he then curled up, holding her closely as his head rested on Kasaharas back leg.

one of his wings came down over them like a blanket and Derek sighed softly.

Kasahara spoke quietly.

"You needen't fear me my prince. you are like my son and i will do anything i can to keep you safe."

Derek nodded slightly and pulled his princess closer to him.

"Is it okay...that i love her?"

Kasahara would have smiled had he been in human form and gently nudged Derek's head with the tip of his nose.

"yes."

Derek smiled a bit and sighed softly as he drifted off to sleep.

~~

Kazu was nearly livid as he paced in his bedroom.

The Crystal king sat by the window, staring out at the ocean as he thought long and hard about what they would do.

Finally he looked up at Kazu and frowned.

"We have nothing. We just have to ride this out."

Kazu flung around.

"You expect me to just sit here while i pray that Kasahara doesn't kill them both?! How can you just sit there so damn calmly?! Do you not care for your son at all?!"

The older king stared into Kazu's eyes.

"You haven't read the legends have you? I was convinced they were false...stories told one too many times...but they're clear."

Kazu snarled.

"of course i've read them! why do you think i wanted him in the first place?! He doesn't even know he has those powers so how can he give them to anyone?! I'd have them by now if he knew!"

The king shook his head.

"Kasahara is the one that will teach him not only that he has them, but how to use them. he'll be fine. we have to trust in him now."

Kazu snarled and stormed out of the room to think.

~~

Ieidia sat in his dragon form, growling as his arm slowly healed it's self.

He hadn't been in this form in over twenty years and it had slowed his healing processes.

He'd sent his armies out to stand ground on the border of he and Kazu's land.

just in case he sent some of his own.

he didn't particularly want to start a war, but it was looking unavoidable.

Unable to take the pain anylonger he swiftly descended the stairs into a place he hadn't been to in a very long time.

~~

Derek sighed softly as he woke alone the next morning.

he sat up quickly, staring around.

"Kasahara?"

He called out as he stood.

It was warm again and he stepped out of the cave for only a second before arms scooped him up and he was suddenly hovering over the island, a scream escapeing his lips.

He foolishly struggled against the body, but eased as he heard the voice.

"It's just me Derek."

He looked down at the hands and then back to the figures face.

"Altessia?!"

She nodded.

"Kasahara left for a little bit after he told me about my wings. He says they're the easiest to deal with before turning all the way. I wanted to surprise you. He says you have wings too. but they're not like mine."

Derek looked into her eyes.

"How did you grow yours?"

She frowned.

"He took me up really high over the water and dropped me...."

He sighed softly.

"I hope he doesn't do that to me."

He was silent for a long moment before thinking about something.

"So what color are you?"

She blinked a moment before streaching out her arm to see her hand.

with a little focus, scales formed around her fingernails.

"White apparently."

They descended slowly to the sand of the beach.

"So are you okay with being a dragon?"

He turned to her as she released him and she nodded.

"He explained that my being a dragon was very important. it didn't mean that i had to give anything up, but that one day i would be the queen of the dragons. there are eggs he wants me to watch when it's safe to bring them here. and when i'm mature, he says i'll be able to lay my own."

He was silent for a moment.

"A world where dragons are abondant...i kinda like that idea."

She smiled.

"i'm glad, because it will only be a few years."

He nodded and pulled her over to a tree to sit under.

"I wonder when Kasahara will be back..."

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laustic · Joined: 09 Jul 2006 Posts: 660 Location: Florida

I love medival type of stories so this is definitely a real treat for me to read. I have to say that Derek is my favorite character. He's so innocent and naive, but he's in love and I think that his innocence is brought out even more. I like Kazu as well, but I tend to be drawn to the more innocent characters.

I'm really enjoying this story and I'll give you more on my thoughts after I let the story sit with me for a bit Smile