Disclaimer: I do not own Suzaku, Maze Castle, or the Yu Yu Hakusho universe. They belong to Yoshihiro Togashi. I do own Lauryana and the plot
What started this? Suzaku kidnapped me and wouldnt let me go home until I made him one of my muses. Since none of my other muses were active, I really had no choice
Suzaku: But you dont mind, do you?
Not really. I like all the ideas youve given me, in addition to my new character.
Anyway... enjoy the story!
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"Sit down Lorry. I have something for you." The Pheonix demon says. He was hiding something behind his back.
Curious, Lauryana, a blue eyes human, obeys and sits down on her knees.
"Close your eyes."
She closes her eyes tightly and feels him brush away her wavy blond hair and wrap something around her neck, which was then tightened until it was snug.
"Ok… you can look now" Suzaku sounded smug
Lauryana opens her eyes, a bit nervous as to what she might find.
Around her neck was a leather collar. The collar was connected to a leash, which Suzaku held in his hand. "Uhm…"
Suzaku smirks. "I knew it would look good on you. Now you fit your role, my pet."
He grins. "Now. The rules for as long as you wear this. One: You are not to speak unless I give you permission. Barks, meows, and other animal sounds are fine though. Two: You are to act as the pet you are. No standing on two feet. You must remain on all fours. You can't use your hands to eat, and you must sleep on the floor. Three: If I give you an order, you must obey. Well that rule is already in effect, but there is a twist. When you wear this you must carry out the order as if you are an animal. I say go get that, and you must bring it to me without using your hands. I say beg and you must beg like a mutt." His smile gets even smugger. "And if you disobey…"
Lauryana is suddenly zapped with a small jolt of electricity. She yelps in surprised pain, and Suzaku chuckles. "…That happens, though I could just beat you… but that isn't as fun."
He tugs on the leash, jerking Lorry forwards. She falls onto her hands and he smirks.
"Roll over." Came the softly spoken command.
The golden-blond haired girl winces as she drops to the floor and rolls in one direction, then in the other.
Another chuckle. "This will be fun."
Lorry gulps. 'Fun' usually meant humiliation, pain, or a combination of both on her part. Her Master was very rarely gentle.
Suzaku crouches down and ruffles her hair, unlatches the leash, then straightens up and looks around the room. "There's an idea…" he murmurs to himself. The saint beast gives her a grin, then orders "Run around the room, and don't stop until I say so." He then heads to the only furniture on the room, a throne-like chair near the far wall. Lauryana rolls onto her feet and starts running along the wall of the circular room.
She had made one circuit when a small jolt of lightning hits her, causing her to stumble.
"Faster."
Suzaku had hit her with a weak attack. With his powers over electricity, he could shock her with or without the collar.
It was a frightening thought.
Lorry ran faster, racing around the room as fast as she could. It seemed like hours, but she knew hat she had only been running for a short while. Finally, minutes later, she stumbles, falling to the floor. She lies there, trying to catch her breath, ignoring her Master's commands to get up. She yelps as a bolt of electricity goes through her, but doesn't rise.
"You are a rather lazy pet…" His words were the only warning. Lorry cries out in pain as a more powerful shock courses through her body. She lets out a whimper and hears her master sigh.
"Alright… come over here." The blue-eyed girl forces herself to rise, and crawls over to the foot of the chair. The golden-blond demon pulls out an energy restoring candy from a bag that was hanging from the chair. He holds it out and asks, "Want this? You'll have to beg." Lauryana sits up and whines pleadingly, hating the things he made her do.
"You can do better than that."
She tries harder, with little success. "Hmm… I don't think you really want this…" Suzaku drawls, an amused smirk on his face, as he slowly moves his candy-holding hand back toward the bag.
Lorry whines again, this time pulling the "Puppy eyes" expression. She is rewarded with a laugh. "Alright. You earned it. Here. Open your mouth."
She opens her mouth and Suzaku pops the candy in it. She drops back onto all fours as she chews the treat, feeling her energy coming back to her. The phoenix demon reaches out and ruffles her hair. "Good girl."
He then holds out a finger. "Sit, stay, and face forward until I get back."
Obediently, Lauryana sits down on her haunches and looks in front of her. Suzaku walks around her and out of her line of sight, though she could still hear him as he moved away from her, but after a bit she could no longer sense him. As she waits, she thinks of her life in the human world, and trying to remember nearly forgotten songs. It was no use trying to remember people. She had been much of a loner, and lived by herself, so there weren't many memorable faces.
Then, after not coming up with much, she turns her thoughts to her life here in Maze Castle and compared the two. In the human world she had never had a lover or boyfriend. The only person who had really paid attention to her was the guy who got her into this mess. He had wanted a loyal follower, so that he could use her in his fights against demons; namely as bait or a diversion. After realizing this, she had given him the cold shoulder.
However, he had persisted, and had dragged her along on his final trip: The trip to Maze Castle. He had died at the hands of the ferocious Byakko, and had been consumed. Luckily for her she had found a secret passageway that had led past the battle site and other powerful demons. From the looks of it, the passage was for servants to travel back and forth carrying out their tasks.
A sound behind her interrupts her thoughts. She could hear the pheonix demon move next to his chair and set things down next to it. Suzaku comes into her view, and was holding a thick, foot long rope. He stands in front of her and taps her nose. "You can move now. In fact…" He tosses the rope behind her. "… Fetch!"
The blond haired human spins around and scampers over to where the rope lay. Cringing slightly, she lowers her head and picks up the rope with her mouth, then trots back to where Suzaku was standing. He laughs and takes it, then tosses it again. "Faster this time."
Lorry obediently fetches the rope at a faster pace. Suzaku smiles "Good girl. Now, next time you fetch, I want you to crawl on your belly to the rope and back." He tosses the rope farther, and Lauryana lowers herself to the floor and crawls with her belly dragging on the floor to the rope. The stone tiles were cold, and rubbed up irritatingly against her skin through her shirt. Finally reaching the piece of rope, she takes it in her mouth again and makes her way back to Suzaku, belly against the floor all the way.
He takes the rope and sets it down next to him. "Okay... enough of that."
He takes something from behind his chair and sets it on the floor. It was a dog dish full of normal looking food. Beside it he put a bowl full of water. As Lorry watches, he gets out a plate of food and sits down in his chair. Seeing her watching, he smirks at her, lifts his loaded fork to his mouth, and leisurely takes a bite.
She looks at the bowl of food and sighs, then walks over and examines it's content's. There were pieces of greenish meat that had been cut up into bite-sized pieces, and some sort of gravy and a few cut up vegetables. She knew from experience that the green meat was from the cultivated humans that Suzaku has created to feed himself, and the other demons since their access to the human world had been cut off. It tasted a bit like a mix between steak, lamb, and various produce; namely mushrooms and salad. In all, it was tasty and healthy.
Leaning down to take a bite, she unconsciously reaches out with her hand and yelps as she is given a warning shot.
"I thought I said you weren't allowed to use your hands. Bad dog!" comes Suzaku's playful reminder.
She tries several more times, sometimes getting a bit of food before she messes up. Suzaku watched her in amusement. He knew this would be hard for her and was enjoying every moment of her struggles.
Lauryana looks at him and, knowing she wasn't allowed to speak words, whines at him to show her displeasure. Suzaku smirks, but relents. "Alright. You're trying your best. Go on and eat."
Lorry lowers her head to the bowl again and takes a bite of the food. No shock. She chews and swallows, and takes another bite. Apparently he had taken pity on her. She finishes her meal, alternating between the food and water dish, and sits back, running her tongue over her lips to get any remaining food.