The Flower Inside

M - mature themes, drug abuse, mentions of rape, slight smut. who am I kidding, we all know I'm gonna get into detail one of these days XDD

Strange take on Raine's teenhood, just because I can. And teenhood is clearly not a word, I know.

Kratos X Raine

Soft tears. Lips moving. Words quiet. Girl. Dark cell. Alone. Half dead. Help.

The cell keeper, a smirk on his face, kneeled down by her cell. "C'mon pretty, master wants to see what I caught for him," her body ached as she slowly stood. He removed her chains, knowing she was too weak to fight. His tight grip make her shiver. Her small feet made dull taps on the ground, while his made a stronger and firmer noise.

As she came above the ground the girls in the castle scoffed. "Don't bring scum like that near me, Magnius!" a girl shouted, quickly taking a few steps back as if she had a deadly disease. The young man glared at the girl and pushed the girl faster. Her dirty, greasy blue hair glinted in the light and a soldier stared from his position.

Her blue eyes met his and they both looked away. She was pushed into a dark room where she was then flung onto the floor.

"Dirty, stupid child!" Yggdrasil roared, smirking. "You thought you could get away with my precious jewels? Wrong!" he kicked her stomach and she fell onto her side. "Let her rot in her cell… but not before I have my way with her."

He smirked and pulled her away, her screams echoing throughout the hall.

Kratos winced. The fourth girl this week that Yggdrasil proceeded to capture for no reason and then rape. Her fate was well known, too. She would sit in her cell with no food or water and die. Then the animals would eat her decaying body while a new prisoner was brought to the castle.

When she was taken outside for a bath after Yggdrasil had is 'way' with her, Kratos followed. The maid angrily glared at him as the young girl was put into the cold water and she scrubbed her. Kratos closed his eyes like a proper man should, not just because he didn't want to look (if anything, he desired to touch her at the most) but because he couldn't stand looking at the whip marks on her body.

He tried to make his pants baggier (with no avail) to hide his… issue. Raine walked over to him when she was clothed and clean and sat on his lap. "Hi.." she said weakly. He made a small growling noise in his throat and had to bite his lip until it bled to stop his arms from pulling her closer.

She stared at him while the maid washed her hands off. "You're pretty," she stated bluntly. "I like you."

He was shocked by this remark but smiled anyways. "Get on my back. Hurry," she climbed onto his back and he quickly took off. The maid screamed and an alarm went off somewhere and guards rushed out. Magnius growled. "Find that bastard and kill him!"

Raine giggled and curled up next to Kratos under the tree they hand rested by. He stayed up to watch, occasionally taking small naps (about 10 minutes) if no one had passed for a while. "Raine.. C'mon, we should go now," the moon shone brightly as the two walked.

"My feet hurt…" Raine pouted. Her body was still weak. "Alright, I'll carry you."

And that's exactly what he did until daylight reached. They rested in a house (the villagers welcomed them in quickly, knowing the dangers they faced) and Raine at on his lap again. "You didn't have to carry me the whole way.."

"Yes I did," he argued, "plus, I like to carry you. By the way, how old are you?" Raine smirked. "How old do you think I am?"

"Five."

"WHAT? Try again, mister. I don't think a five year old can withstand what I can. More like 16. You?" He grinned. "Your small enough to be five. I'm eighteen," she blushed. "I am not! Your small to be eighteen then!"

"I'm pretty tall for my age. Plus, you act like a child so.." he smirked. She angrily, but playfully, gave his arm a light smack. She then rested her head on his shoulder. "I'm sleepy…" she whispered. He kissed her forehead and waited for her to fall asleep. When she did, he gently laid her on the bed and resumed staring out the window.

She woke up right when it became dark and the two set out again. She was in front of him, walking quickly with her head down. She had told him she didn't feel safe when they were near towns and that was why she walked fast. But this was just weird. The nearest towns would take them days to get to.

Her senses weren't useless though, because someone jumped out right as she quickly moved from the road they walked on. Kratos quickly ran in front of her as the man took his blade and slashed blindly, hitting his side.

He moaned in pain as she quickly dropped down by him, covering his body with her own. The man kicked her off of him and she grabbed his wrist tightly. "Don't touch him!"

"Stop. I mean no harm," his red hair glimmered in the moonlight. "I was sent to guide you two."

"Zelos… Raine, listen to him. He didn't mean to hurt you," Kratos stood up. He positioned Raine in between him and Zelos. Zelos led them while Kratos trailed behind, occasionally looking back. Raine stared at the ground for a while. "Zelos, do you have any money?" Kratos asked. "Of course! Why? Do we need more supplies?"

"We need to buy Raine some new clothes and a weapon." Raine looked back at him. "And some textbooks please," she added. "On what?" Zelos asked, slightly annoyed. "Healing," she stated back coldly.

Zelos rolled his eyes and continued walking.

While Zelos went shopping when they arrived (at midnight exactly after two days) Kratos headed to the hotel with Raine. She sat down on the edge of their bed and waited. "Kratos… umm… do.. Well.. Umm… You're a guy, right?"

Kratos chuckled and sat down next to her, his arm snaking around her waste, and kissed her cheek. "Yeah…" She blushed. "Umm.. And as a guy… you have… needs, right?"

He swore his heart stopped. "Well…. Uhm… Yeah… but I don't want to force you to do anything," he said. She pushed his back onto the bed. "What if I want to…?" she smirked as he grinned. "I wouldn't say no."

WUT?

Yah, I went there. Leaving you to slowly die without your smezz, you dirty perverts.