Before you read this, understand that this will be updated slowly. I normally write several chapters ahead so I can change things piece by piece if needs be. However, this one's just waiting to come out, and it will take time. Simpler than last time, this is a yaoi love triangle, throw in a little betrayal of former team mates and a secret long since buried. My own, personal belief, that the DeathSaurer was not as it seemed. Yea, my second R-rated fic (first one being Pet, an FFVII one) so please, be gentle…very gentle…

Prologue: The Joining

It was agony as they touched, they joined. And yet, here was a part he had lost, here was a part he had found. Beautiful in its simplicity, here was what he wanted, here was his destiny.

"Are you afraid?"

"…A little."

"There's no shame in being afraid. Do not fear the loss of what you were."

"No…not with you here." There was nothing between them, not a stitch of clothing and he gritted his teeth as another surge of power lapped at his nerves. He opened one bright eye and stared into the calm gaze of his companion, wondering if he felt the same pain, or if he did not. Opening his mouth to speak, their lips met in a searing kiss, pain and pleasure intertwined.

"Yes. I feel it." He purred. "But my body is used to it. I have felt the pain since my birth."

"…The pain…what…what is it…?"

A gentle, loving smile. Pure forgiveness for the crime that was committed. A delicate hand brushed away a few strands of hair from his face, and again, that soft, seductive whisper. "Everything is born missing a part of its soul. Sometimes you find that missing piece in another. Everything that I lost when I was torn from the body of my creator, I find in you."

The bittersweet pain that came next almost reduced him to tears. "…You must…hate me…for…what I've done…to you…"

"Hate you? Why?" Genuinely perplexed, his companion arched his body slightly to ease his own discomfort as the joining continued, their bodies harmonising. Or maybe it was to quicken it. More pain lashed inside his legs, moving upwards.

Brow furrowed, he tried to concentrate on an answer. "…I…hurt you…"

"Everyone is hurt. It is something you can never avoid." The spectre cuddled him closer, and he could not help but slide his own arms around the pale form and bury his head in his shoulder.

"…Please…"

"Shhh." Again, a gentle kiss. "You are hurt. You must rest and let the energy take you. It cannot touch us here. Not in the shell. It will not feed upon you or I anymore."

"…Hurts…" Sheer agony as it crawled up his belly and lashed wickedly across his chest. Now his arms were in pain, like searing heat beneath the skin, hurting, hurting…

And the hunger…

"You made this choice, you alone. If you survive the transformation, I will know your heart told me the truth about your soul. You must rid yourself of everything that poisons you…if you do not…"

"…I know…" I will die.

The other leant forward and their mouths met, a kiss to feed him. The heated blood passed between them, burning his throat, filling his cramping stomach, numbing the pain. A final act of love and power, the final piece of the intricate puzzle of life.

And then he began to scream as the power took him completely, the disjoined sensation of the other leaving him, the safety around his soul leaving him on his own. Ripped apart by a thousand hands, then put back together again, over and over, the darkness swallowing up what was left of his fragile consciousness.

Then the descent into utter hell.

~ to be continued.

*Bashing her head against her keyboard* Dirty, dirty, dirty.

Please R&R, it means so much to me if you do…Oh yes, and this fic is dedicated to the Zoid_Boys group, for being so damn understanding about odd couplings…^_^