Black Moor
Jou felt horrible. His neck was sore. His everything was sore. If he moved, it felt like he was falling apart. That and the bed felt so comfortable. Wait... what? His bed wasn't this comfortable. Heck, it was hardly comfortable at all. So... where was he? He cracked his eyes open a little. He tried to sit up, but the pain in his waist and his torso pushed him back down.
"So your awake?"
The voice startled Jou. Despite the pain in his body, he sat up.
"Who--!?"
He looked around. There, sitting in the corner of the chamber. A tall, brunette man. He was looking down at the floor, so he couldn't see his eyes.
"Who are you?" he said again, "Where am I? What is this place?"
"Your here, obviously."
"I know that!" Jou said, exasperated, "But why am I here? And exactly where is here?"
"Your in my home."
"Your home?"
The man looked up. He had ice blue eyes. Jou gasped. Now he knew where he was.
The man in the corner was Seto Kaiba. He was the ruler of this domain. The ruler
'At least he's not the king.' Jou thought. 'Then I'd really be screwed.'
Seto walked over to the bed. Jou was scared now.
Why was he here? What had he done? Was he...
"--In trouble? No." Seto smiled. What!? How could this man--
"Read your mind? That is my secret."
Jou was spooked an confused. What was this man!? No one or nothing was able to do this... God being the exception.
"I'm not God. But I am the exception."
"Look, I need to go! I don't know why I'm here, but I didn't--"
Jou felt something grab his wrist.
"What--!?"
"I'm sorry, but you can't leave."
"I can't!? And who says!?"
"I do. I say you can't. "
Jou was pulled back. He didn't understand. He hardly knew the lord of the domain. So why was he being kept here like a pet!?
"Because you are."
"What--!? What are you talking about!?"
"Your my pet."
"Since when!? I don't belong to anyone."
"As of now you do. Your my dog, And I'm your master."
"No! I'm not!"
Seto looked at Jou, and pulled him even closer to his body. He grabbed his hand and turned it palm-up so Jou could see it. "Ah...!"
On his palm was a mark. A dark red pattern on his skin. It was shaped like... something... Some word in some language that he didn't understand.
"What... is that!? What did you do!? What!?"
"It means that you do belong to me. It means that you are mine. It means that I own you."
Jou looked more confused than anything now.
He didn't belong to this man. He didn't belong to anyone. What did this mean to him? It was just a series of cuts that formed a pattern on his skin. It didn't mean anything.
"Yes, it does. I already told you. It means that I own you. That you belong to me. Your body, your soul...
all mine now."
"Why... no way... this... this is a trick! It has to be a trick! A joke! Who are you, really? One of the guys out to get me!? Trying to make me swallow this and then sell me to someone? Well?"
"Now, why would I do that? I don't give away my belongings. I keep them. That is the point of owning something, right, pup?"
"Pup!? What!? Are you insane or something!? If your gonna keep me, at least call me by my name! Not 'pup'!"
"Hmph. your my belonging. I will call you what I want, pup."
"Stop that!" Jou was mad now. This man, wether he was the lord of the domain or not, was not going to keep him. No body was. He was going to get out of this nightmare and go home. And if the great Seto Kaiba wasn't going to let him, He would force him to.
"Your not leaving. And I hardly think that you can fight me, let alone the guards around this castle, pup."
"STOP THAT NOW!"
Seto's hold tightened on him.
He wasn't letting Jou go anywhere. The pup was his. His and his alone.
'What am I doing?' he thought. 'Why do I care so much about a mere human boy?'
"I don't know, why do you care? And what are you doing besides keeping me here against my will? Are you going to kill me? Huh? What are you going to do to me? And what makes you so special? Everyone's human!"
Seto was startled at first. The pup had just read his thoughts.
/Of course... The mind link. How silly of me to forget./
"What mind link? What are you talking about?"
"Our minds are linked, pup. That's what I mean."
"Y-you mean... your in my head!? What!? But... what about my privacy!? Y'know what... I didn't ask for this! I don't want you in my head! So just... Get out of my head! GET OUT!"
"I don't think I can do that, pup."
"And why not?"
"The link. That's why."
"Y'know what? Screw the link! Screw you! Screw this joke! I want out of this bad dream!"
"It's not a dream."
Jou started to struggle. He was really pissed off now. He didn't want to stay. He didn't want to spend one more minute in this strange man's company.
"So sorry, pup, but you can't leave. I though I already said that."
"I can leave, and I will!"
"Than I'm afraid that you don't leave me a choice as to how to keep you here."
And with that, Seto let his fangs brush along the humans neck, and he slowly let them sink in.
Jou wasn't just pissed off now, he was thoroughly spooked.
No choice? What was this man going to do, bite him?
/You catch on very quickly, pup./ said a voice in his head. It was Seto's.
And then there was that same pain, followed by that euphoric sensation.
Jou let it envelope him, feeling himself go limp.
