Disclaimer: I own nothing involved in this story unless I invented it myself. This is written for fun, not for profit. All forms of feedback eagerly accepted. Concrit is loved the most, but everything is welcome.
Fandoms: Yu-Gi-Oh GX
Title: As Long As It Takes
Characters: Juudai, Johan
Word Count: chapter: 1,630||story: 16,600
Genre: Adventure, Romance||Rated: PG-13
Challenge: Written for the Diversity Writing Challenge, section I, #011, multichapter with 9-14 chapters; Written for the GX Non-Flash Bingo, #007, patience is a virtue
Notes: This takes place in the world where Juudai is the incarnation of the Darkness of Destruction and Johan, formerly a rebel against him, is now his prisoner. Also, this chapter involves non-graphic sexual content without fully willing consent and mental manipulation through stimulation of pain and pleasure..
Summary: It takes time to completely break someone, especially when they're as strong-willed as Johan Andersen. Haou of the Destructive Darkness will take that time. Because such a sweet prize is worth waiting for.

Johan's breath came in stuttering gasps, his eyelids fluttering, his hands clutching at the sheets beneath him. Haou kept up the surge of pleasure for another few moments before he pulled back and instead sent a jolt of raw pain through Johan. Johan's head fell backward, a cry of agony wrenched from his lips, panting and whimpering moments later.

Haou licked his lips at the sight. Johan remained just on the edge, still aware of what the difference between pain and pleasure was. He hadn't gone far enough yet. He would take Johan beyond that, but not just yet. It had to be done carefully.

He increased the pain, watching in pleasure himself as Johan panted and writhed underneath him, tears sliding down his cheeks. Truly, Johan could not have been more beautiful to him if he'd tried. He leaned over and licked the tears away, pressing a kiss to Johan's lips.

"My dear Johan," he murmured, trailing his tongue down Johan's cheeks to his lips and his neck. "I want you so much. You want me, don't you?"

Johan wasn't capable of giving a coherent answer, not with his voice, but his body reacted to Haou's touch, as it always did. That alone would've told Haou that Johan wanted him. Johan refused to admit openly the attraction that flowed between them. Haou didn't mind. Johan would, sooner or later. His patience remained infinite. It could be nothing else, when he had all of eternity to achieve his goals.

Since he knew quite well that Johan wanted him, Haou nipped and teased with his teeth and tongue. He let the pain subside a fraction; Johan would enjoy the pleasure and hate it more because it came from him. Haou did not delude himself that Johan cared for him. What Johan liked, what Johan loved, and what Johan wanted remained the pleasure that he experienced at Haou's hands. He would, in due course, do anything at all to gain that pleasure.

He would also do anything to avoid the pain, and Haou looked forward to that time as well.

Underneath his touch, Johan sobbed as the pleasure rose even higher, the fires within him stoked by Haou's careful and intense attentions. Then Haou eased off again, letting the arousal subside.

It only took a few moments for Johan's eyes to clear and focus on Haou, who still remained over him, hands now resting on either side of Johan, not touching him. Johan swallowed, his voice raspy with remains of lust when he spoke.

"H-Haou-sama?"

Haou enjoyed the sound of confusion there. Johan remained such a glorious toy. "Yes, Johan?"

Johan swallowed again, eyes darting around, then coming back to rest on Haou. "I t-thought...why did..." He licked his lips, eyes flicking closer to Haou. "It..."

Haou reached out to touch the center of Johan's chest with the tip of one finger. "Speak clearly, Johan. Especially if you want an answer."

Again Johan tried to say something coherent and again he failed. Haou waited. He knew what Johan wanted to know and he wanted to hear him ask it.

"Why did you… why did you stop?" Finally Johan asked and Haou smiled, reaching up to play with Johan's hair. At the touch, a shiver ran all through Johan, so Haou kept doing it, not surprised when Johan began to lean into the touch unconsciously.

"Did you want to hurt more, then?" Haou deliberately 'misunderstood' Johan's question. That earned a very quick headshake from Johan, his eyes widening.

"No, Haou-sama!" It fell from his lips without prompting now. Haou very much approved of that. "That's not what I meant."

Haou raised up an eyebrow. "Then what did you mean?" He would draw every word and every admission out of Johan, no matter what it took. In the end, Johan wouldn't be able to keep anything from him.

Not that he could now anyway, but Haou wanted Johan to speak to him because he knew better than to even try.

Johan tried again. "It...what else you were doing… not the pain, the..." Johan actually blushed. Haou stroked his cheeks with the back of his hand, enjoying the look. "It felt good. When you touched me. Not to hurt, but to … to make me feel good."

Haou smiled, tracing a finger from Johan's cheeks to his lips and resting the finger there. He waited to see what Johan would do and was not disappointed when the other darted out his tongue to brush against Haou's finger, eyes remaining on his master to see if this were allowed.

"Good boy," Haou approved. Johan needed to learn not just to accept his punishment and pleasure, but to please his master at any point. He'd had some lessons on this before, but this was a new level of their relationship and all had to be done with care.

Clearly pleased by this, Johan continued to lick, head moving back and forth a little. Haou reached with his other hand and for a moment, Johan flinched. Haou only ran his fingers through Johan's hair, showing his growing approval of Johan's attitude.

Johan continued with his attentions once he realized he wasn't going to be hurt again – at least not yet – and Haou continued to soothe and please him. The pain and punishment hadn't completely ended, not yet, but Haou knew the best way to train his Johan was a combination of punishment and praise, both where they were deserved.

He let his free hand wander down Johan, rediscovering all of those places where Johan enjoyed most being touched. That drew more and more sounds of arousal from Johan. Haou used them with care, though. He wanted something from Johan before he was allowed to reach his peak of pleasure.

"You are enjoying this so much," Haou murmured, pulling his finger away from Johan's mouth. He'd need both of his hands to complete this. "Aren't you?"

Johan shuddered as Haou's hands began to work him again. "Yes… yes, Haou-sama. I am."

"Enjoying my touch," Haou purred, leaning to whisper in Johan's ear. "Wanting to know the bliss of being in my bed. The person you claimed to have hated all these years."

At those words, Johan began to shudder. He'd put aside his fear and hatred to claim the pleasure that let him forget that fear and hatred, and now Haou brought it all back with a few words. But Haou still wasn't done.

"Imagine what your dear friends in the rebellion would think if they saw you in my bed right now. So eager, so willing, so wanting of what only I can or will give you."

One hand brushed against the dip in Johan's hip and held there, sending a slow, rising tide of pleasure. "But you don't care, do you, Johan? Not as long as I keep making you feel this good."

Johan began to shake his head. Haou wondered if he thought he was saying that he didn't care or that he did care. It could've been either way. But it also didn't matter. Only Haou's will mattered in the end.

"These are your options, Johan. This." A quick flash of pleasure, not enough to overwhelm, but enough to hint at what else could come. "Or this." Now pain, surging across Johan's nerves, pulling a strained cry out of Johan's lips.

Haou leaned forward to suck on Johan's lips, nibbling softly there and then farther downward. "Which do you want? Which do you need?"

"D...don't want to hurt..." Johan whispered. He didn't wait to answer, and Haou gave him a bit of pleasure to reward him for that. Johan didn't need to think about things. "Please..."

Haou's hands kept moving, making Johan feel better and better with each moment. "Beg for me, Johan. Beg for what you want and I might give it to you. If I feel you've earned it."

Johan tried to squirm up a little, but Haou kept him pinned down, wanting to hear those words.

"Please, Haou-sama." Johan's voice wasn't easy to hear, but Haou did. "Please, I want… I want to feel good. I want to not hurt..."

Haou's fingers pressed against Johan. "Why are you begging me for it, Johan?"

He liked the way Johan's eyes glazed over, reflecting the pleasure he endured. Johan wasn't in any condition to actively think about anything, even if he had needed to. And without thinking came absolute unfiltered truth.

"Because if I don't, I can't have it!" Johan gasped, half-sitting up, until Haou pushed him back down. "I don't want to hurt anymore!"

Haou smiled. "And who decides if you hurt or not?" He leaned forward and whispered the next question. "Who are you, Johan?"

"You… you decide...Haou-sama..." Johan gasped through another tide of pleasure, that still did not reach that peak. "You're the only one who decides… what I feel…"

Haou threaded his fingers through Johan's hair once more. "Yes, Johan, that's right. You have no right to decide how you feel. Only I do. Correct?"

That got a quick, eager nod from Johan. The knowledge hadn't sunk in as deep as Haou wanted, but it was enough for now. Time would do the rest. But one question still needed to be answered.

"Who are you, Johan Andersen?"

From Johan's lips there came the answer that Haou wanted to hear ever since Guardian Baou first dragged Johan in chains before him.

"Yours! I'm yours! I'm whatever you want me to be, Haou-sama! Please!"

And that last word, that last 'please' spiraled upward on a gasp that echoed against the walls and shook Johan from the top of his head to the soles of his feet.

Haou leaned back, satisfied in a way that transcended mortal pleasure. Finally. Johan knew his place.

To Be Continued

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Notes: Just two more chapters to go. Chapter eleven will be up tonight if all goes well, and the last one tomorrow. But this is by no means the last story in this world. There are many more to come, side stories and other people doing things.