I in no way shape, shape, or form own Yu-Gi-Oh! or Inuyasha and their respective characters.
I retain all rights to the OC character Darren. Rights to characters Samara and Saidren are shared with Henka-chan.
This story is a stand alone. The only association between this story and Shattered Dream is Darren. Therefore, certain aspects of some characters and situations have been changed to suit the needs of this story.
I in no way gain profit from the production of this story.
This story is rated Mature for adult language and situations. In this chapter there is a rather, adult scene so fair warning.
Ch XII
A week after that steamy little encounter in the forest, things were increasingly tense in the castle. Saidren had indeed headed out to confront his brother once more in an attempt to get the fragment of the Puzzle back, only to find that Sesshomaru wasn't even there. So ever since he'd returned, he'd been holed up in his room, studying and researching. The only time he'd emerged had been to take the scroll that Thief King Bakura had returned with from the mainland.
Those with heightened spiritual awareness could actively feel the negativity of Saidren's aura even from outside his room. "It's like walking in a minefield," Kagome said one night as she and Sango removed another untouched tray of food from in front of Saidren's door.
"What do you mean Kagome?" Sango asked her lover.
"Well a mine is an explosive that you bury underground and when you step on it, BOOM! So in a minefield, you never know where one is or when it'll go off. One wrong step..."
Yugi was sitting in the room he'd so briefly shared with Yami, pondering over the events of the past several days. Most prominent in his mind of course was the scene that he'd witnessed in the forest a week ago when he'd watched Saidren pleasuring himself.
It had to be because of him. Yugi might seem innocent or naive at times, but he could be quite observant most of the time. It's what made him such a good judge of people.
He doubted Saidren was the type of male to pine so much for a deceased lover who wasn't his fated mate that he'd pleasure himself like that. Nor did it seem that it was merely the built up sexual tension from half a century of celibacy. He knew more than anyone just how much control the inu yokai had after all. No, there was something far more important about that night, and that location. Suddenly, Yugi gasped and hurried from his room, making a beeline for Saidren's.
That waterfall was where he and Saidren had first kissed, so of course the demon would go there to think about the many things he wanted to do to Yugi. Yugi's subconscious must have directed him there for the same reasons; or maybe it was hoping he'd run into the male who kept denying him.
Saidren's attraction was so strong that the young man knew how badly it was straining his miraculous level of control. And from what Yugi had learned from his time here, only one reason could be behind Saidren's stress, sexual tension, and drive to make Yugi happy, even at the cost of his own happiness. Only one all-encompassing factor in all this would enable such a powerful yokai to put himself through such suffering with as much control as he'd displayed.
"I'm your mate aren't I?" Yugi asked as he stepped into Saidren's room without so much as knocking.
Saidren sighed and nodded without looking up from the scrolls draped across his lap as he sat on his pallet of furs. "Yes you are."
"How long have you known? How do you even know for sure?" Yugi asked, moving closer and kneeling in front of the demon.
"I'd suspected since the day you and your friends arrived in this time. As far as how I know, inu yokai recognize their mates by scent.I know that by that logic I should have realized long ago Samara wasn't my mate even before I claimed her as such, but I suppose my desperation not to be completely cut off from my family clouded my judgment." He still refused to look at Yugi, the fatigue from everything combined with not eating clearly evident on his face regardless of his attempts to conceal it by not meeting the youth's gaze.
Reaching out, Yugi placed his hand atop Saidren's, making the demon's body and muscles tense a bit. "You didn't say anything because of Yami, right?"
Another nod. "It's why I keep rejecting your advances. Once I get him back for you, you'll realize the only reason you've become so drawn to me is because I'm the only one who could get him back."" Now he lifted his head and the pain in his golden eyes pierced Yugi's heart like a blade. "I've been pushing you away to protect myself. To minimize how badly I will ache for you when you're gone. But denying my instincts and desires has only spurred my need for you even higher. Even now, my every fiber is thrumming to clutch you in my arms."
Yugi didn't say anything for a moment, but instead looked down at his hand on Saidren's. Finally, he looked back up and lifted his other hand to rest it against the demon's cheek.
"You know, this past well has given me a lot of time to think. About you, about Yami, about what I really want." When Saidren opened his mouth to comment on that, Yugi cut him off. "Let me finish. I do love Yami, but not like I used to. We've always had a soul deep connection, but I think part of it came from us sharing the same body for so long. But even with that connection between us and how much I know he loves me, there is a part of him that has always frightened me as well. No matter how good his intentions are, he's ruthless when something stands in the way of his goals. He even put my soul in danger once to beat an opponent."
After giving Saidren a moment to absorb this, Yugi spoke again." I don't know what's going to happen after you get Yami back, and right now I don't care. What I care about is that you're holed up here in your room, suffering. Darren explained to me about you not wanting the memory of us being together when I go back to my time. But even if that memory is going to hurt us both, I want to have it. Please, Saidren. It may only be this once, but let's take away this pain from each other. Make love to me." He bit his lip and added, "Mate with me."
Those three words proved to be Saidren's breaking point. No matter how many times this week he'd told himself to endure his instincts just a little longer, those three simple words from the lips of his mate undid everything.
With a growl, he tossed the scroll aside and grabbed Yugi's shoulders, lowering him down onto the furs. "I will be gentle with you for as long as I can, but my control is thin and my need great."
"I trust you," Yugi replied. Then he reached up and pulled Saidren's face down, finally kissing the lips he'd been dying to taste again for a week.
Both men groaned in utter bliss the moment their lips met. This first contact only transformed their inner fires into blazing infernos of need. As their tongues danced and stroked together, Saidren began attempting to unfasten the many buckles of Yugi's leather shirt. But his claws kept getting in the way, earning a frustrated growl from the demon before he opted to merely shred the top to ribbons with said talons.
Instead of mourning the loss of his shirt, Yugi reveled in the raw need this male had for him. He moaned out as the tips of those wicked talons brushed over his sensitive nipples, the little buds stiffening. Unable to help himself, he lifted his head a bit to watch Saidren's big hands slide down his pale torso to give his pants the same treatment as his shirt. And the look in the powerful demon's eyes as he beheld Yugi's naked body once more filled his heart with joy.
Saidren let out a breath he hadn't realized he'd been holding. Yes, he'd seen Yugi naked a few times now, but these were entirely different circumstances. Rising to his feet for a moment, he peeled off his kimono, giving Yugi his first look at the demon's already impressive shaft engorged with arousal. What was easily a foot of pulsing cock jutted towards the small human male, and Saidren could hear the increasing heartbeat of his soon-to-be lover.
Looking into Saidren's eyes as he knelt down, Yugi could tell that this mighty yokai had no idea what to do next. His body was shaking with a combination of hunger, fatigue, and sexual tension. Yugi knew Saidren clearly wanted to take this slow, but he doubted that he had enough strength left to draw things out.
"Saidren, we both need this too badly to wait much longer. We can properly make love later. Right now we should handle this in a more... feral way." The tip of his own erection was already beaded with pre. He wasn't going to last long himself.
"At least let me prepare you then," Saidren said laying Yugi's head back once more. He started to reach between those slender thighs but pulled back, frowning at his lengthy claws. If he tried to penetrate Yugi with them, he'd easily tear his delicate flesh. But just as he brought his hand to his mouth to bite off his claws, Yugi sat up fully and grabbed his wrist.
"Wait, I have an idea about this. One I think we can both enjoy." Shifting so he was sitting on his shins, Yugi put his lips to Saidren's glorious cock and began to take as much as he could into his mouth to lubricate it. At the same time, he gathered pre from his own erection onto his fingers and reached between his legs to work those fingers inside himself so he'd be nice and stretched out.
It was all Saidren could do to not grip his lover's head take his mouth properly. Like Yugi, he suspected he only had enough strength to take the youth once. "Yugi, though I am loathe to interrupt such skilled preparations, I must. Otherwise this will be over well before it even begins." When Yugi withdrew, Saidren decided it was time he took proper control of what might be the only time they would be able to be together like this. "You desire our first time to be more... feral... as you put it? Then let a male who knows feral grant your wish."
Before Yugi could even begin to ask what Saidren had in mind, the dog demon had flipped the boy onto his hands and knees. "By the gods," Saidren growled as he took in the sight of Yugi's firm ass. One of his hands wrapped around the base of his large shaft and the other gripped Yugi's hip to hold him in place. They both shuddered when he pressed the crown of his cock against Yugi's entrance. "This may hurt a good deal. I will endeavor to go slowly you minimize it."
Yugi nodded and bit his lip, doing his best to relax his muscles. Still, he winced as Saidren entered him, stretching him wider than he'd ever been before. HIs fists clutched the furs under him and he cried out as he came when that invading shaft pressed against his prostate. A slight blush crept onto his cheeks as he ejaculated onto Saidren's bed.
When he felt Saidren hesitate and begin to withdraw, as if believing Yugi was sated and he was resigning himself to not fully mating with him, Yugi rocked back towards the male. "Don't stop. I need more."
Hearing such a plea from his mate snapped what was left of the weary demon's control. He brought both hands to Yugi's hips and dug in with his claws, almost hard enough to draw blood. "The time when I could do this gently has passed," he warned as he leaned down and nipped the youth's ear with his fangs. Warning in place, Saidren nearly yanked himself from Yugi before slamming back in with as much strength as he could safely use with a mortal.
The pace Saidren was setting was brutal. He was taking Yugi like this would be their only chance, which it likely was. He was biting his lip to the point of bleeding to keep from moaning too loudly as the towering male behind him filled him deeper than he'd ever imagined was possible. Even though he'd just climaxed a few moments ago, he could already feel another building within him. He never would have thought he could come again in so short a time.
But wait, what was...? Oh fuck, was Saidren actually getting bigger inside him? "Saidren... what is-" Yugi began, but his question turned into a gasp as the demon somehow managed to thrust even deeper into his mate.
"Yugi, I'm about to..." Saidren's statement trailed off as his orgasm hit. The grip of his claws tightened, drawing ten trickles of blood from Yugi's hips. He lunged forward and sank his fangs into Yugi's shoulder as his seed erupted from the tip of his shaft.
One would think that having the fangs and claws of a demon buried into one's flesh would be immensely painful. But for Yugi, it sent him into an orgasm of such intensity that it felt as if he'd pass out from a sensory overload. His mouth opened in a silent scream, his voice momentarily stolen, and his eyes nearly rolled back in his head. He became frightened though when his body continued to be wracked with spasms of ppleasre ever after his seed was spent. "S-Saidren it won't stop!" he whimpered out.
"It will pass in a moment, Yugi," Saidren assured. "Breathe deep and slow, focusing on my voice."
With a nod, Yugi did his best to take slow, deep breaths and was relieved when his orgasm began to subside.
Slowly, Saidren eased his grip and slid from Yugi's body. Wrapping his arms around the young man before falling back onto the furs. Both of them were panting heavily from the sheer intensity of their lovemaking.
"Is it always like that?" Yugi asked, lifting his head from Saidren's sweat soaked chest.
"I have heard it can be, yes," came the reply as the demon stroked his lover's multi-colored locks. He normally could have claimed Yugi again in seconds, but hunger had made him too weak.
"I could get used to that."
Though they both knew it was unlikely that they would be together after tonight, Saidren didn't wish to ruin the moment. Instead, he merely closed his eyes and continued to stroke Yugi's hair. "As could I," was all he said.
Just before sleep claimed them both, Yugi said something that made Saidren's heart clench. "I love you."
Yami stood outside his soul room, looking across the mental corridor to Sesshomaru's door which was appropriately shaped like a sliding paper door. The only reasons was out here was because without the rest of the Puzzle, the door to his ever shifting labyrinth was locked tight. Well, that and the fact this was the first time since he'd been captured that Sesshomaru had slept.
Sliding open the door, Yami entered the soul room of his "host" to get a better feel and understanding for the demon. As he entered the room, the first thing the pharaoh took notice of was that the chamber resembled a typical Japanese room not unlike those in Sesshomaru's castle. More sliding doors led to a soul no doubt as labyrinthine as his own.
With nothing of true significance in this room, Yami slid open another door and passed into the next chamber. Here he found Sesshomaru among a collection of shattered statues. Upon closer inspection, Yami found that each statue was one of the demon's family. He instantly recognized Inuyasha, Saidren, Samara and Inutoshi. There was also the statue of another female Yami assumed was Sesshomaru's mother. Even Izayoi was among the rubble.
The one statue that wasn't destroyed was the one the Lord of the Western Lands was kneeling before, Rin. "Why is she the only one intact?" Yami asked.
Though startled, Sesshomaru maintained his composure and replied, "What are you doing here? How are you here?"
"One of the powers of my Puzzle allows me to visit the soul of the person who's body I share. As for why I'm here, I felt this would be the best place for us to truly talk. In here there is no one to see you open up, no one to maintain your stoicism for."
Kneeling down, Yami picked up the head of Saidren's statue. "And from what I can tell, you have a lot of conflict in your heart where your family is concerned. Believe me when I say talking about it helps."
After a moment, Sesshomaru rose and turned to face the ancient spirit. "I destroyed them all because each of them has betrayed me. My mother did so by only desiring me to surpass my father as her revenge for him abandoning her for his human. Father betrayed me by mating that human and discarding my mother without a second thought. Inuyasha's mere existence is his treason."
"And Saidren?"
Sesshomaru's eyes flared red at the mention of his elder brother, though he otherwise remained as calm as he normally appeared. "He stole my legacy from me. Samara and I are my father's only pure-blood children. The only ones born of a dog demon. Normally only full blood offspring such as us inherit a parent's titles and power. But my father did not see things that way and intended to give Saidren everything when he passed."
"And so you betrayed them both by feeding your father the lie about Saidren assaulting Izayoi to rob him of that," Yami added calmly. "I take it Samara's 'betrayal' was her not only loving your brothers, but that she loved Saidren to the point of welcoming him into her bed."
Sesshomaru snatched the stone head from Yami's hands and crushed it in his grip. Turning to look at Rin's statue, the red faded from the demon's eyes. "Only Rin has shown me true loyalty."
They stood in silence for several moments as Yami considered everything Sesshomaru had said. "Your hatred towards Saidren is somewhat misplaced," he said at last.
"What do you mean? He stole what should have been my birthright."
"But that's not why you hate him. Samara was your twin, so the two of you should have been inseparable as twins often are. Instead, Samara gravitated towards Saidren, as though she loved him more than she did you. And she did it again after Inuyasha was born. With Inutoshi, you felt his leaving your mother and naming Saidren his successor meant he didn't love you. Rin is the only person in your life that, to your knowledge and belief, has shown you loyalty."
Sesshomaru considered this train of logic and found it sound. By accepting that he felt Saidren had stolen Samara's love instead of his birthright, other "betrayals" in his life began to form properly in his mind. His golden eyes widened as his mind replaced "loyalty" with a far simpler, but infinitely more powerful, word.
"Love," he said.
"Come again?" Yami asked. On his face was a small smile, as he could practically see the gears turning in the demon's mind. He'd figured out the real reason behind Sesshomaru's behavior of course, and then given his host just enough to reach the same conclusion.
"It's not loyalty Rin shows me, but love. None of my family has ever loved me the way she does. I've been seeking power so that when someone finally did love me, I could use it to protect them."
It was a good start. He still needed some time to realize his family had indeed loved him, but that would come with time. In this demon Yami saw a kindred spirit of sorts. They were both driven by a need to protect and to gather power to carry out that protection. Both had often felt isolated from those around them. Even with his friends and loving subjects, being pharaoh had been a lonely affair for Yami. None of them would ever know the burden of a crown.
Having Yugi in his life had taught him much about healing and the importance of keeping people close to his heart. As he looked over at Sesshomaru, he came to the heaviest in his life since he had played the Seal of Orichalcos and almost cost Yugi his soul.
Forgive me, Yugi, he thought as he moved closer to Sesshomaru. But he needs me more. I need him more too.
"There is one other person who might be able to love you as much, if not moreso, than Rin," the spirit said when he was toe-to-toe with the powerful demon.
Snapped from his own thoughts by such an unexpected possibility, Sesshomaru looked down at the pharaoh. "Who?"
Yami's only response was to lean up and kiss him.
Author's Note: Got this latest chapter up for you guys. I'm going to be finishing up this story before I resume work on the others, just so you know. I've already got the remaining chapters written, just have to get them typed up so you all can enjoy.
I know some of you might find it odd I'm pairing Sesshomaru with Yami instead of leaving the pharaoh simply alone, but it's the only way I can work in a happy ending for Saidren and Yugi so that no one's left out. Besides, while Sesshomaru is a jerk, I never disliked him as much as I did Kaiba, and we all know what happened there.
As always, I look forward to reading your reviews of my latest work. Oh, and Happy Holidays.
