Sorry again it's been awhile. School a pain and computer caught a nasty bug. I'll have the next chapter up soon enough. And could someone explain to me what a Beta reader is? I may need one. Other than that enjoy the chapter!

Chapter Eighteen: Always a Catch

Maki wouldn't have agreed to the trust if he knew he was going to get spanked so much in return for it. Every move he made seemed to be wrong in Belliume eyes.

The first day after Jeroro left and Belliume said he was going to trust Maki more, he was later spanked for sleeping in amd refusing to come to breakfast. He may or may not have cursed, but it was still an unfair punishment Maki eyes and he was pissed about it. Auguring with Belliume didn't solve anything for the older man response was "With trust come higher consequences for everything you do." He merely said. Later, that day he got spanked with the hair brush for breaking a plate while doing the dishes and spanked again later for over flooding the tub.

It didn't stop there. The next few days Maki bottom was mortal pain from being spanked so much, and for the dumbest reasons! He had been spanked thirteen times within one week and all with an item! The madness had to stop!

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In the doorway of Maki's room stood Nina, grinning as she held a pair of shoes in her hand. Across the room from her was Maki over Belliume lap, getting licked by the hair brush.

"Twenty…Twenty-one…Twenty-two..." Belliume made Maki count every miserable swat. "Twenty-three…Twenty-four…Ow…"Belliume I didn't really do anything wrong." He whined.

Delivering another sharp swat to the very red and swollen bottom, Belliume sighed annoyingly. "Maki, you purposely tossed your shoes into the hamper and left them there. Then you lied about there whereabouts, and then Nina almost washed them and ruined them. It was a very naughty thing for you to do." He scolded.

"Yeah, yeah whatever…" Maki mumbled then jolted as the final swat land on the blistered rump. He was lifted off of Belliume lap and placed in the corner with his pants still around his ankles.

Though, his back was turned to Nina he could tell she was smiling ear to ear. And, he was about ready to smack her into next week if she said anything to him.

"Yes, yes you very naughty Brat." Nina laughed, causing Maki to jerk his head around.

"GO JUMP OFF A CLIFT YOU STUPID, OLD, HAG-DOG!" Maki shouted with rage. In reward for his kind comment to Nina, Belliume gave him a quick swat causing him to squeal and rub his bottom.

"Maki I don't want another word out of you." Belliume said as Maki rose his shoulders up and planted his nose back into the corner. "I want you stay in the corner for a half-hour to think about your punishment." The older man ordered and left with the elderly women.

While Maki was rubbing his sore bottom and mumbling swears under his breath he didn't take into notice the giggling bat-child behind him.

"Nice cheeks" laughed Jeroro who was sitting in the window. Not waiting another second Maki quickly pulled up his pants and glared over at Jeroro, cheeks burning bright red.

"Shut it, Jeroro!" Maki yelled but winced at the pain in his bottom. "Ow…I'm not in the mood to yell at you…" He moaned.

Jeroro inched over to his friend looking at him curiously. "Are you being naughty a lot? Is that why Bethiulum spanks you so much?" He asked while Maki laid down on the bed on his stomach.

"Eh, sorta." He shrugged. "Ever since you left and I agreed to this whole 'trust thing'." Maki emphasized with his hands. "Belliume been spanking me for every breath I take and I can't take anymore!" He groaned, hiding his head in his pillow.

Jeroro sat beside his naughty friend and placed a comforting hand on his head. "Next time don't let him spank you." He said as if it was the simplest thing in the world. "Or, just hide from him. If he can't find you, he can't spank you."

Just before Maki was going to make a snarky comment about Jeroro childish idea he realized it wasn't such a bad idea. Standing up and grinning Maki went over to the spanking items. "Your right! Next time Belliume does something to make me mad, or wants spanks me…I'll just HIDE!" He rubbed his hands together with the genius idea hovering over his head.

'It's not a bad idea but it was Jeroro idea in the beginning about lying to Belliume about the hole in the wall and that's driving me crazy…But if Belliume plans on spanking me again all I have do is hide somewhere and he'll go crazy looking for me! When he is in tears, I'll pop out with my own tears and he'll beg for my forgiveness for causing me to run away. Its perfect'

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Two days had passed since Jeroro gave Maki his genius idea. So, far Belliume had done nothing to cause Maki use his idea, none the less spank him. But, that wouldn't last long.

"Maki please go up to your room." Belliume said suddenly. The two were sitting peacefully in the study till the older man had said that. Once that was said Maki felt his stomach drop. He knew Belliume wanted to use the items on him…just when his butt was starting to feel better!

The nervous child nodded and walked very, very slowly up to his room. Once there he sat down in his desk chair and waited for his spanking.

Belliume was defiantly taking his time with whatever he was doing. Since boredom was taking over him he looked over at the spanking items and thats something when caught his eyes. On the desk were two odd items that seemed out of place. A big wooden spoon and a spatula, what were they doing?

It took Maki a moment but it hit him. 'Belliume added them to the items! He-he but-but NO!' He couldn't believe, no he wouldn't stand for it! He and Belliume had a clear deal that once they had used every item he would be able to return to his home. The man wasn't aloud to add more! It wasn't fair!!!!

Without even thinking Maki grabbed the spoon and spatula and walked towards the window. "I'll show him! How dare he try to keep me here longer the stupid bastard!" He said in a fit of rage a tossed the items out the window.

The rush felt great but within moment reality sank back in and Maki knew he was in deep trouble.

"What that hell did I just do…?"

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"Yes, Lord Ken the boy is waiting in his cell for me to cut off another one of his fingers." Belliume lied as he was down on one knee talking to Ken who was in an odd orb like crystal ball on his desk.

Nodding Ken began to ramble orders to him, while Belliume was pretending to listen. He gazed beyond the orb Ken was in and looked out the window. Suddenly two odd things fell from the sky. That was odd, things like that don't fall from the sky, or do they?

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Maki could no longer be found in his bedroom or anywhere Belliume would think to look. He was outside in the garden shed, hiding behind a big bag of dirt.

'I am so dead…Once Belliume finds out what I did, he's going to spank me with a frying pan...'

Some may wonder why Maki didn't just go and get the items back and place them back into his room. Answer was he was to afraid since once he got them back and was on the way to his room, Belliume would catch and make matters worse. So, there sat Maki, cold, alone, and afraid; in a dirty old garden shed.

Hours passed and Maki still remain in the shed. 'Is Belliume even looking for me…I haven't heard him call out my name or anything. Maybe he's like the rest and won't come looking for me…I wish he would find me...'

The poor boy had grown freezing and depressed while sitting in the shed. During that time Belliume had discovered that two items he saw fall from the sky were the spatula and the spoon. He didn't need a clue to tell him that Maki was the one who threw them out the window in a fit of anger.

Another thing that didn't take was finding Maki. It took Belliume about 20mins to find the child hiding in the shed but he didn't confront the boy just yet. He waited outside the shed behind a tree. He wanted the boy to face his fears and confront his wrong doing.

"Come on, Maki its cold..." Belliume shivered in his cloak, hoping the child would come out soon.

"Belliume, I'm cold and hungry. Find me soon…" Maki sniffled, nearing tears. He just wanted Belliume to care enough to find him. That's all he truly ever wanted from someone, for someone just to care enough about him. Jeroro seemed to be the only one but his friend really wasn't enough. Both his parents dead so deep down he really just wanted the affection from someone parental. Didn't all parents go looking for their child when they go missing? Bongo never went looking for him that was for sure, but he knew Bongo never saw him as his son, he already had one, and even through Bongo had raised Maki since he was three. He had tried to see Bongo as a father but he just couldn't and Bongo could never see Maki as his son…Maybe Belliume was like Bongo and didn't care that way for Maki…or think of him as a son.

'What am I thinking…I don't see Belliume as a father. I had a father and he died a long time ago…I don't care if Belliume doesn't see me as his son cause I don't want him to! I don't need any of that…'

Another hour passed and Belliume had enough. He slowly walked up to the shed and stood before it. It didn't take long for Maki notice the presence of the man outside the shed. They both remained silent, awaiting the other to say something or act. Anxiety was building up in Maki; prying Belliume would do something first so he wouldn't have to act first.

"Maki?" Said a voice from outside the shed.

"Yeah?" Maki said answering simply and feeling stupid afterwards for his response.

"Why are you in a shed?" Belliume asked. It took Maki a moment to remember why exactly he sitting cold and hungry in a dirty old shed?

'I'm sitting in this shed because I'm PISSED! Your keep spanking over stupid things and you added two more items to the damn spanking things…and I'm afraid you're going to leave fatal damage on backside for leaving a hole in the wall…' He wanted to say all that to Belliume but at the moment he felt too small to do it.

Tired of waiting for a reply from Maki he slowly opened the shed door. There he saw Maki sitting in the corner of the shed, arms wrapped around his knees, and hiding his face in them as well. Without saying anything he took of his cloak and wrapped it around the shivering child and knelt down to his eye level.

Slowly lifting his head Maki locked onto Belliume eyes; almost too quickly he diverted his gaze over to the bag of dirt. "Hi…" He said awkwardly. He couldn't help to take into notice that Belliume didn't look at all angry, but instead and little concerned.

"Hey kid, want to come with me? I want to show you something." Belliume rose but Maki remained seated. He knew what coming next and wasn't going to move! "Come on." Belliume said in a gentle tone and took Makis' arm and pulled him up. Being forced along Maki had no choice but to follow.

He was lead back into the house and into the hall where the hole was. Belliume walked over to the hole and laughed a bit. "That's a pretty small hole." He pointed out. Maki just shrugged not really seeing the humor in the situation. "Jeroro fist is much bigger then yours, being how I knew from the start that you were guilty."

The anxiety of the moment was making Maki feel sick. Belliume had known all along and still put him through the torture and guilt. Belliume was moving along very slowly, simply admiring the small hole in the wall while Maki just wished he could get his punishment over with.

"That is how my Mother found out too." Belliume said taking down a painting and revealing a slightly bigger hole. Maki near shocked approached the hole, comparing it with his fist. Also he was actually making Maki feel better. "I was around your age, maybe younger but I had gotten quite angry at my mother when I made that beauty."

"Your mother?" Maki asked.

"Yes my mother, I didn't just pop out of nowhere you know." This made Maki blush. He didn't mean it like that but Belliume had never spoken of his mother before.

Putting the painting back up Belliume continued. "I had gotten so angry her, like you I had punched a hole in the wall out of frustration. I feared my mother wrath more than anything in the world and in the heat of the moment I blamed it on my little brother, Sonate. (Son-nate)" Belliume said smiling at the mention of his brother.

This was all quite surprising for Maki. First he learns that Belliume too had punched a hole in the wall once, and the man had a mother and a little brother! What other secrets was this mysterious man hiding? "You have a little brother who took the blame for you?"

Belliume nodded. "Yep, he was spanked a hundred times with a wooden spoon. I never felt so guilty and the guilt to this day has not faded. I put the painting over it to forget about the hole, but there are times I need to reminded about it." He walked over to a table where a painting laid, picking it up he placed it over the Makis' hole.

"So, you got away with it, right?" Maki asked a little confused.

Belliume shook his head. "My mother never found out but I was punished with guilt, as you were."

The man wasn't wrong. He had felt guilty ever since Belliume and him agreed on the whole trust thing, but that didn't explain the two knew items and the amount of spanking he had received.

"What about the-."

"And, to explain the amount of spanking you received and the two new items." Belliume cut in. "I've been spanking you a lot cause one, you've been kind of naughty lately and I making the guilt sink in a little more. Also you lied to me at the very beginning of our trust agreement so part of your punishment was the two new items." He explained.

Shrugging, Maki nodded. "I guess…that's kind of fair and understandable." He said half lying.

Belliume ruffled Maki's hair approvingly. "Good, and for listening to Jeroro and running off like that I'm going to double the spanking your about to get." Belliume walked off leaving Maki jaw hanging wide open.

'How-how did know it was Jeroro idea?! Ah, forget…I guess Belliume cares a bit but not like a father…He only trying to protect me from Ken cause…Well I don't really know why…That's something to ask another day.'

"What will it be Maki? Two-hundred spanking with the spoon or the spatula?" Belliume said holding up the two items.

'I still can't help but hate him sometimes still…sometimes.'

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In the next chapter of LGLL: Maki continues to question the relation between Belliume and him and just why Ken wants to protect from Ken anyway. But that's all put on hold when Belliume little brother comes for a visit to announce that Ken will be coming shortly. What kind of show will Maki have to put on for Ken and Belliume to prove to Ken that Maki is brutally tortured kidnapped victim? And for those wanting some spanking in the next chapter Sonate may or may not spank Maki. Coming to a fanfiction near you.