Greedy Decisions

Disclaimer: All Dragon Knights characters belong to Mineko Okami. Authors Note: This is my first Dragon Knights Fic, also this is my first purposeful Shonen Ai fic. Also....this is after book 10 (only had enough money to buy 1 volume) but Crewger's still alive, same with Gil, Bierrez
and uh....yea lots of people!!!!!!

Chapter 1
A Little Present

The day had just begun and Alfeegi was already yelling at Lykouleon for once again leaving the castle grounds. Rath was outside, absentmindedly walking with Fire and Crewger while Rune was away on a mission and Thatz lazily sleeping the morning away. Rath stops in front of a small fountain and stares distractedly at it, as if he doesn't even notice its there. "You know what...." he begins, but pauses, unsure whether to speak his thoughts. The Fire Dragon Knight turns to face his companions, gives a feigned grin, and says in a cheerful tone, "let's go explore the town for demons today." Fire glances over to Crewger, eyes meeting and giving a quizzical, concerned look.

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Elsewhere, Ruwalk has just exited the lounge, he's carrying important documents concerning Kai-Stern's most recent escapade to southern Dusis. There is an undetectable spring to his step as Ruwalk muses of the schedule for the day. "There's always that lovely little spot near the Sakura Tree Groves...or those quaint shops in town," the Dragon Officer of Yellow sighs inwardly. He continues to dwell in his thoughts until a voice calling his name wakes him from his focus. "I said Draqueen to.." Ruwalk stops, turns around and acknowledges the speaker walking closer and closer. "Oh Thatz, what are you doing up so early?" The red haired knight stops a few feet from the officer and gives him a sheepish grin. "I was awoken by his terrible rumbling and realized that I was hungry." Ruwalk politely smiles while thinking to himself, "that knight...he will eventually eat the entire castle and have room for twelve more helpings." He lets a chuckle escape and Thatz gives him a blank stare. The knight shrugs his shoulders, dismissing th event and asks, "say you wanna join me?"

"No thank you Thatz, I was planning on returning these back to Alfeegi..." The Secretary of State pause before continuing, "but it seems I *accidentally* lost it bumping into a certain Knight...now poor Alfeegi will have to find another way to figure out how much Kai-Stern has spent." He gives Thatz a wink and walks off. The Dragon Knight of Earth smirks to himself as he heads into the lounge, rubbing his stomach to assure that it will no longer be ignored of its needs. ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ :~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~

Rath is walking along the streets with Crewger and Fire strolling along beside him. He ponders over things as he continues to stare half heartedly at his surroundings. Always in front of him lay nameless buildings, endless figures and shadows that were never truly weakened by the sun's rays. To the outside world, the Dragon Knight of Fore is just another nameless face walking through the streets of Draqueen, minding his own business to himself, aimlessly wondering in search of answers that would never be answered when a answer was needed. "Would it solve anything?" The Knight questions himself. "It's not even like that at all...Thatz and Rune are..." His thought is left hanging as he walks over the spilled fruits of a vender's cart and ignores the pandemonium of shouting voices. Rath puts his hands in his pockets and looks down at the ground.

Fire looks up at his master for a brief moment and then at the sight in front of him. After several taps on the shoulder and numerous signs reading : "Master, look up!" Fire abandons all attempts and lets his master smack face first into an unsuspecting man. "OOF!" Both men fall backwards and land on the ground in a heap of bags and packages. "Hey watch it...Kai- Stern!?" The white haired Officer of Blue get up, dusts himself off and gives Rath his hand. "But I thought you were in-" The officer shakes his head and says, "I just got back awhile ago." Rath gives him an inquisitive glance but takes his hand and is helped up. "So, what did ya get me?" The young knight asks eagerly as Kai-Stern starts picking up his parcels. He looks up at the adorably cute face and chuckles. "Let's head back to the castle first," the white haired officer states as he picks up the last parcel, "I want to talk to Lykouleon as well." Rath nods his head and takes half of the bundles in Kai-Stern's arms.

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"Have you seen Rath lately?" A long haired Dragon Fighter shakes his head and walks on down the long hallway. The red haired knight sighs and continues on his search. "It's been at least five hours since anyone's seen him, what could that guy be doing?" Thatz asks himself. "He's got to be demon hunting once again...that's all he ever does." ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ :~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~

"Wait, are you sure this is a short cut?" Kai-Stern ignores Rath's question and continues walking at a moderate pace. "Kai-Stern listen to me!" The Fire Dragon Knight halts and puts down the officer's loot. "I don't know what you think your doing but at least stop for a second and tell me where the hell you're taking me." The white haired officer stops, not turning around, causing Rat to give him an angered look before walking up to where the officer has stationed himself. "This is not like the Kai- Stern I know, something's up."

"Are you worried?"

Rath blinks as his mind processes what was just said. "You feel...insecure, unsure even." Kai-Stern turns around to face the Dragon Knight, all the while his parcels long forgotten and thrown to the side. "Your wondering what's going on? Am I really the man known as Kai-Stern?" He smirks and trails a finger across Rath's chin as he continues, "why is he doing this? Should I trust him to be this close? Or is it that you want to summon your sword but are too afraid to make a mistake?"

"Shut up!" Rath goes for the bells holding his sword but stops when Kai-Stern steps closer, only inches apart and grasps the knights hand. "Don't do a drastic thing like that." The officer takes a step closer, causing Rath to panic from this new behavior and falter backwards. "What the hell is going on? This isn't Kai-Stern..." The Blue Dragon Officer gains Rath's attention from the knights own thoughts by placing a solid hand on his shoulder and walking another step closer, so there are no more steps between them. "What's the matter Rath?" he questions softly. "Does this closeness bother you?" The knight in question gulps as beads of sweat drip slowly down his fear stricken face.

Kai-Stern stares longingly into Rath's eyes, unnerving the knight to a state of almost paralysis. Seeing that the knight wont move, the officer leans forward so when he whispers in Rath's ear, it sends shivers down his spine. "Is this too uncomfortable for you Rath?" He pauses for a moment, not expecting a reply. "There are better places than in the middle of the woods if your worried about that." Kai-Stern nibbles at the terrified knight's earlobe and smiles at the reaction he gets.

Rath jumps as more shivers run down his back, thoughts completely vanishing as he stands paralyzed on the spot. The Dragon Officer slowly moves his hand from Rath's shoulder to his neck and into the mess of hair while the other hand slides down the knights side, snaking his arms around the helpless Rath's waist and encircling him closer into a tight embrace. "I've waited so long for this Rath.," the officer moves his face closer, only a few centimeters from touching noses. The Dragon Knight begins to breath unevenly, as his hair on the back of his neck stands on end and his legs become jello underneath him.

In a soft, almost silent voice, Kai-Stern asks, "are you this bothered you don't even respond?" Again not expecting a reply, Kai-Stern smirks as he gently strokes the back of Rath's head, using his other hand to reach into his own pocket and pull something out. "Not even once did you imagine this happening...did you?" He takes off the cap of the object and raises his arm up to the knight's neck. "It doesn't come as a surprise you never noticed all the signs I was giving you, all the those hints while we visited on my returns." Kai-Stern implants the object into Rath's neck and activates it. He steps back and away, ending the embrace as the knight stumbles backwards from the sudden change. A few moments go by as Rath starts to assess what just happened when he notices that he's the only one in the clearing. The befuddled knight looks around and stops panting. "How? Did that...happen?" Unsurely, Rath stands up and wipes the sweat from his forehead as he turns around and walks back to Draqueen, finding Crewger and Fire searching frantically for him.

So what do you think of my first Yaoi fanfiction? I worked really hard on it...*spent over a month just planning the 1st three chapters.* I'll probably post the other 2 chapters soon, but it would be
nice if I got some reviews. (everyone does)
So have fun and here's a preview of whats to come...
1. Kitchel appears
2. More Ruwalk and Alfeegi
3. Lykouleon gets pissed at Rath
4. Rune comes back!
5. !!Thatz gambles!!