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Rune lay on his bed, staring at the roof in a bored manner. There was nothing to do that day. Water and Fire (the dragons) were out playing in the palace courtyard. Thatz was helping Zoma with something, and Rath...he wasn't in the mood to even SPEAK to Rath.
flashback
After Thatz left Rune could hear a whispered conversation behind a stone column. One voice sounded like Rath's the other… so familiar, yet so unrecognizable, that is until...
"No Kharl!"
Rune gasped. What was the Demon Alchemist doing in the Dragon Castle of all places?
"Watch Rath, I will get you back."
Get him back? What the hell was Kharl talking about?
He could imagine Rath's beautiful red eyes glaring at the white haired yokai.
end flashback
It was just was he had overheard that planted ideas in his head. Was Rath in alliance with the alchemist, was he being stalked? The thought of anyone following around HIS Rath made the blond elf's blood boil.
Rath slammed the door to his room and locked the door. His turned to face the wall that had his sword resting against it and began to bang his head furiously against it. Why the fuck did Kharl want his back so bad? He shivered as he remembered the kisses that were placed along his neck. He didn't like them one bit, but they were strangely arousing. He groaned. It was just all confusing. Was he suddenly the sexual interest in everyone's life!
There was a knock on his door.
"What!" He snapped at it.
"It's Kai-Stern, and I know you're hitting your head on the wall, stop that, I don't want you to get hurt."
Rath growled. Everyone always worried about him getting hurt. It was so annoying! He began to hit his head harder, despite the demands coming from the other side of the door for him to stop.
Kharl smirked. He enjoyed sitting in the shadow under a tree that was outside Rath's window. That way when it was dark all he had to do was open that window and take what was rightfully his. Oh the fun he would have when he got back to his tower. Plus he would be able to spy on everything his little yokai bishi was doing. Like stripping. He drooled.
In every dirty fantasy that he had Rath always ended up doing a little strip tease for him.
Kharl's dream
"Rath..." The alchemist trailed off.
Rath had tied him to his bed, naked and cold. What a turn on. Rath was a few feet from the bed, wearing leather. All leather. He had his hair rather damp and was falling over his eyes. He was wearing a leather tank top that allowed most of his midriff to be shown, there were chains adorning his neck and a chocker with a dog tag was the most prominent. His lower body was barley clothed by black, tight, low-rise hot pants and lace-up thigh, high boots. Kharl was extremely excited. (If you get my drift)
"You're going to enjoy this master." Rath purred seductively, running his hand extremely low, and resting on the bulge that wasn't in the least concealed in those hot pants.
Kharl licked his lips as Rath began to undo the zipper on the pants. Then the button then the belt...They landed somewhere in a dark corner of the room...
end of Kharl's dream (not really but if I made it continue then this story would probably be deleted.)
Kharl snapped out of his fantasy, feeling a slightly cramped feeling in his pants. He growled, but tried to ignore it and returned his attention to the window. Rath was walking around top less. The alchemist's hands unconsciously brushed very, very low on his body. Damn you Rath. He mentally cursed. Oh yes he was going to have so much fun with his little pet yokai when they got home.
Rath stopped pacing the room after a while and settled for sharpening his sword. He sat on the edge of his bed, glaring at the sword murderously. He was still musing over whether he should talk to Rune or not. It would have been best if he had. Rune would have perhaps forgiven him for the eavesdropping; he really couldn't stand not talking to the blonde elf. It had been so long (1 day is too long for him) since he had talked Rune, to have that radiant smile directed at him, to hear that sweet melodic voice speak to him about anything that appealed at the moment. Rath dropped the knife and relinquished the hold he had on his sword, letting both blades clatter to the floor. He had to talk to Rune. Getting up, and leaving his shirt on the floor next to his bed, he unlocked his door to come face-to-face with Ruwalk who was apparently about to knock.
"Kai-Stern wanted to know how you were doing." The Yellow Dragon Officer explained.
Rath nodded and walked off without a word the slightly shorter man, Kai-Stern worried too much. Rune's bedroom wasn't that far away and he was almost certain that he was there, lying his back, staring at the canopy of his bed...just waiting to be jumped upon and...Rath shook his head, he didn't want to think about that at the moment.
Rune was already falling asleep with calming thoughts. Or as calming as he could make them be being Rath was the one currently occupying a very large amount of space in Rune's head. There were three urgent knocks on his door, followed by a 'rune are you there?' from the very person he was thinking about. That voice was hard to forget.
"Yes Rath." He said, loudly enough for the other to hear through the locked wooden door. He slowly stood up, letting the covers that were draping his thin body fall back into a messy position on his bed. He opened to the door to see a top-less Rath standing there with a determined expression on his face.
Rune fought down the blush that was threatening to surface as his sapphire eyes strayed to the bare chest. All the demon fighting Rath did really did help his form.
"We have to talk."
Rune looked to the floor. He did want to talk to Rath, even though he had a lot to say to the black haired yokai.
"Come in then." He sighed reluctantly.
Rath stepped into the white room. Everything was so orderly, opposed to his, which was littered with various things that he was too lazy to pick up. Rune was the first to say anything after a few seconds of silence and sitting on the silky bed.
"So?" He sounded a bit impatient.
Rath avoided any eye contact with the elf and spoke to his lap instead." It's about the night after last night." He said slowly. "I'm just curious."
Rune looked puzzled. "Curious about what?"
"Everything that you talked with Thatz about and not me."
Rune turned to look at Rath. "I can't tell you everything Rath, even if you are my best friend."
I want to be more, Rune. Rath's mind yelled at him.
"Why not?" Rath inquired. "You've always told me everything."
"I can't tell you this."
"And why not? The last time you had a crush on someone you told me!"
Rune blushed. "This is different."
"Why? Who is it?" Rath asked. Or rather, demanded.
Rune was now glaring at his hands that were folded in his lap. "I just can't tell you Rath."
"Who is it? Alfeegi? Ruwalk? The Dragon Lord?"
Rune shook his head.
"Tintlet? Kitchel?"
Rune flinched, but didn't let Rath continue with his guessing. "Please don't say anything more. Why can't you just accept that I can't tell you everything."
"And why can't you? What are you afraid of?"
"It's nothing, I just don't want to!" Rune said louder than he had meant for it to come out.
Rath glared. "You can tell Thatz but not me. And here I thought you trusted me."
Rune looked up as Rath pulled his door open. "I do." He whispered as the door slammed shut. "I just can't tell you because you'll hate me, and I can't afford that..." A crystal tear made its way down the blonde elf's pale cheek.
After a lot of screaming into his pillow Rath had fallen into a restless sleep, thinking about Rune. What was he so afraid of that he couldn't tell Rath who the person he liked was? How forbidden was it? The pillow in which he lay was somewhat damp from the tears that had fallen during the time in which he had been screaming and falling asleep.
Kharl hadn't noticed his bishi's return and had settled for watching the sky turn from baby blue, to pink and orange, to midnight blue dotted with stars. Just waiting until the time that Rath would be asleep and unsuspecting. He was sure no one would miss him. After all the black haired yokai was nothing but problems.
He looked at the window again that was open slightly to let in a breeze in this hot night. Perfect. Thought the Alchemist.
It was obviously past midnight by now, judging by the sky and that no lights were lit in the castle. Everyone seemed to be asleep.
Slowly, the alchemist stood up, brushing off the leaves from his silver hair and lap that had fallen there from the tree since he hadn't moved from that spot all day. Kharl took a peak into the dark room that was Rath's. The young yokai was spread diagonally across the bed, his arms wrapped possessively around a pillow. His cheeks were tear stained and his hair was messy and sticking up in all directions more than usual.
The alchemist opened the window a bit more so he would fit easily. Lucky he was thin. The only tricky part was to use the transportation spell on Rath without rousing him from his slumber. Kharl muttered a few words before putting a hand on Rath's shoulders, and focusing on a vivid image of his bedroom, then snapped his fingers. A flash of light and they were gone.
"Kai-Stern have you seen Rath?" Questioned the blonde elf at lunch the next afternoon.
Kai-Stern's only reply was to shrug and continue eating. Rune was rather worried. Normally Rath would be walking in at this hour, cutely rubbing the sleep from his eyes, complaining about the sun and its brightness.
Rune had been doing a lot of thinking and had decided on apologizing to Rath for his rudeness the previous night. He hadn't yet come up with an excuse to why he couldn't tell Rath his secret.
"I'm going to go see if he's awake yet." The elf announced, abandoning his plate and exiting the room, half running.
Upon reaching the oak door to Rath's room he knocked gently, calling out the yokai's name.
"Rath? Are you up yet?"
He played with the knob for a second to see it if was opened when he got no response from the other side of the door. To his major surprise it was unlocked. And to another surprise the room was empty and all that was left was Rath's sword, an open window, and a moth fluttering around the room, confused.
Rune, being the paranoid person he is, became a bit more worried than he already had been and began to wander around the first floor of the castle. The second, peaking into every room, calling out Rath's name.
He climbed the stares to the third floor, cursing the designer of this castle for the many floors and stairs that had been placed here. The elf was totally exhausted and immensely worried when he reached the last room of the tallest tower in the castle. Rath was nowhere and he had yet to check the courtyard, and draqueen. It was an odd feeling Rune got, but he was sure Rath wasn't in the safest place at the moment.
Slowly a ruby eye opened, expecting to meet blue eyes hovering over him, demanding him to get up, and expecting to be met with a black silk bed and the dragon sword on the floor in front of him. He didn't expect to be chained to a grey brick wall and a tri colored haired midget prodding and poking him awake with a long stick. Plus he wasn't wearing anything but his boxers.
"So you're awake. Good. Master Kharl wishes to speak with you." The small human spat.
Rath glared as realization hit him with a ton of bricks. He was in Kharl's castle. Oh there would be hell to pay when he was free from the binds that confined him. And what was more degrading was that he was being led by a little human boy with blond, orange, and brown hair by a chain, down a long hallway. The yokai had foreboding feeling about this.
Rune panted as he knocked on Kai-Stern's study door.
"Nani?" Kai-Stern asked when the door was finally opened.
"Rath - Rath's missing." The elf panted. "I checked the castle and the grounds, he's not here."
Kai-Stern's eyes narrowed. "Did he leave a note? He's probably out hunting demons again."
Rune shook his head, still trying to catch his breath.
Kai-Stern was beginning to look concerned. Rath never left without a notice, a vague notice, but a notice nonetheless.
"Did you check Draqueen?"
Rune nodded. Kai-Stern's eyes narrowed. "I don't know where else he could be."
A flash back of the voices he heard behind the stone the previous day came back to him and realization dawned on him not long after.
"I think I might know where his is." The elf said slowly.
Kai-Stern looked at him, oddly. "How?"
"It's a long story. But do you know how to get to Arinas Castle?"
"Why do you want to go there?"
Rune sighed. "If you come with me, then I'll tell you."
If it meant finding where the hell Rath went the of course, the blue dragon officer agreed immediately.
"Gomen, Rune, I don't know how to get to Arinas Castle. But I think Thatz does. Ask him."
Rune nodded. Oh what a long day this was going to be.
