The Tales of Fang Yahzu
Episode 2: Secrets
"That's it, bud! Come on! Feel that burn! I know your strength! You've proven it to me many times before!"
"498… 499… 500!"
A grunt of relief was exhaled, as a Buzzwole stood up, getting off the ground after finishing his current exercise regimen of pullups.
"Not bad. Next time, maybe I'll shoot for 550." He laughed, looking towards his spotter.
His spotter, an Aegislash, smirked. "Honestly, you're a Buzzwole. You could go much higher, Tadeo."
"Point taken, William."
The short conversation between the two ended as William tossed Tadeo a bottled water, the muscular Buzzwole chugging it down.
The Aegislash, known in the business world as 'William', prided himself on appearance and order as he straightened up his business suit, needing a few custom suits since he was basically a giant floating sword and shield. He had the ability to get almost any deal across. Working as a representative of Technical Machine Co., he specialized in dealing TMs out to customers, whether it be Incinerate to cook a berry in restaurants, Protect for defense-training, Hydro Pump for water Pokémon in fire departments, or a plethora of battle moves for countless trainers and gym leaders in other regions, he was never short on business. He was very good at what he did, having a 1.2 billion TMs sold through his name in his 10 years of business. Not many other sellers matched his suave sophistication, ability to price-match and compromise, and his general nice demeanor around others.
While William was something like the brains, Tadeo the Buzzwole was closer to being the brawn. Make no mistake, Tadeo is smart. He has almost incredible knowledge of the biology and anatomy of most Pokémon, impressive considering the currently 800+ known species. This allows him to perform the best he can as a personal fitness trainer. While not as high-profile as William, and brought in nowhere near as much money as him, customers who've had the Buzzwole really appreciate how good of a coach Tadeo is. His job was much simpler in comparison to William's often hectic businessman life, but he's rather happy about that.
The two were something of a duo, not just spotter and trainer. They were William and Tadeo. Businessman and fitness coach. Friend and pal.
Master and slave.
"So, before we head back to my place and get started, I just thought I'd ask how the missus is doing." Tadeo said, slowing standing up.
A bright smile lit William's face. "Oh, Teresa is doing great. She and I are still taking care of the egg. That's where most of our focus is at right now, we both want the baby to come out when it's good and ready. She even learned Dream Eater to deal with any nightmares the baby might have."
Tadeo chuckled. "That Gengar of yours is a great wife, you know? I don't think many married ladies would be OK with what you do. With me, I mean."
"That is true." William nodded. "I understand that she doesn't care much for it, and that's OK. It's not a thing for everyone. But it's a huge relief for me that I don't have to do this in secret with you and fear about her finding out. I mean… if word got out in general about the nice and classy Businessmon William the Aegislash was into this kinda thing? You know it could come out so twisted and so easily. Rumors that I cheat on my wife and perform 'vile' things with a Buzzwole? Those stupid tabloids would have a field day and my career wouldn't survive. That's something I still fear to a degree, I guess."
"Oh, come on. You're you. Even if someone found out and a tabloid or two reported it, I don't think that would be enough to bring down your business success. I mean… you're basically a successful millionaire. I think people and Pokémon alike would still see you as the courteous businessmon you are, not some twisted individual." Tadeo assured.
"Maybe you're right. Still… It's something I'd rather not shout to the world, you know? But… yeah, let's get going. I think a nice session would help get my mind off of…"
Ba-deedle-dee! Ba-deedle-dee! Ba-deedle-dee!
William sighed, picking up his cell phone out of his custom business suit. Cell phones were useful, but they were something of a curse too…
"William speaking. Yes, I've talked to them. Yes, they signed the contract. Make sure to send that shipment of water-type TMs over to them ASAP. That fire department paid premium shipping, so I expect that shipment out today and it better be on their doorstep by Monday. OK, good to hear. Talk to you later."
Beep!
The Aegislash groaned. "That's it. I'm turning my cell phone off for the next 4 hours. I'm not letting our session get interrupted."
"I really don't know how you deal with all of that, Will." Tadeo commented.
"Somedays, I don't know how I do it, either." He admitted, putting up his cell phone and not wanting to touch the damn thing for a good, long while.
Soon enough, the duo arrived at Tadeo's house. It was agreed to keep the gear and have the sessions here due to Tadeo living alone and his FAR less hectic work schedule… and the fact that William and his wife had a baby on the way. He was not going to explain what bondage gear was to a 2-year-old child when he/she inevitably found out and asked.
"Oh, thank Arceus." William sighed, dressing out of his business suit and hanging it on the coat rack. "Those suits are so tight, but definitely not in the pleasurable way like rubber. It's still so stuffy, and I can never get used to it."
Tadeo wasn't really bothered by William undressing right in front of him. Sure, he was naked, but most Pokémon didn't even have visible genitals unless they were deliberately exposed by the Pokémon. This even went for oddly shaped Pokémon like Aegislash. But the Buzzwole knew well enough that Pokémon biology could get VERY weird at times, and never thought about it too deeply as he got himself changed out of his gym clothes.
The two naked Pokémon went to a door guarded by a passcode. Tadeo punched in the 12-digit number, both of them having memorized the passcode to heart, and the door unlocked immediately. Descending down the stairs, the Buzzwole locked the door behind him as he turned on the lights.
William got a rather sly and excited smirk on his face as he saw the lights illuminate the gear. Anything a rubber enthusiast could ask for was here. Pet-play gear, rubber hoods, rubber suits (or sheaths, in William's case), gags, various bondage machines and a premium VR helmet William purchased for Tadeo as a secret birthday gift, and was responsible for some of their best nights together. And that was only the tip of the iceberg.
"Tadeo…"
He bowed respectfully, assuming his submissive role. "Yes, Master?"
William cracked his knuckles as he put up his shield. "…Let's get this show on the road."
It was a good 4 hours of just enjoying some bondage time together. William was particularly merciless this time around, needing the outlet yet never going beyond what Tadeo permitted. And the Buzzwole just submitted, loving to take everything his Master gave him as he got to empty his mind of his own worries. But by the end, both of them were wiped out, having deeply enjoyed their session.
"Oh Arceus, it's been forever since we got to do that." William smiled, just laying down on one of the benches.
"You're always so busy." Tadeo lamented, sitting on another. "I've tried self-bondage, but it's not really the same without your dominance and a couple of your choice insults."
"Yeah… hopefully I can schedule some more time with you." He said, taking out his cell phone and turning it back on. "Hopefully, I don't have to deal with anybody else right now…"
The Aegislash looked through his previous calls. Last one was the one before the session, relieving him of doing any calls back to fellow businessmon/men. But… there was a particular text message. He tapped on it, wondering what this message was about.
What he saw nearly gave him a heart-attack.
"I KNOW YOUR SECRET WITH THAT BUZZWOLE. IT MAKES ME SICK."
William was left staring at the screen for a while. He looked over to Tadeo, who now starting to lay down on the bench, just relaxing. He looked back to the text message. "Maybe this is a prankster or something. Let's try playing dumb."
"Secret? What are you talking about?" he texted back.
"YOUR BONDAGE SECRET. THE SICK THINGS YOU DO WITH THAT BUZZWOLE. WHIPS. CHAINS. YOU KNOW. BECAUSE YOU'RE A SICK BASTARD."
William gulped. "OK… so this person DOES know…"
"…Who are you?"
"I'm a businessman, Mr. Shields. Just like you. It's my job to dig up dirt on people. Basically… like an information company. People pay for information."
William knew who he was dealing with here. And he didn't like it one bit. These kinds of "information companies" were better described as "blackmail companies".
"You little bastard. You and your sick kind only live to gather information to blackmail others. You have no other reason to know this about me. But the question is, what do you want out of me?"
"You're right. This would be so damaging to your reputation, wouldn't it? You'd never have work in this region again. That would be such a shame…"
"WHAT. DO. YOU. WANT?"
"I was planning on selling this information for about 100 million Pokédollars… but if you don't want it sold at all, I can promise my silence at 500 million."
"F-Fi-FIVE HUNDRED MILLION?!" he shouted, catching Tadeo's attention. He immediately looked over to this Master.
"William, what on earth has you so panicked?"
The Aegislash sighed, showing his slave the text message. Tadeo's expression started out curious, before it turned angrier and angrier. He had to hand the phone back to William before he crushed it in anger.
"HOW DARE THAT STUPID… WHATEVER HE IS, DO THAT TO YOU?! I swear to Arceus, when I find this guy, he's going to be beaten into a VERY bloody pulp. Not if. When."
William laughed a bit tiredly. "I appreciate the sentiment, but having you in jail would kinda kill our bondage sessions, wouldn't it?"
Tadeo was silent for a bit. "…What are you going to do?"
"I don't know." William admitted. "I have money, but not THAT much. I would go out in the streets if I had to give up that kind of money. And my wife… the egg… I can't lose this job. For their sake. It's more than just us that would be affected by this."
Tadeo thought for a bit. "He's threatening you with blackmail, right?"
"Yes… where is this going?"
"Normally, I don't think I'd advocate something like this, but… if we could find out who this person or Pokémon is, we could get some dirt on them and blackmail them in return."
William sighed. "The moral side of me says that I shouldn't agree to that… but the logical side of me says I should. I guess beating this guy at his own game is our only option. Question is… how do we track him?"
"Did the text leave a phone number?"
The Aegislash looked through the sent message. "No. It's completely anonymous."
Tadeo sighed. "Maybe we should tell the police or something."
"Are you nuts?!" William exclaimed. "Even if they helped, that would guarantee this guy to leak this secret before the cops arrived."
"…Can we tell… anybody that could help us?"
William went deep into thought, picking up his shield before hovering around in a pace. "Well… I don't know if he can help us… but there's a chance he might know someone who can."
"Who are you talking about?"
William closed his eyes for a moment, before looking up to Tadeo. "…It might sound weird, but this was the only other being aside from you, my wife, and my parents to know I was even into bondage. Before I left Hau'oli City to hit it big as a businessmon, before I told my parents, and before I met you… he was the only one I could trust to tell, back when I was just a Doublade… it was my elementary school art teacher, Fang Yahzu."
"Wait… hold up. THE Fang Yahzu? You told HIM? You KNOW him?"
William nodded. "I told him because, when I looked him up on the Internet on people and Pokémon into the same thing… well, I knew I could trust him to keep a secret. He was the only one I personally knew that was into that. I had no idea if anybody else would see me as a sicko or would try to me send to, Arceus forbid, one of those 'therapy' camps. Yahzu… he had a role into shaping me into who I am."
"He means a lot to you, doesn't he?" Tadeo smiled a bit.
"Yeah… he does. I don't even know if he'll remember me after all of these years." William debated.
"There's only one to find out, isn't there?" the Buzzwole pointed out.
William let out a soft chuckle, nodding. "Indeed. Glad my job moved me back into this city. Let's get going."
Meanwhile…
"No, Huojin. That's not what you say to greet someone you meet."
"I don't see why that's so bad."
Fang Yahzu the Drampa and Huojin the rubber-coated Typhlosion gimp were talking at the table, with Fang trying to teach the basic etiquette of greeting others. He had managed to persuade Huojin to take off his wonderfully thick rubber suit for just a while, as much as he protested, and the Typhlosion was somewhat disappointed that he couldn't just be locked in the rubber forever… but it was his Master's word.
The anthro Drampa sighed, trying to collect the right words to say. He wanted an extremely submissive rubber slave for sure, but he thought he'd get someone who knew how to… well… function as a member of society. He had a LONG road ahead of him.
"Huojin…" he said. "It's because that's simply not appropriate to greet a random stranger. I wouldn't just go ask people if they wanted to be tied up because it's just… it's not something you just go and do in society."
"But… you're asking them, right? It's not like you'd do it against their will. And if they say no, you just leave them alone. What's so wrong with that? I'm not naïve when it comes to the consensuality of stuff like that. You kinda drilled that into my head."
The Drampa couldn't help but chuckle a bit. "You might not be naïve about that, but you're rather adorably naïve about how to function in a society. Other people and Pokémon can be ridiculously complex to understand. Even for me."
Huojin just folded up his arms and sighed in a grumpy yet rather cute way.
"Listen, Huojin. I might sound like a broken record, but I can't state how important it is that you try to learn this and do something with your life other than just the kinky side of it. I wanted to be an artist since I was a young child, far longer than I knew about my fetishes."
Huojin relaxed his arms, thinking for a moment now. "…You think there's something out there I'd enjoy as much as rubber?"
Fang nodded, sipping at the tea he had brewed for the talk. "I'm sure of it. And perhaps even more so."
Huojin actually had to laugh at this. "OK, don't get carried away with those crazy ideas."
Fang smiled. "You're already on a good start. A good sense of humor is always a good thing to have. I think we're done for today, we've been here about an hour after all. You can go ahead and fit back into your rubber…"
Huojin had such an eagerly childlike grin on his face, dashing back upstairs to slip back into his suit before the Drampa could even finish his sentence.
"…Suit." He finished, before laughing at what transpired. He wasn't even mad in the slightest. "Well, back to the old 9 to 5."
Fang cleaned and put up his cup, before heading over to the basement door and heading inside. He was careful to watching his step, hanging up his Hanfu on the way down and revealing his shiny red latex suit underneath. He continued to descend, now facing his two other loyal slaves, Kunwei the Hypno and Tao the Garchomp.
On the other hand, the two slaves of his weren't exactly facing him. The two seemed to be caught up in a game on their handheld systems…
"Don't do it." Tao growled.
"Hmm… who to pick?~" Kunwei teased.
"Don't do it." The Garchomp warned again.
"Well, you are in the lead, after all. It would only be the smart choice."
"DUDE I SWEAR TO ARCEUS, IF YOU STEAL ANOTHER FREAKING STAR FROM ME, I WILL REARRANGE YOUR FACE!"
"Ahem."
That most definitely caught both of their attention, the two slaves turning to face their Master, Fang Yahzu.
"Oh… uh… right. Master! Could you give us a few minutes?" Tao asked.
Fang's eyes narrowed. "Are you serious? Did you REALLY just ask me that? Now, I will only ask this once of you nicely. Put the games up for now. You can continue them later."
Kunwei stuttered a bit. "B-But Master, we only need five more…"
Fang growled even louder, deeply intimidating the two slaves. "NOW, you two bitches!"
"Y-Yes, Master! Sorry, Master!" the two both apologized, putting their handhelds up on a counter down in the basement before standing at attention in front of Fang.
"Honestly…" Fang sighed. "Do I really ask for much? You're supposed to obey EVERY command of mine. You DON'T make your Master wait 'five more minutes'."
Both of the slaves hung their heads in shame.
"Now… I feel that you two need some proper discipline for such disobedience. You two did equip the BlackShine suits I requested you to, right?"
Tao nodded. "Yes, Master. Those are the suits we're wearing."
"Good." Fang smirked. He first reached down to Kunwei's crotch, a sadistic smile on his face as he heavily squeezed the Hypno's crotch, squeezing it multiple times to change the setting. He let out a loud and lustful moan as a lock on the crotch of the suit started to glow red. When it was red, he let it go, the chastity mechanism of the suit set in place.
"There we go. That'll keep you in chastity until I think you deserve to release. Having that is a privilege for you as my slaves, not a right. I can always take it away…~"
Kunwei gave off a VERY aroused whimper as Fang led him to a bondage device, planning to get to Tao later. The anthro Drampa set his Hypno slave down on a bondage table, the cuffs set spread-eagle. He locked him in place, going to the side of the room to pick up two objects.
A heavy rubber gas mask and a canister attached to it via tubes. Kunwei could see his Master pick up the objects, thrusting against the suit despite his chastity, fully knowing what Master Yahzu had planned for him.
Fang held up the heavy rubber gas mask in front of Kunwei. "Now… gimp. Do you know what this is?~" he asked.
"Y-Yes." The Hypno gulped, bulge throbbing madly.
"Tell me."
"It's… it's a rubber gas mask… and it's attached to a canister. You're… going to make me breathe in the canister.~"
"What's in the canister?"
Kunwei whimpered. "It's… it's… MUSK! IT'S DRAGON-TYPE MUSK! ARCEUS, MASTER! PLEASE! I WANT IT! I WANT THE MUSK! I LOVE THE MUSK! I LOVE YOUR DRAGON-TYPE MUSK! SUCH HORNY THICK POWERFUL MUSK!~~~"
Fang only chuckled, tightly securing the rubber gas mask on his slave. Kunwei could already smell a heavy scent of rubber from the gas mask, squirming in his bondage as he did so. The Drampa put his hand on the nozzle, slowly turning it and cruelly teasing his chastised slave…
"MMPH! MMPH! PMMPHH!~" came from the gas mask, desperately begging.
"More?" Fang taunted. "Well… oh, I suppose. But don't expect any form of release soon."
With that, he quickly turned the nozzle to full-blast, forcing and blasting Fang Yahzu's powerful Dragon-type musk into Kunwei's face. He could only breathe it in deeply, madly thrusting against the suit and hopelessly horny for pleasure.
"RRM-MMPH! PMMPH! MM-MMPH!~" he begged and pleaded.
Fang chuckled, forcefully groping his slave's bulge again but not changing the settings. "That's it, you rubber gimp. You can beg all you want, but you won't be getting any pleasure until I deem you worthy. And I'm feeling rather sadistic because of your poor behavior. You're just my rubber bitch. My rubber slave. My rubber gimp. You NEED to be punished. You NEED to be disciplined. Gimps like you have to remember their place."
Kunwei only struggled and moaned and thrusted desperately, unable to do anything but plead and beg. But no matter how much he begged… he would not receive mercy from his Master.
Fang finally stopped teasing his Hypno slave, walking back to his Garchomp slave… who seemed to be ULTRA horny from just watching his fellow slave be tortured by arousal. He was already rubbing and groping his own bulge…
"Bad slave!" Yahzu scolded, slapping Tao's hand away from his bulge, squeezing it himself to put it on the same chastity setting as he did with Kunwei. "But… what to do with you? You need to be disciplined as well…"
"Ohh… of course, Master. I… you know I love to be disciplined…~" Tao smiled dreamily.
Fang laughed. "Discipline? Well… I've got an idea for that.~"
Fang instructed his Garchomp slave to stay put, searching through the room of gear for a while before finally finding some sort of ultra-thick rubber suit, inflated and padded. The hood was the most interesting part of the suit, looking more like a high-tech rubber helmet. Fang literally had to drag it towards Tao, the suit being so heavy.
Tao looked on in curiosity. "M-Master? I… don't think I've seen that before." He said, unable to contain the excitement in his voice.
"There's a reason you haven't, bitch." The Drampa smirked. "I purchased this a few weeks back from BlackShine Industries online. But since you've been so naughty… I have a reason to use it. So… in. Now."
Tao didn't hesitate in the slightest, slipping into the ultra-thick rubber gimp suit. It was tight… and thick… and heavy… and had an ultra-strong aroma of rubber. Just the way Tao liked it, struggling to simply fit in it. But eventually, it was on and squeezed every single last part of him tightly. Barely able to stand up on his two feet, the only part unattached now was the helmet/hood, hanging down behind the Garchomp's head.
"Now… let's see. You've been a VERY naughty gimp, haven't you?"
Tao moaned, nodding. "Y-Yes, Master. I have."
Fang smirked. "Then I'll let the computer take it from here." The Drampa reaffirmed, attaching and locking the helmet onto his slave's head.
Tao struggled to move. He stood in place, unable to move anything. He was all alone now. Locked into complete darkness. Until…
"System online. Scanning subject."
Tao felt weird for a moment, his body experiencing a chill as the device scanned. "Vital signs normal. Mental and emotional levels stable. In healthy status. Will commence with disciplinary functions."
The Garchomp had to wonder. "Disciplinary…"
"Shut it, gimp!"
A voice shouted, now feeling a very sharp slap on his butt. Tao moaned at the pain, reveling in his helpless submissiveness. Visuals suddenly activated on the helmet, with Tao now looking at a muscular and perhaps somewhat hunky Electivire.
"That's right, gimp. You're so pathetic. You know it. You want nothing more than to be a stupid little submissive bitch." The Electivire growled, the suit on Tao starting to squeeze him even more.
"Y…Yes." He admitted.
"DID I SAY YOU COULD TALK, MAGGOT?! NO I DID NOT!" the Electric-type shouted, the suit squeezing even tighter onto the Garchomp as a large ball-gag was forcefully shoved into his mouth. He could no longer move ANYTHING on his body, with breathing being the only function he was still allowed.
Tao's breathing quickened, now extremely excited by the rough and insulting way he was treated.
"You're no man at all. Not even a boy. A damned RATTATA is more man than you. And your species is supposed to be one of the strongest out there. And yet here you are. So pathetic."
Tao was silent.
"NOW, you may talk." The Electivire instructed.
"YMMPH! MM AM PMMEPHC!" Tao moaned yet again, loving everything about his 'predicament'.
"That's just what I want to hear. You better enjoy yourself gimp, because I'll have no mercy on you."
Fang had to laugh as he heard Tao's moaning from outside the suit. And looking at Kunwei strapped down, he had to smile now. "You two are really great slaves. I'll leave you two be for a few hours. Maybe go upstairs and see if the Pokémon Battle Network is airing any…"
Fang's thoughts were interrupted by the doorbell, his plan to watch Pokémon compete to be the best like no one ever was somewhat ruined. He sighed, picking up his Hanfu and dressing into it to be presentable to whatever guest came by.
"I swear, it better not be another one of those Mewmon missionaries. I'm already an Arceusian." He muttered, shutting and locking the basement door behind him as he then started to approach his front door.
Fang sharpened himself up a bit, letting his long hair hang loose as he slightly cracked the door open to see who it was…
"…An Aegislash?"
The Aegislash nodded, smiling a bit. "Hello, Mr. Yahzu. It's… been a while."
"…I feel like I should know you… but I can't put my finger on it."
"I… was one of your students in your art class. A Doublade when I graduated. Class of 1999."
"Wait… A Doublade… Class of '99… Are you… William?"
The Aegislash's grin was wider, extending his ethereal hand for a greeting. "Yes… it is."
Fang smiled, shaking his former student's hand. "My goodness! William! This is such a surprise! But…"
Fang's smile disappeared. He had to admit, he was somewhat… confused about this. And a bit concerned. "I might regret asking this but… how did you find me, William? I don't exactly have this info about me spread throughout the Internet."
William tapped his hands together nervously. "You… have a FetMon account, right? I… kinda have one too. Since you have to have an account to view the site and all…"
Fang felt relief flow through his body. "I swear, this old 'Mon was about to have a cardiac from that. I do have one there, yes. That's the only place on the Internet I even put my real name on, just so a few kink friends can find me."
William chuckled. "Like me?"
"Like you. It's always scary to think about how other fellow Pokémon would react if they knew about me. A lot of them… well, they don't understand. It scares them. They think you're ill and sinful. Like something's wrong with you. I was blessed enough to have a father that understood, but to this day, my mother strongly disapproves. And… I'd be ruined if the school knew."
William sighed. "That's… actually what I wanted to talk about."
Fang had a soft frown on his face, having a bad feeling about where this would lead. "Come on. Let's talk in the dining room. I'll make some tea."
"All right." William answered. "Just let me take my slave in."
"…Your slave?" Fang asked in surprise.
"You can come in now, bud." William smiled. Stepping aside from the doorway (and out of view from where Fang had been peeking out), William and Fang saw a large and muscular Buzzwole step inside the house, having to crouch a bit to get through the door.
Fang was somewhat surprised at how… bold the Buzzwole was with his slave status. What the Buzzwole wore had to be custom-made, seeing a tight black latex suit completely enclose his figure. His hands, legs, torso, and massive muscles were all hidden from view. Only his head was visible, and on his neck was a collar, proudly proclaiming that he was "Property of William".
"This… is Tadeo. My loyal slave." William said with a hint of pride.
After his initial surprise, Fang had to chuckle a bit, looking at Tadeo. "Proud of your status, aren't you?"
The Buzzwole nodded. "I wouldn't trade it for the world. Well… unless I could fix my Master's problem." He said, his tone turning angry as he clenched his fists.
"…As I said, let's talk about it over some tea."
William started to float over to the kitchen with Fang, only to hear… something that sounded like moaning. It came from below them…
"Is that… moaning?" William wondered.
Fang laughed. "Oh, it is indeed. You actually came in mid-bondage session with my own slaves. But don't worry. I'll let them out after we finish talking."
"Glad to see you still have those dominant desires the same way I do." William smiled as he, Fang, and Tadeo sat at the table. "I wish I could say it was all sunshine and daisies. But with what's going on with me, my reputation is going to be pushing up those daisies."
Fang looked at William, calmly and gently. "Please. Tell me what's going on."
William sighed. "Well..."
By the end of the story, Fang had such a tight grip on his tea cup that it was dangerously close to shattering in his hand.
"Are… you… SERIOUS?!"
The cup then shattered, leaving shards of glass and hot tea all over Fang's hand and the table.
"…My apologies. I'll clean that up." He said, leaving to get a towel and wash his hands. "But… you don't know who's blackmailing you? And have no way to meet their demands?"
William sighed. "I'm well-off, but 500 million Pokédollars… I don't have that money. I wouldn't be able to provide for my family. For my wife. For my yet-to-have-hatched child. That… scares me like you wouldn't believe, Fang."
Tadeo raised his hand, wanting to comment.
"Yes, Tadeo?" Fang questioned, finishing cleaning the spill.
"I… I was the one who suggested that we try to track this Pokémon down to get some dirt on him. But I'm just a fitness trainer. I don't have those kinds of computer skills to just… like… hack into a phone or trace it back to its' origin."
Fang thought for a bit. "To be honest, I don't have those kinds of skills either. I've learned to work with technology as it advanced, but I don't have skills of that level…"
William frowned, but nodded. "I understand. Thank you for your…"
"But I know someone who does." He finished, smiling again. "I'll have to cut that bondage session of my slaves a bit short. Pardon me for a moment."
Fang left the table, unlocked the basement door, and went down. He hadn't left them for long, maybe a half-hour at the most.
"Sorry boys, but I gotta cut it short today." He announced, releasing the restraints on Kunwei's bondage and taking off the gas mask.
The Hypno sighed. "Oh, but Master… I was really enjoying that…"
Fang sighed. "I know you were, but this is important. I have a guest over, and I need you to help him out."
Kunwei stood up, sharpening himself up, even in the BlackShine suit with teasing chastity. And even with that teasing him, Kunwei was trained to always keep up his professionalism as a butler slave. But this was rather serious for Fang, and he turned off the technology in the suit completely. Even the chastity.
Kunwei blinked a bit. "You take me out after only a half-hour and need me to help a guest, but de-activate ALL of the tech in the suit? This really must be serious."
"It is. You go on up and greet the Pokémon you'll see upstairs. And don't worry about changing out of the suit, he's a kinkster friend. I'll get Tao out as well."
As Kunwei knew to do, he was obedient and started leaving the basement to greet whoever Fang's guest was…
"…Whoa."
Kunwei saw the Pokémon all right… both of them. While he wasn't shocked to see an Aegislash at all, his large imposing and muscular Buzzwole slave caught his attention. Buzzwole was a particular rare species in the first place, only hailing from Ultra Space. He never thought he'd see one… much less one wearing a thick rubber suit and a property collar.
"Reactions like that never get old." The Buzzwole laughed.
The Aegislash smirked. "Oh, indeed. And hello there. I'm William the Aegislash, and that would be my slave, Tadeo the Buzzwole. And you are?"
Kunwei stuttered a bit. Trained as he was, he certainly wasn't prepared for this. "Uh, um… M-My name is Kunwei. The uh… Hypno. My Master said you needed my help… or at least something involving my expertise?"
William sighed. "Long story short, I'm being blackmailed for a lot of money. Do you have technology hacking skills?"
"Random question… but yes. Butler school trains you for pretty much everything your Master might need. I graduated there with top honors."
"Good." William said, handing over this cell phone. "Take a look at this text. Can you trace it back to the origin?"
Kunwei looked over the text. "Yikes. That IS serious. No wonder Master got me out. It's a long shot, but let me hook this up to my computer and see what I can do."
The Hypno went over to his room, retrieving his laptop and a couple of cords and miscellaneous objects before setting it in the living room area where William and Tadeo were. As he turned on the computer, he attached a wire connecting the phone and the computer. The phone came to life, and Kunwei opened the text message. It was, of course, anonymous, but that didn't stop him.
"Let's see… I'll re-route this message through a 1-800 proxy to reveal his number…"
William was surprised. "You can do that?"
"Definitely."
Kunwei started to dial a 1-800 number on William's cell, though the final number he put in far exceeded 10 to 11 digits.
After that, a program appeared on his screen. Selecting the text message on the phone again, the program filtered the anonymous number through the proxy to identify the message's true number.
"…929-335-4580. Now, you just look that number up through any regular directory. Or… just search the number on the Internet."
"Astounding." The Aegislash commented. "How would you know you'd need these skills in the future? I mean… the legality of this seems questionable."
"To be honest, I don't think it is legal. But I learned this stuff for a reason. Before I went to butler school, Master has had… problems with malicious anonymous callers. Some were simply very perverted advertisements targeting him, but others threatened to find him. To reveal his secrets. Even to kill him."
The Buzzwole appeared shocked. "…Someone would actually do that?"
Kunwei sighed. "Nothing ever came of those calls, as I think they were just a wave of prank calls by some really cruel Team Skull punks… but they did such a number on my Master's psychological health that it was heartbreaking to see. He started to sob in his sleep, legitimately scared for his life. Tao and I are capable of battling… but Fang is very poor at battling. And you're talking about the 'Mon that saved me from living in poverty for the rest of my life. So… that's why I picked up these reverse-directory skills in just a month, even if they are legally questionable. It DID help the Alola Police catch those jerks and toss them in prison, so I can't really complain. But I just felt better knowing that Fang could sleep easier."
William noticed the tone shift in Kunwei's voice, his voice becoming more vulnerable as he started to refer to his Master by his first name…
"You really care for him, don't you?" William said.
"I do. Master… No… Fang is like a father to me. He's been a better guiding point in my life than my parents have ever been. Seeing him so hurt and scared and… upset… I wasn't just going to leave it at that."
Silence filled the air for a bit, nobody really sure how to continue and change the flow of conversation. Thankfully, Fang and Tao chose now to come up.
"Any luck finding a source, Kunwei?"
Kunwei was directed back to his computer by his Master's voice. "Oh! Yes, Master. I just ran the program and I've traced the call back to a… Mr. Xander Epperson. 7857 Wishiwashi Drive. Melemele Island."
"…That's not far from here. 20-minute drive at the most." Fang realized. "We can manage that."
Tao had an unsure look on his face. "I… don't know about this, Master. I mean… isn't this breaking and entering?"
Fang turned to face the Garchomp. "Look, Tao. Whoever this Pokémon is, he's causing a lot of trouble for one of my former students. Picture me in his scenario. It's happened before. I'll be damned to let him go through the same kind of torment."
Tao recalled that. It was… a very difficult time to support his Master. He had stood strong on the outside, but he remembered how broken and scared his Master was.
"…When do we go?" Tao asked Fang.
"Immediately. I'll discuss the plan of action in the car."
Said plan was something straight out of an action movie as the group of Fang, Kunwei, Tao, William, and Tadeo were in place at the blackmailer's house. And to their advantage, he wasn't home. Kunwei's job was to remotely hack into the security system and disable it. Tao and Tadeo were to stand guard outside the house, being the physically strongest as well as divert any attention away from potential passersby. William would be the one to sneak into the house and find any incriminating evidence, being a stealthy Ghost-type. And Fang would keep in touch with the other groups, communicating information as needed.
William stood outside the front door, waiting for Fang to give him the OK to head inside once the system was disabled. The Aegislash wasn't going to lie, he was nervous. If he somehow got caught even with the measures in place, 'breaking and entering' was going to look just as bad on his record.
Fang spoke to William via Bluetooth earbud. "System's deactivated. The door should be unlocked."
William nodded. Gulping a bit, he opened the front door and… nothing. No alarm, no panic, it was calm. He sighed in relief, still camouflaging himself just to be safe (and if the blackmailer had any pets). He entered, looking immediately for the blackmailer's room, as that was where any potential counter-blackmail would be. And sure enough, he found it on the second floor.
In the room was a desktop computer, several books and albums neatly organized on a bookshelf, some DVDs and VHSs in a corner of the room along with a TV, and a bed. William decided to look through the obvious computer first, though was quickly denied access via password.
"Figures…" he muttered, deciding to look elsewhere. He went to the bookshelf, finding such books as 'Blackmailing 101', 'Hacking for Dummies', 'CPP', 'The History of Classified Information'…
"Wait… CPP?" William wondered. He had a small suspicion as to what that stood for… but he'd have to open it to find out.
Taking out the book, the first warning sign was a picture of just a Riolu on the cover. Nothing BAD, per say, but if CPP stood for what the Aegislash think it did…
Hesitantly, he opened the book to the first page… and had to resist the urge to destroy it on the spot. His suspicions were right. CPP was exactly what William thought it was. Remembering that he had indeed found his counter-blackmail, he contact Fang via Bluetooth headset.
"Fang. I found our counter-blackmail. But… uhh…"
Fang was currently keeping tabs on Tao and Tadeo, alarmed as a car started to slow down… and go towards the house they were raiding.
"William, if you have it, get out ASAP. Our blackmailer's back home."
Fang opened a contact channel back to Tao and Tadeo. "You two. Stall whoever's there long enough for William to get out."
Tao and Tadeo saw the car pull up into the driveway. Yawning, a Gallade came out, ready to retire. "Damn, today was a long day. Can't wait to relax…"
Until he saw the Garchomp and Buzzwole blocking the way to the front door.
"…Can I help you two with something? And can we make it quick?" he groaned.
"Um… uh… Congratulations, sir!" Tadeo said. "I'm giving advertisements to my gym. I'm a professional fitness coach, and I highly recommend that you give me a look for your needs!"
The Gallade, no doubt Xander, rolled his eyes. "Thanks, but no thanks." He said shoving past the two with surprising strength. "I just want to go home and…"
The Gallade opened the door before the two could stop him, and what he saw made his heart-rate soar.
His stash. Floating in midair. Knowing he was found out, he lunged for the book while the Aegislash phased back into visibility and knocked the Gallade back with a powerful Shadow Ball.
And now William was furious. "You're Mr. Xander Epperson, aren't you?!"
"How do you even know me? And give back that book!"
"Never!" William protested. "You have the nerve to blackmail me and demand for your sick stash back?!"
Tadeo was… a little lost. "I'm… a little lost. What does the CPP on that book mean?"
Xander tried to make something up. "Uhh… Cute… Pokémon… Pictures! Yeah, just cute pictures of my children is all!"
"…It's child Pokémon pornography." William growled. "I knew I needed counter-blackmail material for you, but THIS is low. You have the nerve to call ME a sick bastard?!"
"So what?! I'm not hurting anyone, am I? Isn't THAT what counts? They're just off of the Internet!"
William was about to fire another Shadow Ball until something occurred to him. "…How about a deal?"
"…What kind of deal?" Xander said.
"You want to blackmail me, right? But I have prime material for you right here. So… here's my bargain. You don't sell that information about my bondage interests to anybody… and I don't expose you as a pedophile."
Xander growled. "I think pedophile is a bit of a harsh word, isn't it? But fine, whatever. I agree. Just give me back the…"
"Oh no, Mr. Epperson. I know how this works. If I give you back this book, there's nothing stopping you from still selling my information, and then I won't have anything on you. No… I'm going to store this book in the deep dark depths of a place you'll never find it, and you're going to comply if you don't want your own 'information' company finding out. Not only would they fire you, but they'd have even BIGGER blackmail than some Aegislash into bondage!" he laughed.
Xander was furious now. "YOU SON OF A-"
"Do we have a deal, Xander?" William asked again.
The Gallade crossed his arms. He honestly wasn't in any position to decline. And if he tried to retaliate, he'd have not only an Aegislash to deal with, but a Buzzwole and Garchomp as well.
Xander sighed. "Deal. But I only keep my end of the bargain if you don't tell nobody."
William had a slight look of discomfort on his face, but nodded in agreement. "Understood."
He was quick to move out of the house and back to Fang's car, immediately sealing the book into the Distortion World where he both could keep tabs on it yet never have to see it again.
"Let's just go back now." William muttered to Fang, with the rest of the group piling up and heading on back…
Back at Fang's place, Tadeo breathed a sigh of relief, chuckling to himself as he came inside. The group had stopped by the Malasada shop on the way back to celebrate their success, and the Buzzwole was quite full from his fill of malasada.
"Well, that's a relief, isn't it? No more blackmail to worry about." He said to his Master.
William was a bit spaced out, unaware of the world around him. He didn't notice Fang turn on the TV, Kunwei going back to his computer, or even Tao going back into the basement to do some… experimental bondage.
He was too busy thinking. "…Did I do the right thing?"
Tadeo blinked. "William?"
William still didn't hear his slave. "…Should I just let nobody know of this?"
"…William?" he said again in concern.
The Aegislash didn't register the question. "…If I took away his collection of pictures, what would… what if he would…"
William was finally brought back to attention by a flashing alert on the TV, interrupting Fang's show. The Drampa grumbled a bit, having been watching an exciting Battle Network match.
"Warning: The Alola Police Department has issued a pivotal Amber Alert to Melemele Island. A young Riolu, age 5, was last seen at Hau'oli City Park approximately one hour ago. The abductor's details are mostly unknown, only that he or she was possibly a Gallade. This is not confirmed yet, but the Riolu was last seen with a Gallade by an eyewitness. If you have any information or have seen this Riolu, please call the number on your screen now."
Fang, William, and Tadeo stared at the screen, eyes opened wide.
"It can't be…" Fang muttered. "He said he'd keep your secret."
"But…" Tadeo realized. "…That doesn't stop him from…"
William's eyes narrowed, taking the book out from the realm he sealed it in. Without even hesitating, he called the police to Fang's house, ASAP. With the book, he could convince the police to raid the Gallade's house. Xander would certainly blab his secret… but William would never live with himself if he let Xander get away with this. He didn't know what the Gallade was capable of with his stash gone…
The police force was quick to arrive at Fang's house. Tao was still awkwardly in bondage in the basement, and since Fang didn't have the time to get him out before they arrived, he just stuffed a giant ball-gag into Tao's mouth and ordered silence from him.
Fang had just finished coming up the stairs from the basement when the police knocked on the door. But instead, William went to answer it.
A Nidoking and a number of humans appeared on the other side. "Hello, sir. You called us about potential information regarding the missing Riolu?"
William sighed. "Yes, sir. I have evidence of who it was, but it's a long story…"
"So… that's what happened." The Nidoking said, listening to the full story from William's side. "That's why you even have the CPP. It's not yours."
"Not in a million years, sir."
The Nidoking sighed. "You said he was part of an 'information' company? We've been trying to track down those involved. They're Greencorp. Founded by ex-Team Plasma members after the first fall of Ghetsis in Unova a number of years back, they sell and trade information. That's the extent that we know about Greencorp, as the company is very tight-lipped and has… a lot of connections."
Fang had to ponder for a bit, knowing he could trust these cops. "…I wonder if they had anything to do with those 'prank' Team Skull calls years back…"
William was surprised. "I… knew he said he was part of an 'information company' but I didn't know it ran that deep…"
"Regardless, this isn't our focus now. We'll head over to that address with this evidence and make the arrest. And if your suspicions are right, the Riolu should also be there. Thank you for your cooperation."
William watched as the policemen left. He sighed. "No doubt that Gallade will blab about me. Hell, there goes my job."
Fang tried to give William a soft smile, carefully hugging the Aegislash. "You did the right thing."
"Thanks, Fang. But Tadeo and I need to get going now. I have work Monday."
"You take care, William." Fang said, handing him a piece of paper. Reading it, it had Fang Yahzu's name, address, phone number and e-mail on it.
"Let's keep in touch, all right?" the Drampa smiled.
William couldn't help but smile back. "Of course, sir."
That Monday…
William sighed to himself as he approached his office building. He saw the arrest and trial that had happened on Sunday. The jury reached a unanimous 'Guilty' verdict, but Xander took one last pot-shot at William, shouting everything William 'did' to the entire world on TV. His whips, chains, bondage, rubber, everything.
He went inside, heading up to his office to begin organizing for what he figured was an inevitable firing. He took note of some of the reactions around him on the way to his office. Some of the other workers had looks of disgust on their face, with a Lopunny worker next to William packing up her things.
This caught the Aegislash by surprise. "Miranda, why are you packing up? Did something happen?"
The Lopunny's face grimaced upon seeing the Aegislash, slapping William in the face before resuming packing. "Yeah. You happened. Pervert. Especially after everything the boss had to say about you. It was so disgusting."
William gulped. He figured he should probably look into other jobs offers soon…
An announcement on the intercom came on. "William the Aegislash, will you come to my office. William the Aegislash, please."
Miranda grumbled again to herself, finishing up packing. William never did get to his office, knowing he should answer to his boss. He may have been a successful businessmon, but he figured Technical Machines Co. couldn't take the image damage of having someone with William's interests on board.
Soon enough, William was sitting down in his boss's room, waiting for the Ampharos to pass judgement.
"I saw that broadcast, William. And I only have one thing to say."
The Ampharos sipped his coffee as William floated nervously in the air. He shut his eyes, waiting to hear the words "You're fired." come out of his boss's mouth.
"...Congratulations. You did good." The boss smiled.
"I... what?" William stuttered, caught off guard.
"You put away a pedophile. That's not just brave of you, but good press for us! This'll be a lot of positive coverage for the company. Stocks and sales will spike."
"But... you heard what he said, right?" he said cautiously "That I'm into... certain things? And Miranda… she was leaving because…"
The Ampharos narrowed his brow, looking at his employee. "William. What you do on your off time isn't my concern. Sure, it's... unorthodox. But you are far too valuable an employee of this company for me to fire you. And Miranda… well, if she has a problem with you, she can just leave. You're more valuable than she is."
"That all... means a lot for me to hear, sir." The Aegislash smiled.
"Head to your office. I think you'll find a nice surprise there. You're dismissed." The Ampharos chuckled.
William breathed a sigh of relief, all of his worst fears lifting off of his shoulders. But he took his boss's order and went back to his office. Unlocking the door, he found a small box on his desk, just big enough for a card to fit in. Curious, he opened the box, taking out what was indeed a card. He read it aloud to himself.
Dear William…
We… we can't thank you enough for what you did for our child. I don't know what that Gallade could've done to Joseph if you hadn't told the police. Our child… our child is safe and back with us because of you. You must've been scared, knowing that secret that was… shown to the whole world. But my husband and I don't care. You brought our child back, and that's something braver than keeping a secret. From the bottom of our hearts, we thank you.
- Stephanie the Infernape and Lucas the Lucario
William couldn't help but smile, putting the card away.
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IT. IS. DONE. This over 8000 word episode is freaking DONE. This was so much fun to do, expanding on the world of Fang Yahzu, especially through the newly introduced William. So much effort and love and polish went into this episode, and I truly hope you all enjoy it. Please be sure to leave a comment or review.