Disclaimer: Loveless doesn't belong to me as much as I would love to take these two home with me.

Chapter 3 - Discipline

The next morning Natsuo sat Youji down for a good long talk about keeping secrets from his Fighter. Natsuo took a cue from what he had heard about how some of the other Fighters and Sacrifices disciplined each other. Youji had actually yelped and cried out as the belt hit his bare behind and after several welts he'd started to cry exposing just how much he was now able to feel. By the time Natsuo was finished with him, Youji was a blubbering mess and his penis had swollen up again. Natsuo wasn't sure if he should do anything about that, he 'was' disciplining his Sacrifice after all and making him happy was not part of the deal. So that morning they found out that it 'would' go away on its own,.. eventually.

So it was a very subdued Youji, who was not in a hurry to be sitting down anytime soon and a determined Natsuo that headed into domain of 7. She thought it was cute that the Zero pair was so Naïve regarding sex, and being in charge of running and monitoring the schools security systems she immediately noticed the adorable Youji was having a little difficulty sitting still. The kind of difficultly that pointed to having been disciplined, she'd seen it enough here at the school, one of the pairs was always the more dominate partner while the other was submissive to some degree or another, and no, there were no rules as to who was which. She'd seen many submissive sacrifices over the years they were the ones that took the damage after all, so a liking for pain could be very beneficial to a sacrifice. Smiling as the teenagers stumbled thru their request for tutoring on such a delicate subject. She thought she would let them know she was on to their secret.

"Youji, dear would you like to stand up for a while?" Eyes wide with fear, Youji actually stilled in his seat.

"S-sensei, what do you mean?"

"I mean child that it's obvious, your Fighter has disciplined you and your fidgeting is only going to make it worse."

"Please, don't tell Sensei Nagisa, please." The terror in the couple's eyes was very real, and 7 wondered what her friend had done to these two young teenagers to cause such fear. No she would not tell Nagisa about this, those boys were flat out terrified of their creator.

"I give you word of Honor I will not tell Nagisa. Natsuo, from now on you might want to think about waiting until later in the day or even bedtime before disciplining Youji. I know sometimes it's important to make your 'point' right then and there. But if you wait, he'll be less likely to give you away the next morning, okay." Natsuo nodded his head at 7's words of wisdom, yes that made sense, and the wait would heighten the punishment making it even more effective.

"Yes Sensei, I hadn't thought of that, honestly we weren't even sure how it would turn out until after we'd started and well even now I'm not even sure how long he's going to feel it."

"This was the first time? How hard did you beat him? The pair actually blushed, those words sounded well so provocative.

"I-I well it's very red and he says it's sore to the touch, I was really angry with him and I wanted to make sure he understood how important what I was trying to get across was."

"Oh my, Um Youji could you turn around and drop your pants a little I want to make sure Natsuo didn't go too far in his inexperience." Blushing, the pretty long haired teen did as she asked, then pulled them back up again quickly.

"Goodness, okay you two stay here a couple of minutes, I'll be right back." 7 rushed off to get the books the boys had asked for, along with a couple that were NOT on the regular curriculum they were extremely naïve, it was obvious they had no clue regarding anything sexual, and it was also obvious to even the secluded 7 that they would make a couple of it, most Fighter Units did, in fact it was very rare that a Fighter Pair that didn't pair bond in 'that' way as well as the Sacrifice/Fighter Bond. Though it did happen occasionally, Ritsu and his Fighter had been one such pair, Soubi and his first Sacrifice 'Beloved' (aka Seimei) was another, and in 'those' pairs while one was usually willing the other wasn't and so the bond never fully completed no matter how strong the pair seemed, they could have been stronger if the pair bond had completed. 7 believed, (unlike Ritsu who still harbored feelings for Soubi himself) that Ritsuka was Soubi's true Sacrifice, time would tell on that one.

Gathering the things she had left to retrieve she returned to the anxiously waiting pair. She handed them the regular class assigned books first, telling them which to read first and then she handed them the extra books she had brought with her.

"You will find these books to be a bit more helpful for your particular situation. Same sex pairings are quite common among the bonded Fighter Units. But the regular assigned books don't cover it for some reason, so we keep these on hand for those pairs that are. I've also included a beginners book on 'disciplining' I would suggest you both read it, if it interests you I can get you more." She' eyed the boys as they flipped thru the book their eyes wide that there were actually 'books' regarding that kind of stuff, Youji's breathing actually started to hitch a little. There was more? Could he take that? Did Natsuo 'like' what he had done to him this morning?

"Ah, thank you Sensei, thank you so much. We'll take good care of them, promise." Natsuo closed the book a smirk gracing his face. Yeah he was interested all right, and from the sound of it so was Youji. 7 then presented the boys with a jar of salve. A ghost of a smile upon her face, Natsuo had certainly wanted to get a very important point across to his Sacrifice this morning the poor boy was going to be black and blue.

"Here, Youji's going to need this, there is no way he's going to be able to sit thru classes today. In fact he may find sitting a little difficult for a couple of days, this salve will help, I'll send an e-mail to your teachers that you're doing some extra work for me today." With a smile she then ushered them out of her private domain and back in the direction of main school. Books and salve in hand the teenagers headed back to Youji's room. They had a lot of reading to do and Youji's ass was on fire, he wanted to put some of that salve on as soon as possible.

Natsuo turned out to be quite the disciplinarian, he refused Youji's somewhat whiny request to put the salve on 'now', he advised his Sacrifice that that would defeat the purpose of the spanking if he numbed the pain right away. He didn't want Youji forgetting anytime soon what would happen if he kept anymore secrets from his fighter. For his part Youji, swore vehemently that he'd gotten the point very well earlier and could Natsuo, pplleeaassee wipe the salve on his butt. But Natsuo refused saying he would just have to live with it until bedtime. He then put the salve in his pocket and settled into a chair to read the book on discipline 7 had given them. He gave Youji the standard sex education books to start with, he ended up reading lying down on the bed at least that way he wasn't fidgeting all the time, his ass was still on fire, stupid Natsuo. He'd promised not to keep secrets anymore hadn't he? Every once in a while he'd reach back and rub the offending part of his anatomy, hoping that would help. It was a very natural reaction unfortunately it didn't help at all.

Natsuo gave in after dinner Youji stripped down, the redness had lessened somewhat but now the blue black of bruises were beginning to appear. Natsuo felt somewhat guilty, after reading the book 7 had given them he had realized he had not only gone too far, especially for the first time, but that one should work up to serious punishment, starting off with a leather strap as they had done was for couples far more experienced in such things than they were, he could have seriously harmed his Sacrifice by accident and not just disciplined him as he had intended. He was grateful to 7 for this book, he had also read that there were two basic kinds of discipline the kind he'd done this morning, which was done as a punishment and then the kind that was done for sexual gratification.

It explained what Youji's response this morning meant. Despite allhis cries and protests, Youji's body had enjoyed it. Natsuo had no desire whatsoever to find out what it felt like to be on the receiving end, but the pictures in the book had given him several enticing and vivid images. One of Youji squirming bent over his lap had made him feel all warm inside and a heat had built in his groin area and he'd felt a slight stirring there. Touching himself he found he was as swollen as Youji had been the day before, from this morning he knew it would go down on its own, but that it was there made him happy. He was catching up to his Sacrifice.

Natsuo decided to partially indulge that vivid image, except that instead of Youji receiving a punishment, this time he would use that handy position to apply the salve Youji been begging for all day. He instructed Youji how to place himself and to remember this position for future reference. Youji laid himself across Natsuo lap, he knew Natsuo was going to apply the salve but the position itself made him feel vulnerable and exposed, which was weird seeing as they'd been taking baths together nearly all their lives.

Opening the jar Natsuo scooped some of the salve out onto his hand he began to gently apply it to the abused flesh of his Sacrifices bottom. Youji gasped when Natsuo's hand had first connected with his sore ass, but soon the salve started to do it work. Both Sacrifice and Fighter lost themselves in the feelings racing thru them. While one of Natsuo's hands caressed and rubbed the salve into Youji's tender behind, the other stroked the long beautiful hair falling to the floor. Sensations ripped thru Youji as his Fighter tenderly cared for him. He wanted something more he just didn't know what that more was yet. All too soon Natsuo finished rubbing in the salve, Youji moved to kneel on the floor at his feet, their eyes locked on one another's.

"Youji, I'm so sorry about this morning. I went too far, I know that now. Can you forgive me?"

"Of course Natsuo, I would forgive you anything." Led only by instinct, Natsuo leaned forward and for the first time ever pressed his lips to those of his Sacrifice.

He was so sweet, his beautiful one, his Youji.

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AN: 1 maybe two more chapters to go.