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Kuronue: You made Yokou hit me!
Yokou: Oh shut up, I didn't hit you that hard.
Yoru: Careful, Kuro, I'll hit you harder. evil, sadistic, lustful grin
Yokou: Yoru!
Yoru: pout
Yokou watched the sleeping prisoner. The Chimera's hands had been bound to the support in his tent, so Yokou could watch him. He really was beautiful, dark and confusing. Yokou smirked. He enjoyed watching Kuronue as he slept, lightly breathing, even in his uncomfortable position. After a long while, the bat-demon's eyes opened.
"Awake, then, Chimera?"
"Let me go, you bastard." The words were not a threat; it was a simple command. But it would not be followed. Yokou went to the prisoner and grabbed his chin harshly, yanking his head up until Kuronue winced.
"You are not in a position to talk to me like that, Chimera."
"You know my name. Use it." Yokou's savage slap rang out. Kuronue bit his lip to keep from crying out.
"You, Chimera, are in NO POSITION to talk to me like that. You are my prisoner, slave, captive. You are bound, I am not. Think about it." Kuronue glared up at him, a dark bruise forming on his cheek.
"My position holds no meaning. You killed my family and friends." Yokou smirked.
"Oh boo-hoo. Get over it, kid." Kuronue's eyes burned with rage and hate.
"Why did you keep me? Why didn't you just kill me?" Yokou shrugged and stood.
"You're feisty. You didn't beg for mercy like they did." Kuronue spat at Yokou's feet.
"Feisty. You took me because I'm feisty. You are nothing but a slimy, evil..." He doubled over, gasping, as Yokou's foot slammed into his stomach. The bandit leader was shaking with rage.
"I have the power to kill you, bat!"
"Then do it." The words were no more than a whisper, but Yokou heard them. When the Chimera's eyes raised to meet his again, they were filled with an unquenchable fire.
"Do it, you coward. Too afraid to attack someone not helpless. You make me sick." Yokou took out his knife and knelt next to Kuronue. Grabbing his face, he pressed the blade against the newest bruise on the Chimera's cheek.
"If you continue to make me angry, I will make a mark on you that will never go away unless I will it. It will show that you are mine forever. You don't want that, do you?" Kuronue tried to pull his face away; failing he glared at Yokou.
"Even if you mark me, I will never belong to you. Not in my..." He yelled as the knife slid into the bruised skin. Yokou dragged the knife down, watching the brand he made glow in the dim light of the tent. It was in the shape of a fox, purple. Yokou smirked as he brought the knife out of Kuronue's skin. The Chimera winced as Yokou licked any blood from the brand. Finally the demon fox stood, letting his iron grip on Kuronue's face go slack and drop. He went to his bed, smiling maliciously. Turning, he went to sleep.
Kuronue knelt silently in front of his post, eyes blank and unseeing. For all his brave words, marking him had been as bad as rape. He could never run where Yokou could not find him, nor could he kill himself without Yokou's consent. He was doomed to be a prisoner...forever.
