Author's Note: If you don't know what a nekomata is, you should go look it up, otherwise it might confuse you. Also, an interesting tidbit of information for you: a female breeding cat is called a queen.

WHAT? A QUEEN?

Yes. Because have you ever met a female cat that you couldn't imagine saying, "I am the Queen and you are my Loyal Subjects." They're royalty. They know it. And so, we are doomed. :|

…Somehow, I'm disappointed in this chapter. I'M SORRY, Lover Of Sorrow! D:

Updated (07-07-12): This chapter has been edited to fit the guidelines of the fanfiction site. The adult version can be found over on adultfanfiction under the same username. There's a link on my author's page.

Queen

Water. Water. Water. Water. Water.

Now, Joey didn't necessarily like water, but the priests had told him that running water would help with his meditation—which he also didn't like. Actually, he really didn't know why he was training to be a priest. He didn't really like all of the work they did, and he especially didn't like having to sit in one place for extended amounts of time, doing nothing but meditating. The only reason he'd agreed to become a priest was to make his mother stop badgering him to do something other than wood-carving.

He was good with knives and wood. What could he say?

"Hmmm… You know, you're quite unlikely to become a priest at the right you're going. You've moved out of seiza eight times in three minutes."

Joey jumped and turned sharply, startled. He blushed a little as he saw a brunet sitting idly on the branch of a tree nearby, his sharp blue eyes watching him in such a penetrating way that he felt naked under his gaze. Ignoring the fact that the stranger only wore a pair of tattered pants that were more hole than cloth, he began, "Who are you t' judge what I—"

"I'm disappointed, Joey." The brunet slid from the branch and landed in a crouched position, using one hand to stabilize himself. He lifted his head to gaze at him again, just as intently. "I would think you'd recognize me."

The blond frowned and tilted his head. "I… don't think I've ever met ya. I'm sorry."

"Hmm, you really are oblivious, aren't you?" The stranger smirked at him, exposing long, sharp eyeteeth. "Don't you remember those poor little strays you fed because no one else would? People were afraid that they were nekomata, so they wanted those cats to starve to death?"

Joey blinked innocently. "Oh, were those your cats, then?"

The brunet purred. "You really are a little moron, aren't you? But somehow, that's charming." Before the younger boy could get offended and snarl at him, he continued, "Let me assure you that I want to thank you, Joey, not hurt you."

"What are ya—eee!" The blond jerked back in surprise as something parted from the stranger's hair and lifted, showing them to be feline ears. He paled a little as he saw a long, brown forked tail rise from behind him. "Oh, Kami-sama."

"My name is Seto, and I'd like to thank you for feeding both my brother and me." Seto's eyes narrowed a little as he prowled up to him and rubbed his cheek against the blond's shoulder. "Though I must admit… I don't think you're ever going to become a full-fledged priest."

Joey shivered and jerked away from him quickly, confused by his body heat rising. "W-wha-?"

The nekomata growled quietly and smirked, licking his lips in a way that somehow made the blond shiver again just by seeing it. "You know, when I first saw you, I knew you were different. Something about your aura just… drew me to you."

"D-drew ya t' me? Why me!" the blond exclaimed, trying to crawl backward. He squeaked as the older man caught his robes and fell backward, gasping as the feline-turned-human pinned him to the ground. "Wha-!"

"Did you think I'd just… let you escape, after I'd finally found you?" Seto smiled in amusement. "You really are such a silly little human, Joey."

Joey squirmed beneath him anxiously. "Finally found me? Well, ya found me, so ya can let me go now!"

The brunet raised an eyebrow. "Did you really expect me to listen to you?"

"It was worth a shot…!" The priest-in-training bit his bottom lip as his body continued to heat up. "…Are you killin' me now?"

"Now Joey… why would I kill my Queen?" Seto cooed, smiling sweetly—so sweet that the blond could almost taste the poison behind his words.

Joey had only a split second to recognize the pain in the back of his head before his vision went dark.

.-.-.-.-.-.

"Mm… Mm…"

Joey moaned quietly as he felt something hot and wet rubbing against his cheek. "Ngh, ow…" He gasped as something sharp dug into his hip and jerked to full consciousness, immediately looking around to figure out where he was. "Wha—ah, you!"

"Yes, me." Seto grinned in a decidedly uncomforting manner. "Welcome to my home."

His home was actually pretty nice for what seemed like a starving stray cat. It appeared that they were in a cave, but the walls were somehow scoured smooth, covered with large tapestries of different colors and designs. The dirt floor was packed hard, also covered with a few tasteful carpets, and the bed—

"Why am I on a bed and why are you on top of me?" Joey shrieked, blushing brightly.

At that, the playful expression on the nekomata's face faded, replaced with a serious frown. "Because I wouldn't dare make you my Queen anywhere else."

"But what does that—ah!" The blond wriggled wildly as he was tugged upward, only then realizing that his wrists were bound together tightly with the cloth belt from his robes, and that he was disconcertingly nude. "What are you—where are my—"

Seto hissed as he tugged the blond around to settle him on his lap. "You aren't priest material, Joey. Even you must realize that."

"Maybe so, but—" Joey tried to squirm, but a sudden iron grip on his hips made his body still instinctively.

The brunet growled and nuzzled his neck roughly, then whispered, "You weren't meant to be a priest. You were meant to be my Queen. You must feel it. You know something isn't right whenever you practice for priesthood. But something feels right at this very moment, doesn't it? I feel right for you."

"…Nn…" The younger boy trembled a little at the feeling of warm breath against his ear.

He didn't want to admit that this felt good—that he felt any sort of rightness at all—but he didn't feel nearly as uncomfortable with the brunet as he did back at the temple. He could admit that he never really wanted to be there, that he didn't feel being a priest was his calling, but… but Seto was a nekomata! How did he know he wouldn't kill him and then steal his body-!

"…Are you a good nekomata or a bad nekomata?" he asked quietly, then bit his bottom lip. "…'re ya gonna kill me and take my body?"

Seto let out a quiet 'hmm' sound more reminiscent of a feline than a human. "I'd rather you be alive to enjoy me taking your body. In any case, I like to think I'm neither. I'm not necessarily bad; I do enjoy watching someone hurt themselves, but if they're hurt exceptionally bad, I'll go out of my way to get them some help." He trailed his fingers up the outside of the blond's thigh. "Though I can be persuaded to be either way, really."

Joey tilted his head to look at him in confusion. "…A-and ya want me as your… as your Queen? Why? What does that mean for me?"

"Well…" Jerking the blond around so he was flat on his back on the bed again, the nekomata purred. "It means that you will be mine. You will spend your time with me." Tail twitching in annoyance at having to hold himself back, he just barely kept himself from eating the blond's face when his cheeks turned pink. "In being my Queen, you will submit to me, but control my domain beside me. I will respect you, but in return… you must respect my wishes, feelings—me. You must respect my brother as well."

The blond frowned. "So basically… just do everything I did at the temple."

"You don't have to meditate or stay in one place for long, Joey. In fact, if my brother and I have our say, we'll be romping around quite often." The brunet's eyes narrowed slyly. "Though my definition of 'romping' certainly differs from my brother's."

Joey looked back at him again, brows furrowing together. "They can't be that different. Can they?"

"I'll explain the difference if you agree to be my Queen," the feline man replied, smirking.

At that, the blond frowned and turned his gaze away. He knew he didn't belong at the temple; he didn't want to be there in the first place. He didn't want to dishonor Kami-sama, either, by not putting his all into being a priest, and he didn't want to be unhappy. He didn't know how it would work out, being Seto's Queen, but at least he'd have a chance at being happy. Besides, romping and playing around sounded so much more fun than meditating…

"…Okay. I'll be your Queen," Joey stated after a few more moments of thought. "You'll let me visit my family, though, won't ya?"

Seto cooed at him and smiled. "Of course, Joey."

The blond squirmed beneath the look he was given. "…W-what's the difference in rompin' with you and your brother?" He gasped quietly as the feline man's knee brushed against his inner thigh. It must have been an accident though.

"Well, to my brother, romping is just playing around and roughhousing; it's completely innocent." The nekomata's eyes darkened.

Joey shivered as he tried to turn and cover his body a little from the brunet's dark gaze. "…A-and what is rompin' t' you?"

"…Romping to me…" Seto purred, smirking, then dug his claws into the blond's hip again.

He jerked his head away and whimpered; it didn't hurt too much, but it had startled him. "Ah-!"

"…Is a good roll in the hay. Or sheets, in this case. Will you role in the sheets with me, Joey?" the brunet hissed, beginning to knead his hip gently. "I'll show you one of the perks of being my Queen."

"But I—I don't even know you—'nd ya don't even know me-!" He jerked his head again when he felt the brunet's lips brush against his chin.

Seto growled quietly. "I know that you fed my brother and me when no one else would. You've already agreed to be my Queen, Joey." He nuzzled the blond's throat roughly, smirking when the human mewed in surprise, then began rubbing against the blond's body slowly to cover him in his scent. "Does this feel bad?"

"Nn-! Nnnn!" Joey squirmed a little more, then whimpered quietly as he registered the question.

…It didn't really feel bad. It was different—they were both male, of course it was different—but it wasn't a bad different. In fact, if he thought about it a little (which he didn't want to, but was now forcing himself to), it actually felt… sort of good. It felt especially good when he felt something soft and furry brushing the insides of his thighs.

He moaned as the brunet rubbed against him again, blushing as the feline rubbed his cheek against his chin. "…S-Seto…!"

"You've agreed to be my Queen, Joey. At least let me show you how good I can make you feel…" Seto slid a hand down the blond's side, ears wilting in a way he knew was irresistible. "Please?"

Joey looked up at him and swallowed thickly at the pleading expression he was met with. Seto hadn't really hurt him up to this point (aside from knocking him out and kidnapping him). And he'd said that they'd respect each other, too… And if he was going to be staying with him…

…Seto had said he was going to show him one of the perks…

"O-okay."

Seto looked up at him sharply, ears flying up in surprise. His surprise, however, soon melted back into a smug smirk. "Really?"

Joey blushed a little. "Just… just untie me, 'kay? I don't—I wanna—eee!" He yelped as the belt was ripped from his arms. "Ouch!"

The brunet paused, frowning. "I'm sorry. I didn't actually mean to do that."

"If that's what a perk is I don't want it anymore!" the human exclaimed, scowling.

The feline whined. "I didn't mean to do that!"

"…Fine. But that was your last chance! If ya screw up again, I'm punchin' ya in the face and leaving!"

The brunet pursed his lips irritably, but he supposed he deserved this for finding a human attractive.

.-.-.-.-.-.

Seto purred smugly as he began to knead the blond's firm rump, teeth still firmly lodged in the back of his neck from their lovemaking. It had been wonderful; even though he was inexperienced, Joey had been an excellent lover and hadn't complained too much even when he was doing feline things.

The blond squirmed uncomfortably. "…Leggo o' my neck." He blushed a little. "'nd stop doin' that t' my butt!"

"Buh I lie yo buh." The nekomata released his neck with a slurp but continued to knead his ass. "Do you like being my Queen?"

Joey blushed even more and wiggled helplessly beneath him. "I-it's not bad. It's just… it's different." He closed his eyes tightly in embarrassment. "Leggo o' my ass!"

"Hmmmm… If you really want me to…"

"Yes!" The blond yelped again as he was flipped onto his back before the feline began rubbing against him again. "Agh! You're not gonna do that again yet, are ya?"

"As much as I would like to… I don't quite think you could handle it yet," Seto stated. He smirked. "If, by 'that,' you mean sex."

Joey turned his head and bit his bottom lip. "…So I'm stayin' with ya now? I don't hafta go back t' the temple? …The priests always yelled at me 'cause I couldn't sit still…"

The brunet let out a rumble of annoyance. "Of course you're staying with me. You're my Queen. It would be unacceptable for my Queen to live anywhere that isn't with me." He paused, then leaned down to kiss him lightly. "Unless you think I'm entirely too terrible to live with."

"…You're gonna feed me, right?" the younger boy asked quietly.

The feline looked appalled at the insinuation that he would not take care of his Queen completely. "Of course I'll feed you! And pamper you, put you in pretty clothes, clean you—"

"I'm perfectly capable of cleanin' myself!" the blond exclaimed, blushing again.

Seto scowled. "I'm putting my scent on you even if I have to lick you twice."

Joey blinked at him in confusion, still blushing a little. "…L-lick me? T' put your scent on me?"

"…I suppose I should explain a few things," the brunet admitted. "I guess I figured assimilating you to the feline lifestyle would be easy once I made you my Queen."

The blond blinked again. "…What?"

"Let's get you clean before I start explaining anything." The feline glanced down at the cum smeared across the younger boy's body and staining the bedspread. "…Though I must admit that you're pretty attractive like this."

"Huh?" Joey tilted his head, brows furrowing together.

Seto cooed and stroked his cheek. "You're so cute when you're outrageously oblivious."

"…Was that an insult? Hey!" He mewed in complaint as the brunet stood and scooped him into his arms, blushing again as he hurriedly wrapped his arms around his neck. "Ya better not be makin' fun of me, 'cause if I figure out ya are, I'm gonna punch ya in the face!"

"Oh, yes, I'm so af—uuuuuuuuccccckkkkkk!" The brunet groaned from the pain of being elbowed in the gut; obviously, he had quite underestimated his Queen's physical strength.