Series: Sanguine Bindings||Story Title: Ruler of the Shadows
Characters: Ken, Daisuke||Romance: Ken x Daisuke/Daisuke x Ken
Chapter: 13-40||Chapter: 500||Total: 6,500
Genre: Supernatural, Romance||Rated: PG-13
Notes: In the setting of this story, these are the differing points: the Chosen are roughly five years older than in canon, meaning that Ken, Daisuke, Takeru, & Hikari are sixteen, while Miyako is seventeen, and Iori is fourteen. There are some other differences, but those will be revealed during the course of the story. Except for this: this story will involve vampires. It begins in episode 2, once Daisuke's been captured.
Summary: On his second trip to the Digital World, Daisuke is captured by the Kaiser. Time to learn a little about the guy he's just started fighting. Like the fact he has sharp, pointy teeth and a thirst for more than conquest.
Kaiser reached down with mind and will, fury raging all through him that Daisuke even thought he could try to resist him. Daisuke belonged to him; Kaiser shaped his mind and his will, and would do as he was told, no matter what! He didn't have options anymore! The only real use he would ever be to anyone would be to please his master!
But his will met a resistance that he'd never even thought Daisuke could muster before. It wavered and he thought he could punch through it if he put enough effort into it. He knew enough of the ways of Daisuke's mind now to find ways into his deepest soul with just a little effort.
What surprised him far more was that it existed at all. It shouldn't have. Daisuke's mind should've been his helpless plaything for all time.
Daisuke started to push himself to his feet and Kaiser snarled, grip hardening.
"Be silent!" Kaiser snapped. Of all the times Daisuke could've chosen to resist him, why did it have to be now, when he stood on the verge of his greatest victory ever? Couldn't he have waited another day or two, with the Chosen gone forever?
Daisuke shuddered, fingers digging into the dirt beneath himself. His voice cracked as he spoke again, dragging each word out with painful, hurtful effort.
"No."
Only one word and yet it came from Daisuke's deepest heart. He pushed again, twisting his head despite Kaiser's unyielding grip on it, and Kaiser realized he was trying to look at V-mon.
He would pay attention to that bit of data instead of me?
V-mon scurried forward, stopped by a glare from Kaiser himself. At least he knew better than to cross Kaiser's wrath. But he kept his eyes on Daisuke, whose struggles against his master's will grew stronger and stronger by the second.
He yanked Daisuke to his feet and glared into his eyes, hating that wall of resistance, even though he suspected he could smash through it so easily. He didn't want to smash through it. He wanted it to disappear. He wanted Daisuke to surrender to him without hesitation, to acknowledge freely and willingly that Kaiser owned him.
The last few weeks, Kaiser had been able to ignore that slowly growing desire. He hadn't even fully admitted it to himself until now.
"You are mine," he reminded Daisuke, not breaking their gaze. "What can they give you that I can't, and better? They are not your friends. They don't know you. They know the shadow of my will, nothing more."
Daisuke tried to bring up a hand but couldn't move it very far. He'd not properly moved without Kaiser's will in weeks. But he still spoke.
"We can… become friends. I won't… let you stop that."
"He's right!" Takeru piped up. He even looked happy at all of this.
He didn't know his place, not at all. Kaiser would have to teach them. He would have to teach all of them.
To Be Continued
Notes: Daisuke resist. But for how long? Can Kaiser get him under control or will he go free?