Series: Sanguine Bindings||Story Title: Ruler of the Shadows
Characters: Ken, Daisuke||Romance: Ken x Daisuke/Daisuke x Ken
Chapter: 36-40||Chapter: 500||Total: 18,000
Genre: Supernatural, Romance||Rated: R
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.
Notes: Implied nudity. Tamed Daisuke. Referred to sensory deprivation. Reunion between Daisuke and V-mon.
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.
Daisuke stumbled into the room Wormmon led him to, eyes falling on V-mon almost right away. His partner had his back to him, grumbling as he sorted through some things Daisuke had no idea about what they were. Nor did he care.
"V-mon!"
V-mon whirled around at once, his eyes widening when he saw who stood there. Then he blinked some, head going to one side.
"Daisuke? I thought humans wore clothes..."
Daisuke blinked a little at that, looking down at himself. He hadn't even thought about it until V-mon said something. He couldn't remember wearing anything from the moment Kaiser… well, he hadn't really needed them since, had he? He shook his head.
"Doesn't matter." He took a couple of quick steps forward. "I'm glad to see you again!"
V-mon lurched over and wrapped himself around Daisuke's leg, a floodgate opening as he babbled about how happy he was, how much he'd missed Daisuke, he'd worried about him, Wormmon said he was all right, but V-mon wasn't ever sure what he could believe, because what if Wormmon was wrong?
Daisuke rubbed the small blue head and grinned. "Well, I'm just fine." And he was. Really. His master took good care of him, especially now that he'd learned his lessons about where he belonged and who he belonged to.
V-mon tilted his head up. "Are we going home now? Away from here?"
That got a very confused blink out of Daisuke. "Why would we leave here?" This was his home now. He did wonder what his parents had been told – and he thought he'd seen Jun on some of master's monitoring screens, but he wasn't always sure he could trust those.
His partner stared at him. "Because we don't belong here! This is the Kaiser's place! He's holding us prisoner!" His lip quivered and Daisuke wished he could do something to stop that. V-mon just… just didn't understand? Was that it?
Daisuke leaned forward. "V-mon, the Kaiser is my master. I belong to him. He's everything to me." He didn't know how else to say it. He rubbed at the side of his neck where his master fed from him. "He needs me, and I need him. I wouldn't want it any other way."
V-mon's eyes just got bigger and bigger. "You want him to take over the Digital World?" He sounded stricken to the heart.
Daisuke hated to hurt him. "What I want doesn't matter, V-mon. I'm his pet." It sounded a bit odd to say it, but it was so. "When he tells me to do something, I do it." It wasn't about choices. It was about what was right, and his obedience to his master was right.
V-mon grabbed harder onto Daisuke's leg. "We have to get out of here! You need to talk to the others! He did something to you! Did he put a Ring on you? Or one of those Spirals?"
Daisuke just shook his head. How could he convince V-mon of the truth?
To Be Continued
Notes: Poor V-mon. He's having it rough.