A/N: A brief warning. For the lemon scene in this chapter, Stardust and Leyvaten are referred to by their birth genders (although you smart cookies out there would figure that out, I'm sure). Also, the numbers are merely a scene break. Enjoy!
Connections
"So he's still not awake yet?"
"No, and it's been so long since the duel with Goodwin."
"That brings a question to mind," The center of attention began to say, voice weak. "How long has it been since then?"
"Jake!" Leyvaten exclaimed, quick to hug her duelist tightly. Her sword was no where in sight, probably locked up somewhere or something. "You're alright... I was so worried..."
"Well, you'll... urk... can't... breathe..." Jake managed to gasp out, and as a result, was allowed enough space to do so. "Seriously, what happened? I remember Goodwin's deck practically fighting itself..."
"You blacked out, Jake," Stardust explained to the duelist gently, as Leyvaten was unsure of how to put it. "You've been unconcsious for a full week."
"How do you feel?" Leyvaten asked.
"Like I should still be asleep," Jake admitted. "I feel like –" He paused, noticing that Leo and Luna were in the room and revised his statement mid-sentence – "total crap."
"I could only barely hold off whatever you were feeling," Leyvaten told her duelist. "I was able to help, but very little."
"There you go again, throwing yourself... never mind, you never listen anyway," Jake sighed. "Where are we?"
"Back at Martha's place for now," Yusei answered. "A bridge is finally being built between Sattelite and New Domino City. They'll be connected at last."
"That's good news," Jake commented. "What about Stardust and Leyvaten, you guys still stuck here? And where's your obnoxiously large sword?"
"We figured out how to return to the duel monster world," Leyvaten said proudly. "Our bodies won't vanish, but our spirits simply move back there. When I went back last, I was able to summon my blade, and left it there."
Jake gave an 'ah' look as he nodded. The group told him they were glad he was alright, before saying they had to help get things back in order after the chaos of the Dark Signers. Except for Yusei and Stardust. They stayed behind.
"What's up?" Jake asked Yusei. The teen still felt far too exhausted to even sit up, and he was ready to fall asleep again, considering how late it was.
"During the week you were out, I had to comfort your deck," Yusei said, nodding to the cards sitting on the nightstand by the teen. Jake smiled at all of the concerned voices he was hearing. "By the third or fourth day, I didn't need those in my own to pass on their messages."
Jake nodded slowly at first. Several seconds passed. Then it sank in.
"Wait, what?" Jake exclaimed once it did, staring at Yusei with wide eyes. "You mean you can hear my deck now, and not just your own?"
"And just yours," Yusei nodded.
"We've only started to work on merging the ravines, so that might be a factor," Stardust interjected.
"But that shouldn't be enough for you to hear my entire deck," Jake said, frowning as he thought. He looked Yusei over. "Something else happened during the duel."
The older duelist smirked at how the teen figured it out so easily, before he showed his changed mark. He could practically hear the gears turning in Jake's head.
"The energy used in the change of your sign might have changed your connection to be open to one more deck," Jake began. "There was a connection between your heart and your original sign, but when this new one came, a different connection had to be opened – but because your heart was already accustomed to having something to connect to, it searched for a deck to open up to, and must have somehow chosen mine."
Yusei's eyebrows rose at this idea, nodding at the idea. Nobody else in the group had thought of such a thing, but it certainly made sense... sort of, anyway... aside from that, it was getting even later, and even Yusei could see how tired his friend was. So he bid good night to the younger duelist and headed for bed himself.
"Hey, Stardust," Leyvaten whispered to her mate slyly. "Meet me in my chambers in five minutes. Tonight's the night of the festival."
Stardust looked genuinly interested, Jake already fast asleep. The dragon and his mate had been keeping an eye on the young duelist for the past week, and now that they knew he was going to be alright, they could relax at this... festival, whatever it was about. Five minutes seemed to crawl by to Stardust, especially since Leyvaten had already closed her eyes and returned to her ravine. When he was at last called by her to head to her room, he did so with eager anticipation as to what the festival was about. He found her leaning over the balcony railing of her chambers, looking at the approaching full moon.
"Leyvaten?" He asked, getting her attention. She came over, grinning at his confusion. "What's the festival about, and where is it?"
"It's in the entire ravine, love," Leyvaten said gently. Then she schooled her face. "In a couple of minutes, things will happen, and afterwards... Stardust, after everything happens, you must swear that you will stay calm and let me explain."
"What do you mean, is something –"
"Promise me, Stardust!" Leyvaten insisted, gently taking a hold of his hands. He could tell by her eyes how serious she was. "Swear upon your word as a dragon!"
"A-Alright, I swear upon my word as a dragon that I'll stay calm and let you explain," Stardust said, giving in to his lover's demands. He realized quickly that she wasn't going to say anything else as she watched the moon begin to rise over the ravine, both of them bathing in its light in front of the dragoness' bed. It was when he felt odd that he voiced his question. "Leyvaten, what's..."
Stardust's voice hitched as he looked himself over, feeling the oddest sensation at his groin. He just had to be seeing things. His member had, out of nowhere, become fully erect, even though he felt no arousal – but now it was shrinking, as he felt his testicles sink into that spot between his legs. His cock vanished into his body, and he felt an odd sensation as something was happing inside of him. It wasn't painful, thankfully, but it felt damn weird. It was over as soon as it had started. He looked at Leyvaten in confusion, and his brow furrowed when he noticed a slit for a member's sheath had replaced his love's hole.
"Leyvaten, what..." He paused when he recalled his promise, then sighed. "Okay. You said you'd explain, so..."
Leyvaten gave a smile, before gently pulling her love into a kiss. Stardust couldn't help but smile through it and return it, and remain smiling when they pulled apart.
"You've changed," Leyvaten said gently, slowly bringing a hand up the side of the white dragon's chest, before calmly placing a hand on his breast.
"Ahh!" Stardust moaned instinctively at the sudden pleasure that shot through him. Then this clicked in his head. "Huh? Why'd that...?"
"It's the magic," Leyvaten explained. "Don't ask how or why it's in this ravine, it just is. We've already explained it to Blue-Eyes. Once per month, only on the first night of the full moon, this happens..."
Stardust was confused as to what 'this' was... until he had to support himself on his mate from intense pleasure rocketing through his body as her smooth fingers dipped into his innards.
Wait. What?
"No... no way..." He whispered, looking down. Sure enough, his lover's hand was gently pulling out of what could only be called a cunt. "So... then my..."
"Like I said, it's only for tonight," Leyvaten assured her mate, gently making sure she had eye contact. She knew very well how shocking this was, as it had been for everyone in the ravine the first time it had happened several years ago. "This is what the festival is about, Stardust. Once a month this happens, and we spend the night having some... not-so-clean fun."
Stardust nodded, feeling a bit in a haze at how all of this had happened so suddenly. His own ravine had nothing like this, and it was most certainly... interesting, to say the least. When his love gently kissed him again, his mind made up its decision, and decided that being on the receiving end for a single night wasn't a bad thing – it would be a way for them to become closer, to understand each other better. Perhaps that's why this little event was so popular here, and if the way he'd heard the citizens of the ravine speak was right, it was how all the couples in this place got so close. As a result of this sudden decision, he accepted his lover's kiss, and let her lean them back onto the bed, where she pulled away.
"I see you've made your choice," Leyvaten whispered into her love's ear smoothly. She enjoyed making him blush, mostly because it went well with his features. "Will you let me take care of you?"
"J-Just... be gentle..." Stardust said. He wasn't sure how this was supposed to go down now that their roles were reversed so suddenly.
"I was never going to do anything else," His mate assured him with a knowing smile. "Just relax, love..."
Stardust couldn't help but do anything else as his mate gently licked his now-sensitive nipple. It sent shivers up his spine, causing his back to arch slightly as she continued to play with it through the use of her tongue and lips, kissing all over both breasts. She obviously enjoyed showing him what it was like being on the receiving end for once. He moaned quietly, before he was partially silenced by the deepest, most passionate kiss of the night. Only partially because even as he was kissed, Leyvaten continued to carefully use her hands to mess with her lover's chest, and he was enjoying every waking moment. It was when she dipped her tongue into his newly formed innards that he finally spoke again.
"Ahh!" Stardust moaned loudly. It was such a new, incredible feeling, having someone's tongue inside you and play with those sensitive inner walls. "Mmm... L-Leyvaten..."
She just kept eating out her mate's cunt, knowing full well how good it felt. Despite herself, a hand had moved down to her growing cock, and begun rubbing it, causing some happy moans to escape her and into said mate's pussy. It took very little time for them both to moan quite loudly as, for Stardust's first time, he could feel his insides clench on nothingness and spill their juices all over his mate's face as Leyvaten's member gave few shots to the floor, before she carefully cleaned her face and brought her lips to Stardust's own.
"P-Please tell me you're ready..." Leyvaten whispered into his ear. Her only-for-tonight member was throbbing and desperate to please her mate's only-for-tonight cunt.
"T-Take me..." Stardust breathed back. He never thought he'd actually say those words.
The former male's moans grew louder with every passing centimeter of cock that was pushed into him – until he grit his teeth when something resembling a fleshy wall was prodded. Leyvaten halted when she found it, and seemed to be waiting for something – and after a few moments, Stardust understood what, before nodding nervously to her. She clamped his mouth shut with a kiss before breaking his hymen for the first time in his life. The pain that washed over his nerves caused his eyes to water, but it was slowly but surely overshadowed by the pleasure Leyvaten was giving him by playing with a breast, his clit, and making their tongues dance. Then he finally decided he was ready when the pleasure at last overshadowed the pain, and he did so by gently pushing Leyvaten further in – and they pulled apart as he did so.
"Mmmaahhh..." Stardust moaned quite loudly, as he found that the feeling of being filled by a cock was very intense and very, very good.
"Like it?" Leyvaten panted after a moment, trying to adjust to this feeling as well. She had experienced the changes before, yes, but she only had Mystletainn to have fun with during that time. Never had she actually been able to fill someone with her respectable length.
Stardust waited several anxious moments for his lover to stop torturing him with inactivity and take initiative, but when she started, dear Ra he didn't want it to end. It just felt so incredibly good...
"Nnn... S-Stardust..." Leyvaten moaned as she pounded her mate for all she was worth. "Y-You're so... so tight...!"
It took a few moments, but she finally resorted to pushing her lover's legs further apart for better access, helping to increase the pleasure and make it easier for her to get further into his hole with her member. With this being their first time of having their roles swapped, the knot on Leyvaten's thick and hungry-for-cunt cock soon found itself lodged in Stardust's hole.
"Ah!" Stardust exclaimed, his innards quickly caving in for the second time in his life, as the muscled walls forced his mate to moan as she poured her juices into his womb. How odd it was to think like that when, just two days ago, he had been the one doing this to her. He quickly found himself on the receiving end of a kissing assault, before they pulled apart. "Mmm... that was incredible..."
"Yeah..." Leyvaten agreed. "Would... would you..."
"More than anything," Stardust answered, knowing full well what his love's question would be.
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It wasn't until morning that Jake woke up, and late in the morning at that. Late enough to be bordering on noon. During those hours of sleep, he had found himself in that place again. The spot where he felt safe, at home, like nobody else could get in there and hurt him – and it was only in his mind... only in his heart. In there, he found what looked to be an opening in the wall. It appeared to be what let him talk to other decks, and it was outlined in a white light.
So if that opening lets me communicate with decks... Jake thought as he got out of bed and stretched his stiff muscles. Then that must be some sort of internal room that represents my soul or something... so I guess it could be called a soul room.
"Hello? Jake?" Crow called, snapping the teen out of his thoughts.
"Huh?" Jake said, confused as a hand was being waved in front of his face.
"You were miles away, that's all," Crow smirked, making Jake roll his eyes. "You okay?"
"Just thinking, but don't worry, it doesn't hurt to do that... although I don't know if you can say the same."
It took only a second for the Blackwing-deck user to understand, and very quickly chased after the fleeing and grinning Jake. Yusei and Jack were confused when the teen seemed to be using the former king as a meat shield between himself and a mockingly aggravated Crow. The current King of Duelists rolled his eyes at the antics between the two, before speaking up.
"Looks like you're feeling a lot better, Jake," He commented.
"Yeah," Jake nodded, finally stepping out from behind protection that went by the name of Jack. He easily dodged Crow's noogie-giving lunge, leaving said person down on the floor. "I feel a lot better, aside from stiff muscles that haven't moved in a week."
"Of course they'd be stiff," Jack said. Jake chose to ignore him, making the former king grit his teeth at the lack of respect.
"Where are Stardust and Leyvaten?" Yusei asked before his two friends could get into a fight. When he saw Jake's smirk, the older duelist just returned it, knowing in an instant what the answer was.
"They're busy," Jake answered. "As are the rest of my deck. They usually have some sort of festival celebrating the full moon. Don't ask why, because I don't know. I bet they're sleeping off some hangovers or something."
"We are not," Leyvaten said as she walked into the room at that moment, Stardust at her side.
Their genders had returned to normal with the rising sun, and thankfully, their real-life bodies didn't carry the smell of cum they'd been coated with from their fun. Which had, after a couple of private sessions, according to the festival, opened up to be a full-blast orgy in the middle of the entire freaking ravine. Not that they were complaining, it was a lot of fun and a damn good way to blow off some steam.
"You just damn well better not say out loud what was happening," Stardust warned both duelists.
"Why would we do that when we don't want to risk your overwhelming wrath?" Jake asked. The sarcasm was more than obvious.
"Be glad I don't have my blade on me, brat," Leyvaten told her duelist as she rolled her eyes.
"Over sized lizard," Jake replied in an instant.
"Dammit, you've gotten too good at that."
"Stop helping me practice, then."
Yusei just sighed and resigned to the fact that his friends were insane. Leyvaten and Jake apparently figured it out fairly easily.
"You're just as insane, you know," Leyvaten accused the pro duelist and her mate.
They looked at each other before back at the other two and simultaneously denying the accusation. Jake and Leyvaten laughed. Jack, Crow, and almost everyone else in the room were left confused. They soon gave up on trying to interpret whatever was being said.
"Jake, you said you could teach us how to hear our decks, right?" Crow asked the teen, who nodded with a smile.
"It's easy, but you'll need to sit down and put your deck out in front of you," Jake instructed. "And you'll need the utmost patience. Luna doesn't really need to do it, she can already talk to her deck."
Luna blushed a bit at the attention, but understood where the newest member of the gang was coming from in his reasoning. It certainly made sense. The rest of them took a seat at Martha's table and put their cards in front of them.
"Take your hands off your decks, and don't touch them until you can hear the top card," Jake told them all. He could already hear the spirits arranging the decks so that the leader was there. "This will take time, so you will need to be patient. Close your eyes."
The teen waited until they had all done so. It suddenly sank into his head that he was teaching all of the Signers, Yusei not included, how to do this. Leo was an exception as well, considering he wasn't a Signer, but the kid was learning as well.
"Start meditating," Jake said gently. "It takes lots of time and lots of meditation. Just... meditate and slowly open your heart to the spirits in your cards. You're already connected to them, that's how you can call upon them during a duel when you need them the most. It just takes the will to open up that link enough for you to communicate. Don't draw the top card of your deck until you can hear it."
Jake looked to Yusei, Stardust and Leyvaten. He nodded to the door, and they headed outside where they could talk without disturbing the rest of the group. Leo had trouble at first with the sitting still thing, but he eventually forced himself with his will to do it. By the time Jake came back inside from playing the Crow's kid friends, he grinned at what he found.
"How're they doing?" Stardust asked when he came in after Jake. Leyvaten decided to take a nap outside, having gotten little rest during the festival.
"Almost... there," Jake said, grinning at Crow, who snapped his eyes open and carefully drew the top card of his deck. Jake went over to the spiky-haired duelist and spoke quietly to not disturb the others. "Take your deck out with you, and don't stop talking with them. You need to keep talking to make the link permanent."
Crow nodded, picked up his cards, and when he was finally outside, Jake had to step out to laugh at what he'd heard. After a minute, the teen came back in and quickly told the same to, surprisingly, Leo. The kid was blushing at what his deck was saying – basically talking about calming the kid down – before also heading out. As it turns out, Jack was the last to achieve it. From there, things were definitely going to be interesting. Being able to communicate with one's deck just made things that way, after all...
Credits: Not sure where the transgender idea came from. The rest belongs to me, though.
A/N: Yeah, I've been planning that festival thing for days now, I just wasn't sure how to write it up. I hope you enjoyed the random role swap and the rest of this mostly-filler chapter! :D Remember, I don't want you to favorite this story, I want you to review!