ShadowMoon - Fanfictions - Chains of The Past / Chapter 4 by Angel of Fire

Chains of The Past

Chapter 4

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"Master!" Seiji exclaimed as he hung his head in fear. Slowly, he backed up against Touma, terror evident in his pale amethyst eyes.

"You dare betray me? My loyal servant for 500 years?" Seiji took a ragged breath, refusing to say anything.

"He is not your servant." Touma pointed out bitterly, pulling the blonde closely to him. Seiji let the other man hold him, refusing to move. He felt like a deer caught in light.

"He sold his soul to me. He IS my servant."

"No, he’s your personal whore. A servant does not sleep with his Master, but that is not true in this case. It is clearly obvious in this case that you have and will do such things to him."

"It doesn’t matter what he is. He still belongs to me. Body and soul. It was a fair trade, and he knows it. Don’t you?" Seiji nodded slowly, his head rubbing against Touma’s chest.

"Please, Master, do not bewitch him!" Seiji exclaimed, finally speaking. Ryo turned to the blonde.

"What?"

"I know that is what you do! Anyone or thing that touches me, you cast a spell on! You turn them into a monster, or something horrible! Please, don’t hurt Touma! I beg of thee!" Seiji exclaimed, collapsing to his knees in front of Ryo.

"Master, punish me, but leave Touma out of this. I... I started it! I kissed him, and he played no part in the advancements! I am sorry for betraying you my Master, but he has done nothing!"

"Pleading for him will take you no where! No silence, before I hurt you!" Seiji nodded, falling back against the legs of the azure boy.

"What is it that brought you to do this? Hasn’t anyone warned you about what happens when you touch him? Are you so pathetically stupid that you thought that the same wouldn’t happen to you? Humans. You are such idiots." Ryo stepped forwards, advancing on Touma.

"Stop it! Damn you Master! Why do you not believe me? Shall I prove that I am the only guilty one here?" Seiji finally asked as he rose to his feet, grabbing Touma’s face, and pulling the boy to him, lips meeting as surprise filled Touma. Finally, letting the moment linger for the hell of it, Seiji pulled away from the man, slightly flushed and out of breath.

"Master, punish me! Leave him be..."

"No. You’re only succeeding in making the punishment greater. On both of you." Seiji winced. Damn his Master!

"Fine, Ryo, I didn’t want to do this. You yourself said that my magic was greater then yours. When you took me aside and yelled at me for showing my magic, I finally realized that my magic ability was greater then yours. And you don’t lie." Seiji clamped his hand around Touma’s.

"Ryo, I don’t want to stay here. I’ve served my time here. Five hundred years is enough in my book. Well, whichever book it is. Not like you ever let me learn how to read." Touma gasped at the newly acquired information. Seiji couldn’t read?

"Oh boy, don’t over-rate yourself. You have the ability to overcome me, but right now you are nothing. Without the ability to read spell books, you never will beat me." Seiji hung his head, fingers clenching Touma’s still, refusing to let go. He didn’t know what it was, but he felt the urge to protect this mortal with his life.

"I will. I can. I must." Seiji stated as he pulled Touma closer.

"Run..." He whispered in the boy’s ear. Touma looked at him in confusion.

"Run away you ignorant mortal! I’m trying to spare your shape and your beautiful form! Now go!"

"Beautiful?" Seiji sighed.

"Yes, now go!" Seiji sighed. Touma remained unmoving, even through Seiji’s protests.

"Fine. Damn it!" Seiji used his strength to teleport Touma from the room the moment a stray lightening bolt flew towards the boy. Seiji sighed in relief. He had gotten Touma out of there. Where he had sent Touma, he wasn’t exactly sure. But that was not the point.

"Master, punish him not. Only hurt me. I have disobeyed, and he is not here for you to bring harm to anyways."

"But I don’t want to scar you. What use would you have without your beauty?"

"Well, I could no longer be your whore, but I thought that a good thing." Seiji stated snidely, as he turned away.

"I no longer wish to serve you. Let me go! Another mortal will come along for you to corrupt, why must you keep me? What is it to lose one of the many people that you use solely for relief of sexual tensions?"

"Because no demon is as tight as you! The pleasure that comes from a mortal body is far better then that of any demon’s! You know how hard it is to please a demon from your own experience." Seiji nodded softy. Gods, that night he would never forget. Nightmares had plagued him for years after that.

He shook his head, trying to remove the memories. Even though that had occurred over 200 years ago, he would always remember it for as long as he lived. His insides torn, pain ripping through him and a scream echoing throughout the room. Ryo had been drunk. Drunk, and in demon form.

"Bringing up my past will not frighten me!" Seiji stated, his body trembling. Would he be punished like that once more? Was that what he would face when this was all over, and he was once again in the holds of his Master? He prayed not. He couldn’t take that horror once more.

"Well, you do realize that you cannot lie? You are too young, innocent, and trained to be that way. Lying is not your style. I know that you fear me in that form. I have kept from going into it for 200 years because of that. But if you no longer wish to be my servant, I no longer must stay this way, true?" Seiji’s eyes widened in fear as he watched his Master transform.

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Touma quickly ran to where Shin usually stayed in the presence of Shuu. The two had become particularly fond of each other since Shin had been brought here. Like he and Seiji, they had spent time teasing and basically flirting together the entire time. And Shin loved the horse. Like woman who marry men for their car, or money, Shin was in it for the horse. It was quite amusing to say the least.

"Guys! Ryo caught Seiji and I kissing, and he was going to bewitch me, when Seiji teleported me away because he wanted to take the fall by himself! And now I don’t know if he’s Ok, and he’s Seiji, so he has to be Ok, but he may not be, and I don’t know, and I really am worried, and you have to help me!"

"You kissed Seiji?" The two exclaimed in unison as Touma sighed.

"Bad idea, I know. But at the moment, we have to save Seiji. He was going to try to square off against RYO magically." Shuu gasped.

"We have to stop him!" Touma sighed.

"No shit Sherlock!" Shuu looked on in confusion.

"Sherlock?" Touma sighed.

"Never mind. Come on, let’s go!" Shuu nodded as he and Shin chased after the other man.

Touma bolted down the hallway just in time to run strait into the awaiting form of a demon that he and learned to know very well. Dek’ aha.

"And where might you be going?" The demon asked, as he glanced down at the boy that had fallen back at impact.

"To see Seiji."

"The Master doesn’t like you around him."

"Yeah, well I really could care less about what your Master says. Now let me go by. I have to sav.... Talk to Seiji."

"I really can’t permit that." The last thing Dek’ aha expected was the punch that slammed across his face, causing him to fall back in a daze.

"Rule number one, never mess with a mortal when his lover is in trouble." Touma stated, still panting from his previous run down the hallway. Quickly, he turned to Shuu and Shin.

"Well, with that over, come on!" Sighing, they both resumed their chase and following of the boy. Touma slid into the room that he knew held Seiji, just in time to slip and knock right into Seiji, landing them both on the floor.

"Uh, hey babe." Touma stated, as Seiji hung his head.

"What did I tell you Touma?"

"To run."

"And what did you do?"

"I ran.... And then I came back." Seiji sighed as he glanced back up at the very pissed demon before him.

"Well, Touma love, I think you should have stayed." Seiji pointed to Ryo as Touma gasped.

"That is one big ass demon."

"Huh?" Seiji asked as Touma sighed. They didn’t know things like that here!

"Never mind. We have to get away." Seiji nodded as he glanced at Ryo, who had advanced during their talk.

"One wrong move, and I’ll kill you both." He growled softly.

"Well, at least the blue haired boy. I could never kill you, love." Seiji took a deep breath of air, reflexes telling him to curl closer to Touma.

"Wait!" He exclaimed as an idea came to him. Glancing at Shuu, then back, he smiled.

"Fight me. Magically, physically, however. In your human form. I win, we get to leave, even Shuu. You win, you can have me back, as well as Touma."

"What? I did not agree to this!"

"Shush love!" Seiji exclaimed as Ryo smiled. Getting the blonde back would be too easy. And this way, he got Touma too.

"It’s a deal. Come with me." Ryo stated as he switched forms. Seiji nodded, following his master. The others shrugged, and followed in pursuit.

to be continued . . .