Crucifixion

Disclaimer: I don\'t own Nightwalker, but I really wish I did... *sigh* Can I just have Shido and Cain? Pleeeeease? Anyhow, if I owned the show it would be a lot different. Shido would have gone back to Cain, and Riho would probably have run off with Yayoi or something. And there would be sex. Lots of sex. And then some more sex, in between the other sex. And Shido would wear leather. *Evil hentai grin*

Warnings: OOC, Probably plot-less, Vampires (Duh...), Blood, Yaoi (Of course!), Lemon, Slight Shido-torturing, a few y gor gory bits, and probably tons of other stuff too... Oh, and I know the whole \"Just for one night\" thing has been done before, by countless other people, but I need *some* kind of excuse for Shido to let Cain near hdon\don\'t I?

Author\'s Ranting: This barely, barely has a plot, but then do we really need an excuse for those two to get together and wear out the bedsprings? Of course not! Enjoy. ^_-

Crucifixion
By Koneko Shido

Pain... Agony in its purest form without release or relent, filled Shido completely. The nails driven through his palms and ankles were nothing compared to this torture, so intense he could neither move nor cry out to beg for mercy. Not that it would do him much good, pleading with the nightbreed, the very creatures he had made it his immortal life\'s work to destroy. Besides, they were enjoying themselves immensely, watching and waiting in their unfortunate human hosts as the first rays of dawn\'s light began to sweep over the land towards the lonely hill they had chosen for this act.
This Tatsuhiko Shido, vampire with a mortal heart, had troubled them for far too long. It had been a simple matter to subdue him and bring him to this place; after all, even he was no match for seven strong nightbreed. So they had all set upon him at once, caught and wounded him, but how to dispose of a vampire? That was also a simple matter: in the way that would cause him the most agonizpainpain, of course: crucify him.
And so Shido hung limply, bleeding and helpless, the huge wooden cross he was nailed to filling his tortured body with such intense pain it felt as though his blood had become acid in his veins. He was barely conscious of the rising sun, but the tiny part of his mind not inwardly screaming in agony wondered if the golden rays would really grant him death.

Amber eyes narrowed to evil slits of fury as they watched the scene, scanning everything slowly. Seven of the nightbreed stood atop a small hill, looking up at a large, wooden cross and laughing cruelly amongst themselves. To the watching eyes of Cain it looked as though demons of the abyss were crucifying an angel without wings. How dare they touch his beautiful Shido? Well, these breed vermin were easily dealt with; they would learn their place. Sinking his fang into a long, pale finger, Cain drew forth a long, ribbon-like whip of his own blood, stalking out from the shadows of the trees to confront the creatures and take back what was *his*.

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Cain pulled the nails from Shido\'s bleeding body with a simple thought and caught him easily as he fell forward into his creator\'s arms with a weak gasp.
\"Cain...\" Shido whispered, wishing he had the strength to pull away as the older vampire cradled him like a child in a pair of strong arms and turned, carrying his prize off into the darkness of the surrounding forest as the burning sunlight flooded over everything.
\"Wh-where... are you... taking me?\" The lavender-haired vampire murmured, his eyes closed, head resting against Cain\'s shoulder, too weak to move.
\"You still do not trust me, I see. I am merely moving you to safety, where the sunlight cannot harm you and you may recover.\" Cain replied in his thick, Transylvanian accent. Shido tried to gather the strength to pull away from his former master, but the effort was too much for his weary, tord bod body and mind. Feeling defeat and despair wash over him along with the darkness, Shido\'s head fell back and he relaxed, passing out with a pained moan in Cain\'s arms.

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Shido opened his eyes weakly and he stared up at the unfamiliar ceiling, wondering where he was and why his whole body felt sore, especially his hands and feet.
\"Awake at last, I was almost ready to give up on you.\" A deep,sed sed voice spoke from nearby, and Shido gasped, recognizing it instantly. He tried to sit up but was pushed back gently as Cain moved onto the bed over him, pinning him down.
\"Cain...\" Shido hissed angrily, the events that had led to his current state coming back to him. Cain just laughed at the fury in his captive\'s eyes and reached out to stroke a lock of soft, lavender hair gently.
\"Still as beautiful as always, my Shido...\" The older vampire murmured.
\"I\'m not *your* Shido anymore! Let me go!\" Shido snarled, reaching up to try and push Cain\'s hand away from his hair but crying out in pain when the older vampire grabbed his wrist and he curled his fist as a reflex, feeling the agony of the wounds in his palm.
\"Careful, fool! You are still injured!\" Cain growled, looking angrily down at Shido, who fell silent, looking up at his former master in confusion and anger. What game was Cain playing now? He actually sounded *concerned*, it even showed in his eyes. Well, that was new. Cain could act, hmusimusing. Well, Shido wasn\'t about to fall for *this* act.
\"Get off me.\" The younger vampire hissed, eyes narrowing to angry yellow slits. To his surprise, Cain did indeed back off. The older vampire released his wrist and stood up, sighing like a put-upon parent.
\"As you wish, but do not try to movom tom that bed yet. Your wounds will not fully heal until you feed.\" With that said, Cain turned away, making to leave the small, bare room where he\'d bought Shido.
\"Where are you going?\" Shido growled, not trusting Cain in the slightest. Knowing him, he would drag some poor, unsuspecting human back here to feed \"his precious Shido\" under the guise of a caring mate. That would end badly, since Shido would obviously refuse to harm a human, and Cain, in his rage, would probably kill whomever he\'d bought back and force Shido to drink.
\"To feed. You wish me to bring you something back?\" Cain smirked, already knowing the answer but enjoying listening to his rebellious little Shido anyway.
\"No! I will not kill another human! I\'m not like you, murderer!\" Shido yelled irately, glaring at the bigger vampire.
\"As you wish, my little one. But you will go hungry, and your wounds will not heal.\" Cain said, his back to Shido, walking towards the door.
\"Fine!\" Shido snarled, turning away from Cchilchildishly and glaring at the far wall. Cain just laughed softly and left the room, closing the door behind him. This was part of what he loved about his little Shido, his passion. It could be charming and infuriating at the same time, but never failed to intrigue the older vampire. Where Cain was cold, Shido was fiery. The smaller vampire filled a part of Cain that he lacked, even if Shido claimed to no longer want him.
As for feeding, Cain had no qualms about killing humans to feed, but he knew very well that Shido did. Well, that problem was easily fixed. But for now... Cain was hungry.
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When Cain returned from his little \"snack\" Shido was asleep, still turned towards the wall and curled in on himself like a child.
/My beautiful little Shido./ Cain smirked, walking over to sit on the bed beside his former lover.
\"Shido...\" Cain murmured, brushing a slender hand through Shido\'s lilac hair, moving it away from the younger vampire\'s beautiful face.
\"Nnnhhh...\" Shido moaned, his eyelids flickering for a moment before opening, enjoying the gentle caress that ran down his cheek. His enjoymen the the moment was soon shattered, though, when he looked up to see Cain leant over him, amusement in his yellow, feline eyes.
\"Welcome back,\" Shido growled sarcastically, struggling to sit up, trying to ignore the burning pain in his limbs. Aside from the wounds through his ankles and palms, he also had a number of pre-crucifixion injuries courtesy of the thorough going-over the breed had given him. A few of his ribs were probably broken, or at least badly bruised, from the way they throbbed, and there were bruises all over his chest and back that ached unbearably. By far the worst thing, though, had to be his ankles. He\'d had some fairly interesting wounds in his time, he would have been the first to admit, but this was one of the worst to date. It wasn\'t just the pain; it was the thought of what he knew had been done to him. The nightbreed had driven long, sharp nails through his ankles. Through the flesh and into the bone, shattering it, then even through that and out the other side, into the wood of the crucifix. The thought made him shudder, and for once he was glad to be a vampire. Were he human, he would undoubtedly never walk again. His hands hurt too, but they weren\'t as bad. The nails had gone through the flesh but between the bones, thankfully missing them.
\"You look distressed, my little one. Is it your wounds, perhaps?\" Cain\'s deep, eternally seductive voice murmured, breaking Shido\'s thoughts sharply as he felt the sheet covering him being pulled back. He really didn\'t want to see his ankles. They felt bad enough; they would probably look far worse...
\"Don\'t...\" He managed weakly, closing his eyes tightly as the sheet was fully drawn back. Cain, meanwhile, was running his eyes over the wounds, which he\'d bandaged while Shido was unconscious, but which still looked rather... gory. The bandages were soaked with bright blood and Cain could just about make out the places where the nails had gone in. Even he, master vampire that he was, barely suppressed a wince. Well, he could soon fix what the breed had done to his Shido.
\"Little one... I have a gift for you...\" Cain said, but Shido still would not open his eyes, lying back down weakly.
\"I don\'t want it... Anything you took from some unwilling human... Ahhh...\" Shido gave a pained moan as he accidentally shifted his ankle slightly. God, but it hurt like hell. Then he felt something touch his lips and he turned his head to the side.
\"N-no...\" He whispered, hearing Cain give an irritated growl.
\"Open your eyes, fool. What I am offering you is given willingly, not taken. See for yourself, if you can bear to look upon me,\" Cain hissed, sounding almost...hurt? Shido opened his eyes weakly and they widened in surprise at what lay before him. Cain\'s wrist. The cuff of his shirt was unbuttoned and it was drawn back to his elbow, his pale wrist exposed and held out in offering to the young vampire on the bed.
\"Wh-what?\" Shido gasped, confused. Was this another trick? Cain had never let him feed on his master\'s blood before, even when they were together in Transylvania, he had always been given blood taken from humans, never Cain, who was currently staring down at him with a serious look on his face.
\"What game are you playing now, Cain?\" Shido growled, expecting a sharp blow across the cheek for that question. The awaited pain never came, though; all that Shido received was a weary sigh.
\"My beautiful Shido... Always you are so stubborn. Do you wish it in a glass, perhaps? I offer myself to you; the least you could do is accept it graciously. It is not everyday I would allow this.\" The older vampire said, looking mildly annoyed. Shido scowled.
\"Why? You would never have allowed me to feed from you, even when we were lovers. Why now?\" Shido demanded, trying to ignore the hunger he felt at having Cain\'s pale wrist bared so temptingly before him.
\"You will not allow me to bring you a human, and your pets are not here to feed you. I could tell them where you are, but they most likely would not believe me. You are in pain, and I wish to end it. I have no other option, other than to leave you here like this, which I will not do.\" Cain explained patiently, awaiting Shido\'s answer. The lavender-haired vampire paused for a moment, frowning.
\"Why not? Why won\'t you just leave me like this? Don\'t pretend it\'s because you care, Cain.\"
\"Oh Shido, what use is it to explain to you at all? You will not listen. You are my mate, no matter what you say, and I am yours. You may deny it, and you may hate me, but it changes nothing. We are one, you are half of my soul, and I will not see you tortured by lower creatures who have no right to touch you!\" Cain snarled angrily, his eyes flaring red as he remembered the way the breed had treated Shido, who now lay on the bed, looking up at him in surprise. Cain noticed the and and sighed wearily, tired and in no mood for arguing with his young creation.
\"Shido, just this once, do not question me. Just drink, and I will leave. That is what you wish, is it not?\" Cain smirked, a slight hint of sadness in his eyes, which Shido refused to acknowledge.
\"And in return? Don\'t tell me you want nothing in return.\" Shido narrowed his eyes suspiciously. Cain tried not to get angry, but it was so hard with Shido refusing this one, simple thing.
\"There is nothing I could ask you for that you would give me, so no. I ask no price. Now will you put aside these petty issues you have with me and just take what I offer you?\" Cain snarled, glaring down at Shido, who turned his eyes to Cain\'s pale wrist.
\"Fine, but this does not mean anything has changed between us. I still hate you!\" Shido growled, trying to convince himself it was true as he tried to take hold of Cain\'s wrist. Unfortunately, he had forgotten for the moment about the state his hands were in.
\"Ahh!\" He cried, clutching his bandaged hands to his chest and breathing heavily in pain, eyes closed tightly against the agony.
\"Shido!\" Cain growled, the barest hint of concern in his angry voice. \"Fool, drink, and end this unnecessary suffering.\" That said, Cain drew a sharp nail across his wrist and held it to Shido\'s lips as the younger vampire relaxed a little, the pain subsidfor for the moment. The feel of fresh blood against his lips was too much for him to keep control, injured and weak as he was, so Shido growled like an animal, eyes glowing yellow, and roughly thrust his sharp fangs into the shallow cut, spearing deep into the vein and moaning in rapture as his master\'s warm, thick blood filled his mouth.
\"Ohh...\" Cain could not suppress the soft groan of both pain and pleasure at his mate\'s bite, letting his eyes slide closed for a moment as he enjoyed the feel of Shido\'s soft lips on his skin. Looking down at Shido through a red haze of agony and ecstasy, Cain allowed himself a small smile, reaching out with his free hand to run his long fingers through Shido\'s beautiful hair. The younger vampire\'s eyes had closed, a thin trickle of b lea leaving the corner of his mouth as he continued to feed, his wounds healing as he drank the powerful blood of his master.
\"How you infuriate me, my beautiful Shido...\" Cain whispered, still stroking Shido\'s hair tenderly. After what seemed an eternity and only a few moments at the same time, Shido gasped and drew back, panting with lust and blood and all the dark desires Cain seemed to spawn in His His wounds were healed, far faster than if he had drunk the blood of a human, and he sat up, noticing that Cain was now supporting himself with one hand on the bed, his eyes closed, looking weary and drained. Had he really taken so much? Guilt washed over him and he reached out a hand to gently touch Cain\'s shoulder, making the r var vampire\'s head snap up, all signs of the weariness Shido had noticed disappearing as Cain gathered his composure again.
\"Your wounds are healed?\" Cain demanded, standing when Shido nodded, not quite able to figure the older vampire out, but now feeling guilty for the way he had acted. Would Cain really leave now, and ask nothing in return?
\"Then I bid you farewell.\" Cain said simply, turning and ing ing away towards the door.
\"Wait, don\'t leave yet!\" Shido flinched, the words out of his mouth before he could think. Cain laughed softly.
\"One moment you wish me to leave, the next to stay. What a puzzling creature you are. Which is it to be, my beautiful Shido?\" Cain purred, enjoying the light blush that crept across Shido\'s pale cheeks.
The younger vampire sighed. He didn\'t quite know himself whether he wanted Cain there or not. Usually he would be forcing himself to hate Cain, to push him away, but after what Cain had just done for him it was hard to accomplish. It was an act of love for his mate that had led Cain to feed him, and the feelings Shido had for his former lover were trying hard to make themselves known again, even after all this time.
\"Stay. Until your strength returns.\" Shido said, watching Cain walk back over to sit down on the edge of the bed.
\"Until my strength returns? You make me sound as weak as one of those pathetic humans you seem to love so much.\" Cain commented, though he contradicted his own words by l bac back wearily on the bed next to where Shido sat, closing his eyes. He hated to admit it, even to himself, but feeding Shido had taken a lot out of him. His eyes opened when he felt a gentle hand touch his golden hair gently, and he looked up into Shido\'s blue-green gaze, the younger vampire staring down at him as though he were searching for something, some sign of a hidden motive in his former master\'s eyes. Cain just sighed and closed his eyesin, in, enjoying the light touch of Shido\'s fingers in his hair.
\"I want to give something to you in return for your blood.\" Shido said suddenly, and Cain looked up, raising an elegant eyebrow, waiting for Shido to continue.
\"I will give you tonight...\" Shido murmured, lowering his eyes to Cain\'s chest.
Cain reached up and touched Shido\'s pale cheek gently, bringing his eyes back up to meet his mate\'s.
\"Do not tempt me, Shido.\" Cain murmured. \"You cannot know how much I want that, but I will not take you against your will, as payment for something I willingly gave to you. I told you I desired nothing in return.\"
\"Then don\'t do it because you gave me your blood,\" Shido said, looking deep into Cain\'s amber eyes, \"Do it because I want you to.\"
\"Shido...\" Cain purred in that deep, accented voice of his that made Shido tremble whenever he heard it. \"Swear to me that this is not just payment. Swear to me that you want this, that you will enjoy it. Promise me...\" Cain whispered, leaning up a little from the bed to capture Shido\'s soft lips in a slow, deep kiss.
\"I swear...\" Shido murmured against Cain\'s lips as they broke the kiss, the lavender-haired vampire sighing in pleasure as he felt Cain roll him over to lie on his back on the bed, Cain straddling his hips and stroking his arched throat gently with a soft touch of his spidery fingertips.
\"Then for tonight, the game we play is forgotten, my beautiful Shido. You are mine again, and I am yours, my beloved.\" Cain whispered, leaning down for another kiss, searing and passionate.
/My beloved.../ Shido echoed in his mind as his fingers moved of their own accord to the buttons of Cain\'s silk shirt. Those two simple words bought out the half of Shido that he kept so well hidden, the part of him that melted at Cain\'s voice, trembled in desire every time they met. The part that forever wanted to run back to Cain, away from all the rush and noise and light of the human world, to curl up and sob like a child in Cain\'s strong arms and listen to those simple words forever. /He\'s a murderer... A heartless killer.../ Shido told himself, forcing himself to believe that he was only doing this to satisfy his own lust. The other half of him, though, said something different. /I love you... I love you.../ It whispered softly, /I don\'t care what you are... I\'m so tired of running away... Take me home... I want to come home now, I want to be your Shido again.../ Shido closed his eyes as Cain began to gently strip him, trembling in despair and lust and need. Was what Cain said really true? Yes, Shido knew. They were mates no matter what he wanted to believe. They were bound to each other forever.
\"Do you still hate me, Shido?\" Cain\'s deep voice murmured softly as the blonde vampire dipped his head to lick at Shido\'s chest. Shido turned his head to the side and opened his eyes, filled with tears he barely noticed.
\"Yes... No... I-I don\'t know,\" he whispered, looking up into Cain\'s eyes as a gentle hand stroked his pale cheek.
\"But you want this...\" Cain\'s hand moved down to stroke his throat lovingly.
\"Yes. I-I just... you make me feel so confused.\" Shido closed his eyes. \"I hate you and I love you and I don\'t want you near me, yet every second I\'m not in your arms I long to be. I want to run to you and away from you at the same time. No-one has ever made me feel as bad or as good as you do...\" Shido trailed off, gasping as Cain\'s wandering fingers left his throat to ghost down his side and across the curve of his hip to stroke him gently.
\"Then forget, if only for tonight. Let yourself stop hating me just for these few hours. Love me as I love you, my little one. Hate me again tomorrow if you must, but for now, let me show you how very much I have missed you, my Shido.\" Cain purred in his hypnotic voice, giving Shido\'s arousal a light squeeze.
\"Ahh! C-Cain...\" The lilac-haired vampire moaned, arching his hips into Cain\'s touch, the memories of all the times they had made love flooding back to him. He\'d tried so hard not to think about it, but now he let himself, crying out as Cain moved down and took Shido in his mouth. \"Please...\" Shido begged, curling his fingers in Cain\'s soft, golden hair. \"Oh, please...\"
Cain\'s hands moved up to Shido\'s hips, holding him down, the older vampire smirking around Shido\'s length as he listened to his lavender-haired mate\'s breathy gasps. Shido was lost, not even knowing what it was he was pleading for, his voice breaking. It had been so long... He continued to moan his lover\'s name, begging for anything and everything, whatever Cain would give him. His grip tightened almost painfully in the golden hair when he felt one of Cain\'s hands leave his hips, gliding between his thighs to tease him, one long, slender finger dipping slowly into his more than willing body.
\"Nnnhhh... More...\" Shido breathed, arching his spine up as anothingeinger joined the first to stretch him, twisting and writhing together inside him. God, it felt so good. The pleasure Cain\'s skilled tongue was wringing out of him mixed with the stretching feeling of the long fingers plunging into his body soon had Shido trembling and moaning loudly, his head arched back.
A third finger spearing into him forced a cry from his lips, turning into a whimper as the fingers were removed and the heat of Cain\'s mouth left him abruptly.
\"I have waited an eternity for this...\" Cain whispered, catching Shido\'s lips as toungounger vampire\'s eyes opened dazedly. Shido moaned into the kiss as Cain began to push into him and wrapped his long legs around his former master\'s waist, forcing Cain deeper and earning a low moan from the Transylvanian vampire.
Cain lay still for a moment once he was fully sheathed in the tight heat of Shido\'s body, remembering with a smirk that it had always driven his lavender-haired mate insane. Sure enough, after a moment Shido began to writhe, clutching at the sheets beneath him.
\"Move! Ahh... Please!\" The younger vampire pleaded, his grip on the sheets tightening as Cain drew almost all the way out then slowly pushed back in with one long, smooth stroke. Repeating the action again and again, Cain studied the look of pleasure on his mate\'s beautiful face, storing each desperate moan and cry in his memory to be savoured, each one precious to him. Shido\'s eyes were closed, his soft lips parted for each ragged gasping breath, his pale chest heaving. His lavenhairhair clung to his sweat-damp skin and spread out over the pillow, tempting Cain to run his long fingers through it reverently. It was always so very soft, like silken threads, and he was secretly glad that Shido had never cut it.
A light touch bought Cain back to the present and he felt Shido\'s trembling hands clutching at his shoulders, the younger vampire\'s back arching and twisting. Seeing that he was almost ready, and feeling his own release building, Cain reached down with a smirk and took Shido in his hand, stroking him firmly.
\"A-ahhh!\" Shido cried, his eyes flying open, clinging to his mate as Cain leant down and kissed him passionately, swallowing each breathy moan. Finally surrendering to his release, Shido threw his head back, breaking the kiss to cry out sharply, shuddering as Cain coaxed each wave of pleasure from him. The tight heat holding Cain became a vice-like grip as the younger vampire climaxed, and Cain gave a deepn, hn, his spine arching, filling Shido with his passion and marking him once more as his mate.
Cain let the last shudders of his release run through him before he looked down at Shido, stroking a lock of violet hair from his passed-out lover\'s face. Pulling out as gently as he could, Cain stood up, longing to just lie beside Shido, take him in his arms and hold him as long as he could. With a long-suffering sigh, the blonde vampire picked up his discarded clothes and dressed, glancing back at his beautiful Shido once more before he left. It was better to leave Shido now, than to wake up and find him gone. Cain knew, deep inside, that Shido would not stay. He had the human responsibilities he had forced upon himself to take care of. But, they would not last forever. Someday, when the rush of the human world became too much for him to bear, Shido would return to where he belonged, in the arms of his mate. And until that day, Cain would always be with him, watching from the shadows.

Owari


Yes, I know, Cain and Shido were appallingly out of character. I\'m in sort of a waffly mood today, so blame that. Tell me what you thought, if you had any opinion at all on... that. -_-;;