Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Brand New Lover ❯ part three ( Chapter 3 )
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By: tsutsuji 
Kaiba uses a blast from the past to reach Yugi's limits.... Kaiba/Yugi, bdsm, psychological torture. Not fluffy.
Anime/Manga: Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Psychological / Hentai / Drama / | Type: Yaoi | Uploaded On: 03.04.2005 | Pages: 3 | Words: 4.3K | Visits: 1.1K | Status: Completed
Kaiba uses a blast from the past to reach Yugi's limits.... Kaiba/Yugi, bdsm, psychological torture. Not fluffy.
Anime/Manga: Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Psychological / Hentai / Drama / | Type: Yaoi | Uploaded On: 03.04.2005 | Pages: 3 | Words: 4.3K | Visits: 1.1K | Status: Completed
Title: Brand New Lover (chapter 3 of many)
Author: Tsutsuji
Date written: 2/28/05, edit 3/4/05
Fandom: Yu-gi-oh
Rating: NC17
Pairings: Kaiba/Yugi, Yami Yugi/Yugi
Type: yaoi/slash, pwp
Warnings: bdsm - bondage, pain, and toys, psychological torture
Status: in progress
Spoilers: Yami Yugi's real name is used
Disclaimer: I do not own the copyright to these characters and I'm making no profit from this fic and intend no copyright infringement.
Summary: Kaiba uses a blast from the past to share something very personal with Yugi, his willing victim. High-tech psycho-torture, Kaiba style!
Notes: Continuing from where the last two chapters left off in the present. This time I'm using both points-of-view, but mostly Kaiba's.
I hope this chapter works. I'm really starting to know what that "sweatdrop" thing is all about; I do that every time I post one of these and worry that no one will like it.
This will only make sense if you are familiar with the early issues of the manga, up through Death-T. If you only know the anime, you may not even recognize these guys, which is your loss, IMO.
There will be more traditional bdsm in future chapters... that's still the main point of this story. I'm still browsing the toy catalogues. ~_^
***
Brand New Lover chapter 3
Yugi paused just inside the doorway of the room. Something was different. He'd sensed it even before he arrived, felt it through the tension that radiated off of Kaiba as he followed Yugi down the winding stairway to this room. It took him a few seconds to figure exactly what had changed.
Even though Kaiba had steadily been adding equipment to the room, there was still plenty of space for more. Tonight some of that space had been filled by a tall cube of gleaming steel and glass. Yugi recognized it as one of the old "Battle Boxes" which were rarely used now that the portable Duel Discs had replaced them. Inside this one, instead of two chairs facing each other across a table marked for the placement of Duel Monsters cards, there was a low platform the size of a single bed. It had a padded leather surface and multiple rings, cuffs, and straps along its sides. In addition, the cube contained only a single chair and a small version of the duel table with slots for five cards.
Studying the cube from the doorway, Yugi could feel Kaiba standing close behind him. He sensed Kaiba's excitement through his hands when they dropped onto his shoulders. His own thrill of anticipation rose sharply as fingers curved around his neck, pressing lightly against his leather collar.
"I'm sure I don't need to explain the purpose of the cube to you, Yugi," Kaiba said. "But let me remind you of some of the unique features of this device."
While Kaiba spoke with his fingertips caressing Yugi's throat, Yugi began to undress.
"It's taken me nearly six months to perfect it for our use. As you know, in all of this time, our activities have been hampered by the need for secrecy which we both know is necessary."
Yugi pulled off his jacket and shirt and let them fall to the floor, then unbuckled his belt and started to remove his jeans. Kaiba let one hand slide down his bare chest to flick over a nipple while he leaned down and spoke more softly in Yugi's ear.
"Fortunately, you don't bruise too easily, and you heal quickly," he said.
Kaiba gave Yugi's nipple a sharp pinch. Trying to keep his breathing even, Yugi pushed his jeans down slowly and carefully over his swelling erection.
"However," Kaiba continued, "using the total sensory input of this cube, I can hurt you in ways I've never been able to before. And there won't be any marks." He paused to tug at Yugi's earlobe with his teeth. "At least, not on your skin."
The flutter of excitement that had been building in Yugi reached a sharp peak as Kaiba leaned over him from behind to grab his cock. He threw his head back, feeling the tips of his hairbrush against Kaiba's chest, but he kept staring at the cube. He felt Kaiba smile against his cheek.
"I knew you'd approve, Yugi," Kaiba said.
***
Kaiba felt the shivers of excitement in Yugi under his hands. He pulled the smaller body back against him, making sure Yugi could feel his own hardness through in the leather-covered bulge pressed against his back. He squeezed Yugi's erection just enough to make him squirm. The fact that Yugi was already aroused pleased him, but it didn't surprise him.
He let go of Yugi and stepped in front of him, holding out his hand. Keeping his eyes lowered, Yugi undid his familiar leather collar and placed it in Kaiba's hand. Kaiba set it aside and then knelt to put his own collar around Yugi's neck.
Yugi stole a look at his face. Normally, raising his eyes like that would earn him a sharp glare or a slap, or worse, but Kaiba surprised him with a smile. Ever since they'd started, they had followed this little ritual of Kaiba placing his own, specially made collar on when he arrived. But this time, Kaiba held up a new collar for Yugi to look at. Instead of studs, this one had silver stitching in kanji that said "game of darkness." Yugi stared at it, the little crease at the corner of his brow revealing his surprise and curiosity.
"It's more than just a collar," Kaiba explained as he locked it around Yugi's neck. "It's an experimental design of my own. When it's placed against your skin, the special micro circuitry within it will enhance the sensory effect of the cube to a whole new level."
He couldn't help his smug smile. Yugi managed to look impressed without raising his eyes or saying a word.
---
Yugi stepped into the cube with his heart pounding so hard he thought he could hear it echo off the glass walls. He waited until Kaiba pushed him forward onto the padded table face down and spread his arms and legs wide. He couldn't help but swivel his hips, rubbing himself on the padded leather surface, while Kaiba locked the cuffs around his wrists and ankles. He caught a glimpse of Kaiba's reflection in the glass. A sharp frown warned him to stop moving.
Kaiba pulled a deck of cards out of his pocket. He flipped the top card over and smiled. Yugi never knew if he'd chosen the card at random or planned it for his first trial in the cube. The skin on his back crawled in anticipation when Kaiba showed him what it was: ElectroWhip.
Kaiba put the card into one of the slots and the cube lit up. The crackling whip appeared in Kaiba's hand. As cruel as it looked, it was the gleam in Kaiba's eyes that made Yugi swallow hard and press his face against the leather surface of the table.
Kaiba bent down and ran his palm over Yugi's back once. Then he stepped back a pace and raised the whip. It expanded and lit up like a flash of lightning just before it hit Yugi's skin.
Yugi's eyes flew wide open and he gasped. The pain was searingly hot and deep. He felt like the whip had cut down to the bone on the first strike. He started to yell before the second blow fell, but it fell anyway, slicing him open again. By the third strike he could hardly catch his breath.
Kaiba bent down over him again. To his shock, Yugi felt the same cool caress on his back as he'd felt a moment before.
"How does it feel?" Kaiba asked.
Yugi could hear the smile in his voice. It was difficult to speak. Kaiba waited, whip at the ready.
"It feels like a razor of flame cutting into my skin," Yugi panted. Even as he spoke, the pain still grew as his nerves recovered from the initial shock. He felt blood trickle down his back. At the same time, confusingly, Kaiba's hand felt smooth and gentle on him.
"Your skin is unbroken, Yugi," Kaiba said with a leer of satisfaction. "There's not a mark, not even the faintest bruise."
It seemed impossible. He could feel the cuts widen as he breathed.
"And this is only the beginning," Kaiba added, raising the whip again.
Yugi pressed his face down and screamed into the leather as fire seared his skin.
***
Kaiba had to add his imagination to the vision projected by the cube. Because of the collar, he couldn't see all that Yugi felt. But Yugi's reaction was a more satisfying indication of the cube's effectiveness, anyway. He knew that as far as Yugi could tell, he was being flayed alive.
Yugi yelled with every blow at first, but soon fell to weak moans. Kaiba paused after every three or four blows to run his hands over Yugi's shoulders or his ass where he'd just landed his blows, or to slide his hands under Yugi to stimulate him. He missed the heat he would have felt in Yugi's skin from an actual flogging. But he realized with satisfaction that the pain had to be great for Yugi to have lost most of his erection already. He could take a great deal more of the real thing.
In fact, in a disappointingly short time, Kaiba had to stop. He had much more planned, and he didn't want Yugi passing out from the pain already. It was much too early for that.
He let Yugi lie there and gasp for a few minutes. He pushed his hand between Yugi's legs and under him to coax his erection back to life. Slowly, Yugi responded. The tone of his moans changed as Kaiba stimulated him. But he was still deep in a cloud of pain, and Kaiba waited for him to return.
Before long Yugi started to flex his hips against his hand. He was half erect again, and some of the pain-wracked tension in his body had relaxed.
"How does it feel now?" he asked, prompting Yugi to open eyes, which had been clenched shut.
Yugi blinked in surprise. "It still burns, but... I can tell my back's not really cut to ribbons, like it felt like it was."
Kaiba ran a fingernail over Yugi's shoulder blade and down to the small of his back. He was delighted to see Yugi flinch and gasp, just as if he was aggravating actual wounds. He drew the card from its slot on the table, and the energy in the booth dropped to a lower level. Yugi took a deep, cautious breath and let it out slowly. Kaiba knew that most of the pain had left him, even though his nerves would still sing with it for a while. Yugi's face crinkled in confusion, relief, and a little disappointment.
In all the time Yugi had been coming to him, Kaiba hadn't yet figured out which aspect of their activities excited him the most, whether it was pain, fear, or the control Kaiba had over him once he entered the room. He'd found that Yugi's tolerance for pure pain was surprisingly great. As for control, the more of it Kaiba took, the harder they both got. Even so, he sensed a core of resistance in Yugi that remained out of his reach, so far. He'd seen a flicker of true fear in Yugi's eyes a few times, but that was rare, and he wanted to see more of it. It was especially intriguing to him, because before Yugi had come to him and started this, he would have said he was hardly afraid of anything.
Yugi glanced up in surprise as Kaiba unfastened the cuffs at his wrists and ankles. He smirked.
"Don't worry, we're not done here yet," he said as he flipped Yugi onto his back. Yugi gasped and stiffened as he fell back onto the table, but then he relaxed. He'd expected it to hurt much more than it actually did.
Kaiba spread Yugi's arms and legs wide and fastened the restraints again. Yugi looked at the heavily padded cuffs, scowling at them for a few seconds.
Kaiba gave him a grim smile. "Too comfortable for you, Yugi? The extra padding is necessary. You've never struggled as hard as you're about struggle in here," he said, watching Yugi's breath quicken.
Kaiba put a finger under Yugi's chin and lifted it. That was a signal for Yugi to raise his eyes and look Kaiba in the face.
"I want you to understand what's about to happen to you, Yugi," he said. "I want you to remember that I originally designed this holographic version of Duel Monsters to recreate the experience of my first duel with The Other You."
Several emotions flitted across Yugi's upturned face when Kaiba mentioned Atemu. He'd told Yugi back at the start: whatever Yugi expected from him here, he wasn't going to simply try to be what Atemu had once been. Neither of them had ever mentioned Atemu since then.
Now, Kaiba watched Yugi's face carefully as he went on. "You came to me because you wanted the excitement that you were missing from your early experiences with Atemu. Tonight, you're going to get some of *my* early experience of him, instead."
The expression on Yugi's face shifted from puzzled anticipation to apprehension. After checking that his restraints were secure, Kaiba stepped back and drew his first card. Without showing it to Yugi, he smiled and placed it in the slot.
It was simply one of the many monsters that gave the game its name. The creature was nothing special, no fancy abilities or hidden powers, just brute strength and ferocity. It was nearly as tall as the height of the cube, with a thick, scaled hide and four powerful arms. Each arm ended in scimitar-shaped claws. Its fangs dripped with steaming saliva as it bent over Yugi, who stared up at it with wide eyes. He flinched as the creature's claw reached for him.
"Hold your attack," Kaiba said softly, and the creature paused, hovering over Yugi.
There was breathless tension but no fear in Yugi's eyes, until Kaiba drew four more cards, and four more creatures filled the booth. Bug-eyed, clawed and fanged, they reached for him, straining for him while they waited for Kaiba to give the order to attack.
"Touch him," he told them. "Let him feel how real you are."
They took hold of Yugi's arms and legs, touched his body and his face, leering over him. He stared at the claws and talons gripping him. He started to squirm, then gasped and went still as the claws bit into skin.
"Do you remember, Yugi? The Experience of Death? I do. That was the excitement I experienced in my first encounter with The Other You."
He reached in between the creatures to run his hand up Yugi's leg. He was beginning to tremble, straining a little against the bonds. Kaiba fondled him. Whether in spite of his fear and helplessness or because of it, he was still hard. Kaiba's own arousal grew even greater as he felt Yugi start to squirm.
He went around and stood by Yugi's head, caressing the black and red strands of hair spread out on the padded leather, while the five creatures closed in on him.
"Take him," he said to them. "Take him slowly."
The creatures attacked. Dozens of claws, talons and sharp-fingered hands began to tear at Yugi. His first gasps were of surprise at the realism of their touch, and then he clenched his teeth and hissed as they cut into him. He moaned in revulsion and terror as one of them lowered its head toward his vulnerable genitals. A forked tongue came out and licked him. He shuddered at the touch of it, then stiffened as the fanged mouth clamped onto his crotch.
It didn't bite. At least not yet. Yugi's breath came in short, sharp pants. Other than that, he didn't move. Kaiba pulled Yugi's face around and kissed him, drinking in his fear. Yugi was too distracted to kiss him back. That had never happened before. It made Kaiba smile.
"Of course," he continued as the creatures bore down on Yugi, piercing him with claws and teeth, "I didn't actually die. Neither will you."
He turned to them. "Attack now!"
Yugi screamed as they tore at him, screamed over and over, until after awhile, his screams fell to moans, and then silence. Kaiba smiled again. Yugi hardly ever fainted. He kissed Yugi's slack lips, then got up and withdrew the cards from their slots. The creatures vanished.
He drew five more and waited for Yugi to wake up.
---
To Kaiba's surprise, Yugi managed to stay conscious through the second attack, although his eyes were wild and unfocused long before he finally drew the monsters off. Yugi trembled from head to foot, gulping in deep, rasping breaths. Kaiba knelt by his head while the creatures tore at him a second time, watching his face with delight. He pulled at his restraints so hard Kaiba wondered if the bolts would hold.
During the second attack, he held his hand over Yugi's mouth, telling him to be silent. Yugi had tried to give Kaiba control over his screams, but moans and whimpers still escaped him. Kaiba just didn't want him to have to explain later how he'd come to lose his voice.
After the second group of creatures disappeared, he touched Yugi's face to bring him back. His skin was clammy and pale. Slowly, Yugi focused on him. His chest rose and fell erratically and he was soaked with sweat.
Kaiba stood up and walked back to the end of the table, running his hand over Yugi's body. His erection had faded, but as Kaiba fondled him, his hips jerked up into the touch.
"Your stamina always impresses me, Yugi," he said.
Yugi drew a deep, shuddering sigh, letting his head fall back onto the table. His breathing returned almost to normal.
"Shall we play one more hand, then?" Kaiba asked.
Yugi jerked his head up. His face contorted in horror as he watched Kaiba draw five more cards. He didn't even have the strength left to scream when the creatures sunk their claws into him a third time.
Kaiba drew the creatures off again, finally, and Yugi went limp. He shivered although he was drenched in sweat, and his hands hung loose in the cuffs, his fingers twitching. He stared up at the ceiling, eyes glazed.
Kaiba quickly unlocked the cuffs and flipped Yugi over again, spreading his legs and positioning himself between them. He gritted his teeth as he finally released his painfully stiff erection and pressed the tip against Yugi's opening. For the first time since they'd started this, Yugi whimpered and tried to get away. Kaiba pulled him back roughly by the hips, moaning with pleasure as he drove himself into the struggling body. He'd finally found Yugi's limit. He'd been beginning to think he didn't have any.
Thrusting his hand under Yugi to stroke him, he pressed deeply in to his tight channel. Yugi flinched and thrashed at first, but soon he stopped struggling. Kaiba knew by now just how to touch him, and just how to aim his thrusts to stimulate him. With a flush of power, he felt Yugi's arousal grow against his hand. He lowered himself over Yugi's back, nuzzling his face into the sweat-damp hair.
"Yugi," he said in a low voice. He knew Yugi heard him by his weak moan and the way rubbed his head against Kaiba's face. "Now you have a part of me inside of you forever, Yugi.... my nightmares."
He plunged into him. Now Yugi tried to thrust back onto him, but he was too weak; his arms shook under him. Kaiba pushed his head down and lifted his hips so he could thrust deeper into Yugi's tight, trembling body. He knew he was stroking Yugi's prostate as he felt him swell to full hardness again, groaning softly with each thrust. He held himself at the brink while he pushed Yugi over.
Yugi sobbed loudly as he came. Kaiba looked down to see his face drenched with tears. The sight of him like that made Kaiba groan and sent a spasm of pleasure down his spine. But remembering the look of helpless terror on Yugi's face was what finally made him come.
***
Yugi passed out again after that. Kaiba nearly did as well, but he kept himself from sinking into that tempting oblivion. He pulled out of Yugi and rolled off of his limp body. They were both drenched.
Kaiba shut down the cube and opened the door. He carried Yugi across the room to the bed where he laid him down and fastened well-used leather cuffs around his wrists and ankles. Chains from each manacle were attached to two bolts at the head and foot of the bed. The length of the chains allowed Yugi some movement, but he couldn't reach very far -- not far enough to touch himself, for instance. Kaiba didn't think that would be an issue for a while.
Even with the padded cuffs in the cube, Yugi had slight bruises on his wrists and ankles, but they would fade quickly. Kaiba brushed his fingers over them, admiringly. It had been worth the six months wait to see this evidence of how well the cube worked.
He let Yugi sleep for half an hour while he cleaned up, washing the stickiness and sweat from himself with a damp cloth. He cleaned Yugi up as well, and Yugi muttered something in his sleep but didn't wake up. He threw a sheet over him, then stripped off his leather pants and pulled on a silk robe. Then he went to tinker with the computer controls in the cube. When he heard Yugi stir some time later, he went and stood beside the bed.
Yugi focused on him slowly, like someone climbing up from a deep dream. When he realized he was staring straight up at Kaiba, he lowered his eyes quickly. He noticed the cuffs and lifted his hands to look at the chains.
Usually Kaiba sent him home when they were done, but obviously Yugi was too worn out to walk far. The need for secrecy meant he couldn't order a cab or even send him in the limo. Kaiba would have to drive him home personally, and he felt too tired and satisfied to bother.
"You can sleep here," Kaiba said. "If you do, those stay on."
"Okay," Yugi said sleepily. He stretched a little, as far as he could, making the chains rattle. Kaiba knew well enough how much he liked the feel of them.
But the little furrow in Yugi's brow appeared as he settled under the sheet. His eyes stayed open, even though he looked exhausted. Kaiba wondered what he was thinking, but he decided not to ask.
Suddenly he felt an overwhelming urge to sleep as well. Giving in to it, he dimmed the lights and lay down on the other side of the bed, pulling another sheet over himself.
"Kaiba," Yugi said softly as he started to drift away. "I'm sorry."
"What for?" he asked irritably.
"For what he put you through." Yugi's voice faded toward sleep as he spoke. "I didn't know... should've stsss..."
Kaiba lay in the dark listening to Yugi breathe, and wondered which one of them the nightmare would visit first.
(to be continued. more sm-bd stuff, and some other stuff to come!)
Author: Tsutsuji
Date written: 2/28/05, edit 3/4/05
Fandom: Yu-gi-oh
Rating: NC17
Pairings: Kaiba/Yugi, Yami Yugi/Yugi
Type: yaoi/slash, pwp
Warnings: bdsm - bondage, pain, and toys, psychological torture
Status: in progress
Spoilers: Yami Yugi's real name is used
Disclaimer: I do not own the copyright to these characters and I'm making no profit from this fic and intend no copyright infringement.
Summary: Kaiba uses a blast from the past to share something very personal with Yugi, his willing victim. High-tech psycho-torture, Kaiba style!
Notes: Continuing from where the last two chapters left off in the present. This time I'm using both points-of-view, but mostly Kaiba's.
I hope this chapter works. I'm really starting to know what that "sweatdrop" thing is all about; I do that every time I post one of these and worry that no one will like it.
This will only make sense if you are familiar with the early issues of the manga, up through Death-T. If you only know the anime, you may not even recognize these guys, which is your loss, IMO.
There will be more traditional bdsm in future chapters... that's still the main point of this story. I'm still browsing the toy catalogues. ~_^
***
Brand New Lover chapter 3
Yugi paused just inside the doorway of the room. Something was different. He'd sensed it even before he arrived, felt it through the tension that radiated off of Kaiba as he followed Yugi down the winding stairway to this room. It took him a few seconds to figure exactly what had changed.
Even though Kaiba had steadily been adding equipment to the room, there was still plenty of space for more. Tonight some of that space had been filled by a tall cube of gleaming steel and glass. Yugi recognized it as one of the old "Battle Boxes" which were rarely used now that the portable Duel Discs had replaced them. Inside this one, instead of two chairs facing each other across a table marked for the placement of Duel Monsters cards, there was a low platform the size of a single bed. It had a padded leather surface and multiple rings, cuffs, and straps along its sides. In addition, the cube contained only a single chair and a small version of the duel table with slots for five cards.
Studying the cube from the doorway, Yugi could feel Kaiba standing close behind him. He sensed Kaiba's excitement through his hands when they dropped onto his shoulders. His own thrill of anticipation rose sharply as fingers curved around his neck, pressing lightly against his leather collar.
"I'm sure I don't need to explain the purpose of the cube to you, Yugi," Kaiba said. "But let me remind you of some of the unique features of this device."
While Kaiba spoke with his fingertips caressing Yugi's throat, Yugi began to undress.
"It's taken me nearly six months to perfect it for our use. As you know, in all of this time, our activities have been hampered by the need for secrecy which we both know is necessary."
Yugi pulled off his jacket and shirt and let them fall to the floor, then unbuckled his belt and started to remove his jeans. Kaiba let one hand slide down his bare chest to flick over a nipple while he leaned down and spoke more softly in Yugi's ear.
"Fortunately, you don't bruise too easily, and you heal quickly," he said.
Kaiba gave Yugi's nipple a sharp pinch. Trying to keep his breathing even, Yugi pushed his jeans down slowly and carefully over his swelling erection.
"However," Kaiba continued, "using the total sensory input of this cube, I can hurt you in ways I've never been able to before. And there won't be any marks." He paused to tug at Yugi's earlobe with his teeth. "At least, not on your skin."
The flutter of excitement that had been building in Yugi reached a sharp peak as Kaiba leaned over him from behind to grab his cock. He threw his head back, feeling the tips of his hairbrush against Kaiba's chest, but he kept staring at the cube. He felt Kaiba smile against his cheek.
"I knew you'd approve, Yugi," Kaiba said.
***
Kaiba felt the shivers of excitement in Yugi under his hands. He pulled the smaller body back against him, making sure Yugi could feel his own hardness through in the leather-covered bulge pressed against his back. He squeezed Yugi's erection just enough to make him squirm. The fact that Yugi was already aroused pleased him, but it didn't surprise him.
He let go of Yugi and stepped in front of him, holding out his hand. Keeping his eyes lowered, Yugi undid his familiar leather collar and placed it in Kaiba's hand. Kaiba set it aside and then knelt to put his own collar around Yugi's neck.
Yugi stole a look at his face. Normally, raising his eyes like that would earn him a sharp glare or a slap, or worse, but Kaiba surprised him with a smile. Ever since they'd started, they had followed this little ritual of Kaiba placing his own, specially made collar on when he arrived. But this time, Kaiba held up a new collar for Yugi to look at. Instead of studs, this one had silver stitching in kanji that said "game of darkness." Yugi stared at it, the little crease at the corner of his brow revealing his surprise and curiosity.
"It's more than just a collar," Kaiba explained as he locked it around Yugi's neck. "It's an experimental design of my own. When it's placed against your skin, the special micro circuitry within it will enhance the sensory effect of the cube to a whole new level."
He couldn't help his smug smile. Yugi managed to look impressed without raising his eyes or saying a word.
---
Yugi stepped into the cube with his heart pounding so hard he thought he could hear it echo off the glass walls. He waited until Kaiba pushed him forward onto the padded table face down and spread his arms and legs wide. He couldn't help but swivel his hips, rubbing himself on the padded leather surface, while Kaiba locked the cuffs around his wrists and ankles. He caught a glimpse of Kaiba's reflection in the glass. A sharp frown warned him to stop moving.
Kaiba pulled a deck of cards out of his pocket. He flipped the top card over and smiled. Yugi never knew if he'd chosen the card at random or planned it for his first trial in the cube. The skin on his back crawled in anticipation when Kaiba showed him what it was: ElectroWhip.
Kaiba put the card into one of the slots and the cube lit up. The crackling whip appeared in Kaiba's hand. As cruel as it looked, it was the gleam in Kaiba's eyes that made Yugi swallow hard and press his face against the leather surface of the table.
Kaiba bent down and ran his palm over Yugi's back once. Then he stepped back a pace and raised the whip. It expanded and lit up like a flash of lightning just before it hit Yugi's skin.
Yugi's eyes flew wide open and he gasped. The pain was searingly hot and deep. He felt like the whip had cut down to the bone on the first strike. He started to yell before the second blow fell, but it fell anyway, slicing him open again. By the third strike he could hardly catch his breath.
Kaiba bent down over him again. To his shock, Yugi felt the same cool caress on his back as he'd felt a moment before.
"How does it feel?" Kaiba asked.
Yugi could hear the smile in his voice. It was difficult to speak. Kaiba waited, whip at the ready.
"It feels like a razor of flame cutting into my skin," Yugi panted. Even as he spoke, the pain still grew as his nerves recovered from the initial shock. He felt blood trickle down his back. At the same time, confusingly, Kaiba's hand felt smooth and gentle on him.
"Your skin is unbroken, Yugi," Kaiba said with a leer of satisfaction. "There's not a mark, not even the faintest bruise."
It seemed impossible. He could feel the cuts widen as he breathed.
"And this is only the beginning," Kaiba added, raising the whip again.
Yugi pressed his face down and screamed into the leather as fire seared his skin.
***
Kaiba had to add his imagination to the vision projected by the cube. Because of the collar, he couldn't see all that Yugi felt. But Yugi's reaction was a more satisfying indication of the cube's effectiveness, anyway. He knew that as far as Yugi could tell, he was being flayed alive.
Yugi yelled with every blow at first, but soon fell to weak moans. Kaiba paused after every three or four blows to run his hands over Yugi's shoulders or his ass where he'd just landed his blows, or to slide his hands under Yugi to stimulate him. He missed the heat he would have felt in Yugi's skin from an actual flogging. But he realized with satisfaction that the pain had to be great for Yugi to have lost most of his erection already. He could take a great deal more of the real thing.
In fact, in a disappointingly short time, Kaiba had to stop. He had much more planned, and he didn't want Yugi passing out from the pain already. It was much too early for that.
He let Yugi lie there and gasp for a few minutes. He pushed his hand between Yugi's legs and under him to coax his erection back to life. Slowly, Yugi responded. The tone of his moans changed as Kaiba stimulated him. But he was still deep in a cloud of pain, and Kaiba waited for him to return.
Before long Yugi started to flex his hips against his hand. He was half erect again, and some of the pain-wracked tension in his body had relaxed.
"How does it feel now?" he asked, prompting Yugi to open eyes, which had been clenched shut.
Yugi blinked in surprise. "It still burns, but... I can tell my back's not really cut to ribbons, like it felt like it was."
Kaiba ran a fingernail over Yugi's shoulder blade and down to the small of his back. He was delighted to see Yugi flinch and gasp, just as if he was aggravating actual wounds. He drew the card from its slot on the table, and the energy in the booth dropped to a lower level. Yugi took a deep, cautious breath and let it out slowly. Kaiba knew that most of the pain had left him, even though his nerves would still sing with it for a while. Yugi's face crinkled in confusion, relief, and a little disappointment.
In all the time Yugi had been coming to him, Kaiba hadn't yet figured out which aspect of their activities excited him the most, whether it was pain, fear, or the control Kaiba had over him once he entered the room. He'd found that Yugi's tolerance for pure pain was surprisingly great. As for control, the more of it Kaiba took, the harder they both got. Even so, he sensed a core of resistance in Yugi that remained out of his reach, so far. He'd seen a flicker of true fear in Yugi's eyes a few times, but that was rare, and he wanted to see more of it. It was especially intriguing to him, because before Yugi had come to him and started this, he would have said he was hardly afraid of anything.
Yugi glanced up in surprise as Kaiba unfastened the cuffs at his wrists and ankles. He smirked.
"Don't worry, we're not done here yet," he said as he flipped Yugi onto his back. Yugi gasped and stiffened as he fell back onto the table, but then he relaxed. He'd expected it to hurt much more than it actually did.
Kaiba spread Yugi's arms and legs wide and fastened the restraints again. Yugi looked at the heavily padded cuffs, scowling at them for a few seconds.
Kaiba gave him a grim smile. "Too comfortable for you, Yugi? The extra padding is necessary. You've never struggled as hard as you're about struggle in here," he said, watching Yugi's breath quicken.
Kaiba put a finger under Yugi's chin and lifted it. That was a signal for Yugi to raise his eyes and look Kaiba in the face.
"I want you to understand what's about to happen to you, Yugi," he said. "I want you to remember that I originally designed this holographic version of Duel Monsters to recreate the experience of my first duel with The Other You."
Several emotions flitted across Yugi's upturned face when Kaiba mentioned Atemu. He'd told Yugi back at the start: whatever Yugi expected from him here, he wasn't going to simply try to be what Atemu had once been. Neither of them had ever mentioned Atemu since then.
Now, Kaiba watched Yugi's face carefully as he went on. "You came to me because you wanted the excitement that you were missing from your early experiences with Atemu. Tonight, you're going to get some of *my* early experience of him, instead."
The expression on Yugi's face shifted from puzzled anticipation to apprehension. After checking that his restraints were secure, Kaiba stepped back and drew his first card. Without showing it to Yugi, he smiled and placed it in the slot.
It was simply one of the many monsters that gave the game its name. The creature was nothing special, no fancy abilities or hidden powers, just brute strength and ferocity. It was nearly as tall as the height of the cube, with a thick, scaled hide and four powerful arms. Each arm ended in scimitar-shaped claws. Its fangs dripped with steaming saliva as it bent over Yugi, who stared up at it with wide eyes. He flinched as the creature's claw reached for him.
"Hold your attack," Kaiba said softly, and the creature paused, hovering over Yugi.
There was breathless tension but no fear in Yugi's eyes, until Kaiba drew four more cards, and four more creatures filled the booth. Bug-eyed, clawed and fanged, they reached for him, straining for him while they waited for Kaiba to give the order to attack.
"Touch him," he told them. "Let him feel how real you are."
They took hold of Yugi's arms and legs, touched his body and his face, leering over him. He stared at the claws and talons gripping him. He started to squirm, then gasped and went still as the claws bit into skin.
"Do you remember, Yugi? The Experience of Death? I do. That was the excitement I experienced in my first encounter with The Other You."
He reached in between the creatures to run his hand up Yugi's leg. He was beginning to tremble, straining a little against the bonds. Kaiba fondled him. Whether in spite of his fear and helplessness or because of it, he was still hard. Kaiba's own arousal grew even greater as he felt Yugi start to squirm.
He went around and stood by Yugi's head, caressing the black and red strands of hair spread out on the padded leather, while the five creatures closed in on him.
"Take him," he said to them. "Take him slowly."
The creatures attacked. Dozens of claws, talons and sharp-fingered hands began to tear at Yugi. His first gasps were of surprise at the realism of their touch, and then he clenched his teeth and hissed as they cut into him. He moaned in revulsion and terror as one of them lowered its head toward his vulnerable genitals. A forked tongue came out and licked him. He shuddered at the touch of it, then stiffened as the fanged mouth clamped onto his crotch.
It didn't bite. At least not yet. Yugi's breath came in short, sharp pants. Other than that, he didn't move. Kaiba pulled Yugi's face around and kissed him, drinking in his fear. Yugi was too distracted to kiss him back. That had never happened before. It made Kaiba smile.
"Of course," he continued as the creatures bore down on Yugi, piercing him with claws and teeth, "I didn't actually die. Neither will you."
He turned to them. "Attack now!"
Yugi screamed as they tore at him, screamed over and over, until after awhile, his screams fell to moans, and then silence. Kaiba smiled again. Yugi hardly ever fainted. He kissed Yugi's slack lips, then got up and withdrew the cards from their slots. The creatures vanished.
He drew five more and waited for Yugi to wake up.
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To Kaiba's surprise, Yugi managed to stay conscious through the second attack, although his eyes were wild and unfocused long before he finally drew the monsters off. Yugi trembled from head to foot, gulping in deep, rasping breaths. Kaiba knelt by his head while the creatures tore at him a second time, watching his face with delight. He pulled at his restraints so hard Kaiba wondered if the bolts would hold.
During the second attack, he held his hand over Yugi's mouth, telling him to be silent. Yugi had tried to give Kaiba control over his screams, but moans and whimpers still escaped him. Kaiba just didn't want him to have to explain later how he'd come to lose his voice.
After the second group of creatures disappeared, he touched Yugi's face to bring him back. His skin was clammy and pale. Slowly, Yugi focused on him. His chest rose and fell erratically and he was soaked with sweat.
Kaiba stood up and walked back to the end of the table, running his hand over Yugi's body. His erection had faded, but as Kaiba fondled him, his hips jerked up into the touch.
"Your stamina always impresses me, Yugi," he said.
Yugi drew a deep, shuddering sigh, letting his head fall back onto the table. His breathing returned almost to normal.
"Shall we play one more hand, then?" Kaiba asked.
Yugi jerked his head up. His face contorted in horror as he watched Kaiba draw five more cards. He didn't even have the strength left to scream when the creatures sunk their claws into him a third time.
Kaiba drew the creatures off again, finally, and Yugi went limp. He shivered although he was drenched in sweat, and his hands hung loose in the cuffs, his fingers twitching. He stared up at the ceiling, eyes glazed.
Kaiba quickly unlocked the cuffs and flipped Yugi over again, spreading his legs and positioning himself between them. He gritted his teeth as he finally released his painfully stiff erection and pressed the tip against Yugi's opening. For the first time since they'd started this, Yugi whimpered and tried to get away. Kaiba pulled him back roughly by the hips, moaning with pleasure as he drove himself into the struggling body. He'd finally found Yugi's limit. He'd been beginning to think he didn't have any.
Thrusting his hand under Yugi to stroke him, he pressed deeply in to his tight channel. Yugi flinched and thrashed at first, but soon he stopped struggling. Kaiba knew by now just how to touch him, and just how to aim his thrusts to stimulate him. With a flush of power, he felt Yugi's arousal grow against his hand. He lowered himself over Yugi's back, nuzzling his face into the sweat-damp hair.
"Yugi," he said in a low voice. He knew Yugi heard him by his weak moan and the way rubbed his head against Kaiba's face. "Now you have a part of me inside of you forever, Yugi.... my nightmares."
He plunged into him. Now Yugi tried to thrust back onto him, but he was too weak; his arms shook under him. Kaiba pushed his head down and lifted his hips so he could thrust deeper into Yugi's tight, trembling body. He knew he was stroking Yugi's prostate as he felt him swell to full hardness again, groaning softly with each thrust. He held himself at the brink while he pushed Yugi over.
Yugi sobbed loudly as he came. Kaiba looked down to see his face drenched with tears. The sight of him like that made Kaiba groan and sent a spasm of pleasure down his spine. But remembering the look of helpless terror on Yugi's face was what finally made him come.
***
Yugi passed out again after that. Kaiba nearly did as well, but he kept himself from sinking into that tempting oblivion. He pulled out of Yugi and rolled off of his limp body. They were both drenched.
Kaiba shut down the cube and opened the door. He carried Yugi across the room to the bed where he laid him down and fastened well-used leather cuffs around his wrists and ankles. Chains from each manacle were attached to two bolts at the head and foot of the bed. The length of the chains allowed Yugi some movement, but he couldn't reach very far -- not far enough to touch himself, for instance. Kaiba didn't think that would be an issue for a while.
Even with the padded cuffs in the cube, Yugi had slight bruises on his wrists and ankles, but they would fade quickly. Kaiba brushed his fingers over them, admiringly. It had been worth the six months wait to see this evidence of how well the cube worked.
He let Yugi sleep for half an hour while he cleaned up, washing the stickiness and sweat from himself with a damp cloth. He cleaned Yugi up as well, and Yugi muttered something in his sleep but didn't wake up. He threw a sheet over him, then stripped off his leather pants and pulled on a silk robe. Then he went to tinker with the computer controls in the cube. When he heard Yugi stir some time later, he went and stood beside the bed.
Yugi focused on him slowly, like someone climbing up from a deep dream. When he realized he was staring straight up at Kaiba, he lowered his eyes quickly. He noticed the cuffs and lifted his hands to look at the chains.
Usually Kaiba sent him home when they were done, but obviously Yugi was too worn out to walk far. The need for secrecy meant he couldn't order a cab or even send him in the limo. Kaiba would have to drive him home personally, and he felt too tired and satisfied to bother.
"You can sleep here," Kaiba said. "If you do, those stay on."
"Okay," Yugi said sleepily. He stretched a little, as far as he could, making the chains rattle. Kaiba knew well enough how much he liked the feel of them.
But the little furrow in Yugi's brow appeared as he settled under the sheet. His eyes stayed open, even though he looked exhausted. Kaiba wondered what he was thinking, but he decided not to ask.
Suddenly he felt an overwhelming urge to sleep as well. Giving in to it, he dimmed the lights and lay down on the other side of the bed, pulling another sheet over himself.
"Kaiba," Yugi said softly as he started to drift away. "I'm sorry."
"What for?" he asked irritably.
"For what he put you through." Yugi's voice faded toward sleep as he spoke. "I didn't know... should've stsss..."
Kaiba lay in the dark listening to Yugi breathe, and wondered which one of them the nightmare would visit first.
(to be continued. more sm-bd stuff, and some other stuff to come!)