Author's Note: So… animals. That's basically how demons are treated here. They're just as intelligent as humans, but they also act more on instinct, which makes humans think that they are "lower." And, since they're treated like animals, you also have people who abuse those animals (like puppy mills or dog fighting rings). Yugi and Joey are actually being kept in one of these places (it's both a puppy mill and a dog fighting ring).
So basically
InuYasha turned slave ring. AND YES, BE AMAZED THAT JOEY IS NOT A SHY LITTLE VIRGIN THIS TIME. He's just a virgin.
Prime Mate
Humans were
awful. No—they were
evil. Joey trembled as he felt Yugi licking his ears. His body felt like it was on fire. Why did humans make demons suffer through their heats instead of letting them mate and reproduce like nature intended? He felt terrible, and he knew Yugi did too—he just didn't suffer as much as Joey did; his heats as a wolf were milder and only came once a year. Joey had to suffer through them every five months. He just wanted to die—
Or have all of the heat humped out of him by a worthy stud. Either of the two sounded good. He would prefer being humped, though, if he had a choice. Few, if any, of his heats would end in pregnancy, and his pups would probably be sold off as soon as they were weaned. It hurt, knowing that he wouldn't get to raise his own pups, but
anything would be better than suffering through a week and a half of unbearable heat!
He yelped as a hand gripped his collar and tugged him upward. "Ahn! Ag!"
"They can't take you to fight! You can't fight like this! Joey, you'll die!" Yugi exclaimed, scampering after him as the human dragged him out of the cage. Of course, the human didn't understand, and even if he could, he probably wouldn't listen. Howling in distress as the door to the cage slammed shut behind them, he slammed his body into the chain links helplessly. "Joey! Joey, don't let him take you!"
Joey clawed at the human feebly, but he was too weak from the heat to do any damage. He would be forced into the fighting ring, unable to defend himself, and because fighting demons were trained early to fight to the death, he would be ruthlessly slaughtered.
He could only look at the bright side that at least he wouldn't have to deal with his heats anymore.
Joey bleated as he was thrown into the fighting ring, rolling across the dusty dirt floor, before stumbling to his feet and looking frantically for his attacker. He knew he wouldn't win, but he wasn't going down without a fight.
He whined quietly when he saw the brunet he was facing off against. He was much bigger, much more muscular. He was a wolf, much bigger than any captive wolf demon he'd ever seen, and he looked a lot angrier. His body was already splattered with blood, and as the blond looked around the caged-in ring, he saw the mutilated bodies of other demons—demons that hadn't been in heat and were stronger than him.
He was facing off against a wild wolf, one that had been captured and was angry and was using that anger to kill everything it could get its hands on!
Joey whimpered. His body had softened, his muscles shrinking to accommodate for pups and the necessary fat he'd need to keep both any pups he'd have and himself warm and healthy. He had no hope of defeating this angry predator, especially when all he wanted to do was drop and present himself to what his body recognized was a prime candidate for the father of his pups.
And, looking at those mutilated bodies, he realized that he at least wanted Yugi to recognize his body as it was carried through the pens to the incinerator outside.
Whining in defeat, he sank down, peering up at the wolf from beneath his bangs as he strained at the chain keeping him from leaping and tearing him to pieces. His ears twisted back and forth to listen to the murmur of humans watching him, hating them for somehow finding demons fighting to the death entertaining.
Then there was a snap, and a snarl, and Joey could only watch as the wolf demon leapt toward him. He let out a helpless yip as he was tackled backward, whimpering as his back was scratched against the barbs of the chain-link fencing surrounding the whole of the fighting ring. Feeling the brunet's powerful jaws closing on the back of his neck and shaking him roughly, he fell limp, submissively dropping his head and curling his tail against his belly.
The wolf shook him a few moments longer before slowing to a stop. After a moment, he dropped the blond, and the dog demon caught a glimpse of a baffled expression before he ducked his head again to show submission. The brunet sniffed his hair for a moment, then began snuffling down his back, his big hands grasping his hips firmly to turn him into a more accommodating position.
Realizing that the brunet had discovered he was in heat, Joey instinctively snarled and snapped at him, planting his rump on the ground to show he was
not receptive and if the wolf thought that
shaking him would encourage him to make puppies with him, he was sadly mistaken. "I think
no!"
The wolf let out a grunt of displeasure at the snub. "I think
yes."
Joey yipped as the brunet grabbed for him and scampered away, turning to glare at him as he planted his rear firmly on the ground again. "I don't even know your name! Ya just tried t' kill me!"
"…My parents called me Seto," the wolf stated after a moment, eyeing him thoughtfully. He prowled toward the blond and let out a quiet, soothing keen. "I promise I'll be a good mate. I'll provide for you and our pups—"
"You won't provide
anything here," Joey snarled, and he distantly recognized the confused murmurs of the humans; they'd come for a fight, but their argument must have been interesting after watching the wolf—Seto, apparently—slaughter all of the other demons. "Unless it's a good
show for the
humans. We bend to their whims and hope they don't kill us."
Seto growled quietly, stiffening in affront. "The humans will not be able to keep me here. I've already killed two of them as they captured me, and another when they dragged me out here to fight. They will realize I'm not worth the trouble and release me."
"Unruly demons are
killed, not
released," the blond hissed. "Then they're burned to ash, and that ash is used in wards to guard against wild demons."
Circling the dog demon slowly, the brunet's lip curled upward. "You've obviously been in captivity too long. I'll take you with me when I leave."
"I was born in captivity! I would never survive!" Joey shivered in surprise when the brunet's tail brushed over his shoulder as he passed.
"Born in captivity? That would explain why you don't fight the humans." Seto narrowed his eyes. "If you fought them as hard as you fight demons, they'd fear you and treat you with proper respect."
"Or starve me until I started acting like a good little pet again!" The blond whined anxiously. "Just kill me and get it over with! I can't handle this waiting!"
The wolf demon showed his fangs briefly before ducking his head to look him over. "I'm not going to kill you. I'm going to make you my mate. Your body is begging for it, and I'm quite willing to give it what it wants despite your growling."
Joey flinched in surprise, then yelped as the brunet hurriedly circled around behind him and caught his hips tightly. He whined as he felt wolf demon's claws digging into his skin, then whimpered submissively, lifting his tail to the side to flag his acceptance. "If—if I get pregnant, ya
hafta take me with ya when ya leave," he stated, trembling anxiously. "Ya can't leave me behind."
The brunet growled. "I would never leave you behind."
"The demons that escape
always leave everyone else behind," the dog demon argued, before bleating as the older boy bent over him. "Ah-!"
Seto snorted and wrapped his arms around the blond's waist tightly, growling as he humped him lightly, then snarled as he finally slipped inside of him. "Mine!"
Joey shrieked as the brunet began humping him roughly, knees coming up off the ground with each inward thrust. "Agh! Nn! Ha!"
Turning his head as he saw a movement from the corner of his eye, the wolf demon snarled dangerously at the humans that had come to separate them. The blond was his mate; they had no right to try and separate them, especially when they were in the midst of creating puppies. When the dog demon began to squeal like a little swine, however, he turned his attention back to the blond beneath him and began humping him
harder. The blond screamed and arched his hips to meet the wolf demon's thrusts, digging his claws into the dirt floor even as his elbows buckled. Instead of trying to get back up, however, he dug his claws in further to better brace himself against the pounding the brunet was giving him, rump still propped lewdly in the air. He mewled as the wolf demon's grip on his hips helped to guide his movements upward, whimpering as he felt the brunet strike something that made his vision go white.
Seto snarled again when one of the humans got too close, still doing his best to fuck his mate despite the danger the humans posed to them. As the dog demon howled, he bared his teeth at the humans threatening him, daring them to try and stop him from finishing their copulation. Feeling the blond stiffen beneath him, he sped up his thrusts a little more, growling in approval when his mate shuddered as he came. He thrust into him a few more times even as the blond tightened around him, then roared as he reached his own climax. "
MINE!"
Joey bleated quietly as he felt the brunet's cock slipping out, suddenly feeling empty, but turned his head when he heard an aggravated snarl. He gasped as he watched the wolf demon snap and growl at the nearest human, watching intently as the human nearly last an arm to the brunet's claws. Unfortunately, he was so engrossed in the battle in front of him that he didn't sense the other human coming upon him until it was too late.
He yelped as an arm looped around his waist, wriggling as he was hoisted over the human's shoulder. "Lemme go! Lemme go, bastard-!"
Seto turned sharply as he heard his mate's distress, then crouched, ready to leap on the blond's attacker. Just before he allowed his bunched muscles to uncoil, however, the human he'd been originally occupied with stepped up behind him and hit him in the back of the head with a club. It didn't knock him out, but it did knock him senseless as his ears rang. It was the second blow while he was stunned that knocked him out.
Joey squealed and struggled to go to him, but the human's grip was too strong. He was too weak; first his heat had drained him, and the mating he'd just been through had left him as weak as a pup. All he could do was howl and whine as he was carried out of the fighting ring, crying for the brunet to get up until he was out of sight.
He yelped again as he was thrown into a cage—not his own—and hurriedly began sniffing around. When he realized it was the empty pen next to the one he'd been sharing with his friend, however, and he saw him reaching through the chains to him, he hurried over to him. "Yugi!"
"I heard you screaming! What happened? How are you still alive?" Yugi asked quickly, frowning in concern. "Are you hurt? If you lean against the chains, I can lick your back for you!"
Joey blushed a little, pleased with the concern, then slowly turned and lifted his tail. "No, I'm fine."
Seeing that his friend had been defiled, the smaller demon could only scowl. "How'd you get lucky enough to find a demon that would rather fuck you than kill you?"
"You're just jealous because you're still in heat!" the blond retorted, then twisted his body so that he could lick delicately at the scratches on his hips. "And he wasn't just fuckin' me! He claimed me as his mate!"
Yugi gasped. "Jealous! Was it that Siegfried guy? I know
he's been giving you the eye. Or that other guy, what was his name?"
"Duke decided he'd rather have Tristan's ass than mine. Besides, the humans want them to breed, anyway." Joey looked up at the other boy happily. "He's a
wild demon, Yugi. He killed two of the humans that were capturing him and one of the holders here!"
The wolf demon frowned immediately. "A wild demon? Joey, do you know how dangerous wild demons can be? And they have a higher fertility rate; they breed easier than captive demons. The humans didn't want you to breed! What happens if you get pregnant?"
He hadn't thought of that. Cringing a little, he curled up against the fence, sighing as his friend did the same so they could share what little warmth they had. "…Only wild demons have higher fertility rates, Yug'. I'm a captive demon. The… the vet said that it would be a miracle if I ever had pups, my family's so inbred. It was amazing my ma even had my little sister!"
Yugi managed to lick the blond's ears through the fence. "I'm sorry. You always
have wanted pups, haven't you?"
Joey sighed and curled closer to the fence, knowing he didn't have to answer; his friend already knew that he adored pups, and had been heartbroken after the vet examined him after he reached sexual maturity only to find out that he wasn't a good prospect for pups. He hoped that the wild wolf would forgive him for not telling him that, but he'd wanted so badly to be fucked, and the brunet had had such a silky tongue, telling him things he wanted to hear…
The smaller demon whined when he realized how miserable he'd made the blond feel by mentioning his infertility. "I'm sorry, Joey. I didn't mean to…"
"I know."
.-.-.-.-.-.
Seto snarled as he was thrown into another cage, turning to leap at the door immediately, but it was slammed shut in his face and locked with a padlock. He slammed his body into the fencing a few times, but soon realized his actions were futile. Snorting in disgust, he turned to eye his accommodations, head still throbbing from being knocked out earlier.
He had not enjoyed coming back to consciousness just to feel something stabbing into his ass. He didn't know what the humans had injected, but he
did know that if they ever pulled that stunt again, he was at least ripping off their penises if he couldn't kill them.
Seto growled as his eyes landed on another demon, ready to rip it to pieces in a territorial fight, but calmed when he recognized the big golden ears and amber eyes of his mate. Tail wagging slightly, he prowled over to him, taking that time to examine his mate's body for injuries in case he needed to deal retribution to the humans that had taken him away.
The scratches on his hips and back seemed to be healing alright. He didn't see any other bruises or scrapes. He looked healthy.
The blond ducked his head submissively, unable to help a relieved smile. "You're okay."
"They stuck something in my ass," the wolf complained, but leaned down to lick the blond's cheek gently.
"Probably a rabies injection." The younger boy turned to his friend. "They do that to all the demons they get, right?"
The smaller wolf grumbled at being woken from his doze but nodded. "A shot to keep you from getting rabies and a shot to kill parasites like worms and fleas." Seeing the brunet's confused expression, he explained, "It makes your blood unappetizing for fleas and poisons any worms you might have in your digestive system."
"…Who are you? Must I fight you to keep my mate?" Seto was disgruntled, to say the least. "Or are you simply here to be an annoyance?"
"I'm not going to fight you for him. I'm in heat and really in no condition to do much of anything. …My name's Yugi. Joey never told me your name."
"Seto." The brunet dipped his head to lick his mate's ears.
Joey blushed a little, unable to help a smile as the wild wolf snuffled down his back. "See? Ya don't hafta worry about me, Yug'. He's kind t' me." He yelped as he felt the brunet nosing under his tail and jumped, turning toward him in affront. "What the hell are ya doin'?"
"I didn't get the chance to clean you back here before the humans got me," Seto stated curtly, then glared at him. "Present yourself so that I can do it properly."
The blond huffed, looking as if he might argue, then grumbled and propped himself on his knees, leaning forward on his elbows obediently as he lifted his tail out of the way. "So
bossy." He couldn't help a kittenish mewl of approval as the brunet began licking at his entrance, which had been leaking ever since they'd finished copulating. He would have asked Yugi to do it, but he knew it was the mate's job to clean him, and he was glad he was finally there to do it.
Seto couldn't help his tail wagging as he listened to the blond mew and purr as he licked between his cheeks. He spared a warning growl as he heard something near the door to the pen, but he was too busy pleasing his mate to care when the door didn't open.
Joey mewed again, ears perking up when he saw the two bowls of food that had been left. Standing up despite the warning growl his mate gave him, he made his way over to the bowls, feeling ravenous after the stressful day. He tilted his head when he found something different in his bowl—some sort of vegetable, he assumed—then shrugged and dipped his head to begin eating.
He yelped as the bowl was swatted out from under him, shattering on the floor and splattering its contents outside the door. He stared, both stunned and horrified. If there was one luxury they got as captives, it was a decent meal at the end of the day. It was almost sacred; everyone had their own bowl and no one ate more than their bowl unless it was offered. But… but his mate… his mate had just shattered his bowl!
Turning toward the brunet angrily, he snarled. "What the hell do you think you're doing? That was my dinner!"
Seto snarled as well, baring his teeth in a sneer.
"Oh, so you
want to kill our puppies, is that it?"
"What the hell are you talking about? Last I heard, pups need food too!" Joey's ears twisted back in fury. "Why did you do that?"
"They were feeding you something that's bad for puppies! Do you
want them to die?" The brunet was just as angry.
Unfortunately, he was talking to a captive demon; if the humans didn't want him to have puppies, he wasn't going to question it, instead choosing to remain docile so that he wouldn't be killed. On top of that, he doubted he was going to
have puppies. The vet had said, after all, that he was basically infertile, and the chances of conception were slim. On top of that, the brunet had ruined something deemed sacred to captive demons; humans hated to replace bowls.
"I wasn't going to have puppies anyway!" He was unable to help it; he knew he should have been gentle in telling the brunet that he wasn't going to be having puppies, but he was angry and hurt and hungry.
Seto didn't understand what he was hearing, since puppies were just as sacred to him as bowls were to captive demons, and that just made him angrier. "So you were going to terminate them? Just so you wouldn't have to have them?"
The blond growled. "I'm not fertile! I go through heat, but the chances of conceiving are slim to none!"
"…And you didn't think to tell me this before?" the wolf roared.
"When? Between when you were sweet talkin' me and fuckin' me? Ya didn't leave a lot of room for it!"
"You greedy
bitch! If all you needed was a good fuck, you could have gotten it from someone else! If I'd known you were a barren bitch, I would have just killed you and been done!"
Joey flinched, eyes filling with tears as his tail curled under his belly. "…H-how could you say that to me? All I wanted was… And you just…" Ears wilting in distress, he let out a sob, then scurried over to the corner furthest from him and curled up into a ball.
Yugi, who had watched the altercation in stunned and horrified silence, hurried over to his friend, reaching through the links to gently pet his tail. When the blond only cried harder, he let out a whine, then turned a glare on the irate wild demon. "How dare you insinuate that he just wanted a fuck! He wants puppies more than any demon I know! Do you know how heartbroken he was when the vets said he was basically infertile? He came back to our cage and cried for
days!"
His own eyes filled with angry tears. "The only thing he had to look forward to was taken away! Just because he said he probably wasn't going to have puppies doesn't mean he didn't desperately want to have them! I have never seen him cry over anything but puppies, and for you to just tell him that you'd have killed him if you'd known—" It wasn't fair. His friend wanted puppies
so badly, and he couldn't even count on having them because of the inbreeding the humans had forced on them. "You could have just revoked your mating and not have hurt him worse!"
Seto frowned as the smaller wolf snuggled close to the fence and began whispering what he could only assume were words of comfort. As a wild demon, he couldn't have revoked his mating in good conscience, unless his bitch proved an adulteress, and he had to admit that blaming the blond for something he couldn't control had been rather cruel.
He hadn't realized that the blond had still wanted puppies despite the likelihood that he wouldn't have them, since he'd said it so (seemingly) carelessly. He hadn't even realized that his mate
could be infertile. In his opinion as a wild demon, the blond was a prime candidate for making puppies; he was strong, had good instincts, seemed to have a motherly spirit, and had wide hips helpful for birthing. It hadn't occurred to him that humans wouldn't view him the same way, and would actually breed demons callously until they stopped being able to reproduce.
He'd been so kind to his mate, trying to protect him, making promises never to leave him. All of the good things he'd done had immediately been erased by his hurtful words. He'd shown his mate he was disgusted by his infertility—something he had no control of—and now
he was the bad mate for not gathering all of the facts before he started snarling.
Joey hadn't fought him all that much, meaning he must have found him an acceptable stud, too, in terms of mating and breeding. He'd basically slapped him in the face, saying that while Seto was the ideal male to mate with, Joey was as far from ideal as one could go for a bitch. And, judging by his age and physique, he hadn't been fucked by any other demons, for mating
or breeding. He was a demon kept purely for fighting until he somehow managed to slip up and lose; then, he would be burned to ash.
And Seto had only served to affirm to the captive demon that that was all he was good for—fighting, dying, and having his body burned to ash so it could protect the humans that had only seen him as cheap entertainment.
He felt terrible.
Seto whined quietly and edged closer to the blond, finally leaning in to nuzzle his trembling side.
He only received a miserable howl before the dog demon got to his feet and hurriedly scampered to the other corner nearest the fence. He turned a wet, betrayed gaze on him that made him feel even guiltier, then curled up into another ball and began to whimper wretchedly.
Seto sat down and let out a frustrated sigh as he watched Yugi crawl over to lie next to him again, flinching a little under the dirty look he was given. His cousin had always told him that his sharp tongue would get him in trouble one of these days. He hadn't realized just how much trouble that could be.
