Crimson Moonlight

Ren found himself fascinated by the deep golden-brown ruins, despite the heavy amounts of dust that permeated the air and the foul stench of dead animals that seemed to know every inch of the mausoleum type structure.

There was a subtle beauty to the ruins. The draconic statues that lined the hall, the various worshiped deities dating back to paganistic times all had a statue that honored them. Some gods beautiful, and some hideous.

He found his favorite room too be the large, courtyard like chamber. The flowers in the room, the same shade of milky white as the moon, lined the courtyard where various statues of beautiful gods lined the room, though all the marble admiration's were less clothed than Ren would have liked.

And some more endowed.

"Checkin' out stone dick? Perv." Ren didn't feel like retaliating, only crooning his body back against the powerful chest pressed against his back. Powerful arms wrapped around his waist, and soft lips pressed against the back of his neck.

"Love you too, Kyri..."

He laughed. "Yeah, yeah...." He pressed his lips into the feather soft tufts of brown hair atop Ren's head. "Love you too." He planted a well coordinated smack to Ren's bottom. "C'mon. We've got the mats set up, it's time for bed. The Boss'll be here tomorrow, and we can get the hell out of here."

Ren nodded, though he felt almost sad to leave the ruins. The archeologist in him was itching to explore.

Fighting back the heat in his cheeks as Kyrios took his hand and lead him back into the main corridor, he meeped. "W-What're you doing?"

"Holding your hand."

Ren wasn't sure to be embarrassed or to skip like a little school girl. Every now and then, Kyrios did something so sweet that Ren could almost feel the cotton of the school-girl outfit, the skirt fluttering at his waist as the broad chested hunter made him swoon.

He decided to go with it, clenching the hand tighter. "Kyrios...could you say it again?" A deep pang struck his heart like a rubber band popping from his fingers. Old memories had been stirring lately, memories only Kyrios could keep away.

"Say what?"

"That you love me."

The black-haired hunter spun around, azure eyes trained on crimson. "Are you alright?"

"Y-Yeah...I just like to hear it is all."

Unconvinced, but obligate all the same, Kyrios pulled the brunette close. Ren had been acting strangely lately, seeming almost depressed, but Kyrios had far too much tact, or was it cowardice, to ask why.

"I love you." He pressed his lips to Ren's.

Nothing else needed to be said, as the fleeting kiss broke, Ren smiled and responded "I love you too." Before allowing himself to be led along again.

"What took you two so long? Fucking again?"

The words were an unpleasant welcome back to the main corridor, where the lamplight added a feral appearance to the demonic deity that sat at the center of the room. Jun, already snuggled half-dressed in his bed mat looked on with almost hopeful blue eyes.

"Nah, not this time." Kyrios placed a kiss on Ren's lips. "Get some sleep, okay? Love you."

"Love you too." He felt like the school-girl again, just having been asked by quarterback to the prom.

Snuggled in their respective mats, Kyrios watched to make sure Ren fell asleep. A soft stirring, gentle breathing, let him know the brunette was asleep, a wash of relief falling over his shoulders. He'd been worried, and wondered if Ren was sleeping well. He hadn't seemed rested lately. At first, Kyrios assumed it to be his fault.

Late night trysts after all.

But now he was worried it was something else.

"S-Stop..." Choked sobs in the air. Kyrios' eyes darted up, blue falling on the trembling mat that Ren rested in. "Please stop..."

"Ren?"

No response. A nightmare? Kyrios slipped out of his mat, making a careful stride across the corridor as not to wake Jun or Ren. Wiping his feet, he carefully peeled the covers from Ren's body, and slipped into his mat. The small mat wasn't made for two, but Kyrios would be damned if he couldn't make it work.

He wrapped his solid arms around Ren's torso, pulling the boy's head to his chest and drinking in the deep smell. Sleeping like a baby, but trembling with fear. What was causing his nightmares?

A soft stirring. "K-Kyrios?" Crimson eyes looked on in confusion.

"Shhh, go back to bed. Didn't mean to wake you." Ren tugged himself closer, wrapping himself languidly across Kyrios' torso.

Kyrios fell into a deep slumber, finding himself surprisingly comfortable falling asleep with Ren's scent on him, the body wrapped around him like a warm blanket.

Ren's body, cold with sweat, was recalling the dream in sudden violent flashes, his ruby orbs clenching tight to keep from seeing them. Brief moments, that's all they were, of his fathers fists smacking him across the face, in the torso, careful not to be too hard as to not leave a bruise. But still hard enough to hurt.

Bad days of work did that too a person.

A sharp kick to the ribs, and the dead, uncaring eyes of his mother watching on from the corner of the room as though the bitch had some remorse, but not enough to stop it. After all, she wasn't the one being made into a human punching bag, why the fuck should she care if her seven-year old son is being slapped around like a cheap whore who couldn't perform?

Crying alone, huddled against the absence in the covers. He spent many nights that way.

Not alone anymore though, the large figure that mated him would drive away the terrors, and never allow that to happen to him.

Pulling back the silky, velvet curtain of serenity, drowned in Kyrios' deep, masculine scent, Ren fell back to sleep, dreaming of more pleasant memories.

Dreaming of Kyrios, the one he loved more than life.

Phoenix struggled against his restraints, moaning around the gag in his mouth and trying desperately to get the talisman choker off of his neck. He didn't care to escape, he just wanted to see Dante again, even if the hunter had dumped him into the shabby apartment room like a sack of rotten potatoes.

He wanted to see him again, feel his throbbing length buried so deep into him.

He needed to see him again. He felt so incomplete otherwise. Where had Dante gone? Why couldn't he go with him? He could help.

A choked cry, muffled but still coherent. "D-Dante..."

Golden light cut through the dusty ruins, accentuating every crack and chip on the otherwise flawless statues in the ruin. Ren stirred awake, disappointed by the absence of heat that wrapped so contently around him the night before.

"Hey! It's twelve o'clock and you're just now getting up?" His eyes darted up, falling upon the delicious curves of Kyrios' stomach, the sweat dripping in thin slides down his bronze skin, having worked all morning to inspect and rearrange the ruins for the bosses arrival. The thin trail of hair was clinging to the flat of his belly, charmingly accentuating his powerful body.

Ren's morning wood hardened to diamond, the heat in his cheeks conveying this message to Kyrios.

"Aww? Like seeing me without a shirt on, baby?"

"Y-Yeah..." Ren wiped the drool slipping down his chin. "So hot..."

"So cute baby..." He pushed his lips against Ren's, his tongue raping the others hot cavern. "But, I've got work to do. Just stay here and rest." Their kiss breaking as he spoke, petting Ren affectionately. "You sure you're alright?" Remembering the terribly violent trembling from the night.

"I'm fine. Thanks." He wanted more, he pushed his lips again against Kyrios', delving his tongue into the others mouth, nibbling his surprisingly soft lower lip, and raking his hands over the golden skin, relishing in the feel of the muscles under his finger tips.

"Shit..." Kyrios muttered as their kiss broke briefly for air. He pinned Ren down, letting the boy feel his erection roll against his hips, settling himself in between as he ravished the younger boy's mouth.

"Fuck, fuck, fuck. I wanna let you have it good but...I've gotta get back to work..." Kyrios pouted. "Tonight?"

"Promise?"

"Hell yeah." He nipped Ren's ear, enjoying the shudder. "Alright, just get some rest and relax today, Jun and I'll do all the work."

He pouted, watching the beautiful body saunter away. Fucking Jun, getting to enjoy watching those powerful muscles move heavy stones. Wait. There was no reason he couldn't watch could he? Hell, Kyrios would probably put on a show as arrogant as he was, if he knew Ren was watching. That could be used to his advantage.

Damn the half-demon for being born so damn sexy. Ren giggled, he wondered if Kyrios had a brother that looked half as good as him.

"God dammit!"

"Be quiet, Ayase. You'll alert them." Dante grumbled, sweeping the sticky black locks from his face, uncomfortable under the rather intense heat, but maintaining composure all the same, though the same couldn't be said of the brown haired girl who was made of complaints.

"But it's so fucking hot!" Ayase slumped down to the mountain path, panting for air. "Why the fuck did Mikhail have to pick a fucking mountain range for his hideout that's under the fucking sun and dry as hundred year old human's pussy!?"

"Because he's eccentric."

"He's a lunatic!"

"Oh for god's sake. Go back then, bitch. I don't need your help to capture some skinny boy my brother has courted." Quickly becoming annoyed by her complaints, not at all aided by the intense rays of the sun.

"You're a dick, know that Danny?"

"It's Dante."

"It's "my dick is huge and has consumed by brain, making me singular being with my dick," god, liven up once in a while. At least your brother has a sense of humor."

"And he's an idiot."

"And what are you?"

Oh, how he wanted to blow her bitchy brains out. If she wasn't so talented in hunting, he would've done so long ago. That, or leave her hog tied like he had the tanned Seer, Phoenix.

Ren was finding it hard not to jerk off until his hand fell off, or drool until he'd drown himself, Jun, and the object of Ren's current lust, Kyrios. He watched with adamant fascination as Kyrios' muscles tensed, relaxed, and curled as they moved the heavy rubble in the ruin. With all of this, there was an innocent shine of sweat coating Kyrios' muscle that just begged to be wiped off with Ren's tongue.

Kyrios wasn't playing fair, and he wasn't even aware of it.

"I'm gonna go for a walk..." He sulked. He was only hurting himself to gawk at Kyrios without being able to touch.

"Aighty. Need me, call me."

Oh he needed him alright.

He walked out of the dusty old ruins, back out into the amber glow of the setting sun. Sunset already? Damn, where had the day gone? Somewhere in the back of his brain, he knew it'd gone while watching Kyrios flex unconsciously. It was entertaining though, his mouth watering at the thought.

He wondered when he'd become so gay, and then wondered why he should care. He was madly in love, what others thought was of little consequence. It happened so suddenly.

Though maybe it hadn't, he'd never been interested in girls really, though that may have been because he was in constant fear for his life.

Who had time to think about girls when daddy was coming home? Big merger went through? Well, that would be a couple of broken ribs. Employee gave him lip? He'd bust Ren's.

"Thanks to the succubus..."

The succubus. The demon that started it all. He had a lot to thank him for. Had it not been for the succubus, he may have never escaped his parents vice. If the succubus killed the son of a bitch, it was just icing on the cake, though Ren didn't really care. The succubus also was what set the cogs in motion for him and Kyrios. Had it not craved Kyrios, Ren may have never become intimate with Kyrios himself. For that, he owe the succubus his life.

He wondered why his thoughts were so random. So much had happened, he hadn't had time to just stop and think.

Warm arms wrapped around him from behind. He smiled. Kyrios always knew how to sneak up on him. Lips pressed against the back of his ear, eliciting a soft coo from Ren.

"Soo bad, you and Jun finished?" He felt a hard length press against his supple bottom. "That for me?"

Long black hair trickled down, and tickled his neck. A deep voice grumbled "If you want it."

"Ah! Fuck, finally finished! When's the Boss getting here?" Kyrios stretched his weary muscles, a deep yawn escaping his throat.

"He's on his way now with a group of hunters. Should be here in less than an hour."

"Good. I'm ready to take Ren and get the hell out of here. You staying?"

"Yeah..." Jun yawnked as well, more tired than he'd expected. "I'm gonna help the Boss out for a little while."

"Heh, I'm just ready to get Ren back to the city. A nice date would be really nice."

"Soooo gay."

Jun's teasing was met with a playful smack from Kyrios. The two laughed. "Who's the guy who jacked it to two guys fuckin'?"

"Hey, I never said it wasn't hot as hell."

Kyrios snatched his shirt off the ground, ignoring the comment "Why bother, you're just gonna take it off when you meet Ren." and pulling it over his head.

A melodious laughter cut through the twilight air. "Aww, two handsome men at my disposal. Dante really is too kind." From the shadows she emerged, chestnut hair falling in small rivets down her back, a combat knife sparkling with mischief in her hands. "Hello boys..." She purred.

"Ayase?" Kyrios pondered.

"That's right. Danny's here too, of course he's got other business to tend too..."

"Dante..." Jun noted the growl Kyrios unintentionally released.

"Now, now...no need to growl..." She giggled, winking at Kyrios. "I just came to give you a fair warning. A cult is searching for Seers, believing them to be some kind of gods. They've hired help to capture them. They're after the one named Phoenix, and your new little boy-toy Ren."

"Bring them on." Kyrios gloated, pulling his trademark magnum from it's holster on his pants to emphasize his point. "The little brat's gotten kidnapped several times, and I've saved him each and every time."

"Oh, well that's not going to be possible this time...."

An ebony eyebrow quirked. "And why the hell not?"

Her next words were unnecessary, the firm grip she took on the knife made her point plenty clear. "Because Dante and I are the ones they hired." The knife made a dance across the room, caught by Kyrios before it landed it's contact in his eye.

"Ooooh, not bad!"

"Who the fuck are you!?" Ren scampered away from the tall man before him, deceived into believing he was Kyrios before he noted the long hair fluttering over his shoulders. How could he tell the difference? Their bodies felt the same, they smelled the same, they embraced the same.

Even now, looking dead on, Ren could scarcely tell a difference. Had it not been for the long hair that glimmered in the rose light of the setting sun, and his dark eyes that opposed Kyrios' bright blues, he wouldn't have been able to tell a difference.

"But you were so responsive...." They even grinned the same. "I'm much better than that bratty brother of mine. I'll show you what hundreds of years of experience can do."

"Get the fuck away from me!" He batted the hand outstretching toward him away.

The man's grip, hard as rock, clenched his shoulder, pulling him close. His breath, hot and damp, brushed his ear eliciting a shudder from his otherwise shamefully aroused body.

Paralyzed, as though he stared into the eyes of a snake.Or rather, listened to the song of a siren.

"You want this...." He cooed.

"No...if I respond at all, it's because you look like Kyri..."

That pissed him off. Apparently, if the growl was any indication, being compared to his younger brother was not a very good way to win the demon's favor.

"He's a bitch."

"And you look like him."

Another growl. It subsided, and left a hand trailing under Ren's shirt. He could only curse "shit" as he let out a shameful moan, the man's large hand caressing the soft expanse of skin that was the flat of his stomach.

"These are so hard..." He cooed, pinching a pink bud under his fingers.

"K-Kyrios..." He moaned.

"Get away from him Dante!" Kyrios lunged forward, appearing from the darkness of the ruins fist already in motion for Dante's cheek, who dodged with angelic grace. Still, he succeeded in separating Dante from Ren.

Pushing Ren to his back, Kyrios puffed out his chest, a weak attempt to intimidate his stern brother.

"I have to admit Kyri...you have a good eye."

"Fuck off!" His only response, inelegant as it was.

"Danny!" Ayase now emerged from the darkness of the ruin, ignoring Dante's correction of his name as she dodged the bullets Jun, who also emerged from the ruins, fired at her. "The hunters are here! There's no way to handle'em all."

"It's alright. We're done here." He gave a teasing wave to Kyrios and Ren. "See you soon, brother, little one."

"You alright?" Kyrios ignored them, surprising Jun and Ren as he allowed the two hunters to flee. He embraced Ren, pulling him close.

"Sorry Kyri...I did kind of...respond to him...but only because you two look so much-"

"Don't even finish that sentence, brat." Damn, apparently being compared to one another was not something either appreciated.

"But...I've always wondered what you would look like with longer hair, Kyri. And if that Dante guy's any indication, you'd be hot."

"Tch, jerk off by yourself tonight." Kyrios sauntered away, teasingly. Still, he felt relieved. If the hunters hadn't scared Ayase and Dante away, it could have been a bad situation. At least Ren was alright, if deluded.

"C'mon Kyri! I was only teasing!" Ren ran up, glomping Kyrios from behind. "I love you!" He cooed, almost feeling Kyrios melt at the words.

"Inside, pants down. I'll catch up." As Ren cheered and ran inside of the ruins to prepare. Kyrios turned to Jun. "You know what Ayase was talking about? Some cult?"

"I'll ask the boss..." Jun sighed. It was going to be a long night.

Ayase didn't dare tease him. He was handling it calmly, collected, but she knew he was seething. Not a word since they'd returned to the apartment after escaping the mountains. They approached the room of the seedy, two story hotel complex, the same hotel they'd left their first capture. They would rest, and slip out in the middle of the night and prepare the next part of the plan.

The door opened, light spilling into the room and both Dante and herself found their hearts dropping as the rooms contents became visible.

Phoenix was gone. A bundle of ropes and the talisman they'd created lay in an uncouth slump on the floor.

Dante gnashed his teeth, a rare outward sign of anger. The day had just been shot to hell.

"I'm...I'm just going to get my own room.." Ayase laughed, nervous of Dante's rage.

"I sure as hell would..." Dante growled. An easy mission just became overwhelmingly annoying. He stepped deeper into the room, wondering if the little Seer maybe hadn't escaped yet, eyes scanning the darkness of the room.

Arms wrapped around his waist, his eyes widened in alarm. This was it? He was going to die of a careless mistake in his anger? Or would Ayase help him.

Ayase giggled?

He became aware of the presence wrapped around him. "I've been waiting for you!" He chimed, his normally sultry voice ripe with enthusiasm.

"Phoenix..." The words were a low mumble.

"Aww, he's so cute!" Ayase teased as Phoenix embraced Dante, pulling himself closer to the man's warmth.

"You were gone all day. You didn't have to tie me up, if you wanted to keep me, you know. That was so mean!" He kissed the back of Dante's neck, an unprepared shiver shooting like electricity down his spine.

A good fuck would calm his nerves.

"I apologize for that..." He twisted his body, large hand cupping Phoenix's scantly clad rear, erection pressing into his exposed, tanned belly. "Let me make it up to you..."

"Definitely gonna get a different room." Dante got violent in sex. Ayase had no intention of watching.

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Phoenix is so adorable now! I was actually gonna put more of him into this chapter, but there was no way to work it out. So, I just decided to set it up for him to be Dante's bitch from now on hehehe. He's too damn sexy not too. I'm kind of on the fence with this idea, but if you guys think it's a good one, I'll do it. In the future, I may devote a few chapters strictly to these two (Dante/Phoenix) in showing their relationship develop. I dunno, could be a nice reprieve from Kyrios/Ren all the time. I'll give it some thought, and if you guys like the idea feel free to tell me. Anyways, this is goin on to long. Time for my thanks.

Thanks to all who read, enjoyed and rated. Thanks to all who've kept this story going for FOURTEEN chapters. I feel like I just passed the first year of marriage. Special thanks too kylee and KatFO who are very consistent with reviews (I owe you guys freshly baked cookies.)

Teaser: Ren is successfully taken by Dante. In more than one way.