Dark Walker - Chapter 6

Chapter 6

The night air caressed Tomoki, who was lying on the ground.

"Are you okay?" He opened his eyes at the sound of Yuugo's voice, and they spun from the flickering red and yellow lights.

"Did you just save me, Yuugo?" Tomoki clutched Yuugo’s shirt and whispered, dazed. He looked up at Yuugo’s face, but still hadn't fully regained his vision.

“No, that was your power.” As he picked Tomoki up, Yuugo let out a slow sigh. When he had turned off the main road, Yuugo had also felt that feeling of uneasiness. He was worried about Tomoki, so he had run through the wall of darkness at the very moment it had been destroyed in a flash of green light. "You really are a Barrier Master."

“I did it by myself?”

“Yeah," Yuugo whispered, and Tomoki blinked and looked at his fist. "But now I know for sure that there are demons coming to Reality," Yuugo said seriously as he hedl Tomoki. "And they're after you."

"Me?"

“Probably." Tomoki gulped as he saw the worried look on Yuugo’s face. “What I don’t understand is how they can get near you if you’re a Barrier Master.” Tomoki felt like he could hear Yuugo’s uneasiness, even though he didn't say anything about it.

“That demon bitch..." Kanon growled as he walked down the hallway. “She'll keep calling me that terrible name until I defeat her.” He was talking about Shana, a beautiful female demon who took on the form of a seven-year-old girl with long, silver hair. She was actually a few thousand years old. and she controlled the Depths of Dreams as the Queen of the Underworld. She was proud of her immense power, and played with peopple’s hearts and souls to pass the time.

"I haven’t seen you in a while. Lump of Mud,” Shana had said to Kanon when he kneeled before her throne “Who are you again. Mud?” The girl wore a while lace dress and smiled coldly. She was beautiful, but her expression was not that of a young girl. She was the queen of the Underworld, and had limitless power and pride.

"You gave me the name ‘Kanon,’ Queen Shana." answered.

"Look at me.” Inside. Kanon had been startled, but did not let it show on his face as he looked up at the silver-haired girl. “Yes, that’s right. I named you after a blond, blue-eyed man. I had a lot of fun with him...before I ate him. But your face and body are more beautiful. That’s because I mixed together mud and human and demon to create you."

“Yes, thank you, Queen Shana."

“Do not thank me. Just remember: if you are of no use to me, I will send you back to the earth from which you came,” the girl had said, narrowing her eyes and tightening her lips. “I don't care what you think. I gave you your orders, and you know what will happen if you disobey them.”

“Yes, Queen Shana.” Her sticky-sweet voice had struck him to the core. When their eyes had met for just a second, she had not seen the wild ambition in his.

“I’ll kill that demon bitch and obtain eternal life!" Shana had no idea about his ambitions. She had no interest in what the creature she had made was thinking. Shana survived with her demon instincts, and she did not possess an ounce of love or mercy. She had created talking dolls to pass the time of her long existence, and if they were of use to her she did not destroy them. That was as far as it went. If he showed an inkling of disobedience, Kanon knew she would destroy him in an instant.

“Damn you, Shana,” Kanon spat as he headed towards his own castle. “There's no female Dark Walkers!" Shana had ordered Kanon to search for women many times. He was supposed to present this legendary woman, who only appeared once every thousand years of something, to "Queen Shana.” He didn’t know if she wanted to sacrifice the Dark Walker to increase her own power, or if she was some kind of messiah to the humans. Either way. he had no use for her.

But he didn't know when Shana might return him to the earth on one of her whims. He wanted the power to defeat her.

"That's why I need the Dark Walker who’s a Barrier Master!” Remembering the slave he had hidden away in his castle, Kanon started to laugh. "And I found another one like him. too." The new one was the young boy who had recently come to the Depths of Dreams. Tomoki Naruse. If he combined both of their powers together, a very powerful Barrier Master could be created. Until now, Kanon’s slave had made small barriers to send himself and other demons to Reality. But what if Kanon combined both their strengths? He could seal Shana for all eternity. and obtain the power to destroy the boundary between the Depths of Dreams and Reality.

“My power as a Creator shall exceed even Shana’s!" He laughed in a menacingly low voice. In the comer of his light blue eyes, the flame of ambition sparkled.

On the way home. Yuugo brought Tomoki off the main road and headed towards a brightly lit business district. The end of August was approaching. It had rained since early afternoon, so it was a bit humid outside now into the evening.

"Can you wait there. Tomoki?” He pointed towards a bright arcade.

“Is something here?” Tornoki looked up anxiously, but Yuugo shook his head.

"I need to stop by somewhere. Just go play. And don't leave the brightness."

"Okay,” Tomoki agreed, nodding.

Yuugo watched Tomoki enter the bright arcade, and then quickly looked behind him. On the other side of the dark alleyway, the figure of the woman who had been staring at them had disappeared into the shadows. She wasn't human. He could tell by her silhouette that she had very long hair, and the only thing that was clear was her glittering red eyes. “Is she after Tomoki? " He ran towards the back of the alleyway.

"It's been a long time since I've been to an arcade!" It was bustling even on a weeknight. When Tomoki was in junior high, he often came there to check out the new games—but he hadn't been since he started high school.

"Oh, they got a new version of this one!" Tomoki sat in front of a familiar fighting game and put a coin in. Tomoki never played as female characters in video games. It looked too painful when they got punched by men and he felt sorry for them. He decided to play as a muscular, powerful-looking young man. Tomoki liked playing as someone who was the complete opposite of who he was in Reality. As he easily defeated his opponents, Tomoki continued to advance to the next level. He fought a tall man who resembled Yuugo, and smiled as he easily defeated him.

What was strange was that he didn't get as excited about the character’s battles as he did before. “Yuugo is way better!" Since Tomoki had seen him fight a real battle, he thought there wasn’t anyone as strong as Yuugo. “But I wonder how he is in Reality?" He had never seen Yuugo fight in real life, so he wasn’t sure. Yuugo looked like he had a slim body, but when he took life clothes off they revealed an amazing, muscular body. His face went bright red thinking about it.

“Hey, you're pretty good," he heard a voice say over his shoulder as he entered his initials into the high score screen. "That game looks fun." Tomoki looke up from the screen. There was a young man standing behind Tomoki with golden hair and blue eyes, about twenty-five years old, wearing a brown leather jacket. His chiseled face was beautiful, yet masculine. He had long big arms and legs and broad shoulders. He was at least two meters tall, taller than Yuugo. His blond hair shone and flowed down his back like a mane. It was almost like he had stepped out of one of the arcade games.

Maybe he s a model who came to Japan?

"If I’m not bothering vou. can I watch you play some more?”

“What?" Tomoki asked as the man leaned over and smiled.

"I’m Kanon. What's your name?”

"Kanon-san? I'm Tomoki Naruse.” Tomoki introduced himself shyly. Kanon’s light blue eyes shone with satisfaction.

Tomoki started playing the same game again, while Kanon leaned over him and watched. At first it was awkward, but then Kanon began to ask him various questions about the game.

“Your Japanese is good,” Tomoki said, making Kanon smile.

“I live with my Japanese lover," the corner of hislips curled up meaningfully, but Tomoki didn't notice.

"Tomoki!” Yuugo yelled as he crossed the arcade. Tomoki and all of the customers turned around and stared. "Get away from him!”

“What?” Tomoki asked, standing up. He looked from the blond man to Yuugo.

"He's a jealous guy. huh?” Kanon laughed, putting a hand on Tomoki’s shoulder. Tomoki stiffened under his touch.

“Don't touch him!”

“Don't tell me what to do!” Kanon snapped back at Yuugo’s angry voice. He walked towards Yuugo slowly. They didn't take their eyes of each other. The atmosphere inside the arcade was tense, and the other customers looked on nervously.

Kanon was the first to look away. With a smile on his face, he headed towards the nearby exit- "Dark Walker," he whispered in Yuugo’s ear. “Your precious Tomoki will soon be mine.” When Yuugo turned around, Kanon had already disappeared through the automatic
doors. He nished after him and looked up and down the street, but he was nowhere to be seen.

“Damn it!”

Tomoki rushed over to him. “What's wrong?"

“He's not human.” Yuugo grabbed Tomoki and pulled him close. "He's a demon!"

Kanon’s castle was in the heart of a steep, rocky mountain in the Depths of Dreams. The interior was spacious and the rooms were decorated extravagantly, bu somehow the balance seemed off. The resident had no attachment to it. and the castle had an empty grandeur about it.

Deep inside the castle was a hidden room. It was the most elaborately furnished room of them all. It had a bedroom. living room, and bathroom. The finest garments hung in the closet, and there was a large, canopied bed.

This was the only w orld Shiki knew. When he was alone in the quiet room, it felt cold. The sound of his clohtes rustling and his footsteps echoed.

The only one who would come in was his master, Kanon. No one else existed in Shiki's world.

Master Kanon should be home soon, he thought as he stood near the door. The Chinese-style clothes he wore were knee-length and magnificently embroidered. Shiki had a beautiful face. His brown eyes always had a sad cast to them. His perfect lips were glossy and light pink. He moved elegantly with a quiet manner. His chestnut-colored hair was silky and shoulder-length. Shiki's white skin had never seen the sun since he lived in this world, but he didn't look unhealthy. Instead, his pale skin had a pearly glow about it.

Shiki had been taken captive by Kanon when he was a child, and had been cultivated into a powerful Barrier Master in a short time. For about two years, he had been drifting inside a vat filled with warm liquid that resembled amniotic fluid. During that time, all Shiki did was gaze at Kanon's blue eyes. After Kanon let him out, Shiki had been his slave ever since. Kanon was his only master in this small world Shiki had been given.

He didn’t know whether it was an unhappy thing or not. Shiki couldn’t remember when he had been kidnapped. Around Shiki's right wrist was a golden bracelet set with a sparkling blue jewel. It looked good on him. It was a demon crystal Kanon had created, and it was the same cold blue as his eyes. The jewel increased Shiki's powers.

“Master Kanon is home!" he said from the bedside table. Since there were no windows in the room, he spent most of his time gazing into the crystal ball. With it, he could see where his master was and make a barrier anywhere in Reality to send Kanon there.

Sometimes he would watch his parents ami brother through Kanon’s eyes. His younger brother, Tomoki, had grown up. but it seemed like he was far away in a foreign country.

Tomoki...he whispered his brother's name. He was only one year old when Shiki had been taken captive. Shiki remembered how happy he was when his mother had let him hold his baby brother. He would rub his cheek on Tomoki’s and hold his little hand. Shiki remembered his soft skin that always smelled like milk. Shiki had only lived with him for a year, and Tomoki was just beginning to talk when Shiki had been taken captive.

Shiki had tried everything to be sure, from the foreway land of dreams, that Tomoki wouldn't awaken as a Barrier Master. If he was a Dark Walker, he must never awaken. If he did. Kanon would find him, and kidnap him. Or he would eaten by demons in the Depths of Dreams. But it hadn't worked. “If he doesn’t awaken, he might be able to live a happy life.” The worst case scenario was that Tomoki was a Barrier Master like Shiki. His only relief was that Tomoki had someone else to protect him. Tomoki’s protector was one of the strongest among the Dark Walkers. But Shiki wasn’t sure if a human could stand against Kanon.

“I wish it was just me..." Shiki whispered, thinking of his little brother. A tear trickled down Shiki’s cheek and fell onto his hand.

Kanon walked quickly down the red carpeted hallway to the large double doors in the back of the castle. The moment Kanon placed both hands on the door, orange sparks fired. The doors were made so that only Kanon’s hands could unlock them.

“Welcome home. Master Kanon!” Beyond the doors stood the beautiful young boy Kanon had captured. Seeing the angry look on his face, Shiki unconsciously backed away.

“Did you find her?"

“No, 1 didn't see her in the crystal ball,” Shiki shook his head at Kanon’s question.

"Humph. Whatever." Kanon flopped down on the leather couch and crossed his legs. He drank the strong school Shiki had prepared for him. He could feel the heat of the alcohol traveling down into his stomach.

Kanon's body had been created for Shana's amusement, mixing human and demon. Because he was part human, Kanon had feelings. Sometimes, those feelings were incomprehensible to him. Anxiety and fear. But the demon in him was insensitive and never attempted to validate those feelings. “Shana can't find her, either.” It was said there was a female Dark Walker every thousand years or so, and Shana was waiting for her.

"Just a little longer. Just a little bit longer, and I'll defeat that bitch and become immortal. And when I do, the whole world will be mine!”

"Master Kanon." Shiki began to grow frightened.

"That bitch called me a lump of mud again." Shana made Kanon, and he didn't have a real life as a demon. She could create lives and destroy them. Then the only thing left of them was flesh and mud. "She called me that!” He squeezed the earthenw are cup violently, and it shattered into tiny pieces in his hands, making him even angrier.

“Master Kanon."

Kanon thought this feeling he had that made his fists shake was called “anger.”

Shiki unconsciously went to embrace Kanon and held onto his clothes. “Shall I comfort you. Master?"

“What right do you have, as a slave, to pity me?" Kanon's eyes burned with anger, and Shiki shook his head. “What? The human pities the lump of mud?"

"No, that’s not..." Kanon lifted him off the ground by his collar and Shiki clung to his arm. His feet were far from the floor and he couldn't breathe. His master threw Shiki down violently onto the large bed, and his body bounced. He tried to get away, but Kanon held him down. A groan of pain escaped him.

"My blood is black, so I want to see your red blood.” Kanon stripped off his own clothes and dug his nails into Shiki's skin.

"Ahhh!"

Shiki's clothes were ripped from left to right, his bare skin exposed. Kanon made one cruel red mark all the way from the back of his neck to his hips. The lights in the bedroom had a soft, warm hue. But the indirect lighting on the walls illuminated Shiki's body like a spotlight. He was stripped of all his clothes except for his boots, and made to lie face down on the bed.

“Master Kanon, please forgive me...” Shiki felt cold leather straps binding his arms behind his back. The blue jewel on his bracelet sparkled the same blue as Kanon’s eyes.

Kanon had found him fourteen years earlier, when Shiki had first come to the Depths of Dreams. He had been a nine-year-old at the time, still wearing his pajamas. Shiki had been wandering about the desolate landscape with an anxious look on his face. The demons had silently retreated into the darkness when they saw the pale green light like a burning flame that enveloped the boy's body. They knew that was the color of a Barrier Master. He hadn't fully awakened yet, but still no demon could get near him.

The boy had disappeared into the darkness, possibly because he had awakened again in Reality.

After that, Kanon had waited for Shiki to return He was a Barrier Master who could travel freely through the strata of the Depths of Dreams. If Kanon got ahold of Shiki, he would be able to go the the human world whenever he pleased. He wanted to see the world Above Ground, where it was said swarms of humans and their delicious flesh lived. But what Kanon wanted most of all was to defeat that bitch Shana, and to solidify his very existence.

At sunset, a golden wave had washed ashore. The boy was playing on the beach away from his parents when suddenly a tall man stood above him. Shiki couldn't make out the man’s face clearly in the sunlight. All Shiki could see were his light blue eyes. His long, beautiful golden hair fluttered in the sunlight. He smiled gently at Shiki, and the boy blushed and smiled back brightly. That's all Shiki remembered of the world Above Ground.

Then he was inside the clear cylindrical tank, staring dreamily at Kanon.

Kanon. As he watched Shiki grow from a boy to a young man. he became more fascinated with the beautiful creature's body each passing day.

“I’ve had sex w'ith many women Above Ground, but your skin is the most beautiful I’ve ever seen." He stroked Shiki’s back w ith a finger, and narrowed his eyes with satisfaction. His slave's skin had rarely seen the sun, and it was smooth and pearl-white. Among all the people Kanon had had sex with or killed, Shiki was the most beautiful.

The sight of his bound, naked body was so erotic it made Kanon shiver. He desired the human male part of his body. "It makes me want to tear you apart and eat you," he whispered in a low voice. Demons loved the flesh right underneath soft skin. They loved slitting human’s bellies and burying their faces inside their warm flesh. But Kanon couldn't eat this one. for Shiki was his valuable pawn. The more he suppressed his hunger, the more Kanon's desire for Shiki rose.

"Lick it." Kanon stood beside the bed and grabbed Shiki's head.

“Master Kanon,” Shiki looked up at him with wet eyes. “I’ll service you, but please untie me," he pleaded with his master as Kanon shoved his erection in front of his face.

“Use your tongue like I taught you," Kanon ordered him slowly, a cold smile on his face. Shiki slowly took Kanon's thick rod into his mouth. "Just do as I tell you."

"Yes. Master." All Shiki could do was obey, Kanon’s member was throbbing before him. and liquid dripped from the lip of it. Shiki kissed Kanon's arousal and licked it neatly as if he was cleaning it. Kanon’s raw male taste spread throughout Shiki’s mouth. Shiki desperately serviced Kanon with his tongue and his lips as he clutched Shiki's hair. Kanon watched with a cruel smile on his face and then suddenly thrust himself deep into Shiki’s mouth.

"Mmph,” Shiki grimaced as Kanon's penis plunged into the back of his throat.

"Don’t use your teeth!” Kanon yelled. Since he had forced himself into Shiki’s mouth, drool dripped down to the boy’s chin. He couldn’t breathe. Tears flowed from his closed eyes. Kanon withdrew his rod from Shiki’s mouth and then blew his cloudy demon cum all over Shiki’s face.

"Ahhh!” The liquid poured into his half-open mouth. Shiki drank his master’s semen and panted. His body trembled. Even though it was painful, the taste of a demon’s cum on his tongue spread through him like an aphrodisiac. Kanon gave a satisfied laugh. He loved getting the pure-looking Shiki filthy and raping him. He had trained Shiki not to disobey him, and had been having sex with him for fourteen years. He held Shiki’s restrained body against his chest. He grasped his soft, brown hair and felt Shiki’s body tremble. As he saw that Shiki was about to cry, Kanon plunged his tongue into his open mouth.

“Master...Master...” Shiki moaned in a muffled voice, and his closed eyelids trembled. His body became flushed, and he got goosebumps. Saliva poured from the corners of his lips, which Kanon licked up greedily.

Kanon grew hard again just from his kisses, and he pinned Shiki down. He bit the nape of his neck. Tears flowed from Shiki’s eyes, and he fought against his restraints. Kanon sucked on his neck noisily, and traced his finger down to the soft flesh of Shiki's ass. He entered his hidden place, and his sharp nails stroked Shiki on the inside. Shiki buried his face and groaned. He knew it would hurt for days afterward.

“Shiki. open your eyes,” Kanon ordered, sitting up. "If you faint, you're gonna get it."

Shiki slightly opened his eyes and looked at Kanon painfully. Seeing Kanon was erect again, his body unconsciously writhed, trying to escape. Kanon spread Shiki’s knees wide. "Answer me."

"Yes. Master,” Shiki answered quietly, and Kanon was suddenly overcome with a strong desire. At the same time, this made him angry. He would soon grow tired of others, but why did he want Shiki so badly? Was it bacause, Kanon would never find a more beautiful human, even if he searched all over Above Ground? It was his eyes. His amber eyes, full of sadness, that looked like they had given up everything. He had trained Shiki to never disobey him for fear that Kanon would rip him apart. His slave knew that if he tried to run away, he would find only his own death. But those eyes that stared at Kanın were full of pity.

He couldn't take it!

“Ahhh!” Shiki screamed from the intense pain as Kanon thrust into him at full force. After a while, the pain had subsided just a little. Kanon pulled his hips back and withdrew his thick, hard member. Shiki’s breath became shallow. The blood that flowed from Shiki had made Kanon's erection smooth and it slid in easily. He propped one of Shiki's legs up on his shoulder pushed himself in again. Shiki's legs trembled weakly; his hands, still tied behind his back, had gone numb from the weight of Kanon on top of him.

Just as demon cum started pouring inside of him, Shiki felt his insides throb. His pain had transformed into dizzying pleasure. "It works better than an aphrodisiac.” He blushed at Kanon’s voice in his ear. As he slowly moved his hips. Kanon’s long fingers wrapped around Shiki’s erection. He stroked its wet head with his fingers and massaged the pulsating shaft.

"Master...Master Kanon!” Shiki moaned tearfully. Those gentle caresses were like torture. Just as he had been on the verge of coming. Kanon had roughly grasped the base of his cock. Shiki shook his head. He felt like he would go mad from the pleasure. His aroused body wanted a release. Kanon licked his erect pink nipples, eliciting a tearful scream. Covered in sweat and panting, his sensitive body reacted to everything.

Kanon was still inside Shiki as he lay face down. As he grasped Shiki's member, he forced his body up. He lifted up Shiki’s ass. Kanon pulled out his hard rod and it overflowed with demon cum, tinged pink with blood. Shiki’s thighs were covered with warm liquid. He felt Kanon watching him. and his cheeks flushed. But his desire was throbbing inside of Kanon's hands. Kanon put his head against Shiki's opening again, and Shiki's body trembled.

“Ahhh!” Kanon thrust himself in all the way down to the base, which caused Shiki to release into Kanon's hand.

“Mmph!” Kanon dug his nails into Shiki's sensitive head and a sharp pain pierced through him.

“Shiki" Kanon called his name into his hot ear. Shiki's body felt weak.

No matter what cruel things Kanon did to hit now, it didn't matter -- Shiki felt faint, anyway.

“Open your eyes, Shiki,” Kanon bit his earlobe and Shiki moaned loudly. He untied the restraints from Shiki’s arms and turned his body over. He tied his arms to the bedposts. Kanon's lips twisted cruelly as he grabbed Shiki's ankles and spread them wide apart. His tongue peeked out lewdly from his mouth. His eyes glittered with desire. Kanon felt himself getting hard again. Shiki lay vulnerable in front of him, and his body grew hot and his breathing rough.

“I want you to watch what I do to you."

“Yes, Master,” Shiki answered with trembling lips.

Kanon pressed his hard thick head against the boy. Shiki automatically writhed into his leather restraints. Like a hungry beast. Kanon indulged in Shiki over and over again until he grew tired.

Shiki squirmed under Kanon's tongue, which licked his entire body, and came over and over again. His exhausted body wouldn't stop. He stared at Kanon's cruel blue eyes and let out painful moans.

Shiki didn't know if demon semen really was an aphrodisiac. Then again, he didn't know anything when he was being raped.

He couldn't disobey the humiliating pleasure and pain Kanon gave him. That was how his master had trained him. But even though he had to be more powerful than Shiki, Kanon would always tie Shiki up when he raped him. To make Shiki know that he was merely a slave, and that he must never disobey Kanon. Shiki knew that Kanon had immense hatred inside of  him. He knew that Shana had created him for her own amusement, and his existence was more uncertain than those demons who wandered the Depths of Dreams, Shana could destroy his beautiful body on a whim. Shiki knew Kanon feared that. The anger he thought he felt was actually fear.

That’s why Kanon couldn't forgive his slave for pitying him. He hated everyone that had been given a body of flesh and blood—that had been given a real life.

But it wasn’t pity Shiki felt for Kanon...He looked up at Kanon sadly. If he said what he really felt, even if he was necessary because he was a Barrier Master, he knew Kanon would kill him out of anger. But sometimes Kanon would show him his human side. His attachment to him.

“Master Kanon...” Shiki whispered sleepily, and Kanon kissed him preciously.

Free of his restraints, Shiki spread his arms out on top of the sheets. His wrists were bright red, his body exhausted. He couldn’t move even if he tried. He absently stared at his fingers as his circulation came back. The room was quiet once more. Shiki could feel warm breath on his hair. He lay in Kanon’s arms with his head on Kanon’s chest. Kanon’s strong arms were wrapped around him.

‘You’re my slave.”

‘Yes, Master,” he answered. Kanon stroked Shiki's soft skin as if he were petting a dog.

"I’ll give you your brother's power.”

"..."

Kanon grabbed Shiki's facc roughly and turned it towards him. "Answer me, slave. Do not disobey me" Shiki grimaced at the threatening tone in his voice.

“Yes, Master." he answered hoarsely. Kanon licked his pale lips with satisfaction.

"When I have the two of you. I'll have power equal to Shana's." Kanon talked about his terrible plan softly, as if it were regular pillow talk between lovers. “First I'll use you to destroy the world they live in..."