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"The Negotiator"Written By: t-shirt Disclaimer: Gundam Wing and its characters are
copyright to Sunrise, Bandai, Sotsu Agency, and associated parties.
I make no money with this fic. Rating: NC 17 Warnings: AU/Fantasy/Adventure, Angst, Fluff,
Sexual favors from a dragon? ^0^ (non graphic), Eventual Lemon, Mild
violence, My corky humor lol ^-^ Pairings: 1x2, 3x4, 5xM Beta’ed by the wonderful Mechante Fille *hugs*
You’re the best baby! ^__^ Summary: Duo Maxwell finds himself on the adventure of a lifetime when he is hired by the future king of Lagrange to aid in dealing with an encroaching Dragon. However, he quickly discovers that not everything is as it seems. Wizards, Dragons and magic abound in this epic tale of adventure and discovery when one young man finds himself between two worlds and suddenly the future depends solely on his skills as The Negotiator. View art work commissioned
by SkyLark and drawn by t_shirt for "The Negotiator" - Click
HERE "The Negotiator" Ch 2
”Who taught you the speech?” “Dragon... please,” Duo sighed, drooping as the dawn’s light brightened the sky. “Try to comprehend, humans are no longer prey or servants, they have become equals…” ”I have no equal,” the dragon smiled, moving forward to sniff at him again. Duo pushed half heartedly at the great muzzle but had become accustomed to it’s intrusion over the past few hours. “Are you going to answer my questions or not?” he sighed, yawning hugely. A deep, luxurious rumble sounded in the dragon’s throat, making him laugh as that incessant tongue flicked out to taste the skin on his left cheek. ”What questions?” Duo giggled even as he realized he was giddy with exhaustion and fatigue but his worrisome mind welcomed the soft, velvety feel of the warm, damp appendage currently wrapping itself around his torso. His brow knit crossly as he fought to recall the answer to the riddle but it was so difficult to think in his state of mind. He hadn’t slept in almost two days, his meals had consisted of bread and water, his body hurt and his tongue was tired and he’d made no more progress than to enter the cave without being eaten since his arrival. His arrival, he thought leaning back into the gentle comfort surrounding him. There had been questions but he’d lost the vein trying to explain to the idiot dragon that he wasn’t a god. Questions… “Dragon?” he moaned, allowing the damp enticement to lay him back on the cool stone floor. ”Hn?” rumbled a half interested distraction as he hissed softly at the incredible heat crawling under his shirt. “Why am I here?” Duo sighed, wriggling softly, his body moving gently in time with the persistent seduction of the velvety heat, his mind drifting in a fog of rising pleasure that something in his mind warned was not the best way to ensure his health as the dark thunder replied... ”To worship me,” and suddenly the world turned inside out. He gasped as the heat washed over and through him, the invasive tongue wriggling it’s way down the back of his pants and suddenly his groin and ass were ensconced in an incredible heat, one forked tip forcing it’s way around his hardening interest while the other went straight for the interior of the problem and he shrieked and scrambled away so fast he nearly fell from the mouth of the cave. “Heather, salamanders and Crome! That is wrong on just SO many levels!” he growled, panting where he held his balance on shaky knees against the wall. ”You entertain some very strange beliefs,” the dragon purred, licking his lips as he moved forward. “Stop!” Duo barked, taking some comfort in the fact that it obeyed. “Just stop,” he breathed, wishing for all the world that he had wings as he glanced out at the brightening sky. “Shit… we’re not even the same damn species, let alone of proper sex.” ”We have never kept our fascination with the human form from our subjects,” the dragon reminded him, laying his head down to gaze up at him adoringly. Duo’s mouth opened to unleash his sharp tongue but the look on the enormous reptile’s face… dislodged him. He needed to get his thoughts back in order; he’d come here for a reason and being seduced by an under-sexed dragon was definitely NOT one of them. He took a deep breath and forced his chaotic thoughts to align. “Why are you here?” he asked. “What am I offered for the answer?” the dragon purred, inching forward. “You said that last night,” Duo recalled. ”But you did not answer,” his strange companion reminded him, letting his tongue flick out to touch the windings of his boots. Duo slapped at the appendage and tried to clear his thoughts even as a dread settled in his chest. “I can bring you gold.” ”My horde is sufficient,” the beast purred, insistently trying to poke his nosey tongue into Duo’s personal space. “Then what…?” Duo breathed, wishing on all that was holy the stupid fleshy intruder wasn’t so god damn… appealing. ”You know what I require,” the dragon thrummed, wrapping him in that velvety heat once again. “NO!” Duo barked, panting as if he’d just run around the moon as he stood in the mouth of the cave and glared damnation and denial at the startled dragon. “I am NOT part of the deal!” he snapped, already moving to gather his bag. ”Stubborn elf,” the dragon sniffed indignantly. “I am not an elf!” Duo snapped, jerking his bag onto his shoulder before heading for the exit. ”Where are you going?” the dragon asked, suddenly alert and aware. “You obviously have no desire to exist in harmony with the rest of the world,” Duo grumbled, looking for a decent grip on the rock wall outside. ”I would live in harmony with you,” the beast purred, trying to lick his arm. Duo slapped him away, “Yeah right! As long as I serve your needs,” he groused, groaning inwardly as he looked down the long, tall mountain. ”You would never survive servicing me,” the dragon snorted amusedly. “Then why the hell don’t you just stop playing games and answer me?” ”Because,” the beast grinned, moving to herd him back into the cave. ”Whereas your body is insufficient for mating my mind still hungers for you.” “That’s…” Duo began but he was so close, those incredible, blue eyes flashing the light of eternity in their stormy depths, steeling his breath away as his skin cried out in remembrance of the velvet heat he was offering for his surrender. “No,” he breathed, backing away. “What spell have you cast on me?” he asked, trying to clear his head. ”This magic is of your own making,” the dragon smiled. “No!” Duo snapped, moving around him toward the exit again. “I could easily force you to remain.” Duo whirled on him in high temper, “Not without earning my disdain!” he snapped, satisfied with the light of horror in the reptile’s slit eyes before they creased into a ludicrous pout. ”Stubborn…” “Do not call me an elf!” Duo roared, launching himself at the cliff wall outside. He knew his mistake the moment his fingers scrabbled for purchase that wasn’t to be found and suddenly he was falling, his entire world opening up to the reality that his life was about to end, when suddenly that sure, strong warmth was back, wrapping itself securely around his body, the gentle velvet skin belying the incredible strength within as the dragon snatched him out of the sky with his prehensile tongue. ”Are you harmed?” the beast asked, lying his heaving, coughing form on the stone floor. “I’m… damn…!” Duo rasped, trying to wrestle his hammering heart back under control. “That was…” he began, tossing an awkward glance at his unlikely savior. ”You are the most interesting creature,” the dragon smiled, laying his head on the floor to gaze adoringly up at him. “I’m not a creature.” Rising to his feet was harder than it should have been. “I’m…” The smug expression on his companions face brought his attention to his own words and he sighed in defeat. “Thank you.” The dragon smiled lazily and turned its big head upside down. Duo cocked his head at the odd sight while the thing grinned at him and… purred. ”Perhaps you should rest before your departure,” the creature suggested. “I don’t care for being molested in my sleep,” Duo replied in irritation, once again shouldering his pack. “Have you ever tried it?” the dragon asked, righting his head to grin at him right side up. “No,” he replied, going to cautiously peer over the ledge, his spirit sagging with his exhausted body when the beast rumbled and asked… ”Then how do you know?” “You’re impossible.” ”And yet…I am here.” “That’s not what I meant,” Duo sighed, knowing full well his aching limbs would never last the climb down. ”Stay, fair one,” the great reptile purred enticingly. “Geez,” Duo groaned. “Don’t call me that.” ”Tis but the truth,” he grinned. “I’m not a freaking girl.” ”Thank the Mother,” the beast chuckled. “Damn it,” Duo sighed, propping himself against the wall where the sun shown the brightest as he grumbled to himself. “Why do I have to get saddled with the worlds only gender confused dragon?” ”It works best if you are astride me.” “Oh, all right!” Duo snapped, ignoring the smug satisfaction in the beast’s huge eyes. “What will it take, BESIDES my virtue, to get some answers!?” Duo took a hasty step back when the dragon’s eyes lit up like it was Christmas morning. ”Stay,” he began and Duo’s eyes squeezed shut in preparation to scream. ”For every seven days you remain you may ask one question and I will answer.” Duo eyed him warily, “How do I know you won’t just lie?” ”You have my word, Young El…” His words stalled at the sudden fire in Duo’s eyes but then he smiled and asked, “Have you a name?” “Duo,” he replied, straightening himself properly. ”Then you have my word,” the dragon smiled widely as he laid his massive head on the stone at his feet and softly purred, “Duo.” It was difficult to stay mad at the stupid beast when he did things like that but Duo was not unaware of the sort of magic the dragon was attempting to use. There is no quicker way to enslave a being than to capture their heart and those who believe the decisions concerning their lives are of their own making have no reason to question their fate. “I’m not sure I trust you,” he confessed warily, sinking slowly to the floor. ”Trusting me was not part of the bargain,” the dragon thrummed, wrapping his long neck around Duo’s quickly slumping form. “I’m not having sex with you,” he told him sleepily, feeling the weight of the past few days pressing in on him. “You are not capable of having sex with me,” the beast snorted, wrapping him up in his coils. “No molesting me either,” Duo yawned, burrowing down into the velvety texture of his wing membranes. ”Sleep, little one,” the dragon cooed, softly nuzzling his muzzle against his cheek. “Don’ call me shit like that,” Duo grunted, bringing a soft smile to the creature’s lips as he nestled his body and gently whispered… ”Hai… Kirei-kun.” ~ Waking was not always the most pleasant experience. Sometimes, lying quietly in the comfortable warmth while his mind played between this world and that was worth more than anything the day had to offer. This was certainly the case as he sighed deeply and cuddled down deeper into the dream. It was nice, warm and inviting, secure, pleasant and just a touch exciting, making him moan softly and smile as his skin prickled in the breeze. ”Sleeeeep,” came a thunderous whisper but… that wasn’t right. It was alluring however, so he wanted to obey. “Mmm,” he moaned again, wriggling like a happy cat in the delightful sensations. His mind came around a bit more when something wormed under his ribs calling a sleepy giggle to rise in his throat. “S… s… stooop,” he laughed, pushing at the warm… velvety… “Shit!” he gasped, snapping awake, all pretence of the dream forgotten as he tumbled head over heals into the middle of the floor and came up glaring daggers and spitting nails. “What the fuck did you do to me!?” he demanded as his hands slapped his body, the relief in finding his clothes still upon said body showing brilliantly on his face. ”Come back and I will show you,” the dragon grinned. “Son of a bitch!” ”I am the son of ...” “Shut up!” Duo snapped, having done a quick inventory and found all his buttons, seams and organs undisturbed. ”Scratch my belly,” the enormous reptile pouted, rolling noisily over onto his back. “What?!” Duo barked but the sight of the silly dragon wallowing around on his back left him momentarily stunned. ”I guarded your sleep,” he reminded him, letting his tongue loll out playfully. ”The least you can do is relieve my discomfort.” “Scratch it yourself!” Duo snapped, shaking his head in the hopes that his brain might rattle back into place. ”Can’t,” the beast sighed sadly, grinning when Duo gazed skeptically into his eyes. ”Claws,” he smiled, flexing his foot long talons for effect. “Cad’s Peak, I’ve gotta get another hobby,” Duo groaned, ferreting out his bag. ”You’re leaving?!” the dragon gasped, righting himself so quickly the wind from his wings almost knocked Duo out of the cave. “No!” Duo snapped, “I just have a…” What? He looked down the rocky wall and groaned. “A promise to keep,” he told him, looking for a safe starting point. ”To whom?” The petulant tone of the creatures voice made him chuckle in spite of his situation as he replied, “A friend.” ”I will accompany you.” the dragon sniffed, hauling his considerable weight to his feet. “No!” Duo barked nervously, letting the brunt of his astonishment drain away under his host’s indignant gaze. “No offence but… well, you know. You’ll scare the shit out of him.” ”Him?” “Oh, do not even go there,” Duo grumbled, managing to get out onto the wall. The dragon leaned casually out of the mouth of his den, quietly watching his guest slowly descend. After a time in which Duo managed to make it ten feet down the wall he sighed and turned his head up to gaze at the deepening night. ”Should you be doing that in the dark?” “Not everyone can fly,” Duo reminded him. ”I could… assist you. If you like,” the creature grinned. Duo scoffed, pausing to take a breath before he shook his head and replied, “I don’t even want to know the price.” ”Are you daring to impugn my character?” the dragon sniffed haughtily. ”It had nothing to do with your mission. Just a friendly offer between friends.” “Have you ever had any friends?” The beast paused to consider before relenting with a resolute, ”None as interesting as you.” “I’ll take my chances with the rock.” The dragon huffed, laying his wide head down on the stone to wait. Duo kept to his task doing his best to put the heavy sighs and rolling of huge, scaly blue eyes out of his mind until the mountain suddenly shook with the sound of horrendous claws crushing ancient stone as the massive form of the dragon moved from the cave mouth to hang like a garden lizard on the cliff above him. “What the hell’re you doing?!” Duo shouted, dodging dislodged stones and debris as it fell all around him. ”It’ll take you all night that way,” the dragon grumbled. ”Come, let me help you.” “STOP!” Duo shrieked as the creature’s huge head slithered beneath him, nudging him until he lost his grip. He had no choice but to cling to the lethal horns protruding from its head to keep from falling but the sensation only escalated when the beast suddenly released the cliff and they fell away. His scream was as fearsome as his grip until two huge, leathery, midnight blue wings suddenly snapped open, cutting their velocity by half. “Shit!” he gasped as the ground suddenly disappeared to be replaced by the new born stars in the late evening sky. ”Get your hand out of my eye,” the dragon chuckled but Duo was in no state for humor. “Please!” he cried, clinging desperately with all his might. “Take me down! Please! Takemedowntakemedowntakemedown!” ”There is nothing to fear,” the dragon assured him, laughing as he bucked his head. Duo screamed as he was tossed high into the air, his eyes wildly on the verge of a mental meltdown as the dragon rolled and caught him drawing him deftly to his chest where Duo shook and grasped and begged like a child for his deliverance. ”Duo?” the dragon curiously intoned, righting them but drawing his terrified passenger more reassuringly to his broad chest. ”Are you all right?” “Fuck n…no I’m n…not all r…right!” Duo stuttered but clung as tightly as he could to any part of the creature he could grasp. “I’m afraid of heights you moron!” The dragon looked perplexed by the news but held him firmly as he inquired, ”Why?” “Because I don’t have fucking wings! Now take me down!” ”But you climbed the cliff,” his escort reasoned, beginning a slow spiral downward. “Even a cliff is Earth,” Duo explained in a tone that begged for the solid feel of the ground. ”Is the Earth what you love?” “I may ask it to marry me the moment we land! Hey! The ground’s that way!!” ”Does your religion require betrothal to the land?” “Hell no! It was a joke! Geez! Take me down!” ”As you wish.” “Wait!” The dragon cocked a brow as if he’s lost his mind. “Take me to the cliff.” ”I thought you were scared?” the dragon commented but veered to comply. “I am,” Duo assured him, knowing full well his knuckles were white. “But we can’t just leave him up there.” ”Who?” “My friend. See the ledge, the little one about halfway up?” The dragon peered until he spotted the tiny outcropping and aimed straight for it slamming into the cliff to cling like a giant salamander as Duo screamed his outrage at the top of his lungs. “…probably give him a heart attack if you didn’t already squish him you idiot! Why do you have to be so fucking cold! Damn it! Where are you little guy? Geez, you scared him half to death!” ”Is that a mouse?” “Not anymore!” Duo growled. “He’s a petrified cat toy by now! Just get us on the ground!” Duo screamed flattening himself against the dragon’s hide as he clung to the tiny mouse, the world reeling off it’s axis as the beast simple let go and plummeted toward the Earth, a moment before impact it opened it’s enormous wings and stopped so abruptly Duo was almost thrown off. A moment later they had touched down and the dragon was gently laying him and his handful of fur on the cool grass with the strangest, bastard mix of ‘what in the world?’ and ‘oh you can’t be serious’ on his face. Duo was shaking so hard he couldn’t make it to his feet and ended up stumbling the few feet between him and a small boulder where he forced his trembling limbs to deposit the mouse on the stone. “Hey,” he rasped as gently as his tumultuous heart would allow. “Are you ok?” “Nononononono never nonononono…” “Heeeey, it’s all right, no one’s going to hurt you,” Duo smiled, reaching to touch the rodent’s furry head but he only started and screamed, bug-eyed... “DRAGOON!” before scrambling off the rock and disappearing into the tall grass. ”Simple mouse,” sniffed the dragon, sounding offended. “That’s it,” Duo sneered under his breath before he rounded on the beast. “You have got to be the coldest fucking creature I have ever encountered!” he shouted and the fire in his eyes brought an absurd rendition of ‘ut oh’ to his large companion’s face. “Did it ever occur to you having a ninety foot lizard bearing down on him might give him a damn heart attack!?” ”It’s just a mouse…” “Don’t you EVER say that to me again!” Duo roared, advancing as the dragon’s head slowly sank to the ground. “He’s my friend! And you scared the shit out of both of us!” ”I helped you down the…” “I NEVER ASKED FOR YOUR HELP YOU ARROGANT SCINK!” ”Now, see here…” the dragon began affronted. “Did it ever occur to you I might not WANT your god damn help?!” ”Don’t be absurd…” “YOU are the only absurdity in this field!” Duo snapped. “Look around you! This is a new age and humans will no longer coward to brute strength and ominous longevity!” His eyes rose to glare at the dragon as his head lifted from the ground. “Every creature has the right to life on this planet!” he shouted, his anger blinding him to the narrowing of large blue eyes. “And if you don’t learn to respect that they’re going to come up here with wizards and weapons in hand and show you just how fucking obsolete you really are! AHH!” Duo’s entire demeanor changed instantly as he was suddenly knocked to the ground by the lunging reptile, the heat of his breath stinging his skin where he bared down on him, hot, acidic saliva oozing from between twelve inch teeth as he drew his scaly lips back into a snarl that wiped all color from the tiny humanoid form beneath him. “I’m sorry,” Duo whimpered, cowering in the fold of his arms as he suddenly realized what he’d done. ”I am the East,” the creature hissed, its enormous body creaking like an old leather saddle as he moved above him. ”All things live and die by my command.” “I’m sorry,” Duo sobbed, doing his best to hold back the stinging tears of fear. “Please… I meant no harm… please… d…don’t…” he hiccupped, not daring to truly fight against the invasion of the dragons probing tongue. He shivered, flinching when it flicked out to taste the flesh of his cheek but the soft appendage did not burn. “No,” he whispered desperately as the beast began to explore his body, the forked tip of his massive tongue alternately poking beneath his clothes or wrapping a leg or arm to turn him this way or that. He lay helplessly, not daring to fight with any real defiance, his voice his only weapon as he softly pleaded for his life. “Be still,” the dragon growled in a low thread that belied his growing interest as he turned him over and laid him on his back. “No,” Duo breathed, unable to remove his arms from his eyes and look at his captor. “Please don’t,” he rasped, pushing pleadingly on the strong muscle as its soft determination yielded the bare skin of his firm stomach. The dragon let off a strange mist from around the horns on the side of it’s head that slowly fell, its warmth blanketing the young man with the scent of wild flowers and fresh air and Duo gasped as he sucked it into his lungs, the heat of it washing through him like a rampant serpent until tears washed down his face and the feel of the dragon’s tongue on his body, what it was doing to him and how much he suddenly didn’t want it to stop hit him like a ton of bricks. “NO!” The dragon paused, creasing his brow. “Please… you can’t… I’m begging you… not like this… it can’t happen like this…” Duo chanted, desperately repeating, “NO!” when his body opened to the insistent probing in spite of his objections. He panted, pushing against his fleshy assailant as he tried to free himself but all the while his body twitched and begged for the dragon’s affection. He could feel his muscles tighten and release as the warm tongue rooted and searched, knew that his captor was not only well aware but tremendously turned on by it and was pretty sure he was about to be violated and eaten when the beast suddenly spit him out, roared, and sprang into the sky. He gasped, rolling to his knees and clinging to his tousled clothes as he turned his eyes skyward but he didn’t see the midnight blue form against the blackness of the sky until it was too late and all he could do was hunker down and shake as the field exploded in flames all around him. It was the sound of his own screams that alerted him to the fact that he was still alive, his eyes snapping up to take in the carnage of a sea of fire all around for a moment before he caught a glimpse of the dragon’s retreating form lifting powerfully toward its den. It took a full minute for him to convince himself that he was truly alive and no part of him cooked before he gagged and emptied his stomach on the ground. By the time the grasses that had made up the meadow burned out he had gathered himself together enough to stagger into the trees but he stopped to gaze up at the mountain understanding full well the message the flames had carried. Go away. He could have killed him anytime he chose but he’d let him live and made damn sure he understood exactly what sort of power he was dealing with, but Duo had never been one to scare easily. However, he did know when to retreat.
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