Completed: 08/24/01 Last Revised: 11/24/01 [fic] Addicted to Love [NC-17][1/?] (revised draft) This is a fairly substantial rewrite of my earlier teaser (now Part 1) for my new Saiyuki fic. ^_^ I'd like to specifically thank Jeanne and Joy for their wonderfully helpful comments about Kougaiji's characterization and the use of character identifiers. I hope you guys will find this new version a significant improvement! Author's Excuse... err, Note: I'm still trying to familiarize myself with the Saiyuki fandom so any C&C greatly appreciated! It's still just a rough draft, so please forgive the occasional typo or other stupid mistake. Since this is supposed to be a bit of a darkly funny smutfic with a plot, so please be prepared for a wee bit of OOCness. SUMMARY: Sanzou's got a slight problem. Okay, make that a serious problem. Like a bad case of malaria, Sanzou's got a 'fever' that won't go away.... Title: Addicted to Love Author: Madamhydra Email: madamhydra@aol.com Status: WIP (work-in-progress) Archive: www.madamhydra.net/SYK.html (eventually) Type: Alternate Universe, Dark Comedy, Smutfic Rating: NC-17 Spoilers: basically the whole series Pairings: Kougaiji x Sanzou, eventually almost everyone x Sanzou ********** WARNINGS ********* WARNINGS ********* WARNINGS ********** Violence Obscene language Mature themes (references to semi-nonconsentual sex, etc.) YAOI (male/male relationships) LEMON (explicit sexual content) ********** WARNINGS ********* WARNINGS ********* WARNINGS ********** Disclaimer: (Full Disclaimers at the end) Gensomaden Saiyuki is the copyright and property of its creator and legally associated parties. Used without permission. Not for profit. Credit 1: Thanks to my friend Sakka-chan, who got both me and Amy-chan addicted in Saiyuki AND Saiyuki smut. Many thanks to Joy and everyone else for all the helpful comments and suggestions on this fic! Credit 2: Belated thanks to Jeanne, her fics (especially her retelling of the DJ "Animal Pleasure" and her fic "Transformation"), and the terrific writeup of the characters on her website. I'd also like to credit to Anne Bishop's "Black Jewel" series. ^_^ (...) represents mental and/or subconscious dialogue /.../ represents other types of non-verbal dialogue ====================================================================== Addicted to Love A Gensomaden Saiyuki ALTERNATE-REALITY fic by Madamhydra ====================================================================== Part 1 ====================================================================== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your lights are on, but you're not home Your mind is not your own Your heart sweats, your body shakes Another kiss is what it takes You can't sleep, you can't eat There's no doubt, you're in deep Your throat is tight, you can't breathe Another kiss is all you need You like to think that you're immune to the stuff It's closer to the truth To say you can't get enough, You know you're gonna have to face it You're addicted to love You see the signs, but you can't read You're runnin' at a different speed You heart beats in double time Another kiss and you'll be mine * * * Your lights are on, but you're not home Your will is not your own Your heart sweats, your teeth grind Another kiss and you'll be mine * * * Might as well face it You're addicted to love -- "Addicted to Love" -- by Robert Palmer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ====================================================================== "Where is he?" Kougaiji said curtly. Dokugakuji jerked his head toward the sturdy stone storage shed and said, "They locked him in there, or so they said. I haven't had a chance to check on him yet." Kougaiji released an exasperated sigh. His instructions had been simple and straightforward -- locate Genjo Sanzou and his party, then report back to him. That was all. Unfortunately, a group of over-enthusiastic underlings had exceeded his orders and decided to abduct Sanzou. "So much for arranging an honorable truce and asking for help," he muttered under his breath. Although they were technically enemies, Kougaiji had come to respect Sanzou and his fierce determination. And in spite of Sanzou's notoriously bad temper, he didn't think that the monk would stand by and do nothing while a comparative innocent like Lirin suffered a slow, agonizing death. Unfortunately, the whole kidnapping farce had undoubtedly put Sanzou into an absolutely foul mood. And as for Sanzou being willing to make a deal with his enemies.... (That's just too bad. Sanzou's going to cooperate, one way or another. He's our only chance to save Lirin. I'd prefer to have his willing assistance, but if I have to use coercion, I will!) "Where's the key to the shed?" "Here it is," replied Dokugakuji, dropping it into his lord's hand. As the others made to follow him, he waved them back and said, "Wait out here. I want to talk to him alone." "But he's certain to be very angry, Kougaiji-sama!" Yaone protested. "I know, but that can't be helped. He might be a bit more approachable if I speak to him alone." "From what I've heard about him, I seriously doubt that," Dokugakuji muttered under his breath. ------------------------------------------ Kougaiji unlocked the thick metal door and stepped into the interior of the shed. Even with his superior night vision, he found the room nearly pitch black. The small windows were covered with heavy metal shutters that allowed only the barest minimum of light through the narrow slats. Glancing around the room, he caught a glimpse of white lying on the floor. At first he thought that it was Sanzou himself, but it turned out to be only the monk's outer robe. (Then where the devil is he?) He heard low, hoarse breathing behind him and whirled, ready for a possible ambush. Sanzou wasn't as physically strong as his companions, but he was still a very dangerous opponent. No attack materialized, but he didn't relax his guard and continued to listen intently. The heavy, gasping breaths continued, but when they were broken by a faint moan, Kougaiji's eyes narrowed ominously. (Damn, did those fools injure him? That's all we need! Lirin is running out of time!) Tracking the sound to the far corner of the room, he approached cautiously and said, "Sanzou. We need to talk." A low ugly laugh, tinged with a disturbing undertone of hysteria, split the darkness. "....Talk? Just... stay... the fuck... away... from... me...." Kougaiji inhaled sharply as he finally got a clear look at Genjo Sanzou, who lay huddled in the corner, shaking and trembling. Feverishly bright violet eyes glared back at him. With his arms tightly wrapped around his own body, Sanzou looked as if he was trying to hold himself together by sheer physical effort. "What's wrong with you?" Kougaiji demanded. As he took a step forward, Sanzou bared his teeth and snarled, "Stay... away!" Kougaiji reached out in an attempt to assess the other man's condition, but when his hand brushed the bare skin along Sanzou's upper arm, Sanzou uttered a low scream that was half maddened desperation and half berserk rage. He furiously slapped Kougaiji's hand aside and twisted away, stumbling a few steps before crumpling against the wall, gasping hoarsely. "....leave... me... ALONE!" By this time, Kougaiji had become seriously alarmed at Sanzou's behavior. The consequences of Sanzou being physically injured were bad enough, but he hadn't anticipated anything like this. He never imagined Sanzou, who had maintained his cold, surly calm in the face of so many dangers and challenges, could end up in such an incoherent mental state. His frown deepened as Sanzou pressed his back against the chill stone wall. With his eyes closed, the monk hugged himself with an air of frightening desperation and groaned, "....make this... SHIT... stop!" As Kougaiji watched Sanzou's long fingers digging into his own flesh so hard as to leave bloody scratches, something in him snapped. Sanzou was Lirin's only chance for rescue and if he was out of his mind.... He lunged forward to grab Sanzou by the shoulders. "Get a hold of yourself and tell me what's wrong, damn it!" The priest's eyes flew open and stared at him with virulent rage and loathing. In a low voice that rose sharply in volume, he snarled, "Don't... TOUCH... ME!!!" Sanzou's fist unexpectedly slammed into Kougaiji's jaw with enough force to send him staggering backward a few steps. He ducked just in time to dodge the brick that a wild-eyed Sanzou, now looking positively demented, flung at his head. Wiping the trickle of blood from the corner of his mouth, Kougaiji warily backed away from Sanzou as the monk grabbed for another brick. Clearly he wasn't going to get any sort of coherent response from Sanzou. "Shit!" With a hiss of frustration, he turned and quickly exited the storage shed. Slamming the door behind him, Kougaiji leaned back against it and took a few deep breaths. "Kougaiji-sama! What happened?" Yaone exclaimed, eyeing the growing bruise on her lord's face with both surprise and dismay. Dokugakuji blinked and said, "He refused? I expected him to be angry, but...." He clenched his fists. "It's not that. The negotiations didn't even get started. He's... it's like he's gone completely out of his mind." He glared at Dokugakuji. "What the hell did they do to him!? Dokugakuji, bring those idiots here. I want answers and I want them now!" ------------------------------------------ As soon as the door slammed shut, leaving him alone in darkness, Sanzou dropped the stone he had been clutching and sagged slowly to the floor. He flung his head back and banged it against the rough stone wall, as he futilely struggled to regain some measure of control over his rebellious body. (Damn it! Why... am I feeling... this way!? What the hell... did they DO to me!?) He vaguely remembered the thick, metallic-sweet liquid the youkai had forced down his throat. It had pooled in his belly, filling it with a strange, inescapable heat that slowly spread throughout his body like an insidious poison. And in its wake, the heat had left a sense of emptiness... a terrible loneliness... an unbearable ache inside him.... He desperately craved something. But what...? "Fuck it!" he hissed angrily. But the sound of the familiar obscenity jolted his system like a bolt of lightning as it set off a flood of images and sensations... soft pants and throaty moans... writhing, intertwined limbs... skin sliding against sweat-slickened skin.... Sanzou suddenly had the answer to his question. He wanted... no, *needed* to be fucked. Hard. Right NOW. "SHIT!!!" He bit his lip, ignoring the warmth of blood seeping down his chin, then clawed at his head, fingers tangling and yanking on his hair, but those tiny pains did nothing to drown out the thoughts now eating away like acid at his mind, consuming every bit of his intellect, willpower, and sense of self. / ....touch me... touch me.... / He could barely think any more. His brain was melting from the heat, dribbling away... leaving only a lust-maddened shell of flesh behind. Sanzou became distantly aware as his traitorous body made its desires known. ....his knees spreading wide... back arching... head thrown back... lips parting... inviting... mutely pleading for a caress... a touch.... ....like Kougaiji's fingers stroking his bare skin.... Sanzou shook his head wildly and forced his knees back together, desperately fighting to regain *some* control over himself. "....the... HELL... I... WILL!!!" he snarled defiantly, glazed violet eyes glittering madly in the darkness. ------------------------------------------ As the other members of the troop hovered and fidgeted in the background, their leader gave his lord a smug, but slightly nervous smile as Kougaiji pinned him with a hard stare. "What did you do to the human?" "Oh, we just gave him a sedative, my lord, just like you ordered. To put him to sleep and keep him quiet." "A sedative?" Kougaiji said, looking startled. "Yes, my lord...." The youkai's smile started to fade "As *I* ordered? What are you talking about? I gave you no such orders!" "B-B-but...! Your messenger told us that you changed your mind and that you wanted the human captured!" "What messenger!?" "The one that showed up at our camp this morning! The one you sent!" Kougaiji shook his head irritably, then took a deep breath as he tried to rein in his temper. "Never mind that for now. What SORT of sedative did you give the priest and where did you get it?" he demanded sharply. The youkai jumped nervously and blurted, "The messenger was the one who gave us the stuff. Said that you wanted us to use it. So we did! Followed your instructions to the letter! We slipped a small first dose into the human's food, and after we got him separated from his friends, we gave him the big dose!" Kougaiji's cheek developed a slight tic. "Am I to understand that a *complete* stranger walked up to you and told you to disregard my earlier orders and kidnap Sanzou? Did you recognize him?" The troop leader mutely shook his head. "Did he show you any proof of his identity?" The youkai shook his head again. "And you believed a complete stranger, just like that!?" Kougaiji snapped. Now looking decidedly uneasy, the youkai tried to retreat from the obviously irate prince but stopped short when he bumped into Dokugakuji, who was standing behind him. "....um, yeah. I mean, yes, my lord!" "And despite my explicit instructions to leave the priest alone and unharmed, you decided to give Sanzou an unknown drug thoughtfully provided by that same *complete* stranger!? Simply because he *said* so!?" The youkai blanched as he finally realized the enormity of what he had done. He flung himself to the ground and babbled, "Forgive me, Kougaiji-sama! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I... I don't know what I was thinking at the time!" Kougaiji frowned thoughtfully at the blubbering youkai. There was no denying that some of the lower-ranking youkai were occasionally lacking in brains, but even so, this degree of gullibility was... unusual. He took a deep breath, then exhaled sharply. "Where's the rest of it?" "We used all of it on the human...." He quelled before the prince's angry glare, then hastily added, "Wait... wait a moment! There's probably some still left in the bottle, Kougaiji-sama!" The youkai fumbled in a pocket and pulled out a palm-sized flask. "Yaone." Taking the small glass bottle, she first examined the viscous red residue coating the container's bottom, then opened it. After cautiously smelling the contents, she frowned. "Do you know what it is?" "I'm sorry, Kougaiji-sama. I don't recognize it. But it has a very distinct fragrance." He took the bottle from her hand. When he sniffed slightly, his eyes widened in surprise. (That scent... that heady, blood-rich scent....) "My lord!" Yaone yelped, snatching the bottle back. "That's very dangerous, especially when we have no idea what this drug is!" "I recognize it... the smell at least." He stared hard at the flask in her hand. "And I think I know who to ask about that drug." ------------------------------------------ She leaned back against the cushions, the embodiment of sultry, languid beauty. Giving Kougaiji and Yaone a small, malicious smile, Gyokumen Koujyu purred, "And why would you be asking me about this... drug?" "Because I recognize the scent," Kougaiji replied shortly. "Oh?" she murmured, looking bored. "I encountered that smell only once before, but I will never forget it. It was in my father's private gardens." She raised a thin, elegant eyebrow. "Why are you so interested in this drug?" His lips thinned in barely suppressed annoyance. "Because some idiots gave it to Genjo Sanzou and I need to find the antidote." "Why should you care? If the human becomes ill or even dies, that works to our advantage," Gyokumen said with a cruel smile. "Not in this case. I need him alive. For Lirin's sake." Her eyes narrowed dangerously. "Explain that statement." "Lirin slipped out on her own again. Unfortunately, she ran afoul of some deranged youkai-killing monks. They put her under a special spell and it's slowly killing her." "Why wasn't I told earlier?" she demanded in chill tones. He retorted, "I'm informing you NOW." "And what does this have to do with keeping this Sanzou person alive?" "Because before the last of the insane monks killed himself, he boasted that no youkai could break that spell on Lirin, and that only the highest ranking of holy men can release her." She flicked a glance at Doctor Ni, who chuckled softly. "Now I begin to see your problem. And I assume that at the moment, thanks to this drug, Genjo Sanzou is in no shape to do anything about Lirin's predicament?" the scruffy scientist drawled. "Yes. That's why I'm asking you for any information that you have about this drug." She gave Kougaiji a cold, sweet smile. "Since Lirin's life is at stake, how can I refuse?" The prince said nothing. Yaone stepped forward, holding the flask with its dark red residue. Gyokumen took it, swirled the remaining liquid around, then took a cautious whiff of its contents. Her expression darkened suddenly. Rising to her feet in a swirl of silk, she hissed, "Where did you get this!?" Yaone fell back a few steps, but Kougaiji's face remained still and impassive. With no particular expression in his voice, he said softly, "I obtained it from the youkai who captured Sanzou. A mysterious stranger talked him into using it on Sanzou, supposedly on my orders." His eyes locked with hers. In a low voice, he added, "Why do you ask?" She drummed her long talon-like nails on the glass flask. Finally, Gyokumen responded. "The plant, and the drug derived from its flowers, were thought to be totally destroyed when my lord Gyyuuma Ou was sealed away. So I am curious to know where this particular sample came from." "I don't know and at the moment, I'm not particularly interested. Are you aware of any antidote for this drug?" The self-styled Empress thoughtfully tapped a long nail against her chin, then suddenly turned and walked out of the room. Kougaiji and Yaone exchanged wary looks. They had naturally suspected Gyokumen of being responsible for Sanzou's poisoning, but it appeared that in this instance, she was actually innocent of any involvement. She had appeared genuinely surprised and angry when she identified the drug in the flask. Several minutes later, Gyokumen returned, holding a scroll. With a careless flick of her hand, she tossed it to Yaone and said to Kougaiji, "That's all the available information I have about the drug. Hopefully you will find your answers there." Her lips curved upward in a cold, malicious smile. "I trust that you will do whatever's necessary to save my *dear* daughter." The prince made a stiff nod of acknowledgement and stalked out of the room, followed by Yaone. As Gyokumen returned to her chair, Doctor Ni said, "What exactly is this mysterious drug? And is there an antidote for it? A feasible antidote, that is." She uttered a throaty chuckle. "An antidote? Not really. But there is a way to... alleviate the effects. Somewhat." The scientist raised an intrigued eyebrow. "Do tell me more." Gyokumen smiled at him, her eyes gleaming with malice, and purred, "The drug's an aphrodisiac. A rather potent one, designed to work on powerful youkai. You can imagine the effect it would have on a mere human." Ni began to snigger softly. "And what is your particular interest in this drug? Besides the obvious, of course," he asked, grinning as he fondled his stuffed rabbit's crotch. She smiled with venomous sweetness. "I am always interested in things that negate or overpower a person's free will. One never knows when that sort of information might become useful." Gyokumen reached into her robes, pulled out a piece of paper that had obviously been torn or cut from a scroll, and waved it lazily in the air. "Oh ho! So much for giving our princeling all the information you had," the scientist noted with glee. "Of course. I gave Kougaiji all he needed to know to 'fix' the human -- at least for now -- and save my daughter. The only things I withheld were the name and its possible long term effects on youkai and humans. It will be interesting to see if the rumors about the latter turn out to be true. As for the drug's name...." Ni leaned forward, his eyes glinting. "The original name has been forever lost. However, roughly translated, it means...," she smiled slowly, "....'insatiable'." "And Genjo Sanzou has been dosed with this aphrodisiac? My my my. This promises to become *very* interesting!" he said with a leer. As she sank back against the plush cushions, Gyokumen purred, "A pity that I can't be there when our noble princeling finds out what he has to do to save Genjo Sanzou's life and sanity." ------------------------------------------ Kougaiji stared blankly at a furiously blushing Yaone and said, "I have to WHAT!?" Her blush deepened even more as she stammered, "A-A-According to this scroll, there's only... one thing that can... ummm, relieve Sanzou-san's... ummm, condition. And that's... and that's...." Seeing the strange expression on his lord's face, Dokugakuji quickly walked over toward the two of them and asked Yaone curiously, "And what? What is it?" Her hands clenched on the scroll as she blurted, "THE SEXUAL FLUIDS OF LORD GYYUUMA OU... OR SOMEONE OF HIS BLOOD!" Dokugakuji joined Kougaiji in staring blankly at the slender woman. "Say... what...?" Yaone mumbled, "Kougaiji-sama has to... ummm, engage... errr, in carnal... intercourse... with Sanzou-san. Repeatedly. Until the drug burns itself out of his system." The prince sat down very suddenly and very hard on the ground, as Dokugakuji continued to gape at her with a dumbfounded stare. In a quavering voice, Yaone continued, "Kougaiji-sama's... fluids... have to be administered... ummm, both...," she gulped loudly, before forcing herself to continue, "...orally and... umm... ummm... anally!" Unable to deal with the overwhelming embarassment, Yaone fell to her knees in front in the still blankly staring Kougaiji. "I'm so sorry, my lord! But that's what it says!" she wailed. "Because if you don't, Sanzou-san will certainly go insane or even die!" A long silence settled on the threesome, broken only by Yaone's sniffles. ".... Let me understand this correctly. Not only will I have to have sex... repeated sex!... with Sanzou, but I am also going to have to somehow persuade him to swallow my...." Remembering the rage and hostility in Sanzou's stare AND his vicious snarls, Kougaiji shuddered visibly. (I bet he bites. No, I'm *sure* he bites....) He fell over onto his back and stared up at the cloudy sky for a long moment before speaking. "Lirin, I'm going to free you from that wretched death spell... then I'm going to KILL you myself for putting me in this fucking MESS!" ------------------------------------------------- (end Part 1) ===================================================================== ------------------------------------------------- Keeper of Duo's Dark Side ~~~ Duo no Seishi Co-Keeper of Duo's Scythe & Bat Wings (w/ Death) Co-Keeper of Little Grim Reaper Duo (w/ Kitsune) Saitoh no Koibito ~~~ Corruptor Extraordinaire ------------------------------------------------- madamhydra@aol.com /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/:E http://www.madamhydra.net/ ------------------------------------------------- ===================================================================== The Full Disclaimer All names, likenesses, and rights of Gensomaden Saiyuki are trademarks, copyright, and property of Minekura Kazuya, Enix, and legally associated parties. 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