Otherworld4: 6- Compulsion



Chapter 6 - Compulsion


Kyo was on his way to see Vara, cutting across the gardens as he always did, when he spied a large rose bush covered in fragrant blooms. He plucked one for Vara, carefully pulling off the thorns as he walked to her room. Intent on the thorns, he was not looking where he was going and collided painfully with a hard body. He looked up into the angry eyes of Tekken. The two demons would never end their rivalry for the Queen. Only their promises to Vara kept them from going at each other with fang and claw. Kyo stood there, refusing to budge, forcing Tekken to go around him.

	Growling deep in his throat, the Bobcat warily moved around the stubborn Dragon and continued down the corridor. Vara felt her second male's anger and threw open the door. She knew that she would find Kyo nearby and there he was! "Kyo! Stop baiting him!" she admonished, knowing full well that the Dragon took every opportunity possible to torment the Bobcat.

Kyo turned to the beautiful Queen and smiled, giving a little bow, and handing her the rose with a flourish. Vara sighed. She took the rose, which she recognized as one that grew right outside her bedroom, and dragged Kyo into the room before he could cause more problems by gloating. Tekken didn't need to be reminded at every possible moment that the Dragon also shared her bed! Once inside, the pretense of being gallant and noble evaporated and the Dragon pounced on her; his need of her body the only thing on his one-track mind. She struggled out of her clothes as quickly as possible so that he would not tear her dress in his urgency. Her seamstress was always complaining about her torn dresses and how hard they were to mend. He undressed in seconds, simply by letting his clothes fall to the floor and stepping out of them. As usual, he wasted little time on foreplay, interested more in relieving his need than in pleasing her. And for the hundredth time, Vara wondered why she even bothered with the arrogant, conceited Dragon. But in spite of all his faults -- and there were plenty! -- she missed him when he was not around. He was exciting and the fact that he was not complacent and obedient to her whims, made her want him all the more.

	They were lying in bed, the rose still in her hand, resting contently in each other's arms. His needs had been met and now he was content to just lie next to her, conversing quietly. Vara loved him during these quiet moments, as much as was possible to love someone that had never known, and probably would never know, the emotion of love. But even in these moments, she was glad she had the true love of Tekken to balance Kyo's strange idea of romance. Picking a rose from her own garden was as romantic as he would ever get, while Tekken had spent an entire night naming the stars with variations of her name. Now that Bobcat knew how to be romantic!

Suddenly Kyo sat up, a strange look on his face, as if he was looking at something far away. He threw off the covers and got out of bed, standing there staring at the empty wall. "Kyo, what is wrong?" Vara asked. "I'm not sure. I've never felt this before, but I have to go in that direction." He pointed to the wall, to the east. "And I must leave now." He began picking up his clothes off of the floor and started to dress. Vara went to him and took hold of his arm. "Kyo, what do you mean, you have to go? Is it a spell? Are you in danger?" "I don't know. I just feel this urgency -- this need. I have to go!" He pulled away from her and rushed out the door and, to her amazement, changed into his dragon form and flew away -- to the east! Vara called Chichiri and Souten, telling the latter to follow Kyo. Souten immediately took the air after the huge red Dragon.


	Kyo landed to the side of the White Tower, and curled among the rocks. His huge dragon head swung toward the Tower and there it stayed, staring directly at the edifice. A low rumbling was coming from deep inside of the Red Dragon. Souten landed by the door and quickly went inside. He found everyone in the second level, staring at the beast who was staring back. It was unnerving, especially since he was eye-level to them. His huge golden eyes never wavered, never even seem to blink. And the low rumbling seemed to fill the Tower. Tennu turned to Souten as he appeared on the stairs, "Is that Kyo?"

"Yes, I followed him all the way from Suzaku. My Queen said that he felt compelled to go in this direction, but he didn't know why." "Bya," Jaal asked her mate, "Do you know why he is here? What he wants?" "I have no idea. He doesn't seem to be doing anything but sitting there watching us." "Well, I'm going out to talk to him." And with that she went down the stairs and out the door. After a moment's hesitation, everyone followed her. "Kyo!" Jaal yelled up at the huge dragon. "What are you doing here? What do you want?" The huge head swung down, but didn't look at her, instead he stared at Jae. The rumbling grew louder and he moved restlessly, his tail swinging to and fro. Bya took his daughter's arm and then Jaal's hand and brought them back inside, while Tennu, Raike and Souten quickly followed. "Why he is watching me?" Jae exclaimed her brow furrowed. "What did I do?" "Souten, will you go through the mirror and tell Otherworld what is happening?" The young Thunder Demon nodded and Jaal prepared her mirror.

"Kyo is at the Tower?" Aara asked. "And in dragon form? Why is he there?' "We have no idea. He won't change to his human form. He just watches, and he seemed to be watching Jae." She looked at Kurama and Bakura who were preparing to go to the White Tower. "Perhaps I should go too."

	"I would not like to risk you to an enraged dragon." Kurama answered. "He doesn't sound like he is doing anything but watching. Maybe I can convince him to change to his human form." "And I would like to go also." Taiki said. "I want to see how Jae is."

Kurama nodded and the four went through the mirror. Souten went through the portal to Suzaku to tell his Queen what was happening with Kyo.