Why was Ashura chuckling? Was he really planning that? The thought made Kazuki shudder and blush in embarrassment. Turning his head away from Ashura, he grumbled something before he glared over at the fire demon. "I could have gotten out of there sooner or later without your help..." He hissed.

"Unlikely," Ashura stated calmly, taking Kazuki by the hand. "If I had not been there, your friends probably would not have heard your cries for days. You would have been mummified."

"Or..." He traced a finger over the boy's brow. "Your eyeballs could have been pierced by a bird's beak..." His hand fell lower, twirling over Kazuki's stomach. "Your entrails eaten by scavengers."

Kazuki hissed, glaring up at Ashura before he winced as his hand was taken. Trying to pull it back from Ashura's grip, he listened before shutting his eyes tightly at his touch. "Shut the fuck up..." He growled, his eyes opening and only focusing on the ground. That couldn't possibly happen! Could it?

Ashura merely gripped him tighter and began walking deeper into the woods. Though he did not have a house or mansion as such, he knew how to survive well enough in the wilds to set up a good home. "Of course it could happen. It would have happened if you didn't meet me. Just think of yourself as lucky."

Wincing as Ashura's grip tightened, he tried to pull back, but was forced to follow. Glaring up at the man, he tensed up hearing his comment. How the hell did he know he had been thinking that? Struggling against him again, he moved his leg and tried to kick Ashura's feet out from under him.

Perhaps unexpectedly of such a situation, Ashura actually fell. The problem however, was his grip. He still had his hand on Kazuki, and as he went backwards, the Asuran King gathered the boy into a rough embrace so they were lying together on the undergrowth.

"Well, you could have told me you were so eager."

Kazuki yelped as he fell to the ground with Ashura. Groaning softly, Kazuki tried to get up before he whimpered as Ashura held him once more. Glaring at the man, he brought his arm back and then forward, trying to punch Ashura in the face. "Let go of me!"

Ashura caught the fist in one hand, then carefully applied pressure on Kazuki's knuckles. His fingers had a vice-like grip, and it seemed he could break bones without too much trouble. "So high spirited. And all I wanted to do was invite you to my place."

Kazuki tensed up, looking at his fist in Ashura's grasp. Okay, maybe that hadn't been a good idea after all. Feeling the pressure being put on his hand, he whimpered softly before he tried to pull it back. "I don't want to go to your place!"

"Well, it's not as if you're really being given a choice," Ashura said candidly. He released the young man's fist and got to his feet, pulling Kazuki up with him by the shoulder. "You don't see able to defeat me at the moment. So I shall make you a deal."

"If you can kill me, you can leave me." He smiled.

Kazuki tried to pull away as Ashura grabbed his shoulder. Glaring up at him, Kazuki's hand twitched, but he held himself back from trying to hit Ashura again. "I would never be able to do that. I don't kill unless I have to..."

"That does rather make it easy for me to win the contest, doesn't it?" Ashura retorted. His hand had not moved off Kazuki's shoulder, and his fingers dug in with almost painful force. "If you don't play with me, I will be the one to play with you. And you know how broken toys can get..."

He slid his other hand into Kazuki's robe, the easily loosened collar of such styles of clothing suiting his needs perfectly. He caressed the wound he had caused earlier, purring softly.

"Contest?" What the hell was Ashura talking about? Was there some sort of 'contest' going on that he didn't know about? Feeling Ashura's fingers dig in, he whimpered softly before he tensed up when Ashura slipped his hand into his robe. "Hands off!" He yelled, grabbing Ashura's hand before pulling it out. "You keep your filthy hands off me, you got that!?"

Ashura gave his hand a rather critical glance. He looked up with an almost child-like expression of puzzlement and held up his accused limb. "It's not that dirty, and what's on it is mostly your blood anyway."

Though he had picked up the language of humans with ease, some ways people used words still confounded him. He wasn't going to let that get in his way of fun though.

He pulled Kazuki close and embraced him, slipping a hand into his robes while holding his arms down with his free hand. He nibbled on the boy's earlobe thoughtfully. "What should we do tonight? Do you know how to cook?"

Looking at Ashura's hand, he trembled seeing his own blood on the man's palm. Looking away, he muttered something under his breath before he blush deeply as he was held close to Ashura. Feeling the demon slip his hand into his robes, he tried to pull away before he seemed to melt as Ashura nibbled his ear lobe. "I.. I know how to cook...."

"Ah good," Ashura took Kazuki's hand and chuckled beside his cheek. "Because I do not, and if my dinner has to be uncooked, it would have been you. Now enough of your hesitation, we have to get home."

The King was quite used to having his words obeyed immediately. He turned and walked off towards a ravine, kicking the undergrowth away happily as he dragged Kazuki with him.

"Let go of me! I said let go! I never agreed to this!" Kazuki yelped as Ashura dragged him after. Trying to pull his arm back, he pulled at Ashura's fingers before giving up. He saw there was no use fighting against him, he might as well wait for a chance to escape.

The home that Ashura eventually led him to could best be described as a cavern. It might have once been used by bats, but if that was the case, there was no evidence of it now. The walls did look disturbingly charred though, and there were spots of brown stain on the dusty ground.

"I'll make a bigger bed," Ashura said as he took Kazuki deeper into the cave system. There were chambers, naturally formed pockets in the solid bed-rock that made up the caves. In a particularly large one, a comfortable looking pile of furs and moss was set against a wall, and it was surrounded by flowers. Most of these were in hollowed out logs and surviving well.

"I have to take them out to get some sun every day, but since I was out hunting today, I took them in." He pointed at the flowers, while pressing Kazuki onto the bed. "Do you like tea?"

Looking around the place where Ashura brought him, Kazuki shuddered slightly before looking to the ground. Hearing he would make a bigger bed, he tilted his head a bit. Was he expecting him to sleep together with Ashura? Walking into the cavern, he looked around before he looked at the flowers. Blushing as he was pressed onto the bed, he hesitantly nodded.

"Ah good," Ashura smiled. He could be quite charming when he wanted to be. He turned and went to a cupboard, pulling out a small cauldron. He ladled some water from the barrel nearby and hung it from the iron bar set across the fireplace dug into one of the walls. There was a hole at the back that led outside. Ashura snapped his fingers and the wood caught alight.

"Lets take a look at your wounds." He said, the tone did not allow any argument. A short search in a large chest near the makeshift bed revealed a small chest of drawers containing various herbs as well as some rolls of grass-fiber bandages. "Take your robe off."