SCAFFOLDING:

RYU WAKES UP after time skip in the Duana Mines scene. THE CONCEIT HERE is that basically he has been living and growing as a dragon adolescent for oh six years or so, and they have a much longer lifespan and a much more gradual sexual build up, so when ryu switches back to his hormonal teenage body it's so overwhelming that he's turned on by pretty much everything. And I mean, moreso than a regular teenaged boy.

SO GARR talks about forgiveness and seeking out God and ryu cares about that, he really does, but there's this constant undercurrent of 'Garr is really tall and muscular and i wonder how his skin feels and when he moves i can watch all these muscles shift around under his skin and when he leans over all his stomach muscles ripple and that big smooth oblong one bulges out from his stomach and curves right down in a mound to his crotch and um uh' and then he has to sit up in a weird position so Garr doesn't notice he's getting hard while lying naked on the ground.

Garr totally notices. More because Ryu /smells/. Like, well, horny teenaged boy. Which is a smell Garr is very familiar with, but in this continuity he doesn't actually have sex, so he's just kind of surprised that it's coming from /Ryu/.

But Ryu gets dressed and only gropes Garr a /little/, all close intimate touches along his hand and shoulder. So they tromp through the mines for a while, but ryu is really tired and (according to Garr) it's somewhat late, so they stop in an old dormitory, bar the door, and sleep. In the dark, Ryu jerks off fantasizing about Garr, like Garr pinning ryu against the floor and kissing him, tugging at his cock for a while until he forces Ryu to suck him off.

in the 'morning' (again according to Garr) garr wakes ryu up, thinking to himself THIS CONFINED SPACE SURE DOES SMELL LIKE SOMEONE HAS BEEN JERKING OFF IN IT but he's also just a little bit turned on, knowing that hey, Ryu isn't half bad as people go and he apparently thinks Garr is hot and it's been a /really/ long time since he's had sex, etc. plus the smell is kind of hot.

BUT ANYWAY, eventually they get out of the mine and it's evening by the time they actually get /out/; the miners are super happy the mine is no longer the lair of a dragon so they are kind of effusive and feed them and stuff. But Garr leaves just an hour or so before night, so they only get a few miles down the road before they have to set up camp.

Ryu falls asleep easy, even though it's been years since he's been outside and in the wilderness. He kind of peeks at Garr stirring the fire idly as he dozes off, and he dreams about Garr forcing him to the ground, hand splayed across his chest, and fucking him while Ryu begs and pleads and eventually comes without touching himself. He wakes up in the middle of the night, bedding damp from sweat with a big splotch of come sinking into the fabric. Garr is totally awake, but he feigns sleep as Ryu jerks off again, staring at Garr.

sooo garr is having dirty thoughts about Ryu, especially after that night, where ryu grunts and moans as he jerks off, his come spurting out across his chest and spilling over his fist as he just stares at Garr.

But the next morning Ryu just looks aside more often, like he doesn't want to get caught staring at Garr, except he kind of forgets that when he actually /does/ look at Garr, even when he looks over to see Ryu staring at his chest. But that day they go through ogre pass and have to fend off the MAN EATING WERETIGER >:E, which they do without a lot of effort. ryu doesn't even do a dragon transformation, which Garr thinks is kind of unusual. But they reach McNeil village, get blocked on their way east by guards, and ask about any local gigantic savage man-earing tigers and get a free night at the inn for their trouble, so they are fresh tomorrow morning to set out and fight the EVIL BEAST.

Garr waits until Ryu's asleep and slowly unwinds his bindings, stripping himself like he's bathing-- the only time he takes off his clothes. But it's been so long, and it isn't long until he's stroking his cock, taking in the everpresent smell of Ryu's arousal. But then he looks over at Ryu, who is staring right back at him. He starts, his bed scraping across the floor, and Ryu slides out of his bed, like it's the most casual thing, and leans over Garr, his legs splayed between one of Garr's massive tree-trunk thighs, his own hard cock pressed against the junction of Garr's hip. He starts jerking garr off, leaning forward to kiss across his chest and up to his beak, where he makes an attempt to kiss mouth-to-mouth. Garr makes an inarticulate groaning sound and comes all over them, in great broad splashes. Ryu just rocks back and forth against Garr's leg and he comes too, spurting across Garr's belly. Garr dozes off soon despite all that, like crashing from his monumental orgasm, and when he wakes up in the morning he's still naked, but ryu's in the other bed and he's no longer covered in come. Just thinking about that, like ryu lapping up their comingled come from his body (as opposed to the more reasonable idea of ryu wiping him down with one of the sheets), gets him half-hard as he does his waist bindings. He jerks off again, splattering against his chest, with half his cock wrapped up and when he looks over ryu is staring at him, smirking.

they kiss again, ryu stroking garr's softening cock and smearing his come all across his body (and garr maybe mentions last night and this time ryu /does/ lick up some of his come) and then they SET OUT to the forest to hunt tigers.

and, of course, meet rei. Ryu asks Garr to stay behind; he's known Ryu's had suspictions about the tiger not just being some wild animal. Ryu, for his part, goes up not actually that sure what to expect, but thinking about rei and garr and everyone else and how he's not sure about anything these days and and and he turns the corner and rei is there, leaning against the burnt-out wall, looking forlorn.

neither of them have a clue what to say, but Rei had a little warning about Ryu being alive so he's not /as/ shell-shocked as Ryu is. But he's still bleeding and hurt and ryu runs over and heals him, maybe crying a little. and rei is like "hey, um, don't cry, uh, ah, you always were a cry-baby :D" and ryu punches him, crying and hugging him curled up against his chest. and then rei pulls ryu back. and ryu leans forward and drapes his arms around Rei's neck and kisses him.

rei's brain shorts out a little, and by the time he pulls back (by like half an inch, they are sitting down on a narrow ledge) ryu can feel his cock pressing against his stomach. SOOO ryu maybe blushes and looks aside and talks about how he maybe had a little crush on him when he was a kid and he's just so happy he's not dead &c &c. so rei pulls ryu toward him (REI: up against the burnt-out log wall, RYU: more on the 'path', closer to the edge, so rei can sit back here but ryu, um, can't) and runs his hands under ryu's shirt as they kiss more. this leads rapidly to them jerking each other off or at least ryu jerking off rei and rei rubbing at ryu's cock. ryu comes in his pants, and rei pulls up on Ryu's shirt so his arms ( pretty much incidentally) are pinned behind his back (shift over head, arms still in sleeves, big tangle of overcoat and undershirt) as he pretty much humps against ryu, groaning and growling. he comes in big spurts all across ryu's chest, but afterward he looks guilty and talks about how he's a terrible person and how ryu shouldn't follow him but he's glad to know he's not dead. (also other stuff, whatever else he actually says in the in-game cutscene.) and then he pulls his clothes back on, kisses ryu, and leaps off the ledge into the forest. ryu gets his clothes in some semblance of order and heads back down to Garr.

meanwhile, garr has been sitting on the ground between the forest and the stream. at first he's just kind of LA LA LA NOTHING TO DO WONDER WHAT RYU IS UP TO but he hears them start to have sex and gets into this big fantasy of ryu getting fucked by the gigantic weretiger. he slips his cock out between his bindings and starts to jerk off listening to them have sex, in his head fantasizing about AFOREMENTIONED SCENARIO.

so when ryu comes down he tucks his cock back in, hard and still leaking precome. When he catches a whiff of ryu, he almost comes in his pants-- okay, so they totally were having sex, and he /smells/ like the tiger, too. Ryu's kind of out of it for a variety of reasons-- sex, THINKY THINGS, etc. they head back to town, ryu telling garr a little bit about his past & rei & the mob, with garr hard and leaking precome the entire way, ryu still kind of turned on and bewildered.

and then... they run into Nina back in town? And she's there arresting the mayor for his connections to the mob. and she's like GARR! :D RYU! :DDDDD and garr's like ..."yes. we were just out FIGHTING WILD ANGRY WERETIGERS, um, that is why we smell funny" and there is a short awkward conversation where ryu & garr tell nina the mob headquarters is in Syn City (oh duh) and also, uh, there might be a gigantic angry weretiger attack there sometime soon. but before they all leave together uh, we have to go and... pack up our things. yes. that is it. So garr & ryu skedaddle away, garr to go jerk off somewhere with a modicum of privacy and ryu to wander around the pasture... and run into rei. Or more like 'rei has been following him and drops down from above when ryu gets to a secluded spot'.

rei is probably kind of creepy and unhinged. But they make out for a while and rei laps up his drying come and gives ryu several really blatant hickies before pulling most of ryu's clothes off and fucking him. but then rei runs off again and ryu trudges back to garr, who is like 'ASDF WHAT' upon realizing um, ryu has clearly had a lot more contact with the tiger since he last saw him. His little fantasy is running wild, and in the background he's actually kind of disgruntled about the whole thing. years and years without any sex or even really any /thinking/ about sex, but one oversexed teenaged brood and everything falls apart and he has to run about jerking off every day like a little kid. or, um, like a oversexed teenager.

SO NINA (ALONG WITH RYU AND GARR) head to syn city. after ryu and garr WASH UP a bit. but they arrive... early afternoon? and the place has been attacked and there are lots of wounded and dead. they split up. ryu heads for the dormatories, which are empty. but then he hears rei's growly voice, and seconds later rei (in weretiger form) leaps in through the window (which, uh, was open already. there is not glass strewn everywhere). so there is a TENSE MOMENT while rei (huge, claws, bloodsplatters) is creeping towards ryu grinning (or with his teeth bared, not like there is a difference where you are a gigantic tiger) and ryu's like, um. but eventually rei come close and pretty much pushes ryu over overwards and sprawls on top of him. LICKING HIS FACE and other tokens of affection that quickly turn into rei growling and rubbing his MASSIVE FELINE COCK up against ryu. ryu maybe runs his fingers through the fur on rei's head and neck, and then rei starts trying to pull off ryu's clothes. ryu slips his hands unbder rei's and unbuttons his pants, etc, rei staring at him as he does so. and rei tries to fuck ryu but it doesn't quite work out, rei's cock is huge and so for a while rei just fucks his cock along ryu's chest as precome streams off his cock. but eventually rei tries again and ryu reaches for the lube lying on a bedside table (um, it is established when ryu enters the room that the dorms are pretty obviously used for sex purposes, so there is in fact lube sitting out on a bedside table along with other stuff) and finger fucks his ass until rei takes interest in that and pushes ryu's hand aside so he can stuff his fingers into ryu's ass. WHICH GOES ON FOR A WHILE, esp. once rei notices ryu is getting off on it. but THEN rei fucks ryu.

AFTERWARDS rei licks at ryu's face again and darts off not too long before garr stomps in to find ryu, well, naked half on a bed covered in come and reeking of the big hulking weretiger. manfully, he resists fucking ryu right there. but he plays interferance w/ nina so she doesn't walk in on him while he cleans himself up with whatever lying around the dorm and puts his clothes back on.

AND THEN THEY ALL HEAD TO THE CHECKPOINT. and fight mikba with rei! and rei has his alarming conversation with everyone else all about hunting down and killing everyone who made their lives terrible when they were kids. which doesn't go over well. slightly later, CONVERSATION ENSUES about garr & ryu & the brood and god and all that kind of thing.

sooo they head east again, to wyndia on the way to Angel Tower again. but soon it is night and they are in the wilds again so they must CAMP OUT, which of course leads to gay sex shenanigans late at night. Nina turns in early, and Rei feigns to do so also (or, well, maybe he just can't sleep) and Ryu pulls Garr away from the camp fire and asks him to fuck him. garr is sitting down crosslegged as he usually does and ryu sits on his lap and pushes him back, as he gropes and kisses him, until garr is sprawled out mostly on his back and ryu is sitting on top of him. he asks garr to fuck him and garr takes off his clothes (those that remain) and his wraps and ryu pretty much sits on his dick. but ABRUPT CUT TO rei lying awake in camp and realizing ryu & garr have gone off. he follows their trail via tree to find ryu bucking up and down on top of garr, who pulls ryu down at the apex to slam his cock back into him. rei watches and jerks off.

Afterward, ryu and garr share, um. SOME CONVERSATION??? and rei listens in and then feels bad. and heads back to camp? he's still awake when ryu and garr get back, but he falls asleep pretty quick when ryu sprawls out next to him (and stares at rei for a while before falling asleep himself).

[ SCAFFOLDING ISSUES: presumably I want to show rei & garr having some initial strife for legitimate reasons (rei is kind of crazy and bloodthirsty, garr was a mass-murderer and is still tasked [well, according to his religion] with killing ryu) and overcoming it slowly (really, as in between plot advancement at what is hopefully a reasonable speed) due to, well, garr having forsaken his religious tenets in his search for the truth and rei... rei being uncouth and of reasonably precarious sanity, but in actuality being a fairly decent person. ALL THE WHILE EVERYONE HAVING SEX WITH RYU. also i do want this to be somewhat lighthearted, even touching on all the crushing depression of... gaist getting killed for stupid reasons and garr trying to kill himself so he can talk to god and that kind of stuff. so in the below scaffolding I think I trend close to SUPER DEPRESSING, starting with the reasonable assumption that ryu has feelings for garr and so garr's whole OKAY OFF TO DIE thing rattles him, even if garr doesn't actually die. and then going on further, that gaist is a totally sympathetic character who I might want to write a sex scene for, but that would just make ryu having to kill him afterwards, uh, more alarming and creepy than it already is. BASICALLY I WOULD LIKE TO AVOID PUTTING RYU THROUGH AN EMOTIONAL WRINGER OR FAILING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO AVOID HIM BEING REALLY DEPRESSED which is difficult considering all the terrible things that happen to him in the game ]

IN THE MORNING nina tells everyone about the issues with passports and how she thinks ryu should hero it up a bit more and fix things at the plant. she says this mostly to ryu, while garr takes rei aside and they have this YOU ARE PSYCHOTIC AND GOING TO KILL EVERYONE YOU LOVE INC. RYU >:E YAH WELL I'M NOT THE ONE WHO ACTUALLY /TRIED/ TO KILL RYU, WHAT. I LOVE HIM I'D NEVER DO ANYTHING TO HURT HIM etc etc while ryu, oblivious, has a nice conversation with nina about their adventures and what is ahead. eventually rei is like LOOK RYU CAN MAKE HIS OWN CHOICES *GLARE AT BACK OF RYU'S HEAD* AND I AM SURE HE IS SMART ENOUGH TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS AND IF NOT THEN I'LL HAVE TO PROTECT HIS STUPID LITTLE BRAIN UNTIL HIS REALIZES I AM GOOD FOR HIM only well, significantly more subtle and slightly less alarming.

but in some manner or another rei & garr bicker about ryu while ryu remains oblivious. and EVENTUALLY there is some rei/garr but I am not sure how to work that in quite yet.

...at any rate, there is the plant intro w/ momo, & then the trip to yggdrasil to get peco, and then HAVOC AT THE PLANT where peco has to throw rocks through the greenhouse roofs. and then INTO THE DEPTHS of the plant w/ momo, and ryu picks rei to go with him (and rei is like TAKE THAT GARR when ryu isn't paying attention)

...and evil chrysm monsters, mysterious machines, etc. everyone reaches a room that is doing mysterious chrysm gas things and Momo realises these are the machines responsible for the upwelling of chrysm gas in the greenhouses. So she gets to work cracking & fixing them and eventually, when rei complains she kicks him out (and ryu goes with him??? or something?). AND THEN RYU FINDS THE FORCE GENE. and he sits down and communes with it while rei is leaving against a wall and ryu is distracted and turned on and whoops, accidental gene usage. and ryu pretty much pins rei effortlessly and fucks him while rei shudders and moans below him.

BUT THEN THEY MEET BACK UP WITH MOMO, SLIGHTLY DISHEVELLED, AND PROGRESS THROUGH THE DUNGEON AS USUAL. and then head to wyndia, where nina and rei go in to get a border pass while everyone else waits outside. and... this would be a good place for ryu topping garr, I guess? and garr is kind of quiet and introspective because he is realizing reasonably soon he will be going up to angel tower and meeting god and killing himself. MEANWHILE, nina and rei talk about things and then fail to be subtle and awesome while in the castle and end up escaping via the incredibly convenently-placed teleporter.

SO EVERYONE ARRIVES AT ANGEL TOWER. And garr is like "so, hey, the guardians can go call to god that their mission is complete and then they get to meet god. and god takes their power back and we die. SO I'm going to do that so we can talk to god!" and ryu is like wait. what. this seems like a bad idea. and everyone objects, even rei, all "...look, ryu likes you. this is not actually a good idea." but garr just does his muscle shrug thing and is like "whatev, I should be hundreds of years dead anyway and it's not like anyone else here has a way to contact god" and clomps up the tower. ryu stares at him go and eventaully rei nudges him forward and ryu clomps up after him and catches up right at the top and ryu yells at garr for a while about LOOK, OKAY, THIS IS STUPID. IT IS NOT OKAY TO JUST DROP THAT ON US. YOU'RE A DICK. and garr is kind of taken aback and BLAH BLAH BLAH but then deis appears. YO, NOT THAT I CARE ABOUT YOUR WEIRD ROMANCE BUT GOD WILL NOT COME HERE. YOU GOTTA UNSEAL ME FIRST. GO SEE GAIST.

and garr goes to talk with the urkan tapa patriarch, 'sudama'. with everyone else watching and glaring at sudama while he goes on about how gaist is a failure and garr shouldn't doubt the wisdom of god.

BLAH BLAH BLAH maybe garr/ryu again right after angel tower w/ ryu v. happy garr isn't DEAD and then gaist/garr or gaist/ryu OR BOTH when there is the meet up at Cliff.
and... maybe gaist tells ryu to fight him after they have sex and they do and afterwards when gaist is dying but not in any really obvious way, he tells ryu to call in garr and sends him out. and then garr comes in and gaist dies and gives him his spear or whatever.

so everyone returns to angel tower and deis beats up garr! and then teleports off to her weird cave area. and ryu and deis comisserate about guardians and asdfsfjas, with ryu giving away that he doesn't know gaist is dead and deis... being tactful and not telling him. Ryu is also tired of the mystical destiny junk, 'cause he wants to just go and live off in the woods again. people are so tiring, god. And Deis is like yeah, that would be nice but sadly if you don't do this there's really no one else to. Plus, you do want to know why all this stuff went down those hundreds of years ago, right? It's tied up in your past, in who you are and what you can do and it sucks that this is happening to you, but you gotta be strong, etc, etc, mom talk. and she yells more at garr, too, while she's at it.

AND THEN THERE IS FUN RELAXING TIMES with Ryu & co. going to phalpa to get the boat, and doing minigames at the metal shore for parts, and then they hear about THE LEGENDARY MARINER and sail to parch and learn to make shishu and generally do that kind of stuff instead of killing and murdering.

And then... they do the whole 'ramming ship into other, larger ship' thing and sneak aboard the Black Ship and idle around a week or so as the ship sails back to Kombinat.

and then... kombinat, wandering around in the desert, activating the teleporter at Colony, teleporting /back/ to steel beach, and then teleporting to dragnier. And they have a banquet and ryu dozes off and he wakes up and runs into rei, who has been idling about on top of the building ryu was sleeping in. and he talks about how garr must be feeling down being surrounded by the Brood and that they should cheer him up.

...but then before they can have a big threesome they're called down into the well to talk to the elder & fight him for the Infinity gene.

and then DESERT OF DEATH and nina getting heatstroke and ryu killing the rakda and arriving, finally, at Oasis. Where they rest for at least a few days. And presumably have a threesome or two.

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At first it was like waking up after a long sleep, like clarity after a fever. The dim light was clear and shining, the shadows fuzzy and stark in exactly the way he expected them to be. The stagnant air, smelling of dirt and rock and mildew, was cold against his bare skin, and his skin rose up in goosebumps. Below him, the rocky floor scraped uncomfortably against the heels of his feet; his bare ass; the palms of his hands.

A half-second later and he woke up again, his brain forcing him from the realm of immediate sensation as he struggled to remember the <em>who</em>, the <em>where</em>, after what felt like a long time gone. But the first thing he called back to memory: not quite <em>gone</em>, just <em>changed</em>. He'd been here before; he'd been here minutes ago and had never left, but it had been different then. The light had been vivid to his eyes so used to seeing the dim warmth of living things; the air had reeked of the remnants of living things and of old magic, a strange smell in the back of his sinuses he could only dimly recollect.

Perhaps most important of all: then, he had been different. A force to be reckoned with; something with glistening scales, muscular haunches and powerful claws, a mouth full of sharp teeth, a body hunched forward in a posture that felt natural still, so unlike him now, sprawled out with thin, lanky limbs and pale skin.

But all that passed through his head before the first <em>real</em> memories, the ones that made Ryu realize he was sitting bareass naked in some rocky underpass in Dauna Mine, with Guardian Garr standing over him, spear in hand.

Garr, for his part, saw Ryu's eyes focus on him for the first time, his hands twitching closed, leaving tiny furrows through the pebbles on the ground. "Ryu." he called out, his familiar voice sending a shiver through Ryu's spine, "Ryu," Garr said, "do you recognize me?"






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Ryu was confused. The last thing he remembered, really <em>clearly</em>, was the bottom of Angel Tower, with its echoing cavern full of the bones of dead dragons. He remembered Garr, and the fight, but after that, everything had gone fuzzy-- a tremendous roar, and after that there was little coherent. He remembered a brief time spent alone, on the top of the world, with everything looking warped and discolored, and then for the longest time just the faint glow of chrysm ore and the smell of ore and earth heavy in the still air.

But what he <em>really</em> remembered was what had happened only minutes ago, when he had first woken from what seemed a dream. He awoke, his eyes wide in the faint light, and saw a large figure in front of him. The second thing he noticed was the flat of a blade pressed under his chin, with the sharp edge inches from his neck.

Instinctively, Ryu bared his teeth and leapt back, bouncing back in a half-second to leap at his aggressor. His body felt all wrong and he fell over his own limbs, but he wrapped his arms around the figure and bit down hard on its arm. His teeth felt dull and small, and his bite had little effect on his attacker aside from a small twitch in his spear arm, but he tried again, this time clawing at the rough, pebbly skin of his enemy. He reared his head back and prepared to exhale, to bathe his enemy in flame as he had done to hundreds others, when his attacker grabbed his neck and shoved him backwards into the cave wall with a surprising amount of gentleness.

"Ryu," the figure had said, with a deep voice that Ryu remembered well. "Ryu," he repeated, "do you recognize me?"

Ryu bared his teeth in response, but nodded as well as he could manage when pinned against a wall by his neck.

"I've been looking for you for years," Garr said, his large taloned hand still pressed flat against Ryu's windpipe, "Ever since you vanished from Angel Tower. Then, I heard stories of a dragon appearing in an old mine." He sighed, a deep rumbling sound that echoed in the still cave, "Ryu..." he started, then "This is your..."

Garr dropped his hands down to his sides and shrugged, and Ryu had slumped forward, his hands reaching up to carefully touch his neck, pressing his fingers against where he could still feel the tingling, rough pressure from Garr's large hand.

"Ryu," Garr started again, and Ryu jumped and dropped his hands from his neck, "...can you forgive me?" Ryu had just stared at him, still uncomprehending, and Garr continued. "I've killed many of your people... many dragons." He shrugged again, his large shoulders rolling up and then down again in the faint light. "I thought that was my purpose, but..." He trailed off again and looked down, seeming to want to avoid Ryu's still unwavering stare. "Anyway... Let's get you out of here first, eh?"

Garr reached inside of his clothing and pulled out a small bundle, then dropped it in front of Ryu. "Here's your gear." He stepped back a half-pace, which at his size distanced him several feet away. "If you want to hear what I have to say, come with me." He tilted his head back and stretched the muscles in his neck, clearly becoming uncomfortable. "I shouldn't stay here very long..." He shrugged again, then turned and walked out of the mine chamber they were in, stooping quite a bit to avoid catching his horns on the frame of the doorway.

Ryu had blinked and refocused his eyes. He looked around, still not certain of just where he was and what he should be doing. He had taken a tentative help-step forward, only to trip over the bag of gear Garr had left and tumble to the ground, scraping his body on the rocky floor.

His body felt all wrong. It was leaner than he remembered, and its limbs were long and gawky. He felt too tall by far, like standing up would propell him headfirst into the stalactite-covered ceiling of the chamber. He grasped at the rough fabric of the bag, his fingers simply tracing over the creases in the cloth for an indeterminate amount of time before he managed to focus on something other than the raw <em>sensation</em> forced his clumsy (long, thin) fingers to untie the knot keeping the sack closed.

He pulled a bundle of loose fabric out of the sack and smoothed it out until it revealed itself as a shirt. He tentatively pulled it over his head, cringing against the unfamiliar feel of cloth against his skin. Underneath the shirt was a pair of pants, which he pulled over his legs and cinched at his waist with a scrap of fabric in the bag. He ran his fingers lightly over his covered knee, then stood up slowly. He felt so <em>tall</em>, but slowly he was becoming used to his new body, even if he still felt unable to balance without the familiar weight of a tail behind him. He found a pair of shoes in the bag as well, only looking for them after stubbing his toes on the rough walkway covering the cave floor. His feet were pink and disconcertingly frail.

The bag was almost empty now. Most were knickknacks he could never remember owning, but the one that caught his attention was his old sword-- he had been almost unable to lift the weapon previously, and was forced to heft it with two hands, at first. Now, it was revealed as nothing more than a short sword on the smaller end of the range. Ryu shrugged and shook his head, but nevertheless buckled the sheathed sword to his waist.

Nothing left in the bag seemed important, so he tied a knot in the neck and slung it over his shoulder as he headed for the door. His stride was jolting and jarring, as unused to his body as he was.

Garr was leaning against a mine support against the far was as Ryu exited from the room, and he looked up as Ryu walked towards him.

"If you want to kill me," Garr started, "You have the power and probably the right to do so." He pushed against the strut he had been leaning on. "But you didn't kill me, even..." He faltered, then started again. "Even after I tried to kill you. Just like the dragons four hundred years ago." He sighed, and looked over at a chunk of chrysm embedded in the mine wall. "If the Brood had fought back, it would be us instead of them turned into chrysm like this. Why did they let us kill them? Why did God have us kill the Brood!?"

Garr glared at the ground in front of his, his gaze unfocused. "I may not have the right to say this, but I want to know the truth." He looked up at Ryu, who had been staring focusedly at Garr since he entered the room. "That's why I ask you... I ask you to let me live until then."

Ryu broke eye contact at that and looked down at the gravel in front of his feet. He opened his mouth to speak and his voice came out choked and hoarse from disuse. "I--" he started, then coughed, turned his head, and spat on the ground. He looked up at Garr again. "Okay." His voice came out firm, although still rough.

"Thank you." Garr said, then turned his back to Ryu and strode away, towards a wider hallway gouged with pick marks. "Now, let's get out of this mine."

Ryu followed behind, his eyes wide open as they walked through passages and chambers that all seemed familiar, despite his inability to remember any memories related to the area.

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It felt like they had been walking through the darkness of the mine for hours, and despite the initial rush he felt upon regaining human form, Ryu was starting to get tired.

--- [[ ryu & garr find an abandoned dormatory in the mind and spend the 'night'. ryu dreams: ]]

Ryu struggled against the ropes that kept his hands bound behind his back, but moaned and arched towards the touches. A pair of large, rough hands ran over his chest, its pointed nails scraping lightly on his skin. The hands increased in pressure as one settled against his hip, digging roughly against his skin, while the other slid down to grind against Ryu's hardened cock, coaxing a hoarse moan from Ryu.

A hand slid up Ryu's side, leaving reddened marks from the nail tips, sliding across Ryu's chest to circle around one of his nipples. An arm pressed solidly against Ryu's chest, the solid warmth of the rough skin distracting him momentarily from Garr's other hand, which he was teasingly rubbing against Ryu's cock. His fingers were entangled loosely in Ryu's public hair, and the flat heel of his hand was pressed against the bottom of Ryu's glans. Garr pressed down and ground Ryu's cock against his taut body, the tight pressure causing Ryu to buck his hips forward.

Ryu whimpered, only to hear an answering rumbling chuckle from Garr. The hand clawing against his chest slid up to wrap loosely around Ryu's neck, pinning him in place as Garr's other hand continued to carefully work up and down Ryu's cock. Garr splayed his hand out, his smallest fingers scraping against Ryu's chest as his index finger covered Ryu's open mouth. Ryu moaned against Garr's finger as his other hand scraped against his frenulum, causing a short electric burst of mixed pleasure and pain.

Ryu bit down on the finger partly covering his mouth as he tried to wrap his tongue around the covering appendage. Garr chuckled again, then slowly removed his hand covering Ryu's cock. He whimpered and thrust his hips forward again. Garr drew his smallest two fingers against Ryu's glans, his fingers quickly becoming coated in the copious precome leaking from Ryu's cock. Garr's fingers encircled the base of Ryu's shaft, two of his fingers forming a loose circle as he slowly jerked Ryu off. Ryu bit down on Garr's finger, thrusting wildly as he tried to coax enough friction out of Garr's fingers for him to come, finally.

Garr placed two of his slick fingers against Ryu's asshole, with the tip of the smallest one pressing against the tight pucker. Slowly, Garr forced one of his thick fingers into Ryu with only a slight amount of lubricant from Ryu's precome. Ryu bucked wildly, almost forcing Garr's finger deeper inside of him. Garr released Ryu's neck and pressed his hand against Ryu's chest, pinning Ryu to the wall behind him. Slowly, Garr pressed another finger against Ryu's tight asshole, its tip forcing its way in to Ryu's mixed scream and moan. Garr stroked Ryu's cock more rapidly, his fingers moving deeper inside Ryu as he came ever closer to climax. Ryu hissed as he felt Garr's fingers touch something inside him that sent a bolt of diffuse pleasure all over his body, and he groaned again before

Ryu woke achingly hard, his entire body tensed as if expecting a blow, and it took only a half second for him to shove a hand down the front of his pants and stroke his cock firmly, once. He bucked up into the air, his heels grinding against the rough ground below, and then he came in shuddering spurts, shooting bolts of come on his pants and coating his still-jerking hand. He thrust into his closed fist, pulling down at the apex of his thrusts just-so to coax out another spurt of semen.

He slumped down onto the bed, breathing heavily, his fingers coaxing out a final spasm from his softening cock. He absentmindedly wiped his come-covered hand on his bare chest, leaving behind a thick smear. He exhaled loudly and looked over at Garr's sleeping form in the darkness.

--- [[ ryu & garr leave the mine; set up camp outside. ]]



He crept a hand inside the baggy waistband of his pants. Garr was resting, or meditating, or just plain sitting outside, by the fire. Through the open flap of the tent, Ryu could see the fire reflect dully off of Garr's heavy frame. Garr always seemed so calm and controlled, even in the middle of battle-- but he remembered what had happened in the bottom of Angel Tower, when Garr had screamed out, full of rage.

Ryu could just imagine, though. It seemed like he had grown into a brand new body, a foot and a half taller and lithe with new muscle he remembered earning slowly under his scaled hide. But Garr towered over him, as always. Ryu tugged at his hardening cock, dragging his foreskin back and forth over the head of his cock. Garr had muscles in his arms that were bigger than Ryu's entire head. It would only take Garr one arm to hold Ryu down. Down in the mines, he could have pushed Ryu against one of the walls, clasped a hand around his neck and pressed down. Ryu would have tumbled to the ground, scraping his hands on the rocky, uneven floor. It seemed amazing that Ryu could ever hold his own in a fight against Garr. But Garr was always so sure of himself (except recently), he would have just stared down at Ryu, his eye shining in the dim torchlight. Maybe if Ryu had struggled to get up, Garr would have tightened his fist, pressed down on Ryu's windpipe just hard enough to let him know who was in control. Ryu let out a whimper, now stroking his hardening cock slowly as he stared at Garr's immobile form in the firelight.

Garr could have pulled Ryu closer with a minute effort of his massive arms. He'd grasp the back of Ryu's head and pull it between his tree-trunk legs, Ryu's hands coming up automatically to grasp against his thighs, the rough sandpaper of his skin stinging against his scraped hands. Ryu's cock drooled out precome as he was lost further in his fantasy. He closed his eyes and arched back, slipping his pants down. Garr would push Ryu's head against his crotch, the off-white bandages distending as Garr's cock hardened. He'd reach down with one hand and part the strips, tugging his thickening cock and heavy balls out into the open. Even compared to his body size, his cock would be huge-- longer and thicker than Ryu's own at full mast, even though it was still mostly limp. Ryu's cock shot out a string of precome, and he hunched back, stroking faster. Ryu would shrink back, only to have his mouth forced against the damp, salty flesh of Garr's cock. Its wide head, oozing out thick precome, would show itself as Garr would use his free hand to pull at the base, aiming it at Ryu's mouth.

Ryu would struggle, maybe, and Garr would clamp down with his thighs, pulling Ryu's head up to his muscular stomach. Garr's cock would spit out strands of precome against Ryu's neck, sticky and slimy, and they would drip slowly to the collar of his shirt. Ryu would open his mouth to cry out and Garr would slide his cock deep into Ryu's mouth with one slick stroke. He could just imagine the salty, bitter taste of Garr's precome trickling down the back of his mouth, and he slowed stroking his cock, not wanting to come too soon. Garr would hammer his cock into Ryu's mouth, each stroke hilting his cock deeper as it hardened. Ryu's nose flattened against the hard muscle of Garr's stomach, and Garr's balls slapped against his chin. Garr would pull back, leaving only the head of his cock in Ryu's mouth, streaming precome into Ryu's mouth. Then he'd slam his entire cock into Ryu's mouth. The stiff, broad head of his cock stretched out Ryu's throat. Ryu would cough and sputter and try to draw back, but Garr would tighten his grip on the back of Ryu's head to force him on. He swallowed against the thick length, and his throat bulged out as he pulled in more of Garr's cock. He'd slam his hips against Ryu's face, forcing more and more of his cock into Ryu's throat as his cock reached full hardness, until his cock was iron-hard and choking Ryu with every savage thrust.

Ryu tugged at his balls, avoiding stroking his cock now that he was so close to coming. His cock dripped out precome as he pressed his slick fingers against the bottom of his cock. He wrapped his left hand the base while he fingered the tip of his cock with his right. Once Garr's cock was rigid, he'd withdraw his cock, Ryu panting and coughing as it slid from his lips, and press Ryu's mouth against his balls. Garr's cock, slimy with spit and precome, would splatter the slick mixture on Ryu's face and hair. He'd be breathing heavily as he jerked his cock slowly, and he'd take a deep breath before pointing the head of his cock at Ryu's face. Ryu would see the slit distend and open wide, precome pouring out like a faucet, right before thick bolts of come shot out against his face, hosing him down with Garr's massive load.

Ryu only had to tug lightly on his cock before he was coming in wet streams, splattering over his chest and stomach. With every spurt from his cock, he'd thrust his hips up against his fist, fucking his hand through his come-slick fingers. His cock continued oozing come from the tip as he rode out his orgasm. Garr would come with a deep groan, and his come would hose out in thick ropes, all splattering against Ryu's face and hair. Just the thought of that coaxed out another few spurts from Ryu's cock before he finished. He eventually opened his eyes as the tatters of his fantasy faded, leaving him flushed and sticky.

He glanced over at the campfire just in time to see Garr stand up, and he felt a bolt of panic as Garr walked towards the tent entrance. In a half-second before Garr moved to the tent, he rolled onto his side, away from the entrance, pulled his pants to his waist, and feigned sleep. He heard the slight rustle as Garr entered the tent and felt the disturbed air chill the drying come on his stomach. He froze in place for a few long seconds, until he heard Garr leave the tent. He relaxed, only to tense again when he heard the crash of logs as Garr kicked the fire out. Garr entered the tent, closed the flap behind him, and settled down next to Ryu.

Soon Garr's breathing evened out in sleep, but Ryu was awake for a while after, stuck between wanting to clean up his come, going to sleep, or rolling over and jerking off again with Garr not even a person's width away.

--- [[FINISH LATER -- ryu & garr fight rei; head to mcneil & stay overnight at the inn: ]]

Garr heard Ryu moan in the darkness, above the low sound of his hand slicking up and down his cock. Ryu stifled the sound, probably by pressing his arm against his mouth, but after a time he must have removed it, and his soft hitching moans began again.

Garr slit open an eye, still feigning sleep. Ryu was spread out on the other bed, sheets kicked to his ankles, with one hand clamped around his cock and the other pressed under his balls. His gaze was fixed unerringly on Garr's resting form, and as Garr watched Ryu moaned again and his cock spurted out a thin stream of precome that splattered against his bare stomach.

Soon, the room stank strongly of Ryu's arousal. He kept stroking his cock rapidly, precome drooling out of the head at a rapid pace. He'd throw his head back and close his eyes, but always returned to staring at Garr. It didn't take long at all before he came, come spraying out of his cock and over his chest and hands.

[...]

Ever since Dauna Mine, Ryu had been jerking off every time he thought he was alone. Garr had noticed, to start, with indifference, but rapidly began anticipating Ryu retreating to the tent early in the night. He'd sit and listen to Ryu's quiet moans and smell the heady scent of his arousal, and Ryu was taking less and less caution when he jerked off-- this night as a spectacular example. But Garr had never been this close to Ryu, and the sounds and smells were overwhelming. The clear sight of Ryu, mouth wide open, cock jutting dark and hard from a mat of blue hair, hand pumping wildly as he thrust into the air-- that alone might have been enough to rouse Garr's interests. But all together, he had felt long-buried feelings rising rapidly.

Garr fumbled with the cloth bindings wrapped around his waist, biting back a moan when his thick fingers rubbed against his hardening cock. It had been a very long time since he had done anything like this and it took most of his willpower to pull back his hand instead of grinding it against his cock until he came, splattering his come against his thighs. The very thought of doing that, grinding and rubbing his hands against his bound cock, caused him to let out a low groan.

But he pulled back and unwound the fabric from his body, planting his feet on the cold floor to lift his hips off the bed, allowing him to start unwinding the cloth; spooling it into a single neat coil as he always did, ignoring that this time his hardening cock was drooling jelly-like strands of precome against his hands and forearms as he rolled the fabric away from his waist. His arms kept brushing against his stiffening length as he removed the cloth, and each touch sent a spark of pleasure straight to the head of his cock. Garr paused for a moment, his hands still tangled in cloth, as his cock hardened against his muscled stomach, his loose foreskin slowly retracting across the inflating head of his cock. He groaned and hurriedly finished removing the only covering he still had on, then lowered his body until his was lying back on the bed again with his legs still trailing on past the footboard. He dropped the neat circle of fabric on the ground beside the bed, ignoring the growing unease and desire in the pit of his stomach.

Tentatively, he raised one of his clawed hands and wrapped it around his half-hard cock. The flesh of his shaft was hot and his curled fingers couldn't wrap around its thick girth. He cautiously pumped his fist down his cock, released it to slap against the hard skin of his stomach, and shuddered at the impact. A thick bead of precome oozed out of his cockslit and slowly slid along the thick folds of his foreskin, eventually sliding down his hard shaft and onto the loose skin of his balls. He pressed a fingertip against the thin slit at the top of his cock and shuddered as more thick precome spasmed out between his finger. He drew his hand back, watching as the fluid clung to his finger, stretching out a thin strand between his cockhead and his fingertip before it snapped, dropping the slick precome on his muscled pectorals.

He wrapped his hand around his cock again and started tugging on the shaft, rubbing his thumb against the head on the upstrokes. His whole body spasmed as he scraped a claw lightly against the underside of his cock and a thick stream of precome shot onto his chest, splashing across his tense muscles up to the large ridges of his collarbone. He groaned quietly and closed his eyes, then repeated the action.

He felt another heavy shot of precome surge out of his dick, landing in a thick stream across his chest. He released his cock, letting it sag against his abdominals as his slid his hands up across his chest. He trailed his fingers through the precome, which felt thin and slick at first touch but quickly turned thick and jelly-like against his body. He circled one hand around his large pectoral muscle, slowly spiraling in until his fingers scraped against his erect nipple. He groaned loudly and felt his cock pulse out precome into a growing pool above the base of his cock.

He grasped his cock lightly and stroked it slowly. The plain physical pleasure of his actions was enough, after centuries of self-denial, to start his cock leaking precome like a faucet. His balls already ached for release.

--- [[ryu & garr head to old house]] -- [[REDACTED]]

The trail of blood was erratic and sparse, but Ryu knew where it would even when it faded from sight-- the burned-down house at the center of the woods. Ryu's anxiety grew as they walked further into the woods. Intermittently, a long, low growl would echo through the forest, always coming from deeper within.

Eventually, they turned one last corner and the ashy wreck of the house revealed itself to them-- blackened timbers formed the roof of the building, the thatched roofing long since burnt up and blown away or caved in. The base of the building was still in fairly good condition, and the path ahead, over a small creek and circling around and up the hill, looked untouched, if overgrown. As Ryu stepped forward to cross the bridge, another angry growl broke the silent air. Ryu paused, then stepped back and looked at Garr.

Garr looked back at Ryu, then shrugged. "You want to go alone?" He paused, feigning thought. "It's my guess you know something about that tiger. In that case, I'll wait for you here."

Ryu nodded in acknowledgement, then walked firmly across the bridge. The path turned abruptly left here, and spiraled up to a series of logs that served as the entrance to the old house. Ryu bit down on his lower lip nervously. Still, he walked up the path around the hill, noticing how much narrower it seemed now that he had grown.

The part of the path out of view from the main road was in much worse shape-- the log pathway was reduced to burnt char, and its wreckage covered the lower pathway in detritus. More disconcertingly, there were droplets of fresh blood on the path, shining in the midday sun. Ryu's eyes opened wide, and he went around the next curve half-running, his feet slipping on the char and forcing him to brace his hands against the ground to prevent him from falling off the path.

But there, on the far side of the hill, sitting against the supporting logs, with one hand pressed against his gashed side, the other limp on the ground, was Rei.

"Rei." Ryu had intended to shout, but it came out more a choked whisper. Rei looked up at the sound, as if he hadn't heard Ryu coming all the way up the path.

"Ryu?" Rei said, actually sounding surprised, "Is that you?"

Ryu only nodded in return. Rei sounded almost exactly the same-- his voice was slightly deeper, and right now it was pinched with pain, but he just sounded so <em>familiar</em>...

"Was that you... on Ogre Road?" Rei asked, without waiting for an answer. He launched into a slightly hysterical-sounding fit of laughter,  trailing off with a weak sigh. "So that was you?!" He laughed again, and this time trailed off with a hacking cough, before he leaned forward and spit (red, Ryu noticed) off the path, into the creek below.

"Doesn't that just beat all." He leaned back heavily against the log wall with a wince. Ryu looked at his side and noticed a new swell of blood well up around his fingers. Ryu looked up to catch Rei send a weary smile in his direction. "I never imagined I'd get beat by you, Ryu! I wasn't holding back at all!" A pause, then: "Still... I mean... It's nice to know you're okay, Ryu." Rei trailed off, as if to continue, but then shrugged, with another wince, and closed his eyes.

Ryu rushed forward, grasping with one hand for Rei's wrist and with the other to lightly touch the cut on his side. Rei let out a deep growl at Ryu's first touch and he froze, until Rei opened one eye slightly and grinned loosely at Ryu. "No, go ahead," he said, "I'm just not used to being touched." he finished, suddenly sounding young again.

Ryu smiled back and threw his arms around Rei, ignoring his reflexive wince and kick that sent pebbles flying off the edge of the path. "I thought you were <em>dead</em>," Ryu started, his face buried against the crook of Rei's (bloodied, sweaty) neck.

Rei reached up and curled a hand against Ryu's head. "Well, I mean, I thought..." Rei started, "...me too."

They sat like that for a few moments, until Ryu pulled back and sat on his heels. "So," Ryu started, then reached out a hand to touch Rei's temple, casting a healing spell that silently coursed through Rei, tying him back together.

Rei let out a long sigh and relaxed, letting the tension slide from his body. "I'd've been fine," he said, his eyes closed again. "I've gotten worse scrapes."

"Yeah," Ryu said, "I know." Ryu leaned forward and carefully touched Rei's matted fur. Rei growled, then bit his lip, but leaned into Ryu's touch. Rei reached up to cup a clawed hand around Ryu's face, his touch light for a second before he grasped down on Ryu's neck to pull him forcefully towards him.

Ryu tumbled towards Rei, and they ended up on the rocky path, Ryu lying on top of Rei. Rei grinned toothily, then bent his head against Ryu's neck and scraped his tongue against Ryu's dusty flesh. Ryu shuddered and clenched his hands against the folds of Rei's vest. Rei released his hold on Ryu's shirt, and slid a hand down to cup Ryu's ass, to pull him closer to grid their hardening cocks against each other, drawing a moan from Ryu. He moved his other hand upward, under Ryu's overcoat, and scraped his claws against the skin on Ryu's back.

--- the whole ryu/rei intro scene (above) should be rewritten, srsly [[ brief timeskip ]]

Ryu flushed red as pulled back from Rei, but Rei grabbed his wrist before Ryu could step back far.

[...]

Rei shoved Ryu harder against the log wall. He placed a hand on Ryu's neck, his fingers spasming reflexively and creating shallow scrapes along his skin. He ground the heel of his other hand roughly against Ryu's still-covered erection, causing Ryu to groan loudly and grind back against Rei's grasping hand.

Rei swiftly unbuckled Ryu's belt and tugged his pants down around his thighs, revealing Ryu's hardened cock. Ryu bit his lower lip and thrust his length against Rei's hand, leaving it slick with precome.

"Yeah," Rei growled out, "come on." He wrapped his hand around Ryu's slick cock and pumped it slowly, pressing his own body tightly against Ryu's. He grabbed Ryu's shoulder with his other hand, growling as he humped his cloth-covered cock against Ryu's balls. Ryu moaned again, half a whimper cut off with a choked groan. He slid his free hand down the side of Rei's pants, his fingers twitching against the short fur as he grasped for Rei's contained cock.

Ryu shut his eyes as Rei started to pump his cock harder. He wrapped his legs tightly against Rei's body, so with each pump Ryu would tighten his hold, forcefully rocking his body against Rei's. He groaned out and thrust against Rei's chest, leaving behind strings of clear precome in Rei's shaggy fur. Rei pressed further against Ryu's body, his hand scrabbling against Ryu's chest, his head cradled in the crook of Ryu's shoulder. Rei panted harshly against Ryu, his tongue occasionally flicking out to lap at Ryu's sweaty skin.

"Come on," Rei growled into his ear, "come for me, Ryu."

Ryu let out a pained moan and tensed up, locking his legs rigidly around Rei's as he tried to delay his orgasm for as long as possible. Rei responded by sliding one slick finger across the underside of Ryu's cock, rubbing against his frenulum. He dropped his other hand down from Ryu's back and pressed his fingers firmly below Ryu's balls. Ryu wheezed out a high-pitched moan, broken in the middle as his voice failed him. He squeezed his eyes tightly shut as he felt himself come.

The first spurt oozed sluggishly from the tip of Ryu's cock, followed almost instantly by a thick shot of come that lanced out against Rei's chest, further coating his already matted fur. He gripped Ryu's cock harder and dug his fingers into Ryu's ass as his cock shot off, angling his cock towards his own body so each spurt landed on Ryu's body-- the first coming down on his cheek and neck, then covering his rucked-up shirt, with the other spurts pulsing out against his chest. Rei slowly pumped Ryu's cock as he came down, come now only trickling down his cock to coat Rei's hand. Ryu mewled and thrust his cock against Rei's fist, coaxing out the dregs of his orgasm.

Ryu shudderingly reached forward and tried to slip a hand under the tight waistband of Rei's pants. His fingers tugged at the fur right above his cock, causing Rei spasm out another thick slug of precome that added to the already-large wet spot on his pants. Rei groaned deep and took his hand away from Ryu's ass to rapidly unbuckle his belt. His baggy pants pooled around his ankles and Rei anxiously tugged at his cock, freeing it from its uncomfortable position down the leg of his pants. His cock was longer and thicker than Ryu's, and shaped like an animals-- at the base of his slick red cock, it slipped into a broad furred sheath. His cock tapered to a sharp point, and thick, viscous precome was pouring out of the tip in large quantities.

Rei bucked his hips forward, rubbing his rigid cock against Ryu's, and Ryu moaned as Rei growled through gritted teeth. Ryu lightly grasped Rei's cock with one hand as he slid his other hand to cradle Rei's furred balls. Rei's precome was thick and slippery, and he gripped the firm shaft harder as it quickly became smeared with Rei's sloppy pre. Rei wound his hands around Ryu's waist and pressed their bodies tightly together as he thrust his cock through Ryu's fist. His cock lay against Ryu's chest, smearing its residue against his already slick skin with each thrust.

Ryu stroked Rei's cock faster, tugging lightly at Rei's balls with his other hand. Rei growled out something unintelligible against Ryu's neck as he thrust harder, slamming Ryu's hand against his furred sheath, his fingers even dipping inside the tight skin as he forced his cock through Ryu's slick fist. Rei was panting harder and harder with each thrust against Ryu's hand, so aroused he was already close to his climax.

Rei slammed against Ryu one last time and forced his cock up through Ryu's fist until the head of his cock pressed against his chest. Rei roared loudly and his entire body tensed, his claws digging into Ryu's lower back as he started to come. His cock pulsed against Ryu's hand as thick ropes of come shot against Ryu's chest and neck. Rei leaned back, angling his cock upwards, his face pulled back in an animalistic grimace. He fucked his cock against Ryu's as shots of his come splattered forcefully out in ropes to hit the wall above Ryu's head. His entire body spasmed as he thrust mindlessly against Ryu, great bursts of come coating one side of Ryu's head and chest in thick strands. Dwindling spurts coated Ryu in stringy come all the way from his face to his chest, his thick come mixing with Ryu's. Eventually Rei drew back as his orgasm ran down, panting heavily. He winced as Ryu stroked his hypersensitive shaft firmly with his thumb pressed against the bottom of his cock to draw out the last thick bullet of come, which drooled down to settle on Ryu's stomach.

Rei collapsed against Ryu, panting loudly. He remained lying against Ryu, his breath puffing against Ryu's shoulder as he tried to regain his breath. Rei pulled back after a long while and grimiced down at the mess of come that had been transferred onto his chest.

"Um," Ryu said, because Rei didn't seem like he was going to say anything any time soon.

--- [[REDACTED]]
"On the far end of Ogre Road," Rei started, as Ryu focused on casting a healing spell on Rei, "there's a black market." Rei continued, "The guys who tried to kill us-- the ones working with McNeil-- came from there." Rei shrugged as Ryu's spell took effect, and he interrupted himself to say, in a quiet tone, "I'll be fine. I get scratches like this all the time." Nevertheless, he look his hand away from the healing gash in his side, and continued. "It took me a while, but I finally tracked them down... I kept an eye on who went in and out of the black market from the road." There was a long pause, then Rei struggled to stand up, the pain on his face self-evident. Ryu scrambled to his feet as well, noting with some surprise that he and Rei were now almost the same height.

"I kept on attacking them. I though I would avenge you and Teepo, but look how I ended up..." Rei trailed off and slumped backwards, leaning against the wall. He looked over at Ryu and smiled. "I feel a little better now, knowing that at least you're alive and well."

Rei: But I can't stop! Not until I teach those guys not to mess with me... or my family!

---

Garr had taken a position sitting on the grass, cross-legged as he waited for Ryu to return. But even from the far side of the house, he could hear the growling and moaning coming from above. It was easy to pick out Ryu's voice, especially after last night-- the surprised, breathy moans he made then were echoing down at him.

He could just imagine the scene: the massive weretiger pinning Ryu down, its heavy cock drooling out precome on Ryu's face as he struggled and gasped. But he was no match for it and couldn't free himself, or maybe he had known what was going to happen as he climbed up the stairs, cock already half-hard. Pinned down, held in the air, thrusting his cock against the monster's muscled belly as it slowly forced its thick cock into his ass.

Garr's cock was hard and straining against his bindings, precome soaking through the fabric. He ground the heel of his hand against the bulge, slowly shoving his hips back and forth. His cock slipped between two stretched-out lines of fabric and he took it in his hand, stroking it slowly.

A loud roar rang out, the probable crecendo of whatever had been happening on the far side of the burnt-out house, and he clenched his hand around the base of his cock, precome streaming thickly down the shaft.

[...]

Ryu came down the hill, unsteady, and reeking of come so strongly Garr could smell it across the stream. His cock was rock-hard against his thighs, stretching out his cloth bindings with an obscene bulge.

Ryu was dazed and blushing, and he sat down next to Garr on the grass. For a while the only sound was that of the nearby stream and of Ryu's panting breath. Eventually, Ryu leaned over, resting his head against Garr's muscled shoulder. When Garr remained seated, unmoving, Ryu reached out with his hands, sliding one up Garr's side to press against the muscles in his neck, the other moving down to cup against Garr's hardened cock.

Garr let out a surprised noise as Ryu began stroking his cock through the fabric and Ryu moved closer, pushing Garr down, as if he really could pin Garr to the ground. But Garr obligingly fell onto his side to prevent lying on his wings as Ryu continued stoking his cock. He slid Garr's cock between two strips of fabric, exposing the thick shaft, then slid up, sitting loosely over Garr's legs as he began licking and sucking on Garr's tensed muscles.

Ryu mouthed over Garr's shoulder, his hands tugging at Garr's massive pectorals, then slowly trailed down, grasping against his rocky muscles until he wrapped his hands firmly around Garr's cock. Garr closed his eyes, rumbling in pleasure, as Ryu resumed stroking Garr's cock, precome again streaming from the tip.

Garr jolted back to attention when Ryu drew back, sitting heavily on Garr's knee. Under his watchful gaze he shrugged out of his overcoat and pulled off his shirt, revealing his pale, muscled body. His chest was covered thickly with come, half-dried tracks of it trailing down past the waistband of his pants. Garr's cock spasmed and shot out thick strands of precome as he thought back to his earlier fantasy. Ryu pulled off his boots and slid out of his pants, his belt still undone from up on the hilltop.

He leaned closer to Garr, naked now, his come-slick chest leaving messy trails on Garr's body as he began mouthing at Garr's neck, his left hand trailing down to pump Garr's cock, swiftly coating his hand in musky precome. Garr rumbled out a moan again, and Ryu pressed his lips against Garr's beak, an awkward imitation of a kiss. Garr grasped a clawed hand against Ryu's back and pulled him closer, his beak opening up as he kissed back fiercly.


[...]

---

Nina had wanted to stay in McNeil for the night and set off in the morning, instead of traveling part of the way to Syn City. She and Garr were in town, eating dinner, but Ryu had feigned stomach-ache and went off by himself. He wandered out into the fields surrounding the village, rich with the fall harvest. At this hour, with night rapidly approaching, there was no one out in the fields, so Ryu wandered up the hill to the area around McNeil manor.

[...]

Rei growled and shoved Ryu against the wall before he closed the gap and kissed him forcefully. Rei parted Ryu's mouth and lapped his tongue against Ryu's teeth as he pressed firmly against Ryu. With one hand he pulled Ryu's shirt up against his chest, breaking their liplock for a moment as he divested Ryu of his shirt and overcoat and flung them to the ground, while with the other he unbuckled Ryu's pants and let them drop to the ground.

The rough wood of the shack wall dug into Ryu's bare back and thighs, and he blushed further as Rei bent down, lapping against his neck as his hands trailed down across Ryu's bare chest. Rei idly stroked Ryu's cock and Ryu pressed his face against Rei's shaggy shoulder, moaning into his fur. Rei panted, his tongue lolling out of his mouth, and pulled off his loose vest to cast it to the ground alongside Ryu's clothes. He ground his hips against Ryu's, pressing his half-hard cock into the crevice between Ryu's cock and his hips.

Rei pressed tightly against Ryu, again licking and sucking at his neck, then trailing down to nip against Ryu's chest. He continued lower, tonguing against the sparsely-haired trail that led from Ryu's navel to his hardened cock. He continued to stroke at Ryu's cock, his fingers knitting into the thatch of public hair above his cock, while he dropped his other hand down to rub and stroke his cloth-covered cock. Rei licked at the base of Ryu's cock, the shaft sticking up against his face as he pressed against Ryu's balls. Ryu whimpered and moaned above him, his legs trembling as his cock spat out ropes of precome. Rei grinned at the fluid splattered against his hair and angled Ryu's cock away from his face with one hand.

Rei ungainly unbuckled his belt with one hand, then shoved his hand below the sagging waist of his pants as he began sucking on the tip of Ryu's cock. Ryu cried out loudly and arched forward, trying to push more of his cock into Rei's mouth. His hands reached out from their position flat against the shed wall behind him to grasp at Rei's long hair. He obligingly took in more of Ryu's cock, stroking his freed cock in rapid counterpoint to Ryu's uneven thrusting. Rei's cock was drooling out thick strands of precome into the dirt below them as he stroked his shaft. Ryu tipped his head back against the shed wall as he pummelled his cock into Rei's mouth.

It wasn't long at all before Ryu tensed up and cried out, his cock spurting thick streams of come into the back of Rei's mouth. He swallowed repeatedly, drawing back before Ryu had finished ejactulating to catch a few spurts on his tongue and lips. Rei stood, the last of Ryu's orgasm smearing against his fur, and kissed Ryu deeply. Ryu moaned against Rei's mouth, his tongue probing into Rei's mouth as he moved his hands to press Rei's mouth against his.

Rei pulled back and pressed his cock against Ryu's stomach, droplets of slick, sticky precome sliding down his shaft and onto Ryu's chest and stomach. Ryu slid one hand down Rei's length, slicking it with his copious precome. Rei fucked his cock against Ryu's stomach, then bent his knees, carefully angling his tapered cockhead against Ryu's tightly-puckered ass. After taking the broad crown of Garr's cock earlier that day, Rei slipped in comparatively easily. Rei was the longer of the two, though, and his cock hit the walls of Ryu's ass before he was even half inside.

Rei bit his lower lip and dragged his cock out of Ryu, slowly, then thrust back in, trying to force in more of his cock. Rei rocked his cock into Ryu, twisting to shove his cock into Ryu's guts, slowly driving in more with each thrust. They both were grunting and sweating in the early night heat and Ryu's skin was slippery against Rei's hands as he tried to gain leverage.

Rei's cock was dripping out so much precome it began to seep out of Ryu's ass around his cock, the slimy fluid running down Rei's cock, eventually dripping into the churned-up dirt below them. Rei fell heavily against Ryu, pinning Ryu against the wall, his cock not even three-fourths of the way into Ryu as he felt his orgasm approach. His heavy, furred balls pulled up tight against his cock.

Rei roared, the sound deafening from Ryu's position. Thick spurts of come shot into Ryu's insides, some drooling out around Rei's still-pumping cock as he came. Rei panted against Ryu's neck as he came, his saliva, smelling like Ryu's come, splattering onto their skin. He let out a high whine, desperate, as he tried to force his cock all the way into Ryu, his thick, slippery come letting his cock press through the tight passages of Ryu's guts.

Rei hilted his cock into Ryu's ass as his orgasm peaked, come shooting into Ryu's guts and running down Rei's cock, dripping down his heavy balls into the messy dirt below. Ryu panted and whined, his hands trembling against Rei's sides.

[...]

--- [[ryu, garr & co. head to syn city, where they find rei's weretiger trail-- dead mobsters, etc. they split up, and ryu looks in the empty inn, only to be ambushed by weretiger rei. SEX. garr arrives just after rei leaves and, um, more sex.]]

--- [[western checkpoint, fight with mikba, rei joins party, etc]]

--- [[nina sez we need to hero it up more so we can get a passport, so off to the plant, which i hear is malfunctioning. arrival at plant! havoc!]]

--- [[ryu, rei and momo wander around the insides of the plant, and at some point momo finds the pressure gauges and spends some time fixing those, at least. she kicks ryu & rei out because they're distracting her, so they kind of wander around & find the force gene and then, um, have myrmidon ryu/rei sex]]

--- [[um. interlude w/ rei & nina as they attempt to get another passport from the king?]]